You call this magic?

"Absolutely right." The big man who had given people the impression of a robber just now instantly turned into a gold medal salesman in Ethan's eyes.

"Then the question is, how can I believe that this bottle of yours is the sacred wine of the Soma clan?" Ethan asked suspiciously.

He had no impression of the Soma clan just by hearing the name, but when the divine wine was mentioned, he remembered that there seemed to be such a clan, but he remembered that the so-called divine wine that leaked out should all be failures.

As soon as he saw Ethan's expression, the big man knew what he was thinking and immediately showed a look of disgust: "Don't listen to those people's nonsense, saying that only members of the clan can drink the divine wine. That's not true. If you don't believe it, you can try it."

Ethan narrowed his eyes slightly. This guy has bad intentions.

Sure enough, his initial idea was correct. Even if they were not here to rob him, they were at least forcing him to buy something. Several people blocked him in the alley, with an expression that said, "Don't even think about leaving unless you try."

In Ethan's opinion, there are two possibilities:

First, this wine is counterfeit and inferior. These people could have robbed him, but they gave him a bottle of inferior wine. It's so sad.

Second, this is truly a divine wine.

If one is killed instantly, then there will be a big problem. If two is killed, then there will be a big problem.

The real divine wine is addictive, and in his eyes it is no different from **.

But, Soma?

This god seemed to meet Ethan's requirements, but he was just taciturn and immersed in his own world, not that he was stupid.

Wait a minute, now that I think about it, it seems that Soma is more suitable than the Blue Ribbon Goddess.

Then, Ethan's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he looked at the strong men in front of him and smiled.

"I suddenly thought of a small matter and I need your help."

"What?"

Five minutes later, the four men with bruised faces and noses led the way silently in front. Ethan held the bottle of wine that the man had held before, opened the bottle cap, and smelled it slightly.

It looks like the real thing.

There was a smell in the bottle of wine that was difficult for him to describe. When he first smelled it, he felt drunk and had the urge to take a sip, but he was mentally prepared and finally restrained himself.

This thing is really powerful.

These people were not robbing, they were indeed members of the Soma clan, and this was their usual routine.

That is to attract new members by using the magic wine. Ordinary humans can hardly resist the temptation of the magic wine. Just smelling it will make them feel dizzy, let alone drinking a sip. Once they drink a sip, they will basically do whatever they say as long as they can get him to drink another sip.

Not only on the ground, but also in the underground city, the Soma clan will take the opportunity to recruit people.

"So what's in it for you?" Ethan thought about it and asked curiously.

"As long as you can attract people, you can drink the divine wine... This is the rule set by Lord Chanis."

"Who is this?"

"Yes, he is the leader of our clan."

Volume 2 Dungeon Encounters (Part 1): Chapter 4: Soloing the Soma Families

The leader, Chanis, is titled "Wine Keeper", level 2.

Being able to become a leader at level 2, what's wrong with this clan? They're too weak.

Oh, forget it. Ethan wasn’t really interested in this per se. He just came to Su Mo for something.

The Soma clan itself has formed a rather distorted ecosystem. They don't have many strategies for conquering dungeons, and they make money purely by selling failed products brewed by Soma. However, almost all of this money goes into the pocket of Chanis alone. The other clan members can only get slightly better treatment by working as dogs for Chanis. Apart from that, they are in a state of being drained of resources for a long time.

Moreover, the divine wine that flowed from Soma was distributed entirely by Chanis alone. It was like the four people who were beaten up by Ethan were arranged by Chanis to recruit new people. After all, the more cattle and horses, the better.

At this stage, Su Mo himself was not interested in money. As long as his clan could provide him with enough materials for brewing wine, he didn't want to care about anything else.

As for why the clan became like this, we can only say that Soma himself bears 95% of the responsibility.

The Soma clan's base is in a small manor. Above the gate hangs the clan's emblem, a wine glass with a crescent moon in the background.

"Hey, are you bringing someone here?"

After the five people went in, Ethan waved his hand, and the four brothers immediately dispersed, but one of them was stopped by a clan member who was sitting in the yard drinking.

The man glanced at Ethan, who was holding the bottle of wine with an innocent look on his face and looking around the clan base, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. Especially after seeing the heavy purse, his face became even more satisfied.

"Very good. Once this is settled, a glass of divine wine will be credited to you."

"Thank you, thank you." After showing a smile that was uglier than crying, the man ran away quickly.

What he was thinking about was how to surrender if a fight broke out.

Judging from Ethan's expression, he is definitely here to cause trouble.

Of course, Orario has its own rules. If adventurers attack the territories of other clans, the gods behind them will be punished by the guild. But the problem is that punishment will come later. The key is that no one knows which god is standing behind the other party. If they are rule-abiding gods, it's fine. But if they are those gods of fun who don't care about the guild rules at all... Anyway, hide for now.

"Brother, you...fuck!"

Just as the gatekeeper was about to say hello to Ethan, Ethan threw a bottle at him.

His speed was so incredible that the gatekeeper was knocked to the ground unconscious before he could even pick up his weapon, and the wine spilled all over the floor.

The scream immediately attracted the attention of other members of the clan. Although most of them were drunk and dreaming, there were still some clan combat members who obeyed Chanis's orders and picked up their weapons and immediately gathered at the door.

"There's an attack!"

"Who, who is it, how many people are there?"

"One, only one, wahh ...

Ethan had already thought about what to do next when he decided to target the Soma clan. This clan was rotten to the core, but it was also the easiest to deal with. After all, he could really point fingers at these people from a moral high ground, and it was a suitable place for him to start.

No matter how many people come, Ethan's operation is always the same.

[Disarm you], punch in the face, [Disarm you], kick in the face, repeat.

Occasionally, a magic spell would fly over, but it was completely unable to break through the defensive magic and was simply ignored by him.

To deal with this kind of cold weapon player, the magic of eliminating your weapon is not very effective. In addition, Ethan's physical body, which is of an unknown level, made this group of people cry for their parents.

I don’t know how long it was before Ethan breathed a sigh of relief after he knocked down the last man.

Hi, it feels good to beat people up, but also a little tiring.

He wouldn't kill anyone, as that would mean falling out with Orario. He wouldn't put himself in such a big trouble. If he really wanted to kill someone, he could do it in the dungeon. As long as he wasn't on a safe floor, then death was real.

"By the way, where's Chanis?"

Ethan glanced at the people lying on the ground, and suddenly heard footsteps coming from inside the house. Turning around, he saw a little head timidly poking out.

After looking at Ethan, the little head shrank back as if it had seen some terrible beast.

Lililuka Erd had just returned from the Central Square. All the gains from her hard work as a supporter today were snatched away by other team members, leaving her with only a little money for food, which was no different from usual.

But what she never expected was that she would witness such a tragic scene shortly after returning to her clan and planning to take a rest.

Although she was a little scared, Lily felt relieved when she saw those bastards who usually bullied others being beaten and crying for their parents, but she still had to run.

After all, she didn't know what kind of person Ethan was. What if he showed no mercy to her and punched her? Wouldn't her small body be doomed?

But before she took two steps, Lily felt someone lifting her collar from behind, and her whole body was flying in the air.

"Why are you running? I'm not going to beat you up."

"Waaaaaah, spare me, Lily is not tasty, don't eat Lily, waaaaaah——"

No one knew what triggered Lily's fear, but she let out a scream and even started crying.

"If you don't shut up, I'm going to eat you up."

“…”Shut up.

"I know you're anxious, but don't worry. I have something to ask you." Ethan put Lily down. "I'm beating up the idiots who attacked me. As long as you don't mess around, I won't attack you. Understand and turn around."

Lily turned around nervously, and for the first time, she looked at Ethan carefully and cautiously.

He doesn't look... very scary, he's even a little good-looking, especially now that he has a smile on his face. He doesn't look like the same person as the tough guy who was pinning down and beating up those bastards.

Ethan now looks more like a gentle and refined guild staff member.

"I'm Ethan." Ethan introduced himself seriously, "I'm a magician. What's your name?"

Magician?

Lily was stunned. This statement was very strange. Someone who used magic should be called a magician, right? Wait, did this person use magic just now?

But she didn't dwell on it, mainly because she didn't dare to ask. She could only nervously introduce herself: "Lily, I'm Lilyluka Erd, level 1, dwarf."

Sure enough, I had thought one of the protagonists looked a bit similar before, but I didn’t expect it to be true.

The characteristic of the dwarf race is that the adults look only ten years old.

If I remember correctly, when the main storyline began, he seemed to be the same age as Ethan.

Alas……

"Okay, then I'll call you Lily. I have something to ask your leader. Can you introduce me to him?" Ethan said with a smile.

Why did he want to meet Chanis? Of course, he wanted to give him a beating. This was a rare opportunity to point fingers from a moral high ground, and he wasn't going to let it go.

"Well, actually..." Lily carefully pointed at the bespectacled man among the group members lying on the ground, "Lord Chanis has been..."

"……what."

So you're already lying down, so it's okay.

Volume 2: Dungeon Encounters (Part 1): Chapter 5: The Magic of Removing Alcohol

"You, you better run away. If you attack other clans' territories, the guild will blame you and the gods behind you and both will be punished!" It seemed that because Ethan beat up all the people who bullied her and didn't attack her, Lily had a good impression of Ethan. She even gave him advice.

"You don't have to worry about that." Ethan smiled brightly and even gave her a thumbs up. "I just came to Orario and don't know any gods."

I am a barbarian.

That's pretty much what he meant.

"You, you haven't received the 'favor' yet?!" Lily was completely stunned upon hearing this.

Although the overall strength of the Soma clan is not strong enough, they are not something that ordinary people can deal with. Level 1 can easily beat up ordinary adults, not to mention level 2 which is much stronger than that.

You know, lv1 already occupies half of Orario's territory, and from lv2 onwards you can be called a high-level adventurer, which shows how difficult it is to upgrade.

"That kind of thing doesn't matter. Anyway, you just need to take me to see your family's main god, and we'll be even. I will pretend that I haven't seen you." Ethan said.

"Oh..." Lily felt a little dizzy now, but she chose to cooperate.

For no other reason than that what Ethan did made her feel good.

"This is the Lord God's office, and it's also the room used for brewing wine." Lily whispered as she brought Ethan to the door of an office.

"Well, thank you. Go ahead and be careful not to get discovered." Ethan waved his hand and prepared to push the door open.

"Um..." At this time, Lily suddenly spoke. Although she was a little scared, she still mustered up the courage to say, "If possible, please, please don't hurt the Lord God... He, he's just disappointed in us. He's not a bad god..."

“…” Ethan just smiled, didn’t respond to her, and pushed the door open.

To be honest, Lily's words don't count. It depends on Su Mo's own performance.

Inside the room, Ethan saw a thin figure quietly fiddling with his winemaking tools. On his desk, there was nothing except wine utensils.

The whole room was filled with the aroma of divine wine. Ethan was a little intoxicated when he walked into the room, but he had a very interesting magic.

[Magic to Remove Alcohol] is a little folk magic that Fulilian taught him. It is a folk magic developed to help those who like to drink but cannot hold their liquor. It can remove alcohol while maintaining the flavor of the wine. However, some people like the feeling of being drunk, so it usually has no effect.

Ethan could almost conclude that it was the alcohol component that had the intoxicating effect in the divine wine. When Ethan removed the alcohol, it was impossible for the flavor not to be affected, which could be said to be a destruction of the divine wine.

Su Mo had no intention of paying any attention to Ethan and was operating the tools on his own. Ethan didn't indulge him either, because he was not Su Mo's child.

[Alcohol removal magic] is activated.

In an instant, Su Mo's expression changed immediately, and the utensils in his hands fell to the ground, and the original "wine" was spilled all over the floor.

After a moment of silence, he turned around, his eyes dark, and said in a dejected tone, as if he hadn't spoken in years, "You, what did you do?"

Obviously, this was the first time he had witnessed such an exaggerated ability, which could even be said to have completely destroyed the meaning of his Soma's existence.

If alcohol is eliminated, is wine still wine?

Soma, the god of wine, was angry.

If it was the real divine wine he brewed when he was in heaven, Ethan didn't know whether he could successfully eliminate the alcohol component covered by divine power. But according to the rules, these divine wines were brewed by Soma with pure skills. It is a realm that humans can really reach with their entire lives, so it still belongs to the mortal world. Ethan can remove the alcohol in this thing if he wants.