On the other side, on the eighteenth floor, things were going according to Leon and Hermes' plan.

Many adventurers gathered together, but they still could not defeat the Black Goliath. They could only stop it at most.

Moreover, the Black Goliath could also eject shock waves from its mouth to the ground.

Many people were injured by the shock wave attack.

In addition, monsters continued to emerge on the entire floor, attacking the adventurers with their fangs and claws, which made the adventurers' condition even worse.

For a time, the entire 18th floor fell into an atmosphere of despair.

And in this desperate atmosphere, Belle's Hero's Strike was born as expected.

Standing in front of the Black Goliath, she held a double-edged sword in her hand.

Under the cover of the guards, she began to accumulate power. White light emerged on her body, constantly flowing towards the giant sword in her hand, and the giant sword became more and more dazzling.

At the same time, the sound of a bell continued to echo in the air, getting louder and louder.

The solemn bell sound rang loudly and spread throughout the battlefield, attracting everyone's attention. The white and slender figure was imprinted in everyone's eyes.

"Everyone, get out of the way!!!"

Looking at the huge figure in front of her, Belle raised the giant sword in her hand and shouted loudly.

The adventurers in front of Belle all shuddered at the same time, and then dodged to both sides nimbly.

Belle rushed ahead suddenly, sprinting all the way at a very fast speed, and appeared in front of the Black Goliath in an instant.

Without any hesitation, with a powerful charge, she made a decisive blow in full view of the public.

A white light instantly covered the Black Goliath's whole body, drowning everyone's sight.

The next second, a terrifying roar resounded throughout the floor.

"Sure enough, Belle has the potential to be a hero."

At the moment the roar sounded, Hermes, who was hiding behind a tree closed his eyes and whispered.

"It succeeded."

On the other side, Leon's thought projection quietly watched this scene, whispering in a low voice.

The next second, a white light quickly spread out, the Gate of Heaven.

...

The matter of the Black Goliath came to an end.

After Hermes and Hestia returned to the ground, they were visited by the guild and fined.

Hestia's familia was fined one-tenth of their total assets, and as for Hermes, since he had used divine power in the dungeon, and Asfi had concealed her level, half of his Familia's assets were confiscated.

And Leon also took this opportunity to go to the guild to give Eina a visit and raise his recorded level from Lv. 2 to Lv. 4.

Unsurprisingly, after this matter was announced by the guild, the whole of Orario was shocked once again. Of course, this is a later story. But Leon didn't care about it.

After reporting to the guild, Leon went to th3 Hephaestus familia for Tsubaki, and then to the Twilight Manor to distribute the gains of this expedition together.

The distribution was very simple.

When the Hephaestus familia had agreed to participate in the expedition, they had agreed that 60 % of the materials would belong to the Hephaestus familia, and the remaining 40% would be divided equally between Leon and the Loki familia.

As for magic stones, Leon alone took two-fifths of the magic stones obtained after entering the deep floors during this expedition.

The Loki familia had no objection to this. The biggest gain of this expedition for the Loki familia was that they could fight with all their might.

In previous expeditions, they had a cautioys attitude because they were afraid of being seriously injured. Although they could still get some excelia, it was not ideal.

This time, Leon had used Gate of Heaven to assist the large army, allowing them to fight without restraint.

Thus, the Loki familia's expeditionary force gained much more Excelia this time than in previous expeditions.

These GAINS are much more important than just some magic stones.

Therefore, the adventurers of the Loki familia who had participated in the expedition had no objection to this distribution.

Many adventurers even raised their hands in agreement, hoping that Finn and the other executives could continue to invite Leon to participate in the next expedition.

As for why, it was obvious. They had pestered Loki on the night they had returned from the expedition to update their falna.

Because they had experienced fierce battles for several consecutive days, their stats had increased by a lot.

Anakitty and Alicia had even ranked up to Lv. 5, and Bete even rankwd up to Lv. 6.

Lefiya could also level up, but she was advised not to by Loki, who asked her to continue to settle for a while and improve her basic stats a little more before leveling up.

So, Leon was very popular in the Loki familia. Everyone looked at him with a burning gaze, almost the same as Freya.

Leon did not stay in the Twilight Manor for too long. After dividing the harvest, he talked with Finn and others for a while and then left.

This afternoon, Leon had agreed to go shopping with Hestia.

In the afternoon, Leon took Hestia to several streets.

However, in the evening, when they were about to go back, they encountered someone.

"Demeter, we meet again."

"What's wrong with you? You look more haggard than last time."

Hestia looked at Demeter and asked with concern.

Hestia knew that Demeter had always been a gentle goddess with a gentle smile on her face, tolerant of everything.

But in the past half month, every time she met Demeter, her face became paler and more haggard. Now there were traces of lack of sleep under the corners of her eyes.

"Thanks for your concern, Hestia."

"But, can I talk to Leon alone?"

"I want to ask for his help for something."

After thanking Hestia for her concern, Demeter said gently.

Hearing Demeter's words, Hestia was stunned. She then turned to look at Leon, and then turned back to look at Demeter.

Hestia knew that Leon's friend circle was very small, and he had almost no contact with Demeter. In fact, he had only met Demeter once during their previous date.

Why was Demeter suddenly approaching Leon?

Leon was also a little surprised. He hadn't expected Demeter to take the initiative to approach him.

However, after thinking about it, he guessed something.

It was probably because his thought projection Lucifer had a conflict with Dionysus.

"Hestia, you go back first, I'll come back later." After thinking it through, Leon smiled at Hestia and said.

"Fine, I'll go back first. You should come back early too."

"Demeter, you two should have a good chat."

Hestia didn't care about Demeter's desire to have a casual chat with Leon. She nodded and then trotted away.

"May I invite Goddess Demeter to have a cup of coffee together?"

After Hestia left, Leon made a slight ceremonial gesture, stretched out his hand to Demeter and said gently.

"Well, it's an honor!"

Demeter was slightly stunned, and then she gently placed her hand on the palm of Leon's hand, and said in a gentle tone.

Soon, the two appeared in a coffee shop.

On both sides of the table, Leon and Demeter sat opposite each other, with a cup of steaming coffee in front of them.

Demeter sat opposite Leon, staring at the coffee with a blank look in her eyes, motionless, and silent.

Leon didn't speak either, waiting quietly.