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As a novice adventurer who could only fight monsters in the shallow level, he soon met the notification personnel of the Ganesha clan and had to evacuate without any help.
As he walked out of the dungeon, Bell rubbed his glasses, tilted his head and looked at the dark tower in front of him, his mind full of question marks.
It seems that some remarkable changes have taken place in Orario.
Bell didn't think too much about it. No matter what changes happened to the Tower of Babel of the gods, it probably had nothing to do with a novice adventurer like him.
The most important thing is three meals a day.
Thinking of this, Bell covered his empty belly with his hands, his expression slightly bitter.
Adventurers are a very profitable business, and the magic stones obtained after the death of monsters are hard currency. They are a necessity for many industries. Because they can only be produced in places like dungeons, even ordinary novice adventurers can make a living from them.
But for a family like Hestia's that started from scratch, there are too many places where money needs to be spent.
Weapons, intelligence, medicines, backpacks, drinking water, even a compass and so on.
Bell didn't want to complain about the poor quality of his family. He visited most of the families in Orario, but was kicked out. Only Hestia was willing to take him in and join the Hestia family. No matter how he thought about it, he had no reason to complain.
but……
“…Even I want to act cool sometimes!”
Bell sighed softly.
He also fantasized about achieving decent results through his hard work in the dungeon and impressing his Lord God.
At the very least, can I earn enough magic stones to treat Lord God to a good meal occasionally?
Moreover, Bell was slightly worried.
If the current situation cannot be resolved in a short time, the dungeon will be closed for half a month, which will be a disaster for the Hestia family who are just starting out.
Life is not easy, sighed the White Rabbit.
Back in the dilapidated church where he was, Bell knocked gently on the door that couldn't be covered to begin with.
"My Lord, I'm back!"
Bell spoke in a low voice, his tone sounding a little weak.
Although it was not his fault no matter how you look at it for not obtaining enough magic stones in the dungeon, some people just like to take the blame on themselves.
As he spoke, Bell quietly poked his head out.
What he saw was a man and a woman in the church. The woman was his god, and the man...
Bell tilted his head: "Any guests?"
……
The conversation in the room stopped, Hestia straightened her chest and waved to Bell.
"Bell-kun, Bell-kun, come and sit down."
Hestia greeted Bell as if she were a parent showing off her child to her friends.
Bell was a little confused, but he still listened to the words of his Lord God, walked to the chair and sat down obediently.
"……How about it?"
Hestia asked quickly, a hint of worry in her tone.
She really had no idea about Bell's life experience. Her becoming Bell's superior god was purely a coincidence, not a part of Uranus and Zeus' plan.
Long before her, when Bell came to Orario, he applied to many clans, hoping to join those clans and become an adventurer.
If a clan had accepted Bell's application at that time, she would have had nothing to do with it afterwards.
Of course, this step alone is still under the control of Uranus and others.
Bell is innocent, has no combat experience, has never learned fighting skills, swordsmanship, etc. He is not a member of a special race like the elves, and has no special skills. If he rashly joins a clan, ten out of ten clan members will not accept him.
But there are exceptions to everything.
Although from the outside, Bell has no strengths and is easily deceived, and is not at all suitable to be an adventurer, but if it is Freya who can see through the color of the human soul, she will naturally discover his unusualness.
In fact, after Bell came to Orario, he also applied to join Freya's family.
——But he was kicked out before he could even get through the door.
Later, Freya did discover the abnormality of Bell's soul and wanted to invite Bell to join Freya's family.
——But Bell was frightened by the person who invited him and ran away.
Before Freya could take any further action, Bell was invited by Hestia to become a member of Hestia's family, and became the man that Freya would never get in her life.
It was just a coincidence that Bell became a member of Hestia's family. Becoming a member of Freya's family was in line with Zeus and Uranus' plan and was a natural progression.
This was not just to win over Freya - in fact, Freya was not that important in the plan aimed at the gods.
Freya's family is indeed strong, but that is only useful before the necessary moment comes, and can maintain stability before the final step.
Once the war expands to the level of gods, the power of Freya's family will not even be a bonus.
The specific plan of Uranus and others was to borrow the power of Freya's family in the early stage, as well as Uranus' secret care, to allow Bell to grow up.
With Freya's style, she would definitely train Bell as much as possible so that Bell could radiate the brilliance of his soul as much as possible.
——Become a hero.
This is Bell's way.
When Bell develops to a certain extent, he will gradually get out of Freya's control. A true hero may fall in love with a kind goddess, but he will never fall in love with a goddess like Freya who is so willful that she will disregard everything for love.
There is no shortage of stories about heroes and princesses in Orario's heroic tales, but there are almost no stories about heroes and goddesses.
Especially for a goddess like Freya who believes that "as long as the goal is achieved, everything else doesn't matter". Even if the goddess's target is the hero himself, it is still harmful to the world.
If Freya falls in love with Bell, sooner or later, she will destroy everything around Bell, leaving only herself -
Even if the goddess' love is real in the future, the result will definitely not be good - because the status is not equal, and the gods who have an absolute advantage are too self-centered and hardly understand what empathy is.
According to the script of Uranus and others, all this should happen after the defeat of the black dragon.
When Bell became a hero on earth, a conflict broke out with Freya... Now that the black dragon has been killed, the gods will inevitably shift their attention to this matter.
In the battle for the 'soul of the hero who crossed the black dragon', the more fun-loving the god is, the more he will participate in it, and the more he kills, the better.
Compared to the gods of fun, serious gods are very rare.
Then take this opportunity to kill a group of gods of fun. Gods can be resurrected after death, but resurrection takes time.
Most of the gods of pleasure were killed, so Uranus launched a plan to seal the remaining gods of pleasure, keeping their bodies alive but their consciousness in a dormant state forever.
Afterwards, the gods who had originally died were resurrected and sealed in batches.
There were many difficulties in implementing the plan. For example, there was a problem in the first step. Bell failed to join Freya's family and was instead intercepted by Hestia.
This caused some problems, the most important of which was that there was no way to control the duration of Freya's rampage.
If Bell is Freya's follower, Uranus can guarantee that Freya will be able to endure until Bell becomes a hero who defeats the black dragon. Freya is the type of person who will try her best to guide her child to glory.
It's already in her pot, and she has the patience to cook it slowly.
But Bell is a member of Hestia's family...that's a different matter.
In order to prevent Freya from taking action, Uranus had to take some risks.
When the Loki Familia returned from their expedition, a Minotaur miraculously evaded the purge of the Loki Familia, crossed the class activity restrictions that were originally difficult for monsters to cross, and came to Bell who was adventuring on the surface.
And the person who appeared in front of Bell at that time was Ais Wallenstein, the daughter of the last human hero a thousand years ago. She was one of the key factors in defeating the black dragon and the member of the family that Loki was least likely to give up.
Freya might be able to handle it at ease in the early days and is only slightly interested in Bell, but as Bell gradually grows up, her interest in him will inevitably increase.
At the same time, Bell has established a connection with Loki's family, and as Bell grows, this connection will only become stronger.
In Orario, the only people that Freya's family needs to be wary of are Loki's family.
But even so, it is still unknown how long Freya can be suppressed.
There was a problem with the first step of the plan. After listening to Uranus's words, Hestia felt that the old man was in a difficult situation.
——But that’s not the problem.
The question is, why is Bell special enough, and why is Uranus confident that when Bell grows to his limit, he can attract many gods?
Among the adventurers in the underworld, the most outstanding one in the past thousand years is Alfia of Silence. But even if she can really defeat the black dragon, she cannot attract the competition of most gods.
Even if Bell's talent was really better than Alfia's, he was raised in the countryside for more than ten years and only became an adventurer when he was almost an adult. He had never even experienced a decent battle before.
It's a bit too desperate.
……
Looking at the somewhat reserved white-haired boy in front of him, Su Qing stared for a moment and nodded slightly to Hestia.
"...a very healthy child."
Hestia's relief was visibly evident.
Su Qing shook his head slightly and asked, "Hestia...Hades, are you familiar with it?"
"Unfamiliar."
"It must be him who did it."
Su Qing said: "There is a very subtle mismatch between Bell's soul and his body. In addition, his soul seems too pure."
Shaking his head slightly, Su Qing raised his evaluation of the gods slightly. Perhaps it was because he had too much fun playing with the gods that led to his bad impression of the gods, but now it seems that there are capable people among the gods.
But that's true. If it's a divine being that has been wasting hundreds of millions of years, Su Qing doesn't think it has any value.
But if a god has devoted hundreds of millions of years to studying how to kill the bad guys, he will definitely be able to come up with something.
The only pity is probably bad luck.
Being born in such a world is the greatest bad luck for a god who is dedicated to making progress.
Gods are naturally powerful, but if you ask them how they became powerful, they cannot tell you.
Similar to the small garden, the strongest species has a process of becoming stronger.
But the gods in the world of Dicuo are probably this strong when they are born. There is no process of becoming stronger. It is actually very difficult for the gods to train out of thin air and dig deep into the essence of their strength.
This is like solving calculus equations without learning the basics. You may not even know what each symbol means.
There was an extremely subtle inconsistency in Bell's soul. Su Qing guessed that it was the work of Hades... or perhaps some other underworld god.