I love time travel the most!

My best friend is dreaming again.

But now that things have come to this, how can we possibly escape?

Cassandra pleaded desperately, "Please, please, believe me... Daphne!"

She was bombarded with baseless lies, but her best friend Daphne wouldn't listen to a word she said. Cassandra, however, was twice as clingy as usual today.

Just as Daphne was angrily scolding her to stop causing trouble, Cassandra suddenly froze on the spot.

"Cassandra?"

"No, no... the sun... the sun is going to fall! Oh no, the sun is falling from the sky!"

The woman holding the script had a strikingly beautiful face, but it was as pale as a corpse.

Meanwhile, the archer on guard atop the tower couldn't help but shout down at the weak-looking woman below, "Hey, you! We only let you work because you're so weak! But could you please stop saying such unlucky things!"

"Well……"

Cassandra was pale and swaying, looking as if she was about to faint from fright.

Daphne had never seen her friend like this before, and instinctively helped her up, asking with concern, "Hey, Cassandra, are you feeling unwell?"

Cassandra shook her head, only opening her trembling lips like a prophet of tragedy.

"It's all over... The sun has fallen."

What is most despairing is not facing an enemy you cannot fight back against, but knowing that danger is coming and being unable to do anything about it.

Really desperate!

The long night has passed, and dawn is approaching.

The rising sun shone on the faces of a group of people 500 meters away from the ruins.

Kobayashi rested his hand on his forehead, gazing at the distant ruins while muttering, "So troublesome~ Why does it have to be so troublesome? To travel by carriage for a whole day and night just for a war game, are you kidding me?"

He hadn't expected the gods to go to such lengths for this war game. He'd thought they could just find a city and finish it off in a few moves.

"After all, it's a long-awaited war game."

Zolf squatted on a nearby rock, answering while constantly checking the contents of his backpack.

Bell, Ming, and Lily nodded seriously.

The more seriously the gods take this war game, the more difficult it will be to achieve victory, because neither side wants to face destruction under the watchful eyes of everyone.

We must do our best!

Lily asked, "Um... Lord Bell, is it really alright if I don't have to infiltrate and act as an inside man?"

Hestia's initial battle plan was to have Lily use her transformation magic to infiltrate the enemy's base so that she could help open the city gates and disrupt the enemy's deployment during their surprise attack.

However, Kobayashi rejected this suggestion.

"Well..."

Bell scratched his cheek and looked at Kobayashi beside him.

Sensing their gazes, Kobayashi turned around and vigorously ruffled Lily's hair, chuckling, "Take advantage of the enemy's carelessness and let Lily infiltrate. The Trojan tactics are very useful for you, but it wouldn't be good if Lily got hurt."

He pushed harder and harder, and the girl angrily slapped his hand away, muttering words like "annoying" and "annoying."

But hearing that they were afraid she would get hurt, the fearless little man straightened his chest and volunteered, "Please believe me, Lady Kobayashi! With my intellect and magic, they cannot possibly harm me!"

No, I'm afraid I'll hurt you.

"……Eh?"

Lily was dumbfounded.

The others couldn't help but look over, because what Kobayashi said was so disjointed that they were completely confused.

It was Ming who broke the silence, saying, "But we still need a battle plan, right? We can't just charge in headfirst, can we?"

"Isn't that how it is?...Alright, let's start with the battle plan."

Seeing the expectant and uneasy expressions on Bell's and the others' faces, Kobayashi changed his mind.

They were all newcomers participating in the clan war for the first time, so it's understandable that they wanted to find something to rely on.

"The operation plan is very simple."

Sitting on the rock, Kobayashi addressed the group of attentive newbies below: "Once the war game begins, I will use magical artillery to bombard the ruins. Then you guys rush in, wipe out the remaining weaklings, capture the enemy general, and win. Okay, any questions?"

"Uh……"

"Should I say yes, or no..."

"There are so many problems."

"That's it."

In their view, the battle plan should be extremely meticulous, and the path taken should be fraught with danger, so that if any link is slightly wrong, the whole operation will be lost.

I never imagined it would be so simple and brutal.

There's a kind of ultimate business warfare where the simplest and most straightforward tactic is to post lewd images on your competitor's app and then report it.

Zolf shouted, "Wait, wait! Is this really a battle plan? It looks like a reckless move!"

Ming sighed, rubbing his forehead.

Lily paused for a moment, then turned to Bell and said, "Lord Bell, let's proceed with the plan devised by the High Goddess Hestia. It's not too late for me to go in now."

“Hahaha, this…”

Bell scratched his cheek.

Although the council meeting was quite absurd, the tense atmosphere dissipated, and the tense bodies relaxed again.

Kobayashi nodded in satisfaction.

Seeing the smiles return to their faces, he said, "Don't worry. The battle plan is already prepared. You just need to trust me. Victory will definitely be ours!"

With encouragement and support, the confusion on the group's faces disappeared, and a determined expression returned.

Kobayashi instructed them to rest and prepare for battle in the best possible mental state.

The battle plan ended almost as soon as it began, without yielding anything of value. Even the initial plan devised by the goddess Hestia was abandoned due to the passage of time.

However, no one else asked any further questions.

They knew that Kobayashi was keeping the true battle plan hidden to avoid putting pressure on them and to prevent them from overthinking.

They trusted Kobayashi. They would follow orders, just as he said, and victory would surely be theirs!

However, what no one knew was that what Kobayashi had just said was the real battle plan, and he hadn't hidden anything at all.

Amidst the misunderstanding, noon arrived.

The group of people, full of energy, stood 200 meters away from the ruins.

"Everyone, is everything ready?"

"Yes!"

"All ready!"

"no problem!"

"Me too, I'm already itching to try!"

Under the midday sun, the voices of several people echoed around.

Kobayashi nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay, then—"

Just then, the sound of a gong announcing the start came from the distant hills.

The war game has officially begun!

Kobayashi's lips curled into a wide, wicked grin, which made the others take a step back. He said, "I was almost losing my temper a week ago. How dare you provoke me? Do you really think I'm easy to bully? Perfect...!"

Hit a punch to avoid a hundred punches.

He had no intention of hiding his talents.

Kazuma Sato said not to be timid, but to be bold, assertive, and unrestrained. If that's the case, then let's go all out from the start and take this opportunity to give the gods a little bit of a shock!

Holding the magic crystal in both hands, he held it out in front of his chest, mobilized the magic power of his whole body and the atmosphere, and began to chant an extremely long spell, while preparing to use everything he had learned all along!

The guards on the ruins' city walls sensed something was wrong. When they saw the group, they all crowded around, and they almost burst out laughing at Kobayashi's actions.

"That action... requires magic?"

"Magic? Pfft, hahaha—"

"Hey, hey, hey, with such a long distance and such thick walls, is he serious?"

"How idiotic is he?!"

The guards of the Apollo Familia stood on the city wall, unprepared and looking on with mocking and amusement, not even bothering to report the matter to Hyacinthus.

But soon, they paid a heavy price for their carelessness!

Then——

"Blacker than black, darker than darkness, let my true crimson golden light reside here!"

When the time of awakening arrives, let the corrupt doctrines of the absurd church manifest themselves in an invisible distortion!

Dance, dance, dance!

"The collapse of my fundamental power, an unparalleled collapse, will incinerate all things in heaven and earth. Descend from the abyss!"

Magic energy gathered in the atmosphere, causing tremors deep underground. A terrifying pressure whipped up a gale that scattered Bell and the others. They had no doubt that this was incredibly powerful magic.

"Everyone, be careful!"

"Lily!"

"Lord Bell!"

"Be careful, Lily."

The group, unsteady on their feet, lay sprawled on the ground. Zolf grabbed the little girl who had almost been blown away. They stared in shock at the back of the man standing in front of them, and at the vortex that was constantly gathering above the ruins.