Chapter 221: Bell: Liam, I Challenge You!
For example, in the original work, Welf, who was himself a weaponsmith, got an assist by landing a blow in the battle against the floor lord, breaking through his inner demon, and thus it was also considered a great feat.
Great Feat: An achievement that would be considered great even in the eyes of the gods.
Summary: Assist, kill a valuable target, break through oneself, create a great invention, and so on.
On the Hestia Familia's side, Liam was Lv5, with all ability scores at A-rank, and Ais and Ryuu were two Lv6s.
At the same time:
The Freya Familia had a total of one hundred and fifty-seven adventurer members. Including non-combatants and 'believers,' there were over five thousand people.
Of course, the only members participating in this battle were adventurers. With Bell included, there were one hundred and fifty-eight.
On the Hestia faction alliance's side, including Hestia herself, there were a total of 52 gods, and their dependant adventurers numbered 786 in total.
Of course, although the number of these adventurers was large, most of them were just to make up the numbers.
Because the name of Sword Saint Liam was too famous, many people were hoping to perform a little in front of Liam in order to obtain a few sword techniques from him.
Now, all of Orario was madly spreading the news that the reason Liam could have such achievements was all because he had obtained a secret sword manual from the age of myths.
As for what this sword god's name was, and what the sword art was called, no one knew.
Otherwise, how else could one explain that Liam, who on the outside looked like just an ordinary human, albeit a very handsome one.
But his talent was so exaggerated?
Then there was only one possibility, right? That was that Liam had struck it lucky, fell off a cliff into a cave, and obtained an ancient secret manual.
And he had comprehended its contents, obtaining the inheritance of an ancient god or a legendary hero.
You have to know, in the age of heroes, even without the Falna of the gods, there were still some people who had power and lifespan comparable to the gods.
Liam stood in the commander's tent and looked outside. Within his line of sight, he saw a dark cloud.
On the distant barren land, small peaks stood abruptly on the opposite side of the river bank.
And at the very back of the mountain peaks stood a somewhat desolate palace.
Liam's gaze tried its best to look into the distance. It was just that the distance, because of some kind of magic restriction, his gaze simply could not penetrate the mist that lay before him.
However, he was clear that Freya would most likely be reigning in the royal palace, and waiting for their arrival, for a final king-to-king battle.
Thinking of this, Liam looked at Lili, "Lili, be prepared to deal with Freya gathering all her forces and waiting for us at her leisure."
Lili nodded. During this time, she had indeed learned a lot from Finn.
For example, about tactical arrangements, methods to boost morale, and all sorts of experiences.
The best tactical arrangement was to thoroughly understand the personality, logic, and abilities of each person, and to fully bring out the subjective initiative of these people.
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Freya Familia Camp.
Freya sat on the top floor of the dilapidated royal palace. In this partially broken palace, her figure was generously exposed.
Below her were her loyal dependants, and in front of her was the impending faction alliance army.
Ottar knelt before Freya and handed a bouquet of flowers to her.
"The flower has been delivered, my lady. Please wear it on your chest."
Freya took the bouquet of purple flowers and examined the patterns on it as if admiring a beautiful work of art.
"How ironic. Win this game, Ottar!"
"Yes!"
"To completely obtain Liam, this is the only way left."
Freya was gambling, gambling that Liam would absolutely not have the strength to grow to the point of defeating the Freya Familia.
Even if it was Liam, it was absolutely impossible to reach Lv7 from Lv4 in just six short days.
Near the Orario City Ruins Royal Palace, Hedin stood on the top of a mountain not far away.
This position could both observe the enemy in the distance and form a pincer formation with the royal palace. His magic could be used to protect any position within his line of sight.
More than a hundred Familia dependants had completely stood firm in the distance from Hedin.
The regular-grade dependants were all wearing standard armor and weapons, while the core cadre-level members stood on a slightly higher giant rock.
Ottar, Allen, Hogni, Heith, the Flaming Gold Four Warriors.
Not a single one of Freya's dependants had any feeling of fear, even if they were making an enemy of all of Orario.
Even if what they had to face were fifty-two gods and all their dependants.
Forge ahead, and defeat all enemies!
At this time, Bell had already reached Lv4, "Mr. Liam, are we still going to end up crossing blades?"
On this occasion of the final battle, he could only make up his mind. If there was a chance, he would personally challenge Liam.
He wanted to become a hero. In front of the enemies of the numerous faction alliances, he would protect his Lady Goddess.
The sound of massive gongs and drums resounded throughout the sky above the battlefield. The War Game also began at this time.
Liam's side would cross from the island where the camp was located, through a twisted stone bridge, to the continent on the opposite bank.
And the continent on the opposite bank was the end of the stone bridge, with a towering stone wall more than fifty meters high.
...
Inside Orario City.
Now the town residents, as well as the adventurers who did not participate in the War Game, the Guild staff, and so on, were all watching this War Game.
And, because of this War Game.
Taverns, cafes, the Guild hall, the central plaza, the Ganesha Colosseum, and other various entertainment venues were now all packed with people.
While watching this War Game, some adventurers had expressions of grief, anger, and regret on their faces.
Inside a tavern, some adventurers had put on masks of pain.
"If I had known this War Game would be so highly anticipated, I would have participated."
"What's the use of regretting it now! The reason you didn't participate was because your strength was poor, and you were worried about being killed by the aftershocks."
"I feel that as long as I can survive this War Game, I can get a great feat to advance from Lv1 to Lv2."
"I think even the great feat for advancing from Lv3 to Lv4, or even from Lv4 to Lv5, can be obtained!"
"Yeah, after all, this is the largest-scale War Game in Orario."
A War Game of this scale, the town residents of Orario could actually appreciate it together with the gods. This sense of happiness was really something to be proud of.
...
Inside the Orario City Ruins, Bell, wearing a cloak, left the Freya Familia alone.
A blue and white light began to condense on his right fist, and a continuous roaring noise was produced.
Regarding Bell's solo departure, Hedin directly ignored it.
Bell's power contained the miracle of the weak defeating the strong. Since he wanted to give it a try, then let him try.
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Faction Alliance Camp.
Lili stood inside a ruin. In front of her was a map and a large number of communication magic stones.
A full twenty magic stones were in her hand. To process the information from them at the same time, the pressure Lili had to face was abnormally huge.
Hitachi Chigusa stayed by Lili's side to protect the commander's safety.
A series of intelligence was sent out from these communication magic stones, and Lili's expression also became grave.
Yes, it seemed that the other side was going to clash head-on with them.
"Liam's guess was very accurate. Is it really like this?"
Because Hitachi Chigusa's adventurer level was only Lv2, she could at most play a role of vigilance and communication.
Lili maintained her breathing rhythm, trying her best to remain calm. "Next, please, all scouts, make it your first goal to discover the enemy's troops and Goddess Freya. As for the main force, concentrate all of them and steadily approach the enemy palace."
Although the number of people on Lili's side looked large, it was very scarce in terms of high-end combat power.
In fact, it could be said that apart from the Hestia Familia, there were no adventurers above Lv5.
That is to say, seventy or even ninety percent of the entire faction alliance were scouts. To put it less pleasantly—cannon fodder!
"If any scouts encounter Hogni, please report to me immediately, and please try your best to defeat him."
According to Liam's intelligence, the best way to deal with Hogni was to use a large amount of cannon fodder to consume his magic power and stamina.
"Report, Bell Cranel has come before our main force and has proposed a one-on-one duel with Liam."
Lili was shocked. She had never expected that even now, there would still be someone so naive.
She immediately connected to Liam's communication magic stone, "Liam, what do you think?"
"I'm prepared to accept this duel."
"What?"
...
In the central part of the Orario City Ruins, where Liam and the other main forces were.
Bell had bypassed almost all the scouts and had come before Liam and the others.
A continuous roaring noise was coming from under his cloak. Bell's left hand took out a dagger and pointed it at Liam from afar.
"Liam, I challenge you. Please do not advance any further."
Ais and Ryuu stood in front of Liam, and Liam, on the other hand, walked out from between the two women.
"You've been charging up all this way, just to wear me down a bit? Bell Cranel."
Liam slowly took out Pride, the eight-sided Han Jian, and the Sloth katana.
"Then without further ado, let's start fighting."
Bell was full of apology, "Please be careful. This will be my strongest blow. I have been charging up for this blow for a long time."
Liam nodded, "I know!"
Bell's right hand emerged from under his cloak. A blue and white light was roaring. He infused his own magic into the Freya Blade, this black, growable dagger.
"Magic Lightning!"
The power of fire and lightning coiled around his dagger. Afterward, the light on his right fist coiled around the dagger's body.
The entire blade body turned into a shining white longsword. Thunder and fire also extended from the blade body, and the attack range of the entire dagger was greatly enhanced.
And on Liam's side, a series of streams of light were also shining on his body. Afterward, he also infused the power of the Thunderflame Qi Sea into the blade body.
"Argo Vesta!"
"Illusion Sword Dance!"
Without any extra movements, Liam directly transformed all the power of Illusion Sword Dance into one blow, and then slashed it out at Bell.
And Bell also slashed out a dazzling white slash. Both sides had concentrated their attacks in their blades.
Then they erupted at the closest distance at the same time.
"BOOM!"
A huge crack appeared on the earth. Pitch-black smoke rose to a high altitude. A violent roar and shockwave suddenly spread out towards the surroundings.
Bell's two feet kicked up a huge gully on the ground. His figure was thrown back dozens of meters, and dozens of sword aura cuts exploded on his entire body.
His already flying figure was hit a second time by the closely following shockwave. A large amount of blood mist exploded from his whole body, and he was thrown into the air, and then he fell heavily to the ground.
Liam came over and touched the other's neck.
"Good, he's still breathing."
His gaze looked towards the sky, "Can Bell be judged as out of the game directly? I'm going to give him treatment."
About ten seconds of silence, and then Ganesha's voice came from the sky. "No problem, I am Ganesha. Bell is out!"
Liam fed Bell a bottle of healing potion, "I'm optimistic about your growth potential, but you can't possibly catch up to me.
And you can absolutely not defeat me, because I will absolutely not give you this chance!
If we were in the same Familia, maybe we would have become good friends."
Liam laid Bell's body flat and treated his wounds a little.
As for letting Ryuu cast a healing magic on Bell? Forget it. It would consume too much of Ryuu's magic power.
Ryuu ignored the Bell lying on the ground. Her eyes only had Liam.
Towards Bell, her heart only had hatred.
Although this was Bell in a one-on-one duel, Bell was just a nameless pawn in the Freya Familia, while Liam was the main general and captain of the faction alliance.
The statuses of the two were not equal from the very beginning.
"Liam, are you alright?"
Liam waved his hand, and then supplemented with a little magic and stamina potion.
"It was just a one-move exchange. The consumption was not very great."
In the exchange just now, Liam had not held back. Almost all the states he could apply were applied.
He knew Bell's ability. No matter how great the adversity, Bell had the possibility of turning the tables.
This was Bell's skill—Heroic Wish, also known as the Hero's Strike. It could be charged for a long time and then erupt with powerful force.
Bell lay on the ground. Although he had taken a healing potion, the injuries on his body were really too great.
His gaze looked at the increasingly distant Liam, and his eyes became moist.
The strength gap between him and his idol was still unbelievably large. Every time, he was not a match in a single move.
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Lili's command camp.
"The enemy's position has been discovered, commander."
Lili's eyes lit up, "So where is it?"
"The west, the far west of the island. It seems that all of the other party's forces are concentrated together!"
Lili's back was drenched in cold sweat. This was the worst result Liam had mentioned.
It was also the most severe lineup deployment. Facing this deployment, any tactic would be useless.
Lili asked again, "So where is Goddess Freya?"
The scout continued to respond, "Goddess Freya is on the top floor of the temple, or rather, the royal palace.
Because a part of the building is damaged, we can all see the full view of the goddess."
Tsubaki, Aisha, and the others also shared the intelligence with Lili through the communication magic stone.
"It's the same on my side. Freya has no intention of hiding at all. Of course, with the other party's lineup, there is no need to hide at all.
The Flaming Gold Four Warriors, the Goddess's Chariot, the Dark Elf Magic Sword, the White Elf Magic Wand, and also Ottar, all the main forces are on this side."
Without a doubt, this was the biggest advantage of the current Freya Familia.
The faction alliance had almost only one choice left: a full-scale attack!
And the other choice besides this was to turtle up in their original place like the other party, and wait for the other's attack!
How to choose?
(End of this chapter)
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