"No! I can't bear to watch any longer!"
The adventurers who had been treated by Hyacine and Barbara during this time showed expressions of pity one after another. They truly couldn't imagine what kind of treatment those two healer girls would receive next.
Apollo might be one thing, but the Apollo Familia's captain, Hyakinthos, was no saint!
This guy was the type to strike ruthlessly out of jealousy if someone else received more of Apollo's favor, beating that person black and blue.
And now, Hyacine and Barbara were the ones Apollo had his eyes on. It was hard to imagine what Hyakinthos would do in the future; even with Apollo's orders, he would likely target these two girls both openly and in secret, wouldn't he?
Truly tragic...
However, there were already many tragic people in Orario.
For a long time in the past, outsiders had come to become adventurers only to die within the Dungeon.
No one spoke of those dead people anymore.
The only reason the surrounding adventurers felt some emotion for Hyacine and Barbara was because they had healed others.
But if another week passed, they would likely be like those other adventurers—no longer mentioned.
The surrounding noise grew louder, but it didn't affect the world in the middle of the plaza at all.
"Since it's Lord Apollo's command, you should accept it and join Lord Apollo's Familia."
Hyakinthos looked at the two girls before him expressionlessly. Although his heart was currently filled with jealousy, Lord Apollo was right behind him, and other adventurers and deities were nearby, so he couldn't lose face. He began to urge the two girls to give up their resistance.
"If you're willing to join, you can be spared a lot of physical pain... otherwise, don't blame me for being heartless!"
This was a perfect excuse. If the other party refused, Hyakinthos could rightfully beat them to vent the jealousy in his heart.
So what if they were women?
In Hyakinthos's eyes, there was only ever Apollo; he didn't care about any other gods or humans.
"Sorry, but we refuse!"
Facing the threats from Apollo, Hyakinthos, and the others, both Hyacine and Barbara displayed extremely clear resistance.
'While I did have the idea of attracting a Familia, these uninvited guests came way too fast, didn't they? Do they have the noses of dogs?'
Though a bit surprised, the goal had been achieved. Since the Apollo Familia chose to come and invite them, it meant the eyes of Orario's upper crust had already fallen upon them. Soon, even more powerful Familias would come with invitations.
For now, Hyacine and Barbara only needed to crush the Apollo Familia before them to buy themselves some time.
"Forcing others is wrong. If you insist on coercing us, resistance is our only path."
"Is that so? Then that's truly a pity."
Hearing the explicit refusal from Hyacine and Barbara, both Apollo and Hyakinthos laughed. This actually fit their expectations perfectly.
"Hyakinthos, knock them out and take them away."
"Once the deed is done, no one will be able to snatch them away from my side!"
From Hyacine and Barbara, Apollo felt a familiar yet strange aura. Although he didn't know what it was, he absolutely did not want to give them up.
"Watch out, move!"
As the cold words fell, Hyakinthos instantly vanished from his spot, rushing toward Hyacine and Barbara at an unimaginable speed.
Even among the spectating adventurers, only a very small minority could see his movements clearly.
This was a holder of Level 3 Falna, standing at a height difficult for ordinary people to reach. Even the speed of Hyacine and Barbara themselves was nowhere near as fast as his...
However, that didn't mean they couldn't counterattack.
The physician's magic staff and the deaconess's ritual book had already appeared in their hands, which still looked like slow motion in Hyakinthos's eyes.
'In the end, they're just two healers. How could they possibly possess strong combat power...'
'Still, since Lord Apollo requested it, I'll try to minimize their pain.'
Hyakinthos didn't go soft, but the word 'watch out' that Apollo said earlier reminded him not to strike too ruthlessly.
Even though he was unwilling in his heart, Hyakinthos subconsciously held back his strength to avoid exploding the two little cuties with a single punch.
However, just as the man arrived before Hyacine and Barbara, another figure blocked his path.
"Du-du-du-du-du! Du-du-du!"
Who else could make such a sound but Little Ica?
Compared to the usually cute Little Ica, it was currently angrier than ever, and a terrifying whirlwind even coiled around its body...
"What is this... horse?"
In that instant, Hyakinthos's eyes widened, his expression filled with disbelief to the extreme.
Why?
It was clearly just a little horse with wings, so why did he feel a sense of threat from this horse?
Neither Hyacine nor Barbara had given Hyakinthos this feeling of threat, yet he felt it now from this weak creature...
Oh no! It's coming!
As the whirlwind on Little Ica's body grew larger, Hyakinthos immediately intended to adjust his posture and change his attack method.
But in the blink of an eye, Little Ica had already begun to spin.
The gale... came with it!
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!
"Perhaps we are just healers, but that doesn't mean we don't have the means to fight back!"
"Please try being a better person in your next life. Give him a taste of your strength, Little Ica!"
Hyacine and Barbara were not people like Hysilens who possessed martial arts; whether it was using a sword or a spear, it wasn't very useful to them.
Magic and healing.
This was their true path, and also the strongest power that combined attack and healing into one!
Recording the amount of healing and treating it as a means of attack, dealing damage to enemies after release.
Hyacine provided low-percentage recovery, while Barbara provided medium-to-high-percentage recovery. If one looked at them individually, they were just two ordinary healers.
But the trait of One Soul, Two Bodies almost compensated for all their weaknesses. Not only did it allow them to share the recorded healing amount, but they could even trigger elemental reactions to take the damage even further.
What was even more terrifying...
Hyacine and Barbara had been here since the morning healing adventurers. The recorded healing amount had effectively broken through the heavens.
And the damage, naturally just like the healing amount, broke through the heavens!
"Let's go, Little Ica!"
"Let him witness the power of the descendants of the sky..."
"And the power of Lord Barbatos!"
When that storm, mixed with blue watery light, swept toward Hyakinthos, even the sky changed color.
The originally clear sky was suddenly covered by dark clouds. No one knew why, but even some deities showed expressions of disbelief.
It wasn't until that water storm flew into the sky that the people of Orario felt slight raindrops falling from the sky onto their bodies, along with the warm sunlight spilling down.
"Is that... a rainbow?"
It had been a long time since a rainbow had been seen in Orario, but they finally saw one now.
However, appearing along with the rainbow were those two girls radiating with iridescent light!