Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

Su Mo was responsible for dismantling the door, and Loki's family was responsible for carrying it. Soon, the entire metal door was completely dismantled.

“It’s a bit cheeky, but we really need them right now.”

Even though he was a brave man, Finn felt quite embarrassed when he said this.

The weight of this gate is less than 10,000 jin. According to the original agreement, they are not qualified to get their hands on the harvest. But facing those new monsters with strong corrosiveness, the more weapons with the attribute of "immortality", the better.

"Leave me one twentieth of it, and you can take the rest away directly."

"Thank you. We will pay you according to the market price."

"Just give the family a written receipt."

Su Mo pointed at the Olha steel that was still being transported, "You will probably entrust the Hephaestus family to forge it, right?"

Finn nodded. "We're naturally more willing to trust our old friend with this kind of thing."

"That's perfect. I also owe Hephaestus a lot of money. When the time comes, I will take the receipt from the Familia to settle the bill with them, and you can settle the final account with the Hephaestus Familia."

"Yes, this is indeed much more convenient."

The Loki clan has been in serious deficit recently, and after this, the deficit is even bigger. At this time, being able to use bills to pay off the debt is undoubtedly the best thing.

"What are you going to do with the key and the head?"

"Things that are already in your hands are naturally yours."

Su Mo had a clear idea of what money he could take and what money he should not take.

"The Loki Familia owes the Hestia Familia a great favor. We will definitely repay it."

Faced with the hero's promise, Su Mo just smiled and didn't say much on this topic.

It’s a ‘favor’ now, but will it still be one when the truth is finally revealed?

Su Mo would not do such a favor unless it was absolutely necessary, and he would not even have too much expectation for it. He just hoped that when the truth was revealed, Loki's family would still remember their favor today.

"And the matter of protecting you..."

……——……

When we returned to Orario, the sky on the surface had already completely darkened.

As usual, he took a shower in the guild's bathroom and opened locker No. 63. To his surprise, Su Mo saw two keys inside, one was extremely delicate and the other was quite rough.

He took out two keys and put the Daedalus notes copied by Lefiya into them. He waited at the door for a while, and Bell and Welf came out one after another.

The three of them picked up the luggage, of course, mainly Welf, who quickly opened the packages and counted the quantity, and then safely put the several large pieces of Olha steel back on his back, as if he was afraid that the things would be lost if he was not careful.

"No one should be brave enough to steal items from the guild yet, right?"

"You are too naive, Bell! As long as the value of the item is high enough, even if it is a guild, even if they know there is a high probability of being caught, there will still be people who choose to take the risk and gamble."

"The desire for money blinds the mind."

Su Mo concluded.

"Incisive."

The three of them talked as they walked, and soon reunited with Lilyluka.

After selling their gains in the trading hall, the four of them left the guild.

"By the way, shouldn't Loki's family protect us?"

Before Su Mo could speak, Lililuka answered: "Lord Welf, how do you know that the Loki family is not protecting us at this moment?"

Welf was no fool, and upon hearing the sound, he immediately turned his head and looked around.

"It's just a sting operation. Besides, it's a bit overbearing, but it will lack some deterrent effect."

Sometimes, only the unknown hidden cards that have not been revealed and whose details are hard to know can make people more cautious. If you don't even notice this, or the chess pieces that are sent directly to test you, they are just small minions.

After taking a detour and sending Welf back to the Hephaestus family's residence, the three of them turned back and headed for the temporary shelter given to the Hestia family by the guild. A small disturbance occurred on the way.

A bearded man was knocked unconscious on the road. His clothes were opened, exposing the explosives tied to his body.

When pedestrians saw this scene, they almost subconsciously chose to retreat.

Soon, Ganesha's family arrived and comforted the passers-by while quickly taking the unconscious person away.

Although there is a high probability that no useful clues will be obtained, the identity of the fainted person itself is a clue. If there are other gains, it will naturally be a pleasant surprise.

Taking Lililuka back to the temporary residence, as soon as he entered the door, Su Mo saw the little goddess flying towards him.

He stretched out his hands, wanting to catch the man in mid-air, but when his hands were halfway raised, Su Mo put them down again.

"You're finally back!"

Su Mo paused as his body was hugged, but he returned the hug. Finally, he gently patted the goddess' back and said, "Yes! We are back... Lord God, are you in danger?"

"Not at all. This is no longer the era for the dark gods to vent their will, and Miss Elf has protected me very well."

Hearing this, Su Mo nodded to the elf girl standing not far away in the room to show his gratitude.

After some greetings, the three men walked into the room and began to take off their packages and weapons and equipment.

"Let me talk to Miss Liu first."

The elf girl did not leave at this time, obviously she had something to say to him.

"Goddess Hestia has encountered three kidnapping incidents in the past two days. However, the three groups of people were only hired to do the work. Although they have been eradicated by the Ganesha clan and the black market behind them, they still haven't caught the person who posted the job."

"Thank you very much. I really trouble you this time."

Liu shook his head. "As long as we can get rid of them, I am willing to contribute my own strength... How is the situation over there? I heard that the losses of Loki's family this time seem to be quite heavy."

Su Mo nodded and recounted in detail how Loki's family had attacked the man-made maze.

He knew that this was what the elf girl who stayed here wanted to know most at the moment.

The overwhelming advantages of the maze-like terrain, wave after wave, many new monsters with potential abilities above Lv.3, pit traps, powerful curses that make people kill each other, cursed weapons that even battlefield saints are afraid of, several monsters with strength above level 7, and even enemies at level ...

Not only did many new monsters appear on the 18th floor, but also an abnormal floor master appeared. The outer strongholds also suffered crazy attacks. More than 20 people from Loki's family died, and even the hero was almost killed directly...

The elf girl who received this information could not hide her surprise.

Are these really the remnants of the dark faction that she knew?

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Chapter 146: Upgrade in progress.

"According to Loki's family, the current dark faction is no longer the remnant of the original faction."

Su Mo spoke in great detail, but only the last sentence was his ultimate goal.

"I will be careful."

As soon as Su Mo said this, he knew that the elf in front of him understood his implication, but still had not given up the idea of revenge. I'm afraid she will use her own methods to track down the case, just like she did a few years ago to take revenge on the dark faction.

"What I know now is that there are many forces inside and outside Orario that have ties to the dark faction. Their strength is definitely more than what I just said, and there must be many hidden cards that have not been revealed, so please don't act rashly."

Although he knew that he had no right to say these things, Su Mo couldn't help but give a few more words of warning. He took out a communication bead from the prop bag and handed it over. "This is a magic tool that can contact the guild's secret line. Whether you find out something or you can't make up your mind, you can contact him."

"What about yourself?"

"I'm thick-skinned, I'll ask him for another one."

Hearing this, Liu hesitated for a moment, but finally took the communication bead.

"Thank you!"

"I should be the one to thank you, but if possible, please give the guild more time. It's not just us, there are many other families taking action on this."

Liu nodded, "You should also be careful recently."

"Will do."

After the two words were spoken, there was silence for a moment.

"Then I'll take my leave first."

"I'll give it to you."

After sending the upright elf away, Su Mo turned around and reported the current situation to his main god.

Hestia was very satisfied that Loki's family was able to obtain the key and that they would secretly protect them. Of course, she was not satisfied with some aspects...

"…Why do you have to go to the Loki clan's base to receive instruction instead of her sending someone to teach you?"

"After all, we are the ones who need help."

Su Mo said this and handed over the bill given by Loki's family.

"The contract was signed by you, Lord God, so you still need to go and settle all the debts with the Hephaestus family. If there is still a little bit left, don't take it back. See if God Hephaestus is willing to let us owe her another sum."

Hestia took the bill and looked at it, her eyes widened, "Loki's family is willing to pay so much?"

"That's over three thousand kilograms of Olha steel, Goddess Hestia!"

The number on the bill was indeed high, but Lilyluka, who was familiar with the market, could tell at a glance how much she had lost on this deal. "If we sell it on the market, the final price would be at least 50% higher."

Su Mo did not deny this statement, but explained: "Although according to the prior agreement, we can indeed occupy all the Olha steel, but if we really calculate it this way, it will appear that we are not kind. It doesn't matter if we lose a little at this time, just consider it as supporting them in fighting against the dark faction and paying protection fees."

Hearing the word "protection fee", Hestia nodded in approval. No matter how much money one has, it is not as important as life.

"I will return it tomorrow morning, but I'm afraid Hephaestus won't be willing to help again."

Seeing Hestia looking at him, Bell immediately waved his hands and shook his head like a rattle, "My current weapon is good enough. With my current strength, I don't even need a custom weapon. There's no need at all..."

But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Su Mo, "That's great, let's go update our ability values and see."

"what?"

Su Mo explained: "The weight of the family is not enough, because they have already helped once, and the favor of the Lord God is not enough, so now of course you need to add your own weight to have a chance."

Hearing this, Hestia and Lililuka's eyes suddenly lit up.

Indeed, the God of Forging would not act easily, but if the person who asked her to forge a weapon was exceptionally outstanding, or even unprecedentedly outstanding, then there might be no chance of her taking action at all.

Hestia quickly put away the bills, "Bell, come in with me."

Lilyluka also quickly pushed Bell, who was still a little dazed.

After a few breaths, there were only two people left in the living room. Su Mo poured a cup of tea for himself and Lilyluka.

"Just stay here for now and follow Bell."

Lily Luka raised her hand to take the cup and nodded solemnly, "Lily understands."

"Don't be stingy with the various equipment and props you need for practice. I will give you the money tomorrow morning."

After being taken away by the dwarf from Loki's clan, Su Mo naturally knew what the other party had been learning in the past few days.

"Actually, I have some money of my own."

Lililuka touched the key hanging on her chest. She still had a sum of money saved in the goblin rental warehouse, which she had been saving in order to redeem herself from the Soma clan.

“Is the money clean?”

"..."

Lilyluka was speechless.

"I don't have a moral obsession. I like money, but my main deity is Hestia."

Su Mo smiled, "She can enjoy luxury with peace of mind, and can accept less than a hundred faris a day as support, but she won't accept your money. So, use it to help those in need. As for the expenses you need, the Hestia family has no shortage of them."

“…I will do it.”

Lililuka lowered her eyes and spoke softly with a firm vow, "I will work hard to atone for the mistakes I made before and try to gain the approval of the goddess Hestia."

Atonement, this is a heavy yet ambiguous word, but in this world with gods, it does have a clear standard of judgment.

Su Mo did not take up the topic. After all, whether to forgive or not is the job of God.

"It's time to upgrade..."

A scream suddenly came from the inner room. Hearing this, Su Mo immediately put down the teacup, and Lilyluka jumped up.

"Master Bell can be upgraded now, Master Su Mo..."

Su Mo raised his hand to suppress the excited voice of the little people, and asked towards the inner room: "What is the main attribute?"

There was no echo from the inner room, but after just a moment, a piece of paper was handed out by Hestia.