That being said, there were still those who harbored resentment towards Levi.
Without exception, they were all members of the Freya Familia.
Allen, Hogni, Hedin, the Gulliver Brothers...
If not for Ottar, who still retained a shred of reason and held them back, they might have rushed directly at the 'Hero King' regardless of the consequences the moment they entered and saw their own patron goddess bound by the Chain of Heaven.
On the other hand, while the combat prostitutes of the Ishtar Familia retained basic respect for their own goddess, their loyalty was obviously inferior to that of the Freya Familia.
They simply cast gazes at the spectator seats where Levi was located, looking like predators eyeing their prey.
Being stared at by the First-Class Adventurers of the Freya Familia and Ishtar Familia—if it were anyone else, even if they didn't say it aloud, they would inevitably feel some vigilance in their hearts.
But Levi, although he had not yet completed the final step between adventurer and ascension to godhood, was in essence no longer a mortal lifeform.
If one must describe him... well, perhaps he should be called two-thirds god, one-third human. From a certain perspective, the title 'Hero King (Gilgamesh)' that Ishtar gave Levi while taking advantage of Hestia's absence was indeed quite fitting.
The Sword Festival of the past was considered a carnival for everyone in the Labyrinth City, from the gods above to the common people below.
But this time, setting aside the commoners and lower-level adventurers, both the First-Class Adventurers fighting in the Colosseum and the gods who seemed to be observing the battles were obviously somewhat distracted.
People like Finn and Ottar felt this way because the current Uncrowned King of Orario was not participating; even if a winner was decided in the end, it wouldn't prove anything.
As for the gods sitting in the spectator seats, without exception, they were all guessing what kind of abilities the 'Constellation Arcanum' exposed by the 'Hero King' before the start of the Sword Festival actually possessed.
Amidst the distraction of the main characters and the audience, the Sword Festival came to a peaceful close.
As a newly promoted Lv.8, Ottar led the Freya Familia to successfully defeat the Loki Familia's 'Big Three', who had risen to Lv.7, along with a crowd of adventurers. Just like in previous years, they successfully defended the final championship of the Sword Festival.
However, after doing all this, this Boaz 'The Fierce' seemed to have other ideas. Holding a greatsword in both hands, he turned toward the spectator seats—or more accurately, toward Levi located in the spectator seats.
"'Hero King', I issue a challenge to you."
"!!!!" xn
As soon as these words came out, the originally somewhat noisy spectator seats first fell into a sudden silence, followed instantly by the sound of countless noisy conversations.
The matter of 'The Fierce' losing to the 'Hero King' a few months ago... although the common people and adventurers hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they had mostly heard about it.
Now that Ottar had risen from Lv.7 to Lv.8, his strength had obviously improved.
Levi's adventurer level in the Guild had also reached Lv.5. If he agreed, there would inevitably be a fierce battle.
But the gods, upon hearing this, all had strange expressions.
A human challenging a god, even if the latter was only a Demigod with insufficient accumulation of Divine Power...
The outcome was doomed from the start.
The facts were just as they thought.
Sitting beside Demeter, Levi raised an eyebrow upon hearing Ottar's words.
He had originally intended to refuse, but on second thought, in order to reduce the trouble the Hestia Familia might encounter in the future, establishing appropriate prestige—or even exposing his strength—did not seem to be a big problem.
So, after pondering for two seconds, he nodded and agreed.
It was just that the words he spoke were a tiny bit arrogant: "I will only make one move. If you can withstand it, consider it my defeat."
Ottar: "Good."
Because 'The Fierce' often served by Freya's side, he was influenced by what he saw and heard, and had some understanding of Levi's situation.
But the goddess's other dependents, such as Hedin, Hogni, and the Gulliver Brothers, revealed furious expressions one by one after hearing this.
"You [Orario Profanity]..."
Allen opened his mouth, and just as a few curse words popped out, in the next instant, his entire person was crushed to the ground by a terrifying spiritual force.
Not just him—Hogni, Hedin, the Gulliver Brothers, Heith, and even Ottar who had just expressed his challenge to Levi... counting every single one of them, the best off were kneeling on one knee, while the most miserable were directly lying on the ground spitting blood.
"Di... Divine Might?!"
Hedin looked astonished, his tone horrified.
As the intellect of the Freya Familia, he had naturally considered the possibility of Ottar failing to challenge Levi.
But no matter what, he had not expected that the 'Hero King' could actually employ the mighty power of a god.
No...
A guess suddenly surfaced in Hedin's mind at this moment, but because it was too absurd, even he dared not believe it.
However, in the next instant, Levi's voice rang in the ears of everyone in the Colosseum.
"Currently, it is still only a Demigod's Divine Might."
"!!!" xn
A few simple words were enough to set off a huge uproar in Orario.
Even the entire Lower World would undergo earth-shaking changes because of this one sentence.
But Levi, to be honest, didn't care.
He even felt the disturbance he caused wasn't big enough, so before holding Demeter's hand and leaving the arena, he added another sentence:
"After an adventurer advances to Lv.10, although they cannot compare to a true god, they can obtain eternal life."
"The Orario that follows will perhaps be noisy for a long time~"
In the evening, after eating a romantic candlelight dinner, Demeter held the pale-gold haired boy's hand tightly, sighing with emotion as they walked on the street.
As the initiator of everything, Levi shrugged indifferently.
"I just chose to tell the truth."
"I didn't say there was a problem with you." Demeter pouted and gently scraped the nose of the person beside her. "However, the Guild will likely have to soften its stance."
The orange-haired goddess was, of course, not referring to Ouranos, the backer of the Guild, but to the higher-ups led by Royman.
The reason this group of people dared to target the Hestia Familia before was, firstly, because Hestia was a god of the Order faction—to put it more bluntly, a gentleman can be deceived by logic. Secondly, they hadn't touched the bottom line of the many factions in Orario, and their actions were still within the Guild's rules and regulations.
But now.
A existence possessing the status of a Demigod level, who could mobilize Divine Power at any time, had appeared in front of them.
Anyone with a normal brain knew what to do next.
"I have already given them the opportunity to choose. If they still can't think clearly, then it's not impossible for Orario to establish a new Guild."
Levi looked indifferent, but the words he spoke were quite domineering.
Demeter originally didn't like such remarks, but perhaps due to the changes brought by the Dionysus incident, or perhaps because beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
Hearing this, the orange-haired goddess only felt that the boy beside her became increasingly dazzling.
Subconsciously, she opened her mouth: "It's already very late, isn't it~"
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