The Epic Story of the Heroic Spirit of Emiya Giant Warrior

Wei Gong retorted.

His completely unkempt bird's nest of hair was shrouded in miasma, and the face hidden beneath his long bangs was clearly disheartened.

He didn't move at all, just kept staring at Wei Gong.

After a long while, Soma slowly opened his mouth:

Soma was disappointed, disappointed with the members of his own Familia.

The collapse of the 【Soma Familia】 initially stemmed from Soma using 【God's Wine】 as a reward.

For Soma himself, he probably just wanted to use a price he could afford, offering his homemade fragrant wine as a reward. However, the children instead became addicted to the divine wine, repeating foolish actions. Seeing their unsightly appearance, the god couldn't help but feel a sense of disillusionment.

“The children who indulge in wine, their voices… are extremely frivolous.”

Beneath his long bangs, deep disappointment was etched in his ink-black eyes.

He turned and left.

Soma said in a low voice.

Wei Gong: "…What's the point of talking to a god who easily indulges in his own world?”

Wei Gong's voice was very calm: "Selfishly expecting, selfishly testing, and then selfishly disappointed… I only feel arrogance in your thoughts.”

Creating such a divine object that shouldn't exist in the Lower World, and then being disappointed because the people of the Lower World can't resist its temptation… Does this really have any meaning?

Confusing people's minds, reversing cause and effect.

“In the end, it's your own business how you mess around with your Familia. Correspondingly, the 'collapsed' and 'fallen' Soma Familia will perish on its own, and it's my business to destroy it.”

Soma reached out to the boy's back, but in the end, he said nothing, just silently lowered his hand.

And Wei Gong, entering Charnis's office, quickly found what he was looking for.

The same crime, stemming from the adventurer's personal moral corruption and stemming from the Familia's guidance and organization, are two completely different natures.

Wei Gong casually tapped Charnis's desk, and then he immediately realized that the sound was not right.

Today was an extraordinary day for the Labyrinth City. In a single day, Orario lost two large Familias.

Finally, the Bruno Trading Company was deprived of half of its assets as punishment by the Guild, and the Familia supporting the trading company was forcibly disbanded, and the god was sent back to Heaven.

On the other hand, the Soma Familia, whose overall strength was much weaker but whose numbers were no less impressive, met the same fate.

Charnis provided funds to the Dark Faction in exchange for the Dark Faction's protection, and lent the smuggling route of liquor to the Dark Faction to purchase weapons from countries outside the city. This situation could already be considered deep cooperation.

After Soma reflects for a hundred years, he will probably be allowed to rebuild the Soma Familia.

Even if the Soma Familia had not cooperated with the Dark Faction, the result would probably be the same. The Guild's reaction to "God's Wine" was very strong. The Guild believed that the potential impact of this thing on Orario's order was immeasurable.

They could only say "Good riddance" and "Should have been slaughtered long ago" about the demise of the Soma Familia.

However, because it was much weaker than the other Familia that was delisted, the Soma Familia received very little attention, but some people still noticed the process of the Soma Familia's demise, and some legends spread in Orario.

Moreover, some adventurers belonging to the Soma Familia were even more delighted by the Soma Familia's destruction. For example, a dwarf girl who was casually knocked unconscious by Wei Gong when he broke into the Soma Familia's residence even began to worship him as a hero.

Late at night, the 【Hostess of Fertility】 tavern.

The captain of the Ganesha Familia, the Level 5 first-class adventurer, 【Ganesha's Staff】 Shakti Varma, quietly came to the backyard of the tavern.

She looked at the silent elf girl, handed out an envelope, and then sighed softly:

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Chapter 68: The Past of the Astraea Familia.

Chloe looked at the direction Shakti left and breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear.

“That was the captain of the Ganesha Familia, 【Ganesha's Staff】 Shakti Varma, right?”

“Damn it, this cat isn't a mouse!”

Chloe said angrily: "You don't know how scary that woman is, meow! If you had fought her, you would definitely perform worse than a cat."

Chloe rolled her eyes at Anya, not saying such embarrassing words.

Anya said with a smile, but looking at Chloe's heavy expression, she slowly couldn't laugh anymore.

“You really accepted it, meow!”

Anya was greatly shocked.

Chloe: “…”

Anya asked cautiously.

“Ah, ah, that time when this cat just arrived in Orario, I never thought there would be adventurers here who were as strong as monsters.”

Obviously, Chloe was beaten up badly by Shakti and almost didn't escape alive, leaving a strong psychological shadow.

Anya loudly mocked the cat girl of the same race.

“I am actually, on the same level as this stupid cat…”

“Lunova, don’t tell me you also…”

Anya \u0026 Chloe: “…”

【Flame Gold Four Warriors】, also known as 【Gulliver Brothers】

The leader is named Alfrick Gulliver, a warrior who reached Level 5 as a dwarf.

Chloe sighed: "You are more powerful than this cat, meow. This cat only dared to hit one back then…"

“So, one of you provoked the Freya Familia, and the other assassinated the captain of the Ganesha Familia.”

Wei Gong watched the noisy girls from the side. Unconsciously, Lunova and Chloe had gradually integrated into the environment here.

The girls' inescapable past was completely blocked by the iron fist of the Level 6 【Small Giant】 Miach Grand.

As for me, the owner of the store, I am your 'mother', and you are all my 'daughters'. Everything in the store is mine, and if anyone dares to take advantage, I will definitely make them regret it.”

Regardless of the past the girls have, here they can only work diligently, providing delicious food and wine, and sharing joy with more guests.

Syl asked cautiously, looking at Ryu, who had been silent since just now, just looking down at the letter.

She folded the letter and handed it to Wei Gong: "Shirou…"

“I've already read it.”

The evidence that Shakti obtained was initially provided to the Ganesha Familia by him.

“We're going back first.”

Lunova dragged Anya and Chloe back indoors without saying a word.

Syl said softly and turned back into the tavern.

“During the 'Great War', Charnis, the captain of the Soma Familia, was sharing smuggling routes with the Dark Faction. He obtained wealth by smuggling liquor to countries outside the city, while the Dark Faction used the cover of liquor smuggling to purchase equipment and tools from outside Orario.”

Soma was a young deity of average build. His slender frame gave off a delicate impression. His loose-fitting clothes, similar to a robe, were stained with earthy-yellow smudges on the sleeves and hem.

"What's the point of talking to those... children who easily indulge in alcohol?"

The chief god originally intended to reward the members with divine wine as a catalyst for the faction, but who knew that the familia members would become addicted as he said. Every member wanted to grab the divine wine first, and in the end, they even started to engage in ugly acts of infighting and framing other members.

Therefore, Soma gave up on the lower-realm residents who were foolish to the point of being pathetic, and constantly bestowed rewards upon the annoying believers who clamored for "divine wine," merely using them.

Shirou understood the logic and emotions of the wine god Soma, and then—

"Don't you want to say something?"

He retorted with Soma's own words.

Soma: "What?!"

"Soma, the lives of those in the lower realm are not meant to fulfill your expectations."

Gods are beings whose level of existence far surpasses that of humans. The divine wine brewed by the wine god is something that even many gods cannot resist, let alone humans.

In Shirou's view, the actions of the wine god Soma were no different from taking up a sharp weapon to kill unarmed ordinary people, wounding them, and then being disappointed by their fragility.

If the wine god Soma's attitude towards the people of the lower realm was disappointment, Shirou's attitude towards him was indifference, not caring.

Shirou stopped speaking and walked into Charnis's office.

Only a soft sigh remained: "Did I... do something wrong...?"

Charnis's ledgers.

"The various misdeeds of the Soma Familia adventurers are not their own spontaneous actions, but rather organized behavior under the guidance of [Divine Wine]. As long as this is confirmed, the Soma Familia is finished."

With a single sword strike, the wooden table was split apart, and a hidden ledger fell out from the cavity inside.

"This is a record of transactions between the Soma Familia and the Dark Faction: wine trade, smuggling routes, fire stones, magic swords..."

One of them was a large familia with Second-Class adventurers. Their main combat power was completely destroyed by Mia Grand in her own strength, and the Bruno Trading Company, which supported them, abandoned the darkness and turned to the light in time, providing a large amount of evidence of the familia colluding with the Dark Faction.

The evidence that Charnis, the Familia captain, used "Divine Wine" to guide members to make money through criminal means was enough to cause trouble for the Soma Familia, and cooperation with the Dark Faction completely condemned the Soma Familia to death.

The Soma Familia was forcibly disbanded, and the chief god Soma was forbidden from brewing divine wine again. Considering that this god had long been controlled by the familia's captain and was completely unaware of Charnis's cooperation with the Dark Faction, the guild did not repatriate Soma. He is now being held in a confinement room in the Babel Tower, writing a self-criticism.

Apart from some drunkards, most of the adventurers in the Labyrinth City were happy to see the Soma Familia destroyed. Because the Soma Familia had a very bad reputation, many people had their equipment or spoils stolen by Soma Familia adventurers, or had "monster offerings" forced upon them.

After all, Shirou's solo attack on the Soma Familia was a very big deal, and he didn't kill anyone in the process. The adventurers in the Soma Familia's base were only knocked unconscious.

Charnis, whose "Divine Blessing" was sealed, was sentenced to permanent imprisonment, but during the transfer to the Ganesha Familia's prison, this person mysteriously disappeared. Shakti, the captain of the Ganesha Familia, remained tight-lipped about this and hastily closed the case as a suicide out of fear of punishment.

Ignoring the cat-person girl Chloe, who was cowering in the corner trembling because of her appearance, Shakti threw down a large black shoulder bag.

"[Gale]... Ryu, take care of yourself."

"Phew, she's finally gone. That was scary. I was so scared that I didn't dare to breathe, and my heart almost stopped."

Lunoa teased, "Silly cat, what's wrong with you? You look like a mouse that's met a cat."

Anya: "Did you fight with Shakti? Who won, meow?"

Chloe: "..."

That's a First-Class adventurer. If I could win, why would I be afraid of her?

"By the way, why did you fight with Shakti, meow? Don't tell me you accepted a request to assassinate Shakti. Just kidding, no cat would be that stupid, meow, to accept an assassination of a First-Class adventurer..."

"Um, do you know that the Ganesha Familia has double-digit First-Class adventurers..."

Chloe frantically rubbed her hair: "I haven't fought a First-Class adventurer before, how would I know she's so strong?"

"A cat actually tried to assassinate a First-Class adventurer, hahahahaha, what a super idiot~"

Chloe's face turned red, but before she could explode, Lunoa collapsed first.

Lunoa pounded the ground with both hands, her voice full of sorrow.

"When I first arrived in Orario, I accepted a mission to take down the [Flame Gold Four Warriors]..."

Members of the Freya Familia. All four are powerful adventurers.

He and his three younger brothers, who were also Level 5, were collectively known as the [Flame Gold Four Warriors]. Their weapons were swords, hammers, spears, and axes, respectively. They were considered the strongest team in the city, and the tacit understanding of their continuous attacks gave them the combat ability of a Level 6.

Even Syr couldn't help but hold back: "You two are really 'Sleeping Dragon and Young Phoenix.'"

"Perhaps under Mia's protection, they finally feel a rare sense of security."

"I am both the 'law' representing this bar and the 'owner' here. No matter what others say, it cannot shake this fact. Even those foolish gods cannot complain about my style."

Mia's declaration was like that, incredibly unyielding, yet reassuring.

[The Benevolent Mistress], this is a terrifying tavern where even the most powerful adventurers, outlaws, or villains can only run away with their tails between their legs.

"Ryu, what did Miss Shakti say in the letter she gave you?"

Ryu didn't answer immediately. She paused for more than ten seconds, then slowly shook her head. She said, "It's nothing, just some criminal records of the Soma Familia..."

Shirou said softly.

Unknowingly, Anya and the others stopped talking, and Lunoa grabbed the back collars of the two curious cat-girls who were peeking their heads out.

"Ryu, Shirou, I'll go pour you some tea first."

Beneath the vast starry sky, only Shirou and Ryu remained.

Ryu softly repeated the information from the letter.