Green Monster Epic

To the orcs, Allen was now a tempting prize. Recognizing this, Allen fully understood why the Orc Empire had sent a special envoy with such fanfare.

Just as Grand Shaman Vance and Duke Ranjit had said, humans were actually the common enemy. The far-sighted Allen wouldn't be like the other tribal leaders in the wilderness, forgetting everything for some human benefits and betraying the overall interests of the wilderness.

However, Allen's Green Field Tribe also faced threats from the Northern Elven Kingdom and the Drow Federation. Although he knew that the human threat to the wilderness might be greater, threats were ultimately direct and indirect. Therefore, in this long meeting, Allen couldn't give Duke Ranjit and the others much of a response.

The guarantee he could give Ranjit and the others was to lean towards the orc side in the alliance meeting and outlook meeting, in the plans targeting orcs and humans.

Ranjit and his party were overjoyed with Allen's limited guarantee. This meant that the orcs had another helper in the core circle of the wilderness who would speak for them.

After a few days of meetings, Ranjit and the others happily returned to the royal capital to report. Not long after the other party left, Allen also bid farewell to Angus, Nicol, and others, and set off north.

"…People have many faces. They can be humble and submissive when dealing with outsiders, but when living alone, they can be carefree and do whatever they want…"

"…The difference between Dual-Mindedness and split personality is that what is separated in Dual-Mindedness is a pseudo-personality, or rather, separating humanity and bestiality, humanity and divinity, so as to achieve non-interference, but at the same time, mutual communication. Broken stones can be integrated into a whole…"

"…Humanity is the foundation. Whether it is bestiality or divinity that is separated depends entirely on the caster's own choice…"

"…Among them, bestiality is the caster's own dark emotions such as greed, anger, hatred, and resentment. Separating it out as a pseudo-personality for wartime control allows the war-oriented class to exert extraordinary strength, almost equal to a permanently existing blessing effect."

"…Divinity is the sublimation of the caster's own rationality, only considering the relationship of interests, and ignoring the influence of various emotions and relationships, which is more often chosen by spellcasters."

On the way back, Allen finally couldn't help but take out the Dual-Mindedness inheritance crystal and began to study it carefully.

The images of believers praying in his mind became more and more frequent, appearing three to five times a day, especially at noon, because it was the middle of the night in the northern tribes.

Even during the tense moment of being chased and fighting against the three human powerhouses, Lucas, Allen's mind was still filled with images of believers praying. This made it increasingly difficult for him to tolerate this huge hidden danger in his body.

However, this matter was not entirely bad. There were still some good aspects: now Allen could understand what major events were happening in Green Lake Town through the words of the believers' prayers from thousands of miles away.

For example, in a picture the day before yesterday, a goblin chef stated in his prayer who had won the tribal cooking competition and what new dishes had been developed; and today, a female hobgoblin mentioned in her prayer that someone in the town was secretly inquiring about the 'Food God Praise Meeting'…

If he could completely control the prayer images, then Allen could easily obtain first-hand news from the tribe even if he was thousands of miles away. Then he could free himself from many things and have more free time.

Of course, the most important thing right now was to first find a way to master the Dual-Mindedness specialization and see if it could solve the problems in his body.

After initially understanding the Dual-Mindedness specialization, Allen gradually understood how great the risks hidden in this specialization were, especially when he began to try to extract his own divinity, so that 'he' could exist independently even when self-awareness controlled the body.

It was as if a person suddenly had two consciousnesses, one consciousness autonomously controlling the body, walking, eating, breathing… while the other consciousness coldly watched as a third person, analyzing the inappropriate places and unreasonable ways of the autonomous personality…

Allen had only tried it once, and he was almost driven to collapse by the interaction of the two consciousnesses in his brain. Fortunately, he had mastered the Iron Will specialization in order to make up for the shortcomings of his spiritual world, which made his spirit firm and strong, and it took him several days of rest to recover.

According to the explanation of the Dual-Mindedness legendary specialization, Allen, as a war-oriented class, should choose the combination of humanity and bestiality, which would better exert the explosive power and lethality of his melee profession. However, after thinking about it for a long time, Allen finally chose the path of humanity and divinity, only because of the word 'God' in divinity.

Of course, the so-called divinity in the Dual-Mindedness specialization is not really related to God in any way, but only because the creator chose these two paths, referring to the most powerful objects in this world: gods and demons.

Gods are high above, giving believers and others the feeling of being desireless and selfless, with only pure reason and rules in their hearts; while demons are free and unrestrained, pursuing various desires and enjoying themselves, without concealing their malice and ferocity.

Compared to the increase in strength brought by bestiality, Allen still preferred the feeling of controlling everything, unaffected by any external factors or even his own emotions, just like his favorite Ice Heart Armguard back then, the mechanized mind effect attached to it helped Allen suppress various negative emotional images during combat, and at the same time, he could quickly analyze the pros and cons and make the right choice.

If the final effect of divinity was like the mechanized mind, then Allen somewhat believed that this Dual-Mindedness specialization had at least the value of alleviating the problems in his current body.

…

Because of the influence of the human powerhouses chasing him, Allen was more cautious when returning to the wilderness. Although he didn't plan to rush back to the tribe at the fastest speed, he also made some disguises when returning, and at the same time tried to travel to the wild and desolate places far away from the crowd, giving up the more convenient flight, in order to avoid being noticed.

Again and again attempts, again and again failures, Allen seemed to have returned to the situation of self-training at the beginning.

Unconsciously, the surrounding environment had changed a bit, and the number of orc adventurers had gradually decreased, replaced by adventurers from various races in the wilderness. Obviously, Allen had now passed through the orc territory and returned to the land of the wilderness.

"Old buddy, it seems that it is necessary to recast you again!!"

While mastering the art of multitasking, Allen slowly retrieved his beloved weapon from his dimensional pouch, the greatsword that had been with him for nearly two centuries—the Bone Cleaver.

In the middle of the Bone Cleaver's blade, the hole burned by the demigod archmage Lucas with his single-target fire spell, 'Ray of Carnage,' had shrunk from the size of two fingers to only about one finger's width.

And near the tip of the blade, there was still a melted, blunt spot, a mark left when Allen once again directly confronted Lucas's Ray of Carnage.

Whoosh!

A burst of crimson flame suddenly rose from the blade. Allen's pure rage flowed through the blade, still smooth, but with a slight stiffness compared to when it was intact, like the numbness caused by blocked capillaries.

As the flames of rage burned continuously at the blade's gap, Allen could feel the metal on the sword slowly melting, trying to eliminate the hole. However, perhaps due to the loss of metal material or the destruction of the internal magical patterns, the Bone Cleaver's self-healing rate under the scorching of Allen's flames of rage became smaller and smaller. To completely restore it to its original state, he would probably need to find a skilled master to help reforge it.

Thinking about it now, Allen felt somewhat guilty towards his beloved weapon. It had been with him for so many years, and he had only asked a forging master to help reforge it twice, with no other enhancements.

Logically, with Allen's current strength, this legendary greatsword in his hand should no longer be so suitable, but Allen had never thought of replacing it. It was simply because as long as Allen held this dark gold greatsword, he felt a sense of perfect unity, as if this greatsword was an extension of his body.

Just like what the dwarven forging master in Mansha City had told Allen, the ultimate achievement of a weapon lies not only in the materials used to forge it, but also in the user's years of tempering it with their own aura and energy.

Looking at the various marks, deep and shallow, on the Bone Cleaver's blade, like Allen's own medals of honor, scenes from past battles spontaneously emerged from the depths of Allen's mind.

Clatter, clatter, clatter...

A large pile of various materials was poured out of Allen's dimensional pouch: fine abyssal cold iron weapons from demon spoils, gold essence castings obtained from the Crescent Lake ruins, and star meteorite titanium alloy scavenged from some unlucky legendary figure...

All kinds of metals, sturdy parts materials cut from legendary creatures, were piled in front of Allen, and he began to count them one by one. If it weren't to help reinforce his old partner, Allen would have been too lazy to deal with these materials. Although he knew that these materials were very precious, even a small portion of them could be exchanged for a large amount of resources and money.

Allen's personality was like this. He didn't have a strong pursuit of external things, perhaps because his self-training always brought him certain improvements. Other legendary and above powerhouses were often stuck at a certain bottleneck, unable to improve their strength, so they focused their attention on various weapons and equipment in order to pursue stronger power.

However, the materials and resources required to create equipment and props above the legendary level were very precious, and it took legendary powerhouses a lot of time to raise or search for them. As a result, the time that should have been spent on training was wasted.

Allen chose to improve his own strength over pursuing better equipment, while more legendary powerhouses chose the other path, the shortcut they thought they had found.

"...What exactly has your weapon been through, Your Excellency?"

It was three months later when he returned to Mansha City. Fortunately, the journey back was smooth, and Allen returned to the safe zone without incident. The first thing he did was head to the forging workshop in the inner city.

The greatest benefit of Allen's advancement to demigod was that he could spend less and find a forging master exclusive to the alliance in the fastest time to help him reforge and strengthen his weapon.

It was not easy for the alliance to cultivate a forging master, and because ordinary wilderness natives only lived for about a hundred years, the alliance always chose half-elves or artisans with dwarven blood when cultivating such masters.

Elves had long lifespans, and although half-elves did not live as long as elves, they could still live for about one hundred and fifty to sixty years. Most ordinary dwarves lived for about one hundred and forty to fifty years. Although they could not be compared with elves, wilderness natives with dwarven blood often lived for about one hundred and thirty years. In addition, with the forging talent inherited from the dwarven bloodline, it was not surprising that they were chosen as training targets.

The one who was reforging the Bone Cleaver for Allen at this time was a troll descendant with dwarven blood. He struggled to hold the heavy Bone Cleaver and marveled.

The dark gold color indicated that gold essence must have occupied an important position in the materials of this greatsword. The fact that a gold essence weapon, known for its sturdiness, could be destroyed to its current state showed how tragic the battles that Allen, this demigod, had encountered were.

"Just tell me what materials are needed to repair these damages?"

Allen said indifferently, interrupting the troll master Stein's infatuated expression.

"Ah? That depends on whether Your Excellency only wants to repair this damage or wants to further increase the power of this greatsword."

Stein stroked the sword blade back and forth with a unique technique, like a pervert stroking the naked body of a young girl, causing Allen to frown slightly.

With his excellent forging skills, Stein quickly understood the characteristics of this greatsword, and also noticed the subtle changes that had taken place inside the sword body over the years under the tempering of Allen's rage.

"If you want to improve the quality of this weapon, I am 80% sure that I can upgrade it to the quality of a demi-divine artifact!!"

Any craftsman who encountered this weapon, whose materials were almost free of impurities and integrated into one, would not be able to help but be as obsessed as Stein was at this time. This peerless demi-divine artifact embryo, as long as it was slightly polished, would surely be displayed to the world, and as a craftsman, who would not want to create a demi-divine artifact in their hands??

"Oh?"

Allen was slightly moved, and his eyes also became bright.