Ottar, who was chanting magic, suddenly felt his body lose strength.
A huge pillar of light appeared behind him.
"What's happening!"
"Divine Return!?"
"Freya has returned!"
Everyone saw a huge white light pillar rising from the ground through the hole, reaching the sky. This was the light pillar of a god's return.
But everyone had just seen Freya perfectly fine, so how could she suddenly return!?
And with Freya's return, all members of the Freya Familia lost the power of their blessings.
Even the city's ultimate weapon was no exception.
"Oh my, I didn't expect Takatsuki to be so ruthless, actually sending Freya back."
"Loki, why is Teacher fighting the Freya Familia?"
Nearby, Loki held up a hand to shield her face, watching the light pillar of Freya's return, while Ais beside her asked somewhat strangely.
"Ahaha, it's just that Freya is used to stealing people's affections, and this time she hit a brick wall. But I didn't expect that girl could even tamper with other people's memories. Good thing she didn't lay a hand on our Ais."
Saying that, Loki pounced on Ais, only to be knocked down by a punch from Ais.
Looking at the pillar of light in the field, Ais didn't feel much, but soon her body trembled.
"Ais? What's wrong?"
Riveria, beside her, looked at Ais; she keenly noticed that Ais's aura had changed.
A black aura continuously emerged from her body.
"Ais!"
Before Riveria could ask what was going on, a clear dragon's roar echoed from the Dungeon, reverberating throughout Orario.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! No way! The One-Eyed Black Dragon! Isn't that guy sleeping at the end of the world!? How could it suddenly appear!"
The surrounding gods suddenly became agitated.
Those familiar with the sound recognized it as the One-Eyed Black Dragon, the ultimate enemy of the Three Great Quests of the adventurers, who had once destroyed Orario's two strongest Familias.
At that time, the Zeus and Hera Familias had fought with all their might, sacrificing countless lives, only managing to blind one of its eyes and drive it to the end of the world to sleep.
The One-Eyed Dragon that so many LV8 and LV9s couldn't defeat back then, Orario now, would be completely destroyed by it!
But no matter what others thought, Ais had already drawn her sword and charged forward the moment she sensed the aura she hated.
On the other side, Takatsuki's expression also changed.
He heard the voices of the surrounding gods; he hadn't expected the Golden Fleece to actually be able to summon a dragon, and the strongest One-Eyed Black Dragon in this world at that!
Quickly retrieving the Golden Fleece using [Close at Hand Yet Worlds Apart] and the King's Treasure, Takatsuki saw a black dragon burst out from the hole in the ground in front of him.
The original size of the hole was simply not enough for it to emerge, which led to the black dragon overturning the entire ground of the Babel as it burst out of the Dungeon.
The Babel, which had only had a piece of its spire shattered, truly began to tilt due to the appearance of the black dragon.
"Run! The Black Dragon is here!"
"Wow! Wait for me!"
The black dragon, having burst from underground, looked at the familiar city below and let out a furious roar.
After many years, it had returned to this city that had once cost it an eye.
As a creation of the Dungeon, the One-Eyed Dragon also possessed its own intelligence; it wanted revenge.
The black dragon was accumulating scorching dragon flames in its mouth, preparing to annihilate the fleeing crowd below, when...
A giant figure blocked its path.
Although it was flying high in the sky, the Shikoutazer's enormous size allowed it to reach the dragon with an outstretched arm.
The Shikoutazer's fist struck the black dragon's chin from below, forcefully closing its open dragon mouth.
The dragon flames caused a violent explosion inside the black dragon's mouth, but it clearly did not cause any damage to the black dragon.
The black dragon's single eye stared intently at the huge Shikoutazer in front of it, then flapped its wings, swiftly moving out of the Shikoutazer's attack range, preparing to destroy it with dragon flames from afar.
But just as it opened its massive mouth again, the Shikoutazer also opened its mouth.
A main cannon was positioned within it.
The red bombardment and scorching dragon flames collided in the air, triggering a violent explosion. Fortunately, this explosion was a hundred meters high, and by the time it affected the ground, only a strong gust of wind remained.
The black dragon watched its breath attack being destroyed, and its massive body charged towards the Shikoutazer.
Although significantly smaller than the Shikoutazer, the black dragon was also incredibly large.
Even a single one of its scales was as big as an eight or nine-year-old child.
The two behemoths collided heavily and began to wrestle.
"This guy!"
Takatsuki recognized the black dragon's intention.
The previous bombardment exploded in the air, so it didn't affect the people below, but this time the Black Dragon landed. If there's another artillery clash, then the people below will inevitably be affected.
For a time, Shikoutazer became constrained.
However, while Shikoutazer was constrained, the Black Dragon wouldn't be.
It directly grabbed Shikoutazer at close range and began to accumulate Dragon Flame again.
Shikoutazer continuously tried to break free with its fists, but the opponent remained motionless, and Shikoutazer's fists couldn't cause any damage to it.
Blast!
A violent explosion occurred on Shikoutazer's chest, followed by a Black Dragon's tail whip. Shikoutazer, whose chest core was severely damaged, slowly fell towards the ground. This would undoubtedly destroy countless buildings and kill countless ordinary people.
But in just an instant, just as it appeared, Shikoutazer's massive body disappeared.
He was recalled by Takatsuki.
Shikoutazer was temporarily scrapped; the next summon would have to wait twenty-four hours.
Just then, Takatsuki saw a black hurricane rushing towards the Black Dragon.
Although it was a hurricane, it was very tiny compared to the Black Dragon.
"Ais!"
In his perception, that magical aura was clearly Ais's.
Although he didn't know why she had become like this, or why she would rashly attack the Black Dragon alone, Takatsuki couldn't watch her die here.
Fortunately, when Shikoutazer attacked earlier, he left his carefully prepared 'Haki' on the Black Dragon.
Takatsuki moved his feet, stepping on spurting flames, and accelerated into the passage that appeared before him.
"Get out of the way! Ais!"
The Black Dragon's giant claw swatted towards the black hurricane, like swatting a mosquito.
At the last moment, Takatsuki rushed out of the passage, and another passage opened in front of Ais. Ais's position was transferred from the air to the ground.
And Takatsuki was hit hard, smashing with a whoosh into the building below.