Seven years ago, the strongest member of the Freyja Familia was undoubtedly Mia. Ottar was merely her junior. Mia's luck had simply been terrible—while she was in the Freyja Familia, the Hera Familia was at its peak. She had no idea how many times Alfiya, the Empress, and the others had beaten her down.
Yet surprisingly, after the Hera Familia failed to defeat the Black Dragon and withdrew from Orario, she left the Freyja Familia and opened a tavern. Naturally, she had not opened it to make money, but to preserve a place of joy in this hopeless world.
Shen Fei had once found it strange that the Zeus and Hera Familias had withdrawn from Orario after failing to defeat the Black Dragon. As the saying went, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. Even after their failed campaign, the two Familias were still far stronger than the Loki and Freyja Familias. Forget seven years ago—even the two great Familias seven years later might not have matched the remnants of those two Familias.
But after coming to this era and observing it over the past few days, Shen Fei understood why they had left Orario. It was because of despair. The failure of the two strongest Familias to defeat the Black Dragon had driven many people in the Lower World into despair. They believed the end of the world was inevitable. Smiles had vanished from people's faces, and that was the main reason the Dark Faction had become so brazen.
When the world was about to end, people would not quietly wait for their doom. Or rather, only a small number would do so. Most would go mad at such a time. If the world was ending anyway, then in their despair, who would still care about laws