The shop was smashed, and the flower shop's old couple was heartbroken. Based on the conversation between the Soma Familia members and Lili, they could roughly guess where this disaster came from.
The Pallum girl also noticed the old couple's unfriendly, slightly disgusted gazes. She lowered her head, wishing there was a crack in the ground for her to crawl into.
Regret, pain, and other emotions were like countless small knives, tormenting her petite and frail body.
"How about hiring me to solve them?"
At this moment, Roy was like a ray of light, shining into her dark and hopeless inner world.
Lili's eyes struggled, biting her teeth, "Why would you care about this matter?"
Roy pondered for a moment, smiling, "I'm a member of the Astraea Familia. You should know—we're a group of people who love to meddle in others' business."
The corner of Lili's mouth twitched. Describing oneself as "people who love to meddle in others' business"—such an adventurer was her first time seeing. In Orario, this kind of person usually died the fastest. But the youth before her...
Roy looked at the flower shop's old couple, "Grandpa, Grandma, she's also a victim. The true villains should be the Soma Familia members."
Hearing this, the flower shop's old couple seemed to awaken from a great dream, escaping from the anger of their destroyed shop. Their gazes toward Lili held more apology and shame.
Lili's nose turned sour.
The just Astraea Familia, the sunny and cheerful youth—like a prince on a white horse descending from the heavens in hero stories, preventing Soma Familia members from harming her.
The youth before her was undoubtedly a good person.
Lili wanted to cry out loud. Why was her luck so bad, only meeting him now?
"Let's go. We'll solve the problem together, or else this shop will continue being destroyed." Roy spoke softly, like a demon's whisper, guiding her.
"Yes."
Lili nodded, following behind Roy.
The surrounding crowd made way for the two.
At this moment, in everyone's eyes, Roy seemed to transform into a hero, accepting the girl's commission, going forth to subjugate the dark, brutal, notorious Familia.
Lili grabbed Roy's sleeve corner, her heart warm. She had never felt so at ease.
Roy didn't directly head to the Soma Familia's territory, but returned to the Stardust Garden.
Why fight alone when you can gang up?
It wasn't like he had no backing. It was time for his girls to be shown to the world.
Roy called out, "Miss Ryuu, Daphne, Cassandra—time to work!"
When they learned of the Pallum girl's matters, Daphne and Cassandra's tears were about to fall. From birth, parents who didn't care, relying on begging for a living...
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Even in the dark and lawless Orario, people with such tragic experiences were rare.
Compared to this, Daphne's experience of being pursued by the Apollo Familia was nothing. Cassandra had even less to say—before becoming an adventurer, she was a wealthy young lady, living in comfort, a proper little rich girl.
A trace of cold light also flashed in the depths of Ryuu's sky-blue eyes. Those Soma Familia fellows, in a sense, were even more disgusting than the Evilus faction—like termites, gnawing at Orario's foundations.
Ryuu looked at Roy, "What do you plan to do?"
Roy pondered, "The Soma Familia's current situation is all because of Divine Wine. Familia Captain Zanis Lustra uses Divine Wine to control Familia power, forcing members to use all means to earn money, amassing large amounts of wealth. First, this person must be eliminated."
Everyone nodded, having no objections. Divine Wine was merely a tool—Zanis was the root of all evil.
Having decided, everyone began moving, fully armed, heading straight for the Soma Familia's territory.
Seeing Roy and the others go to uphold justice, Goddess Astraea was even less likely to have objections. With a smile, she watched them depart, staying behind alone to watch the house.
Meanwhile.
Waiting in the teahouse until night without seeing Roy, Zanis who was almost angered to death had just returned to the Familia's territory when he immediately received a message.
Roy had sent several of their members to prison!
Zanis's eyes widened. The situation wasn't right!
Boom!!
Before Zanis could figure out the connections, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering explosion rang out, flames shooting to the sky, interrupting his thoughts.
A Familia member urgently said, "It's the Astraea Familia! They've attacked!"
"What?!"
Zanis and several Familia executives' faces changed. They had no grudge with the Astraea Familia!
Well, it seemed they did now...
But wasn't it the Sprout of Justice who injured their people? They didn't even come to demand an explanation, so how could the Astraea Familia have the nerve to attack?
The Soma Familia members' minds were buzzing.
"Sprout of Justice, you—?" Zanis's face twisted. Only he faintly realized something.
Speaking of which, with Lili this inside traitor providing intelligence, most of the Soma Familia's information was grasped by Roy, including numbers, positions, equipment, and so on.
The number of people attracted to join the Soma Familia by Divine Wine was unimaginably large. This Familia's total members actually exceeded six thousand, considered a large-scale Familia.
Of course, among these six thousand, the vast majority were Level 1, with only a sparse few being Level 2.
These people joined the Soma Familia to drink, not to adventure. They had no interest in training their combat techniques or leveling up. Every day they swindled outside, only to earn money to drink a mouthful of Divine Wine.
Dealing with these drunkards—even with an enormous numerical gap, Roy dared to bring Daphne and Cassandra to break through from the front gate. One magic blast blew open the iron door.
Ryuu alone blocked the Soma Familia's back door.
"Sprout of Justice, what do you want to do?!"
"Return fire, quickly return fire!"
The Soma Familia members' panicked voices continuously rang out. Orario's peaceful night was completely broken.
Large numbers of Familia members were awakened from sleep, grabbing weapons and rushing out, vast and mighty—at least four to five hundred people combined, their presence fierce and vicious. In the blink of an eye, they surrounded Roy's group.
"Arde, you ungrateful traitor!"
"Kill that traitor first!"
The Soma Familia members' angry gazes stared at Lili, the killing intent they revealed exceptionally chilling.
Lili's small face was pale, the fear hidden in her bones surfacing.
At this moment, Roy gave her a reassuring glance, making her immediately relax.
Roy spoke solemnly, "Daphne, Cassandra—you know what to do, right?!"
"Yes!"
Daphne and Cassandra responded, their small faces slightly nervous. This was their first time dealing with adventurers. Previously, they had only killed monsters in the Dungeon.
But the two were nervous, not afraid!
The ones who should truly be afraid were the Soma Familia members!
The matter of Roy accepting the Pallum girl's commission during the day to deal with the Soma Familia had already spread.
Many people had提前 occupied nearby high ground, preparing ale, peanuts, and other small snacks to watch the show.
Especially the numerous Gods, who feared not the world being chaotic, excitedly shouting with flushed faces: Fight, fight, fight!