The Warrior of Love

"OK, got it."

The little giant bowed and saluted, and he did it surprisingly well.

"I wonder what brings you here?"

"For the child."

Hera held Jiang Liu's hand, and the little giant called "Chiron" leaned over, and the strong body odor made Jiang Liu lean back.

"This child... has a good appearance. He will definitely become a man of great stature in the future."

"You think so too. Sure enough, my vision is right."

Hera said with a hint of joy: "But I don't know anything about martial arts. This child is growing too fast. I must find him a qualified teacher."

"So that's how it is. I was chosen?" The little giant nodded.

“I know you’ve retired…”

"No problem, Your Highness."

The little giant smiled sincerely: "I was taken care of by you in Orarid. Now give me this opportunity to repay you."

"Chiron, you don't need to be bound by the so-called favor. I haven't done anything for you in the first place."

"No, Your Highness, you don't understand."

The little giant shook his head and said, "At that time, I was rejected by all the clans just because of my bloodline. My clumsy hands and feet couldn't do ordinary people's work. I lived a precarious life every day. I was almost beaten to death for stealing... If I hadn't met the goddess, I would have no future at all."

Hera showed a nostalgic look: "You are originally a piece of rough stone. You only need a little polishing to shine."

"But Your Highness is the only one who thinks so... I'm sorry I couldn't help when that happened. Now let me repay you."

Half-kneeling in front of Jiang Liu, bending over to try to make his eyes level with Jiang Liu's, trying to show a "gentle" expression, the little giant spoke.

"I am Chiron, the keeper of this land. What is your name, child?"

"I... Hercules."

Chapter 154: Three-Year-Old [Druid]

Chiron is a mixed-race child, but he is not a mixed-race child like the elves and humans, dwarves and dwarves that are easily accepted by the public. His birth naturally carries a bit of "taboo" flavor.

His father is an elf and his mother is a member of the nearly extinct forest giant tribe.

The forest giants are creatures whose intelligence is undeveloped, or in other words, they are unable to communicate effectively with other races due to their slow thinking. In the eyes of the world, they are actually between intelligent races and beasts.

The elves, on the contrary, have always been considered the most outstanding mortal race, with the longest lifespan and the best magical talent.

The union of Chiron's parents was probably a marriage between a human and a beast in the eyes of the other elves, a taboo doomed to be cursed, especially since the elves were a race with both physical and psychological cleanliness obsessions...

Chiron became an orphan at a young age and wandered to Orario for unknown reasons. However, accepting him would mean incurring disgust from the other elves. In addition, Chiron was ugly and clumsy, so he was rejected by all the elves.

For a long time, he could only make a living by pulling carts and delivering goods as a laborer, and was contemptuously called a "horse".

The one who took him in at that time was Hera, the goddess who ruled over the entire Orario at that time.

The blonde goddess is both proud and stubborn. Her tolerance is proportional to her beauty and she doesn't care about criticism from the outside world at all.

Although this led to the departure of some elves, Hera, who always did her own thing (stubborn and self-willed), did not care. On the contrary, she felt that doing so was a test of the unity of the clan.

This incident caused quite a stir at the time, but Hera always believed that what kind of child she accepted was her own business and that others had no right to interfere. In order to maintain her dignity, she taught many people a lesson.

——This is actually nothing in the goddess’s mortal life.

Because he has been the only one in power for a long time, he doesn't care about the opinions of other clansmen at all. No matter whether they are right or wrong, he just forcefully promotes his own ideas and thoughts. This overbearing style of behavior is bound to offend others.

When small incidents like Chiron's accumulate...it's no wonder that they later aroused public anger.

Yes, although their strength has declined, the reason they were driven out of Orario was not because of the two challengers. What was important was the collective opinion of the clansmen, which even the Adventurer's Guild could not stop.

Back to Chiron himself, we can tell from his appearance that he is a power-type player - but the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" applies to him.

Perhaps because he inherited the talents of both his parents, Chiron not only has an extraordinary physique and endurance, but also has a very high talent for magic.

He has the magical power to control plants and heal creatures. Combined with his sturdy physique, he is a true impassable wall when standing in front of the team. He combines control, defense, and healing in one, and was even once called "Olario's Strongest Vanguard" and "Troll."

But what is not well known is that this giant who looks like he can stop children from crying at night actually has hobbies such as growing flowers, farming and playing music...

Before the goddess (Hera) and the god (Zeus) set out towards a certain goal, he was seriously injured in a battle with a mountain-sized monster in order to protect his teammates. He missed the final battle and he deeply regretted it... Although after reviewing the game afterwards, it was confirmed that the result would not have changed even if he had been there.

That was not a goal that could be conquered simply by accumulating strength and increasing the number of strong men. Both the Hera clan and the Zeus clan lacked a certain key factor. Even the gods and goddesses had not found this, and they were still groping for it.

"No family in Orario can do it now, not even the two younger generations... But if Freya is absolutely unable to do it, then Loki's family has a glimmer of hope."

Hera curled her lips and said, "However, there is no point in talking about this now. It has nothing to do with me anyway."

Looking at the young man who was practicing in an open space not far away, the goddess revealed a charming smile.

"My time has passed."

"Your Highness has really let it go?"

Chiron was a little surprised: "You named him "Hercules", the meaning of this name... I thought you brought this child here for-"

"Chiron, don't you understand my style?"

Hera glanced at him, and the giant man immediately shut his mouth.

“I will do what I want to do even if it means eternal damnation, but if I don’t want to do it, it will be useless even if all the gods come to help me!

If I want to return to Orario, I won't do anything fancy, I will just go back with integrity.

What I hate most is people who take advantage of children! I will never involve my own children in such things!"

"Been taught a lesson."

Chiron laughed innocently: "Your Highness's temper has not changed."

"Of course, it's only been a few years in the underworld. How could a god change so easily?"

Hera Yoyo said: "After all, whether it is me or other gods, we are just a group of boring and selfish guys... We have caused you a lot of trouble."

"Don't say that, Your Highness. I am——"

"Don't worry, although I've caused trouble, I'm not embarrassed at all!"

Hera said proudly: "Because I am a god, it is natural for me to cause trouble to children!"

Chiron: “…”

Lady Hera's straightforwardness is really impressive.

"But then again."

Chiron turned his attention from the goddess to the young man in the field.

"What an amazing talent... worthy of being your adopted son."

"My most important treasure." Hera's lips curled up slightly, "Isn't it amazing?"

"Hmm... Even I am a little shocked. The secret technique of the Druid - if this wasn't something I created myself, I would have thought he had been practicing this since he was a child."

"Druid" is something between magic and skills, and it is Chiron's original creation.

Originally, although magic existed in this world, it was extremely difficult to obtain. Even the elves, who were known to have the strongest magical talent, were only better in quantity and power. Generally speaking, it was already amazing to have a "skilled and powerful" magic. Only a very small number of great magicians could develop multiple magics to the extreme.

In addition, there is no such thing as "learning" or "teaching" magic here. In most cases, it depends on talent and fate, and basically on living long enough and increasing your level. There are only a few special cases (for example, there is an elf girl in Loki's family who can learn magic from the same family, but there are also many restrictions).

Perhaps because Chiron is of mixed blood, he is naturally very friendly to natural magic. When he first became an adventurer, Hera gave him the magic book she won from other families, allowing him to acquire the magic of "Nature's Language".

Later, when the level was increased, two more magics were obtained: "Natural Healing" and "Nature's Wrath".

All three types of magic are passive, namely communicating with wild beasts and plants, slowly recovering after being injured, and temporarily growing strength attributes during battle.

His long adventurer career made him gradually adapt to the power of these three types of magic, but he was always curious about why his magic was different from others: his magic was almost not consumed.

Later he gradually realized that it was not that there was no consumption, but that the magic power was borrowed from other places.

It took him about ten years to truly get in touch with the fur of "natural forces", that is, the natural magic wandering in the atmosphere and the earth, and developed "Druid".

Simply put, this is a technique that uses meditation, breathing, perception, etc. to communicate with the magic of nature with the help of the body. Once the connection is successful, you can directly utilize the ubiquitous natural power.

Of course, compared with nature, individuals are tiny, the power they can borrow is extremely limited, and excessive use will also have certain sequelae.

As for Chiron, he simply enhanced his endurance and recovery speed, and combined with his existing magic, he would hardly be defeated in a protracted battle. He even had a record of defeating an entire clan alone.

Because it was not recognized as a "skill", Chiron was not sure whether it was magic or not, he just thought it was very useful.

Through "Druid", he also learned a lot of new knowledge, such as that magic does not only exist in living organisms, but exists almost everywhere.

The magic power in the atmosphere is far lower than that contained in the earth's crust, and the core of the earth's magic power is underground in Orario, that is, in the "maze".

Although there are places with rich magic power in other places, such as a certain magical power, they are far inferior to Orario in terms of quality and scale.

The magic stone in the monster's body is actually the condensation of these magic powers, but it is not clear why the colorless magic power would give rise to a bloodthirsty monster.

——It’s terrifying when you think about it, so I haven’t explored it specifically.

It’s not like he hadn’t taught Druidism to his companions, but even the elves with amazing talents weren’t able to learn it. Gradually, he came to feel that it was just a talent of his as a half-blood.

This time, I was actually just teaching this kid (Jiang Liu) the method of meditation to help him lay a solid foundation. But I didn't expect that this kid would learn so quickly and so well that I also taught him "Druidry".

As a result...Chiron succeeded in teaching this technique for the first time.

"Your Highness Hera, God-sama."

Chiron looked at Jiang Liu who was gradually entering a state of meditation, and said solemnly: "Excuse me, you may not want this child to be exposed to too much, but with his talent, he is destined to step onto the most dazzling stage in the world."

Orario?

Hera glanced at Chiron, was silent for a moment, and then said indifferently: "So what? If this is his wish, then as a mother, I can only support him, right?"

“Some people are born to be extraordinary.”

Chiron took a deep breath, picked up the huge axe beside him, and gently stroked the rusty steel.

"I don't know how long I can teach him... I'll just do my best. He's not a fledgling that will be confined to this forest. Sooner or later, he'll spread his wings and fly high."

"It's better to say that he is strong enough now."

Hera looked worried, "This child is good-looking, and has the appearance of a woman in trouble. I am worried about his future."

"What?" Chiron was stunned.

Don't blame him, after all, the topic jump is a bit too big.

"I am the patron saint of chastity and marriage. If my child turns out to be a playboy, wouldn't that mean I am no longer qualified to be a god?"

"Uh..." Chiron was silent for a moment, then changed the subject somewhat abruptly.

"How old is he? He has such a strong body at such a young age. It's amazing."

"Well, I remember he looked only one or two years old when I picked him up... He should be three years old now." Hera said lightly.

"Oh, three years old, so young, really promising--huh?!"

Chiron fell silent again, even more speechless, as if he was doubting his life.

"Wait a minute! Your Highness...did you do something?"

"It's nothing..." Hera said calmly, "I just fed him a drop of blood - my own."

The giant took a deep breath and exhaled: "Huh... You know this is forbidden, right?"

"Of course..." Hera smiled contemptuously, "but I don't care."

Ah, it's true.

Chiron also smiled slightly: Your Highness is still the same Highness as before.

Chapter 155: Beauty saves the hero?

On the day when Jiang Liu turned "sixteen", his adoptive mother and teacher called him to their front, and the blonde goddess solemnly pushed a few things in front of him.

"I found this on the ground when I met you. Now it's time to give it to you."

There are three pieces in total, namely a jet-black armor, a white slim robe, and a dark red sword. They are the Demon Armor, Yama's Robe, and the Undead Sword.

The things that didn't fit him at all at the beginning can now be barely worn, but he is a little surprised by his adoptive mother's words.

"Granny, this is..."

"You have grown up, Hercules."