Chapter 187: The Sun and Moon Dominate the Sky, the Mythological War Shakes the World!
At the same moment the spectacle of two suns and a moon appeared over Orsa Island.
On the eastern side of the island.
"Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!!"
The Freya Familia and the Loki Familia engaged in an astonishing tug-of-war.
Aside from the clash of top powerhouses on both sides, ordinary adventurers were also engaged in an unprecedented mutual attack and attrition.
Since the Loki Familia was the Familia that most frequently engaged in Dungeon exploration, their combat strength at the middle and low levels was far stronger than the Freya Familia.
However, the Freya Familia was not easily defeated.
Although the quality of their middle and low-level adventurers was not as good as the Loki Familia, the Freya Familia had the bug-level healer Heith Velvet.
As a Lv.4 healer, she could quickly restore the injuries of her comrades on the battlefield.
And besides the overly powerful ability of Heith, the members of the Freya Familia themselves possessed an exaggerated willpower.
Because the Freya Familia constantly held a ritual called 'Baptism' within their Familia, the ritual forced the members to fight and kill each other, making the Familia members' adaptation to pain and injury far surpass that of ordinary people.
Even if their skin was scorched, their weapons were destroyed, and even if they were left with only one hand, or one leg was blown off, these followers of the Goddess of Beauty, Freya, did not stop fighting and continued to advance.
"My name is Gold, the assistant to the Goddess who has made an eternal vow!"
"Thrice burned by the scorching flame, her body pierced for eternity, standing in the purgatory of the flame spear, the radiance is still born, annihilating death!"
"Blessing, blessing, blessing. My body is gold, summoning endless strife here with the light of revival!"
"Praise of the Reborn Goddess! (Zeo Gullveig)"
Heith, whose attire was different from other healers or apothecaries, tied her pink long hair into two braids and recited the chant.
Like a crisp and pleasant singing voice, her prayer turned into a substantial healing aura, quickly enveloping the scene and reaching the ears of every adventurer.
On this battlefield strewn with corpses, Heith in the center set up a huge golden magic circle.
Super wide-area recovery magic.
In an instant, all injured members of the Freya Familia were almost instantly restored to their original state, their injuries vanishing as if they had never appeared.
Enveloped by the golden magical light emanating from the ground, whether it was a human whose entire body was scorched or a Beastman whose body was frozen and suffered frostbite, the injuries were all instantly restored to normal. After a burst of magical steam rose, severed limbs reattached to the wound, and Dwarfs and Amazonesses who should have lost a hand or foot became whole.
"Should I say, as expected of the Freya Familia? They are too difficult to deal with..."
Lefiya stared dumbfounded at Heith's healing magic.
After a few seconds she also quickly followed suit and cast a healing spell to treat her comrades in the Loki Familia.
However, as the only member of the Loki Familia who could use healing magic, Lefiya's ability to heal her comrades was ultimately not as exaggerated as Heith, a specialized healer.
Therefore, because the actual combat power of both sides was not far apart, the war situation was temporarily forced into a stalemate.
At the other end of the battlefield, the clash between the top powerhouses of the two Familia was also far from decided.
Finn, The Braver, Riveria, The Nine Hell Princess, and Gareth, The Juggernaut, all Lv.6s, fought a great battle against Ottar, The Might, a Lv.7.
The difference in strength between the two sides was not small. In fact, Ottar's pressure alone was more sufficient than the three Lv.6s combined, triggering an unprecedented fierce battle.
Relying on Riveria's magic support, the situation remained balanced.
The only somewhat intense part of the western battlefield was the battle between Ais, The Sword Princess, and the members of the Loki Familia against the Lv.6s of the Freya Familia.
Although the Loki Familia only had Ais as a Lv.6, and the rest, Bete, Tione, and Tiona, were only Lv.5, relying on the enhancement of Ais's Ariel, they forcibly gained an advantage in speed, successfully holding back the main force of the Freya Familia.
But the Freya Familia was not to be trifled with.
Hedin Selland, the Lv.6 magician, after a long period of preparation, released a large number of lightning bolts, aiming at Ais, the primary target.
"If you have a speed advantage, then attack with area-of-effect firepower!"
"It ends now—White Thunder (Caurus Hildr)!"
Hedin's magic was unleashed, and countless lightning bolts illuminated the adventurers standing in place, tracing parabolas in the air, and sprinkling down onto the battlefield.
"!!!"
Even Ais could not forcefully dodge this level of magic.
In desperation, she could only try to defend with Ariel.
"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"
After the intense collision, Ais's magic power was greatly consumed, and the wide-area Ariel could no longer be maintained.
The members of the Freya Familia immediately seized the moment, and everyone simultaneously launched a fierce attack on Ais, wanting to defeat the girl, who was the key node, in one fell swoop!
"Ais!"
Bete, Tione, and Tiona were too late to support Ais and could only cry out in alarm.
And Ais herself, after a moment of hesitation, no longer had any doubts and chose to completely unleash the weapon in her hand—
"Sword of Promised Victory, Release!"
Since the end of the battle with the Sea Demon, Ais had rarely used this weapon.
After all, in the battle with the Sea Demon, the destructive power of the Sword of Promised Victory was unimaginable. It instantly destroyed the colossal monster, looking like a wave of light that could destroy heaven and earth.
Ais could not imagine what the result would be if this weapon were used on people.
But at this moment, facing the fierce attack of the Freya Familia, Ais had to make a choice.
Recalling Shirou's trusting gaze, Ais no longer hesitated, resolutely swung the longsword in her hand, and instantly poured out all her magic power!
"Boom!"
An astonishing wave of light exploded on the scene.
An indescribable torrent of light was like a tyrannical army, mercilessly swallowing everything in front of it, submerging a part of the Freya Familia members!
"Bang!"
As far as the eye could see, everything was scorched earth.
Stone pillars and rubble were all blasted apart, raising fragments of stone everywhere, shockingly dividing the battlefield in two.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Not long after, the smoke and dust dissipated, and the figures of Hedin and the others emerged.
They seemed to have quickly dodged before being swallowed by the torrent of light, thus avoiding being annihilated and turning into nothingness on the spot.
But even so, due to the impact of the astonishing wave of light, several of them had completely lost their combat ability and suffered severe injuries.
Correspondingly, Ais herself, due to excessive magic power release, although not collapsed, it was impossible for her to release a similar attack again in a short period of time.
Just as the people on the Loki side were immersed in this localized victory and filled with emotion, Tiona's eyes unintentionally looked up at the sky, and then she abruptly widened her eyes.
"Look at the sky!!"
Hearing Tiona's panicked words, Ais and the others subconsciously looked up, and then all of them showed incredible expressions.
Two suns and a moon had appeared in the sky at some unknown time.
That overly absurd scene made anyone who saw it feel like they were dreaming.
But Ais immediately reacted and said: "That's Emiya fighting the gods! The opponent should be... the Moon Goddess Artemis!"
"Artemis?!"
Although they knew beforehand that they would inevitably have to confront the divine-powered monster of Artemis, now that they actually witnessed the second moon appear in the sky, the people present couldn't help but show complex expressions.
Most importantly, in the previous battle, the divine-powered monster of the Sea God Poseidon had already appeared and even directly affected the entire battlefield.
Now that the divine-powered monster of Artemis had appeared again, it meant that two god-level opponents had appeared before Shirou.
As a result, no matter how outstanding Shirou's individual combat ability was, it would most likely be difficult for him to win in such a predicament.
"..."
For a moment, Ais and the members of the Loki Familia subconsciously showed expressions of worry, offering heartfelt prayers for the mythological battlefield above.
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On the western side of Orsa Island.
"Congratulations, you have broken through the first trial sword. Next is the second trial sword."
After the sword of light in Leon's hand shattered, the particles of light gradually broke and disintegrated, and finally, they transformed into a pair of twin swords in his hand.
Ryuu and the coalition adventurers all showed serious expressions.
And they soon realized that after Leon's first weapon was destroyed, his speed suddenly increased significantly, becoming even faster than before.
"Come on, challenge me to your heart's content!"
Leon himself seemed very excited about this fighting that surpassed the limits.
Although he had been controlling his fighting spirit and had not injured any of the coalition adventurers, his momentum of growing stronger with each battle still made everyone feel fear and subconsciously retreat.
Only Ryuu, she gritted her teeth, not fearing the power of the Lv.7 at all. Holding Agaris, which was so hot it radiated flames, she rushed straight toward Leon.
"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"
After a period of confrontation so exaggerated that it was almost impossible to look at with the naked eye, the twin swords of light in Leon's hand finally reached their limit and shattered.
"Excellent. Then let's move on to the next move."
"The third trial sword—Release."
As if repeating the scene from before.
The flying fragments of light were absorbed into Leon's body. This time, what was born was an axe of light. It was a long, large axe, radiating an uncanny sense of pressure.
"Sure enough, this is your magic, Sir Leon." Alise made a judgment during the battle. "When I was still alive, I heard rumors about you. It is said that your magic gradually gains various attribute enhancements as the weapons in battle are destroyed! Until all the weapons are destroyed, an unprecedented individual limit will be created!"
"So you already know. Then there's no need for me to hide it." Leon nodded. "Although it sounds impressive, in reality, my magic [Table Round] is an extremely inefficient skill. After all, to exert my full power, I must destroy a total of eleven weapons."
"Starting from the first trial sword, the enhancements are successively [Agility], [Dexterity], [Strength], [Endurance], [Magic], [Skill], [Magic], [Development Abilities]... As the
weapons are destroyed one by one, all these enhancement categories will receive a boost. However, this is ultimately a very slow-to-activate skill. If the opponent defeats me before I fully enhance, then I'm out of luck."
Ryuu broke out in cold sweat at Leon's words, murmuring: "Even so, with our strength, it's impossible to defeat you before you fully activate your magic."
"That's true." Leon smiled and said, "After all, this is my trump card, my strongest magic. If you can't defeat me before the twelve trial swords are completed, you will face an unprecedented opponent.
Did you know? Ottar has a trump card skill called [Beastification], which allows him to directly increase his level by one through sacrificing a part of his self and his thinking. My magic activation effect is not as convenient as his, but as a benefit, my magic has no side effects and its effect is even superior to Ottar's magic!"
"The effect is superior to [Beastification]? Then wouldn't that mean..."
Ryuu didn't finish her sentence, but everyone had already guessed the possibility.
In other words, if all twelve of Leon's trial swords were destroyed, his attributes could potentially achieve a leap of two levels.
He was currently Lv.7. At that time, he could potentially directly reach the realm of Lv.9!
At that moment, Leon would truly be the strongest person in the world, apart from Shirou!
"What do you say? What will you do?" Leon laughed. "Will you challenge me recklessly here until you force me into my strongest form, or will you simply give up here and stop attacking our side, thus preventing my status from reaching its maximum? Make your choice."
Leon's words plunged the coalition into silence.
Finally, Ryuu gritted her teeth, made up her mind, and rushed toward Leon at extreme speed.
"Oh? You still choose to challenge me even so?!"
"I absolutely cannot stop here! I must achieve victory!"
Ryuu launched an all-out attack.
At the same time, she realized that the speed of the third form of Leon's magic, the great axe, was extremely slow, giving her the possibility to overwhelm him.
But Leon's skill compensated for the lack of speed, and he stubbornly resisted Ryuu's attack, even counter-attacking and hitting Ryuu, who had made a mistake due to her urgency.
"Clang!"
Leon's attack instantly struck Ryuu with a phantom-like movement, and he was ready to further press the opponent.
Just then, he looked up at the battlefield in the sky and the unprecedented spectacle of the Sun and Moon dominating the Sky.
"..."
Witnessing that exaggerated scene, Leon was instantly stunned.
Amidst his shock, he couldn't help but say: "It's hard to imagine that this era can still see this level of mythological war. It's a sight not seen since the era of Zeus and Hera. Very well, I've decided!"
"What have you decided?"
Ryuu asked, gritting her teeth.
Leon, however, smiled and said: "I will push my twelve trial swords to the limit. I will give you this opportunity. And when that time comes, I will also join that mythological war. I will use my sword to attempt to reach those high and mighty gods and see if I, a mortal, have the qualification to challenge true gods!"
"What!?"
Leon's words stunned everyone.
Everyone felt a chill after hearing this, not expecting the swordsman in front of them to say such exaggerated words, making them even think they had misheard.
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