Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Return

β€œalter? ......Hearing that her gaffe was due to this reason, Artoria herself was surprised at first, but then she was silent with a look of understanding.

"Although you guys are indeed a little boring, it doesn't look like you will be stressed to the point of having a dark side because you are provoked by someone else with your breasts, right?" Elle thought for a moment and said. "When you were on the swimsuit catwalk before, you were in that situation at first because you were shy, but then it didn't."

"Is it because of Zhuo Ke's puppet form?" Zhao Tianhe asked casually.

Artoria shuddered and sighed.

"Is it because of that monster?" Elle suddenly understood why Artoria was feeling so stressed.

Because until Zhuo Ke's puppet form has found a way to crack it, even if Artoria recovers to its full form, there is nothing to do with it.

That's not something that can be solved by firepower, or rather, the firepower of the sword in the lake is not enough.

If it was Gilgamesh's EA, perhaps Zhuo Ke could be destroyed from the origin by annihilating the dungeon, but the firepower of the sword in the lake was not yet up to that level, and it could not destroy an entire subspace.

You know, the subspace where the dungeon is located is much stronger than the inherent barrier.

As the former king of legends, Artoria's knowledge is needless to say, but a monster like this can only be described by the word 'natural disaster' in her heart.

She has a strong sense of self-esteem, and she is haunted by the fact that she has barely contributed in this battle, which is the real source of pressure in her heart.

"I understand that feeling, if it's not as good as Ah He, it's really ......" Elle patted Artoria on the shoulder and comforted.

However, on the side, Zhao Tianhe's heart was severely hit.

'I'...... What is my place in their hearts? Zhao Tianhe sighed in his heart.

"Also...... It's not that it's not as good as Ah He, compared to the upright strategy and tactics, this kind of subtle thing is not what I'm good at. Artoria shook her head. Besides, I haven't experienced the incident between Ah He and Elle, so naturally it is even more impossible to think of it. ”

"Yes, yes, if it's the great king of knights, it must be easier to think of a way to break the game, right?" Elle teased with a laugh.

"Of course!" Artoria said with a confident look on her face.

"Wait, don't knights need to be humble?" Zhao Tianhe said with a wry smile.

"But if it's true, it's fine." Artoria said calmly. "Although your perception is stronger than mine, it is still much worse in other aspects, and I can't continue to teach you the future path of mage, so you must listen to Geralus. A good teacher is more important than anything else! ”

After splitting out of alter, I felt that her body was more positive and sunny. Zhao Tianhe thought silently, and at the same time, he also discovered that the summoning time of alter had just increased by three minutes!

"It seems that there is a price to pay if you think about it......" Zhao Tianhe sighed in his heart.

The next day, Zhao Tianhe calmly went to take the airship alone.

Zhao Tianhe had also visited Alyssa before, but unfortunately she had already returned to her soul at this time, and her body and soul were still in the recuperation of spells, and she had not yet woken up.

Unlike Zhao Tianhe, whose soul and body were strengthened by the brave system, the forced departure of ordinary people from their souls is already a very destructive thing.

Although he has become somewhat famous because of yesterday's dinner, he is at most a clown in the public eye, who would have thought that he was actually the summoner of Queen Artoria?

The general public thought that he was just Artoria's brave teammate, and that he was also a mage, which is why his physical strength was so poor.

Occasionally, a few reporters who came up to inquire were also directly asking about Artoria's situation, and Zhao Tianhe sent away with a casual sentence.

After another full day of flying, Zhao Tianhe finally returned to the nostalgic harbor city of Puerto Saint-Roth.

Leaving the airship port, Zhao Tianhe summoned a flying boat. After making it clear, we headed for a small island called Bal Island off the coast of Port Saint-Roth.

"Is there something urgent sir?" The flyboat operator asked.

Bal Island is not a short distance from the port of St. Rooss, and it costs a full 50 silver coins to rent a temporary flying boat directly, which is equivalent to the income of the flying boat driver for two days, so most people will choose to take a single wheel to go there without urgency.

"Well, I'm a brave man, and I've just been transferred to clean up the dungeon there." Zhao Tianhe explained. "Seems to be called 'Evil Light Sea Tomb', right? Class B. ”

"Oh." The driver knows.

B-level braves are all big money, and this money is really nothing.

Along the way, Zhao Tianhe learned about the situation on Bal Island while chatting with the driver. The unique seafood of Bal Island is very popular, many people visit it every year, and it is also an important point of local income generation, and it is a famous food island on the Gold Coast.

"Bal Island is located in the open sea, there are many underground cities nearby, and it is said that the unique seafood there is caused by the small amount of life energy leaked from the dungeons, so it cannot be raised in other places at all, and even if it is barely fed, the next generation will degenerate into ordinary seafood." The driver said with a smile. "Things there are very expensive, and I, a native of Port Saint-Roth, have been there twice in my life, once when my parents led me when I was a child, and once when I led my children the year before last."

Some of the seafood there is exported, some of it is booked at local restaurants, and the rest is sold at the local market and the pier of Port Saint-Roth, after all, freshness is the most important thing.

If it is transported outward, whether it is frozen or sustained by life magic, it costs a lot of money, and the price is also high, which is a top luxury item in the mainland, and although the profit is high, the total proportion is not high.

'Let's work our seafood cooking skills!' Let's go to a restaurant to apprentice! Zhao Tianhe's spirits perked up when he heard this, but he felt something wrong, because after experiencing the battle of that unknown dungeon, Zhao Tianhe's passive skill had actually been upgraded by one level!

Passive Skill, Super Premonition Lv3 (71/40000)

When casting, there is a 5%+2% (lv2 enhancement) chance to randomly cast spells of the same type and attribute that are higher than the spell's level 1~3

Lv2 Enhancement, an additional 1% chance to cast spells of the same type and attribute higher than level 2 of the spell

Lv3 Enhancement increases proc chance by 2%.

Not only has it been upgraded, but this skill has also appeared with an experience bar, and after these days of verification, Zhao Tianhe understands that every time he triggers a skill, he will increase a little experience.

Well, it's not a conflict. Zhao Tianhe thought about it carefully, he could practice his cooking skills while brushing all kinds of auxiliary magic and protective magic for himself, and practice his skills by the way!

So, the matter was settled, and Zhao Tianhe planned to spend money to find a relationship to learn cooking.

After leaving the city, there was no traffic control in the city, and the speed of the flying boat suddenly increased, and two hours later it came over the island of Bal.

Zhao Tianhe looked at the door of the apartment in front of him and knocked.

The number of dungeons around Bal Island is extremely large and dense, so the Brave Apartments, like the previous Rogue Town, are built by multiple classes of Brave people.

Of course, Rogue did it to save money, but it's not the same here on Bal Island.

Covering thousands of square kilometers of apartment complexes, facing the sea to the east, there is an entire private sea area, and many low-level brave people will also make extra money by fishing for seafood here.

The two towering 20-storey buildings are mainly inhabited by E~C class braves, while the east side facing the sea is a single-family villa inhabited by B~A class braves.

In addition, there are restaurants, billiard halls and other entertainment facilities in the complex, which even include adult entertainment such as bars.

Many brave people live here with their families, as if forming a thriving community.

When Zhao Tianhe walked into it, the first thing he saw was a group of children playing football on the lawn.

A few young women and old men were chatting and reading books, and a few teenagers were practicing spells.

This is a world of difference from the previous environment where Zhao Tianhe was located, the town of Rogue belongs to the novice camp, and it is all young people. The density of the underground city of Port Saint-Roth is low, so the apartments of the brave are built closer to the underground city.

'This feeling, a little nostalgic......' Zhao Tianhe looked at the scene along the way, and had the illusion of being suddenly separated from the world, as if he was still on the earth.

Zhao Tianhe asked for directions and came to the B-4 villa area, which is the area where Zhao Tianhe's team is located.

This villa is about the same size as the previous C-class villa, except for an extra swimming pool and a flying boat parking garage.

At this time, a group of people are having a party in the front yard, many beautiful women in swimsuits are playing in it, and several people in waiter attire are in charge of barbecue and fruit plate pouring wine.

Naturally, Geralt was among them, surrounded by a beautiful woman with brown hair and a model-like figure and a petite blond elf beauty.

"Hey!" Zhao Tianhe smiled and waved his hand, and at the same time, a gust of wind element poured out from his side, this is a flying technique.

Along the way, Zhao Tianhe was blessing himself with the wind system's acceleration technique to exercise his skills, in short, he tried to keep his mana dissatisfied.

"You guy, you're really diligent." Gerals said with a smile. "Come, I'll introduce you."

At this time, in the front yard, in addition to Geralt, there are a total of six team members, three otherworldly heroes, two summoners, and one martial arts brave, who is taking the summoner certificate.

"Hey!" A giant with blue skin and a height of nearly three meters greeted Zhao Tianhe with a smile. "I've heard of you for a long time, haha, I actually used the summon to receive the first-class meritorious 'Nameless Sword Medal' issued by the association and the special honorary medal 'Terran Hero' of St. Weir, it's amazing! Hahaha~~"

Zhao Tianhe saved the lives of more than 4,000 children this time, and naturally he will not be stingy with praise, and the Nameless Sword Medal is second only to the special grade 'Nameless Face', and it is an award that is enough to leave a name in history. There is not one in the world for a few years, and it is usually only possible to obtain meritorious deeds in the midst of the uncontrollable demonic plague of the dungeon.

As for St. Weil's special medal of honor, 'Terran Hero', it is the highest honor that can be given by the Terran side. In addition to Zhao Tianhe, the only person who won this honor this year was Lu Changtian, the Great Demon Daoist who released the 'Equipment Enhancement Machine' and the vice president of the Fourth Research Institute of the Sky Temple.

"This is Han Al, a Na'vi star." Gerals explained.

"Well, hello." Zhao Tianhe looked at this blue-skinned giant who was a bit like Avatar, and nodded with a smile.

His specialty doesn't match his physique, and he's a scout who specializes in stealth assassination and has a talent for perception.

Hanal's summoner is a curvaceous blonde elf beauty, Bree. A sixth-level archmage, she is on par with Geralt, but she is more than ten times older than Geralth!

The other two Otherworldly Spirits look the same as normal humans.

An old man with a long beard, sitting on the balcony upstairs, reading newspapers and magazines, greeted Zhao Tianhe. He is an Elder Slaughter from the three-star realm, and his name is Elder Slaughter.

Although he looks old, his talent is furious and furious, and he can use anger to strengthen his own strength attributes, and he is good at head-on confrontation.

The summoner of the Evil Elder is a frivolous-looking young man with a ponytail and goatee, who is chatting with a group of beautiful women. His name is Li Shan, a fifth-level mage, who is particularly good at supporting and healing magic, and is the most suitable type for melee fighters.

A red-haired young man who looked to be in his early twenties, with a sturdy and well-proportioned body, and a scar covered in scars that looked like a tough guy said hello to Zhao Tianhe casually, and then went back to blow with many beautiful women, he was none other than Huck from the Third Heavenly River Empire.

The scars on the boy's body also prove his position, he is good at melee hard damage resistance, and the more he is hit, the stronger his basic defense, and he also has an equally strong adaptability to magic, and is the main tank in the team.

His summoner was a middle-aged greasy man with a big belly, and a more well-rounded fifth-level mage, Roal.

"And an acquaintance of yours." Gerals flew up, Zhao Tianhe followed, and the two crossed the villa and came to the beach to the east.

On the beach, there are people playing, people basking in the sun, and people fishing for seafood.

A young girl in a white one-piece swimsuit floats in front of a large cloud of seawater, and the water in front of her is constantly changing and twisting, sometimes turning into steam, sometimes into ice.

At the same time, she was surrounded by a seawater shield that blocked out most of the light.

Although he couldn't see the specific face of the person inside clearly through the seawater shield, Zhao Tianhe couldn't even see the identity of the other party at a glance without even super perception.

It is the legendary figure who won this year's 'Best Female Brave of the Year' in one fell swoop, known as the 'Meat, Bullet, War, God'......

Li mei!

That iconic figure is so conspicuous!

It's also too eye-catching......

"What a coincidence, but I thought she would stay in Saint-Ville for the sake of fame and that Deputy Treasury Minister Will." Zhao Tianhe said with a smile.

"Although St. Ver is the royal capital of the human race, it may not be much stronger than here." Gerals said with a smile and shook his head. "This elven sea, that is, the Endless Sea, has not yet been fully developed, and the number of people from the interior who develop here every year is in the millions. In contrast, the royal capital mainly absorbs magical researchers, and a large number of research mages flock to the royal capital every year. ”

In other words, the economic aspect here is relatively fast, and there are still a lot of resources waiting to be developed.

"So this girl prefers vibrant cities, right? Well, indeed. Zhao Tianhe also stayed in the royal capital for a long time, although the atmosphere in the royal capital was very warm because of the Robert ceremony, but Zhao Tianhe really felt that the level of excitement was only a little stronger than the usual port of Saint-Roth.

As a famous tourist city and an important port, the Port of Saint-Roth is indeed incomparable in some aspects.

Geralis and Zhao Tianhe flew to Li Mei's side, and the other party hurriedly untied the spell, leaving only a layer of seawater shield above.

"Mr. Zhao Tianhe! You're finally back! What about Miss Artoria?! Li Mei said with a look of surprise.

'This woman won't give up on Saint-Vere because of Artoria, right?' Zhao Tianhe was still kind on his face, but he was muttering in his heart. Don't get too close, or the pressure on Artoria will increase. And this orange is a little uncomfortable......

"Haha, let's go to the dungeon later." Zhao Tianhe said with a smile. "I'll have to take a closer look at the information about this dungeon."

"Yes, yes! I'll give you a briefing, and then let's go! Li Mei took Zhao Tianhe's hand and said enthusiastically.