The Warrior of Love

No matter what, the Golden Apple is a special existence in Orario that combines the attributes of "treasure" and "disaster". Its value far exceeds any item produced in the dungeon. Even a goddess like Ishtar, who theoretically has everything, will desire it.

Of course, she was not just after the special effects of the golden apple, but also wanted to use the golden apple to win over other clans, and then achieve a long-cherished wish - to launch a counterattack against the goddess Freya!

Women can be very jealous, let alone goddesses.

There are many kinds of gods, some run their families like Hebe and Hestia, and some are pure rulers and queens like Ishtar.

Therefore, when the escaped Amazon warriors brought back the tragic news of almost total annihilation, Ishtar's first reaction was not heartache for her own family, but anger at these useless people for not being able to do such a small thing.

But that same evening, after Aisha and Haruhi returned, her mood finally turned from cloudy to sunny.

"Well done, Aisha."

The brown-skinned goddess played with the golden fruit obsessively, uttering words of praise from her sexy lips.

"I will love you even more in the future. I will give you a bottle of panacea later. Go and heal your wounds."

Chun Ji did not go with them to meet the goddess. Only Aisha was in the audience hall. She had bandages all over her body. When she heard the goddess' words, she just lowered her head and nodded respectfully.

"Lady Ishtar, we suffered heavy losses this time. Phryne..."

"It doesn't matter, that guy is still alive." The goddess said nonchalantly.

"What?" Aisha was surprised, as if she had not expected this possibility.

"It seems that she was thrown away by a monster. She should not have survived, but she was saved by a passing Familia. They knew that Phryne was one of mine, so they sent her back."

Ishtar smiled slightly, "It's great that we have such a reliable ally."

Allies? Could it be those people?

Aisha knew that the goddess Ishtar was hiding many secrets and had even signed an alliance with some forces hidden in the dark. It seemed that these people were the ones who accidentally saved Phryne this time.

But Aisha, as a pure Amazon warrior, did not want to delve into these things.

"By the way, you said you were rescued by someone?"

The goddess moved back to the throne, looked at the golden apple, and asked casually.

"Even Freni was ruthlessly crushed by this opponent. Who can defeat this monster? Loki's family? Or, Freya's family?"

Speaking of the latter, Ishtar's tone became noticeably heavy. After all, if she was rescued by the enemy (as she thought), it would be a shame for her.

"Oh no……"

Aisha hesitated: "This time it's..."

"Ok?"

The goddess narrowed her eyes dangerously: "Are you hiding something from me?"

"Don't dare!"

The Amazon warrior felt terrified and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. She couldn't resist the goddess in front of her, and although it was a little inappropriate, she had to tell the truth.

"The one who saved us was a strange adventurer. I have never seen him before. He was not a famous strong man in Orario. Perhaps he was a new Familiar... No, he should be a Familiar from the outside world who migrated here."

In Aisha's guess, Jiang Liu was at least a level 6 adventurer, or even level 7 or higher, and was no less capable than Freya's Ota.

It is impossible for such a strong man to rise silently. It is very likely that he is a new clan member who moved to Orario from the outside world.

Although there are no places like dungeons in the outside world that are suitable for adventure and upgrading, which leads to the scarcity of top-level strongmen, there are indeed some monsters that are very reasonable.

"New family?"

Ishtar nodded: "Loki's "Brave Man" and "Sword Princess", Freya's "Ultimate Weapon", and now there is an unknown strong man who can defeat the level 7 monster...

It seems that since the withdrawal of those two clans, the declining Orario has finally reached the time to rise again.

—Did they take the rest of the golden apples?"

"Well!"

Aisha's pupils shrank and her breathing suddenly became rapid.

Seeing this, Ishtar snorted disdainfully: "Foolish, trying to hide something from God."

"Please forgive me! But!"

Aisha prostrated herself on the ground and exhorted loudly: "Lady Ishtar, it is not the right choice to be an enemy of that man. Even Ota may not be able to match him! Now that our family has suffered a heavy blow, we should not -"

"enough!"

Ishtar said coldly: "I have clearly seen your cowardice... but don't look so timid. I didn't say I was going to snatch the golden apple."

"Huh?" The Amazon warrior raised her head. This was inconsistent with the style of the goddess she knew.

Isn’t this goddess something she’s set her sights on, and is determined to obtain it—or destroy it—at any means necessary?

"Before destroying Freya, I don't plan to make too many enemies. It's better to say that most of the current followers are my "friends". Even gods have desires. As long as there are desires, my Night City is invincible.

Even if the family of that bitch Freya is stronger, they would never dare to risk offending so many male gods to attack me!

As for me, as long as I slowly accumulate strength in secret, I will definitely be able to... Besides, for gods, the more golden apples the better, and each person can only eat once."

After hearing these words, Aisha was completely relieved and almost fainted.

But Ishtar soon remembered something: "But then again, if I have the golden apple, I can win over more people. This time, not only the male gods and the dark factions, but also some self-righteous guys...

You said they are new members of the clan, right?"

Aisha thought for a moment and said seriously, "Although I can't tell the details of the armor and weapons that man is wearing, they are definitely first-class equipment. But the white-haired kid is not like that. He has almost no decent equipment and exudes the aura of a weak rookie."

"Oh? That's right..."

Ishtar smiled: "I guess the outside Families came to Orario and wanted to expand their influence here. That newbie kid must be a newly absorbed Familiar... Since they are new here, they must have a lot of difficulties in terms of stationing, intelligence, and connections."

Coincidentally, Ishtar has "abundance" of all three.

In this city, when it comes to connections alone, probably no one can surpass her. After all, she controls "Happy Street", and because of this, even the guild dare not force her too much.

The golden apple can only be eaten once, and the opponent's god cannot use such a large amount, so it can be exchanged for financial and resource support.

She got the golden apple, and the other party got an opportunity to develop in Orario. This was an undisputed win-win situation - Ishtar thought it through perfectly.

If the man who was said to be as good-looking as Ota was decent, she might be able to lure him over and use him to deal with Freya's family.

As for whether she could do this... Ishtar never had any doubt about her own charm.

"Since you have dealt with him before, it will be up to you to negotiate with him this time, Aisha. Spread the news starting tomorrow and offer a reward for finding the adventurer."

Ishtar, who was absolutely confident in her family's financial resources and intelligence capabilities, was not worried at all about not being able to find the other party.

"By the way, who is that man?" Ishtar asked casually, "What's his name?"

"From the looks of it, he looks like a teenager, but he might be a mixed race... He seems older than he looks."

"His name was Hercules," Aisha recalled.

"Uh..." After saying this, the palace fell into a strange silence. Aisha waited for a long time but did not hear the goddess's reply. She could only hear her own breathing.

When she raised her head anxiously to look at the Lord God, she saw the goddess Ishtar frozen on the throne with the golden fruit in her hand.

She had never seen that kind of expression on her Lord God's face...

Is it shock? Or confusion? Or anger?

fear?

"Heracules..."

Taking a deep breath, Ishtar let out a sound from her throat that made her tremble.

"Ha, ha - this name, this name - is it back? Is that goddess back? Or is it just a coincidence, no, it won't happen!

She must be back! The greedy, tyrannical, cruel and tyrannical goddess has finally returned to Orario like a ghost that has come back from the dead! "

Chapter 178: Men get bigger when they are excited

"Hey, we're back."

"Welcome back, Hercules, and Bell-kun."

"I'm finally back. I was gone for quite a long time this time... Oh, what is this huge bag? Is it a magic stone?"

"The magic stone has been sold to the guild. This is what Varys got in return."

"Wow! This amount - can we eat fried meat patties for every meal from now on?"

"Lord God..."

"He-chan, what is this?"

"Oh, that's——"

"Let me see...the golden apple?"

"Apples? Gold ones? I seem to have heard of them."

"Don't you know, Lord God?"

"Ask Hephaestus later. She has more experience in the human world than I do."

"Then put this away first... By the way, even if you are curious, don't eat it. I have tasted one, and it is not an ordinary apple. It may be harmful to you."

"Huh? Is it poisonous? He-chan, did you eat it?! I hope you're okay! Lie down quickly and I'll call a doctor!"

"Calm down, Heber, I'm fine. In fact, I've benefited a lot from it... Anyway, don't move yet."

“Benefited greatly?”

"Ah... It's like a beautiful dream that makes people feel lost."

-

The four of them gathered together noisily. After buying the ingredients from outside, Jiang Liu showed off his cooking skills that he had practiced for many years, which made Heber and others marvel at them again and again, and their eyes were shining like cats.

To be honest, Jiang Liu's cooking skills are not as good as those of professionals, but his insight is quite strong. He can grasp the freshness of the ingredients and the cooking temperature to perfection, so the taste is naturally impeccable.

With Jiang Liu's physical fitness, nerve reflexes and keen five senses, various daily life skills are almost not difficult and can be mastered with a little effort.

The same is true in battle. Even though he usually uses physical skills or swords, he can still wield a spear or a broadsword with great skill. If he is given a sniper rifle, his accuracy can easily surpass that of a top-notch shooter.

The saying "If you understand one law, you understand all laws" is probably just like this.

Because they made a lot of money in the dungeon this time, the money Varys earned from selling magic stones alone was more than enough to buy a mansion in a prosperous area, so the four of them decided to move and leave this abandoned church which was warm but too small.

That's right, although theoretically all of Varys was earned by Jiang Liu, Hestia was determined to live with Hebe, and the goddess of youth did not notice anything wrong.

Although they are two clans, it seems that they are bound to be entangled in the future.

After dinner, the four people and two of their followers returned to their rooms and began their routine activities - updating their ability values.

In fact, gods do not update the ability values ​​of their followers too frequently, because they have to use their own blood every time. If it is a large-scale follower, it will not only take a lot of time, but may also endanger the body of the god.

Therefore, many large clans are updated uniformly on a monthly basis, and only in small-scale clans will the main god be considerate enough to provide special updates to each member.

As for Hebe and Hestia... each of them has only one family, and both Jiang Liu and Bell are growing very fast, and their ability values ​​are basically updated every day.

The situation of Hestia's family is not known yet, but today when Heber was updating Jiang Liu, the youthful goddess, who had already gotten used to Jiang Liu's growth rate, actually opened her eyes wide again after a long time.

But this time there was no shouting of shock, just more of confusion.

"Is this... a sacred text? What does it mean?"

[Strength: EX (??);

Durability: EX (??);

Dexterity: EX (??);

Agility: EX (??) Magic: SSS (1466)]

"SSS... I've never heard of this level. Isn't the highest level for children in the lower world S? No, no, no, although this is also amazing, SS has appeared before, so I can accept it for now, but what does EX mean?"

Hebe didn't know what mood he was in, or perhaps his thoughts were too confused, he smiled as if he had given up on himself.

"Forget it! He-chan is my Familiar anyway, so it's normal for her to be a little stronger than ordinary people."

"By the way, Heber, I think I can upgrade now."

"Uh……"

"Hebe?"

"Wait a moment, I need to sort out my feelings first, huh—"