CHAPTER 886: CHAPTER 686: CONFRONTATION! EVERYONE ASSEMBLED!

"Ais! Are you alright?"

At this moment, Bert, who was making a big leap backward, shouted towards her side.

"Yes."

Ais also leaped down, nodded slightly, and kept her eyes fixed ahead, unwilling to look away.

Seeing Ais uninjured, Bert felt relieved while also cursing angrily.

"No matter what, it’s too much! That brat...!"

It’s understandable why Bert cursed like that.

At the edge of this battlefield, even someone with a much better temper than Bert would have probably cursed facing the current situation.

In front of Ais and Bert, a ruin surrounded by a sea of fire appeared.

The fiery rain that shook the entire 9th level of the underground city descended and destroyed everything, creating this fiery ruin.

The walls exploded, the ground blasted apart, and apart from the ceiling, everything was being destroyed, turning into a fiery inferno.

If Ais and Bert hadn’t retreated quickly and weren’t extremely fast, they might have been engulfed by the fiery rain and reduced to ashes in the inferno, charred corpses struggling desperately, fleeing miserably in the hellscape, unable to save themselves.

"This is only the upper layer with limited space, releasing such wide-area annihilation magic of the old hag and that magic power idiot in this place, isn’t that brainless...!?"

Bert kept cursing incessantly like this.

But it was precisely because of this that it showed how complicated Bert’s feelings were at that moment.

After all, facing that "Mighty" Ota, facing the strongest existence in the city, no matter what, Reiger made a very threatening counterattack.

Such powerful magic, such intense battle, made Bert clench his hands tightly, exerting so much force that they almost bled.

He was unwilling to admit he was inferior.

But, the reality was forcing him to admit it like this.

"Reiger..."

Unlike Bert, Ais was purely worried.

The opponent was that "Mighty" Ota, even with Ais’s most optimistic imagination, she didn’t think this battle would be easy.

Rather, facing Ota, facing a Lv.7 that’s two levels above herself, for Reiger to fight like this was already surprising to Ais, let alone Reiger successfully casting magic in such an intense battle, almost turning the 9th level of the underground city into a sea of fire. Such performance would make even the harshest critic acknowledge Reiger’s power and excellence.

If the opponent were someone else, Reiger would have already won a decisive victory.

But the opponent was Ota, and Ais couldn’t stop the worry in her heart.

"Ais!"

"Bert!"

Just then, strong footsteps and a shout came from behind.

Ais and Bert snapped back to their senses and turned to look.

Finn, Revilia, Theona, and Theone had finally caught up.

"Are you guys alright?"

Theone asked urgently, holding the unconscious little girl, apparently meeting her on the way like Reiger, Ais, and the others.

"What’s going on? Why is Reiger fighting with ’Mighty’...!?"

Theona exclaimed as soon as she arrived, prompting Bert to kick her.

"What’s your problem, nasty wolf!"

"You’re too noisy, stupid Amazon."

The two quarreled there, ignoring the current situation.

Only Finn and Revilia, one frowning and the other with a solemn expression, looked at Ais.

"What exactly happened?"

Revilia asked.

"...Not clear." Ais shook her head and replied truthfully, "When we arrived, Reiger was already fighting with that person."

"This is truly unexpected." Finn licked his thumb, appearing to talk to himself, "Though they are enemy factions, Ota isn’t the type to casually fight rising stars."

"Unless it’s the will of that deity..."

The clever little tribe leader elegantly unearthed some hidden truths in the current situation.

"Enough with that!"

Theona stopped bickering with Bert, grabbed her large dual blades, and shouted urgently.

"Let’s help Reiger first!"

Saying so, Theona was about to rush into the fire.

"Go."

Finn didn’t stop her, paused his thinking, and called everyone to go forward to support Reiger.

But just then, two figures suddenly flashed out from the side path, blocking everyone’s way as if they had teleported.

"You are...!"

Watching the sudden appearance of the two individuals, Revilia’s expression changed slightly, and the others’ faces turned solemn as they halted their steps.

The ones blocking the path of a group of Loki Familia’s first-class adventurers were two elves.

One was a white elf with porcelain-like skin, golden hair, wearing glasses, and holding a double-edged long sword whose length exceeded his own height.

The other was a black elf with brown skin and silver-purple hair, dressed in a dark cloak and outer garment, wielding a menacing black sword.

These two elves not only dared to block the path of six first-class adventurers but also exuded an aura and demeanor that was not inferior even when compared to Revilia, who was of royal lineage.

"Black and White Knights...!"

Holding a small humanoid girl, Theone called out their backgrounds and identities with a click of the tongue.

These two blockers were indeed the first-class adventurers of the Freyja Clan, Level 6, the most vicious magic swordsman.

"A long unspoken greeting, please excuse us, noble ladies."

The white elf adjusted his glasses and was the first to respectfully greet Revilia, treating the others as if they were invisible, appearing calm and rational, yet fully embodying the essence of arrogance.

He was known as the "White Demon Staff" — Hedine Serland.

"......"

The black elf remained silent, not even greeting Revilia, merely standing there with an indifferent expression.

He was known as the "Black Demon Sword" — Hegeni Ragna.

"Why are you here!?"

Theona, who was ready to dash out first, halted abruptly and exclaimed with wide eyes.

As for Ais and Bert, one had already drawn a sword, and the other faintly lifted a foot clad in silver metal boots, both poised to dash out at any moment.

"Didn’t expect you two to be here as well, Hedine, Hegeni."

The only one unaffected, maintaining a cool composure throughout, Finn spoke up.

In response, the black and white elves cast disgusted glances at him, or rather, Hedine did so individually.

"Don’t look at me with that intent to probe the truth, ’Hero’." Hedine said coldly, "We won’t divulge any intelligence to you, all you need to do is stay put here quietly, do nothing else."

Hegeni did not speak, seemingly leaving all conversation to Hedine, turning away as though ignoring Ais and the others who were guarding against him, instead looking towards the two battling in the flames.

"Do you think such threats will work on me?"

Finn, carrying his spear, still spoke casually.

"Naturally." Hedine asserted confidently, "After all, you wouldn’t want to engage us in a full-scale battle during the expedition, would you?"

With Hedine’s words, four more figures appeared around everyone.

These were four dwarves wearing nearly identical equipment, clad in dark armor and helmets, holding swords, war hammers, spears, and giant axes respectively.

"Ready for a fight?"

"If we’re gonna fight, let’s do it quickly."

"I want to fight now, no, I should say I really want to fight."

"Same here."

Though the dwarves appeared diminutive, as though playing house, they spoke with astounding arrogance.

Especially when their gazes fell upon Finn, those looks as if staring at a nemesis made them speak in unison.

""""I want to smash this arrogant ’Hero’s’ face, so if we’re to fight, let’s go ahead and fight.""""

Their seamless synchrony in those words, informed others that not only did these four dwarves have similar appearances, but they shared a deeper connection.

"You damned scoundrels...!"

Theone exploded on the spot at the insult to her beloved, only restrained by Theona to prevent her rushing out.

The others looked at these four with increasingly solemn expressions.

"Flame Gold Four Warriors..."

Ais tightened her grip on the Sword of Despair, softly calling out the title of these four dwarves.

They, like Hedine and Hegeni, were first-class adventurers of the Freyja Clan, powerful warriors of cadre status.

They were quadruplet brothers, each a Level 5, equal to Ais in the past and now the same level as Bert, Theona, and Theone.

In the past, Loki Familia had three Level 6 adventurers: ’Hero’, ’Heavy Warrior’, ’Nine Demon Princesses’, who were faction leaders in the Headquarters Camp, while Freyja Clan’s Level 6 included ’Goddess’ Chariot’, ’White Demon Staff’, ’Black Demon Sword’.

At Level 5, both sides had four members each.

Loki Familia consisted of Ais, Bert, Theona, and Theone, while Freyja Clan was these four dwarves.

The world called them the Gulliver Brothers.

The gods bestowed upon them a collective title — ’Flame Gold Four Warriors’.

Now, with their appearance, a grand scene able to shake the surface world had formed.

Loki Familia was missing one ’Heavy Warrior’.

Freyja Clan was missing one ’Goddess’ Chariot’.

Besides these two, the first-class adventurers of the city’s two strongest families had gathered.

And thus, they stood in confrontation.