Chapter 59: You Call This Settling Down?!
Before leaving the Soma Familia, to avoid being too direct and forcing the Adventurer's Guild's hand, Liam made sure the superficial work was done right.
It was nothing more than overturned wine bottles and unopened "evidence."
Adventurer's Guild staff might not know about the highly addictive divine wine, but Ouranos, the god behind them, certainly did.
This was also the final answer Liam gave.
"Zanis attempted to circulate the finished divine wine into the adventurer market and received the support of his Familia members. He was dealt with by a passing righteous adventurer."
With no witnesses to contradict the story, and no dirt thrown on Soma himself.
The excuse was flimsy, but as long as it didn't throw Orario's Familias into turmoil, what happened next depended on whether Ouranos wanted to pursue the matter!
"This should do it."
Averting his gaze from the bloody scene inside the Soma Familia home, as Liam was leaving, he said this specifically for Lili, who was beside him, to hear.
It was just that time was a bit tight. Before the Adventurer's Guild could track him down, he had to raise all his ability scores to the current level's limit.
And undergo level sublimation!
After these matters were dealt with, Lili, who had finally come to her senses, looked up at Liam, full of doubt, "Are you sure?"
"After doing all this, the Adventurer's Guild won't investigate?"
"Of course they will."
Liam didn't deny it. After all, they were grasshoppers on the same rope now. His calm tone was filled with indifference, "This reason."
"Is for all the adventurers of Orario to see. A stable and developing Orario is also the result the Adventurer's Guild wants to see."
It felt like Liam was plotting something big. Lili couldn't help but look at him sideways. If she hadn't had a decent amount of contact with this guy.
She would even have reason to suspect he was from a Dark Faction.
Her face was silent for a moment. To ensure her own future, she continued to ask, "Then the Adventurer's Guild... how will they handle it?"
"A Soma Familia that could drag down the development of Orario's adventurers' strength, versus another adventurer who has risen to Lv2 at the fastest speed."
Liam spoke very bluntly, "If you were Ouranos, how would you choose?"
The question was thrown back to Lili. She stared at Liam's dark, deep eyes, her mouth open for a long time, not knowing what to say.
In the end, she just nodded. What this guy was going to do was very simple.
Not to cause turmoil in Orario, but to prove to the Adventurer's Guild that compared to the rotten and destroyed Soma Familia, Liam was more important!
"Really..."
Lili had no intention of commenting on Liam's choice. Although the method was extreme, it had resolved the hidden danger of the Soma Familia.
She had never thought the plan would fail.
Setting aside the issue of his personality, she looked again at the young man of similar age before her. His meticulous thinking made her feel… a little scared.
What choice should she make next?
She knew that continuing to follow Liam would likely mean wading into a fiery pit. In the past, she would have unhesitatingly stayed far away from this dangerous guy.
Now, Lili hesitated. Betray the choice her heart had made again?
She didn't want that!
It was just that when she looked at Liam, the self-loathing deep in her eyes couldn't be concealed. Her own unbearable past wouldn't disappear just because she left the Soma Familia.
It was forever branded in her bones, and the emotion called "regret" was constantly growing.
She didn't even dare to open her mouth and tell Liam that she hoped to join his Familia. And facing Liam's questioning gaze.
The young woman lowered her head and asked tentatively, "Since you're going to undergo high-intensity Dungeon training next, you should..."
"Need a supporter, right? The kind that doesn't need remuneration!"
Lili had already prepared another plan. After all, when Liam was saving her just now, he had also mentioned adding to the commission's reward.
She carefully raised her head, wanting to observe the change in his expression.
The final result was not unexpected. Liam answered almost instantly, "If it weren't for this mission you commissioned."
"Would there be this much trouble?"
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"Whether you can join the Familia, that requires Lady Goddess's consent. Even if she doesn't agree, you'll still have to work for me like a dog for a lifetime!" Although it felt like she was being manipulated, Lili didn't feel resistant. After her apprehensive mood disappeared, she secretly sized up Liam's side profile.
Her tense mood gradually dissipated during their idle chat just now.
She suddenly discovered that this guy… was actually quite good-looking. It was just that he often had a cold face, and his personality wasn't as serious as she had imagined!
"Then you have to at least provide food and lodging, right?" Thinking that silence was a bit rude, Lili blurted out a complaint as if guided by an unseen force.
Only after saying these words did the young woman realize the ambiguity. The flustered anxiety in her heart gradually appeared on her fair cheeks.
"No problem."
Whether to agree to Lili joining the Familia was a matter for Hestia to consider. Having a quick-witted supporter during Dungeon exploration.
Liam had no reason to refuse.
At the very least, his combat endurance would increase. He could carry more supplies, and the magic stones and materials dropped from killing monsters could all be handled by the supporter.
Next, he didn't return directly to the Familia home.
He followed Lili back to the house she rented in Orario. After washing off the smell of blood and putting on a clean grayish-brown cloak.
He looked at the young woman staring at his left arm.
Liam didn't explain, decisively planning for tomorrow, "Strive to enter the Dungeon before the situation blows up. Prepare the supplies for the adventure and exploration."
"Is the money you have still enough?"
"It's enough."
She knew what he was going to do next. Lili couldn't help but feel dazed when she thought about it. As Liam's supporter, she would witness it with her own eyes.
After Ais Wallenstein of the Loki Familia, the birth of the fastest adventurer to break through to Lv2?
The young woman's rime-like eyelashes fluttered lightly. She finally couldn't hold back her curiosity, "Um... fastest, exactly how fast is it?"
"9 days?"
Noticing Lili's completely stunned look, Liam's face was calm as he added, "Mainly because my ability scores haven't reached their limit yet."
"Undergoing sublimation with all S-rank ability scores, my Lady Goddess felt it was a bit of a waste of talent, so she told me to continue settling."
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Lili: You call this settling down?!
The complete annihilation of the Soma Familia was not deliberately concealed. The Ganesha Familia, which maintained Orario's peace, quickly imposed a lockdown.
In conjunction with the Adventurer's Guild, they sealed off the scene of the massacre.
Wanting to investigate the truth of the massacre in the shortest possible time. Unfortunately, the Soma Familia home was located in the "Entertainment District" with complex human traffic.
Adventurers endlessly flocking to the Prostitution Quarter of the Goddess at night made the investigation even more difficult.
This was good news for Liam.
Having just registered as an adventurer not long ago, and being in the publicly recognized weak "Hestia Familia," he entered Babel openly.
It didn't arouse any suspicion from the Ganesha guard at all.
And the meeting place agreed upon with Lili was on the starting floor of the Dungeon. Teaming up in the central plaza would just make them a living target.
They successfully met up.
Liam looked at Lili, who, despite being a Pallum, was carrying a huge supporter's backpack. Right now, it was a race against the Adventurer's Guild's information network.
There was no time to waste.
His eyes were calm, but his tone was filled with decisiveness, "Let's go. Our next target is the 10th-floor area."
"And the randomly occurring Monster Party!"
(End of this chapter)
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