( Yuuki's POV )
Three Hydra agents were standing in front of us, and explosions were continuing all around the city.
Without wasting any time, I attacked. Leaping forward at high speed, I delivered a flying kick to one of the Hydra agents, breaking his neck in one blow, and for the other two, I pierced their hearts with my bone tails.
Their self-destruction was activated when they perished, so I threw their bodies into the air, but this time the explosion was much stronger.
Yuuki: I think we've discovered where those explosions are coming from.
The city is suffering from an invitation, and because of this serious situation, Ryuu began to take off her waitress uniform, That wasn't because she was an exhibitionist or anything like that; she was wearing battle clothing underneath her clothes that was like a white One Piece, she put on a green hood and strapped a wooden sword to her waist; she gave me a look that said she was ready to fight.
I nodded to her and then approached her to give her a barrier bracelet infused with Materia.
Yuuki: Let's go home, there's something I need to check.
We jumped across the city rooftops, ignoring the explosions around us, soon we arrived at the mansion and we saw Barghest at the entrance with her sword stuck in the ground, acting as an impassable guard.
Yuuki: Hey, how are things going here?
Barghest: No enemy has approached here, but when the conflict started, Hestia suddenly fell asleep.
Yuuki: I was expecting something like that, I'll go see her.
I went up to Hestia's room and when I opened the door a worried Bell ran towards me, he and Liliruca were looking over Hestia.
Bell: Yuuki! Kami-sama isn't responding, you have to do something.
Looking beyond Bell, I saw Hestia completely motionless in her bed, almost as if she were a corpse. I could understand his concern, but I responded calmly.
Yuuki: Don't worry, everything's under control.
I gently slapped her cheeks and she reacted as if nothing was wrong.
Hestia: Ugh, I don't want to go to work~ let me sleep.
Yuuki: I'll let you sleep, but first, drink this.
I took out a glass bottle with a potion specially mixed for Hestia, she drank the potion without hesitation and went back to sleep, but now she was snoring and tossing and turning in her bed.
Yuuki: She'll be fine now, you two Barghest will be defending this place, you can stay here as support or you can go out and help.
Liliruca: What are you going to do?
Yuuki: I have big fish to catch.
The reason for Hestia's condition is that her divine energy and vitality were being absorbed by Hydra agents, but not by everyone in the city, only by a select few, what I gave to Hestia would help her last all night without suffering permanent damage.
I hadn't severed that connection because now I could use my mystic eyes to follow the trail of energy emanating from Hestia, With my next move decided, I climb onto the roof of the mansion and survey the city.
Using the same magic as rating games, we created a replica of the city of Orario, and no matter what happens in this "game", the city will remain intact, The only ones inside the city were Hydra, families who were high-value targets for them and us, Hydra agents were dangerous for ordinary adventurers, so I put a reward up for everyone who agreed to participate, the method for leveling up and some quality weapons created by Tsubaki during her training with me.
A trail of energy was heading towards the Ganesha family coliseum, so I marked that as my target, and I jumped back across the rooftops, I moved quickly, but someone didn't want me to arrive to provide support.
A huge energy blade flew towards me, destroying several buildings in its path. I deflected the attack with a flick of my wrist, then I landed in the open zone that had been created by that attack.
A group of Amazons appeared in front of me; they looked somewhat familiar, but before I could think about that, a woman with long black hair carrying a colossal sword began her attack, I summoned my twin sword and when our swords crossed I noticed something strange about her.
The woman had a sinister gleam in her eyes and was muttering incoherently.
???: I'll kill you, I'll break all your bones, die, die, die.
She seemed possessed, and when the other Amazons began to attack, I saw that they were in a similar state, although they weren't as talkative as the girl with the colossal sword.
I was effortlessly dodging the Amazons' attacks, which increased the girls' anger and at the same time they grew somewhat stronger, It was better to end this quickly, so I went for the strongest one, the woman with the colossal sword, I was faster than she could react and I swung to her neck but at that moment, it hit me, why they seemed familiar to me, they were ex-members of the Ishtar family.
My sword stopped millimeters away from the woman's neck. Haruhime had told me that they had taken care of her when she was in their family, so I couldn't just kill them, I took my distance from the girls, and then Ryuu landed next to me.
Ryuu: Is something wrong?
Yuuki: You go ahead without me, this will only take a moment.
Ryuu looked at me somewhat worried but I gave her a carefree smile, she just turned her head away and sighed, then she jumped away and left me alone with the Amazons.