Almost at the instant Levi initiated the Heroic Spirit Summoning—
—Boom!
On the surface of Orario, a massive white pillar of light suddenly shot up. The gods, who had been excitedly discussing the upcoming war game between the Hestia Familia and the Apollo Familia, were momentarily stunned. They turned their heads toward the source of the light pillar, expressions of confusion or surprise appearing on their faces.
"What is this light?"
"Did some unfortunate soul get sent back to the heavens?"
"No, that's not it!"
Some gods quickly realized. Loki, sipping her divine wine while watching the increasingly bright light pillar in the distance, slightly opened her usually squinted eyes: "A god descending? And the landing point is in the dungeon?" Reaching this conclusion, she couldn't help but slap her thigh, bursting into laughter: "Hahahahaha~ This is too interesting! The lower world is truly fascinating!"
As the trickster god, Loki certainly didn't believe any foolish fellow deity would deliberately send someone into the dungeon. Even if the gods were mischievous, some unspoken rules were still followed. But precisely because of this, the red-haired goddess with a single ponytail immediately realized that the one causing this scene couldn't be a god but rather a child of the lower world.
Of course, she wasn't the only god with such thoughts. Hermes, who maintained 'absolute neutrality,' Apollo, who wanted to gather everyone he fancied, Dionysus, who was plotting something, and even Uranus, who suppressed the dungeon's activity from the depths of the guild with his divine might... All sent their members, whether out of curiosity, to enjoy the spectacle, or to control the situation in advance.
Among these gods, the most twisted was Freya, who used her divine mirror to see the scene on the 18th floor of the dungeon, more precisely, Levi's location.
"Ah~~~~" The gray-haired goddess caressed herself, letting out a moan that was part chant, part lament. "Levi Bright, in just a few days, your soul has indeed become more radiant." "Not only that, but you can also defy the world's laws and summon souls back to the lower world?!" "Hahahahaha" "We are indeed a match made in heaven." "You can summon souls, and I can see souls."If Freya initially showed only a slight interest in Levi, driven by her mischievous nature and a desire to claim the boy for herself, her intentions have now completely changed with the further purification of Levi's soul and the revelation of more "unknowns." She intends to snatch the boy from Hestia's side and make him her own exclusive "Odr."
Of course, as an elegant deity, Freya wouldn't personally intervene—mainly to avoid Hestia's hysterics. After a moment's thought, she called out a name:
"Ottar."
"I am here."
The "Braver" emerged from the shadows beside the divine throne, bowing respectfully.
Freya toyed with her fingers. "Within two weeks, I want to see the captain of the Apollo Familia reach level 4. Then, arrange for Heith and the others to join the upcoming War Game as external reinforcements."
She spoke as if it were a trivial matter. In truth, for a Familia with numerous high-level adventurers and even a level 7 goddess, helping a level 3 accumulate enough achievements to reach level 4 was troublesome but not impossible. In fact, Freya had subtly influenced the conflict between Apollo and Hestia, initially to push Levi, who chose to hide himself, into the spotlight with the mindset of "those I favor must shine brightly." But now, Freya was serious.
"Understood."
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If the goddess who reigns over Orario discovered Levi's small actions through the divine mirror that peers into the dungeon, then the goddess Astraea, far away in another city, sensed it through the divine blood she once infused into her children.
In the Swordsmith City of Solingen, within the residence of the Goddess of Justice, Astraea, the girls chatting with their goddess suddenly noticed her frozen in place, her face displaying a complex mix of shock, joy, and worry.
"Astraea-sama, what's wrong?" asked a girl with a blue ponytail.
The goddess, with her brown hair cascading freely and a nearly perfect figure, snapped back to reality. She wanted to assure her children that she was fine but couldn't bring herself to say it. After several seconds of silence, she slowly replied, "Just now, I suddenly felt the blessing of your deceased predecessors."
The girls in the hall were taken aback. Some impulsively retorted, "How is that possible?"
"Indeed," Astraea nodded. "Summoning the souls of the deceased from the heavenly cycle back to the lower world defies the laws of the world. It's a 'miracle' that even gods cannot truly achieve."
After a moment of silence, a small girl asked, "So, Astraea-sama, are you planning to return to Orario?"
The brown-haired goddess nodded. "I can't ignore that child."
Astraea didn't know what had happened in Orario, nor did she understand the situation of the child who had been pulled back to the lower world. Whether out of her belief as the Goddess of Justice or her desire to reunite with that child, she couldn't stay in Solingen any longer. Of course, Astraea hadn't forgotten the new members who joined her Familia over the past five years.
"Do you want to come with me? If you don't, I can arrange for you to transfer to another Familia."
The girls exchanged glances and then responded in unison:
"Wherever Astraea-sama goes, we will go too~"
"Exactly, exactly."
"Sniff, sniff (fake crying) Astraea-sama, you can't abandon me. We promised to be a Familia for life"
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Seeing the girls still in the mood to joke, Astraea couldn't help but smile. She was about to say something in response, but the next moment, she felt another blessing, which should have been extinguished, reconnect with her. And the holder of that blessing...
Astraea closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and as she exhaled, her expression returned to calm. "Though I'd love to play around with you a bit longer, we might need to depart immediately."