Final Trial of Mankind

"Some strange things have happened recently, like new monsters or something. Burt and the others also told me what they encountered on the 24th floor... I don't know, I just know that something big must have happened."

First came the monster sacrifice, and then came the piranha monster attack.

In the "Rivera Town" on the 18th floor, a battle broke out because of the "Baby Orb" retrieved by the second-level adventurers of the big faction (Ganesha Familia), where they met the female trainer who led the piranha Beast master (tamer) - weird Rivis.

Then on the 24th floor, she appears with the remnants of the dark faction (Evils), and confesses that their purpose is to destroy the Labyrinth City (Olalie).

Tiona sat cross-legged on the chair, swayed her body, and talked about a series of events.

"Those dangerous people are called Ai Si "Arya"... I am very concerned about whether Ai Si has anything to do with the recent events."

"..."

"'Arya' is a hero Tan's character, but it should have nothing to do with it..."

Seeing Tiona speak more and more in a low voice, Riviria turned her gaze back to the front.

She kept silent, just like what she did to the effective girl (Ais) before, she stroked Tione's hair to show that it was done.

"Riveria, what do you know?"

Even when Tione asked, Riveria remained silent.

She only turned her face to the side, looking at the window.

"...the 59th floor."

Finally, Riveria spoke up.

"There, you should know something."

Emerald eyes stared at the vast sky outside the window.

064 The eve of the expedition (2) foreign aid

"Guessed by Finn—"

On the avenue illuminated by the clear blue sky, a loose voice rang out.

When Riveria and the others were talking in the mansion, there were many carriages and strong male demihumans coming and going on the road, and Finn, a small human, looked up at the fetish next to him.

"What do you mean, Loki?"

Walking side by side with him on the street is the goddess Loki with red hair and bright eyes.

She folded her hands on the back of her head and looked down at her dependents.

"Didn't you relive the recent events with Grace and Riviria? Well, that's when you were halfway through telling me."

Six days ago, the day when Aisi and the others were involved in the incident on the 24th floor, in the office of the headquarters at that time, the three leaders of the faction talked with Loki.

Finn said the following about Revis, a weirdo who is inseparably related to the new monster of the "Beautiful Magic Stone" and whose real identity has not been found out: "Able to tame a large number of monsters, but lacking general knowledge... like...'

After saying this, Finn dismissed it as a delusion again, and vaguely passed the half of what he said.

The main god (Loki) did not mention the speech at that time until this time, and pointed out to him: "You originally wanted to continue like this, didn't you?"

——It’s almost like an inhuman monster living in the underground.

Seeing that Loki also imitated his own way of speaking, and his guess was extremely accurate - the eyes of the gods who intended to see through his heart, made Finn shrug his small shoulders.

"You are a god, you should have a prediction, right?"

Seeing Finn talking about himself in reverse, Loki smiled.

She seemed to find it very interesting, and pretended to be stupid: "What do you think?"

"The remnants of the dark faction, plus monsters that are neither human nor monster, and the "Baby Orb"... Things are getting bigger and bigger, Finn, what do you think will be on the 59th floor?"

During the incident on the 24th floor, the eccentric Revis left a message to Ais.

She said: Go to the 59th floor, you can know what you want to know.

[Loki Familia]'s expedition place is also the target location, the 59th floor that has not been reached.

Loki asks Finn what he thinks awaits them on that floor.

"With my brain, I can't even imagine it."

As for Finn, it seemed as if he was reciprocating, cleverly dodging the main god's question.

He refused to speak his mind and licked his right thumb.

"However, the outline of the enemy finally surfaced."

And it's not a single one, but a huge black shadow formed by the overlapping of several lines in no order.

It seems that there are many people's attempts to intertwine... Finn is suspicious.

"That's right." Loki murmured, and Finn glanced sideways at her, feeling his thumb tingle.

"Hey, Finn... may I have a flippant thought?"

At this time, Loki suddenly said this.

"How do you feel?" Finn looked up, she stopped and turned around.

Then the Goddess took off his mask, the atmosphere suddenly changed, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

"That's it, the lower realms make me never get tired of playing."

"..."

"The "hybrid creatures" of humans (children) and monsters (monsters)... what happened is beyond the imagination and expectations of us all-knowing gods. This is the "unknown" that even the gods cannot penetrate."

As if intoxicated with fine wine, Loki's thin eyes opened a crack, revealing a trace of joy.

The gods who have lived for a long time, the "unknown" fragrance that hungers and thirsts for.

She said that even though this peaceful, sunny street corner could be full of turmoil at any time, this sixth sense still strongly satisfied her excitement.

Zhu Fa Tianshen laughed happily from the bottom of his heart.

Finn watched her in silence, then smiled back.

"Of course I'm still most worried about Finn and you—my heart is almost crushed!? You must come back alive—!?"

Then Loki's expression became unserious again, and he went around behind Finn and helped him rub both shoulders.

The surrounding eyes were all focused on a noisy main god, and Finn smiled wryly.

"Don't worry, Loki, I'm an adventurer too."

He accepts the god's joke and tells her directly.

"I know exactly what it's like to challenge the 'unknown'."

This is a feeling that Emiya Kiritsugu's "Partner of Justice" cannot understand, this is a feeling that only a true warrior and a true adventurer can experience.

Fear of [unknown], but can't give up the desire to understand [unknown].

Finn turned his head, looked up at Loki's face and smiled, and after a while, the corners of her mouth curled up.

There is a deep connection between a deity and a small family member, giving a glimpse of their long-term friendship.

Before long, Finn and Loki continued on their way.

They were walking on the Northeast Avenue, which is the manufacturing hub of magic stone products that Oraris is proud of, adjacent to the industrial area - from the unaffiliated (free) laborers employed by the guild to the faction artisans, they all gathered in the second district of the city .

Due to the prosperity of the manufacturing industry, most of the pedestrians on the road are laborers in work clothes.The muscular middle-aged human moved somewhere with the equipment by himself, and the orc who walked side by side with the merchant looked at the order handed over and shouted angrily.From buildings here and there came the screech of metal cracking, or the inaudible yelling of dwarves.

The avenue presents a standard men's factory atmosphere, and there are hardly any women or children to be seen. The little people Finn and the goddess Loki are quite awkward among them. They continue to walk from the avenue to the center of the second district.

Finn echoed Loki's boring topic, and soon came to a one-story building—a workshop.

"—you are here."

A goddess with red hair, standing in front of an uncleaned workshop full of soot, wearing a big eyepatch covering the right half of her face, she turned her fiery red left eye towards Loki and Finn .

"Feifei, good morning. Oh no, should I say good afternoon?" Loki raised his hand, and easily called the goddess of forging (Hephaestus) by her nickname.

She is the current permanent president and main god of the Hephaestus Familia, which leads the world-renowned forging faction.

Although she is wearing a majestic black eyepatch, she is worthy of being a goddess. Her beauty is not compromised at all. In addition, the white top is paired with black pants and gloves. The simple and men's dress can be described as "beauty", and it also gives the feeling of seeing her for the first time People's "big sister head" impression.

Hephaestus raised her hand in response to Loki, shaking her red hair, and gave her a wry smile.

"I'm so sorry, Loki, I asked you to make a special trip."

"Don't take it to heart, Feifei, we are the first to make things difficult for others, so I trouble you to go on an "expedition" and prepare weapons together."

[Loki Familia] Please [Hephaestus Familia] to provide assistance in the "expedition".

In order to suppress the consumption of weapons during the expedition, the head of the group, Finn, through Loki, requested the highsmith (highsmith) under Hephaestus to go with him.

Hephaestus agreed to the request of the two, on the condition that the "deep" weapon materials (drop items) must be given to them.At the request of Finn, the expedition alliance between the largest faction in the city (Loki family) and the largest forging faction (Hephaestus family) was formed.

"Thank you for accepting our request, Goddess Hephaestus."

"Oh, the famous little human warrior actually thanked me, and my face is glowing. It is our honor to help you complete the maze." Hephaestus narrowed his eyes, looking at Finn.

Finn closed his eyes and said "I'm sorry" to her who showed the majesty of the goddess.

"Is this the first time Finn and Fifi have met?"

"Well——I have had the honor to pay my respects to the goddess several times, but this should be the first time I have had a direct conversation with the goddess."

"Anyway, I have something to say later, let's go into the room first." Hephaestus called out to Loki and Finn, and turned to the workshop behind her.

Under her leadership, the two walked into the building where the sound of metal beating was heard.

"I said I wanted to discuss the 'expedition', and I repeatedly asked her to show her face... But she insisted that the fight is going well now, and she refused to leave the workshop."

"Haha! Just like Feifei, with a natural temperament of a craftsman, the child really looks like a god (parent)."

"It seems she hasn't changed."

Seeing Hephaestus sigh, Loki laughed out loud, and Finn also curled his lips.

Walking in the door, leading to the workshop of the spacious forge, there is a strong smell of iron immediately, and the space without a few magic stone lamps is shrouded in darkness, only the dim red fire in the depths, which can be regarded as a decent light source.

The sound of metal strikes all the way outside the house became louder, high-pitched clanging, deafening, and Finn and others walked into the depths of the workshop, and soon found her.

Surrounded by unbelievably large tools, that figure concentrated on beating the refined metal (ingot) on the anvil.