Final Trial of Mankind

A stone hall resembling an "ancient" temple.

It was dark all around, except for the sound of burning flames, surrounded by silence.This is the "Between Prayer" located underground at the Guild headquarters.

On the central altar with four torches, Uranus, the old god sitting on a huge throne, narrowed his blue eyes.

"What's the matter, Uranus?"

For him who was staring at his feet, the figure in black who was waiting at the side asked.

Facing the magician Ferrus who was right beside him, Uranus spoke.

"My divine will cannot be conveyed to the dungeon."

Hearing this statement, Ferrus froze for a moment, shook his pitch-black robe, and let out a cry of astonishment.

"Could it be that 'prayer' was interrupted!?"

"Yeah...the dungeon is going berserk!"

Facing Ferrus' question, Uranus answered with disturbing speech, and he stared sternly at the underground labyrinth that expanded right under the altar where he was now.

"I'm afraid the gods invaded the dungeon. The dungeon noticed that. But this is..."

After telling his thoughts, the immobile old god stopped talking.

It was as if he couldn't deal with the fear he held in his chest, and was enveloped in a dull silence.

"... Uranus, this is..."

"Ah..."

Uranus nodded to Ferrus' words.

"After Zeus and the others are gone, there is a change, right?"

As if turning his gaze to somewhere that doesn't exist here, he looked up at the top of his head that was blocked by darkness.

Slowly, God quietly closed his eyes.

"The times have moved."

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"...?"

Feeling the vibration from the boots, Ais turned her gaze downward.

"Shaking...?"

"The dungeon is shaking?"

In addition to staring at her, Tiona, Tione, Bert, Refia and other advance team members also looked down at the floor of the labyrinth.

This is the "upper level" of the dungeon, level 8.

When he had left the middle domain long ago and the air had relaxed, he suddenly felt shaking and stopped walking. It can be said that all the things that have never been encountered before are all signs of abnormal situations.

Many advanced adventurers understand this with their bodies.

Even the monsters all over the labyrinth are disappearing from Ais's vision as if timidly.

Everyone was baffled by the tremor, which was thought to have originated on a lower floor than here.

"Captain..."

"...The troops are just moving forward, returning to the ground as a priority, just in case, Cruise, take Narvi to see the situation on Riveria's side."

Ignoring the restless Raul, Finn responded calmly and obeyed his orders. The dog-man youth said "Understood" and nodded, and led the human girl back along the regular route.

According to Finn's instructions, the advancing troops resumed their march.

The vibration stopped quickly, but nothing happened. The group arrived at the entrance and exit of the maze, climbed up the artificial spiral staircase, came out from the big hole in the basement, and passed through the gate of the giant tower.

On the surface of the skin of Aisi and others, the breeze blows.

This is on the ground.

"Ah~ It's been a long time~!"

Tiona, who was holding the big double blade, was the first to jump up.

The [Rocky? Familia] members who finally finished returning to the ground, faced the sunlight, the vast sky, and the fragrance of the wind, with bright expressions on their faces.

"Sunset..."

"When I come back from the 'expedition', I feel my eyes dazzle every time"

Refia's pupils became moist involuntarily, while Tione narrowed her eyes.

In front of the gate of the skyscraper facility, they came out of the central plaza and were shrouded in the red sunset light.

Will sink to the setting sun below the city wall.

The sunset scenery that should be commonplace now, in the eyes of them—the adventurers who survived the fierce battle, it is a very beautiful thing that cannot be exchanged for any kind of treasure.

Aisi and the others are waiting for the follow-up troops to arrive after this.Waiting in the northern corner of the central plaza, the attention and noise from the surroundings continued to gather.Thirty minutes later Gareth and Riveria's troops appeared with large vans.

Just like Tiona and the others, the smiling members of the group breathed in the air on the ground.

"...The kids, they are on the 18th floor?"

"Ah. Seems like something 'important' happened"

When the troops where no one was left behind converged, Ais heard from Riveria that Bell and the others stayed on the 18th floor.Although I was slightly worried about the fact that they could not return with the follow-up troops, they still set foot on the way home with their partners.

"I'm very happy, [Loki Familiars], if there is a next time, let's share joys and sorrows together again."

"Thank you, Tsubaki!"

Say goodbye to [Hephaestus Familia] in the central square.

Tsubaki, who squinted his right eye without a blindfold, and Finn, who was smiling, shook hands, as if infected by the two captains, the adventurer and the blacksmith held hands and hugged each other.

Between adventurers, as long as there is no malice in mind, it is easy to cultivate feelings. After all, the feelings are cultivated in the battle of blood and fire.

Finally, the craftsmen with the hammers and Aisi and the others turned their backs to each other and started heading towards their respective homes.

Central Square, North Street, and then to the streets that fork in a network.

For the adventurers who came triumphantly with a large truck, a large number of ordinary citizens cheered loudly from both sides of the road or from the windows on the upper floors of the building. With yearning eyes, Refiya and the others, bathed in these, walked proudly and a little bit shyly on the road dyed red by the setting sun.

Finally, I saw the long mansion with many spiers stacked on top of each other.

"Finally home……"

In the northern part of the city, along the street outside the most prosperous area, compared with the buildings in the surrounding area, it stands out from the rest of the surrounding area, and is a tall and large mansion.

Tiona murmured with emotion, while the others looked up at the base camp "Twilight Pavilion".

"Now, we are back, open the door!"

The two doorkeepers, male and female, saluted happily, and opened the door after hearing Finn's words.

In front of the open main gate, the remaining regiment members poured out into the narrow front yard.

"Welcome back ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?"

In this way, suddenly.

As if timing the expedition team to enter the gate, a figure running over appeared.

Shaking red hair, she didn't even look at the male lineup, and rushed straight towards the female lineup of Aisi and the others.

Switched from run-up and jumped up in one go.

"Are you alright!? It's such a touching goodbye, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!"

Facing the female-loving master who stretched out his hand and rushed towards him, Shua, Shua, Shua, Ais, Tiona, and Tione avoided like every time.

And Refia at the end is...

"Hey, wait—please stop!!"

"Whoa!?"

He tore off her arm and threw her to the ground.

Seeing this gorgeous counter attack, Aisi and other female lineup applauded.

"Gah... it hurts, it's become stronger, Lefia, it's like a different person..." Loki, the main god rolling on the ground in pain, said words of praise with tears in his eyes.

The girl who was gasping for breath haha ​​shouted, "Please don't do weird things!?" with a flushed face.

"Loki, there are no victims this time, and there are gains, although there are many things to talk about in detail... Is that how it sounds?" Finn approached her, and Loki smiled at him.

Rolling on the ground, she laughed back.

"Yeah, if that's the case...then, first of all!"

Standing up, he hurriedly ran to the side of the mansion, and returned to the group members who came out to greet him. The main god who turned around faced the returned family members.

"Although there are as many problems accumulated as mountains, for the time being, now..."

Finn, Riveria, Gareth, Tiona, Tione, Bert, Muchen, Refia, Raul and other team members, and then Ais.

After staring at everyone's faces one by one, he smiled.

"Welcome back, everyone!"

Hearing these words, the troupe members behind her also raised their hands together and sang in unison. Facing the family that welcomed her and her party, Aisi and the others smiled back.

"We're back!"

The clown's flag standing on the central tower fluttered steadily in the wind, emitting a dark red light.

[Loki Familia] The long-lasting "expedition" ended today.

091 Post-war treatment

The adventurers who went out for the "expedition" finally returned to the base of the "Loki Familia" - "Twilight Pavilion".

As soon as they came back, they fell down on their own beds and slept in a ball of mud, and greeted the rising sun with a bright face the next morning. They finally triumphed from the dark and cold underground—the cruel dungeon full of roaring monsters.

Of course, Mu Chen was the only one who didn't like this. After all, it was just his avatar who went to the dungeon. His true self stayed in the base all the time, and when he came back, he was directly taken back by Mu Chen.