"A beautiful boy personally making delicious cuisine, with such benefits, staying here doesn't seem too bad..."
Chloe's eyes rolled around, while Lunoire sighed softly, whispering, "It really has been a long time since I've had such a warm breakfast..."
"Speaking of which, Anya and Chloe, to borrow the words of the gods, aren't they a bit 'role overlapping'?", Lunoire said.
Chloe was furious, "Who's overlapping with that stupid cat? You better look clearly, I am the 'ice beauty' with a slender figure and tail nya~"
"But my chest is bigger than the cat's nya~" Anya put her hands on her hips, proudly puffing out her chest.
Chloe: "You, how dare you...!!"
Because of the newcomers, the tavern was noisier than usual.
Emiya looked at Syr, "By the way, is Mama Mia not here?"
Syr replied, "Mama Mia, she said she couldn't swallow her anger, so she went to smash the Bruno Trading Company, and the [Familia] behind it."
The Familia backing the Bruno Trading Company is an upper-tier faction with one Lv.4 and several Lv.3 adventurers, quite famous in the labyrinth city.
However, the history of this Familia ends today.
"Those who tried to attack us yesterday have already been caught and handed over to the Ganesha Familia, including several Lv.2 upper-tier adventurers...", Lunoire casually mentioned.
"Speaking of which, those people weren't all adventurers from the Familia behind the Bruno Trading Company, right?", Emiya remembered a trivial matter—
When beating up the ruffians hired by the Bruno Trading Company, he smelled a strong and familiar scent of alcohol.
"Trading companies often hire adventurers from small Familias to do their dirty work, and when problems arise, they throw them out as scapegoats. This is a common tactic of trading companies," Lunoire, a former bounty hunter who often worked with trading companies, shared her experience.
"Especially for illegal activities, trading companies always have those rogue adventurers from small Familias do them... Like the Soma Familia, they are often the trading companies' partners, as they have the most rogue adventurers."
Emiya and Ryuu frowned slightly, "The Soma Familia, them again."
Last time, the adventurers they encountered in the dungeon performing malicious monster offering were from the Soma Familia.
Again and again, these drunkards from the Soma Familia keep provoking them, and Emiya is starting to feel annoyed.
Moreover, the Soma Familia has always had a bad reputation in the city, and the overall style of the Familia is the type Emiya despises the most.
Syr's lips curled up, "If you want to do something, just do it."
"The strongest member of the Soma Familia is just an Lv.2 upper-tier adventurer. For you to deal with him would be a bit of a bully."
Chloe said, "But, I think bullying fights are easier."
"I'm also Lv.2," Emiya said so.
Lunoire & Chloe: "You're Lv.2?"
Emiya nodded: "Yes, just leveled up not long ago..."
"You're kidding, I thought you were Lv.3."
"I thought you were at least an Lv.2 with maxed-out stats."
"The situation at that time was a bit special...", Emiya vaguely explained.
Lunoire and Chloe exchanged glances, they reached a common conclusion—a significant increase in ability values due to enhancement magic or skills.
Chloe's back teeth ached, 'What kind of place is this?'
An Lv.6 owner, two Lv.4 waitresses (now four), and a newcomer with super enhancement skills.
'This tavern, placed among Familias, would only be weaker than the three giants: Freya, Loki, and Ganesha...', Lunoire and Chloe thought to themselves.
Syr looked at the sky outside the window, she chuckled, "Shirou, if you're really worried, why not take a trip to the Soma Familia?"
After learning about what Emiya and Ryuu encountered in the dungeon, Syr issued a commission to investigate the Soma Familia, which was taken up by a passionate adventurer named Hedin Selrand.
And Hedin actually found out something— [Divine Wine]
"You might discover something interesting~", A purple glint flashed in Syr's silver-gray pupils.
———
Emiya was not in a hurry to act, he first returned to the Familia's base to inquire about the situation with the goddess.
"That poorly reputed Soma Familia, if you really can't stand it, just take action. As long as no lives are lost, it should be fine."
The goddess said, "At most, pay a bit more in fines."
'Given Shirou's personality, for him to be so angry, they must have done something quite outrageous. If it's that Familia, it's not surprising...'
Soma is not an evil god, but he is obsessed with brewing wine in his base, completely neglecting his Familia. As a result, under the leadership of a morally corrupt captain, the Soma Familia has become increasingly chaotic.
Emiya: "I am indeed a bit concerned about the situation with the Soma Familia..."
In fact, the two provocations from the Soma Familia were just the triggers. What really caught his attention was a piece of information about the Soma Familia—the Divine Wine.
A creation of the wine god Soma himself, said to be addictive after just one taste...
This kind of thing really gives Emiya a bad feeling.
He recalled his past life with Emiya Kiritsugu, searching for Mayan ruins in Latin America, and the minor frictions they had with the local social groups that were lively but lacked manners.
Specifically, Emiya Shirou and his adoptive father Emiya Kiritsugu used various methods, including but not limited to sniper rifles, rocket launchers, and truck-kun... to send many drug lords to the sky.
Thinking back, that was probably the most intense period of their actions, but it was unavoidable, as the scenes they witnessed there were truly unsettling.
Now, just imagining that situation stirs up a desire to go on a killing spree—perhaps also because yesterday's battle was too half-hearted, leaving his emotions unvented.
Syr suggested that today is the best opportunity, as the Lv.6 [Small Giant(Demi Ymir)] will today remove a large Familia with second-tier adventurers from the map. With such big news, no one will care about the mere Soma Familia.
And the attitude of the goddess Hephaestus is the same, as the notorious Soma Familia is also detested by the upright goddess of fire.
Since both the goddess and the girl think so, Emiya has no need to hesitate.
———
"ENEMY ATTACK!!"
This is happening in two different locations in the labyrinth city Orario, but the nature of the crises faced by the two Familias is quite similar.
The Familia bases are under attack, the attackers are single individuals, boldly charging in from the front.
One of the attackers is the former captain of the [Freya Familia], an Lv.6 adventurer, [Small Giant] Mia Grand. The other is a newly promoted Lv.2 adventurer without a title yet, Emiya Shirou.
The two attackers are worlds apart in level, but they share a common point at this moment—no one can stop them.
Mia only needed one punch to embed the only Lv.4 second-tier adventurer of that Familia into the floor. She didn't carry any weapons, simply grabbed two Lv.3 adventurers and used them as dual hand axes.
All the high-level adventurers of the Familia were instantly killed, even used as weapons, and the morale of the other adventurers instantly collapsed, fleeing in disarray.
Even so, Mia did not let them go. Every adventurer above Lv.2 in that Familia received at least one hit, then was thrown out like a dead dog.
As for those Lv.1 members, many were simply brushed by the wind from Mia swinging her human weapons and fainted on the spot.
After clearing all the adventurers from the base, Mia then manually dismantled all the load-bearing pillars of the building, and with one stomp, turned the entire base into ruins.
Having finally vented her anger, Mia clapped her hands and left, but not before venting half her rage at the Bruno Trading Company.
"If you dare reveal their information, I'll bury you; if you dare leak news to the guild, I'll also bury you; in short, I will bury you,".With a fierce threat and a 'little physical punishment', the Bruno group was scared out of their wits.
On the other side, Emiya's progress was slightly slower. By the time Mia finished dismantling the building, he had just knocked down all the Lv.1 adventurers in the Soma Familia base.
"You monster, who are you...", The captain of the Soma Familia, Zanis Lustra, faced the lone youth, his voice trembling.
The Soma Familia only has two Lv.2 adventurers, one of whom, Chandra Ihit, is not at the base, leaving only the captain, [Wine Guardian] Zanis Lustra.
But even if Chandra were here, the outcome would be no different.
The only redeeming feature of the Soma Familia is the number of adventurers, but the average strength of the adventurers in this Familia is almost the lowest among their peers. Their money and energy are all consumed in the pursuit of alcohol, and neither their equipment nor combat skills are up to par.
Stronger than goblins, but weaker than Lv.1 orc warriors—this is Emiya's assessment of these adventurers' combat power.
No matter how many such Lv.1 adventurers there are, they pose no threat to Emiya. The strength of the Soma Familia is even less than that of the ruffian group gathered by the Bruno Trading Company, which had more than one Lv.2 upper-tier adventurer.
"Are you the captain of the Soma Familia, Zanis Lustra?",.Emiya walked up the steps of the Soma Familia base, coming face to face with Zanis.
"Ah, since you know, how dare you invade here, aren't you afraid of the guild's laws?", Zanis spoke with a false show of strength.
"Laws...", Emiya's tone was sarcastic.
'Ryuu is a first-class criminal wanted by the guild for 80 million valis, Lunoire and Chloe are famous bounty hunters and assassins, all with numerous blood crimes to their names.'
'I've been living with these people day and night, and now you're talking to me about laws?'
'Moreover, are you even qualified to speak of laws?', Having confirmed the existence of the Divine Wine and knowing what Zanis has done, Emiya's gaze grew colder.
"I don't believe you still have the stamina... go to hell," Zanis charged forward.
As a veteran upper-tier adventurer, Zanis's paper stats are not low, but just seeing his sword swing, Emiya felt a strong sense of disappointment.
"This Familia is mine, no matter how much dirty work is done, the main god won't blame me. As long as it doesn't interfere with that guy's obsession, do whatever you want. There's no better environment than this," Zanis shouted madly, "I will never allow you to destroy my 'kingdom'."
"Only relying on stats, without any skill, even if I revert to Lv.1, defeating you probably wouldn't earn enough great deeds to level up."
Emiya met Zanis's sword head-on, grabbing his wrist from the side and twisting it quickly, the sword falling from Zanis's hand with a cry of pain.
The other hand casually grabbed the sword hilt, [Knight of Owner] activated, Emiya instantly took control of the sword.
'His sword is quite a good piece of armament, not cheap,' Thinking this, Emiya raised the sword, the hilt smashing into Zanis's temple.
For Zanis, the last time he entered the dungeon was long ago, and too much time living in comfort has greatly dulled this upper-tier adventurer's body.
Zanis's stats haven't dropped, but his combat skills have weakened to the point where he can only rely on stats and level differences to bully Lv.1 adventurers.
The sword hilt hit Zanis's temple squarely, and he collapsed like a limp noodle. Emiya felt that after this fight, his stats wouldn't even budge.
Shaking his head, Emiya turned and walked towards Zanis's captain's office.
Next, he just needed to gather some evidence and hand it over to the Ganesha Familia.
"Why are you doing this?", A male god, dressed in a sloppy robe, who had been watching coldly from start to finish, finally spoke.
Emiya stopped in his tracks, countering, "God Soma, why have you let your Familia come to this?"
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