"Lady Kali, why did we have to run away?"
Argana looked at her deity with deep confusion. "Isn't this practically the sa as hiding from that goddess?"
"Truth be told, I am indeed hiding from her!"
Kali pursed her lips, her face full of wariness.
"That Ishtar is the Goddess of Beauty with a charm ability. Even without using divine power, she can easily drive earthly beings into madness, completely robbing them of their sense of self until they beco her dogs!"
"Just like that beauty goddess Freya?"
"Exactly!"
"Then what about that beautiful boy...?"
An intense sourness welled up in Argana's heart as if she'd eaten a lemon, her features twisting together.
"Don't even think about taking him away. His life is as good as ruined in Ishtar's hands now."
The loli goddess let out a troubled sigh. How could she not feel regret too?
Who wouldn't want to keep such a beautiful boy locked up at ho every day, wishing to make him disappear from the entire world? Even she, as a deity, wasn't immune to such vulgar desires.
"Being able to get a taste is already good enough. I'm in the sa boat as you—only getting scraps!"
"Even so..."
Argana felt deeply aggrieved. She was the one who'd worked so hard to capture the beautiful boy, yet she could only get scraps and couldn't even stay in Kali Familia, letting Ishtar reap all the benefits.
Though resentful, she was powerless to change it.
Against a beauty goddess's charm, unless one killed her through ambush, once affected, they'd beco her dog, their life ruined in her hands.
No matter how bold she was, the thought of becoming a dog groveling at soone else's feet filled her with dread.
Moreover, ordinary people wouldn't dare defy a god's majesty.
"Lady Kali, Lady Argana, Loki Familia's Tiona and Tione have arrived at our familia's entrance."
Soon, an Amazon girl ca to report to them.
"Oh! They're finally here!"
Kali's face lit up with excitent upon hearing this.
"Since we can't enjoy the beautiful boy right now, let's savor the taste of blood first!"
A bloodthirsty smile also appeared on Argana's face.
...
"Your assumption isn't entirely accurate."
Having sorted out her thoughts, Ishtar no longer held back.
"To be precise, Kali Familia is just like —they've gotten involved with Evilus."
Eiji narrowed his eyes.
"So you an...?"
He already had an inkling of the truth.
"What I an is, I established contact with Evilus long ago and even funded them with substantial resources."
Ishtar pressed herself against him, her hands roaming freely.
At the sa ti, her eyes shimred with an unusually alluring light, capable of making anyone abandon reason and drown in desire.
"Mmm... You're not as proper as you seem!"
Ishtar glanced down at the gauze covering her chest and let out a soft, amused laugh.
"Your technique is good."
"Practice makes perfect."
"By the way, the artificial dungeon you entered earlier was also built with my financial support... Hey, don't hurt !"
Ishtar was proudly recounting her achievents when she suddenly yelped in pain, shooting him an annoyed look.
"My apologies, I got a bit carried away. I didn't expect you to be so wealthy."
Eiji spoke with remarkable calm.
"Hmph, you don't need to imagine how much money I have. Just know it's more than you could ever dream of."
Ishtar clearly took pride in this as well. "If you join my Familia, you'll have endless wealth too... but I digress."
She lowered her head, leaving a kiss mark on Eiji's neck.
"I ford an alliance with Evilus long ago. I was the one who guided Kali in, even helped smuggle them into Orario."
That's right.
All of this was Ishtar's doing.
Funding Evilus to build that terrifying artificial dungeon, assisting the Kali Familia's infiltration into Orario, collecting humans and demi-humans with special talents.
And all her efforts had just one purpose from beginning to end!
"I'm going to drag that arrogant woman down from the top floor of the Tower of Babel!"
The re thought of that silver-haired goddess made Ishtar gnash her teeth.
"She looked down on in Heaven, and now she's above in the mortal world too! That damn bitch, what makes her so superior? Why is she always more popular than ?"
"Not long ago, she even personally ca to my Familia and killed my captain. Phryne's death ans nothing, but this insult I cannot swallow!"
The goddess's heart burned with hatred.
Phryne's death had made her more cautious.
She accelerated contact with the Kali Familia, brought them into her territory the very night they reached Lake Lolog, pressured Evilus to move faster, personally went to inspect the goods... all to exact revenge on Freya!
This wasn't impossible!
After all, while gods might dislike using their brains, none were truly foolish!
When a god truly sets their mind to sothing, the consequences are always far more terrifying than imagined!
Ishtar was no exception.
For years she'd painstakingly gathered forces from all sides.
The curse of nullifying magic, the rare enchantnt to forcibly raise one's level!
Evilus's labyrinth, housing a corrupted spirit at least equivalent to Level 7!
Plus the formidable Kali Familia!
Combining these forces would make crushing the Freya Familia effortless!
Yet she still felt it wasn't enough!
She would never underestimate divine power, especially not Freya's!
Thus she set her sights on a new trump card!
"That's you!"
Ishtar gazed at Eiji with fanatical intensity.
"That magic you used to defeat the corrupted spirit—once unleashed, none can withstand it, not even Ottar! With you, the Freya Familia is finished!"
Yes.
With Eiji, with that spell of his, Ishtar would beco invincible in the mortal world!
Freya could be crushed with a single hand!
Dominating the surface world wasn't beyond reach!
The sight of Eiji destroying the Heavenly Bull had given her this absolute confidence!
And with this confidence ca unprecedented possessiveness.
She must have this boy at all costs!
Not just as a female, but for revenge and ambition!
This was why she had the Kali Familia capture Eiji, even exposing Sharay's curse and Haruhi's enchantnt!
And making him join her Familia would be child's play!
A single Charm would suffice!
As long as she could turn him into her obedient dog, there'd be no need to worry about him disobeying in the future!
As for retaliation from Loki Familia?
If she could destroy Freya Familia, why would she fear so asly Loki Familia?!
"Wait, why haven't you...?"
Ishtar lowered her head.
She had been admiring her future masterpiece, fantasizing about trampling Freya underfoot, when she suddenly noticed sothing.
Sothing utterly bizarre—sothing that should have been impossible.
There wasn't the slightest trace of infatuation in Eiji's eyes.
His gaze was completely clear.
Being stared at by those eyes, Ishtar suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.
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