Danmachi: Adventuring Till the End!

"Loki, don't you have a bad relationship with Lady Hestia?"

"Why?" After Ais and the others left, Finn crossed his hands on the desk and asked Loki curiously.

They all knew about the feud between Loki and Hestia, so they were surprised that Loki had taken the initiative to ask them to contact Orsted.

"Intuition. I have a strong feeling."

"The Orsted you mentioned is the first case," Loki crossed her arms and explained with a smile.

"Is this the intuition of a god?" Hearing this, Finn narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze flickering.

"By the way, the Orsted you're talking about is an elf, right? Riveria, see if you can lure him over here," Loki said to Riveria.

"Stop talking nonsense," Riveria was slightly stunned by Loki's words, then rolled her eyes at her.

Although she was the Elven Princess, and many elves would be willing to join the Loki Familia—or even traded—if she asked, she would never do such a thing.

She despised that kind of behavior.

"Hey, just kidding, just kidding."

"But if possible, I still hope you can get in touch with that guy."

"When I heard the name Orsted, I felt a strange feeling."

"Riveria, it would be good for you to get in touch with him," Loki said, still smiling, and even urged Riveria again. At this, Riveria immediately frowned.

"Why are you so obsessed with this Orsted?" Riveria asked, puzzled.

Finn and Gareth shared her confusion.

"Well, besides the strange feeling, there's another reason. I heard Freya mention this name when I was having tea with her a few days ago."

"It's not easy for someone like Freya to take an interest in him," Loki explained, finally revealing the reason.

"Freya…"

"Since we all know she's interested in him, why do you want me to get involved?" Riveria glared at Loki, not hiding her disgust, then turned and left the office.

"I mean, Loki…" Finn shook his head helplessly, and Gareth did the same.

"Well, I won't deny that I wanted to cause that guy some trouble, but what I just said to Riveria wasn't a lie."

"I really feel it would be good for Riveria to have contact with the elf named Orsted," Loki said, scratching her head honestly.

"Really?"

"Yes, I'm not joking."

"Don't you joke enough? Don't forget what kind of god you are."

"Uh… the god of mischief…"

"Good, you know."

"Damn, my reputation is ruined. Even you, Finn, can't frame me like this."

"I'm not…"

Orsted, of course, had no idea what was going on with the Loki Familia.

While the Loki Familia returned to the Twilight Manor, their residence, Orsted and Lili arrived at the 15th floor and officially encountered monsters like the Minotaurs.

Not counting the ones that had escaped to the 13th floor earlier, this was the first time Orsted had seen Minotaurs emerging from the walls.

Moreover, there were seven or eight of them at once.

While it wasn't a monster party, it was still a large number under normal circumstances.

Orsted asked Lili to hide aside and faced the Minotaurs alone.

Although Lili could now rely on Sun Breathing to fight Killer Ants and Imps, even defeating one or two, she stood no chance against Minotaurs.

If she were to fight a Minotaur, she would likely be torn apart in a few rounds.

However, Orsted still overestimated the strength of the Minotaurs.

Facing seven or eight Minotaurs, Orsted still didn't feel any sense of danger.

This made him frown slightly.

Nevertheless, Orsted didn't say anything and charged toward the Minotaurs.

Using his sword skills continuously, Orsted killed all eight Minotaurs in just a few minutes.

Amounts of Magic stones fell to the ground.

Lili, who had been hiding nearby, trotted over to collect the magic stones.

After picking up the magic stones, Lili noticed Orsted frowning and quickly asked, "Orsted-sama, what's wrong?"

"Are you dissatisfied with these Minotaurs?"

"Yes, they don't give me any sense of danger at all," Orsted nodded and admitted.

"Eight Minotaurs aren't enough?"

"In that case, we'll have to resort to the backup plan," Lili frowned upon hearing this and then suggested.

"Yes, that's the only option now," Orsted agreed with Lili's proposal.

The backup plan Lili mentioned involved using monster-luring items—special props she had crafted to attract large numbers of monsters.

In the anime, when Lili believed Bell, had betrayed her, she used monster-luring items to distract him with monsters while she made her escape.

Monster-luring items had their pros and cons depending on the situation.

They were beneficial when you needed to attract monsters but problematic when you didn't.

For Orsted, however, monster-luring items were now a useful tool.

When you needed to kill a large number of monsters, the effect of these items was invaluable.

Without hesitation, Lili pulled out the prepared item from her backpack.

"Orsted-sama, get ready. I'm going to throw it now," Lili warned Orsted before tossing the monster-luring item forward.

After throwing it, Lili immediately took out a morbul and retreated to a safe distance.

Monster-luring items attracted monsters, while morbul repelled them.

The effect of the monster-luring item was almost instantaneous. Within seconds, there was movement in the surrounding Dungeon.

One by one, Minotaurs emerged from the walls.

In the distance, the ground began to tremble, signaling the approach of a large number of monsters.

Needless to say, a horde of monsters was rushing toward them.

As Orsted watched the Minotaurs appear and felt the vibrations from the ground, he finally felt a slight sense of danger.

The emergence of this sense of danger didn't panic him. Instead, a faint smile appeared on his face.

"It's finally here!"

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