Chapter 128 (1/2)

Chapter 128 Hidden Authority

All three of thereed to do what Chi-Woo had asked, but on the condition that he helped them form a contract with Shahnaz Since this was the advance payreed upon, he immediately headed to Shahnaz temple with the three There were many people in the terowth systeiven up the chance to awaken

Although Shadia followed Chi-Woo to the te opti to forave all she had to grasp the opportunity and convince the Goddess, but Shahnaz didn’t listen; the Goddess had given her a one-sided rejection and cut off the communication That severely bruised Shadia’s pride as a hero, and she wondered if Chi-Woo would be able to convince such a self-serving God She looked at Chi-Woo doubtfully as he bowed before Shahnaz’s statue

—Hroaned She didn’ther to form contracts, and his request wasn’t unprecedented The proble her to form contracts with heroes she had already rejected before—and three such heroes at that In a way, it could be considered a rude request, yet Shahnaz didn’t shoot hiry, but instead considered it seriously

Shahnaz had nothing to lose for contracts with these heroes At the end of the day, while a contract ht not always be beneficial to the hero, it would always benefit the God due to their superior position over the hero’s growth system And Shahnaz had only refused the three heroes’ requests because she didn’t have rowth syste amount of divinity left to use, she would have made contracts with more than 2,000 heroes Shahnaz knew that she couldn’t be too picky in the current situation, but with her limited reserve of divinity, she wanted to prioritize the heroes who matched her in character and all other factors

Nevertheless, Shahnaz felt gratitude whenever she saw Chi-Woo There was such a thing as First Mover Advantage It referred to the gains that a fir the first one to introduce a particular product or service to a market And since there was only one God currently on Liber, the heroes had no choice but to seek contracts with Shahnaz If there had been another God, she wouldn’t have attracted so many people

In the future, the nuht Shahnaz would decrease every time the heroes secured a God Thus, before that happened, she needed to make as many contracts as possible

Thanks to the enormous sum of merits Chi-Woo provided to her on several occasions, Shahnaz was able to reat benefit Thus, Shahnaz felt conoring his request It was laughable that a God had to consider a mere human’s circumstances, but Shahnaz found it difficult to see Chi-Woo as a regular man Furthermore, she had once been human in the past

—I’uess it can’t be helped

Things unfolded as Chi-Woo had predicted While Shahnaz was a God, she had flexibility

—I wanted to save some divinity just to be on the safe side, but it’s not like I have nothing left—

‘No, that’s fine’

—?

‘Those are the ave you You should use that however you like”

—Then? I’ht now…

Shahnaz was about to say that Chi-Woo had no merits left when Chi-Woo took out a water bottle frohtly and shook the bottle with the divine water inside

‘I can also use this to substituteto just h

Shahnaz watched as Chi-Woo focused all his mind to pour exactly only three droplets It was quite rude of hi Chi-Woo had done and said, particularly the response he just gave

—He is strangely decisive about certain things

‘Sorry?’

—No, it’s nothing That’s enough

Shahnaz cleared her throat and said

—I will make contracts with those three

Shahnaz ordered Hawa to call forth the three waiting outside And soon, the three heroes walked into the te a bit bewildered Chi-Woo jerked his head tohere the statue was, and the three got closer a bit doubtfully and bowed While waiting, Chi-Woo turned to the silver-haired girl, as neatly dressed in sha the three heroes

Now that he thought about it, he hadn’t seen Hawa since they separated at the fortress Their time at the cave already felt like a distant dream

“Ms Hawa”

As soon as Chi-Woo called her name, Hawa flicked her head around and looked in his direction

“Have you been doing well these days?”