"This is the open-air arena for the annual singles matchup, and tomorrow is the most intense and popular heavyweight championship match!"

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"Here~here!~" The goblins shouted excitedly, "This is our goblin's own shop!"

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"This is Andrari's council hall, the landmark of our city, and the whole city is planned here! A year ago, it was just an open shed, but now it is no longer freely accessible without a work certificate issued by the council. ”

"What about the tallest and most beautiful building over there?" Without the enthusiastic introduction of the elves, Hiro and his companions just felt that this new city inhabited by various aliens looked extremely prosperous, and it was only after having a guide that they really felt how many people's strength and wisdom had gathered in the process of such a glamorous and well-organized city rising from the ground in a few years.

"It's the goddess's temple, and the home of all our goblins is in it. Would you like to see it together?"

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"Good afternoon, Miss Shantia!~" The fairy greeted him energetically from outside the hall.

"It's Mana, may I ask ...... all these strange friends with you?" As the chief priest stationed in the temple of the earth of Andrari, although the young Shantia Lengxi believed that no stranger would do anything inappropriate in the temple under the gaze of the goddess, she was still wary of strangers, especially strange humans, who appeared in Andrari. After all, the only outsider who had committed Andrari's principled mistake in the past few years was the frivolous human who had broken up Orion and Rhaenisa more than a year ago, though his name had long since been remembered by the young priest.

"These are the companions of the kind-hearted Hero, and they want to come here to see the glory of the great goddess!" said a short-haired leprechaun with high interest, as if spreading the glory of the goddess was also a very sacred thing to her.

"Is that so, and welcome all from afar, and may the blessings of the Goddess envelop you. ”

"You don't need to be polite, you can feel the greatness of the goddess up close, and seeing such a tall statue of the goddess as if it were the goddess herself has made us feel very frightened. ”

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"Lord Santia, the shuttle to Valhalla is ready to depart, are you ready to go?" The young ranger, who was a temple guard, walked in from outside the main hall, interrupting the priestess from spreading the teachings of the goddess to human adventurers and relaying the young lord's deeds.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have to leave first because of my official duties, and if you have any questions or needs, please go directly to this Mr. Arret. The young earth priest gave a slight salute and left directly.

"If you have any questions, please come to the main entrance of the temple. Arret followed Santia out of the hall, followed by a black beast that exuded a dangerous aura. It was Martha, a young Nightblade leopard who was still in the middle of her formative years, Arret's animal companion, and the two leprechauns who hung on his round ears and played around were very successful in greatly weakening the young beast's powerful deterrent.

Despite her formative years, Martha was far stronger than a lion in the wilderness.

"What's in this box?" waited until the priest and ranger had already left, and the tall and thin man, who was the deputy leader of the adventurers, asked the goblins in the hall curiously.

It was a black wooden chest placed behind the altar, and the dark red pattern on the chest made it look different from ordinary things. But what is even more interesting is the five eggs with brown markings on a white background that are cushioned by straw in the box, each the size of a human head.

"Hmm...... Maybe it's a Hippogriff's egg, right?" guessed a leprechaun pinching his chin.

"How are they placed here? Are they sacrificed to the goddess?" Hiro had only seen in the books the illustrated books of those magical creatures, and he was also very curious about the eggs that looked very beautiful like crafts.

"How could the goddess need a living sacrifice!? this is to hatch them, and they will grow up healthily under the protection of the goddess!" the goblins retorted earnestly to the young humans with improper thoughts, with a strange look of resentment on their faces.

"Haha, that's right, isn't your room in this temple, can you show me around?" Hiro, who realized that he had said the wrong thing, quickly changed the subject.

"Our home is on top of the attic on the top floor, and the view is amazing! It's just that it's too small for you humans. When it came to her little house, Manna was interested again.

"Doesn't the sun in the daytime of living in the attic make it hot?"

"That's your human attic...... Although the temple is already very high, Andrarui still has five taller ancient trees growing here, and they can't bear to make Mana and her friends suffer!" The goblin replied solemnly and proudly, "Go up the stairs from here......"

Adventurers follow the flying elves up the delicate and sturdy spiral staircase, viewing the temple from different angles. Standing at different heights, the statue of the goddess does not seem to have the same heavy sense of oppression as when looking up.

"Sir, won't you go up with us?" the blue-haired goblin who flew at the end of the crowd looked strangely at the tall and thin man sitting on the bench in the main hall without moving.

"I'm already a little tired from walking too far today, so I'll wait for you here. The man's face had a smile that made him feel mature and steady.

"Then we'll go up first, sir, if you don't feel well, go find Arrett at the door. ”

"Thank you for your concern, kind little girl. The man waved kindly at the goblin.

The praised goblin flapped his wings happily and chased straight up in the direction of the crowd.

The man sitting on the bench smiled at the humans and elves on the open staircase who slowly walked to the top floor, and it was not until they all disappeared from view that he cautiously looked in the direction of the exit of the main hall, and then quickly walked in the direction of the altar......

As a token of gratitude to the elves' enthusiastic guides, Ogel, the tall-looking and enthusiastic leader of the adventurers, decides to invite the elves to dinner at Andrari's tavern. The elves also brought a lot of juice shaved ice from their fellow bakers to share with the human guests, and the atmosphere of the dinner was very congenial, and almost everyone, including the elves, drank a lot of green amber. Although there are no expensive foods, the kind elves do not care about it, and they are delighted by the friendliness of the human guests. After all, judging from the clothes alone, these adventurers are not wealthy people.

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The hazy moonlight shone into the attic through the open window, and suddenly a figure appeared in the shadow of the staircase, but most of the well-fed elves were sleeping soundly in their toy-like wooden houses, and no one noticed the visitors who had come up from the stairs at this unusual time.

"Is anyone awake?" asked the man in the shadows in a whisper.

"Who!?" a leprechaun who had just fallen into a light sleep was awakened.

"It's me. ”

"It's Eric...... "The water fairy who was awakened grumbled helplessly, sticking his head out of the room nailed to the wall, "what are you doing at this time?"

"I noticed one less hatching owl egg in the main hall when I was on patrol just now, and I wanted to ask if you would know anything. "Although he understands that in a city as open to the public as Andrari, some things cannot be completely avoided after all, but the young ranger still does not want to believe that someone would steal under the gaze of the goddess.

Maybe it's just that a baby owl broke its shell early, and when it was hungry, it ate all its eggshells and crawled away?

"Eric, you still have a job to protect the temple, right? I'll help you find it. The leprechaun suddenly remembered the tall, thin man who sat on the bench during the day and looked very talkative.

"Thank you, Lily, then I'll take Martha and continue the search within the temple grounds. ”

"Hmm. With that, the leprechaun flapped his wings and prepared to fly towards the window.

"Lily. ”

"Huh?"

"Stay safe!" Eric cautioned.

If the eggs were deliberately stolen by someone, then the person who stole them would most likely do something more excessive because of the disgusting exposure! This is the mentality that His Highness has taught and needs to have when dealing with criminals - to speculate on them from the worst-case scenario and perspective, in order to prevent the situation from becoming more and more out of control!

"Hmm!" the blue-haired leprechaun nodded earnestly, and flew into the silvery moonlight without looking back.