Clang—
The sound of a gong rang out.
In that moment, all the citizens of Orario focused their attention on the divine mirror screens in Central Park or within their Familia homes.
And as for the actual participants...
Compared to Levi, who simply stood on the west side of the plain calmly stacking layers of shields, Hyakinthos and the five members from the Freya Familia began to act according to their original plan.
Hyakinthos took their flag and ran further east, all the way to the border between the plain and the forest. He then took out a pre-prepared shovel, dug a deep pit in the ground, wrapped the flag in a piece of black cloth, hid it inside, and then filled the pit back up with soil.
As for the reinforcements from the Freya Familia, they charged directly towards Levi's position.
As participants, they of course had no way of knowing that Levi had already tossed the flag into a different dimension where their side could never find it. Instead, they thought they could offer a premature victory to the goddess they revered through a surprise attack.
And so.
On the plain that had been cleared in advance, its temperature five or six degrees lower than elsewhere, three men and two women saw a pale-golden-haired youth clad in bright silver full-plate armor, enveloped in an ice-blue shield that was so dense it was almost tangible.
"So you've come?"
Levi rested one hand on the hilt of the Primordial Jade Cutter at his waist. As if hearing their footsteps—in reality, he had sensed them in advance using 'Mana Burst: En'—he slowly lifted his eyes.
"..." x5
As official members of the Freya Familia, the five had of course heard from the goddess they served that the person before them was a powerhouse capable of fighting a Goliath one-on-one. Therefore, from the very beginning, they hadn't harbored even the slightest shred of contempt.
"Levi Bright."
A girl with pink twin-tails stepped forward, holding a staff as tall as she was. Her gaze towards the distant youth was filled with hostility, disgust, and a tiny hint of wonder. "Surrender. You alone are no match for the five of us."
Hearing this, Levi raised an eyebrow and retrieved the girl's image from his past life's memories: "'Goddess's Golden Scallion, Heith Velvet'?"
This response caught the girl completely off guard. "You know me?"
Levi nodded, not forgetting to lay his trap. "I'm actually quite fond of you."
"Eh?!"
Being suddenly confessed to on the battlefield, even a Lv.4 powerhouse like Heith was momentarily stunned, her mind going completely blank.
The citizens of Orario, needless to say, were instantly thrown into an uproar.
"Ooooh!!!"
The commentator, Ibri, let out a shriek. "Levi of the Hestia Familia has publicly confessed to the 'Golden Witch'!"
"Hah, interesting."
Inside the Loki Familia's home, Finn, who was also watching the War Game, curled his lip into a smile, having clearly figured out Levi's plan. "This Levi Bright fellow... he's truly not someone to be underestimated."
"Finn, what are you talking about? I don't quite get it."
Nearby, the werewolf Bete, who was also watching the divine mirror screen, was completely baffled.
As expected, just as she said—
Freya's voice sounded in the room: "Finn means that Levi Bright is sowing discord among the Freya Familia's team."
And just as she said, it happened.
The next second, the previously stable atmosphere on Apollo's—or rather, Freya's—side instantly changed.
"Heith, you betrayed the Goddess?!"
A young Pallum man with blue, seaweed-like hair shouted the accusation.
The elven woman next to him holding a longbow nodded in agreement. "Although the guy over there is indeed very handsome (Seaweed-head: Huh?!), ah, I, no, I mean, ¥%## # ¥%..."
The Golden Witch had just recovered from the shock of the confession only to find herself the target of everyone's suspicion.
She could only plead her innocence. "Wait! I don't know this guy! I've never even seen him before!"
"Really?"
The blue-haired seaweed-head was skeptical.
Heith nodded, about to answer, but Levi spoke first.
"Mm, I can vouch for her."
"You shut your mouth!!!!!!"
The healer from Freya's team looked about to charge forward in a rage, but unfortunately for her, there were still members on their side who could remain calm.
"Everyone calm down! Don't give Levi Bright a chance to pick us off one by one!"
The one who spoke was a male elf. Like Heith, he also carried a staff. However, considering a five-person team generally wouldn't have two healers, his role could probably be guessed.
—A rear-guard mage.
"Heith, stop wasting words with that guy! Let's defeat him quickly and offer him to our Goddess!"
After speaking, the male elf began to chant an incantation.
Seeing this, the others forcibly suppressed their displeasure, especially Heith. Because she had been teased, her chanting speed was even faster than usual.
In less than ten seconds, she completed the casting of her self-recovery magic, 'Ása Gullveig'.
Then, she began chanting the incantation for the wide-area healing magic, 'Spirit Gullveig'.
During this time, Levi chose not to interrupt them.
On the surface, it was because he was being tied down by the two melee front-liners and one mid-range archer from Freya's side. This prevented him from attacking Heith and the male elf.
The reality was—Levi, well, was holding back.
After receiving 500 million Valis from the Ganesha Familia yesterday, he certainly didn't just let the money sit in his inventory.
[Vision (Imperatrix Umbrosa Constellation 6) - 6 Star (Pure)]
[Indestructible]
[Constant Element: 1000/1000]
[Actively convert personal mana or environmental fluctuations into Constant Element for storage]
[Consume Constant Element to change normal attacks into Electro-elemental attacks]
[Consume Constant Element to forcefully raise ability scores]
[Inherent Magic:]
[Transcendence: Baleful Omen 6-Star (-): Consumes 200 Constant Element, deals AoE damage to surrounding enemies, and grants oneself 'Raiden's Vigor' which performs an attack with an appended Electro element; 2. All magic power is increased, the boost being proportional to the mana/element consumed.]
[Magic: F: 'Heith': Use Heith magic. Based on mana consumed, from within the Chakra Desiderata/Eye of Forgiveness, unleash Godspeed Thunder: Musou Isshin, simultaneously launching a high-power, wide-range Electro-elemental slash. Damage and range are determined by the stacks of Chakra Desiderata and the level of the Vision ability.]
[Constellation 1 Bonus: When using Electro-elemental magic, the accumulation speed of Chakra Desiderata is massively increased. When using non-Electro magic, the accumulation speed of Chakra Desiderata is slightly increased.]
[Constellation 2 Bonus: Divine Weapon: Musou Isshin effect increased—Gain Development Ability 'Pierce' (New)]
[Constellation 3 Bonus: Divine Weapon: Musou Isshin effect increased—Mana recovery efficiency from damage dealt is greatly increased (New)]
[Constellation 4 Bonus: Divine Weapon: Musou Isshin effect increased—Attack absorption is greatly increased (New)]
[Constellation 5 Bonus: Chakra Desiderata stack limit +00 (New)]
[Constellation 6 Bonus: Chakra Desiderata stack limit +120 (New)]
A total of 410 million (60+110+50+70+120 pulls) Valis were invested into the Genshin gacha pool, not only allowing Levi to successfully obtain a C6 Imperatrix Umbrosa constellation Vision.
The items from the two times he lost the 50/50 weren't bad either: a high-tier artifact exchange ticket and an 'Ice Element Control Skill Book'.
Levi used the former to redeem the 'Flower of Creviced Cliff (Durability greatly increased, equivalent to +1000 to an ability score)' from the 6-star Tenacity of the Millelith artifact set.
The latter, after being used and having 124 proficiency-up coupons invested in it, became:
[Ice Element Control · 6-Star (Mastery 1%): Gain Development Ability 'Ice Flash F', allows for self-creation of 4-star and 5-star Ice-attribute magic, or to a certain extent rewrite already mastered Ice-attribute magic. Magic obtained through this method does not count towards the Falna magic slots. Greatly reduces the mana cost of Ice-attribute related magic.]
The 'Felis constellation' and 'Triangulum constellation' that Levi had integrated into his soul through Constellation Resonance already had combat skills and burst magic strongly tied to the Ice attribute. Combined with the mastery-level 'Ice Element Control' and 'Primordial Rune (Fragment)', he could pull off many dirty tricks.
In fact, if he were willing, just the combo of his 'Strongest Special Blend' enhanced by the 'Ice Flash F' Development Ability and the 'Heaven's Feel Craft Essence' buff, followed by 'Sage Art: Salvation from Misery', would be more than enough to easily steamroll the opposition.
But Levi chose not to do so.
Firstly, the five Lv.4s sent by the Freya Familia weren't enough to force him to use his full strength. Secondly, although it might sound a bit conceited, Levi always felt that, now that he was on Freya's radar, he would eventually face off against Ottar.
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