Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

"Rise to the challenge, Hestia!"

"Your luck has run out. Accept the judgment of bad luck."

"Hestia, I support you, defeat them."

"Someone just said that you were planning to run away, Hestia?"

"It's just the Soma clan. They are far from being able to drive me away."

Hestia said as she sat down at the round table where the contract documents were placed. Opposite her was the god of wine who had a blank expression on his face, as if he was isolated from the world.

"Have courage and try to hold on to the end, Hestia!"

"Don't talk to me like a winner. Wait, Apollo. It will be your turn after Soma."

Although it was a war game between the Soma clan and the Hestia clan, the clause that the dozen or so clans could not refuse the challenge from the Hestia clan had been clearly written in the contract document.

It was something that everyone knew that the Hestia family was being targeted by more than a dozen families.

"I am waiting."

The male god smiled brightly, looking like he was sure of victory. "Don't worry, after the war game, we will personally send you off from Orario."

How unpleasant... Hestia gritted her teeth.

"I don't have much free time lately. Time is limited. Can we get started right away?"

Loki said impatiently, folding his hands behind his head.

"Loki, are you helping Hestia?"

"what?"

As if he had heard something unbelievable, Loki sat up straight and asked, "I help this little kid?"

"Yes, recently there have been many children approaching the Hestia clan's residence. When they approached Hestia's children, they were stopped by your children."

"Tsk, so why did you choose this time?"

Loki was also very unhappy. "Do you think I really want to stop them? If you really want to, just do it sooner! Who do you want to blame if we risk our family's reputation to make a guarantee?"

Loki's family invited people to break into the door and promised to fully protect the safety of Hestia's family members within five months. This situation has long been no secret to those who are interested.

"We just want to make sure that your child will never help the Hestia family and participate in this war game, right?"

"What a coward! Don't worry, we are only protecting their personal safety. Apart from that, I don't want to help this little kid at all. On the contrary, can you guys do it? I don't think the little kid looks like he is in trouble at all."

After receiving Loki's assurance, some gods applauded and some whistled.

"Just watch, she will soon lose this momentum."

"This time, we must make this lucky guy fall flat on his face."

"Don't talk about these nonsense, just sign the contract first."

Hearing this, the gods immediately agreed, and a pen was handed to Hestia.

"We've all signed it, and we're just waiting for you, Hestia."

Hestia snorted, took the pen, and carefully looked over each contract. It took her more than ten minutes to make sure there were no problems before she signed her name.

Down one action，掌声雷动。

"The contract has been reached. Now let's determine the rules of the war game!"

The man with the laurel on his head did his job as the master of ceremonies conscientiously.

"I propose a one-on-one competition, and the clans will send representatives to decide the winner."

Hestia immediately proposed, "This way we can directly use the arena, the preparation work is simple and quick, and the duel will be carried out in front of the audience, which will also liven up the atmosphere. How do you think?"

"Don't be naive, Hestia. Don't think we don't know what you've prepared."

Without waiting for the god who was ready to help to speak, the god rejected the proposal.

"There are quite a few clan members, but that is all because of your negligence. You have not actively recruited members until now. There is no reason for you to let Su Mo give up his advantage."

"That's right! Don't expect us to pity you. We have no obligation to cooperate with you."

"Shut up, everyone. This is a war game between Su Mo and me."

She also wanted to recruit family members, but her own children were a little special, so she was more strict in selecting people. Now that Mali has joined, she can't be more casual.

Seeing the gods' gazes looking at him instantly, Su Mo, who seemed to be an outsider, finally said, "I reject this proposal."

"Look, don't try to take advantage of this, Hestia. Just accept the trial honestly!"

"I propose a round-robin match. Both sides go on stage one-on-one. The loser leaves the stage, and the last one standing on the stage is the winner."

"I object. Once we start a war of attrition, what we will see is round after round of wars of attrition. Not only will it be tedious and ugly, but even the most exciting battles will become boring and tedious."

"Although Hephaestus is obviously helping Hestia, she is right. This proposal is indeed not very good."

"How about a war of gods? Both sides will go out, and whoever's main god is captured first will lose."

"It feels less exciting to just capture the god and decide the winner. I suggest we have a flag-grabbing battle. The one who captures the flag and returns to the camp wins. That way it will be exciting enough."

"What's the point of being so intense? The flag-grabbing battle will most likely turn into a flight. I think we can just go for a siege."

"A big melee is also good. It's limited to a certain area and everyone relies on their own abilities."

The gods gave their opinions one after another, but it was obvious that there were too many opinions this time.

"...How about a draw?"

After more than ten minutes of discussion, they still couldn't decide on the rules of the game, so God suggested this.

Apollo smiled and clapped his hands in agreement. "This is indeed the fairest way, Hestia, what do you think?"

Hestia suddenly wanted to slap that smiling face.

fair?

It's obvious that the majority is bullying the minority. What fairness is that?

"I think that's not bad. It's hard to get any results if we continue talking like this."

"I don't have any objections either."

"Then let's be quick and draw lots..."

Seeing the onlookers reaching a consensus, Hestia stood up and said, "You can draw lots, but I have to do it. I can't trust you."

"Absolutely not."

“Who knows if you’ll cheat.”

"Who is cheating now?"

"How about I take the smack in the end?"

Somewhat suddenly, the silver-haired beauty gave her opinion.

"it is good!"

"no problem."

"Ms. Freya, we all support you..."

224

Chapter 224: The Battle.

"A battle for territory?"

After learning the rules of the war game from the returning god Loki, Su Mo and Bell couldn't help but look at each other.

Just by listening to the name of the rules of this war game, you can roughly know that this is a rule that is beneficial to the party with numerical advantage, and is definitely not beneficial to them.

"The time and place have also been decided."

Looking at the two of them, Loki's eyes were filled with indescribable amusement, and he did not hide his attitude of wanting to watch the fun without any hesitation.

"You will have two days to prepare. The battle will be held the day after tomorrow. We will choose a suitable island from the Thousand Islands not far from Lake Lolog as your battlefield. Depending on the size of the island, there will be three or four strongholds on the island. The winning condition is that one side will win if they occupy all the strongholds and complete the rule."

Su Mo's thoughts raced, "How do we occupy all the strongholds? How do we complete the rule? There must be a standard, right?"

"Of course there is. Each stronghold has a seat that symbolizes the 'throne'. Sitting on the 'throne' represents occupation. The condition for winning is to occupy all the 'thrones' and maintain 'rule' for half an hour."

"Does it mean to occupy all the thrones for half an hour?"

Loki snapped his fingers. "The time starts from the last person sitting on the throne. If the person sitting on the throne is not driven off within half an hour, he will be the winner."

After clarifying the rules, Su Mo immediately made a judgment, "The name of the battle for territory will probably become unworthy of its name, just like the 'throne' is completely unimportant in this rule."

Just like he would never choose to divide his troops, even if there were only three strongholds in the end, he didn't think that the Soma clan would be foolish enough to split their troops into three groups, giving them the chance to defeat them one by one.

This battle is called "competition", but in reality it is "consumption". How can you sit down safely without defeating the opponent first?

Hearing this, Loki nodded in agreement, "I think it's stupid too, but there's nothing I can do about it. After all, Freya got this one."

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be hard for you to win?"

Diona said from the side that it was she who accompanied Su Mo in exercising today.

"It is indeed a bad draw."

Under this rule, it is not easy for the Soma clan to win, and for them, with only five people participating in the war, occupying the "throne" is simply a dead end, and there is almost no possibility of winning.

but……

"There is actually another way to win this battle, right?"

Loki laughed heartily.

Time and time again, she felt more and more that the boy in front of her was to her liking.

Of course there is another way to win. Since it is a so-called "battle", there must be two parties to fight for it. When only one side is left, there is naturally no need to fight, and there will be no war.

"Do you think you can do it?"

"If you really want to sit on the throne, it will be a dead end... Let's continue, Miss Diona!"

Not intending to talk about this matter any more, Su Mo raised his sword again, and the fighting training that was interrupted by the small episode soon returned to the normal track...

……——……

Su Mo: Lv.2.

Strength: S959 → SS1050 Durability: SS1059 → SS1156 Dexterity: S989 → SS1081 Agility: SS1053 → SS1148 Magic: SS1101 → SS1197 Elements: I.

All attributes have been broken, and the only thing left is to upgrade all to 'SSS1200+'.

With a growth of 90+ in a single item, with the same combat intensity, today's growth can surpass yesterday's, which is obviously due to the seventh upgrade of the left eye.

Theoretically, his current upper limit has already reached 'SSS2100+', and is far from reaching the 'bottleneck' stage.

There are still two days and three nights before the war game begins. There is no 'bottleneck', so I can keep on the fast track and maintain the current training intensity. I should have no problem achieving 'SSS1200+' in all attributes before the war game begins and completing the upgrade.

The rules of the war game were not in their favor, but for the Soma clan, who had the advantage in numbers, this was not a rule that could lead to a quick victory. The battlefield was located on an island, so they had more or less the advantage of "geographic location", which was not too bad at least.

The only question now is what tricks the clansmen have left.

Anyway, as long as there isn't a Level 5 or multiple Level 4s suddenly jumping out, they can just fight back.

With his thoughts wandering, Su Mo closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.

After a short nap until dark, Su Mo went out again under the cover of night.

But this time, he blended into the night and took the key to the secret warehouse first, where Fels had already provided him with a batch of magic stone fragments.

……——……

In the next two days, Su Mo and Bell were almost completely immersed in high-intensity training.

As for the affairs of the Soma clan, naturally most of them are concerned by their own main god.

Without any surprise, after the contract was signed, the Soma clan recruited quite a few members. They did not recruit them secretly, but hired them directly with a clear price.

More than a dozen clansmen worked behind the scenes, and those who had people provided people, and those who didn't had money. Without saying anything about feelings, they just gave money to join. It was an extremely simple way of recruiting soldiers, but it must be said that this was indeed the most effective way of hiring.

The price of Lv.1 can only be said to be average, but starting from Lv.2, the price of hiring is quite generous, starting from one million farthings, and the reward will be doubled if you win. You only need to participate in a war game and do not need to be under the jurisdiction of the clan. This situation is quite attractive to those clan members who lack cohesion.

This attraction reached its peak after the former leader of the Ishtar clan joined the Soma clan.

Not many people would like a 'man killer', but the strength of a Lv.5 hero is real. Now if you join the Soma clan and mix around, you can get millions of fares, and ordinary high-level adventurers will be tempted.