Chapter 1182 - Help from Hesperides (2/2)

The little Malevolence yelled and ran around the living hall, venting her excess energy and sabotaging in anger and frenziedness. Seeing this, Hao Ren was reluctant. “Do we have to bring along this creature?”

“Didn’t the goddess want her to be with me?” Vivian was just as hesitant, regarding the little guy as a nuisance. But still, she insisted on carrying the little guy along. “Letting her stay isn’t the best option. What if she slips out of the house and creates larger trouble? I think I will feel much safer to have this restless creature staying within my sight.”

“Sigh, then bring her. Could any bring me her cage?” Hao Ren said helplessly.

On the other hand, the little Malevolence had no clue what was going on, and not capable of thinking of anything except running up to Lil Pea and threatening her.

But Lil Pea just struck her away.

The next day, following the location that Hesperides provided, Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily arrived at a dense forest on the French border.

They did not go through the usual way but using the teleportation function of the data terminal, which had been Hao Ren’s preferred way of transportation. Lily and Vivian had long been immune to the vertiginous symptoms of teleportation, unlike in the past where they would throw up after each trip.

But the little guy was using teleportation for the first time, and her condition did not look good.

Lying on a boulder, half dead, the little Malevolence shivered and groaned in a strange sound. The teleportation had put tremendous pressure on her.

“It never crossed my mind that the little Malevolence would be afraid of this,” Lily said as she squatted beside the boulder, poking the little Malevolence’s head with her claw. “Haha, she doesn’t even bother to fight back!”

The little Malevolence curled herself into a ball in fear, trying to dodge Lily’s pokes. She was so out of her usual energetic character.

“She has fear, and she will stay quiet if her environment changes dramatically.” Hao Ren shot Lily a glance and then looked around. “If I’m not mistaken, Hesperides should be nearby.”

It was midsummer, vegetation on the northern hemisphere was at their peak of life. Hao Ren and the two of them was at a small open space deep inside the forest, surrounded by dense shrub, vines, and towering trees. The air, moist, warm, and filled with an earthy smell, annoyed them. Leaving the quivering little guy alone, Lily got back to her feet and stretched out. As if the forest had given her inspiration, she suddenly became poetic. “I ask the wood for the way, but the leaves don’t recognize my voice… Hey, Battie, why don’t you summon some cool air, this place is freaking stuffy and hot.”

Vivian instantly summoned a snowstorm, just like the one in Lily’s hometown. She then lifted herself on her toes, looking into the dense forest. “Hesperides may not have arrived yet, after all, we have come early. But I can feel weak magic energy hovering in the forest. There is indeed something here.”

Just when Vivian’s voice trailed off, a familiar voice came from a distance. “I’m here already.”

Hao Ren looked up. Hesperides, wearing a casual outfit, came out from the wood.

After some pleasantry, Hao Ren asked, “How do you find this place?”

“By coincidence. The servant of Zeus mentioned in the records of the demon hunters is someone I know,” Hesperides said with a smile. “Just that I didn’t expect that guy could pull off such a ‘great feat.’”

“Yeah, what a feat,” Vivian said, her eyebrows arched. “I’m afraid that he has escaped with the most powerful weapon of Mount Olympus. The casualty the demon hunters suffered was no less severe than that of the pursuit of Horus.”

“I don’t know about that,” Hesperides said and shrugged. “After the collapse of Mount Olympus, the survivors went dark, and the communication between us was intermittent at bests. The demon hunters found and killed some of them, while others had completely gone silent for several centuries. Under such circumstances, it would be already fantastic for me to find out some are still alive.”

“Let’s head to the place that you have mentioned,” Hao Ren said, looking into the dense forest. “We shall talk about the details while we’re on our way.”