Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

Adi recalled: "He wore a mask just like Leon, with white hair and red eyes, just like a rabbit."

Finn sifted through his memories for strong individuals with such appearances, but without exception, all of them disappeared without a trace.

“Oh, right.” Adi raised his hand: “I think I heard that old man call him Jester! The cheerful clown…what a cool name, just like Argo!”

“Jester…” Finn stared at the somewhat familiar, dilapidated city walls and fell silent.

……

With Chardo's departure, the banquet initiated by the Dark Faction has temporarily entered its intermission.

The entire Ganesha team was sorting out the losses and handling various follow-up matters.

The House of Dusk.

With the trivial matters settled, Finn then began investigating the reasons behind the Dark Faction's large-scale attack.

"treasure?"

“Yes.” Shakti handed over the information his companion had received to Finn, along with information about Lord Ganesha, who was trying to find a special monster in the city but was unexpectedly brought to the surface.

"Something even the gods covet?" Finn looked at Loki. "Do you know what the treasure truly is?"

Loki shrugged: "If I knew, I wouldn't have to worry. It's precisely because I know nothing that it's a 'treasure' to the gods."

"Anyway... it definitely wasn't a 'monster' that came out of the ground."

Finn tapped his fingers rhythmically: "So, this is also a form of interference..."

After only a moment's thought, setting aside the group of secret factions roaming the city in search of so-called treasure, it seemed that the main target of the attack was the [Industrial Zone].

Is it to disrupt Orario's economic lifeline? To deepen cooperation with merchants? Or for some other purpose?

Shakti pointed out, "According to our wounded, the Dark Faction did not immediately kill them all, but instead set a trap to attract more reinforcements and wipe them out in one fell swoop."

Finn looked away from the intelligence reports:

"That's possible, but if that's all there is to it, wouldn't it be too much of a fuss to send out just one level 7?"

"Perhaps it's for the sake of a permanent solution. With such a powerful figure around, no matter how many troops you invest, it will all be lost without a trace, and not a single person can escape."

Finn frowned deeply: "But my gut feeling tells me otherwise."

He shifted his gaze to a corner of the report, which recorded that the magic stone processing plant had been breached by immense force.

With his first-level adventurer's discerning eye, he knew it wasn't an accident during combat. Super-hard metal isn't so easily destroyed. Even if the opponent had the ability to do it casually, this location was on the other side of the battlefield...

"Magic Stone Workshop, is there anything the Dark Faction absolutely needs to obtain?"

Shakti instinctively replied, "Let it explode. Those fire stones, with just a simple ignition device (trigger), can be easily detonated by anyone."

"Ignition device?"

Finn seemed to have thought of something and dug out an old file from intelligence from more than a week ago.

"The unusual increase in orders for ignition devices? Is it related to this?"

Ignition devices are usually produced together with magic stone lamps or magic stone furnaces; it is rare to find separate custom orders.

"Can you find out who placed these orders?" Finn handed the information to Raul.

The young man rushed out to contact various departments, confirm the list, and finally...

"Commander, they all seem to be from the Soma clan."

"The Soma Familia? It's them again?"

Recalling the leader of the opposing faction who came to their door seeking help with "Loki's Marriage Certificate" before the disaster struck...

"Could it be a deliberate attempt to divert our forces? Freya's expedition has only just begun. If they continue to hold us back, the balance of power in the city will be directly disrupted."

Finn glanced at Loki:

"If it weren't for someone insisting on saying 'protecting Soma' and going to live and die with 'Soma'..."

Loki blushed slightly: "Oh, right now, Soma wine is my life! Even if I die and return to Heaven, I want to be with Soma wine."

Finn crossed his index fingers: "So, Loki, when are you getting married? With the current relationship, it's difficult for us to investigate the Soma Familia."

"Haha." Loki scratched his head: "Actually, it was all just a casual promise for the sake of the Divine Wine. Maybe a hundred years from now, or two hundred years from now."

Raul was terrified.

As expected, Mr. Shire had seen through Loki's actions completely.

Captain, don't be fooled by this goddess's innocent appearance!

Seeing that Finn's investigation had stalled due to Loki's antics, Shakti took the initiative to say:

“If you think there’s something wrong with the Soma Familia, I can investigate them from other angles. Ganesha’s reputation among the people is enough to get to the bottom of them.”

As Shakti said, as long as you are still in this city, whatever you do will not escape the eyes of the masses.

After a brief inquiry and investigation, Finn soon obtained some interesting intelligence.

He waved the parchment in front of Loki:

“I have some bad news, Loki. The distillery you’ve been so eager to protect seems to have stopped producing alcohol a week ago.”

"Huh???" Loki suddenly stood up. She remembered what some bastard had said a week ago: "The divine wines are all in the distillery." She was immediately furious.

She naturally assumed that it was a workshop producing divine wine, with a continuous output, but it turned out to be just a warehouse? Previously, under the guise of protection, she had asked the "fiancé" for divine wine, but only received one jar.

"So... our divine wine is gone?" Loki roared and stood up. "We want the engagement annulled! We want the engagement annulled!"

Chapter 86 Chanis: We are all perfectly law-abiding citizens!

Soma Family Winery.

Located at the intersection of East Street and Southeast Street, it was barely spared from being affected by the battle.

At this time, the Ganesha Familia's heavy forces completely surrounded the area, and other military police in the city were also investigating the scattered members of the Soma Familia.

Chanis was bound hand and foot and held captive on the ground by two second-level adventurers.

"It's a huge injustice! I'm so wronged!"

"Injustice?" Loki's face flashed with suspicion. He crossed his legs and swept his sharp eyes over. "Tell me, how much of Soma's divine wine is left?"

“There are still thirty jars left.” Chanis looked up innocently. “Lord Loki, it’s not that I don’t want to give you the divine wine, but Lord Soma is temporarily not brewing this ‘Soma Wine.’ The remaining stock is needed to meet the needs of all the members of the group.”

"Thirty...that's quite a lot. This isn't exactly lying to me..." Loki snapped out of his daze: "Then why didn't Somo stop brewing it? Because of the Dark Faction?"

Chanis sighed and looked up: "Because Lord Soma said that some people still find the current divine wine ordinary, he will no longer brew such a defective product and is currently engrossed in researching new wines."

"This is still a defective product?!???!"

Loki's eyes lit up.

In the eyes of the gods, there are no moral concepts like those of the mortal realm. Although not as extreme as Freya, Loki is still one of those who don't care about trivial matters. Even with the current divine wine, Loki would be willing to marry Soma and drink it for the rest of his life, let alone if there were better options.

Unfortunately, that idiot was completely oblivious to romance.

Loki glanced at Chanis again, stood up, untied him, and straightened his slightly disheveled clothes, saying in a low voice:

"Oh my gosh~ Were you startled? I'm not usually like this, I was just a little rude because I thought I'd been tricked. As an apology, how about you treat me to three more jars of 'Soma'?"

Hearing Loki's uncharacteristic tone, the others didn't pay much attention, except for Raul, who suddenly shuddered and widened his eyes...

"It's actually true! It's really true!"

Angie noticed Raul's unusual behavior and touched his forehead: "Oh, you're all sweaty! Raul, are you sick?"

"No...no, I'm perfectly fine!" Raul forced a smile.

"Ahem, alright, Loki, let's get down to business." Finn's big fuss this time wasn't to see Loki act cute.

He tossed the object that was causing him a slight sting in his fingers in front of Chanis:

"What is this? Why did your clan's brewery suddenly start producing this kind of thing, and why are you ordering so many ignition devices?"

Chanis glanced at Loki, who had run off to the warehouse to search for the divine liquor: "You can't explain it with words. Why don't you come with me to a darker room and I'll cover for you? Oh, and bring the ignition device."

Finn frowned in deep thought.

Once Chanis was no longer restrained by the ropes, he immediately became smug: "You're not afraid of me, a level 2 hero, are you?"

"Of course not. Let's go."

He glanced at Raul, gesturing for him to take Loki away.

Before long, the two arrived at the shops along the street. In an underground warehouse, Chanis pressed the ignition device, and a small flame slowly burned.

Under Finn's wary gaze, Chanis brought the flame close to the fuse. With a hiss, the ball of wire quickly ignited, and Chanis swiftly tossed the tube in his hand into a corner of the room.

During this time, Finn was fully prepared, but chose not to stop it; at least his thumb told him that it wasn't dangerous.

The fuse burned out with a hiss, and brilliant orange-yellow sparks filled the room. The detonator spun rapidly due to the force, darting around wildly. Beautiful fireworks bloomed in the small basement, landing on Finn's face, but he didn't even feel the burning sensation on his skin.

"This is……"

“Fireworks…” Chanis pushed up his glasses. “Besides these ground-sweeping fireworks, there are also ‘Skyrocket,’ ‘Heavenly Spring,’ ‘Ragnarok,’ and other products.”

"They can explode into beautiful flowers in the sky, bringing a little happiness to this oppressive city."

Chanis demonstrated the other products again, but since it was already light, the most spectacular "Ragnarok" was only so-so.

"If it's nighttime, the sky will be reflected as a sea of ​​flowers." Chanis was moved to tears.

Thanks to Brother Charles, otherwise we definitely wouldn't have made it through this!

"Waaaaah, Hero! I'm a law-abiding citizen! I produce all these things for the city!"

Finn suddenly realized that he was wondering if this thing could be used as a signal flare or a flare in the maze.

"You produce these things just to sweep away the gloom in the city?"

Chanis gave him a look as if he were an idiot: "Of course not. If it weren't for making money, why would a distillery owner like me get involved in this?"

Loki nodded. "He wasn't lying."