Chapter 264: Chapter264-A Windfall in Membership Fees
John’s gaze suddenly turned cold.
Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his hand and grabbed. The rule power of the Holy Grail space was instantly mobilized by him, directly dragging the young girl from the hall into the third-floor conference room.
"Waaaaah!"
The girl screamed as she stumbled and landed on the floor of the conference room, nearly losing her balance and falling flat.
The moment she looked up, she saw John’s extremely indifferent face. Frightened, she shrank her neck back and shouted in a tearful voice, "W-W-Who are you?! Why did you suddenly drag me here?! Do you know how scary that was?!"
John did not answer.
He directly threw a Detection at her.
[Detection Target: Holly]
[Level: 1]
[Skills: Basic Sword Draw · LV1000, Basic Movement Technique · LV1000, Basic Block · LV1000, Basic Listening · LV1000, Basic Dodge · LV1000, Listening Technique · LV500... (Remaining skills cannot be fully analyzed)]
[Equipment: SSS-grade Set · Complete Set (Appearance disguised)]
[Identity Information: Encrypted / Unable to view]
John raised his brows slightly.
Level 1.
All basic skills at max level.
A full set of SSS-grade equipment.
Even her identity had been concealed by a high-grade item.
He stared at the sword case on Holly’s back. His tone was calm, yet it carried an unavoidable pressure.
"Where did the sword case on your back come from?"
Holly blinked her blue eyes and answered matter-of-factly, "My mentor gave it to me.
"He said he traded a pile of trash for it from someone else. Is there a problem?"
"Who is your mentor?"
"Skittershade."
John’s pupils shrank slightly.
Sure enough, it was that guy.
Not long ago, that parallel universe player had traded with him in the Beyondworld Trial Space, using five hundred bottles of Sacred Spirit Elixir to exchange for the sword case.
And now, he had turned around and given the sword case to his own disciple?
Interesting.
Very interesting.
John’s expression softened slightly as he casually asked, "Then why did you come to the Holy Grail space?"
The moment Holly heard this question, her innocent little face instantly collapsed.
She pursed her lips and complained pitifully, "I was tricked by my mentor!
"He said that was a teleportation scroll back to Blue Star. But the moment I tore it open, I was thrown into this awful place!
"This place is barren and shabby, with monsters everywhere. Not only did I get lost, there’s no one here to feed me..."
As she spoke, her stomach very cooperatively let out a loud growl.
John fell silent for two seconds.
Looking at this strange young girl who was carrying a God-rank sword case, wearing a tattered beginner outfit, and complaining about having no food, he suddenly felt that the scene was absurdly amusing.
"Holders of the small Holy Grail are automatically considered part of Valhalla," John said calmly. "I can take you in."
Holly’s eyes lit up instantly.
"Does the Guild Leader provide meals?!"
"Yes."
"Great! Then I’ll join!"
John nodded slightly and casually assigned her an exclusive number in Valhalla’s roster.
[Exclusive Number: 3]
He knew very well that the member numbers of Valhalla carried special meaning.
Number One had been given to Odelle.
Number Two had been given to a mysterious member who had never contacted him of their own initiative so far.
And Number Three was given to Holly before him.
As for the meaning of the number three...
Innocence, purity, and acting entirely on instinct.
It was rather fitting for her current state.
"There is a membership fee for joining," John added without changing his expression.
Holly let out an "Ah," scratched her fluffy golden hair, then lowered her head and began rummaging through her backpack.
One item.
Two items.
Three items.
Four items.
Five items.
Six items.
Seven items.
A full seven God-rank items were casually taken out by her and tossed onto the conference table without the slightest awareness of their value.
Follower Talisman, Spatial Tunnel, Plane Displacement Array, Great Void Teleportation Gate, Myriad-Aspect Incarnation Talisman, Divine Concealment Cloak, Void Anchor.
Every single one of them would cause demigod-grade powerhouses to fight over it madly if placed outside.
The value of any one of them was enough to bankrupt a medium-sized racial faction.
Yet Holly’s expression was as indifferent as if she had just thrown out seven pieces of scrap metal.
Just as John thought that was everything, Holly took out a translucent token flowing with profound Spatial Law from her pocket and placed it with a clack on top of the pile of treasures.
"This seems to be some kind of trial qualification too. It’s called... God of Space Legacy something.
"Mentor said this one was the most valuable, but I can’t use it anyway. Guild Leader, you can have it."
John’s breathing paused imperceptibly.
God of Space Legacy.
Complete.
Not a fragment.
Not some incomplete remnant scroll.
It was a complete God-rank qualification token that could directly enter the trial space and obtain the full legacy.
He looked deeply at Holly, then calmly put everything on the table into his storage space without changing his expression.
His tone remained calm, but it carried a trace of solemn promise.
"From today onward, you are a Super VIP member of Valhalla.
"All benefits are fully unlocked. You may use all of Valhalla’s resources as needed."
Holly tilted her head, completely unaware of what level of treasures she had just handed over.
She merely asked foolishly, "Then, Guild Leader, what are we eating tonight?"
John did not answer her.
He turned to look toward Odelle, who had not yet gone far, and transmitted an instruction through his divine sense.
"Take her to the Apocalypse Realm. Someone will receive her there.
"Arrange a place for her to stay and make sure she gets three meals a day."
Odelle’s figure reappeared. She pulled Holly, who was still shouting "Where’s the food? Where’s the food?" out of the conference room.
The vast third floor of the Holy Grail space returned to silence once again.
John stood alone on the spot, his gaze falling on the pile of God-rank items he had just stored away. His mind began operating rapidly.
Plane Displacement Array.
Spatial Tunnel.
Great Void Teleportation Gate.
With these three items combined, he could completely construct a stable two-way passage between the Apocalypse Realm and the myriad-race universe.
At that time, the trillion-level NPC monster army of the Apocalypse Realm would become an inexhaustible and endless "monster room."
For all players to grind levels.
Grind equipment.
Grind resources.
Grind Divinity.
Grind everything that could be grinded.
That would become the catalyst for a leap in the overall strength of the entire human race.
The corners of John’s mouth slowly curved into a cold smile. In his heart, he had already finished deducing the entire framework of the cross-plane plan.
Then his gaze landed on the final God of Space Legacy Token.
"As for this..."
He raised his hand and grasped the token. Divine power poured wildly into it.
[Ding! Complete God of Space Legacy Token detected. Do you wish to enter the trial space?]
"Yes."
Golden light flashed.
John’s figure abruptly vanished from the third floor of the Holy Grail space.
When he opened his eyes again, John found himself standing in a boundless and vast void.
Beneath his feet was a long staircase paved from a brilliant river of stars. Above his head were layer upon layer of constantly writhing spatial folds.
Within every fold was a terrifying spatial turbulence powerful enough to grind demigod-grade powerhouses into dust.
All around him, Spatial Law was so dense it had almost taken physical form. Those laws swam and shuttled through the void like living creatures, emitting faint yet sharp buzzing sounds.
