Chapter 169: The Descent of Ragnaros
“Huh?” Mike was slightly stunned.
He had been listening to the story quietly as a spectator and was feeling comfortable.
Why did it suddenly involve him???
Kordontimus smiled and pointed at the Elven Queen beside him.
“Sabrina’s condition is very serious now. Her body is very weak, and there will be many times when she might suddenly fall into a state where she can’t fight.
“So, I think she needs someone to help her.”
Hearing this, the Elven Queen did not deny it. She just glanced at Kordontimus.
She found that the old man seemed to be very clear about her condition.
Mike shrugged and said,
“Is this a mission?”
“Of course.” Kordontimus smiled again, and he smiled very happily.
This smile made Mike feel a little uncomfortable, but the next moment, a blue dialog box appeared in front of him.
[Do you accept the mission ‘Return the Soul Stone’?]
Mike did not hesitate to choose yes.
This mission did not seem difficult. After all, it was blue. Moreover, Mike had never been to the Centaur tribe, so he was still a little curious.
Moreover, he already had the shuttle bracelet, so it would be beneficial for him to go to more places that he had never been before.
In that case, it would be good for him to accept this mission.
As for the reward of the mission…
Mike secretly glanced at the mission pane, and then his eyes lit up.
[Mission reward: an opportunity to learn an advanced skill.]
Obviously, as long as the Elven Queen was safely escorted to the Centaur tribe, Kordontimus would teach Mike a skill.
Furthermore, it was an advanced skill.
The skill taught by the strongest class instructor in Second World would definitely not be bad!
“There’s no time to lose. Since this matter has been confirmed, let’s hurry up and set off.”
Mike was ready to go down the mountain on the spot.
This was a little sudden for the Elven Queen.
Just a moment ago, Mike looked very willing. Why did his attitude suddenly change so much?
On the other hand, Kordontimus did not say anything. He was just chuckling.
Kordontimus’s reaction made Mike feel uncomfortable once again.
He had a feeling that this old man seemed to be… much more complicated than he had imagined.
However, Mike did not need to think about this for the time being. He just needed to make himself stronger.
“Let’s go to Keshar Basin!”
“Okay, okay, let’s go!”
The Elven Queen looked at the lively look of the little tree spirit Stone and smiled, which made her feel better.
Just as the Elven Queen was about to follow Mike down the mountain…
A dark cloud suddenly gathered in the sky.
This dark cloud came very suddenly, and it was continuously expanding.
In an instant, it covered the entire sky.
Seeing this scene, Mike, the Elven Queen, and Stone all looked up at the sky, their eyes filled with uncertainty.
Only Kordontimus’s eyes were full of solemnity.
“Everyone be careful, something big is about to happen,” Kordontimus said slowly.
Following that, a huge hole suddenly appeared in the center of the dark clouds.
In the hole was a ball of raging fire!
The hole in the dark clouds was expanding. Moreover, the raging fire was also expanding along with the hole in the dark clouds.
It looked as if this ball of fire had burned a big hole in the dark clouds.
“What’s going on?!” the Elven Queen asked in surprise.
Even though she had lived for more than a thousand years, she had never seen such a scene.
Kordontimus’s expression became even more solemn.
“This is Ragnaros…”
Hearing this name, the Elven Queen trembled and looked at Kordontimus in surprise.
Of course, the Elven Queen knew the name Ragnaros.
This was the legendary God of Fire!
He was one of the gods with the largest faction and the largest number of believers in Second World!
In terms of the number of believers and the strength of the cult, only the God of War and the God of Light could rival him.
Why would such a high and mighty god suddenly make such a move?
The Elven Queen was very confused about this, but Mike was very clear about it.
He had already guessed it the moment he heard that it was Ragnaros.
It seemed that the matter of him massacring the believers of the Ragnaros Cult had been discovered.
At this moment, Mike suddenly received a notification.
[All the followers of the Ragnaros Cult have been killed.]
Mike was slightly stunned.
He had just dealt with the human and Dwarf’s Ragnaros Cult, how could the mission be suddenly completed?
There were still many cults from various cities that had not been exterminated!
Before he could figure out this problem, the fire in the sky suddenly began to surge back and forth.
A huge pillar of fire rushed down from the sky.
“Be careful!”
Kordontimus let out a soft cry and raised his hands.
In the next moment, a huge stream of water gushed out from Kordontimus’s hands and spread to the surroundings, forming a defensive barrier.
Obviously, this was a water-type spell.
Just as the defensive barrier was formed, the huge pillar of fire crashed into it.
The huge impact made everyone lose their footing.
Because the entire Violet Valley was trembling under the impact!
The Elven Queen revealed a trace of fear and muttered to herself,
“Is this… The power of a God?”
The pillar of fire did not dissipate after it hit the defensive barrier. Instead, it returned to the air and circled around before it gradually became smaller.
However, the pillar of fire did not disappear. Instead, it condensed into the shape of a human.
It had a pair of bull horns on its head. The flames all over its body surged like lava that was about to erupt.
“Ragnaros.” Kordontimus looked at the human-shaped flames in the air and said in a confrontational manner.
The next moment, Ragnaros spoke.
“Kordontimus, are you trying to hinder me?!”
Hearing this, Mike revealed a surprised expression and looked at Kordontimus.
The God of Fire, Ragnaros, actually knew Kordontimus?!
Moreover, from Ragnaros’s tone, it seemed that they had been in contact with each other…
With a wave of his hands, the defensive barrier covering the top of the mountain completely disappeared.
He looked at Ragnaros and said word by word,
“God Slayer is my disciple. Since I have taken him in, I will not let you hurt him.”
Hearing this, Ragnaros narrowed his eyes, as if he was about to burst out in anger.
“Since you know that I’m here to look for him, then you should know what he has done, right?”
Ragnaros was obviously referring to the matter of Mike massacring the followers of the Ragnaros Cult.
However, Kordontimus suddenly stretched out his right hand and clenched it in the air.
In the next moment, the space next to Kordontimus’s hand seemed to be torn apart, and a huge stone sword was pulled out from the air.
This stone sword looked extremely broken, and there were large and small holes on the blade. It did not even look like a weapon.
However, when it appeared in Kordontimus’s hands, it had an aura that could split the earth with a single strike.
“I don’t care what he did, I only know…
“No one can lay hands on my people!”
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Chapters
- Chapter 346 - All the Flame Mages in the World Were Furious!
- Chapter 345 - God Slayer
- Chapter 344 - Just Drive
- Chapter 343 - The Adventurers Are All Crazy
- Chapter 342 - Where Are the People of Malt City?
- Chapter 341 - The Death God is Chasing After the Fire God With God Slayer?
- Chapter 340 - The Role of the Black Robe
- Chapter 339 - The God’s Secret
- Chapter 338 - Cowardice
- Chapter 337 - The End!
- Chapter 336 - Completion of the Potion
- Chapter 335 - Am I Attacking the Wrong Way?
- Chapter 334 - The Difference Between a God and a Man
- Chapter 333 - Let’s Try Something Together
- Chapter 332 - All This Just for Forging a Divine Artifact?
- Chapter 331 - The Escape Begins
- Chapter 330 - God’s Punishment, 24-hour Pursuit!
- Chapter 329 - Feeing a Divine Weapon to a Pet
- Chapter 328 - Star City Lord
- Chapter 327 - Unprecedented Quality
- Chapter 326 - Money Cant Measure Assistance
- Chapter 325 - The Last Piece of Equipment
- Chapter 324 - A Boss Who Cant Do Business
- Chapter 323 - Triple Purchase!
- Chapter 322 - The Rich
- Chapter 321 - A Bottomless Pit
- Chapter 320 - Second Boss
- Chapter 319 - The Unsigned Contract
- Chapter 318 - Insignificance
- Chapter 317 - Do You Want to Drink the Tea Now?
- Chapter 316 - What Happened to the Door?
- Chapter 315 - A Feast
- Chapter 314 - Impossible Proof
- Chapter 313 - Close, but Not Close Enough
- Chapter 312 - Where’s My Treasure?
- Chapter 311 - New Pet
- Chapter 310 - Dragon’s Roar!
- Chapter 309 - An Unexpected Outcome
- Chapter 308 - Theyre Too Weak and Im Lazy to Fight Them
- Chapter 307 - I Could Tell That They Were Spies.
- Chapter 306 - Im Going to Pretend I Didnt Hear That
- Chapter 305 - Were All on the Same Side
- Chapter 304 - Next Stop, Wallow Mountain!
- Chapter 303 - How Can This King Have Nothing?
- Chapter 302 - The Activity Has Been Triggered Again
- Chapter 301 - Thousand Shadowed Slashes
- Chapter 300 - Revenge
- Chapter 299 - The Return
- Chapter 298 - I’m Finally Back!
- Chapter 297 - The Only One Who Can Help You Is Yourself.
- Chapter 296 - Was This the Legendary Time Spell?
- Chapter 295 - Return to Where You Came From.
- Chapter 294 - Omniscience
- Chapter 293 - Lady Nikorei
- Chapter 292 - Special Method
- Chapter 291 - Courtesy and Decency
- Chapter 290 - Forgotten Matters
- Chapter 289 - Goatskin Scroll
- Chapter 288 - Gilroys Ideal Dream
- Chapter 287 - The Right Way to Start a Negotiation
- Chapter 286 - Misunderstanding
- Chapter 285 - The Romantic Truth
- Chapter 284 - The Interests of Gods
- Chapter 283 - God’s Rules
- Chapter 282 - Hidden Cards
- Chapter 281 - One-sided
- Chapter 280 - Godslayer!
- Chapter 279 - Losing Business
- Chapter 278 - Fight Me If You Dare, If Not Get Lost!
- Chapter 277 - Do Not Stand Idly By
- Chapter 276 - The Second Trade
- Chapter 275 - The Gamble
- Chapter 274 - Who Is the Hero
- Chapter 273 - The Trade
- Chapter 272 - The King’s Reward, The Queen’s Sneer.
- Chapter 271 - Stomp Them Back Into Their Graves!
- Chapter 270 - The Dead Are Resurrected
- Chapter 269 - The True Hero
- Chapter 268 - The Arrogant Timus
- Chapter 267 - Surrender on the Spot
- Chapter 266 - Good News
- Chapter 265 - The Relationship Between the Three Young Men
- Chapter 264 - Reversal
- Chapter 263 - The Fairness
- Chapter 262 - Survival Is More Important
- Chapter 261 - We Will Always Need Heroes on the Stage!
- Chapter 260 - The Real Battlefield
- Chapter 259 - The Clash Between the Top Two Combatants
- Chapter 258 - Hope and Courage!
- Chapter 257 - The True Hero!
- Chapter 256 - Between The Two of You, Whos The Great Hero?
- Chapter 255 - You Are The Great Hero?
- Chapter 254 - Great Hero Of The Human Race, Henry
- Chapter 253 - The Elves Pre-war Meeting
- Chapter 252 - Henry’s Plan
- Chapter 251 - Let Me Settle This War For You
- Chapter 250 - The Humans Pre-war Meeting
- Chapter 249 - Beginning Of War
- Chapter 248 - Villagers Who Were Taken
- Chapter 247 - The Escape
- Chapter 246 - Rescuing F*ck!
- Chapter 245 - The Wrath Of The Elves
- Chapter 244 - Rescue F*ck!!
- Chapter 243 - Arrogance, Laziness, Greed
- Chapter 242 - False Truth
- Chapter 241 - The Murderer Actually Was Mike
- Chapter 240 - Prying Into The Past
- Chapter 239 - Nikorei The Psychic
- Chapter 238 - Tavern Owners Identification
- Chapter 237 - I’m Lord F*ck, I killed This Chick!
- Chapter 236 - Waking Up From A Dream
- Chapter 235 - Special Methods of Conspiracy
- Chapter 234 - High-profile
- Chapter 233 - Do You have Any Evidence?
- Chapter 232 - Whoever Has It Lives!
- Chapter 231 - Burden
- Chapter 230 - Baldy, Crow, and Ruby
- Chapter 229 - Special Squad
- Chapter 228 - Thieves Union
- Chapter 227 - I Seek For My Own Form of Justice
- Chapter 226 - The Lost Umbrella of Meredith!
- Chapter 225 - Another Contract
- Chapter 224 - The Contract
- Chapter 223 - 3,000 Years Ago
- Chapter 222 - Timus the Troublemaker
- Chapter 221
- Chapter 220 - Sabrina Of This World
- Chapter 219 - I’m from New York
- Chapter 218 - Cooperating With The Investigation
- Chapter 217 - The Young Elven Guard Named Jess
- Chapter 216 - Superb Concealment Techniques.
- Chapter 215 - The Chief’s Burden
- Chapter 214 - The Price of Life
- Chapter 213 - The Steps
- Chapter 212 - Gerald’s Determination.
- Chapter 211 - Parting Ways
- Chapter 210 - Timus, You’re a F *cking Genius!
- Chapter 209 - How Could There Be Such A Big Difference Between Parallel Universes?
- Chapter 208 - The Division of the Centaurs
- Chapter 207 - Who Is Right and Who Is Wrong.
- Chapter 206 - The Fate of The Goblins Was In Mike’s hands.
- Chapter 205 - Is This The Courage That Lord F*ck Gave Us?
- Chapter 204 - Lord F*ck’s Kindness!
- Chapter 203 - Disagreement
- Chapter 202 - When Survival Needs To Be Maintained Through Struggle...
- Chapter 201 - Protection Is Always Stronger Than Plunder
- Chapter 200 - The Evil Goblins
- Chapter 199 - Timus’s Change
- Chapter 198 - The Conversation Between the God of Death and the God of Fire
- Chapter 197 - A Win-Win Situation
- Chapter 196 - The Gap Between God and Man!
- Chapter 195 - Obtaining the Umbrella of Meredith, Timus’s Counterattack!
- Chapter 194 - The 3,000-Year-Old Feud Between Timus and Ragnaros
- Chapter 193 - A Caravan From the Ancient Cloud City
- Chapter 192 - Why Don’t We Just Go Back the Way We Came?
- Chapter 191 - An Important Node of the Bandit Alliance
- Chapter 190 - The Admirable Fire Blade Gang
- Chapter 189 - The Battle on Volk Plain!!!
- Chapter 188 - The Magical Umbrella of Meredith
- Chapter 187 - Superb Comforting Skills
- Chapter 186 - Frustration
- Chapter 185 - The God of Death Never Lies
- Chapter 184 - The True Top Floor of the Tower of Challenges
- Chapter 183 - History Was Astonishingly Similar!
- Chapter 182 - The Change of the Centaur Tribe
- Chapter 181 - Resistance, From Today Onwards!
- Chapter 180 - Since He Was Already Here, He Might as Well Rest Up
- Chapter 179 - The Master and Disciple Titles Had Been Exchanged
- Chapter 178 - Why Was Kordontimus Here?!
- Chapter 177 - Another Centaur Tribe?
- Chapter 176 - Lord F*ck’s Words Were So Useful?
- Chapter 175 - Centaur Tribe
- Chapter 174 - The Human Statue in the Centaur Tribe
- Chapter 173 - Are You the Legendary Lord F*ck?
- Chapter 172 - Would a Man Who Had Defeated a God Need Help?
- Chapter 171 - Slaughtering a God Again!
- Chapter 170 - Anything Is Possible!
- Chapter 169 - The Descent of Ragnaros
- Chapter 168 - The Elven Queen’s Past
- Chapter 167 - The Unfathomable Kordontimus!
- Chapter 166 - The Elven Queen’s Strange Illness
- Chapter 165 - The Ancient Tree of Life of the Elf Race, Forging Successful
- Chapter 164 - The Towering Pillars of Fire on Vulcan Island
- Chapter 163 - The Archbishop of the Ragnaros Cult in Malt City Was...
- Chapter 162 - Old John’s Second Chance at Life
- Chapter 161 - It’s up to Me to Decide if He’ll Be Freed or Not
- Chapter 160 - The Underground Organization in the Territory of the Dwarves
- Chapter 159 - Special Mission, Ancient Craft of the Dwarves
- Chapter 158 - Cleaning up the Ragnaros Cult, the Elven Mission
- Chapter 157 - Blasphemers
- Chapter 156 - If He Could Forge Just by
- Chapter 155 - Generous” Dwarves
- Chapter 154 - The Contemptuous Dwarves
- Chapter 153 - Brotherhood, Even Share
- Chapter 152 - What if I Help You Open an Equipment Shop...
- Chapter 151 - Friends Gathered
- Chapter 150 - Next Day, Sarco City Was Filled With People
- Chapter 149 - Shocking Publicity
- Chapter 148 - Such a Unique City Lord
- Chapter 147 - The Boldness of the Human King
- Chapter 146 - Who Agrees and Who Disagrees?
- Chapter 145 - Always Take the Initiative in Negotiations
- Chapter 144 - New Mission, Negotiation of This War
- Chapter 143 - No One Dared to Provoke God Slayer
- Chapter 142 - You Can’t Even See God Slayer’s Movements Before You Die
- Chapter 141 - Unstable Factors on the Battlefield
- Chapter 140 - Arrogant Generals
- Chapter 139 - The Appearance of God Slayer Announced the Victory of the War!
- Chapter 138 - War Breaks Out, the Heroic Bandits!
- Chapter 137 - God Slayer, the Weapon Master, a Special Way of Training
- Chapter 136 - The Meaning of Power
- Chapter 135 - A Friend’s Feelings Are More Important Than Becoming a Disciple
- Chapter 134 - Soldiers and Bandits Who Got Along Well
- Chapter 133 - I’ve Never Seen Such a Friendly Bandit!
- Chapter 132 - Don’t Kill All the Enemies, Let Them Make Money for Us!
- Chapter 131 - Do You Want to Be Respected?
- Chapter 130 - War or Surrender? The Third Option!
- Chapter 129 - Making Enemies With God Slayer? What a Joke!
- Chapter 128 - Attack the City of Light? Stop Joking!
- Chapter 127 - Version Activity, the King’s Army and the Bandit Alliance Had Gathered Separately!
- Chapter 126 - The New Leader of the Fire Blade Gang, Mike, Once Again Triggered the Full-Service Announcement
- Chapter 125 - The Treasure of the Fire Blade Gang, the Dragon’s Roar That Resounded
- Chapter 124 - The Bandit Gang’s Stronghold, the Familiar Totem
- Chapter 123 - Just by Standing Here, the Mission Will Be Automatically Completed?
- Chapter 122 - The Man Who Lives on the Peak, Return to the Cult
- Chapter 121 - The Realm of the Weapon Master
- Chapter 120 - The Legend of the Weapon Master, Kordontimus
- Chapter 119 - Race Will Not Affect Our Friendship
- Chapter 118 - Can Humans and the Tree Spirits Be Friends Forever?
- Chapter 117 - The Trials of the Tree Spirit Village, Lies and Innocence
- Chapter 116 - Entering the Mystic Realm, the First Runner-Up, Mike
- Chapter 115 - The Little Tree Spirit Who Yearned for the Outside World
- Chapter 114 - There Were Other Strange Tree Spirits?
- Chapter 113 - he Mysterious Tree Spirit
- Chapter 112 - How Did a Wild Boss With 70% HP Suddenly Die?
- Chapter 111 - God Slayer Was Only a Human
- Chapter 110 - Unhindered’s Invitation
- Chapter 109 - I Can’t Rob, so I Can Only Sell Equipment to Earn Gold Coins
- Chapter 108 - After 60 Pieces of Blue Equipment Came Another 60 Pieces
- Chapter 107 - A Warehouse Full of Blue Equipment!
- Chapter 106 - Mike Might Very Well Be God Slayer!
- Chapter 105 - A Ridiculously High Reward
- Chapter 104 - God Slayer and Mike, Who Was Stronger?
- Chapter 103 - Mike Was Actually Keeping a Low Profile
- Chapter 102 - Mike’s Performance
- Chapter 101 - The Students’ Results
- Chapter 100 - Not 10,000 per Set, but 10,000 per Piece
- Chapter 99 - Mike’s First Day Back to School, Mike’s Changes
- Chapter 98 - Linda’s Lucky Star
- Chapter 97 - It’s So Good To Be Rich
- Chapter 96 - You Will Definitely Earn a Very Good Income Today
- Chapter 95 - God Slayer Was a Well-Respected and “Notorious” Villain
- Chapter 94 - Using Law, Powerful Shadow Strike and Phantom Clone
- Chapter 93 - Sword of the King and Shadow Strike
- Chapter 92 - The Adventurer Legion, God Slayer Became an Official?
- Chapter 91 - Even Admitting Defeat Was a Competition?
- Chapter 90 - The Confident Silver Shield, Cheers in the Arena!
- Chapter 89 - Mike Appeared Once Again, His Opponent Immediately Forfeited!
- Chapter 88 - One Second to End the Battle, the Unlucky Commander of the Royal Guards, David.
- Chapter 87 - Why Was God Slayer Able to Receive Such Treatment? Was There Such a Huge Difference Between Humans?
- Chapter 86 - Successfully Registered for the Tournament, a Familiar Face, Sky Splitting Sword
- Chapter 85 - The Mission of the Evil God Cult, Participating in the City of Light’s
- Chapter 84 - One Mission With Two Choices, Should I Join a Cult?
- Chapter 83 - Unexpected Harvest, Tiffany Was Actually Related to the Cult!
- Chapter 82 - A Troublesome Mission, Why Was Tiffany Never at Dyeing Mill?
- Chapter 81 - I’ve Accepted Another Mission With Good Rewards, but I’ll Kill the
- Chapter 80 - 200,000 Gold Coins in Half a Day, Was He Really Just an Adventurer?
- Chapter 79 - Finally, Someone Who Was Willing to Resist, A Kind Person!
- Chapter 78 - God Slayer Fans Line Up to Be Robbe
- Chapter 77 - You Knew I Would Rob You, Yet You Still Came Over to Give Me
- Chapter 76 - Robbery? Could This Game Be Played Like This?
- Chapter 75 - The Overly Realistic Second World, The King Actually Paid Out of His Own Pocket
- Chapter 74 - Special Way of Doing Missions
- Chapter 73 - The Obedient Disciple, Going to the City of Light to Remove the Bounty
- Chapter 72 - Massive Amount of Exp, Continue Clearing the Dungeon!
- Chapter 71 - Wasn’t Master a Mage? How Did He Become a Sharpshooter?
- Chapter 70 - Bringing a Disciple to Level Up. Was This the Battle Style of an Expert?
- Chapter 69 - The Federal Government Came Forward, God Slayer’s Image Was Damaged
- Chapter 68 - From Now On, the ID God Slayer Would Make Everyone Tremble in
- Chapter 67 - A Fireball Can Destroy an Entire City!
- Chapter 66 - The Chaotic City of Heroes, a Slaughter Party!
- Chapter 65 - Full-Scale Pursuit! Killing the God Slayer to Become Famous!
- Chapter 64 - Killing NPCs, the City’s Most Wanted God Slayer!
- Chapter 63 - A Shield Worth 100,000 Federation Coins!
- Chapter 62 - Forging to Make Money, the Value of Top-Grade Iron Ingots
- Chapter 61 - The World Is Really Small, First Meeting With Super Rich
- Chapter 60 - Minimum Consumption? What Is the Maximum Consumption in Your Restaurant?
- Chapter 59 - The Function of the Divine
- Chapter 58 - A Quest to Become Enemies With God!
- Chapter 57 - The Tower of Challenges Would Be Closed From Now On, Forever the
- Chapter 56 - The 100th Challenge, Killing God With One Slash!
- Chapter 55 - The Moment Anticipated by Everyone, the 100th Floor of the Tower of Challenges!
- Chapter 54 - This Guy Was a Genius! Rope in God Slayer at All Cost!
- Chapter 53 - Just a Player From a New
- Chapter 52 - The Convenient Staff of Meredith. Was There a More Comfortable Way to Level up Than This?
- Chapter 51 - 38 Seconds to Clear Five Floors of the Tower of Challenges? God Slayer Shocked All the Regions!
- Chapter 50
- Chapter 49
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 47
- Chapter 46
- Chapter 45
- Chapter 44
- Chapter 43
- Chapter 42
- Chapter 41
- Chapter 40
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 1