Chapter 210

Locke nodded affirmatively. He knew who Nora was when Dorothy sneaked into the castle last time. However, it didn’t affect him to order her to do anything. In this castle, let alone Nora, even if the king came, he had to work if he wanted to live in the castle!

Seeing this, Nora knew that she couldn’t escape. She had to bite the bullet and said with a stiff smile, “Miss Artemis, please follow me.”

“Are you afraid of me?” Seeing Nora’s reluctant expression, Artemis’s face darkened and she was cold.

Feeling the coldness, Nora suddenly raised her head and forced a smile that was uglier than crying. “Miss Artemis is so beautiful. How can I be afraid of you?”

With a cold face, Artemis walked towards Nora.

The smile on Nora’s face froze and she almost cried out when she saw that.

Puff!

However, the next moment, a smile suddenly appeared on the face of the originally cold-faced Artemis. She rubbed Nora’s face and said, “Little sister, you are so cute.”

Nora was stunned by the sudden change of expression on Artemis’s face.

“Let’s go and take me to my room.”

Artemis said gently.

Nora nodded her head stiffly and took her downstairs.

Then Locke gave the divine temple to Hephaestus, which made Hephaestus very happy. Earth fire was connected to his divine temple. The quality of something forged by earth fire was absolutely not comparable to that of the current refining workshop.

However, in order to create more mysteries, Locke and Hephaestus decided to put the divine temple on the market at night.

After all, if a divine temple suddenly appeared in the daytime, it might be more frightening than a surprise for others. If they put it in the evening, it would also leave some time for the public to calm down.

In the evening, Locke and Hephaestus arrived at the other side of the castle. They chose a suitable place a few kilometers away from Asclepius’s Divine Temple.

With a wave of Hephaestus’s hand, the palm-sized divine temple quickly grew larger and then steadily stopped on the mountain range.

Just like the previous two divine temples, the appearance of Hephaestus Divine Temple caused a great shock. Everything was silent, and in the blink of an eye, it had integrated with the mountains, as if it had grown out of them.

As the divine temple was finished, invisible energy began to spread around the divine temple. Locke closed the door and felt carefully. Different from the previous two divine temples, Hephaestus’s Divine Temple seemed to be able to change the physical strength of the people around.

However, since Locke’s body was very strong, the effect was not obvious. But it was a very powerful function for the ordinary residents of Lister.

Asclepius and others were very familiar with Hephaestus’s Divine Temple, so they were not interested in it. However, Locke was very curious, so he planned to follow Hephaestus to have a good look.

The size of Hephaestus’s Divine Temple was almost the same as that of Athena’s Victory Divine Temple.

As soon as they entered the gate, a strong blazing aura rushed over. The divine temple took on the architectural style of Doric columns, and it was divided into three parts on the whole. The bottom part, through the gate wall, was a small square. As they walked up the stairs, there was a larger square. On the square were two rows of weapon sculptures, including Zeus’s sunflower, Athena’s spear of Pallas… These were all the divine weapons made by Hephaestus.

They walked through the corridors and continued to walk inside. Then they saw the worship hall.

In the hall, there was a statue of Hephaestus. It was nearly ten meters high, with a solemn face. The carvings were fine, and the wrinkles and pores were clearly visible. The muscles were clear, and it was full of vigor. A dark silver hammer stood at his feet.

After passing through the great hall, it was the real core of the divine temple, the forging field.

Compared to the hall, it was even hotter here, as if there were sparks in the air, bringing about a stinging pain to one’s skin.

There was a furnace of nearly ten meters high, a huge forging table, a quenching pool, a file…

In the quenching pool, dark red lava rolled and splashed drops of lava from time to time.

Compared with the magma Locke had seen in the workshop beside the castle, the dark red magma looked more ferocious and terrifying. Locke felt scared in this room.

The appearance of Hephaestus’s Divine Temple caused another tide.

The outside world was bustling, and the castle did not stop. Because of the arrival of Artemis, the castle could be said to be lively and extraordinary. No, to put it more precisely, it should be turmoil.

As their deadly enemies, Athena and Artemis seemed to be always fighting. Of course, most of the time, it was the war that was provoked by Artemis.

In the dining room, there was a crackling sound of iron weapons colliding.

Whoosh!

Nora’s hand, which was holding a fork and inserted into the steak, suddenly stiffened when she heard the sound of cutting through the air.

She turned around stiffly and saw that half of the delicate silver knife that had been used to cut the flesh had been embedded in the wall behind her.

Feeling the sharp luster from the blade, Nora swallowed subconsciously and felt a chill on her back.

Opposite her, Athena and Artemis were sitting elegantly. Their forks danced in the air and collided with each other from time to time, making a crisp sound.

Putting down the knife and fork in her hands, Nora took a look at Thanatos, who was eating calmly beside her, and said weakly, “Teacher, I’m full.”

She felt that if she continued to stay here, her life might be in danger.

Then, without any hesitation, she lifted her dress and almost rushed out of the restaurant.

As for Locke, although he was eating with his head down, as if it was none of his business, he was still trembling with fear, fearing that the two would suddenly burst out and destroy his castle.

However, although there were constant frictions between Athena and Artemis, the good thing was that they were both restrained and there was no big fight to demolish the castle.

As time went by, the city group of Lister completely appeared.

At the entrance of Lister, the original simple defensive work had been replaced with a twenty-meter-high city wall. Under a fifteen-meter-high huge door, there was an endless stream of people entering Lister.

A convoy of nearly twenty people slowly drove out of Lister, led by a tall man.

“Deputy Colonel Dunbar, are you on a mission again?”

At the gate of the city, the patrol team leader Aksay greeted the strong man with a smile.

“Yes.” Dunbar chuckled and didn’t look down upon the team leader in front of him, who was just a level-2 mage. “I’ve just arrived in Lister. We have to run more tasks, or our brothers will have no food to eat.”

While speaking, Dunbar waved his hand, indicating his men to escort the goods to the open space ahead and wait for him, in case of blocking the way of others to get in and out of Lister.

“Mr. Dunbar, you are being modest.” With a smile on his face, Aksay then said in admiration, “I’ve heard that you’re doing great now. You’ve almost taken eighty percent of the escort quests from Lister.”

Dunbar shook his head and said with respect, “Thanks to our great leader, who has issued many preferential policies.”

“Ha-ha, I can guarantee that there is no one in this world who is more merciful than him!” The team leader, Aksay, said in agreement.

The two chatted for a while before Dunbar decided to leave.

At this time, there was a commotion in the distance.

Aksay and Dunbar were also attracted by this. When they saw the scene in the distance, the faces of the two changed involuntarily.

Especially the team leader Aksay, whose face turned livid.