Chapter 217: This is a Forced Loop
Everyone present, even the laymen, could clearly see the change.
Bell looked at Liam in shock, "Mr. Liam's strength has improved again? I remember he never went head-to-head with Mr. Hedin and the others before."
In every previous battle, Liam had always moved at high speed, then pulled apart the formation of Hedin and the others.
Afterward, he would create a one-on-one situation as much as possible, and then use various moves to go back and forth.
He had never fought head-on before, always dodging or defending, and then looking for an opportunity to counter-attack.
And now, it had actually become a true even match!
Allen clenched his fists. He could feel that Hedin was already fighting with all his might, yet he still couldn't do anything to Liam.
He really envied Liam.
The power, potential, and talent that Allen had been desperately pursuing had just appeared so blatantly by his side.
Because both sides were pushed back, Liam immediately released Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash to approach his opponent.
The golden dragon head roared and tore at Hedin's position.
Hedin's empty left hand pointed at Liam, and a series of thunder arrows were released continuously.
Liam moved continuously on the ground and in mid-air, and then instantly approached Hedin.
He soared into the air, falling to the ground like a meteor, and split the earth with an astonishing sword mark.
"BOOM!"
Hedin's expression did not change. More thunder arrows were condensed by him at high speed, and then flew towards Liam's position.
Falling from a high altitude would definitely cause a stun, and this flaw would definitely make Liam suffer.
However, Liam, who had fallen to the ground, opened his left hand towards Hedin.
Liam's pale demonic hand had started to condense sword aura at some point, and then he opened his palm towards Hedin:
"Illusion Sword Dance Impact!"
He only saw on that spread palm, dozens or even hundreds of overlapping sword net shockwaves instantly burst forth.
The range, power, and speed were all abnormally exaggerated.
Hedin was stunned for a moment, and then he barely dodged this move with high-speed movement. It was just that his shoulder was cut open by the overflowing sword aura.
Fresh blood dripped from his shoulder and arm to the ground.
Hedin himself was an elf. His racial talent had endowed him with super high perception, agility, magic, and dexterity talent.
Coupled with his own magic, skills, and the electric propulsion effect attached to his weapon, his own speed could also reach S-rank.
Even in close combat, he could hold his own against Hogni for a period of time.
Even so, he was now actually being caught up to by Liam.
Liam only felt a burst of exhilaration in his heart.
Hedin was very strong, even stronger than Udaeus and the Juggernaut.
It was just that this high mountain had now been crossed by him.
Of course, this was just the beginning. The current strongest of the Freya Familia, Ottar, he still had no possibility of winning against him now.
The current Liam could already disassemble and reassemble skills of level 45 and below, such as Illusion Sword Dance.
For example, he could directly release the sword net shockwave of Illusion Sword Dance without having to perform high-speed slashes first.
He could even condense the sword net shockwave in his demonic hand first and store it, and then release it at a suitable time.
Hedin clutched the wound on his shoulder, his palm wet with blood. "Not bad. This growth speed is worthy of praise."
Thunder Spirit Light Magic was a skill with both passive and active effects. The passive was to increase reaction and his own speed.
The active was to greatly enhance his own comprehensive attributes and amplify the power of his lightning magic.
The golden brilliance of the sunset cast down. Hedin put away his magic staff.
"You performed well this time, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. Today's training time is over. Get ready for dinner."
After Hedin finished speaking, the slaughter in the courtyard finally came to an end.
Liam reviewed the slaughter just now and went to the dining room with Hogni and the others.
He wanted to make use of every minute, so he proactively approached Hedin.
"Hedin, let's talk about your comprehension of magic?"
"Oh? You're actually interested in magic too?" Hedin pushed up his glasses.
Heith had already come over, "Hedin, I didn't expect you to actually get injured. It's really surprising."
...
Hermes Home Base.
This was a luxurious three-story villa built with dark golden wood.
The windows were made of colorful stained glass. And inside, Hermes sat in his seat, lost in thought.
Has he fallen into some kind of loop?
Inside the room, Hermes rested his hands in front of him. He sized up the few people in the room.
Then he tried his best not to show any abnormality. According to his limited memory, something was definitely wrong with him.
Who is it? To be able to confine him in this kind of place, unable to leave?
He thought of his own memory being interrupted several times. Each interruption would inevitably lead to falling into a loop.
According to Hermes's reasoning, he guessed that he was already in a state from which he could not escape.
If there was no external force to break the balance, he would be trapped in this loop forever.
Unless he used his divine power. But once he used his divine power, it would deviate from the original intention of solving the loop problem.
Hermes began to think. He sized up the surrounding environment and the clues on the tabletop.
He only remembered that every time he wanted to sort out his thoughts, he would take notes.
However, once he made a record, his memory would be reset, and he himself would even proactively dispose of that note.
Hermes looked at the two people tidying up in the room, "Do you remember what I said to you?"
"Are you saying that again? You asked us to record strange words in order."
Hermes smiled embarrassedly, "Sorry, this is a god's entertainment.
So can you please say the strange words?"
"Okay. Loop, reset..."
After hearing the other party's words, Hermes turned his head and looked out the window.
When encountering this special situation, all he could do was to think as much as possible in his heart.
And, he had to try his best to ensure that his own memory would not be distorted again.
Hermes only thought for a moment and realized the current situation. It seemed that Orario was in a huge crisis.
And he could only play deaf and dumb, waiting for the opportunity to arrive.
An unreasonable coercive force. There were not many gods in all of Orario who could do this.
Coincidentally, Hermes knew who had this ability. It was just that he could only have this thought in his heart.
The current Hermes had to pass on the consultation to his own children without leaving any traces.
Let them help him remember, so as to pass on the information.
Any written record would lead to everything being reset.
This unprecedented challenge made Hermes excited. He did not find this difficulty hard, but rather found it very interesting.
It was like, the joy of fighting with people is endless.
If he could use his intelligence to defeat his opponent's authority, he thought he would gain a rich sense of satisfaction and achievement.
He sat in his chair, trying his best to keep himself in the most comfortable state.
The strangeness of the current situation was still within a safe range. And because he had not acted rashly, the current Hermes still retained his memory.
He had to pass on as much useful information as possible before the next memory reset.
Through thinking and the chat with his dependant just now, Hermes had confirmed one thing.
And that was that when he had doubts about the surrounding environment, and even intended to find out the mastermind, then a memory reset would happen again.
Perhaps Hermes's inner heart had also been hypnotized by Freya. Whenever he was about to act, and began to make unusual moves like heading to the Freya Familia. Perhaps he would subconsciously return here.
Then close his eyes and fall into a state of memory reset.
Freya, is it? Her ability is really terrifying.
Almost as soon as Hermes thought about it, he could guess. It was just that he was temporarily unable to break free.
Why does Freya want to maintain the current state of Orario?
What on earth is her purpose?
However, now Hermes had already sorted out a few messages.
That was, Freya was not preparing to destroy Orario.
And, Freya had a reason why she had to let Orario continue to maintain its current state.
Hermes found that the sun outside the window was about to set. Combined with the fact that Asfi was not at the home base now, he already understood some things.
And so he proactively left the home base and shouted loudly in the street, "Asfi! I love you!
It was my fault. Come back quickly."
When Asfi heard this sound, she would probably proactively contact him?
One could only say that his plan was indeed not bad.
Asfi was once a princess of a country. When Hermes took a fancy to her talent, he tricked her into coming to Orario to be his assistant.
Whenever Asfi was needed for an errand, Hermes would have to sigh, this tool person Asfi was really useful.
When his voice fell, he indeed heard Asfi's voice by his ear.
"North Street Fried Potato Ball Stall."
So the current Asfi had been maintaining an invisible state, on standby near Hermes at all times.
And so Hermes arrived at North Street and saw Hestia selling fried potato balls.
"Eh? Hestia, why are you here?"
"Hmph, want to ask a question? How about a portion of fried potato balls first?"
"Alright."
After buying a portion of fried potato balls, Hermes slowly ate the fried potato balls in a deserted corner.
From it, he took out a small piece of paper: Turn Orario into a hearth.
Combined with Hestia's authority, Hermes had basically understood Hestia's plan.
Or rather, it was a plan that Asfi had helped Hestia think of.
...
The starry sky enveloped the earth. There were still sparse lights in the houses of Folkvangr.
Liam, who had just left Freya's room, was now lying on the bed for a short while.
He had eaten a lot of various supplements and delicacies before going to bed.
"BOOM!"
An explosion suddenly came from the Freya Familia's home base.
Liam immediately got up and looked out the window, "Who is it?"
Because he didn't see a figure, only a series of explosion sounds, Liam was not clear about the current situation.
He looked out the window and saw gray-black smoke, as well as green light particles in the smoke.
Upon seeing this kind of light particle, Liam already had a rough guess in his heart.
This was very likely Ryuu who had come. It was just that for her to rush into this kind of place alone was really too dangerous.
The number of powerhouses in Folkvangr was very large.
And according to Liam's guess about Ryuu, the other party had definitely not completed her level sublimation yet.
Before, Ryuu was prepared to improve her ability scores to the limit before talking about upgrading.
Liam stood in front of the window and looked towards the door. A full four people were quickly approaching this side.
Heith suddenly opened Liam's room door. It was just, why could the other party open his room door so easily?
Liam chose not to think about this question.
Anyway, in Freya's home base, if the door couldn't be opened, then open the wall.
If that were the case, then in the future when he slept, he would have to sleep every day looking at a wall with a big hole in it.
"Liam! It's so good that you're okay."
Liam pointed at himself, "According to my current strength, it should be very difficult to encounter danger, right?"
"True."
Heith showed an embarrassed smile.
Liam found that the other party had no intention of leaving, so he proactively pointed to the sofa next to him.
"Just right. Shall we rest for a while now to maintain our full energy?"
Just as Liam finished speaking, Heith left. It seemed she was going to participate in healing support.
Liam once again sensed someone approaching. These people who were guarding him immediately fell into a coma.
Liam looked towards the door, and a black shadow quickly left.
He had a guess in his heart, so he also chose to follow.
Liam followed the black shadow and subsequently arrived at the Freya Familia's temple.
The temple space was very large and magnificent. The surrounding walls were always shining with a pink light at night.
Allen appeared from the shadows and approached Liam with an expressionless face.
"Liam, how much of the truth do you know now?"
"Is the truth important? Allen."
Before the time was right, what Liam wanted was to maximize his own strength.
If the time was not right, then he would absorb the various resources of the Freya Familia to a greater extent.
...
At this time, Ryuu Lion was wearing a cloak. Because she had been rescued from the basement by someone.
So she had to complete the task arranged by the other party, which was to create a big enough disturbance here.
"This is indeed the Freya Familia's home base!"
Actually, after seeing Freya and being defeated by Allen before, she had been imprisoned.
It wasn't until she left the basement that Ryuu Lion finally confirmed her location.
If she guessed correctly, Liam was also here.
It was just that Ryuu didn't know where Liam was specifically. Of course, if possible, she wanted to rescue Liam.
Even if Liam's strength was stronger than hers, as long as she could create a chance for Liam to escape, it was enough.
Inside the building of Folkvangr, several rooms on the first floor had already been destroyed.
The entire hall was filled with the pungent smell of explosions.
The Freya Familia dependants, wearing white Familia uniforms, ran out of their bedrooms frantically, and then approached the center of the commotion.
Ryuu had never seen such a desperate fighting style. These dependants were all full of fighting spirit, and their various attributes were also very high.
That she could hold on until now was purely because of the element of surprise, and her own magic and physical talent which had a speed advantage.
It hadn't been long, and she had already seen a Lv5 powerhouse, and more than one.
A green brilliance was shining. This magic power turned into storm bombs, bombing the crowd and the walls indiscriminately.
Compared to the wide open ground, the destructive power of the explosion produced in an indoor environment was significantly amplified.
(End of this chapter)
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