Chương 80: The First Scheme

Knowing the cause and effect, everyone fell into deep thought. They thought of the ruins they had seen when they came here, and of Lady Hestia living in the basement of that ruined church that was almost collapsing. As the main god of their Familia, she lived in such a miserable place. No matter what, they felt uncomfortable. As a god, she should not live in that kind of place. Lady Hestia had even personally gone into the Dungeon to find them because she was worried about their safety.

After accepting Lady Hestia's Falna, they had become family. They could not always receive everything one-sidedly without doing anything in return. Giyu, who had always been quiet, spoke first.

"Lady Hestia, does a War Game require the consent of both patron gods before it can proceed?" Hestia crossed her arms and nodded.

"Yes. I will never agree."

"In that case, the initiative is on our side, right? Even if the other party proposes a War Game, whether it proceeds or not is still decided by us." Sanemi rarely stayed calm, but this time he became rational.

"You can say that," Hestia nodded again.

"Although the leader's plan is close to baiting criminals, if they do not have dirty ideas, they will not take the bait. Miss Lili's matter already proved that even Familias of gods are divided into good and bad, and gods are also divided into good and bad, right?" Rengoku stood up and took the lead, looking at Cael, then at Lili, and finally at Hestia.

"That's right. Gods are also divided into good and bad. If they know how excellent our Hestia Familia members are, they will definitely scheme against us," Hestia pouted.

"Then I think the leader's opinion is very good. We can also take this opportunity to sort out some wrongdoers who have obtained Falna. In my opinion, sometimes humans are more evil than demons," Rengoku said bluntly.

"Mm, I agree with Rengoku's words," Tengen said seriously. What kind of joke was it to let the goddess live in that kind of place all the time? It made them look incompetent.

"So, Lady Hestia, please approve the captain's plan."

"Namu Amida Butsu. This monk also believes that evil people do not need to be indulged. This is the cycle of nature." The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. The Hashira all glanced at Lili, who was carrying a large backpack, and Lili pursed her lips.

"Ha?" Hestia's eyes widened, her mouth open in disbelief as she watched everyone defect in the blink of an eye.

"Hold on, hold on! Why did everyone suddenly end up on the same side?"

"Please, Lady Hestia, grant permission." Everyone knelt on one knee and spoke in unison.

"Hehe." Cael smiled as if everything was going as expected. The Hashira were all very gentle people. As long as a plan helped others and made sense after careful thought, they would not oppose it. The combination of repaying Lady Hestia and punishing evil could be called an Anti-Hashira Noble Phantasm.

"Lady Hestia, everyone has agreed. It is time to respond."

"Really, really, all of you are as willful as Cael. It really gives me a headache." Hestia went a little crazy, but then calmed down and smiled helplessly.

"But you really are a group of gentle children." Everyone wanted her to live in a comfortable house, but she had done nothing and was asking everyone to shoulder the responsibility. She felt deeply guilty.

"Hmph. Everyone is so willful that I cannot help it. But only once. Just once. If anyone looks like they are in danger, I will stop it immediately."

"Do not worry, Lady Hestia. With these two swords, my strength has reached Lv. 4. Everyone's strength has reached the upper end of Lv. 3. Those mid-level Familias only have Lv. 4 at most, and we are not afraid of them." Cael gave a thumbs-up, his teeth flashing.

"Lady Hestia, please wait for us in our gorgeous and spacious Familia residence." Under Babel, on the spiral staircase leading to the surface. There were many more adventurers returning from the Dungeon that day. After growing tired of hearing the roars of Dungeon monsters, the clanking sound of equipment now felt different. Everyone packed up and walked out of the Dungeon. It seemed that after the Upper Floors calmed down, lower-level adventurers earned quite a few Magic Stones.

It also seemed that senior adventurers did not care much about Magic Stones from the Upper Floors. On the spiral staircase, some Magic Stones occasionally fell from senior adventurers' bags, and they did not even pick them up. However, at this time, some adventurers were attracted by certain comments.

"It is those guys. I heard from others that they defeated the Middle Floor Goliath. It is said they were still Lv. 1."

"Seriously? There has to be a limit to bragging, right? Lv. 1? Even going to the Middle Floors is ridiculous."

"Would anyone take that kind of bragging seriously?" The adventurers who heard them began chatting.

"Hahaha, I did not expect it to succeed. Captain, that magic of yours that let us all temporarily rise two Levels is truly powerful. I originally thought we would return after wandering around Floor 13, but with that magic's blessing, we actually reached Floor 18." Tengen patted Cael's shoulder, raised his head and nostrils, and laughed loudly at the people around them.

"Yes, it truly is amazing," Rengoku said.

"It is only two Levels. The leader's magic increased us by two Levels, which was enough for us to reach Floor 17. Defeating Goliath was merely due to that two-Level increase," Obanai said.

"It is not entirely my achievement. It is also because everyone is strong, and my magic still has room to develop."

"No, that's right..." Tanjiro said stiffly. He could not lie, and he could not stay calm at all. The moment he lied, he became like this.

"In addition, Tanjiro, you also did a great job seeing through the enemy's weaknesses. Otherwise, even with a temporary two-Level increase, we would not have been able to defeat Goliath." Cael smiled and patted Tanjiro, whose expression had twisted together.

"This, this is all what I should do." Tanjiro's face cramped with guilt, his eyes darting nervously.

"And Lady Shinobu's magic that restores physical strength allowed us to quickly recover our strength in the Middle Floors while still Lv. 1. Right, Lady Shinobu?" Lili said innocently and cutely, a light flashing in her eyes. Hmph. When it came to lying, neither Lord Cael nor the other adults were a match for Lili.