"We will destroy the City of Adventurers, Orario!"
Recalling the words of the Olivas Act, spoken in the food pantry on the 24th floor of the Dungeon.
It wasn't an exaggeration, nor a threat, nor even a joke.
If the six fallen spirits resonate with each other, amplifying their power, they will obliterate everything above the great ritual formation.
And the final result will be: the Tower of Babel and Orario, once the "lid" sealing the Dungeon is removed, monsters will emerge, and that great "hole" linking to the Dungeon will be exposed to daylight and successfully revived.
After that, countless monsters from the Dungeon will surge madly onto the surface, slaughtering all life they see.
The shadows of ruin will spread across the world.
When that happens, the entire Lower World will return to a state of chaos!
To achieve this purpose, everything happening right now, this is exactly the final plan envisioned by Enyo.
The sunset disappeared completely from the window, and true darkness descended upon the city.
To the ignorant, talk of some Enyo or blowing Orario into the sky sounds like nonsense.
But this is Orario, the strongest city in the world, passed down through thousands of years as the Dungeon's lid, fortress, and bulwark.
How could it possibly be destroyed so easily?
That is simply a matter of perspective, foolish people never understand how much vaster the world is than they imagine.
Everyone's expressions stiffened.
Although they had already felt a sense of urgency, only now, understanding the full cause and effect, did that anxiety fully show on their faces.
For people whose mentality is not strong enough, knowing they are sitting atop a ticking bomb at every moment... it's only natural to end up like this. Nothing unusual about it.
Yet the three main executives, Finn, and the others, did not let such emotions show on their faces.
"No time to waste, everyone. We can't afford to dawdle."
...
Coincidentally, on a certain day, at a certain time,
The citizens of Orario near several "points" began to mutter in confusion, saying they felt something.
"...A song?" From beneath their feet rose a synchronized chorus.
A song of six overlapping voices, peaceful yet eerie, resonating from the depths of the earth.
Beneath the veil of night, under the gaze of the bright moon, the Prelude of Ruin quietly arrived at its beginning.
...
Even ordinary citizens felt the song rising from the underground, so there was no reason for adventurers, whose bodies had undergone ascension, not to notice it as well.
But just as they tried to investigate, they discovered... somehow all related information had already been seized and controlled by the Guild Headquarters and the Ganesha Familia.
No matter how much they asked around, they could not obtain any useful information.
There are many sharp people in this world, and they noticed the unusual atmosphere first.
The elderly especially were familiar with it, that was the scent of war.
And then, without anyone realizing it, the surface of Orario remained calm, while under the surface, dark currents churned.
During their daily shopping at the market, citizens suddenly realized that food, vegetables, meat, everything was selling unusually fast.
It felt as though supply could not meet demand. The chain reaction caused prices to spike as if strapped to a rocket!
Not understanding what was happening, yet seeing everyone else buying in a frenzy, the people naturally joined in as well, resulting in the market descending into chaos.
Even those carefree fools bragging in taverns began to complain about the rising prices on the tavern menus.
But they didn't make much fuss, adventurers could still afford a little drinking.
Amid these undercurrents in the Labyrinth City Orario, on the 30th floor of the Babel, a high-level conference was convened.
"...So that's how it is. I never expected it to be a magic of the Great Spirits!" A mage's bitter voice echoed through the hall lit by magic-stone lamps.
The 30th floor of Babel Tower, this large room with its spacious round table, was typically used for the periodic gatherings known as Denatus.
Now, due to the special situation, the Guild Headquarters had requested Ouranos for permission, and with his approval, the room was opened for the various familias.
Looking around, powerful figures of immense influence and renown within Orario sat around the enormous round table.
Fron, Finn, Fels, Shakti, Tsubaki, representatives from various major familias.
In short, the Familias were gathered here to hold a strategy meeting on countering Enyo.
"You must be joking. The Ring Spell…
Six 'Fallen Spirits' resonating through a ritual, forming a circle and accumulate mana, ultimately unleashing a world-shattering strike to destroy Orario, is that it...?"
"Seriously, what is all this? Do they really need to make it as dramatic as some heroic epic or fairy tale?"
Shakti and Tsubaki reacted differently after learning the details, particularly Tsubaki, who couldn't help voicing her complaint.
But under such circumstances, no one else could laugh at her remark.
Everyone present wore grim expressions.
And with good reason, they had all heard that terrifying song.
Through investigation, they confirmed that an extremely long and massive chant had begun deep underground.
Once this spell was completed, Orario would be destroyed exactly as the enemy planned.
"To activate the Altar… turning the Knossos into an unbreachable fortress, besides wiping us out, it was also to gather the 'nutrients' called mana."
Every representative here had participated in the previous subjugation battle.
Combined with the intelligence, they finally understood the truth.
The green flesh wasn't merely trying to annihilate them or take over the artificial labyrinth, the most important goal was to devour them and turn them into nutrients for the activation of the ritual.
Conquering the artificial labyrinth was just a way to stall for time.
"The enemy's plot... we didn't notice even the slightest trace of it. Just when did they begin executing such a plan right under our noses without us realizing?"
The horrifying mastermind made them feel the emotion known as despair.