"How do you guarantee you'll keep your promise?"

The Desire Mother Tree gazed at him deeply and said:

"I swear by the River of Time Chronos, I vow not to harm Chloe and her dear friends. In exchange, I want her to cherish Abigail and grant her the right to bear his child."

The River of Time Chronos, also called the Lord of Time.

However, it is said that this deity cannot manifest in true form in the world.

Because He is the River of Time itself.

All of His essence is fused into the River of Time, He is the embodiment of the concept of [Time] itself.

Swearing by the River of Time, even a god would be bound by the River itself.

This, Chloe knew very well.

In fact.

In a certain scene in the second chapter of "Simulated Hero", a detail was mentioned.

In this world, the most sincere blessing in wedding vows comes from the Love God.

And beneath the Love God, the greatest promise between couples is to swear by either the River of Time or the Lord of Glory.

The Lord of Glory is also known as the God of Glory and Justice.

He himself holds the authority over contracts.

Swearing by Him is more like setting an unbreakable contract.

But the River of Time is different.

This deity who cannot manifest in the world and doesn't even have a divine hall, yet has such powerful binding force, lies in the fact that [even a deity cannot violate the agreement made before the River of Time].

Summary: A contract form belonging exclusively to True Gods, Evil Gods, Desolate Gods, and other types of deities.

Contracts that even gods need to obey naturally have a deterrent effect on mortals.

And when a god makes a promise witnessed by the River of Time, it is the highest form of restraint.

Sure enough.

When the Desire Mother Tree finished speaking, a brilliant light formed between the two, transforming into a contract document.

"Abigail" stepped forward and left her esteemed name on the time contract.

Then she turned to Chloe and said:

"Do you need more time to think about this?"

But before she could finish, Chloe was already scribbling his name on the document.

The document dissipated.

He felt an intangible power of the contract spreading between them.

At this point, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the threat from the Desire Mother Tree was essentially eliminated.

Even if the wicked woman wanted to make a small move, with all the heavy shackles, he could handle it.

"Then the child is yours."

The Desire Mother Tree gave Chloe a meaningful glance, approached him, and grabbed his collar, lowering his head slightly.

As if trying to imprison him and capture the taste from his lips.

But soon, the kiss turned into a resentful nibble.

Without using much strength, just enough to feel the small canines gently scraping.

"Such an ungainly child; there's another girl's taste on your lips."

Chloe looked at her in surprise, then shrugged and said:

"Why stare at me? You're the third party here."

"Abigail" slowly traced along his cheek.

Laughed softly and said:

"You really are a scoundrel."

"Right back at you, wicked woman."

"Heh, are you going to say next, that good women shouldn't be let down, and bad women shouldn't be let off?"

Chloe shrugged.

Shrimp Head Goddess.

I mean NM.

Wasn't it you who came to me?

"Next time, let me taste you."

The wicked woman issued an invitation.

Chloe replied:

"Is there a reward?"

"My cost-free divine art?" She licked her red lips and said, "After being promoted to Whisperer, you haven't properly listened to the whispers of high-dimensional life, have you?"

Chloe nodded.

In his current list of low-level skills, he only had part of the power from the Lord of Glory.

And he had received that even before being promoted to Whisperer.

Sequence Eight: Whisperer.

Sequence Seven: Fire Thief.

Sequence Six: Rose Bishop.

Starting from Whisperer, the Extraordinary need to listen to voices of deities, Elemental Monarchs, Demon Lords, and the King of Demons.

This action carries risks but can greatly arm one's skill set.

Previously, Chloe wanted to accelerate his promotion to Sequence Eight by relying on his hot weapon constitution, prematurely obtained skills from the Lord of Glory echelon.

To preemptively acquire the power of Whisperer, using high-sequence skills, forcibly digesting his Extraordinary Traits, and thereby completing the promotion.

But after the promotion, he actually didn't go on to acquire more power.

It wasn't because he didn't want to.

It was because the promotion period was too short, and he hadn't yet decided which powers to borrow.

"You want me to become your priest? That's not going to happen."

Chloe decisively expressed his refusal.

He refused to be a dog for a wicked woman.

That's something Denji would do.

Desire Mother Tree's fingers circled on Chloe's chest and said:

"I have no intention of developing followers in the lower realm; a bunch of clowns entangled themselves."

"Tsk."

A fine declaration of a scoundrel.

No wonder those Evil God's Followers under the Desire Mother Tree often found her divine character unpredictable.

Turns out she doesn't care about followers at all.

"Can I receive your blessing without becoming your follower?"

While priests were still an Extraordinary Profession, by offering faith to the gods, they could receive divine art.

Even now, it's just a different way.

Replaced by receiving power through listening to the whispers of gods.

This is also the most stable way for Whisperers to acquire skills currently.

Go to the True God Church to become a priest, and you'll have various skills listed.

The largest proportion among healers is priests.

Healers are akin to [your current or future career path].

The Extraordinary Path is akin to [your major in university].

Priest is analogous to [the industry you work in after graduation].

And the different sequences on the Extraordinary Path—

It's analogous to your rank in the company.

Thinking about it this way.

Using sequence terminology indeed sounds more grandiose.

Otherwise, when someone asks your tier.

You start with:

"I am Sequence Nine Commissioner."

"I am Sequence Eight Supervisor."

That would be hard to hold up.

In summary.

Nowadays, the term priest is just a designation for clergy.

Before the Dawn Era, priests were members of a noble Extraordinary Profession.

Now they've been fully integrated by the path of Omniscience Sequence Eight: Whisperer.

So when Desire Mother Tree said she would give him her blessing, his first thought was the wicked woman wants to recruit him into a cult.

But Desire Mother Tree licked her lips and said:

"I will occasionally descend onto Abigail, satisfy me once, and I'll give you a divine art.

No pollution, no need to pay any price.

How's this deal?"

Grass, a kind of plant.

What on earth is this?

A hire fee?

But...

"Go through fire and water, wicked woman."

It would be foolish to miss a bargain.

The wicked woman's divine arts are very useful.

In the game, Rephya often cursed at how disgusting it was.

To put it bluntly...

The Otherworld version of Wood Escape.

No longer afraid of getting wet when going out.

Raise your hand and there's Wood Escape: Three-bedroom One-living Room Technique.

When the sequence is higher, you can even summon small wooden people, medium wooden people, Zhou Shuren...

Uh, something strange seems to have slipped in.

"Then I'll take that as your agreement,"

She chuckled softly.

Soon, Abigail's expression shifted from a sickly grin to impassive.

Abigail glanced up at Chloe and said:

"Brother, you should have just killed her."

She said it as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

As if it wasn't the Desire Mother Tree occupying her body.

Now, when Chloe looked at Abigail again, he found the girl much more pleasing to the eye.

"Abigail, you're being a bit too extreme."

What bad intentions could the Desire Mother Tree have?

It's just trying to...

Ahem.

Anyway.

Ke, this shameless guy, was really eyeing those divine arts.

Exactly.

Everything he did was simply because he "wanted to progress too much."

Out of the room.

The first thing Chloe saw was a pair of big feet.

The old rascal was lounging on the couch with his legs crossed.

He looked at the Treasure Elf next to him and said:

"Master Nini, what happened?"

"I discovered Meifei secretly buying those magazines again, the rascal, shameless!"

Bringing up this matter, the Treasure Elf puffed up with indignation.

Our alchemy master wasn't even angry; he just hung his head and said:

"It was the office secretary who bought them, I confiscated them."

"I just wanted to check their contents."

"The pin-up magazines had Enchanting Demons, I needed to check her credentials to see if it was legal."

"I wasn't doing it on purpose?"

Nini was diligently taking notes, nodding as she said:

"Go on, I'm listening."

She was going to send the notes to Whitebeard!

Report to headquarters!

However, Chloe stepped forward and hugged Nini, saying:

"Nini, let me see what you confiscated."

Nini's cheeks gradually turned red, and she wrapped her arms around Chloe's neck saying:

"Xiaoke, no naughty stuff!"

Chloe ruffled her hair and said:

"Be good, Master Nini, let me see."

"Boo hoo hoo."

Nini let out a whimper, but still handed over the confiscated magazines to Chloe.

Chloe flipped through them.

Some were indeed quite explicit.

Clearly not magazines distributed through proper channels.

—More like benefits privately sold by influencers.

Damn, selling this stuff is illegal!

Ever heard of the charge for spreading obscene material?

But the other legitimate magazines were much better.

After all, they were sold through proper channels, at most skirting the edge.

So he divided the books into two categories.

He handed the illegal ones to the Treasure Elf.

"These you can dispose of as you see fit."

The somewhat compliant ones he gave to the teary-eyed old rascal.

"This type is the limit.

Also, Principal Mephisto, for the sake of the Ethereal Emblem's reputation, these kinds of books can be looked at privately, but not in the school's office, okay?"

"No problem! No problem!"

The old rascal was about to cry.

What a good kid!

This is truly a good kid!

But the final decision was still in Master Nini's hands.

He cautiously looked towards Nini.

Nini snorted and said:

"Hmph, since Xiaoke thinks these are compliant, then Meifei, keep them yourself!

And next time when the students are around, don't take these out!"

"Sure, sure."

Really about to cry.

Having raised the Treasure Elf for so long, still not as effective as that Chloe kid's words.

But seeing the part of his precious collection that had been retained in his hand, he wept with joy.

At least some were saved.

Then he heard Chloe say:

"Lord Mephisto, about our Extreme Association's matter..."

"The student leader's initiative to form an association must be vigorously supported."

Mephisto said seriously.

The old fox and the young fox exchanged a smile.

This is the adult world.

But the old rascal still glanced at Abigail who was hiding behind Chloe.

Just now things were so tense.

Why is the young girl's gaze now teary and tender?

And our healing leader, have you forgotten this is a public place?

As he was about to remind them, the large door behind him opened.

"Chloe, over here..."

Senior Sister Fufu looked at the group in the room, and after a moment, her gaze fell on Abigail behind Chloe.

"Junior, do you know the junior sister?"

The girl smiled brightly.

But a hint of lemon scent inevitably emerged.

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