Where Is Medusa's Ruins?

Bigge, Hake, and Tagore appeared in a vegetable market on an ordinary Administrative Star.

Two tough guys with a cat out grocery shopping attracted a lot of attention.

Big was tall and rugged-looking. Hake, on the Bigge hand, had a full beard and sharply defined features. The two of them exuded a masculine aura, but with the addition of Tagore's beautiful little tabby cat, they attracted many women to turn their heads.

"What would you like to eat today?" Bigge felt a surge of joy at the thought of having another chance to showcase his culinary skills.

"I want to eat grilled fish," Tagore stated his request without any hesitation.

"Whatever," Hake said expressionlessly. These two words were the ones he used most frequently with Bigge and Tagore throughout the journey.

What to eat? Anything is fine.

What would you like to drink? Anything is fine.

Where to go? Anywhere.

In Tagore's words, Hake was a casual man. No matter what you did, you didn't need to ask for his opinion at all, because his opinion was as good as no opinion at all.

"Hehe..." Hearing this answer, Bigge chuckled awkwardly. He was kind-hearted and could be said to have no temper with his own people. If it were Liliath, she probably would have rolled up her sleeves and given her a good beating.

Tagore shook his ears vigorously, seemingly venting his dissatisfaction with the answer.

"Let's go buy some fish first."

Bigge said, leading Hake toward the fish market. Tagore perched on his shoulder, swishing his tail happily. He thought to himself, "Following Bigge was definitely the right choice. That little Blue is still too green; he has no sense of propriety at all."

Upon arriving at the fish market, Tagore immediately spotted a nearly twenty-meter-long fish in a fishpond and pointed a paw at Bigge, saying, "I want that one."

That fish was covered in black scales and had a mouth full of sharp teeth like daggers. It could probably swallow three or four of a fish the size of Bigge in one bite.

However, Bigge is no stranger to handling large ingredients. The first time he cooked for Gu Ding, the ingredient was a Golden Crocodile.

The two people and the cat immediately walked towards the pool.

"Boss, how much are these fish?" Bigge asked the fish stall owner in front of the pond.

"This fish is called Black Scale Dragon Carp, it's quite rare. As for the price, it's three hundred source stones." The fish stall owner was a short, stocky man with dark skin, his eyes darting around, looking very shrewd.

"Thirty source stones, I suppose. This fish is just a bit big; it's not even a demonic beast. Selling it for the price of a demigod's item is a bit unfair." Bigge's honesty was usually only shown in front of his acquaintances. He was never stingy with haggling when dealing with various vegetable vendors he dealt with regularly.

Despite being exposed by Bigge's words, the fish stall owner didn't blush at all. "One hundred Origin Stones."

"I'll only offer thirty. You sell it for a hundred. If someone else wants it, I have nothing to say," Bigge said. He turned to leave, but the fishmonger called after him.

"Hey, big guy, big guy, don't go. Thirty it is, I'll sell it to you at a loss, even if it hurts." The fish stall owner looked pained.

Bigge, however, was smiling to himself. He knew, of course, that the other man's expression was the result of years of experience.

After paying, Bigge transformed his hand into a knife, instantly cutting the fish into pieces and storing them in his Storage Space. The pool was left with only fish scales and entrails, leaving the nearby onlookers dumbfounded.

Bigge turned to leave, but after only a few steps, Tagore spotted another large fish and stretched out his paw again, "I want that one too!"

After glancing at the stall, Bigge thought the vendor would be easier to talk to than the previous one, so he patted Hake on the shoulder and said, "Hake, why don't you buy this one and see how much you can bargain down the price?"

"Me?" Hake didn't expect Bigge to ask him to do something like this.

"Yes, you should interact with more strangers. The more people you meet, the more your inner conflicts will resolve, and your murderous intent will gradually fade." Bigge nodded very seriously, because that's how he gradually let go of his murderous intent.

"I'll give it a try." Hake listened to Bigge said and thought it made some sense, so he agreed.

Bigge shoved him in front of the stall.

"Do you think he can handle it?" Tagore expressed his doubts.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. He saw it when I bought it. He can just imitate what I did. It's not that difficult," Bigge said optimistically.

And so the conversation between Hake and the stranger stall owner finally began.

"Boss, what's the price of this fish?" Hake's tone and pauses sounded a little strange; he was still not quite used to communicating with strangers.

Seeing Hake pointing to the big fish in the pool, the shop owner smiled and said, "This one is quite big, fifty source stones will do."

"Will you sell it for five Originium Stones?" Hake followed Bigge and immediately cut the price to one-tenth of the original price.

When Bigge, who was behind him, heard this, his expression changed. He knew that the deal was probably off.

"Five source stones? Are you kidding me? If you really want it, take it for thirty source stones." The shop owner was getting angry; he felt the other party was looking for trouble.

"Five Originium!" Hake's killing intent surged, and he glared fiercely at his opponent, once again announcing the price of five Originium. Even though the killing intent hadn't yet fully manifested, it was already terrifying enough.

Seeing this, Bigge was about to take Hake away when he was stopped by Tagore.

"Wait a minute, let's see how things develop."

"Sir, thirty source stones is already a loss-making price. If you haggle like this, I really can't sell it to you. If you really want it, I can give you a slightly lower price." The shopkeeper was clearly a little frightened, a fawning smile on his face as he cautiously observed Hake's expression. "Or, twenty-seven, oh no, twenty-five..."

"Five Originium!" Hake stared intently at the other party, reiterating the price. His face was contorted with rage, like a demon god descending, and the killing intent emanating from his body finally enveloped the shop owner. "If you don't sell, I'll kill you!"

The fishmonger looked at Hake with a look of horror. He felt that the other man was not joking. A chilling aura made him shiver.

Hake's behavior left Bigge speechless, and he quickly reached out to pull Hake back. "Hake, forget it, I'll do it."

The fish stall owner, trembling with fear, broke free from the control of the murderous intent. His legs were weak, and he barely managed to stand by supporting himself with his hands on the fish-cleaning table in front of him.

"Sorry, boss, my brother's been in a bad mood lately. We'll take the fish for thirty Origin Stones." With that, he tossed down thirty Origin Stones, cut the fish into pieces, stored it in his Storage Space, and then quickly left with Hake.

"Hake, what are you doing? That shop owner is just an ordinary person. How can we attack an ordinary person?" Bigge was genuinely angry this time.

"But I followed your usual routine exactly, except I couldn't help adding one sentence at the end." Hake still didn't know where he went wrong.

"I lowered the price to one-tenth because the shop owner was dishonest. Actually, the price of that fish was already a good deal at thirty source stones. Buying and selling is a voluntary transaction. What you did just now wasn't bargaining at all, it was forcing a sale. In general, if the other party really can't accept your price, you can simply raise the price or just turn around and leave, and look at another shop."

"I see, I understand now." Although Hake still didn't quite understand, he reluctantly accepted it.

In the forbidden zone of the Cosmic Sea, at the Harris family's residence, two young girls who looked quite young appeared in the sky above the residence.

One had short, bright red hair and a pretty, sweet appearance, while the other had long, dark purple hair and looked somewhat adorable and innocent.

"Who are you?" Even though they were children, the guards could not ignore them, because the two of them were suspended in mid-air and clearly had at least the cultivation level of gods.

"Go tell Balin that I, Olivia, have returned." Liliath finally used her real name again.

The guard's expression turned somewhat grim. Balin was the current patriarch of the Harris Family. The little girl in front of him had called Balin by his name; she was clearly not someone to be trifled with.

"Olivia?" A guard nearby recognized the name Olivia. "You're Olivia, the Young Miss of the Harris Family?!"

Liliath snorted coldly; she was very reluctant to admit that she bore such a surname.

The guard immediately dialed the communicator and reported the incident. A short while later, he heard a shocking order from the other end, "Kill that petty thief disguised as Young Miss!"

Liliath's soul power had already penetrated into the mansion and heard Balin's command.

She didn't stand on ceremony anymore, activating her Pupil Technique and instantly hypnotizing everyone in the mansion. Then, she swaggered in through the main gate with Elsa.

The two continued deeper into the area and soon arrived in front of Balin.

Upon seeing that familiar face, Liliath felt an urge to crush the man's head. This was the man who had killed her parents and left her adrift in the Universe Sea.

Although Elsa didn't know what had happened between the two, she could clearly sense the anger emanating from Liliath.

But Liliath quickly suppressed her anger and stared into the other's eyes. Her golden pupils activated a deep hypnosis as she asked, "Balin, tell me where the ruins of Medusa are."

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[I was planning to add an extra chapter today, but something came up. Tomorrow I'm being dragged hiking by a friend, so both chapters will have to be posted in the evening. Three chapters the day after tomorrow~] (To be continued~^~)