Strongest Hammer God

Chapter 163 Goodbye

Kyle didnʼt know how to answer.

”Thatʼs too much,” he said, holding the fish out for Selene. ”You already escorted me to the Big Bazaar. Without you, I would need months since I donʼt know the safe paths.”

Selene just smiled. ”Kyle, without you, I wouldnʼt have found a fitting Colossus. I had no idea it was so hard to find a Peak Beast. If I had asked anyone else to accompany me, they would have probably led me to a far stronger Colossus, and that would have killed both of us.”

”I underestimated the danger, but thanks to you, we still succeeded.”

”Just accept the gift. I insist,” Selene said.

Kyle just awkwardly looked forward.

”But this fish was like 25 Ether Pebbles. Thatʼs expensive.”

Selene laughed. ”Kyle, being a Beast Tamer is expensive. You know my background. Do you truly believe 25 Ether Pebbles is a lot for me?”

Kyle just looked at Selene with an uncomfortable expression.

”Sheʼs right,” Theodor commented. ”The wealth of the Forthing family is measured in Ether Crystals.”

Ether Crystals.

One Ether Crystal was a million Ether Pebbles.

Kyle looked at the ground and sighed.

”Thank you, Selene. I wonʼt forget this,” he said.

”Itʼs fine,” Selene answered. ”Letʼs continue.”

”By the way, please donʼt consume the fish yet. Not everyone likes dwarves or half-dwarves.”

Kyle just nodded.

The two of them continued walking through the Big Bazaar for a while.

Eventually, they reached the other end, and Selene told the guard there that they were leaving.

At the end of the day, the two entrances to the Big Bazaar would compare their list, and if someone hadnʼt left by the end of the day, they would ask questions.

Finally, the two of them left the Big Bazaar, and Kyle was greeted with his first look at the mainland.

Forest.

There were several roads leading away from the Big Bazaar, but everything else was covered in forest.

”And thatʼs it,” Selen said, looking at Kyle. ”As long as you keep to the roads, you shouldnʼt encounter a lot of danger. Maybe there are a couple of bandits lurking around, but you do not look like an easy target with your armor and your big hammer.”

”There are signs at every crossroad,” she said, pointing at a bunch of signs. ”With those, you wonʼt get lost.”

”Thank you so much, Selene,” Kyle answered. ”I donʼt know how I can repay you.”

”Well, I donʼt think you need to repay me for anything,” Selene said with a smile, ”but if you ever want to visit, feel free to come by. I live in Forthingʼs Hold. Itʼs quite a bit to the east, but Iʼm sure you can manage.”

”Forthingʼs Hold, got it,” Kyle said with a smile of his own. ”Iʼll come visit you at some point.”

Selene nodded with her own smile and jumped onto Skweeraʼs back.

”Well then,” she said. ”It was nice meeting you, Kyle. I hope weʼll see each other again at some point.”

”I hope so as well,” Kyle said.

”Take care, Kyle. I hope the Fighter Guild treats you well.”

”Take care, Selene. Donʼt let the Colossus bankrupt you!”

Selene just laughed.

She waved one last time and then told Skweera to run down one of the roads.

Kyle was left standing in the middle of the crossing with his big fish.

After some seconds, Kyle sighed and ate the fish.

ʼI was with Selene for only a couple of hours, but I already miss her,ʼ he thought.

ʼOn the other hand, this fish is amazing!ʼ

After eating the entire fish, Kyle felt energized, and all the bad feelings vanished.

”Alright, Boss!” Kyle shouted, eliciting a couple of glances from the distant guards. ”Where to?”

”I didnʼt think you would actually survive the journey,” Theodor said. ”It would appear that the chances of my last wishes being fulfilled are not completely extinguished.”

”Go to any random city,” Theodor said. ”I donʼt know how the world has changed in the past centuries. Weʼll just have to look around.”

”So, youʼre saying you have no idea where to go?” Kyle asked.

”Insolent! I always know what to do, and Iʼm telling you to go to a random city!” Theodor shouted.

”That doesnʼt fill me with confidence, Boss,” Kyle commented as he looked at the signs.

”This is a feeling I am confronted with whenever I hear the words that you allow to escape from your mouth,” Theodor answered.

Kyle chuckled a bit. ”I like the phrase of that. You should be a comedian, Boss.”

”I am not funny!” Theodor shouted with confidence.

Kyle just chuckled. ”Anyway, Hillscape seems to be the closest. Should we go there?”

”That is a random city, yes,” Theodor answered with annoyance.

”Alright,” Kyle said as he walked down the road leading to Hillscape.

He saw trees on both sides of the road, and he heard the sounds of birds chirping.

There were a bunch of wildflowers near the edge of the road.

He looked forward and noticed that the flowers covered both sides of the road, but didnʼt stretch into the forest.

”Quite a bunch of flowers,” Kyle commented.

”Human Lillies,” Theodor commented with annoyance.

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