Civilization Guardian Front

Hestia crossed her arms, and thought carefully about what Chios was saying or talking to herself.

"That's right. Actually, there are quite a few Lv.2 applicants. Even if you deduct those with criminal records and bad personalities, you should still be able to find one or two people...Why don't you accept them?"

"It's not because you're not cute, is it?"

"Ah..."

Hearing the goddess' last question, Chios couldn't help but chuckle.

"Guys who are well into retirement are useless."

This recruitment has indeed successfully attracted some senior adventurers to come for interviews.

Unfortunately, all of them are at the third level.

Due to years of adventures, their experience has been clearly recorded in the guild archives. Since the upgrade, the pace of growth has slowed down sharply, and there has been almost no progress for a long time.

Chios looked at the profiles of those people and found that most of them were older.

After talking face-to-face, Chios confirmed that they were corrupted by the high income brought by the third-level adventurers, blunting a group of people who used to have vigor.

It doesn't take much thinking to understand that these adventurer veterans are simply looking for a place to retire.It is basically impossible to ask them to put in the effort to explore the more dangerous floors below the 18th floor.

If the Hestia Familia develops to a certain level, the team members and cadres at all levels will be fully equipped, and the overall atmosphere will be determined to forge ahead.It's okay to accept them, at least it can quickly expand the scale of the family and strengthen the superficial strength of the faction.

"The meaning of those people's existence is only to eat and wait to die. I don't want the newcomers of the family to be affected by their negative attitude."

"They are so lucky to have a leader like you..."

Hestia stretched out her hand to smooth the furrowed brows of Chios, and put her palm down to rest on the young man's face.

"You've done a good job, Chios, there's no need to put too much pressure on yourself."

"In the past month, Nazha and I can feel your anxiety hidden under the surface of ease, including the recruitment of members this time. What's going on?"

Chapter 590 IX? After all, I have to do it myself

"Is it so obvious..."

Chios opened his eyes and gave Hestia a helpless smile.

"I thought I was hiding well, but I didn't expect Shangshen to be so observant. It's amazing."

Upon being praised by the family members, Hestia proudly puffed out her full chest.

"Hmph, my billion years of divine birth are not in vain... No! Don't try to change the subject in this way!"

"Tsk..." Chios was speechless.

"Damn~~ You really are planning to perfunctory me!"

bump bump...

The goddess picked up the seat cushion at hand and slammed it on the youth. Although the opponent raised his hand to try to resist, under her persistent and continuous attacks, the defense line was quickly broken through.

Sitting astride Chios, Hestia held up the pillow, as if she had a deadly weapon in her hand, and threatened out of breath:

"Phew...you naughty boy...hahaha...answer the question quickly. Otherwise...you know the consequences."

No, Chios doesn't know.

Pillow a hundred hits?Or a suffocating facial cleanser?

If it's just this punishment, he doesn't mind.

Of course, this is purely an inside joke.He is not an idiot who wants a woman to put a real knife on his neck before he will respond seriously. When the other party treats him in an almost coquettish way, it is okay to play pranks in moderation, but it is absolutely taboo to keep talking about him.

Anyway, if you want to tell the truth or not, you can decide on your own, so there is nothing to worry about.

"You really don't leave me any dignity..."

Chios smiled wryly, put his arms around Hestia's slender shoulders, and made her lean against his chest.

In this regard, Hestia curled her lips, acquiesced to Chios's slightly ambiguous intimacy, and quietly waited for the other party's next speech.

"I admit, I've been in a hurry recently..."

Looking up at the ceiling with the murals of hero stories, Chios said with emotion:

"If you think about it carefully, no matter how famous or powerful an adventurer is, they will eventually fall in front of powerful enemies. Few of them can die smoothly. Whether it is the hero Albert a thousand years ago, or The Zeus Hera family adventurers who ruled the city all ended in the same way."

"Chios..."

Feeling the slight sadness in the youth's words, Hestia's eyes changed slightly.

Hestia wanted to stand up, but the hand on the back held her down, preventing the goddess from seeing the young man's facial expression.

"My life was hanging by a thread in the City of Water Mystery a month ago, which made me deeply understand how insignificant my personal strength is in the face of a dungeon that many heroes in ancient and modern times have not successfully conquered..."

"Countless wounds caused by piercing, tearing flesh and blood, bit by bit gnawing at what little sense is left, are still lingering in my memory. More than once, I thought I was going to fall, and then I was killed by endless monsters Submerged. By then, I'm afraid not even the bones will be left."

Thump, thump, thump...

The heartbeat increases with the increase of the chest heaving, indicating that the young man is not in a calm mood at the moment.

As if aware of the slight tremor in his voice, Chios paused for a moment, and did not continue until his breathing became stable again:

"Thanks to the reinforcements from Loki and Freya's family, I survived. But I can't help but think, if my journey came to an end at that time, what would I leave for you, for the family, and for this city ?"

"There is nothing. If I die, everything the family has now will soon be turned into dust and scattered."

"Therefore, I will use the fastest pace to get the development of the family on the right track. In this way, even if we have to say goodbye one day..."

"Why do you think so?"

Hestia, who couldn't listen anymore, struggled to break free from the restraint of the arms on her back, stood up and looked at Chios who was lying on the sofa, covering the upper half of his face with the back of his left hand.

She felt a pang in her heart when she noticed the wet marks left behind in that shadow.

"You kid..."

The voice softened, and the goddess gently moved the young man's hand away and held his face.

They lowered their heads so that their foreheads touched each other, and the azure eyes, with a slightly distorted focal length, met Chios' purple pupils at a close distance.While caressing his black hair with a small hand, he comforted him:

"The last time is over, and Hephaestus has also built the strongest armor in the lower realm for you, and those monsters' minions will never hurt you again..."

"Don't worry, the future of our family will only get better and better, and I will witness it with you. So, take it easy, okay?"

(not good.)

Chios looked away, as if he was adjusting his emotions, but in fact he didn't agree with Hestia's statement at all.

If it doesn't act like this, with the goddess' usual avoidance of herself, if you want to deepen intimacy, you don't know how to wait until a few years and a few months later, can you not be in a hurry?

The interference imposed on Hestia by the will of the world has never been less.

There are only about four months left until the key main line officially starts.

At that time, the tide of fate will be like a full moon, and its power will reach its strongest...

That's why Chios raced against time, trying his best to expand his sphere of influence.

The main task released by the legion: increase the level of favor, the rating of the family, change the power structure of Orari, and accumulate the degree of deflection of fate.Among them, only the exercise of one's own strength depends entirely on the individual, and the other three goals are closely related to this city. In fact, they can be regarded as a whole and need to go hand in hand.

Tired?

It's really not easy, the schedule is almost full, and the to-do list is full of memos.

However, even in such a tight life, Chios can barely spare some time to rest.

Both physique and spirit have reached the extraordinary realm, endowing him with excellent resistance to stress, so that he will not be forced to a critical point due to busy work or a few hours of sleep.

Seeing that the results of his deployment in various fields have begun to take shape, but on the side of his main god, he has not made new breakthroughs for a long time.

Hermes, who was in charge of investigating the God of Travel, somehow failed to return with the results.

Sure enough, outsiders are totally unreliable.

After all, you have to do it yourself...

The "tiredness" and "anxiety" that Hestia had witnessed in him in the last two weeks had been acting throughout.

Just in case, Qios Lian Nazha also lied to her.

Then seize the opportunity to create a chance to be alone, and as expected, Hestia was immediately hooked.

The next step is to put the anchor into the heart of the goddess.

"I've never been a lucky man..."

Ending the silence, Chios lowered his eyes and sighed:

"What the world imposes on me is always hatred and curse, and sometimes I can even clearly feel the world's rejection of me."

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You think too much...

At this moment, Hestia reflexively planned to answer like this.

However, she suddenly remembered the terrifying curse lurking in Chios' body.

When she engraved a favor for Chios back then, she asked about it, and this child also said jokingly, "Perhaps, it is my innate destiny to be accompanied by curses."

Looking back at those words now, it is not difficult to find the helplessness and pain hidden under Chios' self-deprecation.

Isn't this a matter of course...

Who is still happy after learning that they are cursed?

Rather, it would be weird to be able to keep a smile under such circumstances.

What's more, it was not an ordinary curse that mortals in the lower world could impose on others at any cost, but a malice that could make the gods feel palpitations and distort the souls of all living beings.

Rao is a well-informed and high-ranking deity who is in charge of the inextinguishable holy fire, and he can't help but feel a chill down his spine in front of this deep and dark force.

Perhaps this is the root cause of Chios' pessimism.

Obviously, the many conditions he possesses are worthy of complacency on any mortal.However, even with the collection of people's favorite elements, Chios is still terrified.

Because of what he holds, the curse that should theoretically not be carried by any mortal.

Until now, Chios has only told the Lord God about this matter.

The reason is simple, he is afraid of...

If other people know that the so-called "hero who walks the world" is cursed, will it attract widespread rejection?

After finally finding a place to stay, maybe they will retreat sadly amidst the scolding of the masses, and live a life of nomads again.

Compared with the bright and majestic characters in the hero stories, how pitiful Chios is, who cannot appeal to others the darkness he bears.

Hestia didn't want to use such sympathetic words, but...

She really couldn't think of other words to describe Chios' situation.

"Perhaps your fate was ill-fated, but it's different now..." Hestia tried to reverse Chios's thoughts and squeezed out a smile.

"Olalie accepted you, so many people regard you as a hero. And, look, haven't I been with you all the time? Even if the curse does exist, the world's hatred for you is definitely not true."

After finishing speaking, she put her bare hands on the young man's shoulders, intending to pull him into her arms.

"Is that so..."

The young man who suddenly lost his trust in God sneered.

The young man held back his choked voice, waved Hestie away, pushed the goddess to the other end of the sofa, stood up, and looked at her indifferently.

"God, the moment you saw me, was the voice in your heart telling you that I can be trusted? If so, why were you so afraid of me?"

"Varied!?"

Hestia's pupils shrank suddenly.

(Why would he know...)

She has never mentioned the mysterious voice hidden in her heart.

"Sure enough, hehe...hahaha..."

As if he had guessed the goddess' reaction long ago, the young man couldn't help shaking his head and laughing out loud.

That laughter was extremely bitter and sad in Hestia's ears.