Chapter 689 Resolution and Threat
Everyone stopped fighting as Sona huddled between the Adventurers and Xenos while holding her throbbing head.
"What are you doing?", asked Finn with furrowed brows. The other Adventurers, on the other hand, were furious but they were also confused as to why the monsters had stopped attacking all of a sudden.
As she slowly walked over, Sona didn't answer Finn's question and desperately tried to think of ways to deescalate the situation.
She wanted for the Xenos to have a place on the surface, not for their sake, but for Tanis to be able to run around in the open. This is the promise she and the girls made for their Dragonic little sister after spoiling her throughout the days that they'd taken care of her.
Sona had the option of revealing their ability to understand other people and the ability to think on their own like normal people. However, she knew that 9 out of 10 of the Adventurers would still continue their attack and slaughter due to their belief that all monsters are bad for being their enemies for most of their lives.
Suddenly introducing a concept that contradicts almost everyone's belief, she knew too well how they would react to this 'attack'. Just to feel secure and have a peace of mind, they would most likely attack the source of that insecurity. So the best way was to slowly and indirectly introduce a concept that could be safely accepted.
In other words, introducing them now would only make things worse than before and if she wasn't careful, a bloodbath would happen, the enmity and hate that such an event would generate would be extremely difficult to get rid of.
Taking a deep breath, Sona carefully directed her Demonic Power towards her comrades who were standing by and watching the situation, [Everyone, I'll take care of this place. Search for the separated Xenos and take them into hiding.]
[I don't know why but you're currently under the influence of Hollowfication so I'll be staying here with you.], replied Aika while urging Artemis and Hestia to go home for now.
[Then we'll take care of the others. Good luck.], replied Akeno before she, Koneko and Irina ran in three different directions.
Finn immediately noticed this minute shift in the crowd as he had always been watching the Hestia and Artemis Familia the moment they arrived. With a low voice, he commanded, "Riveria, Bete and Tiona. Follow those three and see what they're up to."
The three of them nodded and left the Loki Familia group.
Aika and Sona saw this but didn't do anything. Although it would be hard to take on a strong Adventurer from the Loki Familia, they were confident that the girls would be able to escape from them without a problem.
However, the Adventurers were still losing their patience at this silent stand-off so Finn asked Sona again, "What are you doing?"
Even then, Sona didn't answer as she was carefully distributing her Demonic Power among the Xenos in the vicinity. They were all shocked and surprised when they suddenly heard Sona's voice inside their head, 'Don't speak no matter what happens. I'm talking to every one of you through Magic so just follow my instructions, if you want to end this situation peacefully.'
At her noncompliance, a few Adventurers reached their limit and were about to resume their attacks. But before that could happen, Sona faced them while covering her left eye with her left hand, "Allow me to say this first. This is all just a big misunderstanding."
Finn's brows furrowed deeper, "Misunderstanding?"
Despite the pain and dizziness that she was feeling, Sona still smiled and replied, "Yes. To explain, I was secretly taming and raising monsters under the sewers using my skill."
Whispering and murmuring immediately exploded between the Adventurers and some of them believed it after seeing how obedient the monsters behind her.
"Due to my mistake, I momentarily lost control of them, leading to the situation we have right now. To prove that I'm not lying, please watch."
Sona turned towards the Lizardman's direction and said, "Come over here, Lyd."
Although they were already expecting it, the onlookers were still very surprised that the Lizardman obediently came to her side. Without minding their reaction, Sona gave Lyd the Daedalus Orb which she used to open the doors of the Knossos, [Return to the entrance of the Dungeon and wait for Fels.]
Despite his lizard face, Sona still saw his hesitation so she added, [I know that you're worried about the others, but I already asked my companions to secure them so you don't have to be worried. Just go for now.]
Lyd was indeed worried about his fellow Xenos, but he was more worried about Sona. Even though he didn't know much about her, he knew that she wouldn't look good in front of other Adventurers for protecting them and taking responsibility.
But even then, he didn't know what he could do to help. Without a choice, he and everyone else could only follow her directions.
Seeing the procession of the monsters towards the entrance of the sewers, everyone became unnerved at this very unusual sight, 'Now then... The Guild employees should be coming soon. Since they're not aware that there's a Dungeon entrance within the sewers, nobody would connect their existence to the monster attack in Rivira, at least for now.', thought Sona as she faced Finn again.
Finn, meanwhile, instructed the other members of the Loki Familia to secure the other entrances to the sewers and to make sure that the monsters won't escape. However, he also explicitly mentioned that they can't attack the monsters unless they attacked them first.
Once he was done, Finn approached and faced Sona once again with Tione, Gareth, Lefiya and Ais at his side, "Are you aware that it's illegal to transport monsters to the surface without permission?"
"I'm aware and I won't be making excuses. I'm also very glad that no one has died in this incident, but I can also see that my monsters did a number to some Adventurers and properties. But worry not. The Hestia and Artemis Familia would be taking care of all of the repair and medical bills. We'll also add a bit of compensation for everyone affected by this trouble."
Finn looked around and saw that many felt relieved at her words. Although he still had tonnes of questions to ask, it was about time to end this, "I see. If you're taking full responsibility for your actions then we'll leave it to the Guild to meet out the appropriate punishment. However, if another incident like this were to happen, we won't hesitate to eliminate those monsters for the safety of the citizens."
"I understand. Though there won't be a next time since the Guild would be monitoring my actions and the usage of my skill."
With that, the situation was peacefully resolved with lies and money. Thankfully, there are only two Gods who watched and were already aware of the true situation, "How boring. Though thanks to that, I probably would be able to stay in Orario longer.", murmured Ikelos.
"To think that she'd be able to think of a way out of that, truly remarkable. Though it would have been a good chance to blame this all on you and kick you out.", Hermes also murmured.
However, a Magic Circle suddenly appeared under Ikelos' feet, and a second later, he disappeared.
"W-what!?" Hermes was stunned and immediately felt someone else's presence behind him. As he turned around, he immediately saw someone that looked familiar, but it was the first time that he met her personally, "...You're Serafall Sitri. What did you do to him?"
Serafall turned around to leave while saying, "His further involvement won't do any good for Sona-chan and the girls, so I randomly sent him to the other side of the world.", She then stopped her steps and turned her head to Hermes with cold eyes, "I know that Kisuke already reminded you, but let me say it. Don't you ever mess with my precious little sister and the other girls. Although I can't kill you, I can get rid of you in other ways so that you won't be able to return to Orario for at least a few years."
Hermes smiled and said, "I already promised that I won't."
Serafall left, but Hermes was still sweating buckets, "Sent to the other side of the world? Dang it... So they could do something like that? I have to be careful in the future."
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