Soma Familia.
"Why did the Apollo Familia lose..."
After receiving a request from Hyakinthos, Zanis imdiately began taking corresponding action, which included dispatching adventurer mbers into the Dungeon to monitor Ron.
No direct conflict occurred.
But he knew clearly that, judging from Ron's ruthless personality, if he won the War Ga, what awaited him next would definitely not be good.
Then, things began developing in a direction completely beyond Zanis's expectations. Apollo, who could casually crush the Soma Familia, had been utterly unable to fight back in the War Ga.
"How is that possible..."
He collapsed onto the ground in a daze.
Why could Ron, who had only beco an adventurer not long ago, beco such a powerful adventurer? Zanis did not believe that the strength he possessed... would allow him to survive if he faced Ron.
"Run!"
"I must run!"
Taking advantage of the mont after the War Ga ended—when Ron would be at his busiest—he quickly liquidated all the Soma Familia's fixed assets in Orario and prepared to leave the city with the money.
Trust the god?
Zanis did not believe that the god Soma, who never interfered in the Familia's affairs, would care whether he lived or died. At most, he would simply replace the captain with another adventurer.
Seek protection from the Adventurers Guild?
Don't make Ron laugh.
Their conflict and grudges were already there. Compared with Orario's rising star, even if Ron killed him right in front of them, the Guild would probably pretend not to see it.
Investigation result: Multiple stab wounds to the back — death ruled a suicide.
"Even if I leave Orario, I'll squeeze every last Valis out of these useless trash. As long as I move to the City of Cri, no matter how strong you are…"
"Ron, you won't be able to do anything to !"
And just as Zanis convened another full Familia eting, Lili used the magic Cinder Ella to disguise herself as a prum and joined the eting.
She was carefully recording every strange action of the captain.
...
After the War Ga ended, Apollo was temporarily absent due to illness. His forr Familia commanders Daphne and Cassandra cooperated with the Adventurers Guild to carry out the financial settlent.
Excluding the personal assets of the Familia mbers, the final gains of the Hestia Familia were the forr "Apollo Familia" manor—worth nearly 200 million Valis—as well as a large amount of liquid funds.
37 million Valis.
"At last, we don't need to worry about money anymore..."
If the useless equipnt and materials of the Apollo Familia were sold, and the fifty million Valis earned from the Hephaestus wager were added in, the sense of fulfillnt brought by money was enough for Ron to forget all his worries—though in truth, he did not have any to begin with.
"Confirm the accounts."
"If the amount is correct, then sign."
Handing the Familia property transfer docunts to Ron, Daphne felt complicated emotions as she looked at the handso young man before her who had completely overturned the Apollo Familia.
The gap in strength had already been clearly recognized earlier.
And also, that eye-searing victory declaration.
She had never imagined—there would actually be an adventurer who dared to lay hands on a god, and that strange thod was enough to leave a deep impression on Apollo.
"No problem."
Ron quickly glanced through the transfer docunts.
After confirming there were no issues, he signed decisively. There were still quite a few things left to do, such as erasing all traces of the Apollo Familia inside the manor.
He had no intention of staying.
But just as he was about to leave, the girl with light red short hair found that the curiosity deep within her mind had ultimately overco the psychological shadow Ron had left on her.
Daphne hesitated for a mont before asking: "Mr. Ron, could you spare a little ti to talk?"
"What do you want to talk about?"
The reason Ron had a deep impression of Daphne was probably that she had waited for him in front of the Dungeon's "Ancient Ruins." If she had not shown hostility at the ti, then otherwise, at the very least during the War Ga he would have had to test what she was made of!
"Mr. Ron, regarding the current scale of your Familia, have you considered expanding it? As you know, after the Apollo Familia disbanded in Orario, my friend Cassandra and I are now free adventurers."
While saying this, Daphne also watched Ron's expression. After noticing there was no obvious rejection, she finally revealed the thought in her heart: "I wonder… whether we could join the Familia you belong to?"
This was her sincere wish.
The powerful Familias in Orario would definitely not care about two Lv.2 adventurers, while the ordinary Familias offered very little opportunity for growth.
By contrast, the Hestia Familia—just having Ron alone ant it was destined to beco a powerful Familia in the future, not to ntion there was also the equally strong Lv.3 adventurer Mikoto.
"…"
Exploring the Dungeon was not an individual endeavor.
Sooner or later they would inevitably need to explore the middle floors, and with the current number of mbers it would probably be difficult to sustain that. The developnt of the Familia was extrely important.
And the magic "Raumure" that Daphne possessed...
And Cassandra, who as a healer could foresee future dreams and avoid risks in advance, was also a very high-quality adventurer resource.
Reason told Ron that agreeing to let them join the Familia would only benefit its future developnt.
Since she had not received an answer from Ron, Daphne felt that this outco was reasonable. After all, not long ago they had been opposing targets.
"Sorry."
"It's fine if it's inconvenient."
Just before the girl prepared to leave, she rembered how Ron had accomplished sothing she had been unable to do when she was weak—resisting the Apollo Familia's forced recruitnt.
Daphne stopped in her tracks.
Even if revealing the secret behind it might cause him to resent her, she still reminded him: "About the recent Dungeon anomalies…"
"I hope you'll be careful. I feel there's another adventurer behind the scenes investigating the secrets on your body. They might have ill intentions toward you."
"Of course, no matter what, I won't reveal anything about what's going on with you."
'Another expert?'
When he had t Daphne outside the Fog Gate, combined with the occasionally normal Dungeon environnt, it actually wasn't difficult to guess that the true cause of the Dungeon anomalies was himself.
What truly surprised Ron was the information revealed in her words, as well as her frank attitude. At the very least, her character was not bad.
"The adventurer who's secretly following —do you rember anything about them?"
"No."
"But they were definitely a stranger who appeared at the Ancient Ruins after we left that day." Daphne gently shook her head and told him everything.
However, when she noticed her close friend Cassandra hugging a pillow and the trace of reluctance in her eyes, she had just reached out to drag this girl away by force—when she heard Ron's reply: "If you want to join the Hestia Familia… at the very least you'll need the god's approval. But you'd better be ntally prepared to be used at will."
"…?"
It sounded a little strange.
But Daphne knew that the Hestia Familia was the best choice for herself and Cassandra. Looking at Ron's calm expression, she spoke with gratitude: "Thank you."
"Then should we go find Lady Hestia now?"
"That won't work."
The boy shrugged lightly, even his tone carrying a trace of nonchalance.
"If sweeping through the Apollo Familia in the War Ga counts as a great feat, then no matter what, it has to be after I get my level up first."
"Only then will Lady Hestia have ti to handle your application to join."
"???"
Daphne: Are you even speaking human language?!
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