Danmachi: The Sign In System!

Chapter 144 - Is this hestia familia!

A Few Minutes Earlier

Lili, after mapping the Apollo Familia's defenses and gauging their strength against her own team's, reached a clear verdict: no strategy needed—just charge.

The Apollo Familia's setup baffled her. 

Only two Level 2 adventurers and a gaggle of Level 1s guarded the front walls and gate, while the rest, including Hyakinthos and the other Level 2s, held the castle's inner checkpoints. 

Why bother with tactics? Crush the front line, then gang up on the inner defenses.

Still, Lili wouldn't risk her team recklessly. "Engraved in the sky, my voice reaches afar—Soralis!" she chanted, activating her third magic, a sound transmission spell, to contact Tifa and the others outside Shreme Old Castle Ruins.

"Hello, can you hear me?" she tested.

"Loud and clear! Orders, Lili?" Tifa replied.

Lili sighed. 

"Cut the theatrics. Prepare to attack. No plan needed—just hit hard."

"Apollo's got two Level 2s and a bunch of Level 1s at the wall and gate. The rest, including Hyakinthos, are deeper inside."

"We'll steamroll the front, then take the inner guards together."

"What about Hyakinthos?" Tifa asked.

"Lord Orsted, can you handle him?" Lili asked via Soralis, relaying the castle's layout.

Orsted, watching through his magic mirror, smiled. "I'm on my way." 

Unable to use Instant here—he pocketed the mirror and sprinted toward the ruins.

"Great! We'll clear the front and wait for you, Lord Orsted!" Lili said, thrilled, before issuing orders. 

"Tifa, Aerith, go all out. Tifa, imbue your weapon with Explosion magic."

"Aerith, activate all enhancement items."

"Smash the gate. Leah, cloak Tifa and Aerith with your magic."

"Melee team, once the gate's down, activate your items and reinforce them fast to wipe out the gate guards."

"Elenoir, use your item and magic shield to block our magic fluctuations."

"Elenoir, Eina, mages—full item activation, sync your magic, and hit the wall with a combined blast to disable Apollo's forces." 

"Senie, get to me quick to hold the second checkpoint and buy time."

"Got it!" Tifa replied.

"Understood!" Aerith echoed.

"Leave it to me," Senie drawled.

Days of adventuring had forged the Hestia Familia into a tight-knit unit. 

Lili's Soralis and command talent earned their unwavering trust. 

Her orders were law, proven flawless in past battles. 

For this War Game, Tifa and the others deferred to her leadership, expecting a complex plan after her infiltration. 

Her call for a brute-force assault was a welcome surprise—no plan meant no complications.

The team sprang into action. 

Elenoir, boosted by her mental strength-enhancing item and a potion, maxed her magic, deploying a magic shield to cloak their fluctuations. 

Elenoir, Eina, and over a dozen Level 1 mages, 

with magic and fully activated items, chanted in unison. 

Their combined spell, amplified by magic badges, hit Level 4 but remained concealed by the shield, unnoticed by Apollo's forces.

Leah cast her presence-dampening magic on Tifa and Aerith, who dashed to the gate undetected. 

Only when they activated their items and magic, causing fluctuations, did Apollo's guards notice—too late.

Aerith's staff, glowing blue, slammed down, obliterating the gate in an explosion. 

Apollo's wall guards, enraged, nocked arrows and began chanting, aiming to cut them down. 

But before they could act, a colossal elemental torrent—woven by the mages—erupted, engulfing the wall. 

The blast's sheer power overwhelmed the unprepared guards, blasting a hundred-meter gap and sending them flying, gravely injured.

Seven or eight glowing figures—Tifa, Aerith, and the melee elves—surged through the gap and gate, clashing with Apollo's guards like wolves among sheep. 

Screams rang out as the Hestia team tore through dozens of Apollo adventurers, toppling even the Level 2s in a minute. 

Tifa's squad stood unscathed, dominating the field.

Whole Orario, watching via divine mirrors, were stunned into silence by the one-sided carnage.

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