Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

He asked through the communication bead, and after a while, before the person left the base and reached the tavern, Su Mo received clear information.

The reason why the guild rescinded the ban on the god of wine so quickly was because twelve of his clans came forward to guarantee that the divine wine brewed by the god of wine would never flow into the market again, and would only be traded and controlled between gods.

How did the Soma clan find the twelve clans to guarantee it? How would the divine wine be regulated? What responsibilities would the twelve clans have to bear if the divine wine entered the market? These were not important to Su Mo. The only thing that really mattered was that the Soma clan received direct help from the twelve clans.

Among these twelve clans, each clan's level is above the middle level, and at the very least they are the backbone clans of Orario.

The finished divine wine did have such charm that it could make the gods help. But when Su Mo heard the names of Apollo's family in the end and felt an ominous aura coming, he really couldn't continue to deceive himself.

Is this an excuse for Hestia's family to kidnap people?

When Su Mo asked this question, Fels on the other end of the communication bead quickly made a judgment.

"It is very possible. I did some research and found that there are only a few Soma clans that have clear relationships with the twelve clans that provided guarantees. Two of the gods don't like alcohol at all, so they must have other purposes for providing guarantees."

"Now that you put it like that, I almost understand. The Soma clan is most likely a black glove."

With twelve clansmen standing behind him, it's no wonder that the leader of the Soma clan had the confidence to turn against him. It can't even be considered a turning against him, but rather he is just waiting for them to fall into it.

Knowing that he has to face more than just the Su Mo clan, Su Mo can now imagine what will happen next.

Even the guild has no right to interfere with personnel changes within the clan. As long as the god of wine does not want Lilyluka to convert, no matter how right he is, no matter what Lilyluka herself thinks, it cannot change the fact that Lilyluka Ed is a member of the Soma clan.

Let the guild get involved, make the matter bigger, and argue endlessly without reaching a clear result. By then, as long as they still want Lilyluca to join the Hestia family, it will most likely turn into one thing - a war game.

Once the war game begins, each clan only needs to convert one member to the Soma clan, which will be enough to decide the balance of victory.

Although it takes at least a year to convert to another religion, that is only a rule of the gods and the guild. There are also cases where a clan is forced to disband or leave Orario, so it is not uncommon to convert to another religion before the one-year deadline has expired.

To be safe, he could stay in the Soma clan for another year. To be casual, he could register under the name of the Soma clan and let the God of Wine help update his ability values. He could do whatever he was supposed to do and no one would say anything.

If you are bolder, as long as the gods of both sides tacitly agree to conceal the truth, on the one hand, simply register it under the name of the Soma clan, and on the other hand, convert back to the original religion once the war game is over. As long as you don't report it to the guild and have the ability to prevent the guild from investigating it, it's not impossible.

Compared with the deadline for conversion, the practice of asking family members to change their sect will make them feel disgusted and uncomfortable. In serious cases, it may even further affect the atmosphere within the family.

Especially for those clans with strong cohesion, the cost of doing so can be either high or low.

If the conflict can be appeased and eliminated directly, the cost will naturally be negligible. However, if the resentment of clan members and the gaps caused cannot be eliminated, it will be like planting a thorn within the clan that can hurt people's hearts.

It's not easy to gather people's hearts together, but it may only take one thing to disperse them. At least as the leader of the Hestia family, Su Mo will never lend out family members for this reason, or in other words, unless the members petition themselves, otherwise such a thing cannot be done.

His steps were moving in his thoughts. When the 'Hostes of Plenty' tavern came into view, Su Mo immediately thought of one thing, "Have the members of the Ishtar clan regained their freedom?"

If we don't send them directly, then why not just find foreign aid who are preparing to convert?

"Yes."

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Fels' voice suddenly became more serious. "After the goddess Ishtar was deported, except for a few members who failed the review, the others have been restored to freedom."

"Is that 'man killer' one of the few?"

"..."

There was silence on the other end of the communication bead.

The timing of the falling out was so coincidental. Feeling that the worst might have happened, Su Mo couldn't help rubbing his forehead. "Regarding Mali's conversion, I plan to report to the guild in the evening."

Although it is just a malicious guess, it is always a good idea to prepare for the worst in advance.

If the Ishtar clan is really involved, then it's not just him and Bell who are coming for them. Haruhime is also likely to be one of the targets. Even Lililuka is a target of the Soma clan. No one can escape.

At this time, the hidden card of the newly joined Mary becomes particularly important.

"Okay, I'll help you keep an eye on the situation of that 'man killer'."

"sorry to bother you."

"Small things."

After ending the call, Su Mo put away the communication bead and turned his head to meet Bell's eyes.

"The other clans are coming for us."

Although it was a question, there was not much doubt in Bell's voice.

"Well, Lililuka should be just an excuse, a breakthrough, and even the Soma clan is just a pawn pushed out to cross the river. I guess the Soma clan will soon make things worse, not for anything else, just to provoke a war game. What are you going to do now?"

"I……?"

Realizing Su Mo's hidden meaning, Bell pointed at himself in disbelief.

"Of course it's you. We agreed that all matters concerning Lilyluka would be handled by you. Now this matter is apparently a dispute over the ownership of Lilyluka, so naturally it is you who should step forward to resolve the issue."

"Don't say 'but'. I still hold the same attitude. You are solely responsible for this matter. We will all follow your choice, even if it means that the Hestia Familia and the Soma Familia go to war directly."

"I only have two requests of you. First, if you can't stop the war game from happening, then don't delay. Make a decisive move. Ji Mali can't hide it for long. Second, when the time comes to use the war game to solve the problem, honestly ask Miss Chloe for help."

"There's no need for her to force herself to join our clan. We're all just affiliated. There shouldn't be much difference between choosing to convert and being affiliated with our clan and being affiliated with Njord's clan... To be honest, we're at least closer."

Looking at the 'Hostes of Opulence' tavern right in front of him, Bell couldn't help scratching his head.

But after calming down and thinking carefully, he was sure that Lily must not be allowed to return to the Soma clan. His eyes gradually became firm and he nodded solemnly.

215

Chapter 215: Looking for someone.

Morning exercise is completed.

He returned home with the lunch box and waited for everyone to gather at the dining table. During the meal, Bell explained in detail the situation of the Soma clan and their speculation that they had the support of the twelve clans.

"Don't mention 'maybe'. Those guys are definitely not up to no good."

Hearing the names of the twelve families who helped the Soma family, Hestia felt so angry that she couldn't help but want to slam the table. These guys were the ones who couldn't wait to "name" at the God's Conference. Suddenly they gathered together. What else could they do except to rob people?

She was not surprised that someone would be jealous. What happened at the synagogue had made her fully understand her own situation.

But there are only a few people in her clan now. Are twelve clansmen enough?

This can all be combined, simply...

Hestia, who was sitting in the main seat, stopped eating, glanced around, and immediately stopped her inner complaints and fell into deep thought.

On the right sat two of Orario's most worthy super-super-new stars, almost unprecedented in history. On the left sat an extremely rare prototype and a heretic who was at least equivalent to a LV.5 wizard. Only Lily, who had not yet fully joined the clan, was a little less eye-catching.

How on earth did she bring so many amazing kids together?

Even though she hadn't brought in any of the children she had chosen, her own family already had the rudiments of a large family.

So, what did I do?

Hestia was thinking, and her eyes fell on the figure sitting in the first position on her right.

"what happened?"

Feeling the somewhat unfocused gaze of his Lord God, Su Mo subconsciously wiped the corner of his mouth.

Hestia knew what she had to do, so she immediately raised her hand and clenched her fist, and said with high morale: "I'm going to go find out today and find out who is the leader. If we don't punish the leader of this kind of thing, it will never end."

It is said that after many guys came down, they first traveled around the world with great effort to find a suitable initial team for their own clan. For some guys, the initial team of their clan was even raised by themselves.

Just like Ajian, who came to the lower world for more than ten years before coming to Orario with his well-trained family members. Although some of his children have been promoted to LV.2, his own family can only be regarded as having gained a foothold in Orario, and its scale has not been able to break away from the category of lower-level family members.

In comparison, she has only been here for less than eight months, and in less than five months, she had completed the clan residence, clan funds, clan industries, the status suite in the Tower of Babel, and the staff of a large clan. It seemed that everything was in place.

It is understandable that this situation would make others feel jealous.

Of course, being able to understand doesn't mean she can condone such things.

"Bell, go negotiate with the Soma clan later. Be tough and tell them that if they really want to play a war game, they should be ready to get out of Orario. Also, tell that to Soma."

"In short, we can't let people think that we are easy to bully. For things like this, we can only slap the person down with a slap. We must never back down, understand?"

"I know, Lord God!"

Although Bell didn't know the saying "one strike is better than a hundred", he knew that prey that showed signs of weakness and fatigue would inevitably be targeted by more hunters.

"I want to go with Master Bell."

Lilyluka suddenly spoke up.

Su Mo looked up at the determined little human and nodded slightly, "Okay, bring the magic sword and the magic staff... If you feel that the negotiation is not going to work out, then don't talk too much and just do it. Two people go and two people come back together."

The second half of the sentence was naturally directed to Bell.

Compared to the momentum that the 'Luminous White Rabbit' can display, Su Mo is more willing to believe in his strength.

"If you are still blocked outside this time, just call in and talk to someone, and tell them what God said."

This time, simply discussing and negotiating is unlikely to have any effect. Instead, taking direct action will be more oppressive.

"That 'Wine Keeper' is just a watered-down LV.2. His reaction is so slow that he doesn't even look like a qualified adventurer. He is not your opponent. If he is unwilling to have a good chat with you even with a dagger on his neck, then you can probably just go back."

"Breaking into the clan's residence by force, will this be used as a handle?"

Bell knew the new residence of his family and where most of the funds for its construction came from.

"Things that can be solved with money are not a problem. If you can force that guy to let God Soma cancel Lililuka's contract, we will pay whatever amount the guild decides to pay. I will personally deliver the money to your door."

"It's feasible. Just pay the compensation. It's no big deal."

Hestia also agreed.

"I understand."

Bell nodded solemnly.

Even if coercion is used, as long as the Soma clan can directly terminate Lily's contract, it is better than being forced to participate in a war game.

In short, Lily can only be a member of the Hestia family. If Lily is allowed to return to the Soma family now, her situation will only be several times or even dozens of times worse than before. This is absolutely not acceptable.

After dinner, except for Mali and Chunji who stayed at home to look after the house, everyone started to act separately.

Su Mo did not go directly to the Dusk Pavilion. Although this matter was handed over to Bell to handle, he did not ignore everything.

Based on the information given by Chun Ji, Su Mo found Aisha.

When he met this Amazon, Su Mo also met the dog-person of the Hermes family, Miss Lurune, and the deputy leader of the family, Mr. Falga. It was obvious that he was going to join the Hermes family.

After some greetings, Hermes and the other man, who had almost finished their conversation, said goodbye and left.

There were only two people left around, and Su Mo sat down and explained his purpose.

"Where are the former Ishtar family members going?"

Aisha felt a little strange, "Why are you asking this?"

"I wonder if any of them will join the Soma clan."

"Soma clan, that's not a good option for us."

Aisha said without thinking, "Not only are all the members of that clan addicted to alcohol, there are not even many strong men, and they are stingy. The overall environment of the clan is also a mess, it's terrible. Although the Lord God has been repatriated, we are indeed in urgent need of re-signing the 'favor', but it's not that urgent yet."

"Well, I'm talking about the core members. I'm not sure about the peripheral members."

The reputation of the Su Mo clan is indeed terrible... Su Mo did not hide it and asked for help, "Can you help me confirm the whereabouts of the core members?"

"What happened?"

"I always feel like someone is going to snatch someone away."

"At this time, the former members of the Ishtar clan, who already had some grievances with me, are simply the best help."

Hearing this, Aisha couldn't help but widen her eyes, "The Soma clan wants to rob the Hestia clan?"

What a joke! With the strength of the Soma clan, are they worthy of snatching people from the Hestia clan?

Everyone in Orario knew that this super-standard 'LV.2' not only cut off the head of the former leader of the Ikelos clan, 'The Savage', but also killed more than five second-level adventurers, including some top LV.4s, at his sword.

The strength of the Soma clan is not enough for him to kill them all by himself.

"The Soma clan seems to have gained support from the twelve clans recently. You also know Lilyluka, the little human you met before. She is actually still a member of the Soma clan."

"So, knowing that you want to get that little human, some clans support the Soma clan and are ready to fight back against you?"

At this point, Aisha couldn't help but smile.

Now that the Hestia family's nest is in its heyday, every family in the whole of Orario is paying close attention to it.

"That's pretty much it."

"Okay, I'll help you understand the situation, and I'll help you persuade them if I can."

"Thank you very much!"

Aisha shook her head, "Don't let Chun Ji be robbed."