Chapter 82: Hidden Motives

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Sylvus raised his head and glanced at Elena.

Then he closed his eyes again.

"No time."

Elena, who was about to continue speaking, stopped.

She immediately felt stifled inside.

"I haven't even said anything yet! How can you say you have no time? After all, I am a queen!

And there are so many people watching us! Can't you give me a little face?"

At that moment, Ronald smiled and said,

"Boss, I've already discussed it with Queen Elena. Our dwarf clan will forge the items in your blueprints, and as for the materials, the elf clan will provide them."

Hearing this, Sylvus could only open his eyes.

Ronald had said it so clearly that if Sylvus ignored him now, he would truly seem heartless.

"Go ahead, what is it?" Sylvus looked at the two and asked.

"Boss, could we perhaps talk somewhere else? This matter concerns the secrets of both our clans, so..." Ronald asked cautiously.

This piqued Sylvus' curiosity.

The secrets of both clans are to be shared with him, and they even need his help?

What kind of secret is this?

"Can we talk now?"

As he thought, Sylvus moved his mind.

He immediately opened a small independent space.

Although they could see the people outside, those outside couldn't see or hear them.

"Boss, I'll go first with our dwarf clan's matter. It's about the forging hammer. Could you lend it to me for a while?" Ronald asked with a sheepish smile.

"Is this the secret you wanted to tell me?"

Sylvus frowned.

This guy clearly just wanted the forging hammer to complete an artifact collection, yet he didn't dare to admit it was no secret at all.

"Boss, don't rush. This forging hammer is actually the secret of our dwarf clan. According to our ancient texts, if we can find the forging hammer, we can awaken the bloodline power within us, making us even stronger," Ronald hurriedly explained.

"Bloodline power? What kind of bloodline do your dwarves have?"

Sylvus asked, puzzled.

"Well... I don't know either. That's why I want to borrow the forging hammer and see what kind of bloodline power our dwarf clan possesses," Ronald replied with a bitter smile.

He really didn't know what kind of bloodline power the dwarves had since no one had ever acquired the complete forging hammer before.

"And if you awaken this bloodline power, what's in it for me? More trouble?" Sylvus countered.

"Boss, we've already acknowledged our past mistakes, so please don't hold a grudge anymore. Besides, even if we awaken our bloodline power, we still wouldn't be a match for your strength," Ronald quickly added.

Sylvus remained silent, which made Ronald even more anxious.

The forging hammer was within his grasp, but he couldn't take it to fulfill the long-held dream of the dwarves.

Ronald, biting his lip, said,

"Boss, if we grow stronger, we can speed up the process of forging items for you. Maybe we could even finish in half a year."

Sylvus gave Ronald a mocking glance,

"You don't even know if that's true, do you?"

Ronald froze, then nodded helplessly with a wry smile.

He was so desperate to obtain the forging hammer that he was willing to promise anything.

Then Sylvus turned his gaze toward Elena and asked,

"And what about you? What do you want?"

"Boss, I would like to ask you to help us open our elf clan's ancestral land," Elena said seriously.

"Your elf clan's ancestral land? You want me to help you open it?"

Sylvus looked at her in disbelief.

How did she come to the conclusion that he could open the ancestral land of the elves?

Just because of the strength he had displayed?

"Our elf clan's ancestral land has existed for countless years, but we have no way of opening it, so we want to ask you to give it a try," Elena explained.

She truly admired Sylvus's immense power.

The elf clan had tried every method to open the ancestral land, but had always failed.

Although she wasn't entirely sure if Sylvus could open it, she thought that with his great power, he might be able to destroy the entrance, which would count as opening it.

Sylvus remained silent.

These two wanted different things: one wanted the forging hammer, and the other wanted him to be a brute force.

Did he really seem so free to them?

At that moment, a voice from the system suddenly sounded:

"Special Mission: Help the elf clan and dwarf clan uncover the secrets of their bloodlines. Mission reward: Unknown."

Sylvus was about to reject them outright, but the system's voice made him pause.

"System, what do you mean by this mission? Are you telling me I have to help them?" Sylvus asked with a frown.

"Host, you don't have much to do these days, and your strength has increased significantly. It's time for you to move around the continent. Besides, the rewards will be generous," the system replied. S~eaʀᴄh the NôvelFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Sylvus twitched his mouth.

"Not much to do? Haven't I been lounging on a chair, eating sunflower seeds every day?"

He asked again,

"Generous rewards? But it says the rewards are unknown."

"Once you complete the mission, the system will decide the rewards based on your completion level. The higher the completion, the more generous the reward will be. You won't be disappointed," the system reassured him.

Sylvus remained silent for a moment.

It seemed like he had no choice but to go!

Besides, as the system had mentioned, he really had been quite idle recently.

He had been on this continent for so long, maybe it was time to explore a bit.

And of course, there were the "generous rewards" promised by the system.

He was quite curious just how generous they would be.

With that thought, Sylvus looked at Ronald and Elena.

"Go back for now. I will personally come to your lands in a couple of days."

Elena's eyes lit up when she heard this.

She knew Sylvus had agreed.

But Ronald, on the other hand, was on the verge of tears.

He only wanted the forging hammer, but now he had to invite Sylvus to his homeland too.

However, Ronald didn't dare to refuse.

If he did, he could kiss the forging hammer goodbye for the rest of his life.

"Thank you for your help, boss. If there's nothing else, we'll take our leave now."

With that, Sylvus dismissed the space barrier, and the two quickly left.

Although the crowd in line was curious about what Sylvus, Ronald, and Elena had discussed, no one dared to ask.

The reason Sylvus said he would go to the elf and dwarf clans in a couple of days was that in two days, the system shop would refresh.

If he left the small shop, he would no longer be invincible.

If any trouble arose, he wouldn't be able to act freely.

So, he decided to wait two days.

He wanted to check if there would be any powerful items in the system shop first.

The shop remained open, and nothing significant happened over the next two days.

That night, Sylvus quietly waited for the system shop to refresh.

"System notification: The system shop has successfully refreshed. Host, please check it yourself."

Hearing the system's voice, Sylvus immediately opened the shop to see what good items had been refreshed this time.