Inside the Labyrinth City, the deities who had been laughing and frolicking suddenly seemed to sense something, freezing in place one after another.
Then, whether male or female gods, in the next second, they all turned their heads to look toward the southwest corner of Orario—the location of the Hestia Familia's station.
"Loki, what's wrong?"
In the Captain's office of the Twilight Manor, Finn, who was discussing matters regarding the next expedition, saw his patron deity suddenly open her eyes—which were usually always narrowed—and could not help but show a look of surprise on his face.
"It's a small matter; it has nothing to do with you all."
Loki waved her hand upon hearing this. Although the corners of her mouth were slightly curled up, almost anyone familiar with her could see the gloominess in this red-haired goddess's heart.
Having known Loki for decades, Finn could naturally sense that her words did not reflect her true feelings.
"You can't say?"
Loki nodded her head. After a pause of two seconds, she added a sentence: "Next time you see the Hero King, your attitude had best be a bit more respectful."
Hearing this, the three executives fell into silence one after another.
After a good long while, Finn bit his thumb and analyzed, "Respectful, rather than friendly... It seems that just now, the Captain of the Hestia Familia has done another earth-shattering thing."
Seeing him looking at her while speaking, Loki spread her hands, putting on an appearance of 'I don't know what you're talking about'.
However, such a thought could not help but flash through her heart—That shorty, how is her luck so good!? The first Demigod (actually not) born in the Lower World was actually encountered by her through sheer dumb luck back then!
Loki was actually relatively fine.
Although she guessed Levi's situation through the world resonance just now, she was at most envious and jealous in her heart, grumbling a sentence or two at best.
But others, especially a certain gray-haired goddess who did not wish to reveal her name, could completely no longer hold back.
"Odr has become a Demigod!"
"From now on, he will be like me, possessing an almost infinite lifespan."
"Hehehe~ How is my luck so good~ The person I fell in love with turned out to be the greatest [Unknown] in the Lower World."
Freya stroked her cheek with both hands, her face written full of delight.
But in the next second...
"What a pity, there are simply too many thieving cats around Odr."
Although she could not pry into Levi's life during this period due to the obstruction of the barrier inside the Hestia Familia station, through the figures entering and exiting the gate of the Hestia Familia station and the time they each stayed, she could roughly deduce the level of intimacy between these fellows and the person she liked.
Hestia went without saying; as Odr's patron deity, she used to go to work and act as a poster girl for a used bookstore.
Now, however, her figure could almost not be seen all day long. On the rare occasions she left the station, she was also glowing with health and radiating vigor; one look and you could tell she was nourished by love.
There was also Hephaestus. She was clearly a woman with a ruined face, yet she would run to her neighbor's house whether she had business or not.
Moreover, she often went in the evening and returned in the morning.
Watching this made Freya envious—ah no, she spat on it endlessly!
As for Artemis, who had formed an alliance with Hestia; Astrea, whose deceased members had joined the Hestia Familia; and Demeter, whose children were all saved by Levi last night...
—I cannot continue to wait any longer!
Freya said secretly in her heart.
She felt that if she didn't act soon, in the end, let alone eating meat, there was a high probability she wouldn't even get to drink a mouthful of soup.
She then summoned Ottar: "Where is the progress on Ishtar's side?"
The burly Boarman bent his waist upon hearing this: "It is already possible to stably cultivate Lv.7 monsters. There is also a probability for Lv.8 monsters to be born."
Freya's eyes lit up: "Let Hedin and the others take enough sparkling wine and make a trip to the Ishtar Familia. Strive to accumulate enough Feats for a level up within three days. As for you, Ottar, you will have to wait a bit longer."
Although she was crazily obsessed with Levi, she did not treat the children she had recruited in the past as waste products.
If there was an opportunity, she was still willing to help them continue to become stronger.
Ottar naturally understood what his goddess planned to do next. In the eyes of other Order side deities, that would undoubtedly be subverting the Lower World.
Yet, he had no intention of stopping it in the slightest.
As Freya's adopted son, Ottar never considered himself to be some partner of justice.
The reason he had fought with the Evils in the past was merely because the Goddess wanted to do so.
As for now...
After walking out of the Goddess's room, 'The Fierce' looked through the window toward the southwest corner, the location of the Hestia Familia station.
For no reason, he suddenly recalled the days from more than ten years ago when he was hammered by the high-ranking members of the Zeus Familia and Hera Familia.
Nowadays, those figures merged into one in his memory, ultimately turning into the image of Levi Bright.
Pleasure Quarter, inside the bedchamber belonging solely to the Goddess Ishtar.
The violet-haired goddess, surrounded by countless beautiful men, sighed with emotion in her heart while tasting the delicacies fed to her lips by the male servants.
Although I'm unhappy with Freya, her eye for people is indeed very accurate.
The lover she selected turned out to be the first Demigod naturally born in the Lower World.
Pity, heh~ Bad luck. She was cut off in advance by Hestia, and there's a group of Olympia goddesses eyeing him covetously on the side.
To obtain the [Hero King], they were even willing to unite against me.
This is really...
Thinking of this, Ishtar could not help but sneer aloud.
However, immediately following that, a thought flashed quickly through her mind.
Perhaps, I should also stick a foot in?
Unlike Freya, who was relatively pure in love, Ishtar, who was also a Goddess of Beauty, was more immersed in pure carnal desire.
She herself did not believe in so-called love, or rather, she believed that all love was nothing more than lust at first sight, which would ultimately all lead to the single outcome of a physical connection.
Precisely because of this, although she had many bed partners and had even married several god-husbands, Ishtar had never truly fallen in love with anyone else.
Even now, thinking of poaching Levi Bright from the sides of Hestia and the other goddesses was merely to use the identity of the [Hero King] to decorate herself.
As thoughts flowed in her heart, Ishtar patted her arm.
"Aisha, go prepare a gift and send it to the Hestia Familia. As for the reason, just say that the Ishtar Familia congratulates the Hestia Familia Captain on his promotion to Lv.5. In addition, the Ishtar Familia intends to purchase the team-guiding service for the 37th Floor twice. If the [Hero King] has time afterward, he can come to the Pleasure Quarter to discuss in detail."
Outside the door, the black-haired woman of Amazon origin, wearing a transparent thin shirt, bowed slightly and spoke with a respectful tone: "Yes!"
Ishtar did not let Phryne, who was also a Captain, mobilize. That was because she also understood that if she really let that 'Man Killer' mess around, leaving aside whether the subsequent plan could be implemented, the hostility of the Hestia Familia for a long time to come would become an inevitability.
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