The moment she saw the Divine Wine, Goddess Astraea understood everything.
Astraea looked at her own Familia member with complex eyes. With a mortal body, he had schemed against the supreme Goddess of Beauty and the most cunning Fool Goddess.
She was so shocked she couldn't speak for half a day.
Too insane!
Every step was walking a tightrope!
But Roy had succeeded. His greatest advantage was that the enemy was visible while he remained hidden, possessing vast intelligence on Orario, and Freya didn't know that he knew.
Freya's only chance to turn the tables might be to fully unleash her charm and control all of Orario.
And Roy was certain she wouldn't do so.
Her role-playing game exposed, so she would flip the table? The other party's magnanimity wasn't that small! The Freya who hadn't yet encountered her beloved wouldn't lose her rationality.
There was a difference between friendship and love.
In the quiet room.
Roy and Goddess Astraea gazed at each other.
Astraea certainly wouldn't blame Roy. This matter was instigated by Freya's underhanded tactics first. After a long silence, she extended her delicate, jade-white small hand. "What about the orchid perfume you promised me?"
Roy's eyes widened. Wasn't that just something to deal with Loki? Why did she actually want it?
"Hmph!"
Astraea snorted coldly. She had been too frightened to sleep well for two days; she deserved some compensation.
Roy honestly handed over the orchid perfume, incidentally taking small liberties on the Goddess's soft, boneless small hand. With the plan to scheme against Freya completed, this bottle of perfume held no more meaning for him.
Orchid perfume could only temporarily enhance spiritual power, and this thing didn't distinguish between friend and foe. Speaking of which, didn't Loki tell him several of Goddess Astraea's little secrets? He had just sobered up, his mind still dizzy, unable to remember. What a blood loss! Roy's heart was dripping blood.
Being subtly taken advantage of by Roy, Goddess Astraea couldn't help but glare at him, a flush appearing on her pretty face. Finally, she sighed, "Rest a bit more. I'll go make you some hangover soup."
With that, Astraea left the room.
Gazing at the Goddess's absolutely beautiful departing figure, Roy smiled. You may have gained a little, but I never lose.
Only Roy remained in the room. His brain gradually grew clear, his eyes like two bright pearls, their depths flickering with cold, harsh light.
Another chess piece he had placed should also be making its move.
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Guild Headquarters.
Eina, having completed her daily work, took out the expedition report submitted by the Astraea Familia, preparing to check it. If there were no anomalies, it could be filed away.
Eina examined the submitted report word by word.
As time passed, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter. How to put this report... From when Roy and the others entered the Dungeon, the route they took downward, the monsters they encountered, the materials they collected—everything was recorded with extreme clarity.
It was also because there was so much text, densely packed, making one's eyes blur just looking at it. The surrounding colleagues all skimmed through it with a glance and called it done.
After all, it was only a twenty-fourth floor expedition.
Not even the Deep Levels.
The Upper Floors, Middle Floors, and part of the Lower Floors had long been thoroughly explored; it was difficult to discover anything new.
So the Middle Floor expedition reports submitted by the major Familias were largely similar. Even some lazy Familias directly took other Familias' expedition reports, changed the names and Familia emblems, and submitted them to the Guild.
This was no different from copying a classmate's homework in school, and no one was bored enough to manage such matters.
Other Guild staff would lament the waste of over a dozen sheets of paper in the world, then toss such reports into the warehouse where no one would inquire about them for hundreds of years.
But this time, it happened to encounter a top student from the School District, a half-elf who was rigorous and serious in her work.
Walls deliberately destroyed.
Suspected captured and cultivated enhanced species mermen, false Floor Boss subjugation intelligence—
This information was hidden within large paragraphs of text, difficult for people to discover. Only Eina noticed.
The more she read, the more alarmed she became. The dangers encountered during this Astraea Familia expedition far exceeded expectations. The slightest carelessness would result in dozens of high-level adventurers losing their lives, and all of this was possibly due to human factors!
Eina spent several more days running to the Ganesha Familia and numerous other Familias to investigate and gather evidence.
There weren't many Familias capable of capturing monsters and cultivating enhanced species. Eina quickly locked onto her target. During that period, adventurers had seen high-level adventurers from the Freya Familia appearing in the "Water Capital."
The monsters prepared by the Ganesha Familia for the Monsterphilia also had a merman monster go berserk, supposedly subjugated by surface adventurers.
But no one witnessed it... Eina finally reached a complete conclusion.
The abnormalities in the Dungeon that day had a great deal to do with the Freya Familia. The dangers encountered by the Astraea Familia were even specifically prepared by the other party!
No wonder this important information was hidden within overly long paragraphs. The Freya Familia was too powerful, far from what the Astraea Familia could contend against.
Mr. Roy must have discovered something, but realizing the enemy was unbeatable, could only hide this information within super-long passages... Eina stroked the words on the expedition report, thinking of how Mr. Roy stood tall and unyielding when dealing with the Rudra Familia remnants that day. Now, he was forced to submit to the Freya Familia's darkness. Every word seemed to reveal Roy's helplessness and unwillingness.
Eina's small tears couldn't stop falling.
The Freya Familia—too excessive!
Eina angrily rushed up to the second floor of the Guild Headquarters.
The first floor staff looked at Eina's departing figure in surprise. The Guild also had a strict hierarchy!
Only Guild executives could enter the second floor!
Ordinary staff like them could only stay in the first floor office area. Going to the second floor required a report!
Eina came to Guild Master Royman Marvell's office, slamming the Astraea Familia expedition report onto the desk with a loud "bang," frightening the fat on Royman's body into trembling.
"Guild Master, please look at this expedition report!" Eina suppressed her fury.
Royman was dumbfounded. You tell me to look, so I have to look? Just who is the Guild Master here?
Seeing as Eina was a new employee who hadn't yet familiarized herself with the Guild's hierarchical order, Royman patiently asked, "Eina, what happened?"
Eina clearly and logically explained the anomalies on this expedition report, as well as the truth she had investigated!
With Eina's complete evidence and witnesses, Royman's brows furrowed. Those fellows from the Freya Familia were still playing such tricks. "What do you want to do?"
Eina said decisively, "This matter must result in punishment for the Freya Familia!"
Royman lowered his head in thought.
If not for internal divisions within the Freya Familia, even the Loki Familia wouldn't be a match. Ottar alone could sweep through the Loki Familia's Big Three. The strongest Familia's reputation was well-deserved!
The Guild and the Freya Familia were more in a cooperative relationship, not daring to force the other party to undertake expedition missions.
But this time, the Freya Familia had destroyed walls, created enhanced species, concealed Floor Boss subjugation intelligence, and fought with the Berserker, damaging the streets.
They were in the right; they could make an issue of this!
On Royman's bloated face, two lumps of fat squeezed between two small eyes flickered with shrewd light. The exploration of unknown territories, which had nearly stagnated due to the fall of the Zeus and Hera Familias, should also be restarted.
The punishment for the Freya Familia came down quickly.
Destroying Daedalus Street and the Dungeon, placing adventurers and citizens in danger.
Explore the Dungeon's sixtieth floor!
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