The gods, having gathered, well, most of them, there were still some who were a bit too scared of showing up before they'd had a child level up… In other words, basically every god with the right, and the stones to be there, was there including two gods that had long since been removed from the city, yet there they sat, unphased by the stares they were getting.
The host for this particular emergency Denatus was Hermes. So he stood there a little stunned by the presence of the former top familia patrons having returned to the room. However, his familia captain sighed, seeing that her god was being useless again, Lidith sorta, elbowed his hip.
"Just get it started already. This isn't something you can leave to me, that's going way too far."
Holding his side, that suddenly started hurting, he smiled and sighed. Then cleared his throat, and resumed his usual over the top outgoing persona.
"Welcome my fellow gods, it is my great honor to welcome you all to this emergency Denatus. As we have a lot to go over, I'd like to start immediately. The less time spent away from our children the better."
"Yeah, we know, now get on with it!"
"Alright, alright. First let's get welcome backs finished. Zeus, Hera, welcome back-"
"Thanks, now then let's see what we've got. Zald said he'd be taking me drinking if we can wrap this up quickly. But those boxes give me pause…"
"There were a lot of transfers of members, and so many level ups… Lidith, if you would, please pass out all of the lists."
"All of them? Really, so that's why you brought me here."
"Yep."
Lidith sighed, and reluctantly started handing out all of the lists, the reason this was such an annoying task… Simple, because of the survivors, 60% of them leveled up. That's just how bad the situation was in the city.
The gods, eager for the stories, quickly read through the list checking it out. And then they stopped…
"Hermes, this list, it's incomplete. It only goes up to the newly leveled up level 4s."
Freya's voice was intoxicating, she wasn't hiding her interest at all.
"You're right, everyone who's leveled up, and into the 1st class adventurer levels will be looked at in a moment. I'm curious about one of them myself."
"You mean Fenrir?"
"Can we just get on with these names first? Everyone there worked hard to protect the city and the citizens. They deserve some attention as well."
"Ugh, fine! But Hathor, you'd better not hold out, we know he's level 10 now, there's no way you can hide that."
"No, he's not. Not yet."
The gods clearly didn't believe her but they had no choice but to take her word for it at the moment as there was a lot of work ahead of them. So many got names that sounded super cringy like; Loverboy, Vortex Slicer, or in the case of the lone chef… Michelin Stars, specifically a name was shared among the chefs who'd successfully cooked up the Leviathan's meat. And eventually they got around to Lidith, and she was called… The Play Girl… A name she was far more excited about than most thought she'd be. Finally they finished the names for those below level 5. The sun had gone down, yet, there was still a little bit of bright light.
"Hmm? Is someone returning to Tenkai?"
"You mean after going through all of that, they still couldn't remain?"
"A shame… But who's light is it?"
"Hmm, it seems a lot like Erebus for some reason. Huh?"
"That's probably my son, he's had quite a bit of Arcanum trapped in his body. I imagine he's reaching his limits by now."
"Why's that? Can't he just seal it? He is Fenrir after all."
The light disappeared, and Astraea decided to make a public statement to side with Hathor.
"There's no easier feat for us gods than to seal away our divine powers. We may even feel the need to seal others' powers as well. However, for a mortal body, this would tear them apart. Furthermore, that's Erebus' arcanum, it's still hostile to Origin Wolf, he didn't even eat as much as he normally does."
"So you're saying he's releasing everything at once? Is he crazy?"
The door opened, and in walked Shurry, cracking his neck.
"I was wondering why my ears were burning, turns out you were talking about me. So I'll answer. I'm not stupid enough to release it all at once, for a couple reasons. First, if I released all of it, I'm pretty sure the city would be gone in a flash. Second, it's excellent training I'll never have a chance to get again so you rest assured I'm going to abuse it as much as possible."
Shurry said, shirtless, covered in sweat, crossing his arms, wagging his finger with each number.
"A side effect of this training is that I can't really level up right now either. A shame but, it's alright, that level up isn't going anywhere."
"Oh my! You're so hot! Lemme have a taste!"
"Huh?"
Shurry looked up and down at the goddess who called out, she was borderline naked already, and smoking her pipe.
"Actually, Shurry, what would it take for you to bed my familia? I've got a lot of ladies in need of a strong man to penetrate their womanly nether regions. The stronger the better…"
"Your familia is filled to the brim with Amazonesses, right?"
"Yes, does that-"
"You can forget it. Don't bring it up a second time or I'll destroy your entire district… You may be a goddess, but I'm shocked you had the audacity to ask me something like that. You really don't know the extent of what happened, do you? Plus, I hadn't heard of your familia helping out, anywhere? So much for a familia made up of members from the proud Amazoness race."
"Humph! How dare you, I was going to pay you by sucking that arcanum out of you."
"Do you think my own Mother can't for some reason? Grandpa? Grandma?"
"Huh?"
"I don't have any reason to bear this utterly annoying weight. I am simply doing it to test myself-"
Shurry said, slowly releasing his arms, his presence made it look as though he grew several feet.
"To push myself… To see where my limits really are, and if I can force them to entirely new heights. There's no better way to get stronger. Don't you dare insult my Mother like that ever again…"
"Oh, wow, what's that body do in bed?"
Ishtar teased, as she got turned on by the beast like power Shurry showed off.
"For you? Let it remain a mystery."
Hermes decided to interject.
"Hey, it's good of you to come, Origin Wolf. Is it true you can't level up?"
"Well, once this arcanum stops hurting, I'll be able to release all of it and then I can level up again." A smirk appeared… "It's not a small amount, I bet Erebus is confused about where the missing parts of him are."
Shurry chuckled.
"Anyway, I had help keeping that bastard here to kill him enough times... So I'll do what I can to help them out, even if it is, only just a little."
"Would it be alright if I check to see how much you have sealed away?"
"Yeah, just don't try any funny business, I've got a lot going on right now."
Hermes touched a pair of fingers to Shurry's chest, his eyes widened.
"How the fuck are you alive?"
"Keke, I'm built differently."
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