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The next day, as dawn began to break, news that shook all of Orario—and even the entire world—spread.
"Have you heard?"
"Yeah, of course."
"Who in Orario doesn't know about it now?"
"Exactly."
"Who would've thought that Tyrant would dare lay a hand on the patron deity of the Ishtar Familia, inflicting a fatal wound on Goddess Ishtar and getting her sent back to Heaven?"
"I still find it a little hard to believe."
"Yeah."
"A human actually attacked a god. That's beyond mere disrespect, isn't it?"
"I really want to know whether this news is true or not."
"It has to be true."
"After all, those combat prostitutes from the Ishtar Familia who regained their freedom saw Goddess Ishtar get killed by Tyrant with their own eyes."
"I heard the Guild was shaken from top to bottom and even held a meeting to prepare to disband the Hestia Familia."
"The Hestia Familia is really in trouble now."
"One of its children committed such a taboo. Goddess Hestia and the Hestia Familia will probably be dragged down with him."
"The Guild will likely order the Hestia Familia disbanded."
"Goddess Hestia might even be punished and sent back to Heaven."
"What a pity for a Familia that had been rising so quickly lately."
Conversations like these were taking place in almost every corner of Orario.
Normally, at this hour, adventurers should have been preparing to head into the Dungeon, earn Magic Stones, kill monsters, and begin their day.
But today, beneath the weight of this earth-shaking news, the Tower of Babel was unprecedentedly deserted. Hardly any adventurers entered the Dungeon.
Everyone was watching.
They wanted to see how the Guild would deal with