Seeing that nobody thought Wood stood a chance, Hestia was furious. Though she normally disliked gambling, she went straight to the betting counter and put up all of the Hestia Familia's assets, betting everything on her own child.
The Hestia Familia had over a billion valis in liquid assets. Hestia even put their mansion, valued at five hundred million valis, on the line. It was a truly enormous gamble!
And far from stopping her, Bell and the others joined in, putting up their personal belongings to support their captain. They were determined to stand by him to the bitter end.
The betting counter had nearly been overwhelmed by the wagers on Otta, but seeing Hestia and the others act like such easy marks, the bookmaker was practically beaming.
Though he was laughing inwardly at Hestia for being all chest and no brains, he plastered on a smile and treated her as if she were his own dear mother.
Unfortunately, even after the loli goddess had gambled everything she owned on her child, she could only put up two billion valis.
That was an astonishing sum, but more than ninety-nine percent of Orario favored the Brute. Even at odds of ten to one, the bookmaker would still lose a fortune.
"Put two billion valis on the Great Sage to win."
The bookmaker was still fretting when a voice rang in his ears like heavenly music.
When he saw that the one who had spoken was Loki, standing with her arms crossed and looking smug, Hestia was about to say something—but Loki cut her off with a raised hand.
"Don't get the wrong idea, you short little Poverty Goddess. I'm not doing this to back you up. It's just what I believe.
"I think the Wood brat has a better chance of