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She sat regally in her office chair, her fist propping up her cheek: "What's going on, Finn?"

Finn rubbed his temples: "See for yourself, isn't this your doing? All the adventurers here say they've joined our faction. And you personally changed the sect."

"Huh? That's impossible. We were staying in the Tower of Babel with Ais, how could we possibly go out on our own under those circumstances?"

Loki stood up, put his hands in his pockets, and tilted his head to scrutinize everyone.

“You say I personally bestowed the favor, do you have any evidence? I haven’t sensed my child’s presence from any of you.”

An adventurer took off his shirt, revealing a huge clown pattern on the back: "Isn't that enough proof?"

Loki froze, leaning back tactically: "Huh?!?!?!"

She then bent down, touched her chin, and examined the shirtless adventurer from behind: "It is indeed a blessing, but this clown is not mine."

"Huh?" The adventurer was stunned.

“Holy crap. Our clown is such a lecher.” Loki tugged at the Loki Familia banner on the table.

It was a full-body clown statue with legs crossed, arms outstretched, and a sinister smile on its face.

Behind the adventurer, however, is a close-up of a clown's face, or rather, a mask, in alternating black and white.

"Ah, this..." The group of people were speechless, checking the patterns of their respective clans on their backs. Without exception, none of them resembled the Loki Familia.

Charles asked curiously, "Finn, are there any other gods in the city related to clowns? Or can this pattern be changed according to the gods' wishes?"

The adventurer suddenly realized: "Yes, we witnessed Lord Loki activating the blessing for us with our own eyes yesterday, there's no mistake!"

Finn looked at Loki helplessly: "What's going on? Did other gods interfere? But why? What's the reason?"

Loki looked worried: "We don't know either. Did you really see Finn and me transferring your religion yesterday?"

Charles nodded firmly: "Yes, that's right!"

I wasn't lying...

As Loki fell silent, a smile slowly crept into Ciel's heart.

Sure enough... he guessed right, he could no longer be detected by the gods.

Since returning to the sanctuary at the center of the Tower of Babel last night, many deities have conducted lie detector tests on the visitor's identity to prevent assassins and spies from infiltrating the secret faction.

Charles was naturally questioned as well, but he evaded the questions with his words. Among his answers were quite imperfect ones, but the gods still managed to avoid being exposed.

At that time, he realized that the development ability of [Godslayer I] might be even more powerful than he had imagined.

First, in addition to the known "lie detector immunity" and "simulated divine authority," Ciel summarized his experience and roughly guessed some of the effects.

These generally fall into two categories: "God Assassins" and "Usurpers of Divine Authority".

These correspond to the basic abilities of the [God Assassin]: "Nullification of Divine Power," "Nullification of Divine Might," and most abilities related to divine power, including lie detection, will be ineffective against Ciel.

Extending outwards, this leads to the other side: the usurpation of divine authority.

Now, Ciel can not only use his own blood as a key to unlock and edit the favors of others like a normal god, but he can even have his own familia!

In short, Xia Er can use [divine script] to do things similar to those of gods in the lower realms.

In addition, the branch of [usurping divine authority] also includes a potential development capability of [mystery I].

He can use a portion of "divine miracles" on a small scale, with expressive power similar to [Mystic I].

These are the powers that were truly "killed" Soma and plundered from his corpse, not "returned" to him.

In addition to the aforementioned valuable abilities, [Godslayer I] also provides an additional benefit of +1 to all development abilities.

In short, Charles's current stats are:

Ciel: lv3

Strength: I50 → H124 Durability: I71 → I88 Dexterity: I61 → H101 Agility: I67 → H117 Magic: SSS3707

[Divine Text G] [Food Chain H] [Godslayer I]

……

Among them, the third stage of divine script, combined with the "mystery" attached to the "Godslayer", can do more things, but Charles doesn't have time to study it. Currently, he has discovered that what can be done is to change the superficial message of grace.

Whether it's the patterns of the clan or the data displayed on the surface, Ciel can use "divine script" to forge them.

A more intuitive representation is the second level of the food chain [H].

Not only has the number of familiars that can be named increased by one, but the skills that can be granted have also increased from one to two.

However, Ciel only had time to give Rimuru a name, but before he could assign new abilities to Alpha and Rimuru, he was caught by Seele and dragged in front of Finn.

at the moment……

“Lord Loki, I know that you were forced to grant us this favor temporarily. But it’s alright, we will automatically switch allegiance after a year. But right now, our priority is for you to lead us and do our part for the city.”

When Ciel revealed his back, showing his level 1 standard stats and the same Joker emblem, Loki was completely stunned.

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"

Chapter 184 Finn: Are you trying to kill me?!

Loki's current feelings are like those of an ex-girlfriend he hasn't seen for a year, who suddenly appears pregnant and says, "Come here, this is your baby." It's so absurd.

"No, why do I feel like I'm the one who's going to be the one left holding the bag?" Loki's face scrunched up, his emotions a jumble of complex emotions.

Is this also an unknown aspect of the lower realm?

It’s so exciting!

Now, not only do I have to shoulder the responsibility of raising the child, but I also can't offer any further favors. The crucial point is, I have absolutely no idea what the other party is planning.

Unfortunately, the current situation doesn't allow her to spend too much time investigating, so she can only make use of these adventurers for the time being.

After assigning tasks to these unusual adventurers, Finn returned to headquarters alone to ponder.

“Every eyewitness account we’ve received is that we rescued them together.” Finn looked at Loki: “You really didn’t do anything?”

“No.” Loki lay slumped on the table, his eyes vacant.

Finn stroked his chin and speculated, "What about magic? Or disguise? Witnessing two people at once and being able to replicate my magic? The probability of that is too low."

Loki puffed out his chest and raised his head: "Yes! Magic! It must be magic! This is the unknown of the lower realm! Maybe it's illusion magic or something."

"Then what is their purpose in doing this?" Finn was increasingly confused.

The likelihood of their deity being a benevolent one is very low; if it were, there would be no reason for it to hide. Yet, these evil gods, in order to orchestrate such a scheme, abandoned the attack on a region and the advantage brought by the return of the deity.

“I think they definitely have a bigger conspiracy waiting for us,” Finn said confidently.

"What could it be? Besides turning some adventurers into their followers, they can only use us as a pawn, right?" Loki crossed his arms.

"If such magic existed, wouldn't the benefits of impersonating a commander be even greater during wartime? Now that we've taken precautions, such surprise attacks that disrupt the lines are useless, aren't they?"

Finn's expression grew increasingly grave: "Yes, something far more dangerous than a surprise attack is brewing. What's worse, I have absolutely no time to deal with it right now! It's a bomb that will definitely kill us!"

Finn reorganized the intelligence gathered from last night until now.

Finally, a clue was discovered.

"So far, the guild has only sent over six lists of familias that have been returned or defeated. Who are the other three?"

Following this intelligence, Finn quickly realized: "The return of the gods, causing adventurers to lose their favor, is not their goal! The Dark Faction's aim is to cover up the return of the other three gods!"

"Then the purpose of making such a great sacrifice must not be simple."

"That's right. If the gods returning the goods isn't the goal in itself, then giving up the advantages of this tactic in exchange for greater benefits makes sense."

Loki's expression turned serious: "Finn, do you think the Dark Faction is trying to cause trouble in the dungeons?"

The dungeon is forbidden to gods; this is a law that has been followed by gods for thousands of years. What would happen if this rule was violated and divine power was unleashed in the dungeon is currently unknown.

Loki speculated that some ancient "god assassins" might have been born because of divine power, so...

"Finn, watch out for the dungeons. There are more enemies than just those two overlords." Loki's playful expression vanished.

“Ah.” Finn licked his thumb. “So now I’ll use whatever power I can get my hands on. I’ll fight back with everything I have, or I’ll be nothing but fish on a chopping block.”

Finn sighed deeply...

The overlords, the dark factions, and now the threat from the dungeons.

Are you guys even letting people play anymore?

The city has run out of fighting power, so...

“Tell Riveria. That child has already received training in human combat, and it’s time for her to participate in actual combat.”

……

North Street.

Raul lowered his head, shattered the rain, and walked through the wandering crowd.

His feelings were very complicated. He couldn't believe that his leader would cooperate with an evil god for the sake of "reputation," and he couldn't believe that his own god was the one who had created this "desperate situation."

If that's the case, Orario has absolutely no chance of winning. One of the two Familias at the top of the city is actually the enemy's commander...

The world will come to an end.

After calming down, he suddenly realized something.

If Finn's aim is merely the fame of victory, then this battle will ultimately end in the defeat of the Dark Faction, and so on...

"If this is all just a performance, then what are we, standing on the stage? Aren't we just clowns who are burning ourselves?"

Raul recalled the prophecy spoken by Charles.

Right, everything is right.

Loki is playing a very big game! She is guiding Orario step by step in the direction she desires, eliminating the obstructing gods and making room for her own stage.

Now only I know everything!

Knowing everything, what can I do? And what should I do?

Raul ran with all his might, trying to numb his mind. But soon, something even more numbing appeared.

At the end of the street, a dozen or so soldiers from the Dark Clique, dressed in black cloaks, rushed out.

This is a group of residents who refused to take refuge in "Central Plaza." Most of them came from Pleasure Street and Daedalus Street. Distrustful of adventurers, they all gathered here, forming a temporary shelter.