Game Reincarnation: Reborn as the Strongest Villain-Chapter 130 Monster Waves.

Jin reached to his chest, gazing up at the woman, who blinked in surprise.

Time slowed as the two submerged in the silence before the Goddess broke it with a flustered cough.

Hestia straightened her posture with clenched thighs and hands on top of it.

"What is it, Jin?".

The boy was unaware, but Hestia was one of the goddesses who was soft when being asked for something.

Like in Olympia, when there were no Gods or Goddesses who wanted to raise Athena and Artemis, she volunteered herself.

The reason was that those two were the children of Zeus and Titan Rhea. So, Hera, as Zeus’ legal wife, doesn’t want to share her love with the two and wants others to take care of them.

That was also why Hestia broke down crying when she noticed the aura from Athena emerged from Jin’s body.

Hestia already knew that Ares was imprisoning Athena in the Tartaros.

When that happened, Hestia abandoned Olympia and decided to roam the land of mortals, using her avatar, which she had created with the help of the now-dead Hephaestus.

It turned out that living as a mortal was not as bad as she thought. Hestia could see mortals thrive through civilization and was sad when someone she knew passed away by time.

All those experiences led her here to become one of the teachers in one of the prestigious academies until she met Jin.

And now Jin, who bears Athena’s insignia, was asking for help. ’Well, considering it a gift for telling me about those girls’ condition. ’

"What do you seek, mortal Jin?".

Hestia changed her tone to become deeper and rang like an echo.

Her voice resonated within the boy’s skull as he opened his lips.

"Is there a way to cure any curses, or ailments in this world?".

Jin paused, then put both knees and hands on the floor as if wanting to kowtow.

"Please, I want to know".

’Curses?’. Hestia glanced at the boy’s left shoulder; her crimson eyes peered through the fabric and noticed the mark of condemnation still gnawing at his life. ’I see, so it was like that’.

Although the woman’s thoughts were entirely different from Jin’s promise toward Lucya, she nodded and began to search for her own memories.

’Where should I start?’. Hestia grasped her hands tight.

Her brows furrowed. Hestia was saddened by the fact that she couldn’t help much as long as she stayed within the Mortal realm.

Once, she tried to use it, and the Gods in Olympia would locate her place, and that was the one she wanted to avoid the most for now.

’If it was to cure curses then an Elixir would be sufficient. It could also prolong his life span. but those races still hold foolish ideals and enclosed themselves from the world’.

As she was deep in thought, Hestia recalled that one of Jin’s companions was an Elves, and, looking from her aura, she was also a noble descendant.

"Go to Elves wood, you may seek their assistant in concocting an Elixir".

"...Elves".

Jin’s body flinched, staring up to meet Hestia’s smiling face.

"One of your companions was an Elves, right? You can ask for her cooperation... what’s wrong?".

Noticing that the boy’s expression was twisted into a deep frown, Hestia swallowed back her words to continue.

"The truth is...". Ji bit her lips, unsure if she had to tell Iris’ past to some stranger without her consent, but his other partner was a Goddess.

"...Iris was leaving her homeland on bad terms, so I think it was impossible to gain cooperation".

"I see...".

Hestia nodded, acknowledging the reason, and didn’t try to pray further than be told.

"If it’s like that, then, there is only one other method but...".

The Goddess hesitated to tell Jin, for this was involving something dangerous.

"What is it?".

Jin pressed. His emerald eyes struck the maternal instinct within Hestia’s heart as she opened her frozen lips.

"It was...".

"...".

The boy’s breath stopped, hearing what he was supposed to do to achieve his goal.

***

After achieving his goal, Jin bid farewell to the Goddess and walked across the desolate corridor.

Jin’s mind wandered through the atmosphere, still unable to process what the Goddess told him earlier.

"But, I will give you a reminder, with your current strength it was impossible to retrieve it, let alone find it, for I also lost track of the things ages ago...".

Hestia said, her expression stiff, almost stern, like that of a mother who would reprimand her child if he did something foolish.

"No, there is still time. I will gather information first then go on a journey to retrieve it". Jin clenched his fists tight, looking outside toward the stretched blue sky. "No matter what".

"Jin?".

A deep voice rang behind him, jolting Jin from his daze.

"Teacher Dannan, what are you doing here?".

"What am I doing? The class was about to start".

"Oh".

Jin gasped. He was too preoccupied by the warning to realize that he had a matter at hand.

"Can I tag along?".

"Sure, but don’t be late next time. I’ll give you an exception just this once".

"Thanks".

The two walked along the hallway in silence. Not long after that, they arrived before the classroom, and Dannan pushed open the door, silencing the bustling students who were still rowdy in their talk.

"Quiet class, we will start our lesson." Dannan turned his head back and gestured with his chin, "Jin, return to your seat."

"Understood".

Jin walked toward his usual seat and swept his gaze over the room.

His eyes narrowed upon noticing that one student was absent and that student was Sereth.

He saw the changing seat, where Tania now sat beside Allen and Lily. It seemed their progress had also been going well while he had been absent.

"Sereth was absent today, huh?". Dannan opened his attendance note.

The boy who briefly gazed at his group gave them a single nod and flopped his butt on the seat behind them.

"Okay, everyone be ready for practical lessons, we will go toward the field, !?".

However, when Dannan finished his announcement, a tremor ran through the floor. Beside Jin, the glass window was also rattled by the moving land.

"What’s happening?".

Lily flinched; she glanced sideways.

"Cam down everyone".

Dannan’s loud voice didn’t even register with his students as the rumbling intensified.

The door in the room blasted open, and one of the teacher staff members entered with a pale face.

"It’s dangerous, Teacher Dannan".

"What happened?".

"...A monster wave was occurring in our Dungeon".

Upon hearing the news, everyone in the room stiffened, and then a roar that shook the atmosphere echoed from the distance.

"What is that?".

Starting from Dannan, the other students shifted their attention toward the window and watched flying silhouettes come closer, smoke billowing beneath.

Jin’s Jade Skill eyes flared as his vision stretched long, and he saw the monster wave firsthand.

"That’s a lot". Jin narrowed his eyes and peeked through the rising dust. ’There must be at least hundreds, no thousand, with several small dragons’.

He turned to Dannan, whose expression darkened. The man pondered for a moment before boldly speaking.

"Students, take your weapon and protect the citizens in the town!".