Reminded by 'Nine Hell', Finn and everyone present also recalled the scenes relayed by Lord Loki or Lord Ganesha more than two months ago.
Endless thunderstorms were held in the hands of the golden-haired youth, making his entire being look just like a deity who had broken his seal.
He was so majestic, so unreasonable.
At that time, the 'Hero King' was merely Lv.4, yet he could already unleash such terrifying combat power. Now, according to the Guild's public announcement, after rising to Lv.5, it was only possible that he had become even more terrifying.
Add to that the Spirit Clone named 'Thrud'...
Thinking of this, even the fearless 'Braver' could not help but shake his head helplessly, letting out a sigh: "Back then, I thought the title 'Hero King' was too arrogant, but looking at it now, the gods truly have eyes that recognize talent."
*
Levi, or rather Thrud, couldn't be bothered to care about what Finn and the others were thinking.
After teleporting back into the Man-made Labyrinth, she didn't waste any words. First, she repeated her previous method, completely sealing the entrance to the 18th Floor that she had temporarily opened up with rock.
Next, the 'Space Displaced' magecraft, enhanced by the Authority of the Sky, was activated.
One end of the magecraft, needless to say, was naturally in front of Thrud. The other end, however, was located at Port Town Melin—or more accurately, in the deep sea more than one hundred kilometers away from Melin.
As the spaces on both sides were connected, countless gallons of seawater sprayed out like a high-pressure water gun.
In less than twenty minutes, the entire 18th Floor of the Man-made Labyrinth was turned into an underwater world.
The next second, Thrud, floating in the water with a transparent air bubble covering her head, suddenly snapped her fingers.
Accompanied by magic power converting into Ice Elements and bursting out from her body, the surrounding seawater instantly froze and continued to overflow outward.
"First layer, done."
About three minutes later, the golden-haired Spirit girl appeared on the 17th Floor of the Man-made Labyrinth.
She then repeated the process: filling it with seawater, and freezing it with Ice Elements.
By the time the night had passed and the horizon gradually brightened, the Man-made Labyrinth, which had consumed a thousand years of effort yet had only just been built up to the 18th Floor, had been completely filled back in by Thrud alone!
During this period, using the 'Byakugan', it wasn't that she didn't discover some fish that had slipped through the net entering or exiting the Man-made Labyrinth. Moreover, the entrances they chose projected to the surface were likely located outside of Orario.
However, she chose not to bother with them.
With a flush of seawater followed by a drop in temperature, let alone ordinary Lv.1s or Lv.2s, even if a First-Class Adventurer came, as long as they hadn't mastered spatial displacement magic, they could only honestly be frozen in place until death.
As for whether Daedalus's descendants would seek out the Hestia Familia because the Man-made Labyrinth was destroyed...
To put it bluntly, Thrud—or rather Levi—was eager for them to do so. Those guys associated with the Evils, counting every single one of them, had best all be locked up!
When Thrud returned to the surface again and regrouped with the Loki Familia and Ganesha Familia, she saw an acquaintance waiting there for a long time at the front of the crowd.
—The Guild front desk employee, Eina.
She thought for a few seconds, then performed a switch with the main body located inside the resident villa.
Seeing the youth with short pale-gold hair suddenly reveal his form, whether it was Finn who was negotiating with the Guild, Shakti, or anyone else, they all fell silent in unison at this moment.
Levi walked forward, a faint smile hanging on his face.
"Miss Eina, haven't seen you for a while. You seem to look a bit haggard."
Hearing this, the half-elf girl twitched the corner of her mouth, her tone of voice slightly aggressive: "Why I am like this, Lord Hero King should be the clearest."
Levi shrugged his shoulders: "Miss Eina is wrong to say that."
"What the situation is like inside the Guild, as an employee, you should be clearer about it than us outsiders."
"To say something that might offend some people: if the Hestia Familia, Loki Familia, and Ganesha Familia had notified the Guild beforehand, do you think last night's operation would still have been this smooth?"
Eina: "..."
There were quite a few people among the Guild's higher-ups who had connections with the Evils. This matter could almost be called an open secret.
It was just that Eina hadn't expected the youth in front of her to be so hard-line, actually saying it out loud in public.
But on second thought, the person opposite her was the 'Hero King', even more domineering than the 'The Fierce' of the Freya Familia; why would he need to consider these dirty private schemes?
Since he had united the Loki Familia and Ganesha Familia to act together, he must have already anticipated the current situation.
Eina was just a small employee doing her job, earning a fixed salary. She had no thoughts of bowing down and exhausting herself to death for the Guild.
She simply steeled her heart and 'let it rot', saying: "Lord Hero King, Guild Head Royman wants to meet you this afternoon."
"In addition, regarding last month's 'sparkling wine' sales list, you are also needed to go to the Guild to verify it."
Levi also knew that Eina was just a mouthpiece for the Guild's higher-ups and didn't hold on to opposing her. Hearing this, he nodded and said: "I got it. Around 1 PM this afternoon, I will go to the appointment."
*
Almost at the same time, at the gate of Demeter's residence.
Having taken off the 'Swan Dress' and changed into a set of clothes made of linen, Hilde was bowing with a face full of sincerity:
"Lady Demeter, my name is Hilde Chloe. I have come this time to join your Familia!"
Demeter: "..."
Although she had heard Hilde's voice in the early morning, she hadn't truly met the other party face-to-face. Precisely because of this, after seeing the girl's image with her own eyes and discovering the other party's Spirit identity, the orange-haired goddess subconsciously fell into silence.
Of course, this reaction, in the eyes of the 'Banshee' hiding invisibly to the side, turned into hesitation.
She immediately walked forward, arriving at Demeter's side, and spoke in a voice she thought only the two of them—but actually Hilde could also hear—could hear:
"Lady Demeter, please refuse."
Demeter subconsciously opened her mouth.
But before the words could come out, she heard Hilde preempt her: "Lady Demeter, please, you absolutely must not refuse me! My hometown suffered a famine, Mom and Dad both died, and now I'm the only one left in the whole family. It took untold hardships to get to Orario. If you aren't willing to accept me, there is a high probability I won't be able to survive."
As she spoke, large teardrops slid down from the corners of the girl's eyes: "Waaah~ Why is my life so bitter! So I beg you, Lady Demeter, let me become your dependent. I promise to be obedient and work hard at farming."
The orange-haired goddess was also startled by Hilde's 'one cry, two make a fuss, three hang oneself' operation.
She hadn't expected the other party to actually go this far and sacrifice her dignity.
However, this also gave her a reason to agree to the other party. So, after remaining silent for a few seconds, she nodded her head as if making things difficult for herself.
"If you just want a place to stay..."
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