Chapter 378: The Goddess of Beauty Freya.
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Seito's words were a mix of truth and lies, but they dropped a massive piece of information.
The Weapon God-King was dead!
Hearing this, the surrounding gods froze. The Weapon God-King was a major power; how could he suddenly die out of nowhere? Did this mean a massive war was about to explode across the God-King Star Sector?
Hestia, Loki, and Hephaestus immediately fell into deep thought.
Meanwhile, Hermes's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He was already aware of this piece of news, and the log reporting the Weapon God-King's death had only surfaced very recently. For Seito to know about it so quickly suggested that he wasn't just a random god ascending from the lower domains.
Furthermore... sensing the energy tracks radiating from Seito, Hermes felt he might be overthinking things. After all, could a newly arrived god really break through to the late stage of the God-King Realm in such a short time? Hermes wouldn't believe such an absurd cultivation speed even if he were beaten to death.
"The Weapon God-King was a decent ruler. It's quite a pity," Hermes said with a smooth smile.
"My thoughts exactly," Seito nodded.
Very few people currently knew that he was the one who had actually finished off the Weapon God-King. Beside him, Kirukiru Amou and Maple kept their expressions perfectly neutral, showing zero signs of abnormality.
The deities continued their casual chat.
Click, clack, click, clack~~
Right then, the sharp sound of high heels clicking against the stone floor echoed through the hall, drawing the eyes of numerous gods.
They watched as Freya, the Goddess of Beauty, slowly walked toward Seito. Seeing her approach, quite a few male gods felt their hearts flutter. After all, the Goddess of Beauty was the dream woman for countless male deities. Even though everyone knew her reputation as a public bus, her absolute beauty was undeniable, making it impossible for them not to fantasize.
"Hello, foreign god Seito. I am Freya, the Goddess of Beauty of the Western Mythos Faction," Freya introduced herself. This was the first time her true body had met Seito face-to-face, so she naturally wanted to keep it formal.
"Hello," Seito replied, a strange look flashing across his eyes.
He was quite surprised by Freya's actual strength. She was at the middle stage of the God-King Realm, matching Hestia perfectly and sitting slightly above Loki!
"Freya, what do you want?!" Hestia's brows knit into a frown the moment she spotted her. Loki and Hephaestus also cast cold looks toward the beauty goddess.
As fellow goddesses, they deeply despised Freya's shameless behavior in both the heavens and the lower world. While plenty of goddesses in the upper floor slept around with male gods to kill time, a notorious public bus like Freya still caused many goddesses to curse her behind her back.
And her actions in the lower world were even more disgusting! Whenever she spotted an exceptional child belonging to another Familia, she would stop at nothing to snatch them for her own collection. Because of this, many Familias had suffered under her schemes, leaving a lot of gods deeply repelled by her presence.
Freya completely ignored Hestia, keeping her eyes fixed entirely on Seito. "Can we find a quiet place to chat alone?"
The moment the question left her lips, Seito's expression turned incredibly colorful. The surrounding gods shared the exact same look.
Chat alone? Is this kind of chat even remotely innocent? Everyone could easily guess what the Goddess of Beauty was plotting; after all, her intentions were far too obvious.
"Sorry, but I'm quite busy right now," Seito replied with a polite smile.
What a joke! Although the Goddess of Beauty was exceptionally gorgeous, Seito wasn't crazy enough to go take a ride on a public bus just for a thrill.
"Very well. Feel free to come find me whenever you are free," Freya left those words behind, turning around to walk away.
Watching her departure, Hestia turned to Seito with a serious face. "Seito, you need to be exceptionally careful around her."
"I understand," Seito nodded.
"Is something wrong with this Goddess of Beauty?" Maple asked, looking completely puzzled. She couldn't understand why everyone was reacting this way. To her, Freya didn't seem bad at all; she was just an incredibly beautiful woman. Kirukiru Amou looked equally confused.
Seeing that the two girls were completely in the dark, Seito and the others quickly explained the situation.
After hearing about Freya's notorious track record, Maple and Kirukiru's worldview nearly shattered to pieces. They never expected a god could behave in such a shameless manner.
Then again... as expected of the Western Mythos Faction! They really knew how to live wild lives!
Zeus, the leader of the Twelve Olympians, was a complete and utter old pervert himself. But unlike Seito, who had standards, Zeus would literally sleep with anything that moved. He was infinitely more shameless than any standard stallion character! And Freya could basically be described as the female version of Zeus.
Truly mind-blowing!
The group continued their casual discussions, mostly sharing gossip about the God-King Star Sector and the daily operations of Orario.
By four in the afternoon, the banquet finally concluded, and the gods returned to their respective headquarters.
Meanwhile, inside a private bedroom...
Apollo lay face-down on his bed, his teeth clenched in pure rage. His physical wounds had completely healed by now, but the intense pain from this morning had left a massive psychological shadow, forcing him to stay flat on his stomach.
"Curse you, vile invaders from another world!! Just wait until Zeus takes action! All of you will die miserable deaths!" Apollo roared insanely. He wanted nothing more than to see Seito and Kitahara Iori ripped to shreds.
Without wasting another second, Apollo activated his system permissions to contact Zeus directly.
A short while later...
"What... what is going on?!" Apollo froze. Why couldn't he connect to Zeus's communication channel?
Panic flooding his heart, he tried triggering his authority again.
Ten minutes passed...
"Ahhh!!! Damn it! It must be Hestia! That miserable hitch is behind this!!" Apollo screamed. He was now absolutely certain that his line to Zeus had been completely cut off. His divine authority was totally jammed.
The only entities capable of overriding his system signals were the members of the Twelve Olympians who held the exact same tier of Main God Authority as Zeus. And among those primary deities, who currently held a deep grudge against him? There was zero need to ask—it was definitively the blue-ribbon goddess, Hestia!
He didn't dare break his seal to murder Kitahara Iori and the others using raw divine power now. Since Hestia could completely block his signals to Zeus, what if he failed to kill the mortals and Seito ended up executing him instead?
Thinking up to this point, Apollo could only unleash a wave of helpless, cowardly fury. As he kept screaming into his pillows, tears of pure humiliation and frustration finally streamed down his face!
Back at the headquarters of Seito's Familia.
Inside the main house, Seito, Kirukiru Amou, and Maple were sitting around a table, chatting casually with Hestia.
"Hestia, I actually have a highly suitable candidate for your Familia. I wonder if you might be interested?" Seito looked at the blue-ribbon goddess and spoke with a playful smile.
"Eh??" Hestia blinked in surprise, and then instantly jumped up, shouting at the top of her lungs, "A candidate for my Familia?! Who is it?! Hurry up and tell me!!"
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