So, Apollo left the Denatus hall without saying a word in the end?
After a certain "great battle," Hestia listened to the other party's description of the gods' reactions after seeing Levi defeat Ottar that morning, and she raised an eyebrow slightly.
He had expected this sadistic Apollo to act shamelessly and refuse to admit defeat, just like in the anime of his previous life.
Hestia nodded, her finger gently tracing circles on the chest of the young man beside her. "Apollo must have had a very good relationship with his Familia's captain, so after seeing you kill Hyakinthos, he became quite silent."
"I see." Levi asked again, "And The Guild? What did they decide to do with the other members of the Apollo Familia?"
The Apollo Familia wasn't a small Familia; with over a hundred members, it was impossible for all of them to leave Orario with their patron god.
Most would have their Falna temporarily sealed, to be unlocked once they joined another Familia.
Hestia and Levi shared a deep understanding. Hearing the young man's words, she immediately reacted, a hint of surprise flashing across her face. "You mean you want to recruit members from the Apollo Familia?"
Levi didn't deny it. "Among Apollo's subordinates, there's an adventurer named Cassandra. A skill she awakened is similar to my [Unknown True Form] in that it also cannot be deciphered by the gods. Its effect is to see prophetic dreams, or rather, to 'read the script' of this world. However, because this ability is too overpowered, it came with a curse: all her words related to prophetic dreams will not be believed by others. Only adventurers who have awakened the 'Luck' Development Ability can be immune to this curse."
Hestia sat up straight. She admitted that her divine curiosity had been piqued.
"In that case, it seems I'll have to make a trip to The Guild's recruitment fair in three days."
Levi added, "If necessary, you can also bring Cassandra's friend – hmm, I think her name is Daphne – along. In a few days, the Familia won't be short on living space anyway."
Before reaching Lv.4, Levi hadn't actually planned to recruit Cassandra.
However, after discovering that the Lv.4 map gacha pool didn't contain the bugged skill [Princess of the Pan-Tragic World], out of caution, he decided to bring this girl, who could "read the world's script" through dreams, under his wing.
As for why he wouldn't wait until Lv.5 or Lv.6 to spend Law Crystals to draw for it... prophecy-type skills were, in the end, just a layer of insurance for emergencies. What truly determined one's fate, from beginning to end, was more practical power.
Levi was absolutely clear on this point.
Now that he had pushed his five-dimensional ability scores to the Lv.4 limit, he was already considering how to accumulate the Feat to reach Lv.5. Additionally, the eight deceased members of the Astrea Familia could almost all be summoned down.
However, before heading into the Dungeon, there were a few more matters that needed to be properly wrapped up.
The day after the War Game, just past eight in the morning.
Hedin Selland, the vice-captain of the Freya Familia, known as the 'White Demon's Cane', accompanied by Hogni Ragnar, the 'Black Demon Sword', appeared at the entrance of the Hestia Familia's home base.
The expressions on both elves' faces were not good.
And rightly so. After yesterday's War Game, the Apollo Familia, to say nothing else, was on the verge of disbanding, and its patron god was to be expelled from Orario within three days.
As for the Freya Familia, despite having been Orario's strongest faction, it had now become the subject of endless gossip and laughter among countless drunkards and rumor-mongers.
Their dispatched Lv.4 reinforcements were tragically wiped out, one-shot by Levi.
And 'The Fierce' Ottar, who had sought to regain face—at least, that's how it appeared to outsiders—was defeated in a 1-on-1 duel, suffering heavy injuries.
This was more than just a loss; it was as if their dignity had been trampled underfoot.
But Hedin had no choice but to come today.
Although the atmosphere among the Freya Familia members was tense, it wasn't so cold that they would abandon their comrades to die.
Especially Hedin's comrade—the one among their members known as 'Goddess's Golden.' If she were crippled, the Freya Familia's battlefield operations could no longer proceed normally.
In fact, Levi, with 'Mana Burst: En' activated, had already detected Hedin and Hogni when they arrived.
He simply didn't go out to greet them immediately, making them wait for another fifteen minutes.
After that, he finally yawned and pushed open the door of the dilapidated church.
The moment he appeared, Levi didn't even give them a chance to speak. "Did you bring the money?"
Hedin: "..."
He glanced at his friend beside him, who nodded, stepped forward, and took several money bags from his waist.
Levi took them, dropping them into his inventory.
Seeing his Valis reserves on the character panel change from the original 150 million+ to 2.55 billion+, a huge sense of satisfaction instantly filled his heart.
"I can finally exchange for the Law Crystals in the exchange shop!"
Overjoyed, a smile couldn't help but appear on Levi's lips.
Then, without any intention of welching, he took out five bottles of high-grade Regeneration Wine and handed them over.
Seeing the 'Black Demon Sword' carefully accept the sparkling wine, Levi's expression was indifferent. "Well then, the transaction is complete. You may leave."
He then prepared to turn around, but Hedin suddenly spoke, "Wait a moment."
"Something else?" Levi glanced at him.
The 'White Pure Magic Staff' pushed up his glasses. "The Freya Familia wishes to purchase the 'quarterly package' you previously offered to the Ganesha Familia."
The moment he finished speaking, a scoff echoed in his ears.
"Hedin Selland, do you think I'm a madman who would brave even the Demon Lair just for money?"
Hogni, standing nearby, almost couldn't suppress his rage. After shouting "You bastard!!!!", he placed his hand on his sword hilt.
"What, do you want to fight me again?"
Stared at by Hogni with malicious eyes, Levi's expression didn't change in the slightest.
Against Ottar, he indeed had to use his full strength, but as for the two before him, to put it bluntly, it would take perfect cooperation from them just to make him activate Heroic Spirit Possession.
Hedin restrained his comrade, his tone placid. "The Freya Familia has no intention of making an enemy of you."
Levi, of course, didn't believe such words.
They could only say this because their strongest combat power was inferior to his.
It wasn't that they truly harbored no ill will.
If he had been brought to his knees by Ottar yesterday, he might already have been captured by Freya and made a 'star slave' by now.
"In short, there's no package deal, and the price of sparkling wine is quadrupled for you. If you're not satisfied, well, what do I care!"
After speaking, Levi slammed the door shut with a bang, leaving behind the impotently enraged Hogni and Hedin, who was pushing up his glasses, seemingly deep in thought.
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