Chapter 147: Starfire Connection, Gift of Sunny Days, Gift of Cloudy Days

Hall of Starfire.

The floor was paved with greenish bronze and iron, twelve huge prisms rose into the sky, and the towering dome projected epic wars full of tragic songs.

"What, ten thousand gifts?"

At this moment, sounds of astonishment echoed one after another in this magnificent hall.

"Yes, I checked many times before I dared to confirm. The stacking limit of the Heart of Myriads I just awakened is ten thousand gifts."

Looking at the incredulous expressions of the crowd, Tamerlane touched his head with a wry smile.

Even he, who was hailed as the "Son of the Sun" and enjoyed the favor of the God of Sun and Justice, was stunned for several seconds the moment he saw the information about the Heart of Myriads, even describing it as very exaggerated.

"Ten thousand..." Xia Mingyu's mouth twitched.

He felt that Tamerlane was more like the heir to the 1.4 billion citizens' kingdom than he was.

Because in this world, for any living being, gifts were extremely rare, a special care from heaven.

Having one gift was enough to proudly claim to be the world's favorite.

Having ten thousand gifts—it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the world's own son!

"Your Majesty, the Heart of Myriads only has an upper limit of ten thousand gifts. It's not clear what the trigger probability is. Maybe I'll only trigger one or two gifts in my whole life."

Looking at his astonished lord, Tamerlane bowed slightly and said humbly.

He didn't want to exaggerate his strength; if he caused his lord to misjudge in future decision-making, it would be his sin.

"Very strong." Hagek Kesi, who had been silent for a long time, praised.

He had thought that after obtaining the gift of Thirteen Nirvana bestowed by the King, the gap between him and Tamerlane was narrowing little by little.

But he didn't expect that Tamerlane had now awakened a gift that was not inferior to Nirvana at all, and even more super-standard. The gap between the other party and him had widened again in an instant.

However, no matter what, the first general under the King in the future must be him!

After waking up tomorrow, he would double the previous training intensity. If he died of exhaustion, it would just trigger Nirvana to become stronger, then die and Nirvana again, until he possessed power that surpassed Tamerlane's.

Thinking of this, Hagek Kesi's bright golden eyes, which seemed to hide a lion, were already burning with a fierce fighting spirit.

Seemingly aware of his fighting spirit, Tamerlane also cast his gaze over. His face still wore a humble smile, but his deep blue eyes were also burning with flames.

He would absolutely not give up the position of the first general under the King, even to a companion.

For a moment, sparks seemed to fly between the two as they stared at each other.

And Dorovai, who had watched the entire investiture ceremony, felt a monstrous wave surging in her heart.

The Heart of Myriads that could bring ten thousand gifts?!

If she could awaken the Heart of Myriads and stack up to ten thousand gifts, let alone the Lord of the Northern Region who had plunged the people of the Northern Region into purgatory, she would dare to rush into the royal capital alone with the Lionheart Sword that very day and launch a grand rebellion and judgment against the high-and-mighty King of Gluttony.

Compared to such a super-standard gift, the sword skills she had practiced day and night for the past twenty years, facing the wind and snow, seemed to become insignificant.

If she were also appointed as a comrade by the King, could she also awaken a super-standard gift like the Heart of Myriads, just like Tamerlane?

No, even if it were only half or one-tenth the strength of the Heart of Myriads, it would be enough to increase her strength several times over, allowing her to catch up with the King of Gluttony sooner to save the suffering people of Sossia.

The moment this thought appeared in Dorovai's mind, it occupied her heart rapidly like a vine constantly growing.

However, it was soon suppressed back into the bottom of her heart.

After all, how precious was a comrade quota for the heir to the 1.4 billion citizens' kingdom?

Even though she was the daughter of a Grand Duke and a Crescent Knight, she didn't think she would have this honor just by moving her lips.

What's more, the time she had known the King was truly short, only about half a month.

Sigh, if only I could do something for the King, but the King doesn't seem to lack anything...

Martial strength? Her blade was not as good as a breath from the King.

Financial resources? After deciding to distribute some grain to the village chief of Ice Deer Village, she was almost unable to afford even black bread.

Beauty? Forget it. Someone like the King clearly had beauties surrounding him; how could he look at a female knight like her with calluses on her palms? Not to mention that she couldn't serve anyone with beauty, no matter who it was.

Sigh, people are starving to death in the vast Northern Region every moment. How can she save them sooner?

Dorovai sighed heavily in her heart.

The young girl felt that something heavy was pressing on her shoulders, making her shoulders, which were strong enough to carry boulders, tremble slightly.

The name of this thing was responsibility.

"Cheers!"

After completing the investiture ceremony and seeing his partner awaken a super-standard gift, Xia Mingyu raised his glass and drank heartily with Tamerlane.

It's so good. They are getting closer to their ideals step by step, and today they have undoubtedly taken a big step forward.

Grandson of the Pope + Son of the Sun + Heart of Myriads = Invincible!

Xia Mingyu even suspected that maybe he wouldn't need to work hard in the future; after a few decades, Tamerlane, once grown up, might be able to solo the King of Gluttony.

Tsk, if he could really win by lying down like that, it wouldn't be unacceptable.

But it was still too slow. After all, countless people among the people of Sossia would fall into purgatory for every extra year.

Try to kill the King of Gluttony within ten years and liberate Sossia!

Gulp, gulp, gulp.

Thinking of the happy part, Xia Mingyu picked up the glass filled with lemonade and drank it in an instant.

"Your Majesty, you have a great capacity for liquor." Tamerlane on his right cast an admiring look.

"Cough, cough, it's okay." Xia Mingyu, feeling guilty, wiped the lemonade from the corner of his mouth silently.

This was a habit he had developed on Blue Star. Because he hated drinking, but sometimes he couldn't refuse to drink in social situations, he developed the habit of asking the bartender to secretly change it to lemonade before drinking.

Just as Xia Mingyu picked up his knife and fork to eat some food to cover up his embarrassment, and just as his fork pierced into the glistening roast duck in front of him, he suddenly noticed something unusual.

Are there a bit too many dishes left on this long table?

Naturally, Xia Mingyu cast his gaze toward the main force that wiped out the dishes at every banquet.

I saw that to the left of Hagek Kesi, the girl with ice-blue long hair was holding a knife and fork, staring blankly at the empty plate in front of her, not moving her knife for a long time.

Strange, normally at this time, she should have finished half the food on the table.

"Dorovai, you don't seem to have much appetite. Is something on your mind?"

Xia Mingyu asked directly.

Hearing this, Tamerlane and Hagek Kesi also stopped their movements and cast concerned looks at the girl.

"Your Majesty, I am very sorry to disturb your enjoyment of the meal."

Dorovai sighed lightly and put down the knife and fork she was holding.

"The food and wine you provided are incomparably precious and delicious; even a banquet of the gods would be no more than this. I should have rewarded your generosity with gluttony, but..."

A hint of sadness appeared on the girl's exquisite face.

"When I think of those children in the villages of the Northern Region who are bloated from hunger, the light knife and fork are as heavy as boulders to me. I am truly sorry."

Dorovai bowed deeply to everyone to express her apology.

"No matter, Miss Dorovai. Your empathy only makes me, who is still dull, admire you. How can there be any talk of disturbance?" Tamerlane said with awe.

"I don't feel disturbed," Hagek Kesi also said coldly.

A person who cares about children will never be disliked by anyone.

And after Xia Mingyu pondered for a moment while resting his chin on his hand, he spoke slowly:

"Dorovai, if I give you grain, can you pass it on to those starving children in the Northern Region?"

Hearing this, the girl was happy at first and looked at Xia Mingyu gratefully, but soon, as if thinking of something, her expression became complicated.

"... Your Majesty, thank you for your kindness, but the King of Gluttony has ordered that grain from the Southern Region, which is exempt from grain tax, is not allowed to be transported to the other three regions."

"If you mobilize grain from the Southern Region to support the Northern Region, it would be too dangerous for you if it provokes the hostility of the King of Gluttony. Please forgive me for refusing your kindness for now."

After hesitating for a long time, Dorovai refused with an apologetic look.

Although her heart desperately wanted to accept the King's aid to save those children who were bloated from hunger and even going blind, she still had a trace of rationality in her heart.

She could rush into Lucas's castle, kill him, and distribute the grain in the castle to the starving villages. Perhaps she would attract the attention of the Lord of the Northern Region and be besieged and killed by the Frost Tooth Knights, but...

Losing one Dorovai, Sossia still had hope, and those children who survived after getting the grain could also hold on until the day they saw the light.

But if the King were lost... she dared not imagine what a terrible future that would lead to. Perhaps by then, all of Sossia would be filled with people who were starving to the point of blindness, looking for food like living corpses.

The girl could distinguish which was more important.

"You misunderstood, Dorovai. The aid I mentioned, although it is indeed mobilizing grain from the Southern Region, where grain is still abundant, to the Northern Region, which is in famine, it is not by the usual method of transporting it by carriage," Xia Mingyu explained patiently.

"After my 1.4 billion blessings were promoted to the Morning Star Rank, I gained an ability called Starfire Connection. It allows me to create connections that can hide identity blessings and have storage space."

"And these connections can share space after obtaining the permission of their wearers. So I should be able to put the grain from the Southern Region into my connection, and then you, who are in the Northern Region, can take it out from your connection, thus achieving spatial transfer."

"Even if the King of Gluttony has many eyes and ears, it will be extremely difficult to detect," Xia Mingyu said calmly.

Once these words were spoken, Dorovai, who had been looking gray, had her whole expression light up, and her previously drooping eyelashes suddenly lifted.

"Your Majesty Mingyu, thank you for your generous help. If those children in the Northern Region who are bloated from hunger are really saved because of your aid, I am willing to swear in the name of Mason that from now on, I will regard you as my benefactor for life."

She walked slowly to Xia Mingyu and knelt on one knee like a loyal knight.

For her, as the daughter of a Grand Duke, this was the greatest way she could express her respect.

"Dorovai, I chose to help you not because I wanted to gain your gratitude. First, because I, like you, want to help those children, and second, because we are companions."

"If you are really grateful to me, don't regard me as a benefactor anymore; regard me as your companion and friend," Xia Mingyu said solemnly as he gently helped Dorovai up.

Looking at the black-haired young man close at hand, and the concern and sincerity in those black eyes, inexplicably, the girl's heartbeat suddenly accelerated a bit, and her skin, as white as snow, turned slightly red.

Such... such a strange feeling.

Even when she was fighting for her life against named monsters to be promoted to Crescent Knight, her heart didn't beat this fast.

What exactly is going on?

The girl couldn't help but feel confused in her heart.

A moment later, Xia Mingyu stood directly beneath the crystal dome of the hall, while Tamerlane, Hagek Kesi, and Dorovai stood behind him, full of expectation.

Upon learning that the King was going to give each of them a connection, even Hagek Kesi, who was usually not one to smile, had a brilliant smile on his resolute face.

"Starfire Connection."

Xia Mingyu muttered in his heart, then he turned around and looked at the three people in front of him, speaking in a dignified tone almost instinctively:

"Either be burned to ashes together, or light up the night."

"This cluster of torchlight, we will ignite together."

"A single spark can start a prairie fire." x4

The next moment, in the twelve prisms standing on the bronze earth, the torchlight on the first prism on the right and the first and second prisms on the left suddenly became more vigorous.

Then, three light orbs of different colors emerged from the torchlight and floated slowly to the front of the three people.

In the azure light orb that came to Tamerlane, there was a ring inlaid with a sky-blue gemstone, with wave-like patterns carved on the ring setting.

The Paladin took out the blue ring with great joy and put it on his index finger.

In the bright golden light orb that came to Hagek Kesi, there was a red-gold armband inlaid with a bright golden gemstone.

This armband seemed to be able to automatically adjust according to the wearer's body size, and it automatically became the right size when Hagek Kesi wore it on his left arm.

As for the one that came to the front of Dorovai, it was a water-drop-shaped ear clip inlaid with an emerald gemstone. The girl, who had never worn jewelry, tried several times before successfully clipping it onto her small earlobe.

"That's it for tonight. The dream should wake up."

Looking at the three people who were overjoyed after receiving the connections, Xia Mingyu said softly.

He snapped his fingers, and the magnificent palace gradually turned into a phantom.

"Your Majesty, I will cherish the gift you gave me!"

Just as the figure was about to dissipate, the girl suddenly shouted, as if possessed.

Immediately afterward, the figure dissipated completely. Dorovai didn't know whether the King had heard her words or not.

However, the people of the Northern Region seemed to have finally ushered in the light that illuminated them...

The next morning.

City of Corona.

"What a gentle sunshine!"

As a Paladin, Tamerlane, who went out early to patrol and maintain order in the city, looked at the mild sun above his head and couldn't help but exclaim.

The next moment, a piece of information flooded into his mind, and at the same time, the power within his body increased by a portion.

Gift of Sunny Days: You will become a little stronger than usual on sunny days.

Tamerlane: "???"

At this moment, a dark cloud drifted by, obscuring the sun.

Gift of Cloudy Days: You will become a little stronger than usual on cloudy days.

Tamerlane: "..."

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