A Mistaken Encounter: The Hero of the World

Chapter 152 Visitors from Olympia [Subscription Request]

The Hestia Familia, which has been very popular recently, is recruiting new members!

An explosive piece of news spread throughout Orario.

The Apollo family's mansion near Orarice Street has now been replaced with the Hestia family's emblem of the holy fire and bell. This is the headquarters of the Hestia family, the Hearth House.

In front of the mansion, in front of the huge front door made of iron railings, subhumans of various races gathered there in large numbers.

"Am I dreaming?!" Bell looked at the crowded scene with some disbelief.

"It's true, Bell-kun!" Hestia stood aside, raising her head proudly.

Who could have thought that these two guys who were still staying at the [Hephaestus Familia] a few months ago would suddenly become a popular faction in the city.

"Because we won the war game, we became famous overnight. I heard that we are the most popular faction now." Lily explained.

"Finally, I can finally say goodbye to my small-scale [Family]...!! God! Did we, the '863', succeed!?"

"Well, we succeeded, Bell-kun!" Hestia was also delighted.

"Congratulations, Hestia." Artemis smiled and applauded.

Ming, Letesha and other girls also came over. Their skin was flushed, and there was a slight heat rising from their bodies. Their hair was still steamy, and it was obvious that they had just finished taking a bath.

"You guys really like taking baths," Welf said.

"I'm sorry to make you laugh, Lord Welf."

"Okay, let's get ready to recruit new people!" Hestia rolled up her sleeves, looking ready to do a big job.

"My Lord God, our debt..."

“…Oh!!” Hestia was reminded by Bell and then she remembered that she still owed Hephaestus 2 million.

"Let's publish them together." Lily suggested, "It can be used for screening."

Welf nodded in agreement. They all knew about Hestia's debt and that she had intended to repay it herself. Plus, she still had a good relationship with the goddess Hephaestus, so it didn't have much impact on the family. However, this matter was just right to screen out adventurers who just wanted to come and hang out.

Sure enough, as soon as the news that Hestia's family was in debt of 200 million was announced, the bustling crowd dispersed and left.

In the end, only four or five people were still willing to stay where they were.

After Hestia's selection, only two people successfully joined Hestia's family - Daphne and Cassandra from the original [Apollo Family].

Both girls are Lv.2 adventurers.

Hestia led the two of them into the shrine and engraved her grace on them. Patterns of altars and flames were engraved on their backs, and God's grace was activated again.

Then, Hestia brought the two out with a smile on her face, "Everyone! Welcome Daphne and Cassandra to join our family!"

Daphne was more outgoing and waved to everyone generously, while Cassandra was a little shy and smiled coyly at everyone.

Bell clapped happily, his mouth corners almost reaching his ears with joy.

Now Lv.1 Lily has fallen to the bottom.

"Lily, we have to work harder too." Welf said quietly to Lily while applauding.

"Yeah!" Lily looked at the two people in front of her and became more determined to improve her strength.

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The port city of Melun.

The foreign fleet docked.

These were visitors from Olympia, the "realm of the gods." This information spread throughout the city in an instant, and many people, encouraged by the gods who loved festivals, came to the port to welcome these foreign guests.

Hermes was among them.

"It's much earlier than expected." Hermes looked serious. He had handed over the commission from Ishtar to other children. "By the way, Yasfei, is it necessary for you to follow me all the time?"

"This is a mission from the Guild, and I need to make sure you are there on behalf of Orario."

"Since I have been appointed as the tour guide, I will definitely complete the task seriously. Don't worry, Yasifei."

Yasfi still followed Hermes, watching him walk to the center of the street.

The streets were already crowded with demi-humans, and then, greeted by Hermes, the foreign guests boarded the carriage and entered Orario from the port city of Melun.

The guests from "Divine Realm" came directly to the Adventurer's Guild to meet Uranus.

"First of all, I would like to sincerely thank the Creator God of Orario for giving us such a grand welcome." said the head of the delegation, Leia.

"This is a spontaneous action of the city's residents. It is not my will."

"Even so, we still feel grateful. After all, in a sense, we are actually "uninvited guests."

Hermes spoke up, "I'm sorry that what I'm going to say may not be pleasant to hear, but the purpose of most gods is to "evaluate". They use their own children to pretend to be welcoming, but in fact they are observing you."

Leia was silent for a moment, "…We understand this. After all, this thousand-year-long silence was broken just like that by us."

"Is your master here?" asked Uranus.

"No. I think you are laughing. The Director is a very cautious person. He has never even appeared in front of us." Leia's expression became frustrated, but soon she regained her firm expression. "The Director will be in the motherland, in the "holy land", waiting for our return. - He believes that we will return with the "eternal holy fire."

"...What is your purpose?" Uranus's expression became extremely serious...

"Save the world." Leia's brows were a little sad. "Before the lower world fulfills its "long-cherished wish", the end cannot be allowed to come to the world."

Her expression regained its firmness as she spoke. "I'm sorry that we took the initiative to send the "shrine maidens" as messengers, but this is also to contact the goddess we are seeking-"

Hermes looked at Uranus on the throne, and Uranus sighed, "What's happening in Olympia...?"

"The situation in the Holy Land is not optimistic, so we broke the thousand-year silence and came here without permission."

Hermes' face was hidden in the shadow of the cowboy hat, and his yellow eyes became sad.

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In the dark and damp passage, the stench of decay was everywhere. The servant of the goddess of beauty, a loyal human youth, was holding a portable magic stone lamp for the only goddess he loved in his heart.

The goddess's purple braids swayed gently behind her as she walked. Ishtar picked up the pipe and took a puff, puffing out the smoke with an unhappy expression.

"Really, that little girl Kali... As expected, she was defeated by Loki and his men."

The charming body walked on the stone passage.

"I knew she was unreliable. There have been guests from the Divine Realm recently, and the guild is watching them too closely. I'll use that after those guys leave..." The goddess' mouth curled up, and her steps became lighter.

In the open hall that was neatly built with huge stones, figures in long robes were walking around.

Ishtar looked down at the scene from her balcony-like high position, staring at the thing tied in the middle of the hall—

It was a gigantic monster that was trapped by countless special chains, and now it was curled up and motionless.

3.0 Ishtar admired the other person's figure, and the charming smile on her face became more and more dangerous.

In stark contrast to her reaction, Ishtar's male favorite was so frightened that he became silent and trembled all over the moment he saw the monster.

"…Hmm, anyway, let's just call it the "Bull of Heaven"."

Ishtar narrowed her amethyst eyes.

In front of her was a gigantic bull monster. It was a true large monster, over 5 meters tall and over 8 meters long. Even though it was curled up due to the restraints, the figures in the cloaks below looked like small ants in comparison.

On its head lies a huge bull horn that is majestic, twisted, and extremely ominous, and can be called a disaster.

On the bull's head, one could see a female-shaped alien creature standing on top, devouring the piles of magic stones with a crackling sound, and its ugly and ferocious eyes looked in the direction of Ishtar -!

Chapter 153 New Commission [Subscription Request]

"Good evening, little Serven."

"What do you want from me so late at night? God Hermes?" Serven asked with some confusion.

"It's a bit complicated to explain. Anyway, please come with me to the Hestia Familia. There will be a new commission there, which may require your participation." Hermes said with a smile.

"Have you found a new commission for me?" Serven couldn't help but complain.

The smile on Hermes' face froze for a moment. "Alas, brother Serven, I really didn't participate this time...that group of people really came for Hestia."

"Hestia!?"

Upon learning that the incident was closely related to Hestia, Serven immediately went to the Hearth House with Hermes.

Several women, including Leia, nodded to Hestia's family, Serven, Hephaestus who was notified by Hermes and Artemis.

"Thank you all for gathering here. First, let us introduce ourselves." Leia said.

"We are messengers from the distant "Eternal Divine Realm". We are here to convey the will of the gods."

"'Eternal Divine Realm'? You mean..." Serven said.

"Lord Serven, do you know that place? I am too ignorant and have never heard of such a place..." Ming asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"We are messengers from the capital of the gods, Olympia." A witch with long purple hair answered.

Olympia is a dreamland dedicated to the "Fire of Heaven". It is a city of fire that has flourished before the 24 gods came. It has a much longer history than Orario and is the oldest city in the world.

"So this place really exists? I thought it was just a legend..." Daphne said in astonishment.

"That country has refused to communicate with other countries until now. It's not surprising that you have such a perception." Yasfei said, "If I hadn't heard about that place from the king... no, from the Sea Country, I might have had the same reaction as you."

She continued, “It’s a fantasy place that no one else can enter. But Olympia really existed, and people lived there for thousands of years, with a history that is different from ours.”

"I have heard from the Moon God that this area has existed since before the Age of Gods..." When Ming was speaking, he noticed that Artemis was looking at him, and quickly added, "I'm sorry, Master Artemis, I was talking about our Far Eastern Moon God, Master Tsukuyomi Ming."

“Hey, God… is this true…” Welf was a little bit unbelievable.

"So, what is your purpose here?" Serven asked directly.

"We are the Prometheus Cult, and we have come to Orario on the orders of the Oracle to invite the gods Hestia and Hephaestus to come to our city."

"Why do we have to look for these two gods?"

"Olympia is the sacred land dedicated to the [Fire of Heaven]. For us, fire is the most sacred existence and the source of our life. But..."

"But now the [Heavenly Fire] is rapidly polluted, so we would like to invite the gods Hestia and Hephaestus, hoping that these two gods who control fire can come and purify the land of our Olympia."

"Two goddesses, please save Olympia!" the other priestesses immediately pleaded.

Serven looked at Hermes beside him. The upper half of his face was hidden in the shadow of the cowboy hat, and his expression was unclear.

"...The power I control is, to be exact, the 'fire of forging'. In other words, your main target is actually Hestia, who controls the 'holy fire'?" Hephaestus said.

"...Yes. What Olympia wants is the eternal sacred fire... "Vestal Fire"! "

"Lady Hestia is actually the goddess of savior... It's unbelievable." Lily said.

"Hey! I heard everything, Miss Supporter!" Hestia jumped up immediately and said angrily.

"Isn't this normal? Who would believe that Lady Hestia, who is usually idle and self-indulgent, would save the country? This is really hilarious. I even want to see if the sun rises from the west!"

"That's not true!" The priestess with long purple-black hair named Illya said excitedly.

"Yes, how can you slander the god Hestia!"

"Hurry up and apologize to God Hestia!" The other priestesses were also extremely excited.

Only Leia was relatively calm. "This is not just our respect. Lord Prometheus also agrees that only Hestia, the god of the "Holy Fire", can purify the "Heavenly Fire" brought from the heavens."

"…Prometheus' answer…" Hestia, Artemis, and Hephaestus all fell silent.

"Uranus has also learned this information. Hestia and Hephaestus, if you agree to go to Olympia, the guild will send an envoy from Orario."

"That means everything has been prepared... I understand, let's go!" Hestia forced a smile and agreed.

"...Hestia!" Hephaestus's eyes immediately turned to Serven.

"Then I want to go too!" Artemis and Serven said at the same time.

"Goddess Artemis!" The girls from the hunting goddess's clan spoke in surprise, trying to stop the main god's decision, but Artemis' determination was extremely firm.

Serven felt more and more that there was something wrong with this journey. His eyes were fixed on Hermes, as if his sword would be unsheathed if he didn't agree.

"Don't look at me with such dangerous eyes, little brother Serven." Hermes looked at the Olympian witches with a smile, "What do you think?"

"We only invited Lady Hestia and Lady Hephaestus. No one else can come!" Illya denied with a frown.

"If that's the case, then Hestia won't go." Serven's eyes turned cold.

"Who do you think you are? Why do you think you can make decisions for Lady Hestia?" Illya glared at Serven.

The next moment——