Is it wrong to try to meet someone in a dungeon?

There was a loud bang.

"──────────────────────────────!?"

A giant fireball with the effect of accumulating power.

At point of fire, this time the enormous body of the creature was blasted away.

The raging white flames destroyed all obstacles in its path, and after hitting the west side of the amphitheater, they created a large hole directly in the audience seating area.

The island is shaken.

The ruins of the tremor.

The sky, already tinged with the colors of dusk, yearns to know the outcome of this battle.

"Huff... H ...

Bell lowered his right hand, took a deep breath, and stared in the direction where Ota had disappeared.

My right hand, which I used to throw a punch with all my might, was in excruciating pain.

My pulse was so strong that my vision kept blurring, as if my heart and eyeballs were about to burst out of my body.

(What if... even this doesn't work...?)

Bell was too exhausted to fight any longer, and Ryu and Mia, who were barely able to stand, were also covered in wounds.

The three of them gazed in the direction of the billowing smoke as if in prayer.

Hestia held the unconscious Haruhime, watching the scene before her with equal tension, waiting for the moment that would decide their fate... There was a swaying shadow in the fog.

"──────"

The dust parted to the left and right as if it dared not block the way, revealing a gigantic body that could be described as utterly destroyed.

Even so, the "fierce one" still walked on the ground with his feet on both sides, step by step returning to the theater.

"………………ah………………"

Bell gritted his teeth, trying to keep his spirits up despite his frustration. Just being able to close his mouth was almost a miracle.

Faced with the nightmare before her, Ryu was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat, while Miya frowned deeply.

Hestia's face turned deathly pale, and she was completely exhausted.

Watching the "strongest" slowly move forward, Orario was filled with equally despairing silence.

"………、……………、…………!"

However──

It resembles a giant tree that has been repeatedly and deeply felled by an axe, slowly collapsing.

Oo's body tilted, accompanied by a thud, and he knelt down on one knee.

Bell gasped.

Ryu, Mia, and Hestia were all stunned.

Covered in blood and panting heavily with heaving shoulders, the boar-man had lost his previous overwhelming aura of dominance.

"Strike—Smash it! Aa ...

Ibrahim let out a roar that seemed to reach the vast crater lake, a roar that echoed through the heavens.

While Orario was enveloped in deafening cheers ahead of everyone else, the ruins of what was once known as the Amphitheatre were eerily silent.

By its own ability—

Shouldn't we still have the strength to fight again?

With these doubts in mind, Bell and the others held their breath and remained vigilant, letting time slip by—

"Okay, let's just say we won, okay?"

Mia asked the question in a calm voice.

Bell and Ryu turned to look at the same time. Under Hestia's terrified gaze, Ota, who had been looking down, slowly raised his head.

Because his right eye was already stained with blood, he turned his left eye toward the boy who was still standing in the same spot.

"...Can you bring relief to the goddess?"

“Eh…?”

Their gazes met in a mix of earth-red and deep red eyes.

"Do you have a way to save the goddess?"

Bell opened his eyes wide.

"…………Yes!"

He responded with just a nod.

Ota gazed at the boy's scarred face, then slowly closed his eyes.

Five minutes.

"...?"

"I'll only wait five minutes."

Apart from Mia, Bell and the others were all shocked by this statement.

"Once I regain my strength, I will go and stop you immediately. In the meantime—let me see the answer."

The initial surprise quickly turned into understanding.

O'Ta's words were not false; once he was able to act, he would attack Bell and the others again.

As for whether it really takes five minutes to recover, it would be incredibly tactless to ask that question.

Bell and his companions have already demonstrated their power to Otto.

Therefore, the city wall protecting the "witch" decided to open its gates.

"Did we...we won!? We should have won, right!? I'm telling you now, I never want to see such a terrifying battle again!"

The oblivious Hestia picked up the Goddess Blade (dagger) with one hand and dragged Haruhime towards Bell's side. As the girl was being dragged along with her arms under her armpits, groaning in pain from her round buttocks and tail rubbing against the ground, Ryu, who had already reached Bell's side, and Mia, who had picked up the elf (Hedin), smiled and nodded at the boy.

"Wild Boar Boy never breaks his word... Compared to this, can you even run away, kid?"

"what?"

"It's embarrassing to admit... we're too weak to move, and we probably won't be able to reach Seele."

Noticing that Ryu and Mia seemed to be struggling just to stand on their own two feet, Bell suddenly realized that only he, whose body had been healed by Hedin with the help of the saintess Razan, still had a sliver of strength left.

Although his right hand, which he had been forcibly using to build up strength, was now useless, he still had the strength to rush to the "House of God".

"Bell! Go quickly! Mih, Miss Supporter, and the others... they've all fallen."

"...!"

"It was the Goddess Chariot that defeated them, wasn't it...?"

Hestia, her face pale as she monitored the situation on the "main battlefield" through her eye crystals, urged them on.

As Bell was deeply shaken, Liu said with concern.

If Allen, who is known as the "fastest in the city," catches up, we're doomed. In his current state, Bell has absolutely no chance of winning. He must reach the goddess's side before Allen catches up with him.

"Go quickly, kid! We'll protect this goddess. We're not foolish enough to let anyone steal her 'flower'!"

"Hurry up, Bell."

"……I see!"

After glancing at the still silent Ota and the desperately trying-to-get-up Pain, Mia and the others said this to Bell. Bell then removed all protective gear, including the black scarf (Goliath scarf), that might hinder his sprint, and immediately prepared to set off.

Seeing that Bell was now dressed lightly, Hestia handed him the black dagger.

"I'm sorry, Bell, for putting this burden on you alone... but I'm counting on you!"

"yes!"

Bell looked at Hestia, Ryu, Mia, and Ota in that order.

Then, the gaze shifted to the unconscious Chun Ji and her still-sleeping master (Herdin).

With the boost from leveling up and the lightning, Bell strode forward and set off on his journey.

*

"...Oh it?"

Allen, located on the east side of the "main battlefield," looked up at the sky.

The reason is that the terrifying roars that the "beast" had been making had suddenly stopped.

In the past, Allen would have had no doubt about O'Brien's victory.

But just before silence descended, he heard a familiar chime, like that of a clock tower.

He sensed that the judges (the Ganesha's Kin) on the outer edge of the island and around the lake seemed inexplicably delighted.

"Could it be... that bastard messed up!?"

Alan, his anger rising again, looked to the northwest.

Looking towards the "track" behind him, all that remained were the annihilated adventurers and tavern staff.

Of the fierce warriors who survived, only Allen remained.

Only Eren wasn't fighting for the goddess—whatever the truth—he was fighting for his sister.

This is the watershed moment. The result is what we see now.

Only he remained steadfast in his belief in the goddess for the sake of his sister, unswayed and unwavering in his convictions.

"...Brother...Master..."

Having eliminated all obstacles, Allen looked once more at his younger sister, whose eyelids were trembling slightly, before leaving.

He lowered his eyes as if bowing his head, and soon began to walk away, his faint calls no longer reaching him.

The "Chariot" decided to fulfill its original duties.

That's just recklessly charging around.

"Oh no, it's fallen! Ahh ...

Tiona raised her fists high, cheered, and then put on a serious expression.

"What's the situation now!? Does Argo still have any allies!? How many enemies are left!?"

"Currently, only Bell is capable of moving! The enemy has the [Goddess Chariot]...!"

"And the four guards beside the goddess Freya in the 'House of Gods'... no, the four guards beside Freya."

Faced with Tiona's shouting, Ais, who was staring intently at the "Divine Mirror," spoke up, and Riveria immediately added from the side.

Cheers erupted from the headquarters from all members except the executives at the remarkable performance of Bell and his crew so far—no, even at this point in time, it was already an astonishing feat of turning the tables on a powerful enemy.

"Are there still five enemy soldiers left...? Does that mean [White Rabbit's Foot]..."

"That's not true. The strongest guard is only Lv.4. As long as the young man's strange magic and Hedin's lightning don't disappear, he has a way to break through and win, but only if Allen doesn't catch up with him."

"...What if we get caught?"

Seeing that Tione hesitated to speak, Grace revealed the conclusion of his calm analysis.

Finn, with his azure eyes narrowed, answered Tione's hesitant question.

"Once we get caught, we're done for. Even just entering Allen's field of vision... is practically a death sentence."

The final key to deciding the outcome of this game is just like the childhood game of "tag".

The Lilliputian warrior asserted this.

"Hey, what will happen...? What will the final outcome be!?"

"...Go, Bell, little brother!"

"You bastard!!"

"We are Lady Freya's personal guard!"