NOVEL NEXT Chapter 62 – Apollo’s Banquet 06.
Chapter Size: 1724 Words.
Third Person POV
Orario, Apollo's Mansion.
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"It's been a while indeed, Lucius. You look like an entirely different person..." The level 4 commander of the Heimdall family, Loras Forhe, commented as he stared at Lucius a few meters away.
"True, but I'm in the middle of business here; could you excuse us?" Lucius said casually and calmly; he was already surrounded by members of the Apollo family, one step away from attacking him, while Hyakinthos remained to quickly attend to a dazed Apollo with red cheeks at the moment.
"You've gone mad, attacking a god like this? I never imagined this from someone like you!" Loras said angrily and quite unbelievably since he never imagined the man who used to be quite weak and pitiful would gain the courage to act so boldly against a god, especially this man, who even threatened to kill Heimdall-Sama after Carina returned from the dungeon a few days ago.
"Don't mind him; if he wants a war game so badly, then I'll give him a good reason..." Lucius said, unconcerned about the anger of his former commander, while most of the present gods looked stunned; some looked angry and cautious towards Lucius, as they had never seen a mortal be so brazen. Others watched with a touch of amusement, enjoying a show they had never imagined before since most gods came to Genkai for pure entertainment, so this was massive entertainment.
But even they were internally surprised because no mortal would want to be a declared enemy of a divine being. Gods could have their arcanes blocked and not have much to do with their enemies in Genkai, and they end up using their children for that. Still, in Tenkai, it's different; a god can be vengeful through their soul in the afterlife, so no one would be so bold as to harm a divine being. Even the criminal organization Evilus was cautious in that sense, but this didn't apply to Lucius, who smiled without caring about all these consequences.
"You're really daring and quite different from what I remember, Lucius-kun; I've never seen this side of you..." A voice entered the scene in the midst of that confusion, someone Lucius wasn't in the mood to see, but since he was already here, Lucius smirked mockingly.
"It's been a while since I've seen you, Heimdall." He said calmly.
"It's Heimdall-SAMA to you!" Loras, who was in front of him, said angrily at the disrespect Lucius was showing to his former god.
"Calm down, Loras; it seems my former son, the one I expelled from my family, has become quite rebellious." He declared in a regretful tone, gaining many surprised looks and murmurs since no one knew about this event. Even Loki and Riviera expressed some surprise now that they knew Lucius was expelled from a family.
"That's true, and I must thank you, Heimdall, because continuing under your mediocre command would have kept me stuck at level 1 forever..." Lucius taunted, making even the arrogant Heimdall, who had been quite arrogant until then, look angrily at Lucius.
"Hoo? So that's how it is. You speak like this after unjustly attacking my adventurers as well. You are so arrogant to attack two families like this, as besides attacking my family, you also participated in the beating of the Apollo family and attacked them openly at this banquet!" Heimdall announced, gaining even more surprised looks since almost everyone didn't know about Carina's attack and the others on the twenty-third floor, especially that Lucius brazenly threatened the god himself.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA." Lucius began to laugh loudly, causing astonishment from both divine beings and mortals present, who saw him laugh as if he heard a great joke.
"You're hilarious, Heimdall. 10 against 1, levels four, three, and two to snatch just one level two. You know what the result was? Your family got beaten by me..." Lucius had no fear of expressing this openly, gaining even more incredulous looks and a glint of anger from both Heimdall and his own commander, Loras.
The gods now seemed to be genuinely enjoying all this confusion. A mortal was so audacious that it left them speechless, and he seemed to be embarrassing two families with just his words, leading to much gossip and even laughter at Heimdall and Apollo, which left the latter quite grumpy. They had a plan, but somehow, this human ruined everything. Even though it led to their real objectives, they didn't seem to like being approached this way. It was very humiliating, and no one expected Lucius, from the Hestia family, to have so much audacity, despite being historically arrogant.
"Do you really want to die, Lucius? You're surrounded; all members of the Apollo family are looking at you with deadly hatred. Have you lost your mind while insulting two families? You know I'm not Carina and can end you right here?" Loras warned angrily, not liking much the responses Lucius was giving, embarrassing his god in front of so many others.
"Let's stop all this theater, Loras. I like to get straight to the point without beating around the bush or going through any schemes. You want a war game, so you'll get one!" Lucius looked at both gods and shouted with a smile.
"I DECLARE A CHALLENGE TO THE HEIMDALL AND APOLLO FAMILIES IN A WAR GAME! TWO FAMILIES AGAINST ONE, DO YOU ACCEPT?" Lucius announced, gaining even more surprises in the place. People were really excited for a war game, but they never imagined things would unfold this way; it was brilliant.
"THIS!"
"Really? Hahaha."
"How daring!"
Meanwhile, Hestia and Bell fainted without him noticing, right behind him.
"YOU!!!" Apollo shouted, already a bit better.
"THAT'S GOOD! IF I WIN, I WANT YOU AGAIN IN MY FAMILY!" Heimdall, who had already lost his patience, shouted at this moment with his declaration.
"AND I WANT BELL-CRANEL!" Apollo shouted at his side after getting up.
"Oh? Why do you want me back in your family? Haven't I been expelled already?" Lucius taunted Heimdall, but he didn't respond, so Lucius continued.
"Anyway, we're accepting the war game. If we win, I want all your wealth and properties inside and outside Orario. I also want that girl right there!" Lucius quickly pointed to a frightened girl with navy blue hair, while putting his hand on his chest as a form of protection after drawing attention from Lucius.
"EH? Is this happening as I dreamed..." She said terrified and lost as if she had predicted all this.
"Hm? Her?" Apollo couldn't help but raise an eyebrow to this, staring at Cassandra Ilion, wondering why this hateful human wanted her. He always found the girl quite pitiful and never paid her much attention for long.
Of course, with Lucius's knowledge, he knew that Cassandra Ilion possessed the special ability, precognition, a hidden gift that can see images of the future, especially when crises are about to happen, but she has a kind of curse since no one can believe her.
"Yes, I want her in the Hestia family since the rest is just a waste, so I'm not interested..." Lucius openly mocked, his disdain now gaining even more hateful looks from Loras and members of the Apollo family present.
"You'll pay for all this!" Loras growled angrily, not liking how arrogant Lucius was now.
"Save your anger for the war game; you'll need it..." Lucius taunted.
Meanwhile, the crowd's voices continued.
"Hey hey, is this really happening?"
"This mortal is so intriguing!"
"Two families against one?"
"Didn't you notice that it wasn't even little Hestia who issued the challenge?"
"YES, IT WAS THAT HUMAN MORTAL, HE TOOK THE LEAD!"
"Look at the state of Hestia! Clearly, she's broken."
"I feel sorry for the virgin goddess..."
"I remember she used to be quite clumsy and always cleaning her temple flame; who would have thought she'd come to this world causing so much chaos with her children."
"Hestia already has the record holder; now there's this man who not only hits a god but also challenges two families at the same time!"
"Really, I never imagined seeing so many surprises from a human since I came to the Genkai!"
"I wish I had a child like that too; Hestia is so lucky."
"Damn Chibi, I wish I had such a fun child too!" Loki couldn't help but complain, while crying next to his daughters, thinking about how his life would be never boring at all when causing chaos in the city with such a shameless mortal like Lucius by his side. Even though he was stealing mommy and was angry about it, she still recognized his value.
"Lucius..." Hestia was very nervous, while Bell had already fainted under so much pressure and an extremely arrogant Lucius, unafraid to confront two gods and face a war with two whole families.
"FUFUFU. This is really interesting! More interesting than I could imagine! How can a mortal like this still have such a simple soul in my eyes? He can hide it!" Freya couldn't help but look fascinated by this, speaking as if she had found a treasure.
"Anyway, I hope to see you soon; let's organize this event. I hope you don't run away!" Lucius smiled at the two gods who looked stunned at the mortal.
"Shall we, Hestia? Bell?" Lucius turned to leave, even though he would like to stay a little longer dancing with Riviera and her friends, he knew he couldn't stay at the venue.
However, when he turned to face his family, both seemed to be having some kind of convulsion while trembling and chattering their teeth.
"Yo-you-you-you initiated a war game..."
"Lu-Lu-lu-lu-lucius-san... hit a god..."
They looked like two ghosts almost fainting. Lucius sighed at this and picked up both in each arm to leave the party.
"Well, hope to see you later; I'd love to kick your divine asses, both the sex maniac and my former arrogant god!" Lucius announced at the exit, earning many laughs from those present.
With that, his banquet night ended with him exposing a satisfied smile as he headed to the mansion's gate!
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