Elsewhere in the city, a pair of Evilus members had practically taken over a small plaza, the Dis sisters. With their brutal way of killing the cobble stone road had become a rather dense red by the time anyone had managed to arrive preventing more deaths.
"Oh look sister, it's Hedin, your lover!"
"Look, look Sister, it's your lover Hogni!"
The two sisters danced holding each other's hands, smiling and laughing. They were clearly an insane pair of sisters… That much was certain.
Hedin's brow twitched the moment he heard them talking like that. That kind of talk really does throw people off their game. They are far too dangerous. "Will you demons shut up?"
""WHAT""
"Sister, sister, why did he call us demons?"
"Sister, sister, we aren't demons are we?"
"No, sister, you're a beautiful fairy!"
"Yay, yay, sister you're a fairy too, these fools don't know what they're talking about."
"Let's love them hard!"
"Yes, let's!"
Hogni, began activating his magic, and served to prevent the two sisters from advancing, however he's not enough, and one got by him sending Hogni into a spiral of close combat, despite it not being his thing.
Even so, their two vs two reached the apex of their fight, and passed almost as quickly. Both sides were completely worn down. The sisters went back to their base, Hedin, and Hogni were brought back to their home by some additional guards that showed up towards the end.
…
In another half of the city, trouble was nowhere to be seen. This half was currently under the extremely vigilant and watchful eye of the only confirmed, publicly known level 8 in the world, Leon, the knight of knights.
It's quite noisy over there. It seems like they can't even protect half of the city when working together… Just how weak are they actually? This is ridiculous. Leaving all this work to Shurry just because you're too weak of heart? They really are, actually pathetic wastes. Level 7 might happen, but 8 is likely out of their reach forever. Ottar might be the exception but… It's been three years and he hasn't leveled up. This means his stats in his previous levels must have been pathetic so even as a level 8 he'd only really be level 7… Damn it all. How can we work together?
A disturbance occurred, and he took action so fast, the nearest guard jumped when he saw the body of an Evilus cult member suddenly appear in front of him. "What the? Is he from Evilus? Better book him and quickly."
Leon returned to his vantage point where he witnessed from afar the people he just saved giving thanks to their invisible benefactor. That is what should be happening. Just resolve the situation, and stop putting up your own roadblocks. If Shurry can do it, there's no excuse anyone can give. Not even if a god ordered this, it still wouldn't be an acceptable excuse…
"Huh, so that's the reason?" Leon switched to speaking aloud now that he had a guest.
"Indeed, that is what I believe is behind Shurry's thoughts. When looking back on his past, he's been betrayed by those he had trusted. And more than that, he really loved the fallen, so their deaths hit him hard." Baldr explained.
"His big brother's death must still be eating away at him."
"He did watch it happen while he was helpless to change it."
"No, I'm not blaming my nephew. I only meant that it hit him the hardest of them all. Had he been a little bit faster, he could have prevented it. And then sheer audacity, killing a man after he trekked the continent carrying his last two remaining allies home… It's revolting. It makes me want to kill them myself too. I can't begin to imagine the wild rage he has boiling just beneath the surface."
"I promise you this, as one who's granted him a blessing, while away from the city I can't feel it well, but here, that rage is nearly enough to swallow a god whole."
Leon smirked, then chuckled. "To think it's actually reached that point already… I guess that's why he healed Lady Hephaestus?"
"The kinder he is to some gods, the better off he'll be when the day comes. Should it come… I hope it doesn't but if it does, I think a change of plans will be in order. We might have to become the permanent familia here and let Freya, and Loki go out to find their own salvation again."
"Heh, they'd never survive the escaped dragons. The ship barely dents them. And we've learned everything we needed to…"
"It's fine. We don't need to worry too much. By the way, what would you like the students to bring you for a midnight snack, and breakfast?"
"Eh, whatever is cheap, and easy I guess. Maybe a small warm drink would be good too."
"I'll make sure they get it."
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Freya and Loki were sitting in the corner of a tea shop set to talk about what happened the night prior.
"Last night, no one died on the half of the city that Leon boy was guarding."
"Ah ha! That's some good tea… Yeah, my poor Finn had to deal with the unfortunate upset of three deaths, and one of them was particularly brutal… The child was… Well.. I won't go into it again, but it was bad. The poor girl definitely suffered a lot before bleeding out."
"I don't want to know the number that died in the portion my children were supposed to watch. Hedin, and Hogni both came back only because Ganesha's children helped them out. It doesn't feel good."
"If things keep going like this, the city will turn on us for sure."
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The events seemed to die down after a few nights of confrontations. There was no need for Evilus to continue anymore. Not when they had thoroughly put fear in the city's hearts. And then Erebus was worried about that boogie man character that just ends every issue before they begin.
"Everyone should halt for a while again. None of you have the ability to deal with that boogie man. You simply don't have the ability."
"Really. Who is it?"
"Leon, the knight of knights."
"Shit, no wonder they lost without killing someone. He's at least as strong as one of the Zeus and Hera familia members."
"Well, not exactly as strong, but he's definitely the closest thing to them currently in the city, and on the surface."
"Then we'll wait, and grow our numbers."
"Thanatos, you're rather good at doing that, so have fun."
"Ugh, making me work without having anyone dying is not a pleasant role, Erebus."
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