A little Spar. Miko and Haruhime. War game coming up!

---Dungeon---

39th floor, Regal was sitting in a bolder while Ophis was on his lap staring at him. A black ring manifested in her hand and she passed it to Regal who examined it, the ring transformed into a sword the same one he used. Regal looked at Ophis curiously. 

"Will you stay or go back to sleeping?" He asked while rubbing her head, she seemed to be pleased by the headpats and closed her eyes. 

"Sleep" She responded after a while. Ophis started to disappear and the sword glowed, the sword changed a little, it became completely black, the hilt formed dragon scales and the tip of the sword became a little curved. 

Regal examined the sword and nodded it was to his liking and it felt stronger. 

"Hmm? she left so soon?" A voice came from the back, 

"Scathach are you done already?" He questioned referring to Ais, Scathach had made Ais stand in a sword stance since she woke up, and she had to correct Ais's stance once in a while as Ais messed up multiple times.

"Sigh, I am done. I will drop her off in a while," She said and jumped on top of the bolder and served the surroundings, in the distance the Loki familia's camp could be seen, it was 4 am so not many were awake. "Will we go deeper or head up," Scathach looked at Regal, she was fine with both so it was Regal call.

"We will go back, there are new members and I doubt Buddha will be leaving anytime soon so whatever trouble comes up we will have to deal with it." He said and got up, "Also, Ais messed up her stance," he continued while getting down. 

Scathach looked beside the tent where Ais was and she was trying to correct her stance. Scathach appeared behind her and poked her back jolting her. 

"Shishou?" Ais called out, Scathach had ordered Ais to call her shishou. 

"That's all for today, we will continue when your expedition is over, I will be going back today as there are matters to take care of," Scathach said while gesturing her to follow, Regal was looking at three figures who were walking toward their camp. it was Riveria, Tiona and Lefiya. 

Tiona waved which he returned with a nod, Scathach and Ais were also walking in Regal's direction.

"It seems I dont need to drop her off," Scathach said, she looked at Regal who was looking at her. Both of them headed to the side where the camp was far enough. Ais and the three who gathered, Riveria asked some questions and was about to scold Ais, Tiona hugged Ais from the side while Lefiya was mumbling things under her breath. 

They were about to leave but Ais walked in the direction where Regal and Scathach went, Riveria wanted to stop her but she was curious as well so she followed and Tiona and Lefiya trailed behind them.

Regal and Scathach were in a clearing both had their weapons out, they were going to do their morning exercise and in this case a spar. The four were watching curiously, Scathach looked at Ais. 

"Watch carefully," She ordered to Ais who subconsciously straightened her body and nodded. Ais was a little traumatized by Scathach which will only grow with future training. 

Regal and Scathach took their stance and then, both disappeared and met in the center leaving a massive crater where they once stood. Regal deflected Scathach's spear and struck near the shoulder, Scathach spun her spear and blocked the attack with the end of the Spear, they attacked and defended while adding some faints and magic, Neither of them retreated and continued to battle, a massive depression had formed and both were in it. 

"Incredible!" Ais who was watching carefully had her eyes wide open and was glaring at the battle her hand gripped her sword, and her eyes were burning with determination and a thrust for power little by little. 

Scathach and Regal were just doing light work right now which looked like life or death from the side, both increased the intensity and the spar between them became blurry. Shock waves started to be generated, and rubles started to fly, the depression the two caused started to become even deeper and expand. 

"IS THIS EVEN A SPAR ANYMORE!?" Riveria exclaimed and started to chant, and formed a barrier. Via Shilheim a barrier that completely blocks physical and magical attacks, but it seems to be getting pushed back. 

Riveria pulled Ais while Tiona dragged Lefiya back, the spar became dangerous for them. Riveria who was level 6 barely could see how the fight was going, while Ais and Tiona were struggling to even keep up with anything going on. Lefiya being a level 3 couldn't even tell what was going on. 

For Regal and Scathach this was an intense sparing but was also kept at bay, they hadn't gone all out or put half the power in they were only putting effort just without much power. Even so, they were creating shock waves and destruction, it was understandable as one was a God slayer and the other was an entity. Both could use their body to the fullest, using every muscle in their body. 

Scathach has lived long enough to master her body and use it instinctually while Regal has skill: Rapid Assimilation which helps him, and when he spars with Scathach he slowly learns everything to the same level as her. 

Both started to put in half the effort and power now which caused more destruction but they didn't leave the depression they formed, both continued like this. 

"What is going on!?" Finn who was managing the camp rushed here, he could hear the destruction the spar was causing from the camp which was on the other side of the floor, he rushed here with the executive of the Loki familia, battle ready. 

But when he got there, he only saw two blurry figures in a massive crater fighting one was red while the other was black, Finn looked at Riveria who had a barrier up but got no answer. He and all the others continued to watch without a word some in trepidation and some in excitement.

The battle seemed the stop, and the figures were clear to see. the executives who just come were shocked, Finn had figured it out so he wasn't very surprised, while the ones who came first had their hearts beating rapidly, especially the half spirit. 

Both Scathach and Regal didn't even have a bead of sweat, they weren't tired not even a little bit, both put away their weapons and headed back to their camp, they had work to do on the surface and both knew of it. They didn't even glance toward the Loki familia, they were aware of their presence but just didn't care much. 

"I dont know how to feel anymore. should I be happy that there are such strong people around or be upset that they dont belong to our familia and we have no information on them," Gareth was the one to speak breaking the tension, Finn smiled bitterly. 

"I do not know either but one of our members is being trained by them so I think it better to be happy," Finn said wryly as he beheld the destruction, "The Buddha familia huh? I rather have a friendly relationship or a neutral one than anything now," he commented. 

After a while, Finn ordered everyone to return but Ais was still staring at the depression while in a daze, Finn stayed behind while Riveria took care of Lefiya who was too scared to move and Gareth took the other back. 

"Ais, you want to get strong right?" Finn questioned to which Ais didn't respond by looking at him, "She will be your best option, so do your absolute best," He said with a smile and left. Finn had his ways with words and knew Ais so this was the best thing he could say to push her even forward, if Ais becomes stronger the familia will also get stronger. he was a little worried that she might leave the familia but knew Loki wouldn't allow it so he keeps calm.

Both Scathach and Regal made their way up without any delay, it was already 5 and it took them almost half an hour to reach the top, they were heading back at full speed. and just like they expected it was chaos. 

---an hour early in the surface---

"What is going on here!?" An Amazoness shouted she was looking at a burning building. "Quickly get rid of the fire!" 

Miko and Haruhime were watching from a window, Miko in surprise and Haruhime in shock, "Umm, M-Miko?" Haruhime called out, and both of them were escaping.

"That wasn't supposed to happen," Miko stated with a solemn face while pulling Haruhime into a door that led to the back of the building to a small garden, there was a small space in the corner of the fence that both could fit in, Miko pulled Haruhime and went in and start to go around like that. 

When she entered the entertainment district she did some searching for Haruhime but was unable to find her she asked someone, and when she left she had her own plans so she served the area and found a connecting path close to the brothel Haruhime was in. After that, she just needs to plan some things out and make some ways. 

She managed to get Haruhime out with Aisha's help using the side door of the building and got out, Miko had placed some distractions like small packets that were explosive with stink that could be bought in the market and spread around, she could have never guessed that it would cause a fire. 

Both of them reached the end of the path and Miko pulled Haruhime and jumped on a building then made their way out from roof to roof, they reached their destination, which was the city walls. 

"Umm, M-" Haruhime tried to speak but was shut up by Miko who passed her a hood, and gestured for her to wear it while she did the same.

"Quit complaining, you said you wanted to be saved by a hero, and now you have a hero to be happy," Miko said playfully while pulling Haruhime they made a half circle around the city and Miko took Haruhime to the familia home.

Haruhime was stunned to see the place, while Miko just giggled seeing her reaction. Miko dragged her around and each time Haruhime was left speechless, she was a process but she had never seen or even imagined such a place exciting after all the familia home was grand to the extreme. 

Meanwhile, in the Ishtar familia. 

"How did you lose her!" a stunning Amazoness with dark purple hair and brown eyes, wearing revealing attire that almost didn't conceal her form, shouted at a bunch of Amazoness who were standing around. 

"Calm down ishtar that bitch won't get far," A woman? No a mushroom head? a giant frog? a giant thing that looked like a combination of an ugly frog, an ugly orc, and a dark-skinned creature spoke. that thing looked ugly, it was wearing a very large green vest and green oversized pants. 

"Phryne shut up and go find her!" Ishtar shouted giving the ugly creature a disgust-filled glare. 

"Huh? You are going to put this beautiful me to work?" the creature shouted. while giving a pose.

(///Author's note: I dont feel well, but I am still writing. I had having wild imagination picturing everything I was writing and when I imagined the captain of the Ishtar Familia I felt like vomiting. This is mostly because I watched a gore movie with the boys on Discord...\\\)

Ishtar ignored the ugly creature and went into deep thought, suddenly something clicked, "Where is Aisha!?" she shouted while looking for her. An Amazoness stepped up. 

"She is searching for that fox girl," she said, Isthar seemed to have snapped. 

"Get her here! now!" she commanded everyone in the room, the ugly creature gave Isthar a disdainful look and went off. 

After a while, Aisha was in front of Isthar who was sitting on a thrown while glaring at her. Isthars eyes glowed in a purplish hue then Aisha's eyes started to mimic the same, 

"Tell me everything!" Ishtar commanded and Aisha told what happened from start to end, Aisha had no control and was helpless. 

Miko's plan was perfect but she forgot to account for the god's ability, which was the only downfall but it wouldn't matter much, as the guild would hide all the information on the Buddha familia. 

---Buddha familia home---

The living room, which had become more expansive, now had a larger round sofa with a circular table in the center. Regal, Scathach, Buddha, Miko, and Haruhime were sitting. Among them, only Regal had figured out the situation as none of them had spoken. 

"You do not need to explain, I did plan to get rid of the Ishtar familia later on but now is also a good time," Regal said, Scathach had some ideas on what was going on but was unsure. The two had rushed here as their instinct told them something was going to happen but it turned into a simple matter just too troublesome. 

"So a war game?" Buddha commented from the side, that he had no care whatsoever. Originally he was really serious and was ready to take some steps to have dominance but now, he feels stupid he had expected them to reach the top in about 10 or 20 years but it took them a day. Buddha had hyped himself and was ready to break out in a fight as well but now what even was the point of it? sure he got rid of early troubles from the guild and the Freya familia but was it worth it for Buddha it was a no. 

"Yes, a war game," Regal said with a smile, "You set your dominance in the guild so they should comply for the time being." He continued while getting up. 

"MmmHmm, this is getting fun, but why a-," Miko said with a playful tone but was cut off. 

"Ishtar can charm anyone, so if anyone saw you it would lead to suspicion and you are the only fox with pink hair," Scathach commented, "You need to consider how things will progress and the consequences," 

"Oh well, what done is done," Buddha commented while standing up, "I am gonna head to the guild, it would be better to get his thing over with than any annoying trouble," Saying that he left.

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