The Cloud-Raised Brave Man's Travels

Koya looked at Helen and Atalanta, they were the leaders of Aphrodite and Artemis' families. Helen was a very stunning human woman, her appearance was not inferior to Aphrodite at all, but there was a slight difference in temperament; while Atalanta was a half-orc girl, her appearance was not as stunning as Helen but she was also a beautiful girl, and her cat eyes were a plus.

Helen and Ata are both Lv.3 adventurers. They have no problem exploring the middle level with Koya, but they are not good at fighting in the small space of the dungeon, especially Artemis' hunting tactics. The kite-flying tactics are somewhat useful in the upper levels, but the exaggerated monster refresh rate in the middle level will make kite-flying extremely difficult, which will often only lead to more and more monsters. So Koya plans to let them adapt to the dungeon first and then gradually lead them to the middle level.

"No problem, Master."

"I'll help them get used to the dungeon."

Incidentally, both Aph and the members of Artemis's Familia are ranged units. Helen, like Livilia, is a magician with three awakened spells and six variants. However, seven of Helen's nine spells are support-oriented, with only two attack spells, though both are wide-area annihilation spells. Atalanta, on the other hand, is an archer, also having awakened one spell. Overall, Koya is still the only one capable of holding the front line. He's seriously considering going to Rhodes Island to get back some guards and heavy operators.

After explaining some issues, Koya went out alone to South Street. There were two special shops here that Aina did not take him to see because both of them were only open at night. One was a gigolo parlor and the other was a casino. They were naturally located in the Happy Street where adventurers lingered for years.

In Pleasure Street, both men and women can find ultimate release. For adventurers, a special group living on the edge of life, Pleasure Street is always their best entertainment venue. Opening a shop here can't even be described as picking up money, it can only be described as printing money! Koya naturally wouldn't give up these two shops. After all, the Hestia family is indeed short of money. However, he has no interest in these two shops, just seeing them as money printing machines.

Koya had heard of the reputation of Happy Street when he was working as a bricklayer in Loki's family. After all, the mercenary who worked the hardest was a regular at Happy Street. He often boasted to his coworkers about how he had knocked down a few people the night before. At that time, Koya actually wanted to see the world, but he was short of money. Later, when he joined Hestia's family and became rich, he looked down on Happy Street. After all, no matter how happy Happy Street was, could it be as much as the joy brought to him by Hestia, a big-breasted, twin-tailed, blue-ribbon loli?

Happy Street always looks decadent and extravagant, with gorgeously dressed women sitting in transparent cabinets waiting for customers to come. Koya didn't even glance at them, but just followed the directions on the map to the two stores that belonged to the Hestia family.

Soon Koya arrived at the casino. The door was wide open, and dice, chips and pokers made up everything here. Several male gods threw chips on the table, some laughing and some crying. By the way, the most loyal customers of Happy Street are actually these gods. After all, they enjoy this kind of thing more than adventurers, and gods are more popular in the casino here.

Firstly, most of the gods who come to Happy Street are wealthy. Secondly, they assume that the dealer can cheat. Even if they know you're cheating, as long as they don't notice the trick, they're willing to pay. If the cheating is brilliant and smooth, they're even willing to tip you. How could the shopkeepers hate such a cheat?

Koya glanced around and unexpectedly spotted a familiar face at a blackjack table. The man had striking red hair and a consistent figure.

"Lord Loki, long time no see."

"Eh? Koya, why are you here? You're such a bad boy! Pay me the hush money or I'll tell Ais and Lefiya!"

Among the gods crying at the table was Loki. There were only two or three chips left in front of him. It seemed that the power of this god of trickery could not be demonstrated at this table.

"Lord Loki, I'm only here to accept the legacy of the Apollo family. This store now belongs to our Hestia family. Thank you, Lord Loki, for your contribution to the sales. I'll be leaving now."

Keya was a well-known figure in Orario, so the fact that he had come to the casino was quickly known to the manager, who naturally came to greet his new boss. Keya walked and talked with him, and soon got to know everything about the casino.

Loki sat on the chair, staring at Koya's back as he left. When he left from the gate of Loki's clan, he was hunched over, just like the loser she had seen many times; but now the same back made people feel radiant... Loki shook his head helplessly. The vision and luck of that dwarf Hestia were better than his own.

"Lord Loki, please accept these."

A scantily clad waitress came to Loki with a box full of chips. She looked at the girl in gauze with some doubt, but her hands moved without thinking and started kneading the girl's butt. What a female pervert!

"This is the boss's special order. He said you can have more fun."

"This kid, hahaha. Come on girl, play with me!"

"Yes, Lord Loki~~"

A million or so chips were nothing to Loki. Even after Livilia deducted her pocket money, she could easily come up with tens of millions. But she was very satisfied with Koya's gift.

Chapter 131: One of the Three Great Dungeon Hooks

The acceptance of the casinos and male escort parlors went smoothly. Koya didn't replace any of the staff. The only change in the two parlors was the change of the Apollo Familia emblems to the Hestia Familia. The parlor managers also explained to Koya the help they needed. Simply put, they needed someone to help maintain order. Fortunately, the male escort parlors were mostly frequented by wealthy women and adventurers who wouldn't resort to freeloading. The casinos were the main attraction. Some adventurers lost their minds when they lost money and became furious.

Faced with this request, Koya was also a little distressed. The strength of the Hestia family was indeed enough, but the number of people was still too small. They simply did not have the spare energy to come here every day to maintain order. After thinking about it, he decided to let the guild issue a task and arrange two Lv.2 adventurers. Adventurers above Lv.3 would not take on any work of maintaining order.

When Koya returned home, the lights of the family had been turned off. Koya returned to his room and prepared to continue training with his master in his dream. Although he had been staying at home and doing love with Hestia and the others these days, he was still very active in his dreams, and the attribute values that grew every day were still exaggerated.

By the way, Koya, Hestia, and the others all have their own bedrooms. The big bed room is only used when they are having fun. After all, it is very tiring to clean it up! While Koya was passionately fighting with Hercules in his sleep, two people unexpectedly met at the door of his room -

"Tsk, Aphrodite, go back."

"Artemis, you're trying to ruin my plans again! If you don't dare to come up yourself, don't try to stop me. What good will stopping me do you?"

"If you really do something, it will only lead to Koya's downfall, and he will only know how to crave pleasure from you!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, thank you for recognizing my charm, but I won't give up. You can defend me for a while, but I don't believe you can defend me forever~~~"

Aphrodite smiled, patted Artemis's shoulder, and left without looking back. She was now the attacker with absolute initiative. Artemis couldn't stand guard over Koya every day and night. There would always be a time to relax. Aphrodite was in no rush. Good wine needs aging, and good food tastes especially good after experiencing setbacks.

Early the next morning, the hunters of Artemis's Familia, led by Atalanta, headed for the dungeon. The Artemis Familia were all experienced hunters, and with Atalanta, a Level 3, leading them, they were confident they would be safe. Meanwhile, the combat-focused members of Aphrodite's Familia were few and far between, mostly adventurers focused on life. In total, there were only five of them heading into the dungeon, forming a perfect team.

Aphrodite's family has fewer members, but with Helen's presence, they are safer than the hunter team led by Atalanta. After all, Helen's auxiliary healing magic is not vegetarian.

After the two led the team away, Koya still had no plans to go to the dungeon today, because he and Hestia had to go to the Gobneu Familia to commission them to build a forge, and then go to the Hephaestus Familia to order a batch of weapons and armor, and finally go to the guild to issue a commission... Sure enough, these trivial matters are really troublesome after the family grows bigger.

But before Koya could leave, Aegina arrived at the Hestia Familia with two women and several guild staff members, with a hint of embarrassment on her face.

"Koya, you've worked hard these past few days."

"No, I've been able to handle Apollo's family affairs thanks to Aegina these days. By the way, who are these two?"

The two women brought by Aina, one had long hair and the other short hair. The woman with long hair looked a little gloomy, with one eye covered by her hair, and she exuded a timid aura. She was standing uneasily behind the other short-haired girl. Koya didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the look she gave him was a little warm, as if she was looking at some rare treasure; and the other short-haired woman had a completely different aura from the long-haired girl. She gave people a strong feeling, and she always stood in front of the other girl as if she was protecting her.

But there was one thing the two girls had in common: they were both very beautiful, but Koya didn't recognize them. As for the staff behind Aina, they were all muscular men, so Koya didn't pay much attention to them.

"These two are former members of Apollo's Familia. The long-haired girl is Cassandra Ilion, and the short-haired girl is Daphne Launos. Cassandra is burdened with the debts left behind by the Apollo Familia. According to guild rules, she and her debts will be handled by the Hestia Familia, which inherited the Apollo Familia's legacy. Daphne, Cassandra's good friend, strongly requested that she come with her."

"So that's how it is... I see. How much is the remaining debt?"

"One million faris."

"Okay, I'll go get the money."

Koya had no objection to inheriting the debt. After all, his inheritance from the Apollo family was substantial; a million dollars could be earned back in a single night at the casino on Farley's Happy Street. Koya strolled around the basement, retrieved a million dollars from his personal storage, put it in a bag, and carried it out. He handed it to a muscular man behind Aegina, who then said goodbye and left, leaving the two girls alone.

"Greetings, I am Koya, leader of the Hestia Familia. Miss Cassandra, your debt has been repaid. Would you like to return to your original Familia? Do you have any thoughts on joining the Hestia Familia?"

Koya tried to persuade them to stay, because his premonition, which sometimes worked and sometimes didn't, appeared again, and this time the target was quite clear, that was Cassandra. It was really unprecedented for it to point to one person so clearly. In addition, these two girls were really good-looking, so Koya came up with the idea of letting them join the Hestia family. After all, there were only two people in the Hestia family now, which was really too few.

Keya took the two girls to the sofa in the hall and sat them down, and brought them two glasses of boiled water, hoping to leave a good impression on them.

"Koya~~Good morning~~Hey, who are these two girls?"

Aphrodite yawned as she came down from upstairs. She was wearing a gauze pajamas, and through the morning sunlight one could even see her snow-white skin that seemed to reflect the sunlight behind the gauze. The two girls were both fascinated by the beauty of the goddess of beauty. They blushed and stared blankly at Aphrodite as she walked step by step to Koya, then crawled behind Koya like a kitten, with her chin resting on Koya's shoulder, and then met their eyes. The two girls' faces turned even redder, and they even had the idea of replacing Koya and getting close to the beauty.

"These are the original members of Apollo's Familia. I want them to join Hestia's Familia, but they are still considering it."

"Are you from Apollo's family? Eh~~ You guys weren't eaten by him? Ah"

"Well...Apollo has never laid a hand on us girls. He really prefers men."

"Then he probably really did become gay after coming to the underworld. Why did he take you back then? You couldn't have joined Apollo's family voluntarily, right?"

"Because God Apollo took a fancy to one of my skills... Actually, most of the girls that God Apollo took back to his family have some special skills."

It was very interesting. Koya originally thought that the strong girl was the one who spoke out among the two girls, but it turned out that the weak girl was the leader. She answered all of Aphrodite's questions with a blushing face.

"Is that so? Then do you want to join the Hestia Familia? I really hope you will join~~"

"I'm in!" X2

I have to say that the goddess of beauty really cheated a bit when it came to recruiting her followers.

·Dividing line·

Do you know the three major dungeon cheats?

Cassandra, Amide, and Haruhime.

Chapter 132: Debt Problems One After Another

"Oh? So you have a precognitive skill? No wonder Apollo took a liking to you. This skill is indeed quite rare."

In the clan hall, four people sat on two sofas and chatted. Under the guidance of Aphrodite's Koya, the two girls almost revealed the color of their underwear. Koya and the others naturally knew a thing or two about Cassandra's special skill, predictive dreams... To be honest, Koya thought this thing was too mysterious.

"Koya, precognitive skills have been extremely rare since ancient times, before our gods descended to the mortal world. Those who possessed precognitive abilities were generally called prophets. Before the gods descended to the mortal world, they were the most noble people in the world. Aren't there many descriptions of these prophets in heroic stories? They can accurately locate the existence of heroes and guide them onto the right path. So, you, the Hestia family, have really picked up a great bargain this time."

"Are precognitive skills so powerful?"

"Well, even we gods highly respect the power of prophecy. Zeus' father believed a prophecy and swallowed Zeus and his companions, but the result was also overturned. Later, Zeus did something similar because of the prophecy, which also caused a lot of jokes. However, prophecy is too mysterious, and its specific manifestations are also strange. Cassandra, don't you often see things but just can't describe them with accurate words, and end up with only fragmented information?"

Hearing Aphrodite's words, Cassandra nodded her head like pounding garlic, her long hair still fluttering with Dongzi, and it was obvious that she was very excited.

"Your predictions are unclear right now, probably because your level is too low. The strongest member of the Apollo Familia is only Lv. 3, which is simply not enough to help a prophetic adventurer like you grow. But it's also thanks to you being in the Apollo Familia, otherwise little Koya wouldn't have picked up a precious little treasure like you."

"Well, thank you, Aphrodite."

"Hehe, it's okay~~ I still have enough patience for beautiful girls~~"

Aphrodite still retains her lesbian nature. When she sees a pretty girl, she can't help but tease her. Because of her charm, these girls who are toyed with by her will have slightly different ideas. She has turned countless beautiful girls outside of Orario into lesbians. It can only be said that Aphrodite is extremely evil! She needs to be properly disciplined!

"Cassandra, have you had any precognitive dreams lately?"

"Yes. Before the war games began, I dreamed that Apollo's Familia would inevitably lose. Actually, I didn't understand what the dream meant at the time. When I woke up, I only remembered the color black, dragons, bows and arrows, and flames replacing the sun. Apollo ignored me at first, and it wasn't until the war games were over that I realized the dream was telling me that Apollo's Familia would inevitably lose."

"This……"

It's too abstract. How can we predict the future with just a few words? But if we use future events to verify this prophecy, we can find that it is quite prepared. Koya did activate the dragon transformation and kill the demon tiger with a bow and arrow, and the flame replaced the sun, which obviously means that the Hestia family accepted the legacy of the Apollo family. But the problem is that this is all inferring the prophecy from the results.

"By the way, Mr. Koya, I had another dream last night, but I still can't understand the meaning."

Red, fox, hammer, full moon, altar, black dragon and black sun.

Compared to the prophecy in the war game, Cassandra's prophecy this time obviously contained a lot more information. Koya lowered his head in thought, because the black dragon and the black sun were pointing very clearly at him, but he was completely unable to understand the first few words.

Aphrodite watched Cassandra with great interest. She didn't know much about prophecy skills, but the fact that she could predict multiple things at once was truly remarkable. This prediction was significantly better than her last, but her strength hadn't increased. Why had her prophetic powers increased so much all at once? Aphrodite was puzzled.

"It's luck, or destiny."

Artemis answered this question. Unlike Aphrodite who had only a vague understanding of prophecy, the moon was often a mysterious existence in the Age of Gods. Although Artemis did not possess the godhood of fate, she was burdened with fate, so she was quite familiar with prophecy. She had been listening to the conversation between Koya and the others behind them.

"Sister Xiaoyue, does luck still have any effect on prophecies?"

"Well, wasn't prophecy made in the past by burning tortoise shells, burning stones, making clay tablets, and so on? And most of these prophecies relied solely on luck. Luck is indispensable in prophecy. Otherwise, why do you think the prophets in the stories guide the heroes? It's so that they can also benefit from the hero's luck."

"Ah, I see. Little Koya's existence is equivalent to the heroes in the story. Because Cassandra has a connection with Little Koya, the prophecy has been blessed by his good fortune, which is why she has grown so noticeably."

"Well, once she joins the Hestia Familia, her connection with Koya will become closer, and the prophecy will naturally become more pointed."

Joining the Familia could only be decided after Hestia returned. She was currently busy with the transformation of the Gobneu Familia. However, before Hestia could return, Aegina had already scored a second goal. She had brought another group with her, and this time her expression wasn't just one of embarrassment, but even a hint of anger. However, this anger wasn't directed at Koya and the others.

"Ms. Aegina."

Aegina brought her people and Koya to the living room. Seeing Aegina coming, Cassandra quickly stood up and greeted her. She was very grateful to Aegina. After all, after hearing about her debt, Aegina was the first one to stand up and help her find a solution, and later she brought her to the Hestia family. Aegina had given her a second life!

"Miss Cassandra."

Aina responded, but soon focused her attention on Koya, her little face full of confusion, not knowing how to start.

"Ms. Aina, please bring me here. I'll handle the rest."

The girl standing behind Aegina took the initiative to step forward. She was also a very beautiful girl, which made Koya and Aphrodite's eyes light up at the same time, but what she said next made their faces gloomy at the same time.

"Greetings, I'm Amid Teyasanare, leader of the Dean Kate Familia. I've come to disturb you this time because of the medical expenses the Apollo Familia owes us. Before the war game, the Apollo Familia purchased a lot of high-quality medicine from us to quickly recover from their injuries. They also commissioned me to cast a healing magic array, costing a total of 100 million faris."

Ahmed's tone was quite polite, but the numbers she uttered were quite rude...

Chapter 133: Debt and Upgrade

The Familia couldn't afford a hundred million Farhestia all at once. With Aegina as witness, Koya signed a repayment agreement with the Deankate Familia, to which Amide belonged, promising monthly repayments of ten million Farhestia, interest-free. In special circumstances, the repayment date could be postponed after the gods confirmed the authenticity. The repayment jump was reasonable, and the fact that it was interest-free slightly increased Koya's favorability towards Miss Amide.

After the contract was signed, both parties breathed a sigh of relief. With the Apollo Familia's store and the income from the dungeon, paying off the 500 million fares a month wasn't a problem. However, Koya couldn't understand what kind of potion could cost million fares. He could understand weapons costing million fares—those were heirlooms that could be used forever unless faced with a critical situation. But how could a consumable potion be sold for million fares? After all, Koya's regular Mih Familia potion only cost fares a bottle!

"Ms. Amid, may I ask how the Apollo Familia came to owe your family 100 million faris?"

"It's a super high-level potion, the kind that only Level 6 adventurers carry one or two on expeditions. The Apollo family bought fifty of them, and after discounts, the total was million fari. I paid million fari. They also bought a lot of high-level potions, spending a total of million fari."

After hearing this, Koya almost couldn't breathe. These potions of the Apollo Familia were definitely not used up, but considering that the Apollo Familia distributed the potions to the family adventurers, the potions were already the private property of the adventurers, and the guild naturally had no power to recover them. Only those like Cassandra who still owed debts to the family would be pulled to the Hestia Familia.

With a complicated look in his eyes, Koya escorted Amide and Aegina out of the Hestia Familia. When Hestia returned to the Familia to prepare lunch at noon, Koya told her that the Hestia Familia was once again in debt. It seemed that the Hestia Familia and debt had a real connection, always in debt or facing a debt. Hestia even wondered if she had somehow inherited the godhood of a poor god.

It's really unreasonable that Hestia's family has always been so poor. You know, Koya has two very special skills. One directly shows that Koya is very lucky, and the other is Hera's blessing. As the most noble woman, Hera's blessing is enough to let a poor beggar have a luxurious life like a king, but Koya who has this blessing lives a stingy life with herself... This is too unreasonable!

"Hestia, when did you get the godhood of a poor god~~~"

"I don't!"

After listening to Hestia's story, Aphrodite also made a few jokes. This matter was indeed quite interesting.

"Actually, Koya's luck has already taken effect. Hestia, think about it. Which Familia in Orario has been able to develop to this level in just two months like you have? For others, this is simply an impossible miracle, and the source of this miracle is Koya. Everything you have is related to Koya. The Familia's residence was obtained by Koya, the Apollo Familia is also because of Koya, and even Aphrodite and I joined this alliance because of Koya."

"Indeed. Never mind, debts are debts. We're used to it anyway. Cassandra, Daphne, and Koya, let's go. It's time to renew the gifts behind you."

There was nothing much to say about the transfer of Cassandra and Daphne. Although it was Hestia's first time doing this, she could do something as simple as replacing one divine power with another with her eyes closed. The most important thing was Koya. Koya brought Hestia another big surprise.

"Koya, your stats maxed out so quickly?! You clearly didn't even go to the dungeon."

"Because I was training in my dream. The intensity of training with my master is much higher than stupidly killing monsters in a dungeon."

"In short, you can level up, but your skills haven't been increased."