The morning sun, warm and soft, slid like silk across a sleeping face covered with stubble. Through the swaying treetops, it was like a mischievous maiden, teasing back and forth on the face of a sleeper.

The sleeper on the bed frowned slightly at the tease of the sun, and he turned slowly, trying to put himself into a sweet dream again.

On the floor beneath the bed, a strange, deformed piece of flesh crawled up the foot of the bed in a worm-like manner. It crept close to the sleeper on the bed and crawled in the direction of the latter's head.

As the strange piece of flesh approached the sleeping man's pillow, it suddenly stopped, and then the man stood up, his whole body slowly stretching out in all directions, like a large net covering the sleeping person's head.

And when this big net of flesh and blood was about to capture its "prey", it suddenly shrank into a ball inexplicably, and jumped a few times on the face of the sleeping person like a leather ball. The fleshy ball deformed again as it pulsed, and turned into a strange-looking hamster again.

The sleeper on the bed grabbed the hamster in his face impatiently, "Don't make a fuss!" he said in a daze, "find something to eat yourself." ”

"Master, master, can I eat those humans out there? I promise to eat only half at a time, or an underage cub. The hamster said in a childlike voice, but the content of the words was chilling.

"No, meatball, you can't do this!" The sleeper on the bed suddenly sat up and stared at the hamster in his hand with a stern expression, "Didn't your previous master tell you that you can't eat people casually?"

"Nope. The strange hamster named 'Meat Ball' shook his head, "In the past, it was rare to see a human being in the place where the owner lived except for the owner himself, so the master never said such a thing, and never told Joey like this. ”

"Then you have to remember today, Meatball, you can't eat anything without my permission. The awakened man said solemnly, "Not only humans themselves, but also dwarves, elves, dwarves, horses, dogs, cats, etc., cannot be eaten!"

"But Joey will be hungry. The hamster stared at the big round eyes, "If Joey is too hungry, too hungry, he may not be able to control himself." ”

"Don't worry, I'll feed you by then. The awakened man threw the hamster in his hand, and he fell to the bed with a pop, as if he wanted to sleep a little longer.

"Now is when Joey is hungry and hungry. The hamster crawled from under the bed to the pillow again, "It's now, it's now!" it repeated.

"Well, I should have asked Krees if he wanted you little one. The man on the bed sighed, "By the way, do you have any plans to change the master again?"

The hamster shook his head vigorously, and said pitifully, "Don't you want Joey, master?" If you don't want Joey, Joey will let himself eat hard, eat hard, and die." ”

"What is that? Why do you die if you eat too hard? The man on the bed asked suspiciously.

"I don't know, anyway, the owner once told Joey that if you let go of eating hard, if you see anything to eat, you may die. The hamster replied.

He/she doesn't mean to die, but to be killed, "Well, then you will always be with me, until you find your former master." The man on the bed said helplessly, "At least I can control you, and it won't cost much to feed you." ”

He got out of bed and stood on the floor, stretched hard, and then looked at himself in the mirror on the wall, "Hey, hello Barrett the Adventurer, welcome back." ”

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The city-state of Muya, the 'Ears Up' hotel.

After washing, Barrett walked out of the room and went downstairs into the hall. Today was the third day of his return from hell, and on the first day they had set a time for their next meeting and separated from each other, and the next day the brute slept in his hotel room for the whole day, so he would have the energy to wake up early this morning.

Originally, the little mage Krees wanted to invite Barrett to rest in the Floating City, so that it would be easier to connect with each other, but this proposal was politely declined by our barbarian adventurer.

Go to the City of Mages?please, that's tantamount to 'throwing yourself into an ogre's soup pot', and you're completely self-defeating.

It was too late for Barrett to stay away from the mage now, especially when the legendary-level 'Timoth' mage was separated from each other, he had repeatedly looked at him meaninglessly, and the expression was like a butcher looking at the pork on the cutting board, thinking about how to cut it, which made the barbarian's heart tremble.

If it weren't for the fact that the rest of the journey would have required him to set off with the little mage, Barrett would have chosen to flee as far away from the center of the continent as possible, even if he knew it wouldn't be of much use.

Breakfast is also served at the Ears Lodge, but the number of guests is scarce, and adventurers rarely wake up early, usually with noon being the first meal of the day.

"It's early, Barrett. Leslie, the innkeeper, poured Barrett a rye beer, "I haven't seen you in a long time, I thought you had left Muya and ventured into another place." ”

"You guessed it, I did go somewhere else. Barrett sat down at the counter, took a glass of wine and drank it down, wiped his mouth casually, and burped a pleasant drink.

The cool and luscious liquid not only moistened his desert-like throat, but also made him feel much more energetic.

"Where? The innkeeper poured another glass for the brute, "Maybe I've visited the place you've been to." ”

"I don't believe it. Barrett took his glass, "The place I'm going to isn't in this plane where we live. ”

"So what, I've been to most places in the multiverse," the innkeeper was not to be outdone, "you talk about it first." ”

"Bato Hell, the city of Dis. The brute flipped through the menu in his hand, "Why, you've been to that place too?" he smiled ostentatiously.

"Of course. The innkeeper didn't give in, "I've watched several great gladiatorial fights in the arenas of the City of Dis, and I've taken a bath of magma that is unique to the city. I also followed a strange tour group to the third floor of Hell to see the incomparably huge Minalos worm. All five of the tour group chose to enter the worm's belly in the hope of being strengthened, but only two of them came out alive. As you can guess, one of them is me. ”

What kind of Minalos worm, the little mage also advised him to try it, saying that it could get some kind of enhancement after it came out. But Barrett didn't want to do it at all, it was crazy, no one in their right mind would send himself over to be devoured by worms.

"What are you going to hell for?

"I'm looking for a woman. Leslie replied softly, "I traveled to most of the multiverse to find her. Not only the city of Dis, but the entire Bato Nine Prisons I've been to all other levels except the ninth layer. Even in the extremely chaotic Endless Abyss, I searched for more than twenty levels. ”

"Woman?" Barrett looked at each other curiously, "Your lover?"

"Both. The innkeeper admits it frankly. He lit his pipe and looked at the reddening of the tobacco, "She is my lover and my lover, a partner who fights side by side and an enemy who fights each other." She stabbed me in the heart with a sword and nearly killed me......" Leslie picked up her pipe and untied her collar to show Barrett the sword wound in his heart, "and saved me more than once when I was in danger,"

A strange couple, "Did you find her at last?" Barrett suddenly felt an itch in the center of her eyebrows. He rubbed his forehead vigorously with his hand, and took another sip of his glass.

"Found it. The innkeeper let out a puff of white smoke, "It's just that it's a little too late." ”

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