In this chaotic world, it all started when they found an elf girl

　This illicit income fell into the hands of the Ikelos Familia, especially the Heretics, intelligent monsters who were in high demand and short supply, with a value reaching tens of millions of Fali.

　Roy's eyes were cold as he stood on the ground.

　The controlled Ota puppet swiftly swung its sword, shattering the iron cage and releasing the monsters.

　The mindless monsters wreaked havoc on the man-made maze. Roy pointed out an escape route to several heretics, "That way, hurry up!" The heretics glanced at him in surprise, their eyes filled with gratitude, and fled in the direction he pointed.

　That's all Roy can do.

　If they escape now, there's still a glimmer of hope. But once he releases that bottle of poison, the man-made maze will be transformed into a barren, ghostly wasteland.

Chapter 187 The Despair of the Dark Faction

　Also after Roy released the monster.

　"Hey, look what you've done! Bringing these monsters here, you didn't think it would be easy, did you!" an angry voice rang out. Dix led his clan officers into the hall, staring coldly at the tall figure.

　The artificial labyrinth is large enough for the Ikelos and Thanatos Familias to roam freely inside.

　This hall was where the Ikelos Familia stored monsters and supplies. Releasing so many monsters at once was bound to be painful for them, especially since they hadn't been doing well lately.

　Using Fairy Soldiers, they have been officially designated by the guild as a familia of the Dark Faction, and can no longer openly appear on the surface. Although their main area of ​​activity is the man-made labyrinth, they occasionally venture to the surface to relax.

　Now that everything was cut off from them, and they were suffering so much, yet someone still let their goods escape. The Ikelos Familia were all bursting with murderous intent. At the other entrance was the Thanatos Familia, led by Olivas, nicknamed "The White-Haired Demon," whose forces were even larger and more powerful. They surrounded the tall figure.

　"go to hell!"

　Dix struck first, his figure flashing forward, displaying his LV.5 stats to the fullest, his crimson spear plunging fiercely towards his opponent's head. The members of the two clans wore mocking smiles; they could catch another monster, but let them vent their anger first. However, the next moment, their expressions froze.

　At the critical moment, the Otta doll moved.

　Facing Dix's fierce attack, Ota's large hand gripped the spear shaft just below the tip, his movements effortless and relaxed. Dix tried to pull the spear back, exerting all his strength, but found his weapon as if fixed in iron clamps, completely immovable. Even with his LV.5 ability, he couldn't budge his opponent?

　"What's wrong with this guy? Hiding his face and showing his true colors!" Enraged, Dix roared, using the gun as support to flip over and kick the other man hard in the head.

　Bang!

　Ota easily caught Dix's kick with one hand. The sound was muffled, and the strong wind generated blew off the hood of the doll, revealing a face that surprised everyone from both families.

　When Dix saw that expressionless face, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

　The surroundings fell into a deathly silence.

　After an unknown amount of time, someone finally spoke in a trembling voice: "That's a 'fierce one,' isn't it?"

　"Nonsense!" The crowd roared inwardly. In all of Orario, who didn't recognize that burly man? The question was, why was Ota here? Wasn't Freya's Familia on an expedition?

　boom!

　Roy didn't care about any of that. He manipulated the Ota puppet, which stretched out its large hand with lightning speed, grabbed Dix's head, and slammed it heavily to the ground. The terrifying force caused the floor, which was more than ten meters high, to crack wildly in all directions.

　Dix, who had been able to fight Ryu to a standstill, was completely caught off guard. He only saw a black shadow flash before his eyes before losing consciousness. His head was buried deep in the ground.

　A soft "crack" sound rang out, and Otto nearly crushed Dick's skull.

　Dix instantly fell into a semi-comatose state.

　One move and you're dead! That's how terrifying the difference is between LV.5 and LV.7.

　At that moment, everyone present broke out in a cold sweat. Without a doubt, that was "The Fierce One" Ota!

　"call!"

　The Ota doll slightly opened its mouth, its breath billowing like steam, its eyes bloodshot, and the aura and pressure it exuded were terrifying.

　His cold gaze swept over everyone present.

　That indifferent expression seemed to say, "I've surrounded all of you hundreds of people!"

　"Go, go, go!!"

　Seeing this, the members of the Sanatos and Ikelos Familias turned pale, wishing they had been given two more legs, and burst forth with several times the speed of before, fleeing towards the passage.

　As for the nominal commander, Dix, who cares whether he lives or dies?

　Currently, LV.7 Ota is the strongest!

　Even with hundreds of adventurers, including leaders at levels 3, 4, and even 5, none dared to face Ota. The Ota puppet charged forward, slaughtering the dark faction members like slicing vegetables; head after head flew into the sky. Before this "strongest," levels 5 and 1 were no different—both were mere cannon fodder, instantly annihilated!

　The Thanatos Familia plotted against the goddess Astraea, but Roy's hatred for the Ikelos Familia was equal. Without these bastards diverting everyone else's attention, how could they have fallen for their scheme?

　The doll summoning card collects data, and the doll summoned is determined by the strength displayed by the prototype in a previous battle with Roy. Roy once used a LV.7 trial card to exchange blows with Ota at full power.

　The doll possesses Ota's original stats, as well as the development abilities, skills, and magic he used.

　Of course, Ota must have other unused skills, such as beast transformation and summoning war boars... so the puppet probably only has about 70% of Ota's strength.

　But that's enough to deal with the dark faction.

　In the blink of an eye, over a hundred adventurers had died at the hands of the Ota puppets, their blood flowing like a river, turning the entire hall and passageways into a slaughterhouse. Corpses littered the ground.

　The strong smell of blood made people frown.

　The two clan members were utterly helpless, their faces pale with terror as they were captured by the Ota puppet, screaming, wailing, and begging for mercy. The Ota puppet ignored all their cries, carrying out Roy's orders to slaughter all the members of the Dark Faction!

　boom! boom! boom! !

　The assembled mages unleashed their magic, dozens of spells bombarding the pig-man.

　As the thick smoke dissipated, Ota was completely unharmed!

　He withstood all kinds of attacks and slaughtered relentlessly, truly deserving the title of "fierce warrior," creating chaos and devastation.

　"Silver Moon's mercy, golden fields, command me to be a fierce boar in battle. By the goddess's will, charge forward!" The Ota puppet began to chant, the broadsword in its hand bursting forth with a surging golden light, becoming increasingly dazzling and illuminating the entire dim hall.

　Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from behind them, the two clan members felt their hearts sink into despair.

　"Hildis Winnie!"

　As soon as he finished speaking, the Ota puppet swung its golden greatsword, a magnificent golden sword beam sweeping across the land like a scythe reaping wheat. Wherever it passed, it was unstoppable, cutting down hundreds of people at the waist. Screams filled the air as limbs and blood splattered everywhere. Boom!

　This strike, with its terrifying power, left an extremely deep mark on the surface of the copper wall.

　In less than twenty minutes, the Ota puppet killed at least six hundred people, which averages out to one person every two seconds. If given enough time, it wouldn't be impossible for it to wipe out everyone in the artificial maze!

　But only ten seconds of summoning time remain.

　The Ota puppet stopped; the broadsword Roy had given him had been destroyed in the attack that unleashed the magic.

　Before disappearing, there was one more thing to do. The Ota doll took out the Ghost Poison, opened the stopper, tilted the bottle, and poured about fifty milliliters of dark purple liquid onto the ground, where it evaporated instantly, colorless and odorless.

　After doing all this, the doll's body dissipated.

　Seven or eight hours passed, and the artificial maze quieted down. The still-frightened members of the dark faction cautiously returned to the hall they had been in before. It was only after Baka repeatedly assured them that Ota had left that they dared to come back.

　"And the fierce ones?"

　"do not know!"

　"They must have left using some method."

　The gates of the Orichalcos clans opened, and the two clansmen walked in with trembling legs. Everywhere they looked, there were mutilated corpses, as if they had been ravaged by monsters. It was too tragic. Just how many of them had died?

　"call!"

　The only thing that made them feel relieved was that they didn't see Ota, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

　Before they could even relax, an eerie silence fell over the surroundings. Everyone stood frozen in place, as if playing a game of "statues." "Ahhhhhhh!"

　A piercing scream suddenly rang out.

　Starting with the lowest-ranking person, their face swelled, their skin turned purplish-red, and their body instantly expanded several times its original size, becoming like a large chunk of flesh. With a "bang," they suddenly exploded, turning into a pool of foul-smelling pus.

　Those below level 5 cannot escape; the poisonous gas spreads wildly into the artificial maze.

Chapter 188 The Gradually Transformed God

　Daedalus, the artificial maze.

　Two days have passed since the massacre that Ota unleashed upon entering the labyrinth. The labyrinth is now deathly silent, littered with corpses, a far cry from its former bustling and vibrant state. All because Ota took a stroll through it.

　In the age when the gods descended to earth, the power bestowed upon humanity by grace was so immense that even a thousand armies could not defeat a single top-tier adventurer—this was the reality. In a small room, two gods, Icarus and Thanatos, gathered together.

　Sanatos asked, "How many people died?"

　"It's a total wipeout, and that kid Dix is ​​gone too." Ikeros's face showed a hint of regret. Dix had given him a lot of amusement. But the fact that he was killed by "The Mighty One" Ota was also unexpected, and it was a rare moment of amusement for him.

　A god like him descends to the mortal realm precisely to pursue these "unexpected" things, a hint of pleasure playing on Ikelos's lips. Ikelos asked, "And over there?"

　"It's similar on my end. Olivas, a rare child who survived by having a magic stone implanted in him. What a pity." Thanatos shrugged. Ota had killed only a minority of people.

　What was truly terrifying was the deadly poison left behind by the enemy. Caught off guard, at least three thousand of them died, suffering severe injuries and depleting their strength. These weren't just three thousand ordinary people, but powerful adventurers, many of whom were LV.2 or LV.3—considered the backbone of any other clan.

　Even Sanatos felt sorry for him.

　As for what had happened before, the two gods stared at each other for a long time, everything was understood without words.

　The minds of the gods are incredibly sharp, and their sense of crisis is exceptionally keen. Their only recent major operation was targeting the Astrea Familia. The retaliation came far too quickly!

　However, they did not suspect the Astrea Familia; only Freya could command Ota!

　Moreover, Ota rushed in from the excavation site; how could anyone find that location!

　Only Freya's alluring beauty allows her to control everyone at will and obtain a wealth of information, so it's not impossible for the enemy to find that weakness. Even they, with the goddess of beauty and the strongest familiar, wouldn't dare to easily provoke Freya.

　The question is, why did Freya attack them?

　Ikeros laughed and said, "Do you think Freya might have taken a liking to 'Sprout of Justice'?"

　Thanatos gave a wry smile. Need I say more? Freya's wanton nature was known throughout the world; she enjoyed forcibly taking any lower-world child she fancied. "Sprout of Justice," Roy, was hailed as a miracle of the lower realms, the fastest-leveling adventurer. Freya wasn't blind; she'd probably already set her sights on him. Clearly, it was their scheme that sent Roy to the lower realms, nearly costing him his life, and enraged Freya.

　What a complete logical chain!

　Furthermore, they had another clue: Freya had also schemed against the Astrea Familia. Trials given to mortal children by the gods were all too common. Roy hired the Loki Familia with money, while the Freya Familia secretly helped him take revenge. The two strongest Families of Orario were both on the side of that boy. Even Thanatos, the chief god of the most powerful Familia of the Dark Faction, admitted that he couldn't afford to offend them.

　They've kept quiet for now, at least until they complete the secret technique of the "Six Rings of the Spirits".

　The Garden of Stars.

　Roy, unaware of the two gods' interpretations, manipulated the Ota puppet into the labyrinth, slaughtering several thousand people from the two major clans, and all the resentment in his heart vanished.

　It's like drinking an ice-cold beer on a hot summer day—it stimulates the brain and leaves you feeling refreshed and invigorated.

　The leader of the Ikeros Familia, Dix, along with a large group of his subordinates, were almost completely wiped out. The Thanatos Familia suffered heavy casualties, a devastating blow! When Roy sent Ryu back to check the eighteenth floor, they discovered that the depths of the cave had been blocked by copper walls, a man-made labyrinth sealed off. Thankfully, the enemy reacted quickly.

　Otherwise, Roy would definitely have to use the summoning card again to send the Ota puppet in for another round of killing.

　Roy closed his eyes, tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and his brain was working at high speed, thinking rapidly.

　He didn't believe these two clans would dare cause trouble again anytime soon, as evidenced by the reaction of the merchant guilds in Orario that colluded with the dark factions. Overnight, those guilds all quieted down; that was the terrifying power of "Fierce Warrior" Ota.

　As for the retaliation from the dark faction?

　It was all Ota's doing, what does it have to do with Roy!

　In other words, Roy would prefer them to come and retaliate; the puppet summoning card can be used twice more...

　Roy slowly opened his eyes. The flaw in the construction site could only be used once. The Thanatos Familia was prepared. In the future, if they wanted to enter the Daedalus Labyrinth again, they would probably have to rely on the "Eye of Daedalus".

　This prop is made from the eyes of the Daedalus people and can communicate with the mechanisms of the man-made maze.

　It is essential for navigating man-made mazes.

　Roy wouldn't dare enter the man-made maze without getting his hands on this item.

　The Thanatos Familia manages such items very strictly. In the original timeline, because of the loss of an "Eye of Daedalus", they sent a large number of people to slaughter the remaining members of the Ishtar Familia.

　Ishtar Familia...

　Roy's gaze shifted to the pleasure district. The Ishtar Familia had many collaborations with the dark factions, and the goddess Ishtar possessed the "Eye of Daedalus."

　He seems to have found his next target.

　Before Roy could figure out what to do with the Ishtar Familia, the figure of the elven girl entered the room.

　Roy's coldness vanished, replaced by a faint smile. He gazed at the beautiful and charming elf girl before him. She was just the perfect match for his liking; just looking at her every day was a delight.

　Liu paid no attention to any of that, her steps quickened, her beautiful eyes fixed on the young man.

　"How did you do it?"

　Liu asked, her sky-blue eyes filled with disbelief. She was certain that Roy had never left the Star Garden.

　She had been assassinating merchants who colluded with the dark faction, so she got information faster than others. "The Mighty One" Ota personally took action and slaughtered the Ikeros Familia and the Sanatos Familia!