This night, not only was the sky not filled with oppressive and heavy dark clouds like the storm was about to come, but it was crystal clear without any floating clouds, making the bright gem-like stars and the bright moon particularly conspicuous and even attractive.
Many bards stopped to watch, and they were so enthusiastic about poetry that they actually admired the moon.
Only those who know that this city is on the verge of destruction know that this clear night sky may be the most dangerous thing.
[Six Rings of Immortals], the light of heaven that descended in ancient times and defeated Nidhogg.
Such brilliance may be suitable for descending in such a clear night sky, right?
With this thought in mind, the adventurers who were about to invade the man-made maze were either nervous, uneasy, scared, or worried as they headed towards the battlefield they were about to go to.
For example, the Loki Familia divided their troops into four groups in the middle of the journey, each heading to the place of departure.
The first, second, and third troops led by Finn, Riveria, Grace, and others will head to Daedalus Road.
The sixth unit led by Li Ge will go to the 9th floor of the dungeon.
"careful."
"Be sure to take care."
"Don't die."
Finn, Riveria, and Grace didn't say anything more. They looked at Li Ge, Lefiya and others who were separated from the team, and just sent a brief blessing.
"……come on."
Ais also stood next to Riveria, looking at Rige and Lefia opposite, and after being silent for a long time, she just said this.
"We must win! Li Ge!"
"Don't force yourself! Lefiya!"
Raul and An Qi were a little worried. Looking at Li Ge and Lefia who were about to set off, they couldn't help but say one more thing.
"Tch, instead of worrying about them, it's better to worry about us."
"With Li Ge here, there's nothing we can do."
"Lefia is already Level 4, she will be fine."
In contrast, Bert, who was fully armed, looked lukewarm, but his constantly wagging tail revealed his true mood.
Tiona and Tione still looked the same, carefree and not worried at all. They hugged Lefiya and encouraged her.
Other members of the Familia also sent farewell messages to their companions who were about to embark on the journey with Rige and Lefiya.
"I will be careful, and everyone must be careful too!"
After Lefia whispered a few words to Tione, Angie, Alicia and others, she spoke with some red eyes.
"Let's win together."
Only Li Ge, as if he was about to run to something other than a battlefield, his tone and expression remained as calm as ever.
However, a few people also noticed that at this moment, the weapon hanging on Lige's waist was no longer the crystal sword that everyone was familiar with before, but a black knife that faintly exuded a scorching aura.
The Fool's Sword that Li Ge had been using was hung on Ais's waist, replacing the Sword of Despair that the girl had almost never left her hand in the past.
If this change were not made at this moment, it would definitely arouse the curiosity of countless people and make them unable to help but ask questions, right?
Now, everyone obviously does not feel this way.
"Get the win."
"Get the win."
Both parties responded to Li Ge's words at the same time, nodded heavily to each other, and then separated without any pretense, each running towards the battlefield where they were.
Li Ge and Aisi finally turned around and separated.
The two looked at each other until the end, until everyone turned and left, then the two turned around and followed the large army.
So, under the leadership of Li Ge, a team of about twenty people, including supporters, healers and magicians, entered the dungeon and passed through the first eight floors at extremely fast speeds, reaching the third floor.
9 floors.
The entrance and exit to the man-made labyrinth of Knossos is at the edge of this floor, just like the food depot on the 24th floor, deviating from the main route to the 10th floor.
In addition, it was night, and adventurers would rarely explore the dungeon at this time. Li Ge and his party arrived at the entrance and exit at the edge without encountering any accidents or witnesses.
Here, the fourth and fifth troops, composed mainly of the Hephaestus Familia and Ganesha Familia, have all arrived, crowding the place tightly.
"The people from the Loki Familia are here!"
"The Sixth Unit is coming!"
"That [Limit Breaker]...is here!"
They noticed Li Ge and his group arriving quietly, and while warning them, they involuntarily separated their formations, allowing Li Ge and others to pass through.
"We're finally here, you guys."
"I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Shakti, Chun, Asfi, Ayesha and others immediately came forward to greet them.
Without exception, they all looked fully armed. Not only were their equipment extremely complete, they also had several packages hanging on their legs and waists, which seemed to be filled with various supplies.
Even Chun, who used to show off his skin without hesitation in the past, wore a suit of exquisitely crafted armor today, and the equipment box on his back was replaced by a backpack, which contained not only weapons, but also various props.
Li Ge could feel a good amount of magic coming from the equipment box.
Presumably, there should be a large number of magic swords inside, right?
"It seems that Chun also suffered from heavy bleeding this time."
With this kind of thing in his mind, Li Ge asked everyone.
"How is the condition of the entrance?"
After hearing this, everyone did not mince words and went directly to the topic.
"No abnormalities have been found so far. Although a few piranha flowers have escaped, the green flesh has been removed and will not hinder our invasion."
Shakti said while leading Li Ge to the entrance and exit.
It was a hole in the wall at the deepest point in this area.
The cavity is surrounded by super-hard metal walls, and there are many debris scattered on the ground.
That's a fragment of the hardest metal door.
The entrances and exits of the man-made maze found in the dungeon, without exception, are all the same as the one in the Daedalus Road sewers, blocked by the hardest metal doors.
But after finding them, Finn also gave Li Ge a task, which was to destroy all these doors.
The same was true for the entrance and exit in front of me. After it was found, Li Ge personally took action and destroyed it mercilessly.
Therefore, the hardest metal door is gone, leaving only the wall that prevents the dungeon from regenerating, a super-hard metal wall mixed with the Demon Slayer Stone, and a hole leading to the inside of the maze, with incomplete green flesh everywhere.
"Really, throwing all such precious and hardest metal on the ground is simply a waste of resources."
As a blacksmith, Chun looked at the orichalcum fragments on the ground and expressed some dissatisfaction.
It's a pity that no one paid any attention to her at this time.
"Now that the green meat at the entrance and exit has been cleared, let's get ready." Li Ge observed for a while and then said to everyone: "The Daedalus Road side should also be in place, and the strategy may start at any time.
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"good."
The girls nodded immediately and went down to prepare without any complaints.
Subtly, they also have a tendency to take Li Ge as the leader, so they have no complaints about Li Ge's behavior that is almost giving orders.
This is naturally because Li Ge is the strongest person on the scene, and he is the only Level 7 among the fourth, fifth, and sixth troops.
There is not even a Level 6 in these three troops. The highest level besides Li Ge is Level 5. In this case, everyone naturally obeys the orders given by the only Level 7 present.
"...No problem? Mr. Rieger."
Lefia came to Lige's side, looked at the entrance of the man-made maze that was like a giant mouth of a ferocious beast, waiting for them to rush in, and asked in a low voice with an uneasy look on her face.
"Of course." Li Ge stretched out his hand, touched the elf girl's head, and said, "This time, we will definitely win."
"Um."
Lefia nodded, and the uneasiness on her face began to turn into determination.
Time passed by minute by minute while everyone was waiting.
It wasn't until ten minutes later that a voice came out from a sapphire-like crystal in the hands of Li Ge, Shakti, Chun and others.
This is a magic item called an eye crystal. It was created by the magician Fels who has developed the two abilities of "mystery" and "magic" to an extremely high level. It is a magic item that can travel between two places.
A magic tool that conveys messages and allows people holding eye crystals to communicate with each other.
This kind of magic tool is the only communication magic tool that exists in modern times. If the materials are not complete, even Fels will have a hard time making it.
Like Fels, the [Almighty One] Asfi, who is active in the world as a master of magic items, is completely unable to create such magic items, so she is now hiding in the corner with a look of reluctance.
Unfortunately, what happens next will no longer be interrupted due to personal emotions.
"Attention all troops."
The voice coming out of the eyes was none other than the leader of the Loki Familia, the leader of the small humans, and the overall person in charge and commander of this man-made maze strategy battle—Finn Timna.
His voice reached the ears of everyone present clearly.
"First of all, I need to state here that this is a battle that will not be known to anyone."
The leader of the small human race made a statement with a calm, intellectual and rational voice.
"We will rush to the battlefield without anyone knowing, and engage in a fight to the death where there will be no reward."
"It's a very tough battle."
"This is a very dangerous battle."
"There is no doubt that there will be victims, and there will be people who fall on the way."
"And no one even knows why they died. There is no way for everyone to know about their heroic fighting like those adventurers who died in the dungeon."
Finn's overly realistic and cruel statement made many people quietly clench their fists and grit their teeth.
The so-called killing of people is nothing more than this.
However……
"Even if we are engaged in such a cruel battle, we still need to pick up weapons and fight to the end!"
"Because, if we don't do this, not only us, but everyone will face a more cruel reality!"
"We must fight! We can only fight! We cannot stop even if someone falls beside us!"
"So, everyone, be prepared. Even if we step on the corpses of our companions, we will win this battle!"
Finn's voice became passionate, pouring fire into everyone's hearts.
“The victims who are not remembered will always be remembered by those who survive!”
"No one will inherit the great cause of saving the city, and it will be passed down by the survivors!"
"Even if this war will not be praised by future generations! There will be no wealth or fame! We will become unknown heroes!"
"Let's save the world!"
As the last sentence sounded, everyone who clenched their fists felt a surge of heat in their hearts.
That's the emotion called excitement.
That is the fighting spirit called a fight to the death.
They will stand here, obviously not for fame or wealth, but to save the city.
They could not watch Orario being destroyed, nor could they watch the lower world return to the dark period of dire straits.
That's why they are standing here.
And since they are standing there, it means that they understand how difficult this battle is and how dangerous the battlefield they are about to go to is.
Even so, they still came.
In other words, they have already made psychological preparations for sacrifices and so on.
They must stop the enemy even if they die. With this belief, they will stand here.
Seeing this scene, Li Ge did not hesitate to activate the magic he had prepared for a long time.
At this moment, a giant magic circle appeared simultaneously in front of the big pit on Daedalus Road and at the entrance to the man-made maze on the ninth floor of the dungeon.
There is a magic called [locating mark].
Different from the [Group Mark] that Li Ge used in the past, which allowed his magic to act on the marked person, [Location Mark] is a magic that allows the magic he uses next to appear at the marked location.
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Rige had already set up [locating markers] in front of the big pit on Daedalus Road and at the entrance to the man-made maze on the ninth floor of the underground city.
Therefore, when he unfolded his magic, whether it was in front of the big pit on Daedalus Road or at the entrance to the man-made maze on the ninth floor of the dungeon, the magic circle that was about to be activated appeared.
Li Ge then chanted the magic that was crucial in this battle.
"[Tenth level monster summons]!"
"[Summoning of the tenth-level undead]!"
"[Tenth level angel summon]!"
"[Tenth level demon summons]!"
As the highest-level summoning magic was activated one after another, summoned objects exuding astonishing auras appeared in the magic circle one after another, appearing in front of everyone's eyes.
"roar!"
"Woo!"
"Gah!"
"Ouch!"
Terrifying roars sounded one after another, causing some extremely ominous evil summons to emit terrible miasma.
"…………!"
The adventurers couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
But Finn's voice didn't hesitate at all, and he gave the order straightforwardly.
"Set off!"
Just like that, the battle to conquer the man-made maze officially begins.
Six troops rushed into the man-made maze of Knossos, kicking off the war.