In fact, when Tione gained consciousness, she grasped not her mother's hand, but a blade as tall as herself.

Moreover, she was, after all, an Amazon. Perhaps it was her racial instinct, but Tione truly felt excited by battle, her blood boiling as a result.

Even though the way those blood flowers bloomed was the same as in battles against monsters, the blood of her comrades seemed particularly glaring.

She had won consecutive victories in the arena, but the feeling of striking flesh and the sensation of cutting through bone remained on her hands. The screams and shrieks emitted in those life-or-death moments continued to cling to her ears even after the battles ended.

Seruthas—Tione still remembered this name.

Not only Tione, but the other girls, including Tiona, were especially dependent on her.

In that large room, as cold as a stone prison, she was the strongest, always waiting in the room to welcome Tione and the others back.

Tione often snuggled up to her, sleeping together with her and the other girls, the warmth of their skin against each other becoming Tione's deepest solace.

She was Tione's beloved, like a true older sister, even allowing Tione to find a shadow of motherly love in her.

From that moment on, everything about the Fighting Nation and the Amazons became an endless curse to Tione.

Tione continued speaking.

On the other hand, my sister seems to be getting along well with Bache, and Tiona is even especially favored by the goddess Kali.

Algya o Kaliifu, the first candidate for the leader who reigns at the pinnacle of the Fighting Nation, Tilse Coura.

Amidst the burning pain and hazy consciousness, the female warrior before her seemed to symbolize the Fighting Nation in Tione's eyes, representing the national custom that forced her to kill her sister, Seruthas.

Tione paused for a moment, a bitter smile appearing on her face.

"In the end, the goddess actually let us leave."

Tione initially felt jealous of Tiona because of this.

What do all these years amount to? What do today's troubles amount to? Just a smile from that stupid little sister, and she can be so easily released?

In the end, time healed everything.

"I understand."

Weimiya nodded, his tone calm.

A trace of anxiety appeared in Tione's eyes, and she said in a low voice, "Shirou, don't fight Algya, don't fight that madwoman…"

"Tione, I am stronger than you, and stronger than Tiona. I had a match with her today, and I was the one who won."

"Bernice and Elna too, I am stronger than them. Even if the two of them join forces, they are no match for me."

These words, like a declaration, echoed in the room.

Unless the legendary Level 9 [Empress] is reborn, no one can challenge these words.

Weimiya was already very familiar with the way to communicate with Amazonian female warriors.

"So, sister, why are you going to find Algya, even though you hate her so much?"

Tione lowered her head, remained silent for a moment, and finally opened her mouth and said, "I don't want to involve Shirou in this, or the other members of the Loki Familia."

"They might even target our companions, using this method to force us to compromise. So I thought, I might as well take the initiative and defeat her…"

"No, sister, everyone in the Kali Familia said that they came this time for the [Amazon Owner], which is Shirou. They have no interest in you… in us."

Tiona said.

Gods can see through the lies of the children of the lower world, and as the "God of Lies," Loki's ability to judge is even stronger, and it is difficult to deceive even the lies of other gods.

Before leveling up, it was hard to say, but now Algya and Bache, who are Level 6, are indeed not very interested in Tione and Tiona, who are only Level 5.

"Sister, you're too conceited."

Tione lowered her head, and after a moment, she said in a deep voice: "…Forget it."

"No—way~ I will definitely go and tell everyone!"

A flying knife grazed the girl's cheek.

Tione, for the first time in a long time, felt a serious killing intent towards this younger sister.

Tione angrily chased after her, the sound of the two arguing echoing in the corridor.

271

Chapter 271: The Discovered Entrance.

In the evening, the goddess Loki and the Familia members who were investigating in the port town finally returned to the inn.

"In addition, we also found several surviving crew members. They all mentioned seeing a disgusting long, striped monster, which sounds a lot like the man-eating flower you mentioned."

The human girl Linyi stood aside and added: "As for the waterway, the blockade between the port town and the labyrinth city is indeed very complete, and we have not found any secret passages."

At this time, Refia also joined the conversation, and the girl said somewhat angrily: "I feel that the fishermen of the Njord Familia are pretty good people. They are very friendly and willing to help provide some clues and assistance. However, in comparison, the attitude of the guild branch here is very bad."

When the members of the Loki Familia visited, the head of the branch first unceremoniously accused them, questioning why they had brought such a large-scale team into the port town, and said that their arrival was only creating trouble for the guild.

If Tione, who has a fierce temper, had been present at the time, she probably wouldn't have bothered to listen to this person's words at all, and would have directly punched him to the ground.

Refia said angrily.

Refia was stunned for a moment, and quickly waved her hand: "Eh, that, I was just saying it out of anger, he may not necessarily be a bad person…"

Originally, the Adventurers' Guild seemed somewhat suspicious in the eyes of the goddess.

Elfie also participated in today's investigation, and the human girl reported helplessly: "Also, the Meiduo family completely refused to negotiate with us. But it's normal, after all, we had a conflict with them not long ago."

Elfie tried her best to communicate with them, but the other party's attitude was very cold, and they even directly turned them away.

What's even more troublesome is that they happened to encounter the Kali Familia at this critical moment. The existence of those Amazons directly restrained the Loki Familia's actions.

Weimiya and the others had to invest their time in special training, which reduced the manpower used for investigation, and the efficiency of the investigation also dropped significantly as a result.

Loki opened a bottle of orange-flavored rum, a local specialty of the port town, and said, "Even if we didn't encounter them here, they would have found Weimiya in the labyrinth city sooner or later."

Encountering them in the port town in advance was actually more convenient.

After all, two Level 6s and two Level 5s, a faction with such powerful combat power wandering around the port town, was really impossible to ignore.

Tione had never felt tormented by the battle-filled years she was forced to endure, not even a hint of doubt.

If she didn't kill the monsters that came her way, she would be the one to die. Such logic was extremely simple, almost instinctive.

However, all of this began to change when she was forced to fight against girls who were also Amazons.

Watching the light gradually fade from her opponents' eyes, Tione felt a strong sense of suffocation.

"My sister and I were the only survivors among the girls who lived together back then. We killed our companions, who we had relied on for so long, and survived, and leveled up."

Tione said, her voice particularly heavy.

Only two or three years older than Tione, she was like an older sister, with a generous and gentle personality.

They lived in the same stone house, and whenever Tione returned from battle, Seruthas would always greet her with a smile, saying, "You're back."

She would heal Tione's wounds, her methods were rough, but they revealed a kind of tenderness.

In that isolated and conflict-ridden world, Seruthas's face and warmth became the only haven for Tione's heart.

Killing Seruthas was the first time Tione gained a sense of right and wrong, the first time she realized the pain of loss.

"After that, my sister and I became students of high-level warriors."

Tiona's teacher was Baje, while Tione's was Algana.

However, Tione, who had given up on herself and begun to hate the fighting nation and the Amazons, would face true hell after meeting Algana, a "true warrior."

The training with this Amazon, whose essence was closer to the goddess Kali than anyone else, could only be described as tragic.

"Then, the days passed like that for a long time, until the day Tiona and I grew up enough to start truly fighting each other."

"That idiot Tiona, she actually said to the goddess Kali at that time—'Kali, I don't want to fight Tione, I want to leave this country with her.'"

Leaving the fighting nation, the Amazon sisters traveled to various places, eventually arriving in Orario, joining the Loki Familia, and changing due to various reasons.

Now, after seeing Algana again, those past nightmares have caught up with Tione once more.

Wei Gong interrupted Tione's words: "I am stronger than her."

At that moment, Tione froze. She looked up at him, and his golden eyes made her feel as if her heart was being grabbed by an invisible hand, and even her breathing became rapid. All the words were stuck in her throat, unable to be uttered.

"Algana or Baje, I am stronger than them."

This man—he is stronger than any Amazon warrior.

"That's what I wanted to tell you."

Wei Gong looked at Tione: "The rest, please witness on the battlefield in seven days."

Words cannot truly communicate feelings; only battle is the most authentic exchange between each other.

After Wei Gong left, Tiona pushed open the door and asked directly.

"Algana and the others are coming for us. If we don't end it ourselves, they will pester us endlessly."

Listening to her sister's determined words, Tiona was speechless for a moment, only lowering her eyes as if pondering something.

After a moment, she suddenly raised her head, a hint of helplessness and embarrassment in her eyes, scratching the side of her face.

Tione looked blank: "What?"

"Um... Bernice and Elna, Algana and Baje, and the goddess Kali, they all made it very clear at the time, and Loki was also there."

The Kali Familia's purpose was indeed not Tione and Tiona, but to come for the [Amazon's Owner]—Wei Gong Shirou.

Algana: Lv.5, stop messing around, don't try to get involved, I'm really not interested.

Tione opened her mouth wide, looking incredulous: "So... could it be said..."

Tiona added mercilessly.

"What?"

Tiona tilted her head.

"All the words I just said to you, completely, all, forget, them!"

Tiona shouted with a smile: "Shirou, actually my sister..."

"Ahhh! Murder!"

Tiona shouted and turned to run away.

"You stop right there, Tiona!"

She shouted in exasperation.

And the Amazon girl being chased was happily running around the inn.

Riveria came up to her: "Did you find any useful clues?"

Loki answered while eating the seafood fried rice made by Wei Gong: "There's been a little progress, but not much. We found the ship that was attacked by the man-eating flowers and confirmed that this did happen."

She paused slightly: "At that time, we discovered that the monster poaching group should be transporting the monsters out through secret entrances and exits in the city. We're not quite sure how they're doing it yet."

As a rare good-tempered elf, Lefiya rarely gets angry, but this time the attitude of the Guild branch in the port city was too much, and she couldn't help but get angry.

The Guild branch in the port city seemed to have long been accustomed to acting arbitrarily in the local area, and their attitude was so arrogant that it was unbearable. When the branch officials talked to people, they always put on a superior attitude, as if they were the superiors of the various Familias.

Then, this official with a bad attitude even issued an order to them, with unknown confidence, asking them to expel the Kali Familia.

"That Guild branch manager, Rubeo, I don't think he's a good person."

Wei Gong nodded thoughtfully: "I see, Rubeo, I understand."

Loki rarely agreed with Wei Gong: "I think Lefiya's intuition is likely to be correct. Let's focus on investigating the Guild branch next."

The Medor family has considerable influence in the port city, and they control many of the port's businesses.

Originally, these local forces were wary of the Familias from the labyrinth city, and the previous unpleasantness with the Loki Familia had further deepened their wariness of the Loki Familia.

After this day's investigation, the members of the Loki Familia had to admit that the information provided by the god Dionysus was indeed true, but the difficulty of digging deeper was far beyond expectations.

"What is the Kali Familia's intention?"

Riveria asked: "Will there be any problems?"

"Well, I went to see that little dwarf goddess again today and confirmed that—there's no conspiracy, they just came for the rumor of the [Amazon's Owner], and by the way, they also want to sightsee in the port city."

However, even if they knew that the Kali Familia had no other conspiracies, they had to remain highly vigilant.

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