This night, the sky was not filled with oppressive, heavy clouds like an impending storm, but instead revealed a clear and cloudless expanse, making the gem-like brilliant stars and a bright moon stand out, even attracting several bards to stop and gaze upon it, inspiring them to recite poems under the moon.
Only those who knew that this city was on the brink of destruction realized that this clear night sky might be the most dangerous thing.
[Immortal Spirit Six Circles], which once descended in ancient tis and vanquished Nidhogg’s light of the heaven.
Such radiance might just be fitting to descend upon such a clear night sky, don’t you think?
With this in mind, the adventurers about to invade the artificial labyrinth were either tense, uneasy, fearful, or worried as they headed to their respective battlefields.
For example, the Loki Familia, they divided into four routes midway and each headed to their designated departure points.
The first, second, and third squads led by Finn, Revilia, and Grace would head to Daedalus Street.
The sixth squad led by Reiger would head to the 9th floor of the underground city.
"Be careful."
"Take care."
"Make sure not to die."
Finn, Revilia, and Grace had nothing more to say, watching as Reiger, Rephia, and others stepped away from the group, offering only brief blessings.
"...Good luck."
Ais also stood beside Revilia, watching Reiger and Rephia across from her, and only spoke these words after a long silence.
"You have to win, Reiger!"
"Don’t push yourself too hard, Rephia!"
Raul and Angel were sowhat worried, looking at Reiger and Rephia about to set off, they couldn’t help but say a few more words.
"Tch, rather than worry about them, we should worry about ourselves."
"With Reiger around, there’s no helping it."
"Rephia is already Lv.4, she’ll be fine."
Compared to that, Bert was fully ard with a lukewarm attitude, though his constantly wagging tail revealed his true feelings.
Theona and Theone were still the sa, one acting carefree as if not worried at all, and the other gave Rephia a hug, offering her encouragent.
Other mbers of the familia were similarly offering parting words to their companions setting out with Reiger and Rephia.
"I will be careful, everyone take care too!"
After whispering a few words to Theone, Angel, Alicia, and others, Rephia spoke with slightly reddened eyes.
"Let’s all achieve victory together."
Only Reiger, as if he wasn’t heading to the battlefield, maintained his usual calm tone and expression.
However, a few people noticed that at this mont, the weapon hanging from Reiger’s waist was no longer the familiar crystal sword, but a black blade faintly emitting a scorching aura.
The Fool’s Sword, which Reiger always used, was now hanging on Ais’s waist, replacing the Sword of Despair that the girl rarely let go of.
This change, if it weren’t happening at this mont, would surely spark imnse curiosity and urge everyone to ask questions, right?
But now, clearly, no one was in the mood for that.
"Achieve victory."
"Achieve victory."
Both sides simultaneously responded to Reiger’s words, nodding heavily to each other, then separating without any fuss, heading towards their respective battlefields.
Reiger and Ais were the last to turn away from each other.
The two maintained eye contact until the very end, only turning around to join the main group after everyone had turned and left.
Thus, under Reiger’s lead, the roughly twenty-mber team, equipped with supporters, healers, and magic guides, entered the underground city and swiftly passed through the first eight floors, heading straight to the 9th floor.
The entrance to the artificial labyrinth Knossos was located on the periphery of this floor, like the food storage of the 24th floor before, deviating from the main route to the 10th floor.
Additionally, since it was nightti, adventurers generally wouldn’t explore the underground city at this hour, allowing Reiger’s group to reach the entrance on the periphery without encountering any incidents or witnesses.
Here, the fourth and fifth squads, mainly composed of mbers from the Hephaestos Clan and the Ganisa Clan, had already arrived, crowding the area.
"The Loki Familia are here!"
"The sixth squad has arrived!"
"That [Limit Breaker]... is here!"
They noticed Reiger’s group quietly arriving, reminding each other while instinctively parting their formation to let Reiger and others pass through the middle.
"You finally ca."
"We’ve been waiting for you for a long ti."
Shakti, Chun, Asafi, and Aisha imdiately approached them.
Without exception, they were all fully ard, with comprehensive equipnt, and several pouches hanging from their legs and waists, seemingly filled with various supplies.
Even Chun, who usually didn’t mind exposing her skin, was wearing finely crafted armor today, her equipnt case on her back replaced with a backpack filled not only with weapons but also various tools.
Reiger could feel a considerable amount of magic power emanating from that equipnt case.
It must contain a significant number of magic swords, right?
"Looks like Chun spent big this ti."
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