The Fukaros Familia, starting from DanMachi.

Chapter 130 Siege War

Shortly thereafter, the topic shifted to the format of a war game that would determine the outcome of the battle.

"How about we settle this one-on-one, with each clan sending a representative to decide the winner?"

Sitting at one corner of the round table, Fukaros spoke softly. In order to ease Apollo's vigilance, she took the initiative to propose a game format that, in everyone's eyes, offered the only glimmer of hope for her weak kin.

"We use an arena, where we duel in front of thousands of spectators—that's the best way to create a lively atmosphere, right?"

I agree.

Mihe immediately chimed in, "Having Apollo's children gang up on Fucarus's children isn't a war game; it's one-sided bullying, and it's a real downer."

"That makes sense."

Takemikazuchi also expressed his approval.

Some of the gods around nodded in agreement, simply because they felt that a 1v1 duel was more interesting than a one-sided victory.

"How is it, Heart of Apollo?"

Loki drawled out his words, chuckling sarcastically, "Your opponent is a Level 2 without even a title, you know? You're not afraid to take this on, are you?"

"Maybe they're the kind of 'PVP master' who specializes in 1v1 and excels at dealing with opponents stronger than themselves~"

Another goddess joined in the commotion.

The gods, seated around the round table, laughed and chuckled.

They didn't take sides; they simply watched the silent Apollo for amusement, enjoying the appetizer of this grand spectacle.

The blond god, wearing a laurel wreath, donned a mask of composure and let out a disdainful "humph" from his nose.

"The fact that Fukaros's clan has few members is her own problem. What does it have to do with me? I have no obligation to accommodate her pitiful situation."

Apollo refused without hesitation.

He wanted to obtain the sun he saw in the safest and most predictable way, so he would not allow any unforeseen circumstances to occur.

One-on-one? Although he has 100% confidence in his child, he doesn't want to be involved in any risk, even if it's only 0.01%.

"How about we be fair and decide by drawing lots?"

Apollo's proposal was immediately accepted by the vast majority of the gods of fun present.

A well-prepared god conjured up a magnificent box from nowhere and placed it in the center of the round table.

Each god present enthusiastically wrote down the war game method they wanted to see on a piece of parchment and then put it into the box.

Fukaros, of course, also wrote "one-on-one" on the paper and then put it in without any expression.

The draw is ready; the next step is to decide who will draw the lots.

"I don't trust Apollo."

Fukaros immediately spoke up, saying that if you're going to act, you have to go all the way, and she put on an expression that said, "You old man, you're definitely going to cheat."

"Same to you!"

Apollo clicked his tongue. "Fukaros, you're no good. And Mihe and Takemikazuchi, you two sit down too, and don't even think about getting near the box."

"Don't waste your time."

An impatient Loki slammed his hand on the table. "Let Hermes come. He is the chief god of the neutral Familia and can be trusted."

Neither Apollo nor Fucarus had any objection to the proposal.

Hermes stood up with a wry smile. He had only wanted to be a quiet bystander, but he hadn't expected to become the center of attention.

Under the watchful eyes of all the gods, Hermes approached the box, reached inside, and solemnly searched through it, finally retrieving a neatly folded parchment.

When Hermes saw the contents of the parchment, he first exclaimed "Ah!" and then his face visibly stiffened.

He slowly, as if walking to an execution, showed the parchment to the gods.

The words above were written in ornate font:

Siege Warfare

The scene was very quiet for a moment.

Takemikazuchi and Mih's faces instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and Fukaros stared intently at Hermes with a gaze that could kill a person a thousand times over.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

After a brief silence, Apollo burst into deafening laughter, pointing at the parchment with a mixture of mockery and ecstasy. "This is a sacred and fair lottery decision, and no objections will be accepted."

"A divine intervention, Hermes, what kind of luck did you have with that gacha pull?"

"He's talented; this makes it way too difficult."

The other gods also joined in the commotion, regardless of who won or lost, they just felt that the script of this drama was getting more and more exciting.

"Oh dear!" Hermes sighed, looking up at the sky, feeling as if he were about to freeze from Fucarus's gaze.

Apollo said cheerfully, "Four people can't possibly defend the city, so let's 'give' the attack to Fucarus."

He smiled smugly, handing over to the other party the task that everyone knew was the most impossible to complete.

"I'm sorry, Fucarus—"

Hermes clasped his hands together and apologized sheepishly to Fucarus.

"Fine, a bet's a bet, I have no objection."

Fukalos closed her eyes, took a deep breath, as if resigning herself to her fate.

"Alright, that's settled then. Let's find a suitable castle, and discuss the date for the war game with the guild later. That's all, everyone disband."

With Loki's words as the closing statement, this temporary assembly of the gods came to an end.

As the gods filed out of the assembly hall, Apollo gave Fucarus a victorious, triumphant smile as he departed.

But he didn't notice that after he turned around, Fucarus also curled up the corners of his mouth, a smile that was cold and mocking.

Once all the other gods had left, Takemikazuchi and Mih relaxed their furrowed brows.

"How was our performance? Not bad, right?"

Takemikazuchi asked, "But are you sure there won't be any problems? That's a siege battle, after all."

"No problem," Fukaros opened her eyes, her heterochromatic eyes gleaming with confidence. "I trust them."

"That's good."

Takemikazuchi nodded. "I don't know what tricks that kid has up his sleeve, but if it's one-on-one, he definitely won't lose."

He had taught Fenyu martial arts and knew how terrifying that young man's learning ability was.

With the skills that Fenyu learned from him, fighting opponents of higher levels is not impossible.

But now, thinking of the siege battle where the numbers were vastly different, Takemikazuchi couldn't help but glare fiercely at Hermes, who hadn't yet escaped.

Hermes was startled by the glare and quickly put on an innocent smile that looked worse than a grimace, shrugged, and indicated that he was truly innocent.

Fucarus glanced at Hermes thoughtfully.

She couldn't tell whether it was pure coincidence or if this cunning god was deliberately intensifying their script.

If they draw a one-on-one match, Fukalos has a 100% chance of winning, but a siege battle would indeed be at their disadvantage.

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