Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

The adventurers of the Heimdall Familia were heading to the tavern to celebrate, boasting about when they would steal 'Shire'. Little did they know that their words would be overheard by a pair of ears.

Then, suddenly, a witch with heterochromatic eyes and gray hair appeared before them.

"you……"

"Boring noise."

Without giving the adventurers a chance to speak, Alfia raised her hand and cast a proclamation, silencing all forty adventurers except for the chief god Heimdall, who was enveloped by his kin.

"Hera... a member of the Familia!" Heimdall exclaimed, but a delicate hand grabbed him from behind, and a sharp blade pierced through him from behind, sending a golden beam of light soaring into the sky.

Hera emerged from behind the golden pillar of light, her face expressionless, and said, "Next."

With the first pillar secured, Freya's side was not to be outdone and instantly took away two more main gods.

Golden beams of light rose up across the city every ten minutes or so.

By the time the city realized what was happening, more than three deities had already been returned.

"In the end what happened?!"

At the guild headquarters, Royman stared in horror at Orario, which resembled a resurgence of the Great Rebellion.

However, even with the entire Ganesha's retinue mobilized, the gods did not slow down the return process at all!

"Commander! Something's wrong! All the reinforcements from West Street have gone missing!"

"The bustling streets too! All our companions lost consciousness the moment they stepped onto those streets! We couldn't even see who the enemy was!"

"Enemy detected on Daedalus Street!! Requesting backup!"

Shakti is numb...

"how so?!"

She watched as seven divine gifts rose up in a mere instant, her body stiffening momentarily.

Chapter 487 King’s Landing

The city was eerily quiet.

Shakti vaguely sensed that this attack was more discreet and efficient than those during the greater struggle.

Although the scale was not as large as the major protests, before the residents even had time to react, pillars of divine offerings continued to rise one after another, several times more numerous than during the major protests!

All the cadres sent to provide support were swallowed up by the giant waves, like drops of water thrown into the ocean, without any intelligence coming back.

boom----

As Shakti pondered a solution, another golden beam of light shot into the sky.

A sense of dread, as if facing an abyss, slowly engulfed it.

"What about Freya's Familia? Have you informed them? What did they say?" Shakti finally managed to calm himself down and asked the guild staff around him.

The guild staff shook their heads in panic: "We can't find them, we can't find a single member of the Freya Familia!"

"Where are Loki's Familia?"

Shakti frowned. The current situation was beyond her control. It seemed that all she could do was let Ganesha enter the Tower of Babel to avoid the attack, and that was all.

"I've arrived. What's the situation?" Finn, who had arrived late, temporarily escorted Loki to the vicinity of the Tower of Babel. Upon seeing Shakti, he hurriedly inquired about the battle.

"The enemy is unknown, the battle situation is unknown, and their strength is unknown. At least, none of the level 5s I sent out were able to bring back any information. Freya's Familia has also disappeared without a trace, and their whereabouts are unknown."

Finn licked his thumb: "What about the possibility that Freya's Familia was the mastermind?"

“Uh…” Shakti froze. She hadn’t thought of this yet. Now it seemed that the disappearance of the Freya Familia might really be as Finn said: “I don’t know… at least so far, not a single eyewitness report has come back.”

A guild member nearby alerted, "It looks like someone has spotted an enemy on Daedalus Street!"

“…” Shakti fell silent.

Everyone has selfish motives. Seeing so many companions silently swallowed up by the abyss of the city, it takes immense resolve for her to send someone to Daedalus Street and plunge them into this bottomless pit.

"Alright, I'll go take a look over there. Since intelligence can be transmitted from that direction, it proves that the enemy there isn't too strong. Shakti, go ask Mia Freya where she is and confirm the mastermind's identity first."

Finn left Bert to protect Loki and led the remaining Familia toward Daedalus Street to provide support.

Shakti also sent people to the bountiful mistress to inquire about information.

The news came back quickly.

The military policeman said nervously, "Miya said that she has left the Freya Familia and is unaware of the relevant matters."

Shakti pressed further, "Did you ask her for help?"

Military police: "The shop owner said she was just a cook and refused."

Shakti had an epiphany.

The fact that Mia refused to provide assistance despite the repeated offerings from the gods already spoke volumes.

With a helpless sigh, Shakti continued to instruct his team members: "Prioritize the safety of residents and merchants. That's all we can do."

……

Dean & Kate Treatment Center.

After dinner, Ais took the hand of Rivilia, who was trying to visit Ciel. They first went to the church on West Street, and after hearing that Ciel was taking care of Ryu at the treatment center, they came here instead.

However, before she could reveal her purpose, the first golden pillar of light appeared in the sky above the city, followed by the second and the third.

The two rushed out of the treatment center and were immediately stunned to see a brief commotion erupt in the nearby streets, which quickly fell silent.

Only the faint flames from the overturned magic stone lamp, ignited by the momentary commotion, flickered in the dark city.

"Rivellia?"

"Looks like something big has happened, let's go take a look!" Riveria gripped her wand tightly.

"Ah."

They led Ais toward the nearest location where the incident had occurred.

Within a short time, three more beams of light rose up.

"At this speed and frequency of return, the number of enemy gods must be more than just one or two!" Riveria quickened her pace, heading towards the scene of the incident.

If the main attack areas of the secret faction during the Great Struggle were strategic hubs like the 'industrial zone' and 'warehouse zone' on the east and west sides, then the main location for this divine return was the bustling streets on the north and south sides.

Compared to the north, which is mainly characterized by high-end residences and clothing stores, the south, with its abundance of entertainment facilities such as entertainment districts and casinos, sees a greater number of deities being returned.

The Deankat Treatment Center is located at the end of West Street, near the entrance to the city wall. Riveria could only go to the first district, a bustling street full of upscale residences, based on the principle of proximity.

As she stepped into this area, a strong sense of unease filled her heart.

Quiet……

It's too quiet!

It was as if all sound had been silenced, and only their footsteps and the faint sound of fire burning wood could be heard.

One group of residents and adventurers after another fell to the ground. Riveria, with a grave expression, squatted down beside one of the wounded to examine him.

"There were no additional wounds on his body, but his eyes were rolled back, as if he had been hit by a massive mental shock in an instant..."

She looked around the bustling street and saw that everyone moving around on the street for several kilometers was lying on the ground, with symptoms exactly the same as what she had observed.

"This feeling……"

Rivera rushed quickly toward the center of the spot where the person was unconscious.

When she saw a woman standing in the center of a group of 'corpses,' with a 'deity' on her feet, arms crossed and eyes closed, her pupils contracted sharply. It was as if she had returned to the period of the Great Struggle, and a sense of powerlessness washed over her.

“Silence?” Riveria called out the name from her memory.

The title "Silent" doesn't originate from Alfia's ability to use so-called sound magic, but rather from the fact that everyone within her range is rendered speechless by her terrifying power!

The mere dissipation of mental energy was enough to knock most ordinary people unconscious!

But Riveria still had some doubts, because Silence was dead, and the one standing here now should be the [Witch].

But whether it was that condescending aura or that expressionless face, too lazy to say a word to the insects, it was undoubtedly the same as the quiet image in my memory, a far cry from the witch.

"Save me... Nine Demon Princess, please save me!" The god, who was being trampled under Alfia's feet, reached out her hand to Riveria.

"Let him go. I'll fight you!" Riveria drew her short staff from her waist. She had no intention of fighting and didn't bring the [Supreme Staff]. Moreover, she remained silent, unsure of her chances of victory.

Upon hearing this, Alfia indifferently released her foot.

The god crawled quickly toward Riveria's back, but from the shadows, a black, slimy tentacle bound his feet. Then, the black slime multiplied, covering and binding his entire body.

"Well……"

From the shadows, a figure in a jet-black suit, with hair as black as the underworld, strolled over with a mocking smile. He simply pulled out a curved dagger from behind his back, its blade as black as a dragon's claw.

A single slash pierced the heart of that god, and a golden pillar of light shot into the sky.

Riveria's eyes widened: "God Erebus! Weren't you already returned?!"

Chapter 488 The Price of Bullying Ciel!

Horrified.

But not necessarily.

After Finn returned to his clan, he naturally shared the Joker's abilities with Riveria.

While Alfia's appearance could be attributed to various factors, such as a witch's disguise or even her not being dead, Erebus's appearance shattered the first two possibilities for Riveria.

Her first thought was that she might be hallucinating!

"who are you?!"

Faced with Riveria's questioning, Erebus slightly raised the corners of his mouth, then squinted, scratched his head, and said nonchalantly:

"Oh, even I was surprised that you could come back in this way."

Transformation magic.

Given Hera's decision to seize this opportunity to harvest a large amount of divine power and rapidly enhance the foundation of the Shire, this magic was naturally going to be put to use.

If Ciel had previously hesitated to use his [Godslayer] ability to kill a god, it was to ensure that the god wouldn't retaliate in a desperate act.