Chapter 183: Calamity Fire Falls from the Sky! The Rage of Nabu-Sinn Strikes!
A short time before the War Game began.
Members of the Ouranos Faction immediately began their movements.
Under the command of Shakti, the Captain of the Ganesha Familia, the many Familia organized by the Guild spread out from the blocked bridge connecting to the Orsa City Ruins.
As the defensive force for the base, they would hold the forefront of the battle line.
Outside the Guild's formation, the Freya Familia and the adventurers from the School District started running forward from two different directions.
They were undoubtedly the main assault forces, aiming to directly raid the base of Shirou's Faction.
The Freya Familia, naturally, was one of Orario's strongest Familia, possessing an astonishing combat group.
Putting aside Ottar, who stood at the pinnacle of Orario, the Freya Familia also had many powerhouses: Allen Fromel, The Chariot, Hedin Selland and Hogni Ragnar, The Black and White Knights, and the four dwarf brothers, The Four Flame Gold Warriors.
Among them, Allen, Hedin, and Hogni were all at Lv.6.
Although the four Flame Gold Warriors were individually only at Lv.5, when gathered together, they possessed the combat ability to contend with a Lv.6.
The Freya Familia also had many second and third-line adventurers. Their overall combat strength was definitely not inferior to the Loki Familia, and it was even difficult to judge which was stronger.
Besides the Freya Familia, the School District also sent out many strong individuals.
Especially the short-haired man leading them, a longsword hung at his waist. His seemingly plain appearance exuded a terrifying aura that drew the attention of everyone.
"It's surprising that you've also come to participate in the war, Leon."
Ottar glanced at the man in front of him and spoke quietly.
"What do you mean, 'I've also come to participate'?" The man called Leon replied to Ottar's comment, "Didn't I owe Ouranos a favor back then? Even if I know this is an unrighteous war, the favor that must be repaid still needs to be repaid."
"An unrighteous war... That is indeed..."
Ottar nodded quietly, his gloomy face showing the same unreadable expression as always.
"It seems you are all the same, completely led by the nose by Freya." Leon glanced at the members of the Freya Familia. "Well, that's exactly the same as before, which actually makes it feel normal, hahahaha."
Faced with Leon's words, the members of the Freya Familia were unable to respond immediately.
If faced with the mockery of an ordinary man, they would probably say nothing and suppress him with force.
But they couldn't do that to Leon.
Because he was the only other Lv.7 in this world besides Ottar, the strongest swordsman with the astonishing title Knight of Knights.
He was a ruthless individual who once single-handedly fought down to the fiftieth floor of the Dungeon, setting a record since the era of Zeus and Hera.
Even the Freya Familia dared not easily provoke this monster.
"Speaking of which, is participating in this war simply following Freya's command the only reason for you all?" Leon swept his gaze over the Freya Familia members. "The complexity of this war is well-known even outside of Orario. Don't you who are in the game have any thoughts?"
"The Goddess's command is everything. That is certain."
Ottar's cold voice quietly replied.
Hearing his words, Leon immediately lost his temper. He said helplessly: "Alright, alright, it seems I shouldn't have any expectations of you. If that's the case, let's fight individually later. After all, unlike you, I have no intention of going all out in this war."
"Do you plan to betray Ouranos?"
"It's not betrayal, but it's also impossible for me to go all out for that old Heavenly God," Leon said with a smile. "After all, that old god secretly conducted experiments in Orario for nearly a millennium, and even created things like divine-powered monsters. Aside from the brainwashed folks in the Guild, would a normal person truly accept Ouranos's twisted reasoning and be willing to follow him?"
"..."
Faced with Leon's words, both the Freya Familia and Ottar fell silent for a moment.
They clearly also had doubts about Ouranos's actions and found the descent of the gods, and even the gods' motives, extremely difficult to understand.
However, the Freya Familia had one characteristic compared to other Familia.
That was their absolute blind faith in their Goddess.
No matter what, they would believe in Freya's will and be willing to follow Freya's goal to the ends of the earth.
"Since we have both made up our minds, let's part ways completely here."
Leon spoke quietly. He clearly did not have the same goal as the members of the Freya Familia and planned to part ways immediately after meeting.
The Freya Familia also ignored Leon's actions.
Hedin Selland, The Black and White Knight, let his golden long hair flutter in the wind. His expression unchanged, he adjusted the glasses on his face with one hand, looked down at the crowd, and declared:
"Devote your loyalty to the patron deity—oh, Familia of the Goddess who values honor, fully obey the orders I issue."
"Oooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!!"
With the commander on the giant ruins giving the order, the fierce warriors all let out a roar.
This roar, shaking the emerald-colored lake, echoed through the sky like a battle horn proclaiming the start of the war.
"Hmph, hmph hmph... Ragnarok is finally starting... it's really, really starting now~..."
Hogni Ragnar, the other Black and White Knight, tightly hugged the black longsword sheathed at his waist, unable to help but utter discouraging words.
"Is it time?"
"It is time."
"Is the enemy coming?"
"The enemy is coming!"
The four dwarf quadruplets of The Four Flame Gold Warriors all wore earth-colored helmets and spoke in the same voice.
"Hurry up. What needs to be done is the same anyway—to crush all the enemies."
Allen Fromel, The Chariot, held a silver spear, exuding a murderous aura.
At the same time, the rest of the warriors, including Hestia, the healer, were also ready, prepared to heal the wounds of the injured warriors at any time.
As soon as the battle song of the War Game was sounded, no one doubted that an unprecedented and astonishing war would be completely declared!
However, just as the inverted flying meteor in the high sky slashed across the firmament.
The moment the elegy symbolizing the start of the War Game sounded—
Knight Leon, leading the School District, was about to take action. The Freya Familia was also about to set out towards Shirou's Faction from different directions.
Just then.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud noise from the sky drew everyone's attention.
Whether it was the adventurers on the front line or the gods watching the war from the rear using the Divine Mirror, a scene that no one had expected occurred.
"Bang!"
As a meteor suddenly tore through the air from the sky, the dazzling light turned into an elegy that ripped the curtain of the sky, abruptly tearing the clear sky.
"Calamity Fire Falls from the Sky!"
"The Rage of Nabu-Sinn Strikes!"
Shirou's voice echoed out of thin air.
He did not speak particularly loudly, but his voice resonated across the scene like a flood, causing the entire island of Orsa to violently fluctuate.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a torrential rain began to fall across the entire island.
The surrounding environment suddenly changed without any warning. Astonishing torrential rain began to fall continuously from the sky, tearing apart the originally peaceful and tranquil environment out of thin air.
From the outside, the entire island seemed to be submerged by huge waves at this moment. Endless torrents began to fall endlessly from the sky.
It turned into a cruel punishment of flooding.
In Babel.
The gods, led by the Heavenly God Ouranos, and the gods gathered around the Goddess of Justice, Astraea, stood distinctly apart at the scene.
Since the news of the War Game began, the gods of Orario had basically been invisibly divided into the two major factions of Ouranos and Astraea.
Apart from a very small number of individual gods who chose to remain neutral, most gods subconsciously chose one of the sides to support.
As a result, the Heavenly God Ouranos ultimately had more supporters.
This was not only because Ouranos's status and reputation were evident among the gods but also because Ouranos's idea of laying out plans in Genkai for a millennium and creating things like divine-powered monsters, solely to ensure the gods' status in Genkai, was highly supported by the gods.
After all, most gods were unlikely to accept being on equal footing with mortals.
Apart from existences like Astraea, who excessively loved mortals, most gods generally regarded mortals as low-level beings, believing that as gods, they naturally stood above mortals.
Therefore, when faced with Ouranos's idea of establishing a new order in Genkai with gods as the higher-level existence, most gods decisively agreed more and joined his side.
Of course, even if most of the gods joined the Ouranos Faction, they were still destined not to influence anything.
After all, the format of the War Game was set. It was destined to be a pure confrontation between mortals to determine the outcome.
The gods could therefore only sit in Babel and use the Divine Mirror to observe the war on Orsa Island, so as to judge the final result.
The moment the War Game began, the gods immediately used the Divine Mirror to observe the situation on the island.
They had intended to quietly enjoy this unprecedented War Game between humans and gods, wanting to witness how the war would unfold.
However, no one expected that the opening of the War Game would make the entire war race uncontrollably toward an unpredictable direction in an unprecedented form.
"This... What happened?!"
Looking at the island being washed by endless rain, as if it were about to be submerged by the torrential rain, all the gods were stunned.
After all, the Orsa Archipelago was a subtropical island. The climate here should not produce this level of torrential rain, and it was even less possible for unprecedented torrents to cover the entire island.
Such an exaggerated amount of rain was simply not a normal occurrence.
Therefore, even the most slow-witted god instantly realized that this torrential rain covering the entire Orsa Island was artificially caused!
And from the image, the appearance of the torrential rain followed Shirou's declaration and the arrow he shot, suggesting that it was very likely the work of the man Emiya Shirou!
But could such a thing really exist?
How could a mortal create such an exaggerated continuous torrential rain!
Most importantly, judging from the intensity of the rain, the constantly emerging torrents seemed to be getting worse. Not only did they show no sign of stopping, but they looked like they would continuously strengthen the flood until the entire island, and even the entire world, was completely submerged!
"Emiya Shirou..."
From his high seat, the Heavenly God Ouranos watched the scene in the Divine Mirror, softly speaking Shirou's name.
He clearly realized that all of this astonishing event was the work of the man named Emiya Shirou, and he felt deeply shocked by everything the other party had done.
However, his expression was still relatively calm.
Even after witnessing the incredible rain washing over the land, he was not greatly swayed, as if this level of chaos was completely within his expectations.
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"This is truly spectacular..."
Witnessing the all-consuming torrential rain fall, the members of Shirou's Faction also widened their eyes.
They had been reminded by Shirou in advance that he would use a special weapon to give the opponent a shocking opening move the moment the War Game began.
But upon truly seeing the appearance of this all-consuming torrent, most people, including the members of Loki Familia, were completely dumbfounded.
"What kind of magic is this?"
Finn, the Captain of the Loki Familia, looked at the constantly increasing torrential rain in surprise and couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
Most of the people on the scene shared the same confusion as him.
"That arrow Emiya shot just now, it seemed to have some kind of magic formula inscribed on the arrow shaft." Riveria, the highest-level magician on the scene, barely managed to discern the essence of the Sword of Endings, Enki that Shirou had projected. "He shot that arrow into the sky, and then the magic inscribed on the arrow shaft also covered the entire sky, thereby releasing a massive magic that covered the entire Orsa Island, submerging everything with this raging torrential rain!"
"He can actually do something like that?"
Everyone, including Finn, was stunned.
Riveria, too, found it hard to believe.
Even though she could understand the principle of the Sword of the End, Enki, truly witnessing the appearance of such an exaggerated move, one that resembled a miracle, made her feel an unprecedented shock all over her body.
It could be said that Shirou's shocking opening not only greatly astonished the opponent but also deeply surprised his own side.
It made everyone realize that this War Game would have an unprecedented start, no less than the opening of a true mythological war!
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