The Warrior of Love

Jiang Liu showed a brotherly smile.

Chapter 158: Don't be nervous, it's my first time too

"Come on, Heber, come in and take a look at the home of Bell-kun and me."

Hestia led Jiang Liu and the Goddess of Youth in and enthusiastically introduced the interior of the church.

"Look, this sofa is very comfortable, much softer than the floor, and it's not uncomfortable to sleep on it!"

"Hestia..."

"There is also this washbasin, which is placed directly in the lobby for convenience. This way, we can tidy up our appearance anytime and anywhere. Although we need to move the water out and pour it out from time to time, we can just regard it as exercise."

"Hestia..."

"We don't have a kitchen, and we don't need one. We just need to find the right time to go when the stalls are closing, and the aunties on the roadside will sell us cheap fried potato balls."

"Hestia!"

Hebe hugged the goddess of the kitchen, her mouth pursed and she almost cried.

"So you had such a hard time in the mortal world. I was wrong. I shouldn't have come to you and caused you trouble!"

"Don't say that, Heber, we are close friends... wooooooo!"

Hestia also collapsed and hugged the goddess of youth: "I didn't want to fall to this point! I have tried so hard!"

Jiang Liu: “…”

Bell was a little overwhelmed when he saw this scene: "S-Sir God, are these two your friends?"

"Ugh?"

Hestia came to her senses and wiped her eyes, and the sad expression suddenly disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

"Hebe is my dearest friend—much dearer than Hephaestus, but this child..."

"Hello, I'm Hercules, from Hebe's... um." Jiang Liu considered his words, "a stranger who I'm a little familiar with."

"It's too much!"

Heber retorted, "We just had an adventure, didn't we? And I wanted you to be my first child!"

"If that's also called an adventure..." Jiang Liu spread his hands, "The titles of hero and brave are too worthless."

At least you have to slay a dragon, kill a god, and chop down a demon king to be considered an adventure. What’s the big deal about beating up a few thugs?

"Hercules?"

Hestia blinked. "Why do you feel like... a coincidence?"

The name "Hercules" comes from the goddess Hera.

Meaning: The glory of Hera, or to whom Hera bestows glory.

This is the name given to a great hero in Greek mythology when he was a child because he received divine power from Hera.

Although there is no Greek mythology in the world of "Dungeon", the meaning of the name "Hercules" is obvious, and it is easy to think of something with the cultural literacy of the gods.

But they don’t necessarily care.

"Then it's my turn to introduce you. This is Bell-kun, the cutest child that I'm proud of!" Hestia said with her chest puffed out.

Bell felt embarrassed and touched his hair: "Hello, I am Bell, Bell o Cronny."

"Hercules... or you can call me Jiang Liu." He smiled, "Just think of it as a nickname."

"Oh my, I didn't expect to meet old friends today. It's really exciting."

Hestia patted Bell and said, "Bell-kun, take out our last bit of wealth and buy some premium fried meat patties that are not on sale. We need to celebrate today!"

"Lord God, we don't have much Varys (currency) left... I'm afraid..."

Jiang Liu's mouth twitched, he took a deep breath and sighed: "Forget it, I'll treat you today."

"Hmm?" Heber turned his head, "Do you have money?"

"My mother-in-law did give me some money for the trip before I left."

Jiang Liu put down the iron box behind him - the demon armor, opened it, took out a small bag, and gently poured it onto the table.

Wow…

The colorful lights made Hestia and Bell's eyes shrink into dots.

"It's probably enough for a meal." Looking at the small pile of gems on the table, Jiang Liu nodded.

How should I put it? Hera's daily life is not that privileged, and the clothes she wears are very simple. She looks like she really has nothing.

But he can take out these things so easily...is this what it means to be rich and willful?

However, Hera lived an almost isolated life and did not need money in her daily life. Perhaps that was why she saved up the gems she wore on her body.

"This is more than just a meal... I've made up my mind, Bell-kun!"

"what?"

"No more croquettes, let's have a full meal instead."

Hestia wiped the clear liquid from the corner of her mouth and said, "Let's go have a barbecue tonight!"

——The barbecue is so delicious!

Perhaps it was the unique spices of the other world that stimulated Jiang Liu's taste buds, and he was quite satisfied with the barbecue.

The four of them returned to the small church, and Hestia allocated a room to Hebe and Jiang Liu. Although the environment here was not very good, there was still space if they squeezed together.

Then in the middle of the night Heber climbed onto Jiang Liu's bed -

"Give me everything you have!"

"Ah this..."

"Are you dissatisfied with me?"

"No."

"Then why are you still hesitating? Hurry up and give it to me. I can't help it! Be happy, you are my first one!"

"Okay...but could you be gentle?"

"It's me who's in pain and bleeding, not you."

Heber glanced at Jiang Liu shyly: "This is my first time, so I don't have much experience. Let's understand each other."

"Okay." Jiang Liu untied the white Yama robe, "I'll take off my clothes first."

"Um……"

"Just take off your shirt, right?"

"Of course!"

Heber's face flushed: "This is just a divine grace ceremony, nothing else, anything else... just take off the top."

"Eh? Something else?" Jiang Liu said innocently, "I'm talking about the Divine Grace Ceremony. What are you talking about, goddess?"

"Ah, this... is, that is..."

"What is that?"

"That's right, that's right—" Heber suddenly calmed down and glared at Jiang Liu angrily, "Are you kidding me?"

"Oh no, we've been discovered." Jiang Liu grinned.

Seeing that the silver-haired goddess was about to get angry, he pushed with both hands and took off the Yama robe, revealing his seemingly thin but actually strong upper body, which diverted the goddess' attention.

"Hmm, a naked man..."

Smiling silently, Jiang Liu turned around.

"The back, right?"

"Ok!"

It was time to get down to business. Hebe's expression became serious. This was the first time she bestowed God's grace on mankind.

"Blessing" is the miracle whereby the gods bestow their own blood upon their followers to guide their growth.

It is because of this thing that humans have the ability to fight monsters, and gods can become the core of the clan.

That is not a real "power". Even if you get the "favor", you can't suddenly go to heaven or earth, and your strength will not be improved.

The so-called grace of God is actually just a catalyst.

There are countless possibilities in the human body. If all these powers were fully tapped, they would be comparable to the heroes in epics. However, the vast majority of people will never be able to turn possibilities into strength throughout their lives.

God's grace is a miracle that can accurately transform possibilities into strengths, bringing out the potential in mortals. In other words, it gives every follower the opportunity to "become a hero."

Of course, how much potential can be tapped and how much growth can be achieved all depend on personal efforts and qualifications. God's grace can only provide opportunities but cannot guarantee anything else.

After becoming a follower, as long as you continue to train or kill monsters, these experiences will become nutrients and be transformed into real power by "favor".

We can call these nutrients "experience points" for the time being. The more experience points you get, the stronger you will naturally be.

Those who receive favors are also divided into different levels, but unlike in the game, it does not mean that you can level up just by accumulating enough experience.

People's qualifications vary, and possibilities also have limits. If you want to upgrade, you must break your original upper limit. Therefore, "upgrading" in this world is actually a very difficult thing.

The function of this "favor" is actually similar to an ability in Jiang Liu's "Universal Codex", but that one is automatically updated and does not require upgrading (there is no upper limit).

The grace of God needs to be updated by the clan's main god himself so that the attribute value can increase. It will reach a bottleneck at a certain point and will stagnate unless it is upgraded.

The difference between the two is obvious, but Jiang Liu has no intention of rejecting God's grace, because the requirements of "The Original Code of All Things" are really too high!

Only things that can be considered "great deeds" can be recognized by the "Original Code of All Things" and transformed into power.

God's grace is more like simply leveling up by killing monsters. It will be effective as long as you practice.

For example, when Jiang Liu was in the singularity before, killing Yaqi was considered a great feat, but killing Daitengu, Tsuchigumo and the like was not considered a great feat (because it was not difficult for Jiang Liu at that time).

The "Original Classic of All Things" simply counted all the "Hundred Demons" killed as the same achievement... and in the end it just upgraded a certain original skill by one level.

The threshold for God's Favor is much lower. Not only killing monsters, but even regular physical exercise can be counted as increasing experience (although it is very little)!

Not to mention that this also seems to give extra skills and magic, which is really attractive.

Simply put, one has no upper limit, strong performance but high threshold, and the other has many restrictions but strong practicality and good value for money.

Under ideal circumstances, the two abilities should be able to complement each other, which would be of great benefit to Jiang Liu.

"it is good!"

Heber said softly: "Relax, don't be nervous, there will always be a first time, I'm going to start..."

Chapter 159: Abnormal Ability Value

He bit his finger, and the blood that exuded an inexplicable holy aura condensed into an amber drop. Hebe gently pressed it on Jiang Liu's back.

"Zi!"

As if passing through a layer of mist, the blood drop disappeared in a trance, and instead created ripples of divine light on Jiang Liu's back.

hum!

At this moment, a wonderful connection was established between the goddess of youth and the boy who inherited the name of the hero.

It is a contract similar to that between a Servant and a Master, but slightly different. It is based on blood and is as close as family.

But at the same time, Jiang Liu felt a warm current flowing into his body, which was similar to the feeling when Hera fed him divine blood when he first came to this world, but not exactly the same.

If I had to say, the feeling Hera gave him at that time was more distinct, that is, the difference in "purity".

Jiang Liu finally understood why Chiron said that Hera broke the rules...the "gift" given to him by the goddess was not an ordinary one.

The divine blood bestowed upon ordinary followers actually still belongs to the main god himself, but Hera gave up the ownership of the divine blood and completely integrated it into Jiang Liu's body, slowly improving his physique. This is also an important reason why Jiang Liu can grow so fast!

"In the name of the goddess of youth..."

Divine light emerged behind the river flow, and mysterious words like stardust gradually emerged in the ripples. They were arranged in a specific order, and like an unfolded Rubik's Cube, they were intertwined and combined with each other.

This is the "Sacred Text", a miraculous symbol used by the gods to guide their followers.

Qualifications, ability values, skills, magic, experience... everything can be reflected!