Gabriel: Are You Freaking Kidding Me?

Hestia, realizing what had happened, gave an embarrassed smile and immediately banished her strange behavior and thoughts from her mind.

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Hehe~ As long as I don't admit it, then I didn't do it!

Yes, that's right, that's it (nods in confirmation)!

After deceiving herself for a while, Hestia, who had "completely forgotten" what had just happened, immediately opened the Dimensional Chat Group and eagerly checked the messages in the group.

Then, after clearly understanding the newly emerged task.

Hestia, who had been looking like a curious child, suddenly became furious. "Damn it, what kind of monster is this, daring to hurt the child I've chosen?"

"You probably don't know who's behind Miko, do you?"

"You dare mess with my people? You've really bitten off more than you can chew!"

"I don't care what kind of demons or monsters you are, just wait and see if I don't teach you a lesson when I get over there."

Muttering to herself, Hestia accepted the mission.

"Miko, my commander, we are finally going to meet."

"Don't be afraid, wait for me, your god will come to save you soon."

Gabriel Dropout World.

At Gabriel's home.

At this moment, Gabriel was staring blankly at the woman in front of her with a very serious expression, her older sister, Naïve Gabriel's Sister White.

He murmured in disbelief, "Are you serious? You're not kidding me?"

Gabriel's Sister nodded noncommittally, "Of course, this is a mission personally assigned by the Lord, I can't have misheard."

"No, what I mean is, based on what I understand, that world seems to be just an ordinary world, at most with some Evil Spirits or ghosts, but overall it's pretty normal."

"Now you're suddenly telling me that in that world, there's an old man's alter ego!"

"This is a bit hard to understand no matter how you look at it, isn't it?"

Gabriel scratched her head, looking puzzled.

Just now, Gabriel's Sister suddenly appeared in front of me and asked me to take on this task that I didn't really want to do.

She also said that the old man asked her to pass something on to an old man in another world.

This sudden Heaven Quest completely shut Gabriel down.

If she remembered correctly, wasn't Yotsuya Miko's world just an ordinary everyday world with nothing but Evil Spirits?

So where did the other old man that the old man was talking about come from?

"Little Gabriel, you should address her as 'Master'."

Hearing Gabriel's completely disrespectful address, Gabriel's Sister frowned and corrected her unhappily.

Gabriel simply waved her hand dismissively at Gabriel's Sister's correction. "What does it matter? Respect in your heart is enough, isn't it? The old man doesn't care about these formalities anyway."

Gabriel might have valued this kind of formalism before, but since adopting selective inertia, she has long since put these things out of her mind.

She is now Fallen Angel!

Shaking the strange thoughts from her mind, Gabriel looked at Gabriel's Sister, "Sis, you should tell me already, I'm really curious."

Once the topic returned to normal, Gabriel's Sister didn't bother correcting Gabriel's way of addressing her anymore. In any case, given the Lord's affection for Gabriel, he probably wouldn't care about how she addressed her.

Then, Gabriel's Sister shook her head and said, "I don't know about that."

"But the Lord said that once we have passed through, we will understand what really happened."

Upon hearing Gabriel's Sister's answer, Gabriel clicked her tongue inwardly, then thought to herself, 'Tsk... still the same old charlatan, can't even speak clearly. Riddler, get out of Heaven!'

'However, judging from the current situation, I probably can't refuse this task. Sigh... I was planning to take the day off to play games, but now...'

Seeing that Gabriel remained silent, Gabriel's Sister urged, "Little Gabriel, hurry up and accept the mission, let's get ready to set off!"

"Okay, okay, I got it!"

"Grab it now, don't rush us."

Gabriel rolled her eyes in exasperation, then opened the Dimensional Chat Group and grabbed the mission.

Hmm... Although she can travel through time (Admission Ticket) without having to compete for Group Mission, every little bit helps, right? Money is all saved up, isn't it?

With Gabriel's intervention, the competition for this Group Mission has come to a complete end.

As of now, the top three winners of the Group Mission are:

Gabriel!

Hestia!

Wu Tong!

Let's get back to the topic.

"Haha, you bitch, die!"

With a maniacal, Bloodthirst voice ringing out, Nikawa Okabata appeared in front of Yotsuya Miko at a speed imperceptible to ordinary people.

Amidst Yotsuya Miko's terrified expression, he manipulated the four spiked clubs behind him, which seemed to be cast from flesh and blood, and slashed down powerfully at the woman in front of him.

The four spiked clubs came crashing down from above, their force like a mountain collapsing or a massive boulder falling from nowhere. The resulting Yotsuya Miko.

Feeling the wind rushing overhead, Yotsuya Miko gripped the unfolded Alloy Baton tightly, and then...

Without even thinking, he turned sideways and lunged toward the open space beside him, hoping to dodge the attack from the Bikaku.

(Yotsuya Miko: Nonsense, do you think I'm stupid? I only have one baton, and you expect me to go head-to-head with four spiked clubs? Am I out of my mind?)

However, Yotsuya Miko's plan was good, but she clearly underestimated the agility of the Bikaku.

Although those four Bikaku look like heavy weapons such as spiked clubs, that's only how they look. In essence, Kagune are still RC Cells within Ghoul's body.

Since they are cells within the body, they can be manipulated with ease and skill.

Therefore, even though Nikawa Okabata's Bikaku is a spiked club, it still possesses terrifying agility.

Therefore, upon seeing Yotsuya Miko's actions, Nikawa Okabata immediately looked disdainful. "You think you can dodge my attack like that? You're dreaming!"

As he spoke, Nikawa Okabata manipulated the four Bikaku, making a strange turn in mid-air, and then smashed Yotsuya Miko again.

At this time, Yotsuya Miko, who had just dodged an attack, was in a phase where her old strength had been exhausted and new strength had not yet emerged.

Before he even had time to get up from the ground, he saw the four spiked clubs coming at him again.

It's over!!!

Looking at the four Yotsuya Miko's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinholes, her heart filled with despair.

I never imagined that after all that mental preparation, her determination to resist would be so fragile in the face of that monster's power.

Hana... I'm sorry!

I can't do anything!

After silently apologizing to Yuri River Hua, Yotsuya Miko prepared to close her eyes and face her impending death.

But then, something unexpected happened.

Buzz~

Just like the sound of a stone falling into water, it was a sound that filled the horrified eyes of Yotsuya Miko and Nikawa Okabata.

Three ripples emerged from the void, and the overflowing Spatial Power directly shredded the four Bikaku that were attacking Yotsuya Miko into countless fragments (Wu Tong did it).

Immediately afterwards, three figures slowly emerged from the ripples.

One man and two women.

The man was tall and handsome, and the two women were petite and lovely, but there was no doubt that the three people who suddenly appeared were all stunningly beautiful.

After the three of them came out, they first looked around.

Immediately afterwards, all six eyes turned to Yotsuya Miko, who was staring at the three of them in disbelief.

"This is... the Familia Captain you recommended to me, Yotsuya Miko?"

Hestia looked at the disheveled and disheveled Yotsuya Miko in front of her and spoke with some uncertainty.

"You guess?"

Wu Tong rolled his eyes speechlessly at Hestia's nonsense.

There were only three other people around besides them.

One man and two women, one unconscious and two awake.

Do you think she is Yotsuya Miko?

"Hehe... I just didn't realize it yet."

After being rebuked by Wu Tong, Hestia, whose Wisdom had returned to her mind, realized that she had asked a pointless question. So she quickly chuckled and explained.

After speaking, Hestia turned to look at Nikawa Okabata behind her.

"Since this child is Yotsuya Miko... then you must be the culprit who put her life in danger, right?"

Hestia's words sound like a question, but upon closer examination, they become a statement.

As for why?

Hmm... There are three people present, only two of whom are awake, and one of them is the target of my mission to come to this world.

So, who else could be the culprit behind Yotsuya Miko's life-threatening crisis besides this guy?

"..."

Nikawa Okabata remained silent.

At this moment, he was already terrified out of his wits by the sudden appearance of the three people.

This world is vast, and humanity is not alone, for besides humans, in those unknown corners of the world, there are countless other races:

Evil Spirits, Cursed Spirits, demons, monsters, Onmyoji, priestesses, gods, rebellious gods, Angel, Fallen Angel, Ghoul, Demi-Human...

In that unfathomable underworld, where there are always higher mountains to climb, the Ghoul are not powerful; in fact, they are at the very bottom of the food chain.

However, as members of the underworld, although their strength is not great, the higher-ups of the Ghoul still know a little about the various situations in the underworld.

As the second son of the Nikawa Clan, Nikawa Okabata was naturally one of them.

Therefore, Nikawa Okabata understood even more clearly that these powerful individuals who emerged from the spatial ripples and easily shredded his Bikaku were definitely not people he could contend with...

Thinking of this, Nikawa Okabata looked at Yotsuya Miko, and a wave of regret welled up in his heart:

You said you had such a powerful background, why didn't you say so earlier? If you had, would I dare to mess with you? I'd be too busy currying favor with you!

"Not going to say anything?"

Seeing Nikawa Okabata's silent demeanor, Hestia's brows furrowed slightly, but quickly relaxed again.

"Never mind, it doesn't matter. Whether you say it or not, the result will be the same."

With that, Hestia raised her hand and waved it, and a trembling spark, as if it might be extinguished at any moment, appeared out of thin air.

Then, as if crossing space, it landed on Nikawa Okabata.

Immediately afterward, as if adding fuel to the fire, the sparks spread rapidly across Nikawa Okabata, quickly covering his entire body and completely engulfing him, turning him into ashes.

No, it should be nothingness.

Because whether it was Nikawa Okabata's physical body, his soul, or even his existence and concepts, everything was burned by this strange flame and turned into nothingness.

It seemed like a long time had passed, but in reality, only a moment had elapsed from the moment Hestia summoned the flames to the Nikawa Okabata was completely burned to ashes.

"Sacred Flame? Pretty good flame."

Wu Tong glanced at the sparks released by Hestia, and his Wisdom Divinity instantly analyzed them.

After experiencing the new abilities that had appeared within him, Wu Tong rarely spoke up to praise them.

Hmm... that's really good. After all, the Sacred Flame of the Hearth Goddess is perfect for cooking, isn't it?

Wu Tong felt that Master Kalpas would definitely like this flame.

However, Hestia, standing to the side, was clearly unaware of Wu Tong's thoughts.

So upon hearing Wu Tong's words, he immediately put his hands on his hips and proudly boasted:

"Of course, I already said I'm very capable."

"..."

Gabriel rolled her eyes at Hestia helplessly, speechless.

Using the Sacred Flame to kill a piece of trash that can be destroyed with a wave of the hand is no different from letting a highly skilled martial artist bully a child.

Bullying the weak and oppressing the strong.

You seem quite proud of doing something like this?

(Hestia:... Isn't this just to show off... and demonstrate my strength? How can I bring Yotsuya Miko into my familia if I don't demonstrate my strength?)

At this moment, Yotsuya Miko, who had been in a daze ever since the three appeared, finally came to her senses.

She stared blankly at the spot where Nikawa Okabata had been standing, then glanced at the three people in front of her. Suppressing the joy of surviving a disaster, she bowed to Wu Tong and the other two to express her gratitude.

"Although I don't know who you are or why you helped me, I am very grateful to you for saving my life and Hana's life."

A polite and grateful child.

Seeing Yotsuya Miko's actions, Hestia nodded almost imperceptibly, a hint of satisfaction flashing in her eyes.

Although she didn't have Freya's ability to see through the colors of souls.

However, as gods in the DanMachi World, Hestia and other Mingdu possess a very special ability: they can detect whether humans are lying.

It was precisely because of this that Hestia was able to perceive that the girl's gratitude and thanks were genuine.