"Eina-san, here!"
"Agwin-kun you're back. . .Eh? What's this?"
"Hm? A Fhurosaur of course, just look at its back"
Arriving inside the Adventurer's Guild, I reached out the glass of bottle filled with the body of the Fhurosaur I and Dwight captured. It's still sleeping and looks harmless but well even if its awake and tries to break the glass, it can't, that glass was enforced not to break from the inside, after all.
"Amazing Agwin-kun! This is my first time seeing Fhurosaur this close! It even breathing, look! T-then, the reward should be higher!" She look what's inside the glass in 360 degree. Why she looks happy though?
From that word of hers, I can't help but question, "Hmm? Why so? I only caught it, thinking the effect won't lessen"
"You knew its effect!? If so, then Yes! For starters, the requestor wants the flower to be as fresh as possible. . .!"
"Again, may I ask why? Or who?"
"If its you, I won't hesitate to tell. . .the requestor is none other than the Zeus Familia!"
"Shiiii---"
I can't help but take a deep breath of cold air! This. . .I shivered for a second there.
I'm not dumb enough not to realize. Zeus Familia, are they gonna challenge 'it' for real? Damn!
I thought some herbalist or alchemist uses it for another purpose, but to think the Zeus and Hera familia is preparing for the worst!
They've postponed the plan for almost ten years, because the gods outside the Orario were colluded and attacked the central Continent, who meet up outside the Orario to kick the old gods from here!
They have Deities with the knowledge of War and Wisdom under their arsenal while Orario only had the Zeus and Hera Familia whose still the strongest until the present.
The battle takes a stalemate for 2 years at most and finally pushes back the invaders. It's commendable that those invader lasts that long against the high level adventurers from the Orario. If my memory serves me right, they have few first class adventurers too. But in the end, they were overwhelmed by the sheer strength of these two Familia alone, added with many volunteered high class adventurers.
Because in this world, strength defines the winner. Strength rules. The law of the jungle. So on and forth.
That is how this world works. . .
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"How'Zzat?"
"Kuhum, not bad, you did a very goodjob sharpening it, fufufu"
Inside the [Pantheon], the joint-base of operation of Zeus-Hera familia was taken in place. The dwarf and the boaz converse while others are doing their own things. Inside are bustling and almost every elite from the aforementioned familia, gathers in one place.
These many people are preparing while others are still waiting for their gear to finally arrive.
At the forefront, converses four people with broad and thick body and are old looking fella. They had an intimidating aura especially the boaz who received his two-handed double-edge sword just now.
One of them is a man with scar, filling his forehead till his nose. Zald. . .the vice-captain of Zeus familia.
"Thank god, Zald didn't lost his way coming here! ha ha ha" The werewolf with clean white fur covers his visible abs while laughing, said a word. His hoarse voice is echoing within the vicinity is intimidating. Like a wild werewolf, pouncing its prey to its death.
"Stupid Brald, I'm with captain and others" Zald crossed his arm. This conversation isn't new to him and he is aware for his shortcomings in terms of direction, so he only replies with somewhat grim. Others continued their conversation after a second pause after hearing Zald's words.
Brald is the vice-captain of Hera Familia and is level 8 just like Zald but he's a speed type so their compatibility is not that good. And Zald is aware of that fact.
Besides the two is the captain of Zeus familia and Hera familia, the Boaz and Human respectively. Because of this why they are called the 'perfect' captain and vice captain duo. They have the strength and knowledge to flaunt.
Thanks to them why Zeus and Hera familia had this so called, the synergy. After all, they already hunted two of the three-great quest. The hardest monster to hunt in the history of Orario! The two of many peek powerhouse monsters who leave the dungeon from sometime ago.
The monster who ruled the sea, the Leviathan.
And the monster who rules the earth, the Behemoth.
And currently. The last and the strongest of them, whom this joint-familia who are going to hunt soon, The One-eye Black Bragon.
"Hoho, so you're all here now!"
At the podium in front, arrived the old man who has the white hair and has short but thick beard. At the back of his is clearly a beautiful maiden during her prime but right now is just an elderly woman with glittering silver hair peeking from her veil, covering until lower body of a pure dark dress. They were Zeus and Hera in a flesh.
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"Nani!? Without notice!?"
"Leave them be, if they fail that was their fault not ours, well, we are weak to compare after all"
Simultaneously at [Twilight Manor] and [Folkvangr], Loki and Freya received the news of Zeus and Hera's sudden decision, annoyed but helpless.
Everytime. It is always like this everytime. So they can't help but only grit their teeth especially Freya.
Even though they are counted as a powerhouse, and although Loki Familia is still at its emerging phase, Zeus is always been this selfish and haggled all the praise by himself along with Hera! She hates it! Still, she let it slide with the pretext of her children is still on their growing phase.
Freya at the same time who is always overshadowed by this duo is only waiting for the arrival of the new era. After all, she witnessed this cycle everytime. . .Always. But Zeus familia did not weaken in this many cycle.
Still, she believed that it won't be too long for her familia to enter the limelight. So she let this idiot duo flaunt their strength, waiting for them to be shot down to the bottom by their own doings, never to recover. Until then would she pounce them at their vulnerable phase.
"Fufufu, interesting"
Still, there's this fear that couldn't be vanish in her heart. . .that is, if Zeus familia succeeded, she cannot shine brighter, and if it happens? She decided to ascend instead. Returning back to Tenkai. Thinking that it will be tedious from thereon.
That. . .Only if she knew. . .