Arad's unruly savior

Chapter 3916 Such a big thing should have been said earlier!

Skulti vividly recounted how she discovered the problem, wearing a pair of beautiful ankle boots, with long, nimble fingers and shinier hair than before.

Gardeners patrol the orchards in Wuxuan Territory every day. These spirit trees are treasures of the territory and are protected by a magical barrier.

Skulti is the most active of the three Norni sisters. She loves to run in the orchard filled with the aroma of fruit, jump from branch to branch to release her energy, and sometimes even climb up a tree to sleep.

Today, while she was climbing a tree as usual, she noticed a fat peacock passing by, but she didn't pay it any mind. Wuxuan Territory is a land that embraces all rivers, so nothing is surprising.

After she climbed the tree, she discovered that all the ripe fruit had been picked, leaving only some unripe fruit.

The reason I didn't suspect whether the gardener had picked them normally is simple: it's not official harvest time yet.

Even if the gardener picks them, he only picks those fruits that are fully ripe and will naturally fall off the branches if they are not picked soon.

"Damn it, I usually can't bear to eat this!" Skulti said angrily. If she caught the thief, she would definitely teach him a lesson.

“I see. Skulti, you did a great job. Let’s find the thief together. She picked so many fruits; unless she had a spatial artifact, it’s impossible for her to escape without a trace.” Night Forest praised her while raising a lamp to illuminate the darkness, pretending to search earnestly.

Children need encouragement and praise.

In fact, besides normal footprints, the most common things on the ground are bird claw marks.

Not long after, Skulti suddenly cried out in one direction, urging Ye Lin to hurry over. She had found the missing spirit fruit, and the culprit was also there.

They were incredibly bold; they didn't even try to run away.

In a corner of the orchard, behind half a red brick wall, a large quantity of spiritual fruits were piled up, the very batch that had been stolen. There was also a wild pheasant weighing over fifty pounds with brightly colored feathers lying among them, unresponsive to approaching footsteps, seemingly already dazed.

"The fruit is all here, fat bird, how did you get through the barrier?" Skulti's palm glowed with an orange-red flame, her face flushed with anger.

The Otherworldly race are natural-born fire mages, possessing exceptional talent in the realm of fire elements.

Awakened by the scorching flames, Robert slowly stood up. After figuring out the situation, he cleared his throat and arrogantly said:

"Thief? That sounds awful. I only ate some of your spiritually deficient fruits. Once I'm back to my full strength, I'll easily repay you tenfold."

"As for that clumsy barrier, I could walk through it with my eyes closed."

By absorbing the spiritual energy of the spirit tree and spirit fruit, her condition has improved somewhat, and she is now able to speak.

She wandered around for an afternoon and discovered that Wuxuan Territory was indeed extraordinary, with many rare and precious materials and high-energy substances. However, the problem was that these places were often guarded.

It was hard for someone as big as me to steal without being discovered, and I finally found an opportunity when I wandered into the orchard.

Almost immediately, Ye Lin arrived and saw that the spiritual fruits piled on the ground had lost their spirituality. Their skins lacked their lustrous sheen and looked like ordinary fruits, no different from the products on the market. It was likely that Luo Bu Le had devoured their energy.

He expressionlessly reached out towards Luo Bule, who immediately shrank back, thinking that Ye Lin was going to choke her again and then lift her up like a goose, which was very undignified.

“I will compensate you; I desperately need substances rich in magic and spirituality.” Roble’s arrogant demeanor immediately deflated, and after thinking it over, he decided to be honest about his needs.

After being teased by Sulfana, she was eager to restore her strength, at the very least to the level where she could take human form, so that she could retain her dignity.

Another important reason was that when she was strolling around in the afternoon, she ran into a group of summoners who were shopping together, and she vaguely sensed the power of an old friend from those girls.

Mahnawa!

"I swear I will stay with Miss Akko, and outside of this time, I hope to get rid of my current situation."

After she finished speaking, she nervously stole a glance at Ye Lin's expression.

Will he believe the monster's oath?

Skulti, who was standing nearby, became less angry after realizing that the thief seemed to know the leader.

The Chief created all the beauty in the Earth Orbit Center, and all the happiness now comes from the Chief. Skulti would go through fire and water for him if he asked, not to mention some spiritual fruits.

Ye Lin chuckled and said, "You demons love to despise human agreements and trust, considering them worthless, full of hypocrisy and lies, and the most ridiculous joke. Now you turn around and seek our trust. Why is that? Is it because you have lost your supreme power?"

In her fat chicken form, Roble moved her throat, instinctively trying to evoke the arrogance of a powerful figure, only to find herself merely a wild pheasant... She couldn't answer Ye Lin's question.

One of the most painful things in the world is the arrow you shoot that, after spinning around, hits you right between the eyebrows.

After the "phoenix" turned into a pheasant, she sadly discovered this fact.

When she was powerful in the past, she could ignore the rules, laugh at the agreements, and despise the "hypocrisy" of the weak. Now that she has been reduced to a fifty-pound free-range chicken and lost her "value," she suddenly realizes how special agreements and trust are.

Roberta wondered if her former colleagues would have helped her if they had seen her like this... probably not.

Ye Lin looked at the fat chicken standing still and said calmly, "You have to compensate for these fruits, but you don't have much money."

In an instant, Roble suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and gusts of cold wind blew through the gaps in his feathers.

She had a hundred reasons to believe that Ye Lin had just tried to pluck her hair.

“Skulte, it’s cold outside, let’s go back first. I’ll make that fat chicken spit out the compensation.”

Then, Ye Lin grabbed Luo Bu Le by its two paws and held it upside down, just like he had bought a free-range chicken.

The fruit piled on the ground was also collected; it had lost its spiritual power, but it was still edible.

“Mmm.” Skulti nodded vigorously, having no objections whatsoever; whatever the leader said, he would do.

.........

"I'm a little curious about your true form now." Ye Lin flicked his finger, sending a pure energy beam into Roble's crest feathers.

At the end of the Great War of the Gods, both the Lord of the End and the Blind Fool wanted to use the power of those who had become gods to smuggle themselves across the Primordial Sea, with the vessels being the Demon King Mochia and the First Hermit Mar, respectively.

He went to the Primordial Sea ahead of time to ambush them, and the subsequent events in the God Realm were handled by the Hermit and Hiaite, so he did not know the form of Roble, who was being devoured by fate.

After the energy was injected, Roble's crest feathers lit up, and the brilliant light entered his body. The colorful feathers turned into light particles, and his 50-plus-pound body also turned into light particles and began to recombine.

Its short, stout body shone with light, and in the process, it grew taller.

Ye Lin was astonished to see that the radiant Roble had the appearance of a human woman, but also retained some bird-like features, such as wings on her back, crest feathers on her head, and talons like bird claws. Roble's chest swelled at a visible speed, forming two exaggerated curves, and her waist seemed to be unnaturally bent due to the excessive weight.

Finally, when the light reached its peak and then suddenly dimmed, a mature woman with large breasts and a voluptuous bottom appeared in sight. Her brightly colored clothes presented a beautiful red and blue color scheme, almost identical to the color of her feathers when she was a "wild pheasant".

The Roble and the Surfana are both birds and share many similarities in appearance. The difference is that the Roble's wings are positioned lower, like a continuation of the tailbone, while the Surfana's wings are positioned directly behind her, resembling ribs.

"While I find humans foolish and hypocritical, I also admit that the human body is truly useful." Roble habitually adopted a haughty demeanor, raising his arm to admire his long, slender fingers, considering them works of art.

She and Sulfana differ in one other way: the latter's wings and claws are actually due to incomplete evolution and insufficient cultivation level, which allows her to only achieve a half-human, half-bird state.

Roble's bird-like features were intentionally left behind. She hates and belittles humans, but she has to admit that the human body, especially its dexterous hands, is simply a bug-level existence.

Therefore, she will not completely transform into a human, but only humanize parts of her body. Otherwise, wouldn't that be admitting that the despicable humans completely crush the monster race in terms of physical strength?

Before she could even feel proud, she sensed a strange gaze from the side. Roble jumped, no longer daring to put on airs, and quickly said:
"I will compensate you, don't pluck my feathers."

"I can help you mine Terrastone, or whatever."

After Ye Lin nodded, he subtly glanced at Roberto's righteousness, which was considered top-tier even in the divine realm, and said with slight annoyance:
"You should have told me sooner that something so important happened. You should have told me sooner that you had something so important to do."

Luo Bule blinked in confusion, her head full of question marks.

Ye Lin quickly calmed down, raised her hand and pointed, and all the fruits that she had swallowed, which had been imbued with spiritual energy, reappeared, piling up all over the ground. Each one was plump and juicy, and probably weighed half a pound.

"Robule, I'll give you a chance to make amends. Eat all these fruits, and I won't hold you responsible."

"what?"

Luo Bule frowned, bent down and picked up a spirit fruit. It looked like an apple but was different. If it were in her prime, she could have swallowed ten times the amount in one bite.

But that's absolutely not going to work now. Her power to transform comes from Ye Lin, and she estimates that she'll soon revert to a wild pheasant. There are so many spiritual fruits, roughly estimated to weigh several tons. How could she possibly finish them all now?

"I...can't eat...I can make it up to you."

"No, no, these are two different things." Ye Lin shook his head and said in a casual tone:

"If you accidentally kill someone else's poultry, you cannot take the poultry away after paying compensation, because you are compensating for the value of the poultry while it was alive, not its physical value."

"So, what you want to compensate for is the original value of the fruit, but not the value of what the Wuxuan Organization wants to do with these spiritual fruits, such as someone waiting for it to break through, someone waiting for it to heal their wounds... all subsequent consequences will be attributed to you."

That seemed to make sense. After being scolded, Luo Bule had no choice but to admit defeat. She took a bite of the juicy spirit fruit in her hand. It tasted extremely sweet. She had never eaten anything so delicious in the Land of Chaos.

However, even the most delicious food will damage your sense of taste if you eat it repeatedly, especially when your stomach is already bloated.

With only the third fruit, Roble had already reached his limit and was almost in despair.

"I... I can't eat anymore... I feel like throwing up..."

Ye Lin snapped his fingers, gesturing for Robert to look over, and said:
"You must eat it all before it rots."

"Or, if you don't want to eat these fruits, then I have two smaller fruits here for you to savor..."

Luo Bule had no power to resist and could only submit to the lecherous thief.

After a while, Ye Lin stroked Robert's head. Robert was admiring a pair of pendants from the Trial Blade, and the two mounds of chicken breast resting on his knees were also a sight to behold. He said:
"You're very shrewd and have good eloquence. From now on, you'll be my domestic fowl."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

The realm of gods, shrouded in mist and haze.

The Inventors Conference, jointly organized by the three most renowned scholarly forces in the divine realm—Beast Fang Judgment, Clockwork House, and Gear Workshop—as well as Mist Storm itself, has officially opened.

After many years, the inventors' conference is being held again, and all parties in the divine realm, including the hermits, have high expectations for it.

The aim is to achieve continuous innovation in Mist Technology and discover truly talented individuals.

Ruiqi, a renowned female scholar from Baihai, was one of the invited guests. She arrived in Wulan a few days before the official opening and brought a chimera with her.

"Chimera, let me make this clear first. Although I'm also a member of the judging panel, I can't give you special treatment." Ruiqi raised her voice, calling back the chimera who was looking around erratically.

"But if you can pass the initial review, I will consider giving you a very high rating."

Ruiqi was implying that it was not easy to give Chimei preferential treatment or connections in the initial audition, but if she could pass the initial audition, it would prove that she had certain abilities and talents. In that case, it wouldn't be unreasonable for her to help out a little by placing her work in a prominent position.

As Ye Lin once said, if you want to be recognized by a discerning eye, you must first be a thoroughbred horse.

"Mmm." Chimera seemed to be listening, but she was also a little absent-minded. She was preparing well for the Inventors' Conference.

But she didn't even tell Ruiqi what that invention was.

"As for the Rubik's Cube you've been longing for, as long as you have real skills, I can help you get in touch with the Clockwork House, and you'll have plenty of opportunities to work with Rubik's Cubes in the future."

"Or as Ye Lin said, if you offer something of sufficient value or an invention, he will step in and help you exchange it for a Rubik's Cube."

"However, I estimate that an invention of this caliber, even if it is not compared to Werner's airship, is not much different."

Chimera perked up slightly upon hearing the words "Rubik's Cube".

"Come on, I'll show you around. She's a stunning beauty. As for how beautiful she is, I don't even dare to introduce her to Ye Lin."

About half an hour later, Ruiqi, accompanied by the rummaging Chimera, found the person she had mentioned in the Beast Fang Judgment area: Laura, a renowned and beautiful scholar belonging to the Beast Fang Judgment.

Laura has a slender and graceful figure, exquisite features, with willow-leaf eyebrows, starry eyes, a delicate nose, and cherry lips. Just standing there, she is a striking sight, attracting the attention of many people.

"Wow, she really is a beauty." Chimera whistled at Laura, then received a chop to the neck from Ricky.

You have no manners! You're acting like a delinquent girl.

"Ruiqi, do you think selling Laura's data to Yelin would be enough to get a Rubik's Cube?" Chimera had another crazy idea popping into her head.

(End of this chapter)