Seeing the young girl remove her mask, her face glistening with crystal-clear beads of sweat yet radiating a faint, refreshing fragrance, even Filvis, who considered herself a straight woman, couldn't help but freeze in place for a moment.
Fortunately, she regained her senses after just a few seconds.
With her cheeks tinged with a hint of crimson, she averted her gaze and said, "I can't protect you for a lifetime."
"~~~~"
Hilde was still 'acting'.
Her acting skills were bolstered by a maxed-out 3-Star skill. If placed in her previous life, disregarding external factors, she could easily have snatched the glory of a Best Actress.
Filvis helplessly patted the girl's head.
She immediately realized that she seemed to have gotten too close to the person opposite her.
Yet, she was reluctant to let go of this bond, a rarity since she had transformed into a 'Creature'.
She hesitated for several seconds before finally making up her mind again.
"You're tired, right? I have some recovery medicine here."
As she spoke, she took a glass tube from her leg pouch and handed it over.
Hilde took it naturally, lowered her head, and glanced at the recovery medicine she held between her index and middle fingers.
[Dionysus Divine Wine · 6-Star: After drinking, one will fall into a dream of madness. Can only be dispelled by drinking a specific divine wine or antidote.]
"Finally got it~"
The pink-haired girl curled the corners of her mouth, revealing a playful smile.
"Finally what?"
Filvis was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, but immediately after, sensing that her clone had suddenly lost contact, she abruptly realized the fact that she might have stepped into a trap.
Her right hand shot out violently, wanting to snatch back the glass tube containing the divine wine, or at the very least, destroy it.
But in the next instant.
The test tube held by Hilde suddenly vanished into thin air.
Ringing out simultaneously was the girl's voice, calm to the point of indifference.
"Momentary, yet eternal!"
——Boom!
Violent Electro elements escaped from Hilde's body. In less than half a second, they completely enveloped the charging Filvis.
By the time the 'Banshee' reacted, she found that she had actually appeared on an empty rocky platform.
Standing not far away on her left and right were her own clones, as well as the God Dionysus and other colleagues from the Familia.
"Where is this?"
"Huh? Why are there two Filvises?"
"Lord Dionysus, do you know what happened?"
Clearly, Filvis was not the only one confused by the situation.
The members of the Dionysus Familia, who had originally been resting peacefully in their station, all revealed expressions of confusion and bewilderment to varying degrees.
However, their Patron God, the male god with shoulder-length golden hair, seemed to have sensed something. He suddenly covered his face, laughing wildly—first a "Huhu", then a "Hehe", and finally a "Hahahaha".
At this moment, he was like a child who had discovered a novel toy, his eyes bright to a frightening degree.
"Come out and meet me."
"Although it is not yet complete, as the master of this Divine Domain, are you afraid to even show your face?"
Dionysus spoke words that only he present could understand.
As for the others, including Filvis, they were without exception filled with blank confusion.
"Lord Dionysus, what is a Divine Domain?" Someone couldn't help but ask.
Dionysus glanced at the person, understanding that his momentum was gone, and did not hide it: "The so-called Divine Domain is the domain of a God. It is the third ability of the Gods, independent of Divine Power and Arcanum."
"It's just that, due to the rules established by the Great Gods, Divine Power is sealed when Gods descend to the Lower World. Although a Divine Domain can be temporarily opened through some special rituals, wanting it to overwrite reality is extremely difficult."
Once these words were spoken, the atmosphere at the scene instantly fell silent.
Many people gasped in shock—they were actually the better ones. Although they had joined the Dionysus Familia, they could only be considered outer members and had little relation to the plans their Patron God was orchestrating.
But Filvis, who was the captain of the Familia and had personally witnessed Hilde unfolding the Divine Domain, thought of something, and her expression obviously became somewhat unsightly.
She immediately disregarded the others who were staring curiously at her and her clone, and quickly walked to her Patron God's side.
"Lord Dionysus, the one who unfolded this Divine Domain... might... not be a God."
The fanaticism on the golden-haired male god's face became increasingly obvious: "Of course, I know that."
No matter what, he was an existence who had lived for tens of millions of years; his vision was certainly not poor.
He even already had a draft in his heart regarding the target who unfolded the Divine Domain.
"'Hero King' Levi Bright."
"This Divine Domain should be your possession, right?"
"What, do you need me to personally invite you out?"
As he spoke, the Divine Power within Dionysus surged, and his entire being instantly transformed from 'Man' to 'God'.
However, in the next second.
A female voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears.
"In this world, Divine Power is forbidden."
——Snap!
Dionysus, who had intended to run wild unscrupulously because he was inside a small world, found the shackles he had unlocked reinforced again in less than a second.
Yet he felt no depression at all. Instead, he laughed "Hahaha" and looked forward.
At the very center of the platform, the figure of a pink-haired girl had quietly appeared at some point.
—It was shockingly Hilde, who had spent half the day with Filvis!
Only now, the Second-Class light armor equipment she originally wore had disappeared.
Replacing it was a pure white hooded cloak, and a golden spear held in her right hand.
Seeing everyone looking at her, the pink-haired Spirit girl placed her left hand over her chest, her tone indifferent.
"Friends of the Dionysus Familia, I send you greetings on behalf of my main body."
"Please wait here for a moment. Once the main body rescues the members of the Demeter Familia, I will return you to reality."
The members of the Dionysus Familia trapped within the Divine Domain fell silent.
Among them, a few who were slower to react wanted to question what relationship they had with the rescue operation of the Demeter Familia, but they were all stopped by friends or colleagues beside them before they could speak.
The golden-haired male god stood at the very front of the crowd. Hearing this, he raised an eyebrow: "Spirit... sure enough, it is you, Hero King."
Levi had exposed the clone Thrud before. Although Dionysus wasn't at the scene back then, he had heard acquaintances mention the matter afterward.
He just hadn't expected that Hestia's lover had more than one Spirit Clone.
As for the matter of the Demeter Familia members being controlled by him using divine wine, after being pulled into the Divine Domain, he didn't feel he could continue to keep it a secret.
"Two Spirit Clones, a fragmented version of a Divine Domain, the Wish Power revealed previously, and combat power that would rank at the forefront even when the Zeus Familia and Hera Familia were around..."
"Levi Bright, do you intend to become a God?"
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