Starting with the awakened Poison God: I choose the Master Thief.

"Thank you for your help, brother. Otherwise, we would have died in the jaws of this demonic wolf. Let me introduce myself. My name is Senmo, and I am the captain of the Dawn Squad."

Senmo greeted Chu Ci warmly and introduced himself. The others followed, looking at Chu Ci with curiosity.

"I'm sorry, Captain Mori. This guy was originally my prey. I'm deeply sorry that it ruined your caravan."

Chu Ci originally thought that the other party's attitude would change 180 degrees after she said this, but who knew that Senmo just sighed.

"Brother, there's no need to apologize. In our line of work, accidents are inevitable. We originally thought the monsters wouldn't be that strong in this area, so we went out to scout ahead. Who knew..."

"Fortunately, the goods were mostly intact, and the people were all unharmed."

Nothing's wrong?

Chu Ci glanced around and saw dozens of corpses lying on the grass, the stench of blood still lingering.

Seemingly noticing his gaze, Senmo began to explain.

"These people are just slaves that some merchant guilds bought from the southern countries. They're worthless and are only used to move goods. Brother, don't worry about them."

Was I concerned about the money? This involves dozens of lives!

Chu Ci thought to herself, but seeing that the other person seemed to be used to it, she didn't say anything more.

"Since you all have nothing else to do, let's part ways here. Goodbye."

With that, Chu Ci turned and prepared to leave.

"Brother, wait a minute!"

Chu Ci paused for a moment after taking a step.

"Hmm? Is there anything else?"

Senmo spoke up.

"I wonder if you're heading to Dawn City, brother? We happen to be escorting a caravan too, why don't we go together?"

Chu Ci hesitated for a moment, but quickly shook his head.

"No need, I have other things to take care of. Let's part ways here."

Before Senmo could speak again, Chu Ci disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Invisibility? Is he a member of the Assassin's Guild like me?"

Just as he finished speaking, the assassin suddenly noticed someone staring at him silently beside him—it was the female mage.

"Philo? Why are you staring at me like that?"

Philo covered her forehead and sighed.

"Can't you be a little more discerning? That guy clearly used the low-level rogue skill, Shadow Strike, Quicksand. Don't assume everyone who sees invisibility is an assassin, okay?"

The others nodded in agreement without making a sound.

"A thief? This guy's a thief? There are actually people who would choose that profession?" the assassin said, slightly surprised.

"Hehe, how could no one choose? Truly powerful people don't care about the difference in professions. Besides, if the thief profession were really weak, how could it have survived for so many years and still stand strong despite being ostracized by the four major guilds?"

Ultimately, it's just that people's talents are not enough to support this choice.

Philo's gaze swept across the grassland, seemingly fixed on an unknown destination.

"People like him are either blindly arrogant or have absolute self-confidence. I'm more inclined to believe the latter, and I think the captain probably thinks so too, right?"

Senmo nodded after listening.

"That's right. My original idea was to use this method to increase his goodwill towards our Dawn Squad on the way back, and then try to recruit him into our team."

"I believe that such a person has extraordinary abilities, but it's a pity that the other party doesn't seem willing to give us this opportunity."

Senmo sighed, his expression slightly disappointed.

"Sigh, let's pack up and get ready to continue. This escort mission isn't completely over yet. We need to be more careful after this experience and we must not be careless again."

"yes!"

……

【Demonized Bead】(prop)

Effect: There is a chance of being demonized after use, and attacks will inflict a 50% critical injury effect.

"Tsk, this thing is good, but it's all about luck. What if it really gets corrupted? Wouldn't that be the end of us?"

On the grassland, Chu Ci picked up the demonized bead and examined it closely.

The severe injury effect is indeed very appealing to him, since future enemies may also possess devouring or life-sucking abilities like the Divine Wolf. Even if he applies the Divine Poison, the opponent can still recover by sucking blood, which would greatly reduce his efficiency.

After much deliberation, Chu Ci decided to put it away for now and ask his mentor for advice when he returned to Dawn City, hoping there might be a way to avoid this risk.

Looking at the map, it's about 200 kilometers away from Dawn City.

"Sigh, let's get going. I wish I could fly someday, it would save me a lot of time."

"Wait a minute? Did I go too far today? Never mind, I'll go back first and talk about it later."

Choosing to log out of "God's Domain," Chu Ci's vision instantly returned to the villa room.

Fortunately, the headache did not return.

"Could it be because my strength has increased that I can stay in the Divine Realm for longer?"

Then the smart home assistant's voice came on again.

Welcome back, Master. Would you like to have a meal or rest now?

"Rest first, I'll prepare dinner when I wake up."

【OK. 】

The room suddenly dimmed, and the huge floor-to-ceiling windows were automatically blocked.

"It's really convenient."

When Chu Ci opened her eyes again, it was already evening.

The surrounding lights turned on automatically, and the bustling street scene across the bridge was particularly eye-catching through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

[Master, dinner is ready.]

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Chu Ci stood on the balcony for a while to admire the scenery before re-entering "God Realm".

Five hours later, he finally saw the church of Dawn City from a great distance.

He was exhausted.

"No, I need to find a travel skill as soon as possible. This trip almost killed me!"

He quickly found his way back to the entrance of the Thieves' Tavern, following the path he remembered.

As soon as they turned the corner, the tavern was completely blocked by a dense crowd.

"What's going on? This place is usually so quiet."

I couldn't understand the Chu Ci no matter how hard I tried.