After Maxing out all Classes

Chapter 878: Can You Do Me a Favor

Robb said, “Alright, there’s no need to delve into these trivial matters. Love is love, isn’t it? In the end, the result is that I’ll have you wrapped around my fingers.”

The queen: “…”

When a man starts acting like a thief, a woman has to change the subject. The queen turned her gaze away and said, “With the Church of Darkness heading north, Lost City has become quite vulnerable. I plan to take advantage of this opportunity to subdue Lost City.”

Robb furrowed his brows, “I’ve told you before, forcibly conquering a church through military means is very dangerous. You can’t win the hearts of fanatical believers through force.”

The queen replied, “Of course, I know that. You’ve told me many times. So, this time I’m not planning to be too direct. My plan is to first contact the nobles within Lost City through my agents stationed there. They’ve long been discontented due to the city’s lack of resources. Having witnessed the abundance and novelty of my Kingdom of Gran’s resources, they’ve become enamored with the kingdom. I’ll manipulate them to create chaos within the city while the Church of Darkness’s main forces are away.”

Robb chuckled, “That’s a cunning move. And then?”

The queen continued, “After that, I’ll establish a new Church of Darkness. As long as the god they believe in remains the God of Darkness, it won’t be so difficult to win over the fanatical believers. Remember Sister Ishir, who was fanatical about the Church of Light? And even Russ, a fanatic as well. Convincing them to switch gods would be hard, but if the god remains the same and only the organization changes from the old Church of Darkness to the new one, it won’t be difficult at all.”

The queen hummed, “I’ll appoint Number 8 as the new Pope of the new Church of Darkness, adopting the same doctrines as your New Church of Light. While the Church of Darkness’s main forces are away, I can easily control Lost City. Using abundant resources and a gentle approach to win over believers, it won’t take long for me to gain control of the city. Afterward, I can gradually guide the fanatic believers onto a new path.”

Robb gave her a thumbs up, “Impressive! I think this plan will work.”

The queen glanced at him, “I’ve been learning from you, after all. However, in order to gain support from the fanatic believers for my new Church of Darkness, my military shouldn’t intervene too early. So, Number 8’s available combat power is quite limited. I can only use a small unit disguised as the New Church of Darkness’s Templar Knights to win over Lost City. Otherwise, it might lead to the dissatisfaction and upheaval of the fanatics.”

Robb nodded in agreement.

The queen continued, “If the Church of Darkness’s main forces return to reinforce too early, my plan will fail. So… I hope you can delay the Church of Darkness’s main forces for as long as possible, or… simply eliminate them.”

Robb sneered, “Hmph, all this talk and you’re still asking for my help, yet you won’t admit you’ve fallen for me. Why should I help you then? Look at me now, I’ve got so many enemies – the Church of Light, the Church of Darkness, the Kingdom of Norma, the Demon Army, and half of the Desert Kingdom’s rebels… tsk tsk tsk… I simply can’t handle it all.”

The queen retorted, “Liar. You can handle it just fine.”

Robb countered, “I really can’t handle it all. Unless you do me a favor, I won’t be able to manage.”

The queen inquired, “What favor?”

“Perform a striptease for me…” Robb didn’t even finish his sentence before the queen slammed the crystal ball onto the table with a loud “thud.”

“Tch! If all you do smash your crystal ball, it means you’re not really angry,” Robb said, “This matter is settled.”

He put away the crystal ball and stepped out from behind the large stone. As soon as he emerged, a large rock came flying towards him, smacking him right in the face.

This rock was a volcanic rock, carrying tremendous force and scorching heat. It was not only heavy, but also searing hot – magma-level temperature! An ordinary adventurer would have been done for, but Robb had a thick skin. He took a hit from the scalding rock without a scratch, though his face was now covered in a layer of black mud. Unable to resist, he wiped his face, resulting in his handsome features being transformed into that of a large painted cat.

“Oh for f*ck’s sake, who uses volcanic rocks to ambush me?” Robb fumed.

Turning his head, he saw Chris and the others – five of them in total – gleefully battling the Lava Giant. The Lava Giant was tossing red-hot volcanic rocks around, and Chris was using his shield to deflect the rocks, sending them flying. Unfortunately, one happened to hit Robb squarely in the face.

“Alright, so it was an accidental rock to the face, not intentional. I’ll forgive you,” Robb said, his anger subsiding. He casually sat down on a rock, crossing his legs.

Witnessing the Lava Giant furiously chasing Chris and the group, Robb watched as Chris deflected most of the attacks with his shield, while the Hunter and the Assassin took the opportunity to strike. However, a minor problem arose: the Hunter used a bow and arrow, and the Assassin wielded a dagger – neither was well-suited for combating solid stone. Most of their attacks were easily blocked by the Lava Giant’s stony exterior.

The Fire Magician, who posed the greatest threat to the Lava Giant, couldn’t easily intervene. They were too close to the Demon King’s castle; if she were to unleash a fireball spell, the resulting explosive noise might alert the demons within the castle, causing a significant problem.

She refrained from taking action, and the ineffectiveness of the other two’s weapons became evident as they struggled against the Lava Giant.

One of the melee Priests in the group couldn’t hold back any longer. Holding his staff, he charged forward. His staff was suitable for striking stone, and he delivered a powerful blow to the Lava Giant’s leg, sending shards of stone flying. However, just as this happened, the Lava Giant suddenly lifted its foot and stomped down on the Priest, sending him flying a considerable distance away.

The blow seemed quite heavy, and the priest was unable to get up for a moment.

Without the healing of the priest, the situation suddenly became critical.

The Lava Giant struck Chris’s shield with a punch, causing Chris to feel a numbing sensation throughout his body and sustaining some internal injuries. Without the priest’s healing, he could only grit his teeth and endure. However, the Lava Giant didn’t stop there; it swung its other fist down heavily.

Chris was growing desperate – it seemed like this blow might be too much for him to handle.

Just at that moment, Gorda suddenly rushed forward from behind, brushing past Chris, and stood in front of him. He drew his shield and held it up before Chris.

“Clang!”

The Lava Giant’s fist struck Gorda’s shield!

Chris was taken aback, thinking to himself, “Gorda is a low-level warrior, and his Shield Wall skill is probably low-level too. Taking a hit from the Lava Giant like that might deform his shield and cause him some internal injuries.”

However, just as he was thinking this, he saw the Lava Giant’s fist suddenly shatter into pieces.

Its punch had struck the shield, and what shattered was its own fist, not Gorda’s shield.

As it turned out, Gorda’s shield was called the “Thorns Titansteel Defender.” It was enchanted with a thorns prefix that had the effect of reflecting physical damage.