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Chapter 299: The Current Situation of the Hestia Familia
🕑 Added 2025-07-14 04:34:46 +0000 UTC“This is... my power.”
Falling to the ground with a slight breath, Ais stared at the destruction she had caused, disbelief lingering in her eyes.
The floor master of the 38th floor was LV.6 and a boss-level monster. Even her leader Finn couldn’t beat him. Yet, this monster was killed by her in seconds, utterly crushed when she exerted her unknown strongest power.
“Ais, you did a good job.”
Seeing Ais dazed, Blake approached and praised her with a smile.
“Don’t overthink it. This is the result of your hard work. You added the skill Ariel and enhanced magic to the sword energy, which was originally difficult to control because of the fusion—and it was perfect. I was shocked.”
“The power of that move has increased to a terrifying level because of it. Plus, the speed granted by Ariel and the enhanced magic blessing—let alone the LV.6 floor master—even the LV.7 Ottar would have to take it seriously to dodge. Taking it head-on would be a heavy blow for anyone.”
Blake expertly placed his hand on Ais’s head, gently stroking it as he analyzed.
“Yeah.”
Ais immediately showed a beautiful smile. Since following Blake, she had never dared to use her full strength, but she had grown so much stronger invisibly.
“Let’s go. It’s time to return. I think this time, when we update the ability values, both of you will level up.”
Blake stretched and started walking back.
“Yeah! That’s really exciting.”
Hearing this, Ais and Lili’s eyes lit up, and they happily followed Blake.
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Outside Babel Tower, the sky had already darkened. After a week underground, although there was water for bathing, it was still uncomfortable. The outside air was much fresher. Several people spent money to bathe in Babel Tower’s baths. Refreshed, they went to the guild to exchange accumulated magic stones for money.
After chatting briefly with Eina, they split the money equally.
After finishing, Blake and Lili parted with Ais and returned to their respective homes.
When Blake and Lili opened the door, they were surprised to find several more girls in the house. Lili immediately took out her weapons, wary. These three girls were the ones from Asia who had participated in the war.
“Welcome back, Blake, Lili!”
At that moment, Hestia, her face ruddy, pure, and charming with a changed temperament, rushed over and threw herself into Blake’s arms, rubbing against him.
“Hello, Captain, I’m Asia, who joined the family a week ago.”
“Hello, Captain, I’m Haruhime.”
“Hello, Captain, I’m Fili.”
Led by Asia, the slightly revealing blonde fox girl, several pretty girls nervously greeted Blake.
“Blake, these are the girls you brought here. You did a good thing.”
Hestia said with a smile.
Originally, Hestia refused other girls approaching Blake and forbade Blake from getting close to girls. However, after their intimate union and relationship, Hestia felt much more relaxed.
Also, after learning the life stories of the three girls, Hestia no longer cared, only feeling sadness.
“Let’s talk after we go inside.”
After nodding to Hestia and the others and gently pressing Lili’s head, Blake entered the house holding Hestia. Ais also closed the door obediently.
Hestia then explained what had happened that week.
The Freya family had transferred 80% of its resources to the Hestia family and were committed to their promises. They also ordered family members to avoid resentment or other emotions—otherwise, they would be expelled.
The resources of the Istar family had also been accepted.
Having gained large resources from Freya, Apollo, and Istar, the Hestia family was now the strongest—at least in terms of resources.
Many familias were envious and jealous; some even planned to steal from Blake during dungeon runs.
However, Blake had set up a barrier around the resource storage, thwarting those attempts.
Moreover, because Blake had defeated several major familias consecutively, his world-shattering power became known worldwide. His fame spread rapidly this week, becoming a legend, attracting countless people to Orario. This influx made Orario livelier but also brought good and bad elements.
“Hmph, Blake, whether from Orario or outside, hundreds of girls already want to join our Hestia familia. But by your order, I haven’t let them join for now.”
Hestia paused, then stared at Blake and said deliberately:
“So, Blake, you can’t just let some girls in because they’re cute. You mustn’t get distracted! As you said, character is the most important!”
“Uh, I know, don’t worry.”
Blake said helplessly. Hestia was good in every way, but her jealousy was extreme.
He wasn’t the type to fall for every beautiful woman. In High School DxD, he had killed many female magicians, and in Campione’s world, he slaughtered charming monsters like the Nine-Tailed as easily as chickens. Recently, even the goddess Ishtar was no exception.
No matter how beautiful a woman was, if she wasn’t his favorite, he wasn’t interested. Conversely, no matter how beautiful, if they were enemies, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill them.
“Okay, Blake, I believe you. Don’t be angry.”
Seeing Blake’s helpless expression, Hestia quickly acted coquettishly, letting her rabbit tribe clamp Blake’s arm.
This made Blake’s heart flutter, and he muttered inwardly: The goddess’s coquettishness is simply too great... ahem, too despicable!
This open show of affection made Lili pout.
The three new girls, including Asia, were stunned and looked over. They never expected their leader and the Lord God to have such a relationship.
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