Loki Familia.
As the War Game entered garbage time, the members of the Loki Familia no longer continued to watch, leaving the hall one after another to go about their own business.
"Eh! Isn't this Aiz-chan!"
Having just taken a bottle of liquor from the warehouse, Loki saw a few slender figures passing by not far away.
Her eyes lit up, and after cheering at the top of her lungs, she jumped up from where she stood and pounced toward them.
"You've finally returned from the Dungeon! Let me check quickly to see if you're hurt!"
"No injuries." Aiz silently took a step back.
"Let's skip the check-up~" Tiona took a step to the left.
"Lefiya, remember to dodge." Tione took a step to the right.
"Eh?"
Seeing the three people who were originally surrounding her instantly separate, a look of confusion appeared on Lefiya's face.
The next second, looking at Loki, who was inches away with a lewd smile, she finally realized what was happening and quickly crouched down.
Bang—!
"Ouch! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"
Loki pounced and slammed into the ground, rolling around in pain.
"Aiz-chan, you guys are so heartless! How come no one caught me!"
"If I caught Loki, I'd be grabbed by the clothes and harassed. I don't want that."
Tiona put her hands behind her head and recounted past events as if it were nothing.
"Um... are you okay?"
Lefiya, who had dodged last, felt her conscience pricked and cautiously leaned over to ask.
"Hehehe~ Lefiya is still the best!"
Loki instantly stopped rolling and grabbed Lefiya's thighs with both hands, slowly reaching upward.
Bang—!
A staff made of Saint Emperor Ore, costing nine figures, fell from behind.
Loki, who was still cackling a second ago, fell to the ground with a thud and fell unconscious.
"Phew~ Saved."
Lefiya, who had been at a loss, breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the elf in front of her.
"Lady Riveria, thank you very much."
"It's nothing. Next time Loki harasses you, just take action directly; no need to be polite."
"Eh? That wouldn't be very good, would it."
A sheepish smile appeared on Lefiya's face.
Although she had been in the Loki Familia for three years and had adapted to the personalities of Loki and the others.
It was still somewhat difficult for her to attack Loki as mercilessly as the others.
"Lefiya's personality is just too soft, which is why she's always bullied by Loki."
"Yeah, it's time to be a bit more assertive."
Tiona and Tione walked past and waved to Riveria.
"Riveria, we're back~"
"Mm, welcome back."
Riveria picked up Loki from the ground and led the others toward the hall not far away.
"How was the harvest this time?"
"Counting the commission from the Dian Cecht Familia, we earned a few million Valis scattered here and there."
"Did you encounter any danger?"
"No way, we only went down to the thirty-seventh floor. Every monster we met was taken down with a single punch."
Tiona clenched her fist and swung it, looking completely relaxed.
In fact, the thirty-seventh floor was indeed nothing to her.
As the starting point of the deep floors, the monsters on the thirty-seventh floor hovered around LV3 and LV4.
Before Tiona, whose stats were nearly maxed out and was only missing merit points to advance to LV6, monsters of this level were no different from Goblins.
"By the way, Riveria. Do you know what's going on with the Hestia Familia?"
"The Hestia Familia?"
Riveria paused in her steps, looking thoughtfully at Tiona.
As one of the three giants of the Loki Familia, Riveria reacted quickly.
Although Tiona was just asking casually, she still sensed part of the truth.
"Tiona, do you know Lynn?"
"We met him once when we went into the Dungeon a few days ago. Lefiya is his regular customer."
"Regular customer?"
"Yeah, didn't Lefiya run out for food seven days a week a few days ago? The stall she went to was opened by Lynn, and I heard it was super delicious."
"I see, that man even ran a stall? That's the first time I've heard of it."
Glancing at Lefiya, who silently lowered her head, Riveria showed a thoughtful expression.
"Hey! We're getting off track!"
"Riveria, do you know why Lynn ended up fighting the Soma Familia!"
"I didn't look into it closely. If you want to know, you can ask Finn."
"I know~"
Loki's voice suddenly rang out.
Waking up from her stupor, she gently pulled herself free from Riveria's grip.
"Loki, what exactly happened?"
Tiona leaned in to inquire further.
Facing Tiona's question, Loki suddenly showed a pained expression and clutched her head.
"Aiya~ I think I got hit by Riveria's attack and developed amnesia. I need kisses... Wait, wait a minute! I'll tell you, okay!"
Mid-sentence, upon seeing Tiona suddenly raise her fist and show an unfriendly expression, Loki quickly retreated two steps to create distance.
"Let me make it clear beforehand, I inferred this after asking someone. It might not be accurate."
"It's fine, just tell us."
Tione walked over from behind.
Like Tiona, she was also very curious why Lynn fought the Soma Familia.
"If I'm not mistaken, Lynn initiated the War Game because he was short on Valis."
"Short on Valis?"
"Yes. I heard that the man named Lynn secretly inquired about where he could buy a magic book and what the price was."
"Magic book? I think you all understand, right? A normal person wouldn't inquire about such things, let alone that shortly after, the War Game happened."
"This... Is Lynn that kind of person?"
Lefiya showed a look of shock on her face.
Starting a War Game because of a lack of Valis, wasn't that a bit too much?
"Don't rush, I haven't finished yet."
Loki took out divine liquor from her embrace, opened the cap, and took a gulp.
"A War Game is not a trivial matter. Initiating one requires the support of the Gods from both sides."
"Although Hestia, that Shorty, is poor, she still has a bottom line."
"Lady Loki, do you mean... the Hestia Familia has a problem?"
"Yes, that Familia has problems inside and out. It's completely rotten."
Loki revealed a little about the internal situation of the Soma Familia, as well as the matter concerning the Soma divine liquor.
"Addicted to the divine liquor, losing self-control after drinking, being controlled by others..."
After hearing Loki's description, Lefiya inexplicably felt a sense of déjà vu.
"It sounds a bit familiar."
"Me too."
Tiona and Tione exchanged glances, and a name simultaneously surfaced in their minds.
"The Dark Cuisine World."
Aiz's voice came from behind.
"That's right! Isn't this the Dark Cuisine World that Lynn mentioned before!"
Lefiya suddenly realized.
"What is the Dark Cuisine World?"
Now it was Loki's turn to be confused.
"Lynn said it was a group of chefs who received a Falna from an evil god and liked to make addictive food to force others to eat it, thereby controlling them."
Lefiya recounted the rumor she had heard not long ago, her face showing deep thought.
If she hadn't heard about this strange tale, she would have just thought Lynn started the War Game just to make money by picking a Familia with problems.
But after learning about the Dark Cuisine World, looking back at the incident, one would realize that Lynn was not randomly choosing a target.
"Lynn probably saw the shadow of the Dark Cuisine World on the Soma Familia, which is why he chose to make a move against them."
"As for that Dwarf who helped Lynn, he probably managed to break free from the control of the divine liquor with Lynn's help, which is why he betrayed the Soma Familia."
"That seems quite reasonable."
Tiona nodded thoughtfully.
Just then, the group walked into the hall.
After hearing Lefiya's speculation, everyone turned their gaze toward the divine mirror floating in mid-air.
Inside the mirror, Lynn looked at the Palum Girl and asked a meaningful question.
[Lili, do you hate Soma? ]
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