The Fukaros Familia, starting from DanMachi.

Chapter 140 The Advantage Lies With Me

The ruins of the ancient city of Shulim.

Built in the middle of a plain devoid of forests and hills, this fortress was one of the defensive strongholds of ancient architecture.

It once served as a solid barrier to keep the cities and towns behind it away from the monsters that emerged from the underground cavern.

Before the Tower of Babel, which resembled a lid, and the massive city walls were completed, many such fortresses were built near the labyrinth city.

Although most of these fortresses have been reduced to ruins, only the ruins of the ancient city of Shulim remain intact, as the once-powerful Kingdom of Lachia used it as a strategic stronghold until a century ago. Despite its desolate and quiet atmosphere, the core functions of the city, such as its walls, are still intact.

This war game chose this place as the battlefield.

The city wall is attached to several towers with signs of collapse. The height of the stone wall is easily over ten meters, and its thickness is impeccable.

To break through this outer wall—at least a large-scale spell would be required—even high-level adventurers cannot easily cross this line.

Located on a plain that is easily attacked, this city has been able to maintain its original form to this day, largely thanks to its impregnable walls.

"Move the supplies over there, and repair as many things as possible."

In the dead of night, with the moon high in the sky, the Apollo Familia is making final preparations for tomorrow's war game within the ancient city.

They arrived at the location three days earlier, numbering approximately 110 people, which was almost all the combat members belonging to the faction.

Under the command of the troop commander, the members were busy with the repair work of the city wall, or with the final storage and allocation of spare weapons, props and food.

"Hmph, utterly boring—doing these things is completely pointless."

In the most prominent tower of the fortress, the throne room, the handsome human youth Yacintos, the leader of the group, sat lazily on the temporary throne and let out a cold snort.

He gazed listlessly out the window at the group members bustling about in the city.

The war was fought in the form of a siege, and the fighting lasted for three days.

The conditions for victory are simple: if General Hyacinthus survives for three days, or if the enemy general Fenyu is rendered unable to fight, then the [Apollo Familia] will be victorious.

Based on their position of defending the city, they made thorough preparations for defense, but Hyacintos believed that even without these preparations, they would still win.

The Fukaros Familia? I heard they've added another new member.

Even with that newcomer, there are only five people.

This small number of people could not possibly stand up to the hundred soldiers defending the city.

"Why did Lord Apollo resort to such a redundant method as siege warfare?"

Hyacinthus felt somewhat resentful.

Even without such a cheating advantage, he was absolutely confident of a resounding victory.

Does Lord Apollo not trust us?

Ignoring the busy members around him, he sat arrogantly on the throne at the back of the room, harboring resentment.

On the wall behind the throne hangs a banner of the "Family" bearing a bow and arrow and a sun.

This is because he has a natural obsession with cleanliness. As soon as he arrived, he ordered the group members to clean the room thoroughly and hang it up beautifully.

"Commander, what's troubling you?"

A fawning voice came from the side; it belonged to one of Hyacintos's lieutenants, a Level 2 adventurer named Cassio.

"Worried? No."

Hyacinthus glanced at him, a disdainful smile playing on his lips. "I just find it boring. Preparing such a big stage for a mere five rats is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut."

"You're absolutely right."

Casio immediately chimed in, "We have over a hundred people defending this impregnable ancient city, while our opponents only have five. This round, this round, the advantage is on our side. I can't even imagine how we could lose. It's practically a game we can win by lying down."

"My only worry is," another member named Lukos said lazily while wiping his longsword, "that they might be too scared to come and end up crying outside. That would be such a spoilsport. Lord Apollo is looking forward to a great game."

"Hahaha!"

The people in the hall burst into laughter.

Hyacinthus enjoyed the atmosphere. He reached out and flicked a speck of invisible dust off the armrest of the throne, and said slowly, "It's better that he didn't come. It's good that Lord Apollo saw his despicable and ugly side. Only I am qualified to stand beside Lord Apollo."

Then, his gaze turned cold and ruthless.

"Of course, if he really comes, I will personally train him, making him understand what true strength and beauty are."

Hyacinthus rose from his throne, walked to the window, and looked down at the city under the moonlight, his face beaming with the satisfaction of victory.

"Pass down the order: we can relax a bit tonight and have a few drinks. After all, tomorrow is just a lighthearted evening entertainment for us."

He opened his arms as if embracing future victory.

"Three days? That's too long. I'll wipe the Fukaros Familia off the map of Orario within a day."

Hyacinthus shrugged back on his throne and snorted again.

"A boring game —"

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I bet Hyacinthus would say that—”

Standing atop the sturdy city walls, gazing up at the magnificent throne tower, Daphne, a short-haired female cadre, muttered to herself.

The structure of this fortress, which had been renovated and reinforced by the kingdom, was rather strange.

Perhaps it was at the command of the chief god who loved vanity and luxury, the extra-thick tower on which the throne was located was built in the very center of the fortress as if to show off, forcibly bringing a touch of the magnificence of a royal city to this fortress that should have been simple and sturdy.

Seeing her own faction's flag fluttering in the night wind atop the tower, she almost burst out laughing.

This flamboyant style is just like that of Lord Apollo.

Despite sighing inwardly, Daphne still did her job well.

She looked around, urging the members who, like their leader, didn't take the Fukaros Familia seriously and held an optimistic attitude of "the advantage is in our hands" to hurry up and repair the outer wall.

Even with more than a hundred members, it would still take considerable effort to completely renovate this enormous castle.

Incidentally, in order to meet the gods' excessive demand that "the castle must not be damaged so as not to affect the viewing experience of the war game," the elite members of the Ganesha Familia, who arrived earlier than them to fight the bandits, came up with a simple and brutal solution.

They dug tunnels directly into the ground to advance, bypassing all fortifications, and in just one day they subdued the castle from within, wiping out all the bandits.

Of course, Daphne and the others had already asked the other party to bury all those burrows to prevent them from being used by the Fukaros Familia.

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