The Ultimate Lich King

"Are these words uttered by your will?"

After listening to Riveria's words, Ye Yu did not show any surprise. He still looked at the elf girl standing in front of him tenderly and asked softly.

"Stop being so stubborn, Ye Yu, we have no results."

Riveria closed her eyes in pain, not daring to look at Ye Yu's eyes again.

She was afraid that she would once again be unable to bear it and reveal her true feelings to the man in front of her. The outburst of emotions that have been suppressed for a long time is like poison, so sweet that people cannot let go.

"I see, what stands between us are the rules set by the gods after all. It is enough to know this."

Sighing so lightly, Ye Yu raised his head and looked at the sky.

"Hey, what do you want to do?"

Listening to Ye Yu talking to himself, Loki had some bad thoughts in his mind. Could this guy be thinking?

Startled by the audacity of his own idea, Loki shook his head and dismissed the possibility from his mind.

How is it possible... This kid is not an idiot. He should know what it means to do that, right? That is a worse situation than going to war with the Loki Familia.

"Don't worry, I won't go to war with the Loki Familia, and I won't use any coercive means to make Riveria stay by my side."

Ye Yu emphasized to Loki for the third time, but the latter didn't even bother to say anything in rebuttal.

"Forget it, as long as you are happy. Let's go, Ace and Riveria, to prepare for the expedition."

Logically speaking, Aisi and Riveria left behind her. Only then did Ye Yu remember that today seemed to be the day when the Loki Familia would launch another expedition.

Because today was a day off, Ye Yu did not go to the dungeon. He returned to the church and asked Hestia a question.

"Where can I find many gods?"

Hestia felt a little strange about Ye Yu's question, but she didn't think much about it.

"Because the gods are very lazy guys, they usually stay in their own places. However, they still get together every three months, which is usually used to determine the 'title' of the adventurer whose flagship is upgraded to LV2. "

Hestia said while holding her chin.

"If I remember correctly, it seems that today is the day when the meeting will be held. However, only gods with LV2 adventurers in the family can attend that meeting, so I am not qualified to participate in the meeting yet."

Hestia said this, and Ye Yu nodded in understanding.

"So where is this meeting taking place?"

"The thirtieth floor of the Tower of Babel... Hey, what is Ye Yu asking for?"

"It's nothing, I'm just curious. Then Hestia, I'll go out first."

"Hey... didn't you agree to rest today?"

Seeing Ye Yu leaving in a hurry, Hestia tilted her head in surprise, not knowing what he wanted to do.

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The so-called Conference of the Gods, ultimately speaking, is a gathering planned by some gods to relieve boredom.

After accumulating a certain amount of strength and territory for his own faction (familiar clan), a god can easily forget the hard work of living and enter a period of decline. When they became idle, they learned to hang out with old friends from the same hometown and talk about trivial matters to pass the time.

To put it bluntly, it's just ordinary chatting, but the point is that the unrestrained gods hold a party every once in a while.

Later, the number of people participating in such gatherings increased day by day, and the scale of the gatherings also expanded. As time went by, the purpose of the activities changed. It changed from just chatting to sharing the latest information and exchanging opinions, so the gathering was no longer just a communication among the 'families', but became an 'event' that cooperated with the guild and affected the entire city.

Although it is almost in name only, the Assembly of Gods has been recognized and evolved into a kind of advisory body, with certain power and influence even involving the adventurer group.

Awarding titles is also a part of the process and has now become a routine.

"I heard that there are a lot of children being 'upgraded' this time."

"Well, I also heard that it's going to be a great harvest. It's really exciting."

The 30th floor of the Tower of Babel, the venue for the Assembly of Gods.

The structure of this modified tower uses an entire floor of the hall, all the partitions are removed, and a whole row of thick and long pillars are lined up to support the high ceiling. There is only a large round table in the middle of the spacious space without any other furniture. The far wall is all covered with huge glass, surrounded by a sky that reaches thirty stories high.

And because the ceiling is unusually high, the entire space is like a temple in the sky.

"More and more gods are showing up here."

"Hehe, but there are also many gods missing."

The number of gods sitting at regular intervals around the circular table is over thirty at random. In other words, there are so many ‘familiar’ in Orario who have members who are powerful enough to compete with high-level adventurers—adventurers of Level 2 or above—and whose strength is recognized.

Various gods attended the meeting. There is a male god with his mouth tightened and unable to hide his nervous expression, a mysterious figure wearing a giant elephant mask, and a silver-haired goddess with eyes slightly closed and smiling, waiting for the meeting to begin.

"Then, let's begin..."

There was a long, drawn-out sound.

The originally noisy round table fell silent. The person who spoke stood up, his red hair flowing.

"I don't know that the thousandth meeting of the gods has officially begun. The master of ceremony this time is me, Loki! Please take care of me!"

"Yeah——!", there was a burst of warm cheers and applause. It was truly an unprecedented event.

Loki, who tied his vermilion hair back on his head, raised his hands with a smile on his eyes.

"Well, first of all, it's information exchange! Does anyone want to tell you something interesting?"

"Yes, yes, doesn't the most interesting thing happen to the Loki family?"

"That's right! I heard that your child 'Nine Demons' was confessed to by a LV1 boy."

"It's better to confess your love in public. It's really romantic."

"If it were me, I might just agree."

The male god's teasing voice and the goddess's nymphomaniacal voice rang out in the hall, and Loki's face looked a little ugly. Hephaestus, who was also a participant in this meeting, shook her head helplessly, while the silver-haired goddess of beauty Freya slightly raised the corners of her mouth to reveal an unknown smile.

"It seems that your name...has been spread among the gods, Ye Yu."

And just when the conference venue was noisy and the gods were talking about it, the door of the hall was suddenly pushed open.

The lively hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at the uninvited guest who suddenly appeared at the door.

"You seem to be discussing me? It seems that I came at the right time."

With a faint smile, Ye Yu looked at the stunned gods and said this, waving his hand to scatter the remaining ice chips in his palm to the ground.