Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

This conclusion was reached...

"Hmph, I'll protect Ciel from now on." Ain puffed out his chest.

Philweis bit her handkerchief, looking aggrieved, and muttered to herself, "Gunnu... just wait, I'm next. Rather than using external forces to transform into Ciel's shape, I'll rely on my own heart to accomplish it."

Charles watched the two women, who seemed to dislike each other like sisters, and smiled with amusement.

……

Charles's arrangement for Philwis was to temporarily conceal her identity, just like Alfia, while Philwis herself would train according to the Saitama training method, and Ein, Cassandra, Fels, and Alpha would go deep into the dungeon to level up.

Two weeks of peaceful time have passed.

Emerging from their victory over the evil god, the wounded from each clan gradually recovered and, with the belief that they must heal the severed limbs of their predecessors, set off again to the dungeon to raise money.

When they returned to the city, exhausted, and gathered in the tavern, a chain of crimes erupted...

"Damn it, I only earned 2 falies in a day. When will I be able to raise enough money to buy prosthetics for my seniors?"

The dwarf Dolmu of the Manni Familia slammed his wine glass on the table: "What can we do? Let's take it slow. At least we're back alive, aren't we? As long as we're alive, our dreams will come true sooner or later."

At that moment, another group of human adventurers, Moldo, also voiced their unpleasant complaints:

"Tsk, the guild isn't even going to compensate us? We've made such a huge sacrifice..."

"What can we do? The credit has all been stolen by the Loki Familia."

"It was clearly Finn's scheme, but we've been foolishly caught in the trap of the Dark Faction."

"Now, besides ourselves, who else remembers how our predecessors died?"

Hearing the sound, Dolmu looked over in surprise. At the other table, he recognized several familiar faces. He picked up his wine glass and walked over.

"Brother, we have to think of something. We can't let our predecessors die in vain! We must seek justice!"

Alone on one side, the elf Revis, who had lost all his companions, shouted, fueled by alcohol, "Yes, we must seek justice!"

The sound captivated the other adventurers from the same clan at the table.

Donning robes that concealed his "weirdo" identity, Nar, with his head bowed and eyes downcast, roared, "Yes, we must expose Finn's crimes to the world! That despicable Palum who hides behind us and steals our blood, tears, and glory is not worthy of the title of 'Hero'!"

"Yes, it's been like that since the Dark Ages. Nobody remembers the fallen heroes; everyone only knows that Finn led us to victory."

"This is all the evil Palum's scheme! That fake 'Hero' who stole the glory of others!"

"War games..."

One of them, drunk, shouted, "War game! We must use the war game to reclaim the glory that belongs to our predecessors!"

"Yes, if we unite everyone... even the gods won't ignore our power!"

The sudden surge of emotion from the crowd startled Moldo: "What can we do? That's the Loki Familia!"

"Can we...win this battle?"

With one foot planted on the table, drawing everyone's attention, Gnar declared, "Don't forget, it wasn't just us who were hurt by Finn, but also the true hero!"

"If we borrow the power of the 'Fairies,' we can even take down a 'Hero'!"

"You mean Lord Charles? Can he still unleash Lord Alpha's power? Didn't he say he spent two whole weeks recuperating from his illness to save us?" Revis reminded him.

Nar smiled and said, "Have you forgotten? We still have our father! With Lord Pochi here, even the Nine Demon Princesses are not invincible against us!"

At this moment, the adventurers once again recalled the exhilarating feeling of being healed by Bear Daddy...

"Yes, if that lord joins us, we have a chance to overthrow Loki!"

"Even if we fail, it doesn't matter. We will use the 'Mirror of God' to expose Finn's crimes! We will reclaim the glory of our predecessors!!"

The adventurers, fueled by their drunkenness, roared out and made requests to their respective gods.

The next day...

An invitation to a war game, jointly initiated by 20 clans, appeared before Loki...

"What...what's going on, Finn!"

Chapter 345 Finn: Someone's smearing me?

"What is this?" Finn took the notice from Loki's hand and frowned.

"An invitation to a war game."

"Oh?" Finn raised an eyebrow: "From Freya's Familia?"

He examined the envelope from front to back. In his mind, the only ones in the city who were currently willing to bare their teeth at the Loki Familia and harbor hostility towards them were probably the Freya Familia.

“No, it’s not,” Loki said with a frown. “It’s a declaration of war by a total of 20 factions.”

"Ok?"

Finn was startled. This joke was not funny. It meant that Loki had offended at least 20 gods who were now united against him.

"Loki, what have you done? Did you kidnap someone else's girl?"

"No way!" Loki jumped up and down. "The letter said it's because they think you don't live up to the name of 'Hero,' so they want to publicly execute you."

"Me?" Finn himself was also uncertain, and opened the envelope to read it carefully.

After confirming the contents of the letter, his brows furrowed deeply.

"Is someone dissatisfied with the strategy I previously devised?"

"It seems so."

"Did they make a mistake?" Finn was speechless.

Let's start reviewing the previous tactics.

First, the Dark Faction released news of the "Great Treasure," and a large number of adventurers volunteered to go and explore it. The guild also issued an investigation commission and provided a commission fee.

First, these adventurers went to the dungeon voluntarily for personal gain. Second, the guild explicitly stated that it might be a scheme by the Dark Faction, and their only purpose was to investigate.

Finn said calmly, "My order here is to unite the scattered adventurers and form a coalition to prevent them from being divided and defeated. Consider it a reminder. It shouldn't be said that I subjectively ordered them to go and investigate; the problem lies with the guild."

Finn's role was merely to warn and prevent the Dark Faction from launching a sneak attack. Even if he hadn't done so, the adventurers would have entered the dungeon on their own and fallen into the trap.

"The controversial part is that I received intelligence from Astrea in advance, as well as a prophecy from Jester. And I concealed this from her, using the intelligence advantage to expand the results of the war."

In order to create greater strategic value, Finn chose not to leak intelligence and proceed step by step, going with the flow.

In this respect, he does indeed have the subjective suspicion of taking advantage of those adventurers.

but……

Finn was first the "Hero" of Palum, then Finn of the Loki Familia, and then the city's appointed commander...

The Loki Familia are not "rulers of the people" or "messengers of justice".

No matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with other clans, so there's no need for me to give up my own interests for the sake of certain people.

Especially since concealing this information would be more advantageous to oneself, one's family, and even the city, there is absolutely no reason to sacrifice one's own interests to meddle in other people's business.

Theoretically speaking, any clan can be considered a potential rival. Orario's current situation is actually similar to the Eighteen Allied Forces attacking Dong Zhuo.

By sending out its "noname" and tacitly accepting the support of the Astrea Familia, it was already more than enough.

Upon hearing Finn's analysis, Loki flew into a rage:

"What? Is that all?"

"If you're going to blame us for withholding information, how about we make the guild release all the information about floors 58 and beyond to me? Other commercial clans, please also release your connections and product formulas. Let's break the monopoly and, like with the Char, bring down the price of elixirs! And while we're at it, let's not sell level one weapons so expensively; let's sell them to adventurers at cost price. With better weapons, fewer people will die, won't they?"

Finn repeatedly watched as each of the various clans explained their reasons for launching the War Game.

"Okay, I think someone is seizing on my flaws, misleading me with their words, exaggerating my mistakes, and using public opinion to attack me from a moral high ground."

Finn admitted that he was not a "benevolent ruler" and that he had always had his own selfish motives.

Anyone who misinterprets his actions maliciously, and then uses ambiguous speculation and rhetoric to guide the conversation, will find problems.

Especially a commander like him.

In a battle, he can easily decide the life or death of some people; with a different tactical arrangement, the number of adventurers who sacrifice themselves might be different.

The same applies to this battle: to achieve the greatest victory with the least sacrifice.

The current rumors that Finn deliberately tricked and killed adventurers are an excessive and malicious interpretation.

This is just a basic tactic. Finn wouldn't do something as foolish as telling every soldier the core secrets of the tactic, as if she wanted the enemy to know. She's not Valetta.

"The other thing is the prophecy about the Jester," Finn said with a wry smile.

Loki, hands on his hips, muttered, "This intelligence is only circulating among a few of our top factions. It's impossible for others to know about it. Someone is using the results to maliciously harm us."

"Even we gods dare not claim to have complete knowledge of the future. In other words… the butterfly effect. Jester's prophecy became uncertain long after the struggle against 'absolute evil' began."

Finn sighed, "That's right, we just took a precautionary approach and assumed she might show up. That's why I had Charles bring the ancient fairy spirits with us."

"It's like we're betting on the possibility of a miracle happening."

"Even if, by some chance, the 'Fairy Avatar' happens to appear at this exact moment, we can still believe that Charles can bring us a miracle."

Finn admitted that he had some "intuition" that prompted him to let "noname" accompany him, which somehow led him to do so.

As it turned out, he made the right choice.

From Finn's perspective, he had arranged everything as carefully as possible. The worst-case scenario was the sacrifice of 800 members of his clan in exchange for the annihilation of over 90% of the Dark Clan.

Compared to the tens of thousands of deaths during the massive protests, the cost was already small.

The only problem is...

"They are right about some things. In the past, we took death far too lightly."

Adventurers die every day in Orario, and countless more die in the Great Rebellion. People don't even have time to proclaim their so-called glory before they are thrown into a new war.

This results in a situation where, once a person dies, no one cares except their family.

Only the strong who survive are revered by the world.

This set of values ​​is distorted.

Finn sighed, "We really need to give the honor back to the pioneers who truly laid the foundation for victory and peace."

Orario only has large-scale mourning ceremonies during the Elegy Festival, but even during the Elegy Festival, the cemetery where the heroes are buried is really ignored, except for a few well-known celebrities.