Chapter 338: As a good person
Less than a month... this was the time they had spent outside Orario, and they used that span of time to fight for the world by defeating the symbol of calamity, Antares. However, when they returned, why did they feel that their hero was treated as a criminal?
Even Isao was also confused, wondering what was happening.
In their surroundings, it was a scene of chaos.
The Hearth Mansion, the headquarters of the Hestia Familia, which was known as one of the most beautiful places in the Orario, was ravaged, burnt, and destroyed. It was something unthinkable, and more importantly, all of them could tell that everyone had targeted the Hestia Familia!
"It's them! Hestia Familia! They have finally returned! Gyahahaha, if we can catch them, we can get a lot of money!"
"We need our revenge! How dare you enjoy everything when you have been working for the Evilus?!"
"We will make you pay for what you have done!"
While some were greedy by the bounty that was prepared by catching Hestia Familia, others came for revenge, wishing to kill Hestia, Isao, Daphne, and Cassandra as they should be the ones who had killed their families, friends, and even lovers.
Their expressions were that of crazy, and they were ready to kill all of them.
Hestia, Cassandra, and Daphne were too shocked to say anything since they had never thought that everything would be destroyed like this, but Ryuu, Artemis, Hermes, and all of the Familia members of Hermes and Artemis Familia frowned, wondering whether there was a misunderstanding, and more importantly, how dared they?!
All of them knew how powerful Isao was, and for them to anger him... did they want Orario to be destroyed?
Everyone might be clueless, but those who had followed him knew how frightening Isao's power was.
"Ha..."
The moment they heard his voice, their bodies stiffened, and they knew that Orario might be erased today.
"Shoot the goddess first! Make them lose their power!"
Everyone quickly gathered after Isao and his group appeared; this group of people wasn't mindless, and they were also ruthless as they thought to kill Hestia as soon as possible.
As long as one gains a blessing, one can gain power, but this also creates a dependent relationship between the one who gained a blessing and the deity who gave that blessing.
While nothing would happen to the deity even if the one they gave a blessing died, if the deity died, then those who had received the blessing would lose all of their powers.
So, if Hestia died and returned to heaven, then Isao's blessing power would be as good as gone unless he received a blessing from another deity.
Frankly, something like this usually shouldn't happen; even if the deity was so evil, no one would think to kill a deity, considering how high their position was in the hearts and minds of many.
Unless one was crazy.
Were those people crazy?
Whether it was Hermes, Artemis, or everyone who came with Isao, they were dumbfounded by how aggressive those people were since they even dared to think about killing Hestia.
Yet, when they were dumbfounded, there was no hesitation in the actions of those people.
One of them, who happened to be an archer, shot an arrow toward Hestia, ready to kill her.
Hestia's eyes widened as she watched as an arrow was about to shoot into her head, but a hand naturally caught the arrow and returned it to the shooter.
"—?!"
The archer who shot the arrow didn't expect Isao to be able to save Hestia, and at the same time, he also didn't expect Isao's counterattack to be so ruthless as an arrow directly stuck onto his forehead, killing him instantly.
"...."
Everyone was in a daze by Isao's actions, and no one expected Isao to kill them directly. Instead of fear, the anger in their hearts became even more scorching, and no one could control their anger anymore!
"HE KILLED ONE OF US!"
"KILL HIM! KILL HIM! KILL HIM!"
"HE IS AN EVIL!"
Hestia frowned, and her eyes were also filled with anger, especially when those people treated Isao like a criminal, even though he had done a lot of things to all of them.
Who saved them?
Who protected them?
Did they think that their kindness was unlimited?!
As Hestia was furious, ready to burn all of them to death, ready to use her divine power, she was hugged.
"Calm down."
"Isao?"
Unlike her, she could see that Isao was calm and tried to comfort her.
"It's fine. Something that we didn't know must be happening, and they might be controlled by something, so let's find that source and erase it so everything can return to how it used to be."
"..."
As expected, Isao was kind, Hestia thought, but even if they had solved the problem and made everyone return, would they just forgive all of them who had almost killed her and destroyed everything that they had built?
Still, Isao was calm since he knew that it was meaningless to get angry with an animal.
Yes, an animal.
In his eyes, at this moment, those people before him were nothing but animals.
On the other hand, Isao was a human being, someone with rationality and a great mind, so how could he get angry at a mindless being?
It would lower his worth, okay?
Instead of getting angry, as a good person, he should guide, tame, and domesticate them, turning them into obedient pets that would wag their tails to please him.
Wasn't he evil, then?
Of course not.
If he was an evil person, he would turn all of them into slaves.
Between a pet and a slave, which one was better?
It was obviously a pet, right?
After all, if they became a slave, they would only feel despair, but if they were pets, they would be happy as they had a good master like him~!
Watching those adventurers ready to attack him once again, Isao only glanced at them, and their bodies vanished as they turned into a mist.
Not one but those who stood and surrounded all of them turned into mist, completely obliterated from this world.
Whether it was female, male, old, or even children, those who came to him and were ready to attack him, thinking he was an enemy, had gone and died.
"..."
Still, Hestia, Artemis, Hermes, and the others were speechless, but they didn't say anything and just stood by his side silently. At the same time, even if the entire Orario came, they believed that Isao could defeat all of them.
Frankly, they felt that Isao was a demon king, an evil demon who came to destroy the world, yet strangely enough, they felt excited following him.
Regardless, when all the trash disappeared, the air became cleaner, and Isao snapped his fingers and used his time manipulation ability. The destruction and burning of mansions in the surroundings disappeared, and the time seemingly moved backward, rewinding to a time when everything was okay.
At this moment, Isao was glad that he had come to the world of "Rakudai" and gained the ability to manipulate time.
"...." Everyone.
Artemis blinked her eyes and asked, "Isao-kun, can you return to the forest on the Ruin of Elsus back to normal?" After all, the destruction caused by Isao's attack was too serious, and she was afraid that everything wouldn't return until thousands of years later.
"Sure."
Anyway, it was an easy thing for him.
"By the way, Hestia, you have the power to purify, right?"
"Ah, yes!" Hestia was startled and nodded. "Do you want me to use it?" Even if it was forbidden to use divine power, she knew well that everything that happened in the Orario must be related to a deity who dared to use divine power, and since this deity wasn't polite and dared to use his or her divine power, then why should she hesitate?
Eye for an eye!
Since they dared to fight all of them, Hestia would return everything a hundredfold!
"No, it's fine. Let's do it later."
"Eh? Why?"
Everyone was dumbfounded by Isao's answer since if Hestia used her power, then everything would return to how it used to be, and they wouldn't be criminal, so why didn't Isao let Hestia use that power?
"This Orario... I want all of it."
"....." Everyone.
"This is a good chance for me to do it." Isao showed a gentle and warm smile, yet in the eyes of many, it gave them a shiver of fear, thinking how he would kill many even if there was an easier solution before him
Was he planning to conquer this city?!
Yet—
"Follow me, okay?"
"YESSSS!!!"
All of them answered loudly, without hesitation. Even if their hands were bloodied, it didn't matter since it was far better than having been killed by him.
At this moment, Isao had made up his mind to do all of this, even if many were killed. Many people in this world were stupid, idiotic, and even mindless, and it was natural that someone needed to guide them.
As a good person, who was more suitable to guide them other than him?
"....."
However, all of them knew well that Isao tried to do something evil, yet no one tried to stop him, and, strangely enough, they were strangely excited~!
As the Hearth Familia returned to how it used to be, every Familia in the Orario, especially those strong ones, whether it was Freya Familia, Loki Familia, Ganesha Familia, or many others, started to come, surrounded by the Hearth Mansion, blocking all of them in a place.
All of them came with a clear purpose, and their purpose was clear: to eradicate Isao and everyone.
Facing all of them, Isao was calm and faced all of them calmly.
The others who were behind him felt their hearts beat so fast, not due to fear but excitement from fighting along with him.
At this moment, this was a battle between Isao and his group and everyone in the Orario.
Who was the winner?
Holding his poleaxe and saber in his hands, Isao smiled and thought everything had become interesting.
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Isao vs the entire Orario!