Chapter 639

Gulu Gulu asked, "Is becoming stronger dangerous?"

The human answered, "Yes."

Gulu Gulu thought for a moment. "If it's dangerous, we'll start modifying your subordinates..."

The modifications took years. Gulu Gulu went from a scrawny creature one meter tall to a three-meter monster with bulging muscles.

A Goblin.

A race that bullied the weak and feared the strong, with little concept of honesty or loyalty.

Once Gulu Gulu realized he was stronger than the human, he tried to break the Obedience Curse placed on him.

When Gulu Gulu kidnapped Daniel and the others, David fought back fiercely. Blood was spilled by accident.

The young man with Claire was her boyfriend, Simmons. They attended the same university and came from Phoenix City.

Simmons had imagined country boys with curly mop-tops, wooden expressions, and baggy, old-fashioned plaid shirts.

Geralt's arrival shattered that image.

Some people, when they realized they had made a mistake, did not reflect on it. Instead, they blamed whoever had made them realize it.

I was happy living in a dream. Why did you wake me up?!

See? Some people held grudges against you for the strangest reasons.

So.

Kindness alone was not enough.

Good people needed to show their strength now and then. Sometimes they even had to hit hard.

Being kind had never meant letting people hit and insult you without fighting back. What a miserable way to live.

Geralt had no idea Simmons had put him on his little blacklist. He shook Simmons's hand and even found him knowledgeable and refined, able to draw on all kinds of references without effort. Simmons was on another level from a man who borrowed words from other writers.

Geralt did not mind. Everyone had their strengths. When it came to supernatural knowledge and fighting, he could take on a