An accident occurred when Hestia declared war on Apollo, and that was that Lili was taken away by the Soma Familia.
Speaking of the god of wine Soma, he was also unique in style among the many distinctive gods.
All of his pursuits were in winemaking. The divine wine he brewed didn't involve the power of , only using development, blending, and manufacturing methods to make even the gods intoxicated.
However, divine wine was like drugs for mortals with weak wills. Even inferior divine wine would bind them as long as they drank it.
The members of the Soma Familia all admired and were intoxicated by the divine wine, willingly being exploited in order to obtain the divine wine.
Some people even did some despicable things to obtain money, then exchanging it for more divine wine.
Soma was extremely disappointed with this state of the members of his Familia, so he focused on brewing divine wine, generally not caring about any Familia affairs. The controller of the entire Familia was actually the captain, Sanjono.
That Sanjono wasn't a good person either. A large part of the reason why the atmosphere of the Soma Familia had deteriorated to this extent was because of him.
Taking advantage of the main god not caring about things, he used divine wine to control the members of the Familia, using this to expand the Familia's size, then obtaining more money. Sanjono had caused many tragedies.
And this time, the reason why Lili was captured back was also because Sanjono believed that Lili's unique magic, , might bring profits.
However, Drake didn't need to worry about how to rescue Lili. Drake was only responsible for giving Bell special training before the War Game started.
As expected, Lili successfully left the Soma Familia, transferring to the Hestia Familia. Like in the original story, she drank the divine wine but wasn't intoxicated by it.
The reason why the gods loved mortals was that mortals could create miracles that even the gods couldn't imagine.
War Games weren't common. The long-awaited War Game made the entire Orario lively, as if there was some kind of celebration.
The Guild began to set up the battlefield, and some stall vendors also began to gather. There were even adventurers who set up betting pools to bet on the outcome this time.
And Hestia, after attending the God's Meeting held specifically for the War Game, also decided on the method of this War Game.
A siege battle, with the Apollo Familia defending the city and the Hestia Familia attacking. If the Apollo Familia's captain Hyacinth wasn't defeated within three days, or the Hestia Familia's combat power was completely wiped out, then the Apollo Familia would win.
Otherwise, the Hestia Familia would win, and Apollo would unconditionally agree to one request from Hestia.
A siege battle seemed to be absolutely disadvantageous to the Hestia side, who was responsible for attacking.
Because siege battles had always been considered a clash of troops. If you wanted to break through a city, you had to use troops that far exceeded the defending side.
But even if Takemikazuchi Familia's Mikoto and Hephaestus Familia's Welf transferred to the Hestia Familia, and Apollo had agreed that Hestia could find a Familia member who wasn't in Orario as an external aid,
But adding them together, there were only five people. There was no way their troops could compare to the Apollo Familia, which had a total force of 100.
But Drake didn't think so. Compared to other war methods, a siege battle might be the most advantageous form for the Hestia Familia right now.
Because as long as the strategy was proper, creating an opportunity for Bell to duel with Hyacinth, the difference in troops wouldn't be a problem.
Heard that the method of the war had been decided by the gods all writing down their opinions, then Hermes drawing lots.
Uh... Drake didn't know if there was any behind-the-scenes manipulation.
And the plan that Hestia and the others had formulated was like this. Let Lili, who possessed transformation magic, sneak into the city in advance.
Then Ryu was asked by Syr to participate in the War Game as external aid. She was the vanguard who would act first, blasting open the city walls with magic swords.
Lili, after transforming, falsely conveyed Hyacinth's order, dispersing half of the troops in front of Ryu.
Then Mikoto entered the city through the crack that Ryu had blasted open, creating the illusion of breaking in from there, again restraining a part of the troops. In this way, the Apollo Familia's main force would be nailed to the city walls, and the core where Hyacinth was located would be empty.
Then Lili opened the gate, putting Bell and Welf into the city. Welf cleared the way for Bell, letting him come directly before the enemy general Hyacinth.
The entire plan progressed very smoothly. The War Game, which was originally supposed to last three days, ended in one morning. The Hestia Familia had won a big upset victory.
Of course, the biggest contributor was Lili. The entire plan had only succeeded because of her transformation magic.
In the later stages, she even used the Narrator that Drake had made to call out the people who were hindering Bell's battle one by one, using paralyzing bullets to take down many of the Apollo Familia's elites.
What was interesting was that Cassandra had discovered this "Trojan horse" when Lili, after transforming, had entered the city, but no one had believed her warning.
Of course, the climax of the game was Bell's battle with Hyacinth.
During these few days of special training, Drake had directly raised the intensity to the maximum at Bell's request, and Bell had also obtained corresponding growth, completing his level up before the War Game had started.
Having experienced so many major events, Bell had long obtained the feat of leveling up. And Drake's special training had also allowed Bell's ability values to increase to the limit.
According to Drake, even if Bell had fought Hyacinth before leveling up, even if he had crossed a level, he wouldn't have been able to obtain the feat.
That was the comparison of the strength between the two. Bell had broken through the limit of his ability values during both of his level ups, his total ability values having long surpassed the veteran LV3 Hyacinth.
If he had lost, then he would have been letting down the special training that Drake had given during this time.
It wasn't at all beyond Drake's expectations that Bell would win. It would be more accurate to say that after seeing that suspicious-looking small person in the live broadcast of the video magic, Drake had already confirmed the result, and didn't have any interest.
According to the agreement, the Apollo Familia was disbanded, and its headquarters became the Cooking God's Residence. This incident, which had been caused by the desires of the gods, had also come to a complete end.
Originally, the Hestia Familia's reputation should have been greatly enhanced due to Bell's activity. And having obtained a base like the Cooking God's Residence, the Hestia Familia should have ushered in rapid development.
And indeed, many adventurers had gathered after Hestia had issued a call for Familia members.
However, after they had learned that the Hestia Familia's assets were now a debt of 200 million because of the small black knife in Bell's hand, they had all run away.
Bell himself had directly fainted from shock after learning that he had been using a weapon worth 200 million all along.
Drake didn't pay attention to the liveliness of the Hestia Familia, because he and Stella had entered the Dungeon again.
Drake's plan before had been to train with Stella in the Dungeon, but it had only been disrupted by the War Game.
However, what Drake hadn't expected was that a new incident would run into him like this. Drake was starting to suspect that Bell's development ability might be brushed out when he leveled up next time, since the frequency with which he encountered incidents was getting higher and higher.
What was before Drake and Stella should have been a monster unique to the middle levels - a Dragon Girl. But she was different from the Dragon Girls that Drake had encountered before.
Dragon Girls were a rather rare monster. Their appearance was mostly that of an adult woman for the upper half of their body, and a snake's tail and dragon wings for the lower half.
But the existence before him had an appearance that was quite similar to that of a human girl. Only her light blue skin and the scales covering several places on it showed that the other party wasn't human.
Like ordinary Dragon Girls, she had sharp fangs and a pair of long, pointed ears. Between her blue hair, you could see a red jewel on her forehead and orange pupils.
And the most special thing about her wasn't her appearance that was more inclined towards humans, but rather that her eyes possessed reason and wisdom.
The Xenos incident. Drake hadn't expected that he would encounter the most crucial character before Bell.
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