Chapter 624 - It went so well that it’s almost scary (2/2)

Seeing this, Apollo snickered, ”In that case, let me present to everyone what I thought of for this game.”

”First of all, the game will be a Castle Siege!”

The Deities listening almost had their jaws drop, ”How shameless, Apollo!”

”You just had to choose a game where you have the most advantage! Shame on you Apollo!”

More dissatisfied voices filled the room, but Apollo didn't mind them and just looked forward.

Hestia also ignored the clamor and said with a slight smile, ”Then let me take the defensive side.”

When Apollo caught that, he became extremely suspicious, 'She's still confident and wanted to take the defensive side? I would have taken the attacking side since it'd be hard for their numbers to keep a large castle safe, but where does her confidence come from?'

After a few more seconds of silence from his, Apollo suddenly sneered, ”Why are you trying to decide things? It's already been agreed that I'd be the one who'll decide everything! I'll take the defensive side since I also considered that it'd be hard for you to protect a castle with your few children. Be thankful!”

Hestia furrowed her brows and clicked her tongue in discontent which made Apollo happy and he thought, 'That's just the start, my dear Hestia. I'll make sure you won't have an avenue for any advantages and make the game more tilted to my favor. Blame that careless remark of yours.'

Clearing his throat, Apollo continued, ”Second, to make the more grand and exciting, both of our Familias will be allowed to seek help from others~!”

Everyone momentarily became quiet at Apollo's words and thought that things were finally becoming interesting until he further spoke, ”However, you're only allowed to hire them using your own capital and the price has to be in accordance to that child's strength!”

”What the hell! Apollo, you spineless coward!” More dissent came from the Deities.

Nevertheless, Apollo wasn't done yet, ”Third! No one is allowed to accept new Familia members before the game is done!”

”Fourth, both of us are only allowed to use the equipment and weapons we have prior to this discussion!”

”Fifth, those who are going to help us would be subjected to the same penalty I will get when I lose!”

”...” Everyone became speechless before roaring into clamor. Although he could technically do so, they didn't think Apollo would go this far.

Although the second rule was fine, the restriction made it so that only Apollo would be able to hire more children at his side thanks to his assets, a stark contrast to Hestia who didn´t have much under her name.

The third rule would prohibit Hestia to get followers from those she was close with. Although no one could easily lend their child due to the 1-year mandatory contract between a God and child, Apollo still closed that avenue for the Hestia Familia's potential strengthening.

Lastly, the fifth rule may affect Apollo too, but this is also one rule that would make it extremely hard for Hestia to hire anyone due to the risks.

One could say that Apollo really did corner the Hestia Familia as much as possible.

Hestia, on the other hand, was also speechless, but for a different reason, 'What the hell? Just asking for the defensive side really triggered him this much to issue all these rules? How the hell did Kisuke-kun manage to guess all of this? Though Kisuke-kun did prepare more to lead Apollo in the direction we wanted, I never thought that we'd be successful after just the first sentence...'