NEW ERA (END)

A few years have passed since the aftermath of the Promised Time and slowly the world has adapted to the changes that have happened in the world.

The dungeon that was once ruined has now stopped producing monsters but instead became a sanctuary to those lost souls as it was the original purpose of the Tartarus.

But instead, the monsters now lurk on the every edge of the world, where they multiplied as the magic became abundant in the Genkai.

Adventurers that were originally focused in the Orario now roam the lands to fulfill and finish the task given to them by the Guild.

And the blessings that were given to them by now missing gods can now be fulfilled by just unlocking their potential and leveling.

No one really remembers what happened at that time but vividly they recall a goddess that descended on their world to save everything as they slowly woke up.

Some have revived but many did not, especially those who are wicked and twisted as they believed to serve their time in Tartarus to turn into a new leaf.

The new era began where the world is in the hands of man as many new Familia rise along with the old ones who are now competing to venture into the lands.

"Welcome"

A man in his 30s greeted his first customer of the day and except for his well-built body and tanned skin, there was nothing noticeable from him.

"Good morning sir, Ummm… I would like to purchase a knife."

A white-haired kid with red eyes excitedly asks him for a knife, the store that was on the second floor of a restaurant is the only one that sells weapons in the whole of Orario now that it just became a pilgrimage site.

At first, he thought that the kid was only looking for a cooking knife but looking at his callous hand he knew for sure that he also wanted to be an adventurer.

"Hey, don't overprice him, Bishonen!"

A midget twin-tailed-haired woman suddenly sprouted from the stair tackling the white-haired boy on the floor.

"Bishonen?"

The boy struggled to breathe while looking at the muscle man laughing with his hands on his waist.

"Hahaha, you never changed Hestia-sama."

The man scrutinized the boy while remembering the past that occurred.

After defeating Echidna to submission he uses the Kotoamatsukami on her to tame her ambition, giving balance to the world so that humanity and beastmen alike to unite and reach a common goal.

Meanwhile, Gaia, the goddess that he saved, remained in Tartarus to retain its true purpose as the purgatory on Earth.

That's why he didn't revive all of those who have died but only the innocent and untainted ones by using the Samsara of Heavenly Life along with the remaining Arcanum on his clone.

The result was what he expected but he never imagined that Freya thought that he sacrificed himself and almost taken her life.

Thankfully Hephaestus explained to her about his clones or else she would have committed sudoku.

"Papa!"

Suddenly a very cute voice called on him on the first floor of his store which is a restaurant and a personal bar/forge for his "special" customers.

Everyone on the first floor smiled while looking at the red-haired kid with a small backpack on her back but her hand was held by her mother so she wouldn't rush upstairs while waiting for her husband at the door.

"My Dolly!"

The man appears like a blur while hugging both of them.

"Come, come Hestia finally finds her child after years of searching, she's upstairs along with my customers, but don't mind them."

It was still early in the morning and there were only a few patrons in the store but they didn't mind the chatter as they enjoyed their meal.

"Hestia is back?"

Hephaestus kissed the man before letting him guide her upstairs while the little girl eagerly climbed on his back.

"Yeah, yeah she's riding him up there."

The red-haired woman can only sigh while rubbing her brow, it's been so many years since they saw each other and the first thing that she saw is Hestia atop "her" Bell.

She looked around the second floor to excuse her friend but it seemed unnecessary as she noticed that only the usual customer is there.

A skeleton on a robe with a staff or a wand and a yellow tentacled monster enjoying a "pudding" on a table.

"Hestia I don't know who is more bizarre between you and Freya anymore."

"Hephaestus!"

Hestia jumped on her feet but was surprised when she saw a child jump on a robed skeleton before her.

"Daddy Bones!"

The robed skeleton was startled at first but accepted her in his lap after seeing her.

"Who's that?"

Hestia just now noticed the strange creatures on this floor, she thought that they are just monsters but they seem docile to behold.

"Just David's friends, don't mind them."

Hestia was curious but she saw someone walking upstairs, it was a woman with a long silver hair, a silver eyes and a white skin like snow, her beauty was enough to cause a reaction in the robed skeleton and the weird yellow octopus.

"Freya!"

Hestia was pleasantly surprised, it's been so long since she saw her and it was when she asks her about Bell's soul before she was forcefully kicked by Gaia back to heaven.

Now that she is here it means Gaia has permitted her to descend.

"It seems the party already started without us."

Suddenly a voice resounded above them and there appeared two small goddesses with green and black hair.

It was Gaia and Echidna that emerge and landed on the second floor while more gods and goddesses appeared on the first floor.

The quiet City of Orario came to life as the old and retired adventurers came back as they felt a call on the Falna on their back.

Like a lost child on their way home, they found themselves longing as they saw their god and goddess back in the old days they once have.

The days that they spent their days adventuring while threading the doors of life and death.

"She's a cute child right?"

Suddenly Bell felt a hand on his shoulder, slowly he glances to see the man with a cold and scary smile on his face.

"Hey! Don't scare my Bell like that!"

"Hahaha"

That day was remembered as the day the god and goddess once again descended but it was just taken as a legend.

As it was the era of man and their own myth.

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Meanwhile, somewhere in no where an umbrella can be seen floating in nothing has been left unnoticed by anyone and anything and a note can be seen written on it.

"MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!"