Became a high-star hunter who could stand on his own.

"I said that before~."

Hulim replied with a smile.

"Give me this opportunity when I'm already famous."

"Uh... well, how do I put this?"

She scratched her head awkwardly, her eyes darting around.

"It's really embarrassing to say this now... But, actually, the members of my family have already considered you one of us."

"Eh? That means—"

"Yeah, that's what I mean..."

She extended her right hand toward Hulim.

"Welcome, Hulim."

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"Investigating newly discovered secrets of the universe?"

"Excuse me, is there something wrong?"

"There's no problem, but...why would the Pantheon entrust us with such a task? Don't you have enough power to handle it yourselves?"

"It's embarrassing to say this, but a lack of manpower has always been a problem for branch temples like ours. Right now, we simply can't find anyone who can do this... Therefore, we've decided to entrust this to those with extensive experience."

"Hey, we're short on manpower... It's the Pantheon, the place that governs the order of the universe."

"Our Pantheon is only strong in the main hall. Honestly, branch halls like ours not only have high workloads and poor salaries, but also face strong opposition from powerful forces like the Empire, the Civilization Council, and the Tree Realm. Over time, no one wants to work in a branch hall anymore."

"Wow, this is a revealing piece of black material. Is this something we can listen to?"

"It doesn't matter. The headquarters doesn't care about people like us anyway. They've probably forgotten about us long ago. After all, we're just consumables, the lower class. They can have as many people as they want..."

"Um, this lady... the black aura is leaking out."

"Ah, my apologies~, then would you consider this mission?"

"Ahem... Anyway, I understand the mission. Leave it to our adventure group."

"Thank you very much. If you want to retire from hunting in the future, you can consider working in our temple. All the benefits are excellent~"

"Hey... How did you manage to keep such a straight face and persuade her after just exposing that kind of dirty laundry? And, Hulim, don't listen so hard. Don't let her fool you!"

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