Louis took a look at the task list sent to them by the Adventurer's Guild. The densely packed requirements on it made his scalp tingle.
To give a simple example, the guild requires the adventurer team to complete three tasks as a team on the first day.
They are——
1. Cooperate to kill the high-risk Minotaur born from the group of Shadow Bull Monsters.
2. Fight and dance with the shadow wolves in the wasteland.
3. Use a metal spear to pierce the throat of a large earth dragon.
Each task must be carried out in a standard order, and the desired effect must be determined in advance.
It looks like the same quests as those issued by the Adventurer's Guild, but the actual content is much more complicated and difficult to adapt.
But Cygnet tells Louis that this is part of the ritual magic.
The reference is to the myths passed down by the elders of the Glory Church.
The glorious hero and his teammates killed the Minotaur in the midst of the bull demon frenzy, fought and battled with the wolf pack, and pierced the throat of the king of earth dragons with a spear.
In the name of Spring Hunting, the growth of the brave team is replicated, and with a large amount of popularity as support, the magic circle is activated to reproduce the power of the brave at their peak.
To some extent, this is a kind of magic that combines myths and legends with folk beliefs to embody the power of brave men in history.
"Replicating the power of the hero? Isn't this really a mistake?"
Louis hesitated.
The power of the hero is certainly very strong, but for the seal of the Shadow Kingdom, isn’t it a bit too...
Little Swan seemed to have guessed Louis's thoughts. She said speechlessly, "You don't think that every hero died early, do you? In fact, the majority of heroes successfully cleared the dungeon and continued to grow."
"A considerable number of them are the strongest people in human history."
"This ritual imitates the power of a hero at his peak."
"It can be said that if it weren't for our father, that hero would probably be one of the strongest demigods in known history."
Louis was curious: "According to you, even those beings who have become gods are no match for that hero?"
The little swan rolled his eyes:
"What else? Whether one can become a god depends largely on luck. There are very few people on the Star Continent who have ascended from ordinary people to gods, but there are even fewer people of the same level who can approach the strength of that hero."
"Just as an example, can you imagine now that you defeated my dad?"
Louis instinctively wanted to say yes.
But when the words came to my lips, I unconsciously felt a little guilty.
After all, the emperor is the first of the great sins: arrogance! But he soon buried this thought in his heart.
"He can take his place!"
A sense of pride and ambition arises spontaneously.
Just kidding, in the past, even if people in Daxia wanted to open a hot pot restaurant, they would think of taking over the business next door and monopolizing the entire street.
The Cricket Emperor, could he still be hesitant? - After all, it was clearly stated in the Future Diary that he could do what the Emperor could do, and he could also do what the Emperor could not do.
Olivia raised her head in surprise.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Louis really thought he could surpass his father?
Fortunately, the two did not dwell on it too much. The missions of the Adventurer's Guild were difficult for other adventurers, but for the current Moonlight Cat Group, it was just that simple.
The Moonlit Cats Group, whose average combat power is at the model level, are the outliers among all the major adventure groups.
That night, the scattered people gathered together again.
The next day, they went to the union to register for the preliminary round.
On the third day, the competition began quietly.
With a whoosh sound.
A silver light flashed across the sky, and the weapons that followed were like divine soldiers descending from the sky, pouring down on the battlefield.
Shadow Bull Monster, challenge level LV7.
A group of terrifying creatures of huge size and enormous strength.
The history of the bull monster is very old.
The earliest written records about them were all in myths and legends.
But almost without exception, in stories involving bull monsters, their amazing strength always leaves their opponents dumbfounded.
It’s a pity…that’s the protagonist in the book.
Rather than the group of people who are here today.
Let’s take a look at the members of the Moonlit Cat Group.
Let’s not talk about the two major sins for now.
They themselves are part of the myth.
Look at William again, who masters the mysterious Iron Guard profession.
Most of the time, he stayed in the Royal Guard and did not take any external missions.
Even Louis couldn't understand this kind of operation.
For professionals, fighting is usually the fastest way for them to integrate their strength.
Even if one's strength breaks through during a battle, that is quite reasonable.
But the Iron Guard doesn't seem to need these.
Even if they are in the rear, they can enjoy a growth rate that exceeds that of ordinary geniuses, and even gain the trust of the royal family.
Louis did not know the specific reason, but he instinctively guessed that it might involve some nature of the Iron Guard.
It may be a strange profession similar to the psychic, where the growth of strength is not based on practice but on self-awareness.
But there is no doubt that even now, the royal family still believes that William is capable of protecting Louis.
Behind this incomprehensible trust lies some unspeakable power.
Then there was Alice.
Red mad dog...I mean red hound.
After all, they are the war-crazed Ashford family.
Even now, just looking at the growth rate of her peers, leaving aside the two guys who use acceleration cheats, Alice is undoubtedly the top of the top, and the Kun who will never be put in solitary confinement.
Not to mention Grace, the value of a future saint, everyone who understands will understand.
Even the three Chris brothers, who are the worst, are gifted children who work in perfect harmony with each other.
To put it bluntly, when others participate in the preliminaries, they are worried about whether they can defeat the selected monsters.
Louis and the others are participating in the competition...that requires considering whether the monsters have enough points.
"Even if it's not enough... I won't take someone like you."
The little swan's cute mouth was slightly open, looking at the scene.
The distorted mental force formed an invisible hurricane around Louis, blowing his cloak into a mess.
The metal weapons wrapped in the Grip of Greed were continuously fired out, nailing the shadow bull monsters to the ground like a hail of bullets.
The spreading blood dyed the land red like a painting, cruel and picturesque.
Louis clenched his fist lightly.
In an instant, it was as if some horrible monster was sucking invisibly, and blood splattered all over the bodies of the gathered bull monsters.
A certain adventurous team that "accidentally" followed Louis looked at the strange scene of blood flowing into the sky, and their faces changed slightly.
Their scalps tingled and they subconsciously took a few steps back.
Especially when everyone in the Moonlight Cat Group cast their eyes on them, they raised their hands directly:
"Sorry, we took the wrong road."
The Grip of Greed wrapped around a steel gun and shot at the ground in front of them.
The leading adventurer immediately prostrated himself: "Please spare my life, sir. I won't dare to do it again next time."
Looking at the armored muscular man floating in the air, like a god or a demon, he felt the urge to urinate rising.
He actually just wanted to come over and see if there was any chance to get something for free.
I won't lose my life for this! I won't! At this moment, the blood ball, which had swallowed up an unknown amount of the bull monster's blood, had expanded to a diameter of 5 meters.
A strange chewing sound came from the squirming blood.
Amid everyone's stunned expressions, the blood was merged into the body of a strange slime with a mixture of silver, white and black colors.
Rimuru·Youth Version·Blood Slime Form.
Master the ability [Blood Sword].
After absorbing the opponent's blood, it can release a bloody blade.
To ordinary opponents, this is just a powerful spell-like attack.
But if one of the opponents attacked by this blood-red blade is a relative of the source of the blood, then a curse of fratricide will be imposed.
Yes, the closer the blood relationship, the greater the damage of this spell.
This is a bloody curse released through blood and kinship.
Along with a painful wail, the bull monster's shrill howl was heard from the devastated surrounding area.
The creepy aura continued to spread outward, filling the entire place.
The Minotaur's movements gradually died down.
In front of it, the bloody blade that pierced his body was slowly pulled back by Rimuru.
Along with it, all the blood of the Minotaur was also extracted.
Yes.
His methods of dealing with enemies have further evolved.
The cause of Minotaur's death was not the penetrating wound caused by Rimuru's transformation into blood slime form.
Instead, it is hidden in the Blood Blade, the Sin of Greed's skill Greedy Grasp, and the Psion's supernatural power Telekinetic Hand.
Whether it is a mage or someone from another profession, they are all shrouded in extraordinary powers.
These forces are like a dense protective film that can resist interference and influence from external forces.
For example, a Psion's telekinetic hand can move an object a short distance.
If any object could be moved, then a psion could just pick up a male dragon and move his balls 20 centimeters.
Believe me, if you can do it, the psychic will only have one nickname in the future: "Man Killer".
Few males can withstand the trauma and indignity of a fatal cockfight.
But in reality, it is basically impossible for a psychic to do such a thing in real life.
This is because as long as the extraordinary powers of various professions are covered on the body, this kind of control can be avoided.
Unless there is a huge gap in the professional levels between the two parties, it is almost impossible to deal a fatal blow to the opponent through such means.
As for why almost?
That's because there are people who can actually do similar things now.
Yes, with the cooperation of Louis and Rimuru, this limitation can be broken to a certain extent.
The reason why there is no way to do this kind of micro-management is because the extraordinary power of other systems "refuses" the magic to take effect.
But when the opponent's body was torn apart, and the invisible force field generated by the greedy hand cruelly sucked out their blood -
The [Matter Control] ability that both Rimuru and Louis can use will control this part of the blood the moment it leaves the body.
If he were to reintegrate the blood into his opponent's body at this time, his extraordinary power would no longer be able to affect the blood.
But Louis can.
In order to resist Rimuru's [Matter Manipulation], the opponent must invest a lot of energy to suppress the unstable substances in the body.
Louis, who possesses the Greedy Ruler, can be considered a copy of Rimuru when using [Matter Control].
Even... it's the flagship version that can be micro-managed,
It is very difficult to multi-thread the material manipulation of the master and servant.
Not to mention, there is also the Greedy Grip that is constantly distorting the surrounding force field and causing trouble.
If you can't do it, sudden death will be the final outcome.
Even if they can do this, many people will overlook one problem.
That is, after the blood returns to the body... Louis' [Hand in the Air] can finally move these "substances".
Because this blood has been controlled by Louis, without the influence of supernatural powers, many small spells will become the scythe of the god of death to harvest.
The final result of this series of operations is——
The Minotaur was clearly a model-class monster, but Louis killed it instantly with just one strike from hundreds of meters away.
"Well done, little brat. You really can draw inferences from one example."
Mentor Merlin, who was floating next to Louis, sighed.
This kid Louis' understanding of professional skills is becoming more and more exaggerated.
Use the least effort to do the most important thing, this is the truth Merlin taught him.
Now Louis has implemented this principle very well.
This almost humiliating but extremely useful fighting method really opened Merlin's eyes.
To put it bluntly, if outsiders don’t know the details of this series of operations.
So, even if your professional level reaches LV20, you are likely to be killed at first sight.
Compared with pure strength, this technical fighting method is more meaningful in terms of popularization.
Poor Minotaur, his death was such a tragic one.
As Olivia thought about this, tears couldn't help but flow from the corners of her mouth.
Dances with Wolves?
Seconds!
The steel spear pierced the earth dragon's neck?
Seconds!
While other adventurers were still racking their brains to figure out how to pass the first round of tests, Louis and his team had already finished first.
“That’s a bit too much.”
Olivia whispered.
Looking at the thick-cut steak being roasted on the rack, Little Swan said seriously, "You still have to drain the blood first. If you don't drain the blood, it will have a fishy smell and won't taste good."
Louis didn't bother to pay attention to her.
A dead Minotaur, wouldn't he have better extract his blood?!
This bad girl just wanted to ruin his determination to fight with all his might.
If the little swan knew what Louis was thinking, he would definitely cry out in injustice.
She just felt that people who played tactics like Louis had really dirty hearts.
besides……
"The main reason is that I feel that this competition is suddenly a bit boring."
Yes.
With Louis using his ultimate skill right away and killing his opponent instantly, everyone's Spring Hunting had no experience at all.
"What's the task for the second day?"
Louis looked at the little swan who was chewing on the steak.
Perhaps because the steak was too hot just off the grill, she was a little flustered.
Louis was speechless.
Directly manipulate the matter and fix the steak in the air.
The little swan did not mind the strange posture, and simply let go of his hand and stretched out his head to gnaw on the steak that was fixed in the air by material manipulation.
That style of painting... is quite wild.
When Louis saw that the little swan had finished eating the meat on one side, he kindly turned it over for her.
…Then the little swan ate even more happily.
Rumi, who was standing by, had a strange expression on her face.
Your Highness Louis, please pamper her.
Sooner or later, this little swan of yours will be spoiled.
After eating and drinking, the little swan began to talk about tomorrow's plan.
"It's the same situation as today, but instead of fighting the enemy, we are exploring an unknown area shrouded by shadow power."
Louis frowned:
"How about you not go this time?"
Little Swan has a physique that makes it easy for him to be sucked into the Shadow Underworld.
Louis couldn't guarantee whether the same situation would occur if he ran into the shadow plane.
And he had another worry that he didn't express.
That's the thing about black swans.
Black Swan clearly stated that if she entered the Kingdom of Shadows due to some special circumstances, she would be courting death.
But since the first time she met Black Swan, she had said that the body differentiated from the Lazy Time Body was no different from the original body.
Let’s not talk about whether this is true or false.
Just from the literal meaning, there is a clear difference between the black swan and the little swan.
What was originally a self-defeating operation for the black swan may also be the case for the little swan.
But the Black Swan did not tell him not to let the Little Swan participate in this activity.
This made Louis worried.
After all, although he and Black Swan have a cooperative relationship, it is not a trusting relationship.
There is a very critical issue before us, that is, the emperor does not seem to recognize the black swan.
As the father of the little swan, if the different individuals are differentiated simply because of the body of time, they should all be the emperor's beloved daughters.
Judging from the situations in the places Louis has come into contact with during this period, he is not a stupid person.
Even judging from the relationship between the emperor and the Church of the God of Glory and Justice, his bottom line is very flexible.
Such people deny the black swan, and there may be some factors that the black swan is unwilling to disclose.
If given a choice between the black swan and the little swan, Louis would choose the little swan because he met her first.
If he were to embark on a dangerous expedition, he would choose the black swan because the black swan is strong enough and Louis does not want the little swan to be harmed.
He is such a double standard.
If he has to choose a side, he will definitely choose Little Swan.
Because of this incident, the little swan, who was originally eating steak happily, pouted his mouth.
When Louis returned to the hotel to rest, he took a pleasant bath.
As a result, he subconsciously drew out the Tianxin Sword when he opened the door of the room.
He had only drawn half of the sword when he realized who was in the room.
After opening the door, he looked at the little swan sitting on the windowsill and shaking its white little feet in silence and said:
"Isn't it inappropriate for you to break into your brother-in-law's house in the middle of the night?"
Little Swan curled his lips and said, "I remember last time someone broke into my room. I wanted to close the window, but he refused to let me."
Louis felt a sharp pain in his teeth: "That's the great sin of greed breaking out!"
"Just tell me whether you broke in or not?"
Louis: ...
Very good, this time, it’s the Little Swan’s victory.
Flop Diary: It's broken, why are there so many things to do during the Spring Festival... I'm going to be exhausted, my daily 10,000! I went back to another house today, and I'm exhausted! I'll just write 5,000 words for the sake of my words.
(End of this chapter)