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The person who had his eye on him was Griffith, and his mercenary group was called the Band of the Eagle.

That marked the beginning of Gus's second phase of life.

He was defeated but not killed. Griffith took him in, and he found his place in the Band of the Hawk, becoming the captain of the charge and Griffith's right-hand man.

Undeniably, even Guts now has to admit that Griffith was a dazzling man, not just in appearance, but also in the personal charisma he exuded.

A kind of charm that made Guts willing to risk his life for it.

He considered Griffith a close friend, and he believed that Griffith felt the same way, given that Griffith was willing to risk his life for him.

But on the night of the banquet, he heard Griffith's words, his words about dreams.

Only those who are equals to me and pursue their dreams can become his friends.

This statement shattered Guts's self-righteousness; it turned out that in Griffith's eyes, he was not a friend.

So, on the day he achieved fame and fortune and was about to become a nobleman, he left Griffith to pursue his own dreams. He defeated Griffith, who tried to force him to stay, and left silently to chase his own dreams.

However, this was a wrong decision.

Upon his return, Guts was bewildered as to how things had turned out. The Band of the Hawk was besieged on all sides and exhausted, while Griffith was captured by the King and imprisoned in the Tower of Rebirth, where he suffered countless inhuman tortures.

Filled with remorse, Guts defeated the king's men, including Bakira and a black dog, and finally rescued Griffith.

Griffith was no longer the man he once was; his skin was peeled off, his tongue cut out, his hair shaved, his hands and feet severed, and so on...

Guts didn't know how to face Griffith, and in that short time—

Griffiths, who was driving the carriage out, fell into the river. He may have wanted to commit suicide, to end his miserable, pitied life.

And the wheel of cause and effect slowly turns at this moment.

Griffith took up the Overlord's Egg and sacrificed the entire Band of the Hawk in exchange for the power to transform into an angel.

Guts was powerless to stop this scene. He watched helplessly as all the people he knew in the Band of the Hawk were devoured by countless ferocious apostles in the Eclipse. He lost his right eye and his left hand, becoming a sacrifice. He also watched helplessly as his beloved woman was raped by Griffith, who had transformed into an 'angel'!

He was eventually rescued by the Skeleton Knight, but from then on, he was attacked every night by monsters summoned by the brand, and the rest of his memories were filled with constant battles.

His enemy is the Hand of God, a being like a god, while he has only a sword and a suit of armor.

Even though his heart was filled with hatred, Guts knew that he had no chance of succeeding in taking revenge.

Until that day, he was chosen by the Supreme God and became a reincarnator.

Chapter 18: 122. The Journey of the Branded Warrior

Guts was chosen during his journey with his companions.

In truth, Guts's hatred had subsided considerably by that time. He was more inclined to protect Casca than to seek revenge against Griffith.

A branded warrior is not made of steel without blood or tears; he has family and friends, and these things inevitably become a warrior's Achilles' heel.

But even though he was no longer a mad dog filled with hatred, Guts still understood.

A person without power can only make a joke with whatever they say; only by having enough power can one protect what is precious to them.

So when God presented the opportunity, Guts seized it without hesitation.

Because he was fighting against countless apostles, against this world that had fallen into an illusory world and was gradually becoming incredibly dangerous!

He naturally harbored doubts and wariness towards the supreme deity, but he also seized this opportunity.

The results were also very good. Life in the cycle of reincarnation was full of dangers, but Guts would not say he enjoyed it, but he was like a fish in water.

After all, he had long been accustomed to being unable to sleep every night, constantly facing attacks from countless different monsters.

Perhaps for this reason, Guts climbed quickly and steadily. Although he did not strengthen or modify his bloodline, his gradually strengthening berserker armor and dragon-slaying sword, as well as his physical body, still made him a latecomer who surpassed most reincarnators.

With these powers, he and his companions survived for quite some time.

Gus's ideas gradually changed here.

Rather than seeking revenge against Griffith, he would much rather Casca recover and be free from all this suffering.

He was not a savior, nor a legendary hero. Guts was merely a mercenary, a hunting dog on the battlefield. His world and his ideals were not so grand.

Of course, once he has settled everything, he will certainly embark on a journey to find Griffith.

But now, his heart is calm, no longer raging or angry.

Perhaps this is why Qiu Hai made him Bell's instructor.

After all, he is very suitable in terms of experience, ability, and mindset.

The boy in front of him, Bell Craney, is a boy whose life circumstances are completely different from Gus'.

He had not suffered any hardship or been tempered; he was merely a naive young man who had left his hometown to try his luck in this city.

Although this process was directly interrupted because of them, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

Compared to Gus, Bell is far too fortunate, and with such a disparity in their lives, how can Gus possibly console Bell?

"Stand up if you wish to continue fighting."

Bell gritted his teeth and stood up. He was not a coward, nor was he a weakling who would give up for a simple reason.

However, when facing Guts, the hero who saved him, Bell couldn't help but feel a sense of inferiority.

He actually knew Mr. Gus's story.

Kazuma secretly told Bell about Guts' story.

Mr. Gus's experience deeply shocked Bell. He realized that it was such a difficult and arduous path that shaped Mr. Gus into such an exceptional tough guy.

But he instructed Bell that Gus must never know about this.

He absolutely does not want anyone to pity him.

But now, Bell still can't help but want to ask.

"Mr. Gus, is it because I have experienced too little hardship and too much success that I cannot become a man like you?"

“Suffering is not a source of strength; suffering is simply suffering. It is not a stepping stone to temper a person,” Gus said calmly.

"Weakness is not the same as being weak. Strength, weakness, and suffering are never the same thing."

He picked up the short sword beside Bell and tossed it back to Bell, saying calmly...

"The only things you can control are becoming stronger and sticking to your dreams."

He wasn't one for idle chatter, but looking at Bell's head of white hair, for some reason he felt an urge to say a lot.

"Bell, do you have your own dream?"

Bell hesitated for a moment, then answered with a hint of shame.

"Yes... I want to meet my own charming heroine in the dungeon!"

Such a childlike, naive, and weak dream would surely be ridiculed by a tough man like Mr. Gus.

But it didn't.

Gus nodded and chuckled.

"Women? Such dreams are normal. Do you think it's shameful or despicable? No, Bell, there's no difference in the value of pursuing dreams."

"Women, money, wealth, power, fame—who is greater and who is more humble in pursuing these things? The only difference lies in the path taken to achieve them."

He paused, then continued.

"If you use any despicable means to achieve your dreams, then you are still on your own path. It's just that what you give up will one day become the sharp blade that pierces you."

In a sense, Guts didn't really have much right to condemn Griffith's 'despicable' behavior.

Because he had also done some shady things in order to realize Griffith's dream, or rather, to be a good friend to him.

Dreams, power, suffering—Guts no longer connects them. Focus on the present, and do what you can.

Bell picked up his weapon, took a deep breath, and said to Gus...

"I'm rested, Mr. Gus, let's go again!"

Filled with renewed confidence and hope, Bell charged forward, but for some reason, a faint black sliver appeared in his gray hair.

......

Guss left the Lemarshan Pandora's Box

However, only about half a day has passed in reality.

"How's it going? How's the little boy's training?"

Akihime, standing nearby, asked with interest. Guts glanced at him and said calmly...

"Can't you see the whole thing? Why ask me?"

Yes, it can be said that the results are remarkable.

The experience value system of God's Grace, which is purely based on the experience value it has developed, is very suitable for the training camp that Qiu Hai created. Even if he can't take anything with him in the end, he can still gain a strong increase in power here.

The accumulation of experience and knowledge can be taken away as part of one's power, recognized as 'development' under the system of divine grace.

This, combined with the clan system that Akihi plans to expand upon later, suggests that there is ample room for development.

"What exactly is your purpose?"

Gus looked at Qiu Hai and bluntly voiced his doubts.

He didn't think the mysterious guy in front of him was helping Bell out of pure kindness; rather, he felt that the guy didn't seem like a good person!

"To fulfill the agreement, and incidentally, I also want to see what possibilities he holds."

Qiu Hai said with amusement

Bell Craney is the 'protagonist' of this world, the center of attention in any world that does not deviate from the deflection state.

Although the light of this world's plane was suppressed, making Bell not the chosen one of the plane, he is still the focus of the story, or rather, the focus of the gods.

He carries a strong sense of fatalism, and is suspected to be the reincarnation of an Argonaut. His father was a member of Zeus's kin and his mother was a member of Hera's kin. He was raised by Zeus and was even noticed by many gods on his first day in Orario.

There's nothing wrong with fatalism; an ordinary young person needs a suitable reason to become stronger.

The key point is that investments in him always seem to yield returns, especially with the enhanced simulation experiment that Qiu Hai is currently conducting.

"Don't worry, I won't harm him. Besides, aren't you being a little too nosy?"

"I'll be watching you." Gus stared at Qiu Hai for a moment, leaving behind what might have been a threat, before turning and leaving.

However, Qiu Hai's gaze lingered on yet another top-tier enhancement option that he had already completed.

'Divine Bloodline, rated 99 points, a fantasy-themed enhancement item. Upon redemption, it allows you to randomly awaken the power of various gods, gain divinity and divine office, ignite the divine fire, and become a deity. Requires 80000 reward points and one S-rank side quest!'

Looking at yet another top-tier enhancement he had created by hand, Qiu Hai revealed a satisfied expression.

"Another puzzle piece completed."

In the original God Space, divine bloodline was actually a fairly reliable exchange, its price being significantly lower than that of S-grade bloodlines. Although it had the advantage of not occupying a bloodline slot, its cost-effectiveness was extremely low.

However, this is indeed an important piece of the puzzle in strengthening the God Space, because the exchange of this bloodline represents the beginning of the God Space's contact with the transformation of material life forms into beings with more abstract concepts.

Strengthening, bloodline, if it simply remains at the level of material enhancement, means that the main god's abilities and authority are only at a fairly basic level.

While divine bloodline may be a form of reinforcement, the fact that it can help reincarnators undergo such a transformation means that the supreme god has reached a higher level of mastery over the concepts of soul and existence.

Gods come in all shapes and sizes across different worlds and mythologies. There are powerful beings like the Greek gods, who are endowed with strength and divine power, and there are also deities revered in the Eastern pantheon of religious beliefs.

Akihime, through the divine blood of the gods of this world, came into contact with an even more interesting side.

Just as he had anticipated when he entered, all the gods in this world were outsiders.

Their so-called celestial realm does not exist in the same multiverse as this world. The process of the souls of the dead returning to heaven is not a normal cycle of reincarnation, but an abnormal form of plunder!

These gods are not actually sealed and descended from the original body; they are projections, beings projected from a higher-dimensional universe.

After all, the fact that gods who originated from various mythologies exist in a world where their mythology is completely absent is quite intriguing in itself.

However, these things have little to do with Qiu Hai.

He had no desire to subjugate this world, nor did he want to cooperate with the dimensional light of this world.

The light of this world's planes rejects outsiders; the gods are objects of its aversion and rejection, and so is Qiu Hai.

Besides, destroying this place might cause some trouble. Qiu Hai isn't one of those old-fashioned gods. Moreover, he's just a guest here.

Although the host hasn't extended an invitation to him yet, he has plenty of time.

He has basically finished his extra work here, and now he can leave to take charge of other affairs in the Main God Space. However, he still likes to finish what he starts.