"Loki, what are you doing?"
Riveria saw Loki huddled in the corner, sneaking around eavesdropping on the conversation between Roy and Finn in the hall.
"Shh!" Loki quickly put her finger to her lips, signaling Riveria to be quiet. Previously helping Freya that seductive vixen test Roy, she still felt somewhat embarrassed about it until now.
Last time, if the Divine Wine hadn't been so captivating, she wouldn't have wanted to appear at the Soma Familia's residence at all.
Riveria shook her head. A deity with sealed divine power was no different from an ordinary person—how could high-level adventurers not notice?
Roy and Finn were just pretending not to know.
Riveria stopped caring and walked out herself.
Roy and Finn looked up and greeted her.
Riveria was wearing deep green casual clothes with a white coat draped over them, tightly accentuating her amazing figure. Her emerald hair was tied in a ponytail, without makeup, her gait graceful and elegant, with a smile on her face.
Fortunately Ais wasn't there, or Roy would have a headache dealing with that girl's challenge.
The captain and vice-captain of the Loki Familia had arrived.
Finally getting to the main topic, Roy's expression turned serious. "Actually, I received information that someone wants to target me and my companions on the day of Monsterphilia."
Finn and Riveria's expressions moved—this news surprised them quite a bit.
They seemed to realize Roy's purpose for coming here.
Finn asked, "You mean?"
Roy said, "I want to hire members of the Loki Familia to serve as our guards on that day."
Finn and Riveria exchanged glances, a trace of surprise flashing in their eyes. The Astraea Familia's strength wasn't weak, with Level 5 Gale Wind...
Was the enemy troublesome to this degree? Even requiring Roy to seek help from them.
Riveria pursed her lips. Regarding this "royal descendant" of hers, if it were in a personal capacity, helping would be fine. But rising to the Familia level, this wasn't something she as a vice-captain could decide.
Finn pondered, "Recently the Familia has no expedition missions, so accepting this commission is possible. But you should know, the payment for hiring us..."
Roy said, "I'll pay ten million valis!"
The eavesdropping Loki sneered disdainfully—ten million valis to have her children go work?
Roy added, "Ten million valis per person, limited to Level 4 and above adventurers. Level 5 adventurers get double, Level 6 adventurers negotiated separately."
The hall fell into complete silence.
Roy's boldness shocked both Finn and Riveria. The youth before them seemed to transform into a god of wealth, the air itself permeated with the scent of money.
Loki hiding in the corner was dumbfounded, almost forgetting this kid was a tycoon who had made a fortune through the Soma Familia's Divine Wine auction.
Finn smiled bitterly. He originally hadn't planned to agree, but奈何 the other party offered way too much!
A fried potato ball on the street cost thirty to forty valis. A bottle of top-grade Panacea from the Dian Cecht Familia cost five hundred thousand valis. Ten million valis was enough to buy a large villa in Orario. Level 4 adventurers needed several months to accumulate this amount of wealth.
Roy hiring them meant putting out at least one hundred million valis—Finn couldn't ignore this number.
Riveria looked at Roy with annoyance, like an old mother blaming her family's spendthrift. This matter could have been discussed with her privately!
But Roy didn't think so. Things that could be settled with money, he absolutely didn't want to owe others favors for.
"Alright, we accept this commission."
Finn agreed.
Besides expeditions, the Loki Familia also accepted commissions from friendly Familias, such as special materials requested by the Dian Cecht Familia and Goibniu Familia.
But the payment was extremely high.
Finn had been afraid Roy would offer too low a price, making it hard to refuse—that way he couldn't explain to those below. As Familia captain, he had to consider everything comprehensively.
With cooperation reached and time pressing, Roy didn't stay long, got up and left. He didn't need to leave any proof—they were all reputable Familias in Orario, unlikely to play games on this matter.
Riveria personally escorted Roy to the door.
"This urgent?"
Riveria was slightly surprised—exactly what kind of person was targeting the Astraea Familia?
Roy nodded, quickly leaving, leaving Riveria a thin retreating figure.
Riveria returned to the hall.
Loki walked out, still in her shorts and chest-wrap outfit, her red medium-short hair tied in a single ponytail.
The three sat on the sofa. Riveria asked, "Finn, what do you think?"
Finn licked his thumb, feeling a slight pain. "On the day of Monsterphilia, something will probably happen, but it's not aimed at us."
"Loki, you?"
"Help if we can. I still owe him a favor—this time counts as paying it back."
Roy left the Twilight Manor.
He ran to the Soma Familia's residence again, having Lily coordinate the Familia's manpower. Although not good at fighting, they were sufficient for surveillance. These two to three hundred people distributed in different areas.
On the day of Monsterphilia, once any abnormal situation occurred, they could immediately notify them.
"Lord Roy, rest assured, we're all prepared!" Lily's small face was serious. She could finally help Lord Roy, a trace of joy flashing in her eyes.
"Thank you!"
Roy rubbed Lily's small head.
Lily's hair was made messy, but she wasn't annoyed at all, instead quite enjoying it.
At the Soma Familia's residence, Roy conveniently requested a secret room to conduct an experiment he had long wanted to do.
The Shikon Jewel!
This legendary-grade equipment had been in his hands for some time, but he had been too busy to experiment with its power.
Now knowing someone was targeting them, no matter how busy, Roy had to squeeze out time.
Use all resources to thoroughly destroy the enemy!
To summarize this equipment's effects: enhancing power, resurrecting the dead, and granting wishes.
The side effect was that negative emotions would pollute the jewel, subsequently affecting the user's mind.
For Roy, the most useful were definitely the first two. The Shikon Jewel's wishing could only be for that "single wish"—other wishes would be backlashed.
Roy took out a corpse from his spatial ring—it was the person Zanis had sent to track him before, killed by him and stored in the ring.
Perfect for experimenting now.
Roy forcibly pressed the Shikon Jewel into this lifeless corpse, waiting for changes to appear.
Roy didn't know if it would work.
This world was different from Inuyasha—it had numerous gods. After death, people's souls returned to the heavenly realm, memories erased, reincarnated.
The Inuyasha world never had any true immortals or gods—everything was merely legend.
Reincarnation only had Kikyo and Kagome as one pair, explained as the Shikon Jewel carrying Kikyo's soul into Kagome's body—this explanation wasn't necessarily impossible.
Souls were in the gods' hands—could the Shikon Jewel snatch food from the tiger's mouth? Even Roy appeared somewhat nervous.
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