Even goblins are dangerous in this other world!

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The face beneath the Hermes mask was as cynical as he always appeared. As Shek approached, he smiled and opened his arms, while the four enormous masks behind him lunged at Shek like vengeful spirits.

"boom--"

The mask and Shek's hand collided, and the resulting shockwave seemed to ignite the sky. The vortex that formed swept up and tore apart many mushroom trees, and even the thorns that Shek summoned trembled under the powerful shockwave, their thick stems breaking.

Shek withdrew his hand, his blood-covered right arm trembling almost imperceptibly.

He hadn't expected Hermes to produce four high-level Tier 5 items at the same time, and that these four items complemented each other, making them even more powerful than the Illusionary Mushroom Forest.

How long have you been planning this?

Xie Ke sighed slightly.

He knew he had overestimated himself today and should have invited Tata along.

Actually, it's not too late now. He's much faster than Hermes, so getting back to the city shouldn't be a problem.

But he knew Hermes wouldn't give him that chance.

Sure enough, Hermes grinned, and the magical wall behind him shifted, aiming at Kanriel:

"For a very, very long time."

"To be precise, it wasn't that we had been planning to cooperate with the mushroom monsters for a long time, but rather that we had been planning for a long time to seize the opportunity to enter the sixth tier."

"As a businessman, if you want to make money, you only need to do two things: first, be prepared; second, wait for the opportunity."

"I'm so lucky, I got it."

"It's too late to go back and call that old man Tata now. If you dare to leave, all the residents of Kanriel will leave before you."

Shek's gaze remained calm. Even now, he still had a backup plan, though the cost would be too high. It wasn't that he couldn't use it.

Hermes, on the other side, seemed to know this as well. He looked at Shek with a kind smile, his tone becoming more amiable:

"Shek, I know you still have strength left, why bother? What's the point of fighting me to the death? After you die, the Demon Bat Cave will riot, and Kanriel will still fall."

"Why don't you join us? You have no idea how important this opportunity is. If you seize it, not to mention the sixth rank, even the seventh rank is not impossible."

Faced with Hermes's temptation, Shek scoffed:

"Seventh rank? With your talent? Hermes, have you eaten the wrong mushroom?"

"What good can come of trading with those monsters? Even in the Demon Bat Cave, there's only one last Tier 6 monster left. As for Tier 7... you might see one in your dreams tonight when you go to sleep."

Hearing Shek's words, Hermes burst into laughter:

"Making a deal with monsters? Shek, aren't you underestimating me, Hermes?"

"If it were just the old, weak and sick demon bats and mushroom monsters, why would I risk doing something like this?"

"The one I'm making a deal with isn't a monster, it's a demon... Do you understand, Shek? A real demon!"

Hermes' words struck like a thunderbolt, and Shek's expression changed drastically.

"Demons?! You're insane, Hermes."

He couldn't believe that the demons were the greatest enemy of the entire Kingdom of Dorant, or rather, that Dorant was in its current predicament entirely because of the demons. This was a deep-seated hatred stemming from their bloodline, an irreconcilable conflict that would last forever.

If being a traitor to demons is considered treason, then making deals with demons is truly despicable.

This is trading the life and death of the entire kingdom's inhabitants; it's the most despicable kind of scum.

"No, I'm not crazy. You're the ones who're crazy, this city is crazy, the whole country is crazy."

Hermes smiles:

"But I can't blame you. You've never seen what a real demon looks like, so you still have a glimmer of hope and want to resist."

"If you had ever seen them, you would know what the most perfect race in the world is like. Their children are born with incredible power, and anyone who tries to oppose them will only die!"

"Shake, give up. It's not too late if you give up now. Let's evolve towards perfection together. You've been doing all those experiments, haven't you? It's all for the sake of evolution."

"..."

"..."

After a long silence, Shek spoke, his eyes flickering:

"I think you might have misunderstood something."

"Whether it's conducting experiments on flesh and blood or on monsters, I never thought about striving for some bullshit perfect evolution."

"I have only one purpose from beginning to end."

"That is to help our people escape the invasion of monsters and gain true freedom."

"If monsters can befriend us, why can't we control and utilize them? Since monsters have naturally powerful bodies, why can't we use their bodies to fuse with them?"

"The experimental direction may be wrong, but the direction of progress will not be wrong."

"You are truly foolish, Hermes, stupid, self-deprecating, and pathetic."

Shek's pitying gaze seemed to enrage Hermes, who grinned maliciously and spoke:

"Since you won't agree, then die!!"

In the short time that Hermes had been talking to Shek, the mushroom monster, hundreds of meters tall, had already appeared behind Shek. Its thick arms could easily touch Shek's body with a gentle wave. Hermes laughed loudly:

"What do you have to beat me now, Shake?"

Shek remained silent.

He was actually waiting too.

His final tactic had a drawback: once used, he could no longer move, so he was waiting for the large estate owner to get closer to him.

Now, he has finally gotten what he's been waiting for.

Just as a thought crossed his mind and the magic power within him began to surge, a voice rang out from behind the two of them.

"Excuse me for interrupting, I've been listening from a distance for a while now. Could you elaborate on the demon race?"

The black cloak fluttered in the raging wind, and Luo Xiu stood on the ground, looking up at the two of them with a shy smile on his face.

Chapter 200 Being a support role isn't bad!

Luo Xiu's sudden appearance caused the scene to freeze for a moment.

Neither of them expected Luo Xiu to appear here, and the tense situation began to crack.

"Young man, I have high hopes for you. Would you like to join us?"

After a brief silence, Hermes smiled and extended his hand in a gesture of invitation:

"As for what the demon race is, you'll find out when you arrive. If you're worried about your teacher, you can try to persuade him to join us."

Hearing Hermes' words, Shek's face darkened even more, and he growled at Luo Xiu:

"Quickly! Call your teacher and tell him that demons have appeared."

Luo Xiu blinked as he listened to their conversation, seemingly trying to figure out who was right.

Then suddenly, he moved, his figure like a swift shadow, rushing towards Shek on the thorns.

Hermes smiled upon seeing this.

He likes smart people, and if Luo Xiu continues to be this smart, he might really consider adding Luo Xiu to the plan.

Shek's expression remained unchanged. He was standing in a different position than Hermes. At the last moment, he seemed to understand what Luo Xiu wanted to do.

With a loud bang from the collision, the dust gradually dissipated, revealing Luo Xiu's figure, blocking the great manor lord's swinging arm behind Xie Ke.

Luo Xiu's appearance just now startled Hermes and Sheke, but the mushroom monster behind Sheke did not stop moving.

It recognized Luo Xiu as the damned human who had caused the leader's breakthrough to fail, which only fueled its anger and intensified its attack on Sheke.

Unexpectedly, Luo Xiu appeared in front of it and punched its elbow. The immense force caused its sure-fire attack to falter.

Luo Xiu was not having an easy time either. The manor lord in front of him was obviously not a demon who had just entered the fifth rank. His strength was much greater than Luo Xiu's. In the instant of the collision, Luo Xiu's arm bone was shattered, but he was immediately healed.

Not far away, Hermes stared at Luo Xiu in disbelief, his heart filled with shock, as if struck by lightning.

Luo Xiu blocked the manor lord's attack, and what that meant couldn't be clearer.

Luo Xiu has reached the fifth rank!

He had never even imagined that he could advance to the fifth rank before the age of 30, let alone seen it before.

Even though he could be considered a genius, he was still far inferior to Luo Xiu at this moment.

"Hehehe..."

Hermes let out a low laugh, which gradually grew louder until he could no longer control himself and burst into wild laughter.

He looked at Luo Xiu as if he were seeing a peerless treasure. If he could observe Luo Xiu's path of advancement in detail, he might be able to glimpse the opportunity to advance to the seventh rank.

"Get out of the way!"

Sheke, having recovered from his shock, shouted at Luo Xiu.

One scarlet magic array after another unfolded before him, and countless enormous thorns burst forth, forming a vast net that transformed into a forest of thorns.

Covered in crimson droplets, he sat in this thorny forest, seated on a throne formed of thorns. Beneath him, the forest of phantom mushrooms erupted with layers of illusory light, forming a massive mountain that gradually solidified and finally crowned his head like a royal crown.

He was now going all out, actually attacking the manor lord behind him and Hermes in front of him simultaneously. The thorns intertwined like pillars supporting the sky, their spikes gleaming with a chilling light, cutting through everything in their path.

He saw Luo Xiu's potential and regarded him as the kingdom's hope for breaking through the blockade, so he wanted to cover Luo Xiu's retreat.

Hermes on the opposite side also moved. Of course, he would not let Luo Xiu go. The four huge masks behind him spun like a roulette wheel, and four rainbow lights of black, white, gold, and silver burst out at the same time, shooting towards Luo Xiu.

"catch him!!!"

He shouted at the large estate owner.

Even if Luo Xiu advances to the fifth rank, he is still confident. The great manor lord was already at the fifth rank hundreds of years ago. Even if he doesn't eat much high-rank flesh and blood, which makes his progress slower, it is still not something Luo Xiu can stop.

The manor lord roared, his anger already burning at the blond human who had blocked his way. He swung his arms, ready to tear Luo Xiu to shreds.

Luo Xiu had already realized that the manor lord in front of him was the red mushroom monster in its fifth-tier form. As he watched the thorns summoned by Sheke collide with the manor lord's towering arms, his eyes flashed, and he finally stepped aside.

Shek's eyes were filled with relief. As long as Luo Xiu could be saved, even if Kanriel had truly fallen, at least the kingdom would still have hope.

His final move was difficult to control precisely, so he could only unleash it fully after Luo Xiu left.

Hermes looked at Luo Xiu as if he was about to run away, his gaze fierce. The four masks behind him burst out with dazzling light, and the places they illuminated were frozen as if dyed, falling into an inexplicable emotional state.