I love time travel the most!

That gorgeous, lively, and vivid girl was not human but a doll?

He had never heard of this before!

Not only Apollo, but all the gods in the council hall stared wide-eyed in disbelief upon hearing the news, whispering among themselves to their friends.

Apollo exclaimed, "How is this possible? She looks human no matter how you look at her! How could there be such a lively doll-like girl?!"

"The magical superpower, Altina."

"Ok?"

"I think it must be alchemy developed by the magical superpower Altina, after all, they've already developed ships that can sail in the desert. At the very least, it could be something they obtained from some ruins. Anyway, Miss Ryuu is definitely not human, I can guarantee that."

Hermes' explanation was meaningless.

Although the origins of Liu Zi were mentioned in a vague way, the implication was that the speaker favored Hestia and wanted others not to care so much.

However, Apollo refused.

The stingy sun god cried out, "No! That won't do either! How can we let her have it all together..."

"How ugly, Apollo."

"Gah—?!"

The interrupted male god let out a duck-like voice.

Freya parted her red lips slightly and said sarcastically, "Just because it's not human doesn't mean it's a magical tool, and its function is the same as an adventurer's weapon. Apollo, are you going so far as to not even allow weapons to be provided?"

"I……!"

Apollo was speechless.

He desperately wanted to argue that the two were vastly different, but the renewed wave of condemnation from those around him rendered him speechless, and his expression gradually turned grim.

"Don't worry, Apollo."

"Hermes?"

"This time it's a siege, a single magical artifact won't make much of a difference."

Hermes offered him a way out.

The war game has already begun, and the overly enthusiastic gods certainly won't allow it to be stopped just like that; if they do, they will definitely be condemned.

Indeed, Hermes was his best friend!

Apollo was slightly moved.

Then, he generously said again, "It's alright! Look at her slender body, how could she possibly damage the city wall? And in a battle of attack and defense, the side with more people will definitely win! Consider this my last act of charity, and you should thank me properly, Hestia."

Hestia remained silent, but the other gods sitting in the council hall thanked him profusely.

"Oh, thank you, Apollo!"

"You're so generous!"

"As expected of you!"

"As expected, it's only you, Apollo!"

……

The confident sun god tossed his golden hair aside, basking in the constant praise from those around him with a smug smile.

Only Hestia, Freya, and Loki scoffed.

--idiot!

Leaving Hestia aside, Freya had heard from Ota that she sensed an extremely strong threat from Ryuu, enough to make the LV7 Labyrinth City most vigilant, which was enough to show how powerful Ryuu was.

Needless to say, Loki, according to Finn's report, was the one who rescued Ais at the last minute on the 59th floor, under Kobayashi's instructions.

With the ability to roam the depths of the dungeon, dealing with a bunch of trash would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?

Just then—

"Hey, look!"

At the shout of a certain deity, all the gods subconsciously turned their gaze to the divine mirror.

Xiaolin stepped forward.

He closed his eyes, held his hands out in front of his chest, and a crystal-like object reflected light in his palms while he muttered incantations.

Could it be...

Is he preparing to use magic?

"At such a distance?"

"Still facing the city wall?"

Puzzled and confused, the gods did not understand the meaning of doing this.

Only Apollo, after a brief moment of surprise, burst into laughter, clutching his stomach: "Pfft—Ahahaha! Hestia...you...hahaha...are you kidding me? Don't you...don't you know how thick those walls are?"

The ruins chosen for this war game are the defensive lines built by the once-powerful kingdom of Lachia.

The stone wall easily exceeds ten meters in height, and its thickness is impeccable. To break through this outer wall, one would need to unleash artillery magic; otherwise, even high-level adventurers would find it difficult to cross the line.

Think about it, how could the Hestia Familia, with only two or three kittens, possibly break through the city walls with magic?

Just as Apollo was about to mock him again, Kobayashi in the mirror finally finished chanting the incantation. With his arms outstretched, his eyes shone with a terrifying light, and he shouted out a sentence with his mouth wide open.

Although the sound cannot be transmitted, one can still 'hear' his voice.

"————Explosion!!!"

In an instant, magic surged and gathered in the sky, and its powerful pressure even swept through every corner of the labyrinth city through the divine mirror.

A chill swept over me.

Whether they were gods or adventurers, they all rubbed their shoulders.

What is...

Something is coming!

Hermes adjusted his hat, a smile playing on his lips as he exclaimed, "This is really going too far."

Suddenly, a blazing sun appeared in mid-air!

As the gods and the people of the lower realm were horrified and shocked, it slowly fell and crashed heavily onto the city wall, stirring up a battlefield that swept across the heavens and earth.

Despite being separated by two places, the spectators on the other side of the mirror seemed to be blown by the wind pressure, involuntarily tilting their heads back.

When the sandstorm finally subsided, the repaired city walls were even more dilapidated than before, and could only be described as broken walls and ruins.

The spectators on the other side of the mirror swallowed hard, speechless for a long time.

I really like a saying from the gods.

"—Huh?!!!!" xN

Chapter 300: The Most Cruel Episode

The day before the war game.

In the dead of night, with the moon high in the sky, the Apollo Familia began their final preparations for battle within the ruins.

As the defending side in a siege, they have the right to set up their defensive lines first.

To ensure victory, Apollo dispatched almost all members of his retinue. Under the command of their commander, they busied themselves repairing or equipping the weapons and supplies to be used the next day.

On the most prominent tower throne in the ruins, the handsome human Hyacinthus, the leader of the guild, looked out the window at his busy members of the kin and couldn't help but let out a cold snort:

"—Utterly boring!"

He was in a bad mood at the moment because, in his opinion, doing these things was completely meaningless.

The enemy consisted of only a handful of small creatures; it was impossible for them to possibly stand against the hundred or so members of the clan defending the city. Furthermore, they didn't even need to engage in battle; he, as the general, only needed to hold out for three days.

But even without such favorable conditions, he was confident of a great victory.

Does the opponent think they can just charge in with a flying dragon?

Ignoring the busy members of his clan around him, Hyacinthus, filled with discontent, sat arrogantly on his throne and snorted coldly once more.

"—A boring game."

……

"I bet Hyacinthus would say that."

Daphne muttered to herself as she stood on the city wall, gazing up at the throne.

She is the commander of the Apollo Familia, but because she joined out of necessity, her loyalty to the Familia is very low, although her talents are still recognized.

The people who know you best are your own people.

Knowing Hyacinthus's temperament well, Daphne almost burst out laughing when she saw the ornate banners fluttering on the tower as if to show off, as if afraid the enemy wouldn't know she was there.

I've never seen such an idiotic commander.

Despite sighing, she still did her job, directing the clan members, who, like the regimental commander, didn't take the enemy seriously, to deploy guards.

She understood the principle that even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit.

We must not be careless in any way!

Just as she was giving instructions, a frail-looking woman with long hair covering her left eye came tremblingly to the scene.

It wasn't a fear of heights, but a fear of something else.

Her name is Cassandra Illion, and she possesses the ability called "precognition," which, to exaggerate a bit, makes her a woman who holds the script. But like the necessary, dim-witted villains in a story, no one in the Apollo Familia takes her seriously; instead, they treat her words as a joke.

"Cassandra?"

"Daphne...no...we have to escape from here...while we can still get away...!"

"what?"

"The castle, the castle will be destroyed."

Upon hearing Cassandra utter these seemingly random words, Daphne couldn't help but show annoyance.