Although he was like this, it did not mean that everyone else present could remain safe and sound.
Because Demeter was standing right next to Levi, she took the greatest brunt of the Charm, and her entire person froze directly in place.
The rest of the gods and humans, counting every single one of them, had faces flushed red, as if they were drunk on alcohol.
"Hah—"
Levi sighed softly.
In the next instant, a power similar to the Arcanum being used by Freya and Ishtar flowed out from his body.
It was impressively a fragmented version of the Charm Arcanum derived from the 'Goddesses' Loving Protection' magic!
Freya and Ishtar were Goddesses of Beauty, controlling the complete version of the Charm Arcanum. Under normal circumstances, to release their control over one's consciousness, one would either need to reach the status of a 'Great God', or have the assistance of a Virgin Goddess.
Or perhaps, one would need to control an Authority-level charm of a higher tier than the Arcanum. Levi currently possessed none of these three things.
However, do not forget that whether it was Freya or Ishtar, because their Divine Power was sealed, they were using their Arcanum through their Mind. They were unable to unleash the maximum power of the Charm to begin with.
In contrast, although Levi only mastered a fragmented Arcanum, in order to lift the abnormal status of the others at this moment, he directly utilized a combination of Divine Power + Magic.
—Buzz!
Pure white light turned into specks of stars, slowly drifting towards the surroundings.
Demeter, standing beside Levi, blinked her eyes. Realizing that she had actually been charmed by Freya and Ishtar, she revealed a rare expression of anger.
"Ishtar, Freya, you two fellows!"
The other gods and humans who recovered were not much better off. Any intelligent life form thirsts for freedom; how could they willingly accept having their consciousness controlled by others?
Unfortunately, facing everyone's denunciation, Ishtar did not care at all. She simply looked at the young man not far away with an increasingly fanatical expression: "What you just used, was that the Charm Arcanum?!"
Freya reacted a bit more swiftly: "Goddesses' Loving Protection?"
Levi naturally would not answer the questions of people he disliked. In the mid-air behind him, several spatial ripples generated abruptly, and then pitch-black metal chains flew out from them.
Without giving the two Goddesses of Beauty any chance to react, the chains firmly controlled them in place.
The name of the chains was the Chain of Heaven.
The initial version was a sealing-type Noble Phantasm forged by Levi using Artemis's scorpion tail, integrating 'Utawarerumono', and a large amount of monster drop materials. Yesterday, after obtaining the Pitch-black Magic Stone, he had further integrated a wisp of God-killing power into it.
At this point, the Chain of Heaven of the DanMachi world truly possessed the effect of binding gods found in the weapon of the same name from the Type-Moon world. And its first debut did not disappoint Levi.
Whether it was Freya or Ishtar, both were tightly bound by the pitch-black chains at this moment, unable to move at all.
Levi stood in place, arms crossed over his chest, a sharp glint flashing quickly through his eyes.
He did not like Goddesses of Beauty; as for the reason, he had already said it many times in the past. These fellows, counting every single one of them, were bastards who liked to use Charm Arcanum to manipulate others.
Now that they had fallen into his hands, for a split second, Levi really wanted to disregard everything and directly send Freya and Ishtar back to Tenkai. However, after a little thought, he pressed down his own inclinations.
Something like flipping the table, from beginning to end, offered only one opportunity. Once he truly decided to walk the path of hostility against the gods of DanMachi, his cash flow would inevitably be affected, subsequently leading to a decrease in the efficiency of his 'pay-to-win' strengthening later on.
Although he could also walk away later and run to other worlds to develop, Levi did not intend to do so unless it was absolutely necessary. A DanMachi world capable of stably providing Law Crystals was what he needed.
As thoughts flickered in his mind, Levi turned his head and looked in the direction of the person in charge of the Guild for the Sword Festival.
"These two will be temporarily handed over to the Guild for custody. Casually using Charm Arcanum on others, if I remember correctly, is a violation of Guild regulations."
"I hope you can handle it according to the rules."
"Otherwise..."
Levi did not speak the subsequent words. But the Guild staff member, whose forehead and face were dripping with sweat, obviously understood. He nodded his head incessantly, indicating he would definitely convey the 'Hero King's' request.
Seeing that Levi, who stood at the apex of Orario's adventurers, did not take the opportunity to 'kill' the god Freya and the god Ishtar, the commoners were fine, but the adventurers present let out a breath of turbid air without exception.
If this person really committed the grave sin of God-killing in public, then even if they were unwilling, they would have to react. However, looking at the attitude of the gods toward the 'Hero King', even a fool could guess that the latter might already possess combat power at Level 9, or even Level 10, a level no one had reached in a thousand years.
Asking a group of Second-Class and Third-Class adventurers who were not even Level 5 to encircle and suppress a high-ranking adventurer—what was the difference between that and seeking death?
On the contrary, those gods seemed to think the entertainment was not big enough. Several bolder male gods actually ran directly to the sides of Freya and Ishtar, who were bound by the Chain of Heaven, wanting to help the two untie the chains.
Then, they triggered the Chain of Heaven's 'automatic' judgment mechanism, and in less than a minute, several more people were left standing in penalty on the spot.
Levi let Hilde, who was stationed in the Consciousness Divine Domain, continue controlling the Chain of Heaven, while he himself went to Demeter's side: "The miscellaneous matters have been handled cleanly. Now, let's continue our date."
The orange-haired goddess nodded her head upon hearing this: "Okay."
...
The Sword Festival was a stage for Orario to display its top-tier combat power to the countries of the continent. All First-Class Adventurers would receive an invitation from the Guild to participate in the upcoming Sword Festival chaotic battle.
It was just that the protagonists of previous years were the Freya Familia and the Loki Familia, plus the Ganesha Familia at most. This year, however, because of the Ice and Fire Wine and the team-following service provided by the Hestia Familia, quite a few new faces appeared in the empty ground below.
Before the Sword Festival began, Levi had actually received an invitation to participate in the Sword Festival. But at that time, the relationship between him and the Guild, or rather the Guild's higher-ups, had obviously started to deteriorate. Coupled with the fact that he had a cliff-like disparity in strength compared to other adventurers, he straightforwardly chose to refuse.
As for the others in the Hestia Familia, Alise and the girls were, after all, undead pulled down from the Tenkai's Reincarnation System, so they were not suitable to appear in public occasions.
Daphne and Cassandra were also not people who liked to join in the fun. Consequently, the Hestia Familia, which had long since become the third pole of Orario's combat factions, unexpectedly did not have even a single person appear in this year's Sword Festival.
If it were any other Familia, if they dared to not give the Guild face like this, they might have long since been affected and restricted, both openly and secretly. They would even be considered to have strength that did not match their status.
But regarding the Hestia Familia, not a single person in the outside world dared to look down on them. Not mentioning distant matters, simply that power the 'Hero King' used to lift Freya and Ishtar's Charm before the official start of the Sword Festival was something other adventurers could not obtain even if they strove for a lifetime.
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