"So... have you... gotten a reward?" Tione asked, her voice cutting through the silence of the throne room.
Damien opened his mouth to answer
The world twisted.
The stone walls of the castle dissolved. The throne room faded. The air warped around them, pulling, stretching, compressing. Colors bled into each other. Sound became a distant hum.
Then they were back.
Orario.
The familiar skyline of the city stretched before them...but it was wrong. Broken. Smoke rose from a dozen places. The streets were filled with screams. The walls that had stood for centuries were shattered in three places, massive breaches carved through stone and magic.
And above it all, a massive black dragon loomed.
Its scales were the color of midnight, absorbing the light around them. one of it's eyes burned with ancient malevolence. the other was slashed....Closed for eternity...And in its mouth, held delicately between its teeth, was a body.
Alcy.
Her massive sword lay on the ground below, snapped in two. Her limbs hung limp. Blood dripped from her form, splattering against the broken streets below.
Damien's blood went cold.
"NO!" Tiona screamed.
Tione grabbed her sister's arm, holding her back. "Wait "
The dragon's head turned toward them.
Its eyes locked onto Damien.
And it smiled.
A voice, deep and ancient, echoed across the ruined city.
"Ahhh...So....You're the Shadow Monarch...."
....
Few Days Ago.
.....
Running through the hallways, a scout burst into Loki's office, his breath ragged, his eyes wide with urgency. He skidded to a halt before her desk, his hands gripping the edges as he leaned forward.
"My Goddess!! I have... confirmed the rumors..."
Loki set down her cup, her usual playful demeanor gone. "And?"
The scout straightened, his voice steadying despite the weight of his words. "It is true. There is a massive army a Three Nation Alliance approaching the city. It will not be long before they are here."
The news spread like wildfire through the alliance of gods Damien had built. Loki summoned every available leader to the war room. The faces around the table were grim goddesses and captains alike, all of them aware that Orario had never faced a threat quite like this.
A war was coming.
With Damien and the strongest adventurers trapped inside the special dungeon, it fell to those who remained to prepare Orario for what was to come. Every Familia capable of fighting was put on alert. The city's defenses were reinforced. Adventurers who had grown complacent were drilled relentlessly, forced to remember what it meant to fight for survival.
Freya's Familia formed the backbone of the defense. As the current strongest Familia in terms of numbers and high-level adventurers, they took point on organizing the city's military response. Ottar, despite his injuries, stood at the forefront, his presence alone enough to rally the troops.
Alcy prepared as well, her massive sword resting against her shoulder, her eyes burning with anticipation. She had been waiting for a battle like this.
And then there was Kali.
The Amazon goddess had arrived with her warriors, her crimson eyes gleaming with excitement. When asked why she would risk her people for a city that was not her own, she simply laughed.
"How else would I earn my place among his women?" she said, her voice dripping with amusement. "I will defend the future god king's land. And when he returns, he will see that I am worthy."
....
A week passed. Orario transformed.
The city had always been complacent....its adventurers so powerful that they had forgotten what it meant to face a true threat. It took every ounce of Loki's cunning, Freya's authority, and Hestia's stubborn determination to shape them into something resembling an army.
They drilled in the streets. They reinforced the walls. They stockpiled supplies and weapons. And they waited.
Loki stood over the war table, her eyes tracing the lines of the city's defenses. The map was covered in markers....positions of troops, potential breach points, fallback positions. She had spent hours studying it, memorizing every detail.
....
"Are you sure," she said, her voice low, "that these three idiotic nations are not acting on their own?"
Vritra stood across from her, her golden eyes calm and unreadable. "I am sure. If they moved this boldly, this suddenly, it could only mean that the other two dragons are on the move. Albion and Yinglong. It must be them."
Freya, seated at the table, leaned forward. "Then we defeat them before Damien arrives. We have to show that we are not going to rely on him forever." She looked at Vritra. "You can handle them, can you not?"
Vritra's expression did not shift. "I can handle one. Both at the same time... could be manageable."
Loki nodded slowly. "That is the plan, then. Alcy will join you. You two hold the dragons. If they are out of the equation, we can handle the Three Nation Alliance on our own." She paused. "It is the dragons that I worry about."
Alcy grinned, her hand resting on the hilt of her massive sword. "Sure! I have been meaning to face off against one of those dragons again. Gonna be hella fun."
Vritra studied the demigoddess for a long moment—her posture, her confidence, the weight of her blade. She analyzed her, measured her, and then nodded.
"With her, it should be possible."
Loki straightened, her gaze sweeping across the room. "All right. Let us prepare."
She looked at the scout who had brought the news.
"According to the reports, the army arrives tomorrow."
The room fell silent.
Outside, the sun was setting over Orario, casting long shadows across the city. The people prepared for what was to come. The adventurers sharpened their blades. The goddesses prayed to gods who no longer listened.
And in the distance, the Three Nation Alliance marched forward, their banners raised, their armies united by a common purpose.
Orario would not fall.
It could not fall.
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