Chapter 69: The Gathering Of Soma Familia!
At this time, Zanis, the center of everyone's attention, cleared his throat and spoke.
"Firstly, welcome to our Familia's bimonthly gathering. It can be said that without you all, our Familia would not be what it is today."
Hearing these hypocritical words, Liliruca felt a wave of disgust.
Indeed, if it wasn't for these members robbing day and night, Soma Familia wouldn't have developed like this.
"So, to reward everyone, I have divided Soma-sama's wine into several portions at a discounted price, so that those who can't afford it can also enjoy this wonderful drink!"
In fact, the Soma Familia distributes a certain amount of divine wine internally every month.
And many people joined Soma Familia for the free wine.
But those weaker adventurers, as soon as they got the free wine, would soon be robbed.
The robbers would then keep some of the wine for themselves and offer the rest to Zanis.
Therefore, the freely distributed Soma wine would eventually end up back in Zanis' hands.
And those weaker addicts could only buy it on the spot at the gathering, only then would they not be robbed, after all, members of Soma Familia still had to give Zanis some 'face'.
And that wasn't the worst.
The worst was for those supporters like Liliruca, who couldn't even keep the bought wine without it being stolen.
It was the ultimate display of survival of the fittest.
"Those who want to buy wine, please line up here in an orderly manner!"
Listening to the cheers of the crowd, Zanis cleared a path.
The adventurers who had been running rampant suddenly formed a line at this moment, those who bought the wine drank it immediately on the spot and passed out on the ground.
Zanis saw this as nothing unusual and pointed out a few people to drag the unconscious ones back to their own rooms.
Those who were chosen by Zanis were also happy to do this job, after all, it was reasonable for some money to accidentally fall out of the pockets of the unconscious people during the process.
When it was Liliruca's turn, she didn't buy the wine and gulp it down like those before her.
Instead, she took out a large piece of magic stone from her handbag.
This was the 'bait' Shiro had given her.
As expected, when they saw the light emanating from the magic stone, the adventurers behind her, who were still in line, went wide-eyed.
They were all Lv1, where had they seen this kind of magic stone, which could only be dropped by a monster of least Lv4?
Maintaining an elegant smile, Liliruca said to the wine seller,
"I recently met a merchant, and he's particularly fond of Soma wine. But the Soma wine on the market is really scarce, so he asked me to buy up all the Soma wine I could through internal channels. This magic stone is his deposit."
As soon as these words came out, the people behind Liliruca in line immediately went crazy.
"Are you kidding me! You b*tch!"
"Zanis! Don't sell wine to this b*tch! This sl*t has forgotten which Familia she belongs to!"
The wine seller looked at Zanis with some difficulty.
Ironically, within Soma Familia, Zanis' word obviously carried more weight than Soma, who was a god.
"This... isn't very appropriate..."
Zanis said hesitantly, but his eyes were glued to the bag in Liliruca's hand.
"As an apology, he also asked me to bring this. It's compensation for the adventurers in the Familia."
Liliruca had been around for so many years, so she clearly understood Zanis' meaning.
As she spoke, she took out another magic stone of the same size from her bag and handed it to Zanis.
But this didn't please the adventurers behind her.
Everyone knew that once this magic stone entered Zanis' hands, they wouldn't get it.
"Looks like this gentleman really loves the wine our god brews. How can we disappoint him? Alright, you go back and tell that gentleman that this time we'll take a loss, drink less, and we'll sell the rest to him."
As soon as Zanis finished speaking, he ordered people to collect the remaining wine.
After all, it was rare to meet a rich addict, so he had to make a killing.
Weighing the magic stone in his hand, Zanis walked up to Liliruca and patted her shoulder and said:
"Arde, I've been eyeing your abilities for a long time, and it seems you haven't let me down."
This wasn't a lie.
Liliruca had her own unique magic, [Cinder Ella].
The magic's effect was to transform into any form and voice similar to one's own physique, allowing for gender changes, and even mimicking racial characteristics.
She had previously relied on this magic to transform into different appearances and steal for a living.
Since learning about the effect of this magic from Soma, Zanis had always wanted Liliruca to be his subordinate.
In his eyes, people were either valuable or worthless, and Liliruca was clearly valuable in his eyes.
Zanis' words, however, made Liliruca angry beyond comparison.
He was saying that he was watching her yet was letting his subordinates steal the money she had worked hard for.
Thinking back, when she had barely escaped from her Familia and was taken in by a kind flower shop owner, those who came to smash the shop were probably sent by Zanis, just because she was still valuable in his eyes?
Suppressing the murderous intent in her heart, Liliruca squeezed out a smile and gave him an address.
It was a warehouse they had rented temporarily.
The warehouse was located in the west of Orario, exactly opposite to Soma Familia's location.
"That gentleman told me to ask the Captain to have someone deliver the wine to this address. He'll come with remaining money to make the final payment at dusk."
After saying these words, Liliruca, ignoring the murderous gazes of the adventurers behind her, left gracefully, holding the hem of her luxurious dress.
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Dusk,
Liliruca was walking alone in Soma Familia's hall.
Looking at the empty Familia, Liliruca murmured to herself,
"They all went out to rob, of course. They didn't even think about whether a merchant who can bring out a Lv4 magic stone is someone they can afford to provoke."
The reason she deliberately gave out the delivery address in public was to attract those addicts in the Familia who didn't get any wine to go rob.
And she just didn't expect the effect to be so good.
Except for those who were drunk, everyone had run over.
The huge Familia headquarters was left unattended.
Liliruca came to a door with a symbol of crescent moon and a wine goblet, this was Soma's wine cellar, which was off-limits to anyone other than Zanis.
Pushing open the door, Soma, with hair long enough to cover his eyes, was staring at the wine goblet in front of him, deep in thought.
This unkempt appearance was also rare among gods, because gods were naturally handsome and beautiful, and any lack of beauty would be mocked by other gods.
A typical example was Hephaestus.
She wore an eyepatch all the time because her irises were of different colors, which made her feel ugly.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, he didn't even raise his head, but in a soft voice, he recited a long list of materials to the person outside the door.
After a few minutes, Soma, wondering why he hadn't received a response, finally looked up at Liliruca outside the door.
"Who are you?"