The Epic Story of the Heroic Spirit of Emiya Giant Warrior

"It's been a long time since I've seen her smile so happily..."

"Do not tamper with the score, lest you create discordant noises in the established opera."

The dark elf spoke cryptically, but the blonde elf understood his meaning.

"...I know what I'm doing."

Hedin Selland, the [White Ogre's Magic Staff], spoke in a calm voice.

Högni Ragnar, the [Black Ogre's Magic Sword], glanced at Hedin's back and then remained silent.

Hedin asked:

Högni Ragnar, the [Black Ogre's Magic Sword], was the man known as the "Swordsman" who sat upon the throne of the labyrinth city Orario. Although [Sword Princess] Aiz was closely chasing after him, at least before Aiz leveled up, the Lv.6 Högni was the strongest swordsman in the city.

"On the stage of this world, if there is a crown of swords, it is destined for this person."

Translation: In this world, that person possesses the strongest swordsmanship.

Hedin continued, his voice remaining calm.

Högni: "The divine crest is the terminal side of the tapestry of causality of the children of man, not the beginning."

Translation: Development abilities are the result, not the cause. Adventurers gain development abilities because of their talents, not the other way around.

His voice was interrupted by a sudden anomaly.

Högni: "Insignificant noise."

"Earthquakes near Orario are not common."

Meanwhile, Weimiya and the others also felt this unusual situation.

"Earthquake, meow!"

"Is it an anomaly in the Dungeon?"

Not long ago, Orario had just experienced a minor earthquake due to an anomaly in the Dungeon, and Weimiya and Ryuu were witnesses to that event.

"Yes, let's go back first."

Weimiya said, looking towards the labyrinth city, in the direction of Babel.

In the deepest part of the Guild, within the altar, an elderly male deity spoke.

Uranus, the God of the Sky, was the most special among the many deities in the labyrinth city. He was among the first deities to descend from the heavens and the first to bestow "Divine Grace" upon those in the Lower World, establishing a Familia.

Therefore, Uranus was also known as the [Founding God of Orario].

Now, His Familia no longer existed. Instead, Uranus became the chairman of the Guild, praying to the Dungeon in the Guild's underground altar day after day. He used His powerful divine power to suppress the Dungeon, preventing monsters from entering and exiting the surface as frequently as in [ancient times].

At the same time, Uranus was undoubtedly the deity who understood the Dungeon the most in this world.

Another deity standing in front of Uranus spoke, tilting his head as if pondering something.

Uranus paused for a moment: "Hermes."

Appearing before Uranus was Hermes, the God of Travelers, looking calm as ever.

Hermes chuckled:

"So, I had to quickly assess the situation before she got entangled with you."

The God of Travelers paused for a moment, then switched to a serious voice: "Where is the problem?"

This God of Travelers knew that many regions in this world harbored hidden dangers that could cause even greater crises.

This wasn't because those places had things more terrifying than the Dungeon, but because the risk resistance outside of Orario was too poor.

"It seems the problems are really in those places."

Looking at Uranus's expression, Hermes already had the answer.

"It's the [Great Tree Sea]."

Uranus said: "The power that resonates with the Dungeon comes from that direction. I think the recent anomaly in the Dungeon has awakened that monster."

In the end, only meaningless conclusions could be drawn, such as it possibly being the work of a deity from [Dark Faction].

"The Scorpio of the [Great Tree Sea], that's a particularly troublesome fellow..."

Hermes sighed.

"I'm counting on you, Hermes."

The God of Travelers lightly flicked the brim of his hat, activating the power of the magic tool. His figure then disappeared.

"Uranus! What exactly is going on!!!"

128

Perhaps because the leveling up of multiple adventurers to Lv.5 in a short period of time had consumed too much luck, the Loki Familia had indeed been somewhat unfortunate recently.

The only achievement was the magic stone and drop of the labyrinth solitary king of the seventeenth floor, the giant Goliath—thanks to Aiz and the others running fast enough to kill Goliath before the expedition had to end.

Because they had been subjugated too many times, the drops of ordinary Goliaths, [Goliath Fangs], were no longer worth much.

Although the tremor only lasted a short time, Finn, the captain of the Loki Familia, immediately made a decisive decision: the expedition was to be suspended, and all members were to immediately move out and return to the surface by the same route.

Subsequent events proved that Finn seemed to have been somewhat overcautious. After the brief tremor, the Dungeon did not experience any further anomalies.

The only consolation was that, although the expedition was suspended, after it was confirmed that there were no anomalies in the Dungeon, the Guild reopened the entrance to the Dungeon the next day. Goddess Loki did not restrict the members from entering the Dungeon, but only forbade them from venturing into the deeper areas on their own.

The potential ability of the Twin-Headed Dragon Amphivena was Lv.5, especially in aquatic combat. Because the combat power of most adventurers was limited in the water, it was considered to have a difficulty of Lv.6 in aquatic combat environments.

"The members have been holding their breaths lately."

Finn returned to the Familia's residence, his tone as calm as ever.

"They also want to help alleviate the Familia's pressure."

The profits from the expedition were extremely considerable, but the initial investment was also astonishingly large. Medicines, equipment, magic swords, and other magic tools, all kinds of things added up to a huge number.

The current situation of the Loki Familia was that the initial investment had already been poured in, but the project was suspended due to unforeseen circumstances, and returns could not be seen in the short term.

The equipment was the same. The Gune Familia sold a batch of spare weapons to the Loki Familia at a low price for them to use in the expedition.

Other Familias did this, on the one hand, because of the Loki Familia's reputation and the long-standing relationship they had established through cooperation, and on the other hand, they were also looking forward to the results of their expedition—the rare items that the Loki Familia obtained in the deep layers of the Dungeon would eventually fall into the hands of these major production-based Familias.

It could be said that the production-based Familias were using the Loki Familia's team to make a sure profit investment, or it could be said that the Loki Familia was using the resources of these Familias to cultivate their own members. In short, cooperation with these Familias was crucial to the Loki Familia.

Beside him, an dark elf with chocolate-colored skin and pure white hair sat on a boulder, expressionlessly gnawing on dry bread.

—Don't take it upon yourself to do things outside of the mission.

These two, Lv.6 adventurers of the Freya Familia, the 【Black and White Knights】, had only one duty today: to protect the safety of a specific target, nothing more.

127

Chapter 127: The 【Great Tree Sea】's Unusual Activity.

“Högni, what do you think of that young man's ability, as a 【Swordsman】?”

At the same time, he is also one of the few in the city who possesses the Development Ability 【Swordsman】.

Although many adventurers use swords as their primary weapon, the 【Swordsman】 Development Ability is not common, and is proof that an adventurer possesses top-level talent and achievement in the domain of swords.

Högni's way of speaking is still different from ordinary people, but this sentence is easy to understand.

“He doesn't have the 【Swordsman】 Development Ability.”

Emiya's current level is Lv.2, and he can only have one Development Ability at the moment. Obviously, his Development Ability must be production-type, either 【Forging】 or 【Mystic】.

“Of course I know that, I'm just a little surprised—”

Hedin: “Hmm?”

“That is, a dragon lurking deep within the earth is roaring.”

Translation: There's an earthquake, a slight tremor.

Hedin said, “Is it the Dungeon, or…”

Especially Anya and Chloe, the Cat People, are particularly sensitive to earthquakes.

“Have the Dungeon's anomalies been this frequent lately?”

This time the tremor was much weaker than that time.

“Let's go back, everyone.”

Shir said, “The city gates may close early today.”

“Could it be an anomaly in the Dungeon?”

“It's not a Dungeon anomaly.”

He has white hair and blue eyes, wears a white robe, and is draped in a black hooded cloak, with shoes woven from laurel trees on his feet.

Initially, it was thanks to the efforts of a group of gods and familias, including Him, that people stopped the monsters' invasion and built a fortress to defend against the "Great Hole" that constantly spewed out monsters. This fortress is the prototype of the labyrinth city Orario today.

To this day, He has persisted in this work for thousands of years.

Although, to a god with endless life, a thousand years is just a moment, so many gods don't take Uranus's contribution seriously, but this god is still respected by people, especially the Guild's staff.

“It's not a Dungeon anomaly?”

“Speaking of which, are you surprised to see me, Uranus?”

The male god asked with a smile.

“I thought Loki would come over first, I didn't expect it to be you.”

“I don't think you need to rush, Loki will probably be here soon. Her children are almost all in the Dungeon, and she must be going crazy with something like this happening.”

Hermes looked at Uranus: “You said it's not a Dungeon anomaly, so is it an ordinary earthquake, or—”

Dungeon anomalies are dangerous, but to be honest, because of Orario's existence, the Dungeon's problems are not scary.

Outside of Orario, there isn't a single place with dozens of First-Class Adventurers who can act at any time. In most areas, it's hard to even find a Lv.4.

“Which one, the 'Hraesvelgr' of 【Aurora Icefield】, the 'Gugalanna' of 【Stormy Wilderness】, the 'Yamata no Orochi' of 【Kamitsurushima】, or the 'Andares' of 【Great Tree Sea】? It can't be 【Dragon Valley】…”

Some time ago, the Dungeon reacted violently because it sensed the intrusion of a “god”. Since then, the Guild has been secretly investigating, but so far, it has not been discovered which god violated the rules and entered the Dungeon.

“I know, I'll go and confirm the situation.”

“Face your own troubles first, Uranus.”

Hermes smiled: “I'm leaving.”

Loki's voice resounded throughout the Guild.

Chapter 128: Ancient Monster and Moon Goddess.

Just like now, the expedition that was originally planned and fully prepared was not only unsuccessful and failed to achieve a record breakthrough, but it didn't even reach the deep levels. It can be said that it ended as soon as it started.

However, it was an ordinary Goliath, not the Lv.5 black Goliath that Alicia had seen.

After that, the Dungeon began to shake. Compared to the surface, the tremors felt in the Dungeon were more obvious.

He and Riveria personally went out and caught up with Ais and the others who had set off first, and forcibly brought them back.

Although the young adventurers, especially 【Sword Princess】 Ais, were very unwilling to accept this result.

However, Captain Finn and Goddess Loki firmly made the decision to suspend the expedition, and the date of its resumption seemed遥遥无期.

As a result, the adventurers of the Loki Familia vented their dissatisfaction with the suspension of the expedition on the monsters in the middle and upper levels. The monsters before the twenty-seventh floor suffered heavy casualties, and even the Labyrinth Alone King, the Two-Headed Dragon Amphistaena, was beheaded by the Amazonian sisters who were skilled in water combat.

However, the Amazonian sisters of the Loki Familia all possess the rare Development Ability 【Diving】. This skill not only grants them the ability to "breathe underwater", but also grants them combat power bonuses in water combat. Therefore, the Two-Headed Dragon Amphistaena was not a difficult enemy for them to deal with.

Riveria said, “Because of the suspension of the expedition, our current debt problem is quite serious.”

Moreover, these preparations are related to the success or failure of the expedition and even the lives of the adventurers. None of them can be missing, and the quality must not be sloppy in the slightest.

Not only that, many of these investments are shares of other familias. For example, the Dian Cecht Familia made a large number of healing and mental secret medicines for the Loki Familia at the lowest discount friendship price, and allowed them to keep the accounts first.

Not to mention the borrowed magic sword Spiral Sword worth 400 million valis and the super weapon worth 600 million valis that has not yet been paid for.

Of course, the Loki Familia will definitely not suffer losses. What they get through the expedition is more precious: the reputation and honor of the Familia, and most importantly, the ability values and achievements of the members.

“Fortunately, I have communicated with the leaders of the Dian Cecht Familia, the Goibniu Familia, and the Hephaestus Familia, and they understand that the current situation is special and are willing to continue to support our subsequent expeditions.”

Finn said.