Chapter 14 - Joining the Evilus?
"What?"
Valletta had to admit, she lost. Although she had firmly decided to remain absolutely calm, the silver haired boy had managed to make her unable to suppress her murderous intent with just one sentence.
She could almost hear something snap in her brain.
She, Valletta Grede, was a woman! Even if she was a murderer, Valletta was still a woman! Evilus was not some church that emphasized abstinence and the erosion of personal will.
On the contrary, it was about indulging in desires. Any woman, from the age of nine to ninety, did not like to be called an old woman!
Valletta almost drew her sword to kill the young man right then and there. However, after hearing his second sentence, she forced herself to stop.
Although the tone was light, the arrogance and fanaticism within it were very familiar to her.
There was no mistake. Wasn't that the same pious tone their own members used when swearing an oath or praying?
Could it be that this silver-haired boy was also a member of Evilus? And from a faction under a god she didn't know?
Valletta didn't think there was anything wrong with her guess.
First of all, there were countless gods in Tenkai, many unknown to others. It was doubtful that even Ouranos knew all of them.
Perhaps outside the city, there was a god whose ideals were very similar to those of Evilus, who had trained their own Familia and sent them to Orario.
Secondly, since they were all Evilus-aligned, it was normal for them to hide their affiliations.
Valletta herself knew there was another mastermind in Evilus named Enyo, whom she had only heard of but never seen. Even the other dark gods had probably never seen Enyo.
Finally, and most importantly, the boy's madness in daring to attack other gods was very consistent with the temperament of their members.
In this era where gods were the absolute center, almost no one dared to disrespect them. Those who dared to attack the gods, or even kill them, were rare even among Evilus.
Compared with the daring act of killing gods, attacking someone from the same general alignment was nothing.
Valletta herself had killed plenty of her own idiotic members when she got angry.
Thinking of this, Valletta restrained herself and remained calm. "Boy, does your Lord God also have the same beliefs as us?"
Noah widened his eyes as if insulted, staring at Valletta with murderous intent.
"Don't lump me in with you! In this world, the only one who has the right to wield the power of death and be called the God of Death is me! The rest are all heretics! One day, I will execute all of you!"
Although she was being threatened, the murderous intent in Valletta's heart dissipated, and she even felt like laughing. It's confirmed.
This guy is one of us. And he was a fanatic more extreme and crazier than herself, or any Evilus member she had ever met.
His belief was so devout and extreme that he couldn't even tolerate other dark gods who also held the domain of death.
After all, Valletta had often heard that heretics were more hateful than infidels.
Thinking of this, Valletta's mind became active, and the way she looked at the boy changed.
No one knew how miserable Valletta was, being surrounded by a bunch of stupid teammates.
If Finn Deimne provided half of the Guild's strategic intelligence, then Valletta provided at least two-thirds of Evilus's!
What's more, even if the members of other Familias lacked brains, at least they didn't hold Finn back.
In Evilus, which was full of lunatics, anyone who could execute a plan without going berserk was considered elite, let alone someone who could help formulate one.
Valletta really needs a smart teammate to lighten her burden! Hostility isn't a problem.
Didn't the Loki Familia and Freya Familia almost fight each other every time they met?
Nowadays, one shouldn't fear a god-like opponent, but a idiotic teammate.
Smart people could be negotiated with and predicted, but stupid people are completely unpredictable!
Hmm! Let's test him.
"Eliminate us? Kids these days are hilarious. You know nothing, yet you speak so brazenly. Even the Guild wouldn't dare to say such a thing!"
As if feeling indignant at being looked down upon, Noah snorted and raised his chin slightly.
"That's just their sheer stupidity. They knew your weaknesses were right in front of them, but they didn't know how to exploit them."
Valletta raised her eyebrows slightly. "Oh? You know our weaknesses? You're not just guessing, are you?"
"Guess? Hilarious! First of all, where does your food come from? The only ones who can evade the Guild's inspection and replenish your supplies are those fat-cat merchants!"
Valletta's eyes narrowed, and the corners of her lips curled up.
Although Orario prospered from its monopoly on magic stones, it couldn't escape the inherent drawbacks of large cities.
Due to insufficient farmland and a large population, its food supply had to rely on the outside world.
Evilus was no exception. It was possible to create a few small-scale secret passages into such a large city, but it was nowhere near enough to supply the needs of hundreds or thousands of people.
Evilus could only obtain such supplies thanks to the merchants who made huge profits selling Orario's magic stone products to the world and various commodities back to the labyrinth city.
The only thing that drove merchants to act was profit, which was why they supported Evilus. Although Orario sold various monster drop items and magic stone crafts, it had monopolized the commercial trade of raw magic stones.
This was because if a monster swallowed too many magic stones, it would become a highly dangerous Irregular.
Even in the Dungeon, where adventurers were generally higher-level, every appearance of an Irregular caused massive casualties, to say nothing of the outside world where combat power was generally lower.
Monopolizing the sale of magic stones, like prohibiting first class adventurers from leaving the city at will, were measures taken by the Guild to prevent bringing disaster to the outside world.