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

Alfred was horrified to witness his brothers being beaten down.

(We were completely outmaneuvered from the very beginning!!)

Including the fact that the third son (Berlin) among the four brothers is most skilled at searching for enemies, Lily, through the hero (someone), precisely grasped various intelligence and habits of the [Four Flame Warriors]. Moreover, this girl, being of the same race, was probably observing them as much as possible during the war game. If she were merely imitating their appearance, they (Alfred and the others) would definitely see through it immediately.

(To deceive us... she even used the close-range attack she witnessed during the Goddess Festival as part of her disguise!?)

Lily, who possesses the unique weapon "transformation magic," patiently waits for the moment when she can trick Alfred and the others.

Alfred glanced at the unconscious girl out of the corner of his eye and was speechless.

"Come forth, mighty overlord!!"

「!?」

Alfred, still wavering in his mind, was attacked by a large broadsword and a fierce "parallel chanting".

Aisha cast aside her underestimation of her opponent and arrogance, focusing intently on launching an offensive to seize the "opportunity to win" created by Lily and the others.

With his three younger brothers fallen, Alflick was left all alone and helpless.

Lilyluka Erd's "divide and conquer" tactic successfully tore a hole in the "Infinite Joint Attack".

The girl whom Alfredo acknowledged on the day of the Goddess Festival finally caused the Four Flame Warriors to suffer a defeat.

"—My thirsty blade (name) is Hippolyta!!!"

Aisha, who was instantly struck by a spear and covered in wounds, finished her chant in one breath.

"【Hel Caios】!!"

「!?」

Facing the overhead, sudden, downward slash—

Alfred quickly adopted a defensive stance, holding his spear horizontally.

The spear and the broadsword clashed together in a cross shape.

But this situation did not last long.

The broadsword, blocked by the gun butt, actually generated a red slashing wave.

"Ugh, Aa ...

Alfred's fate was sealed after being struck directly by a massive magic blade that was clearly much taller than himself.

He was sent flying by the broken spear, crashing into the cemetery wall and falling to the ground, unable to get up.

"—Kill him! Little one—!"

After finally defeating the Four Flame Warriors, Aisha let out a triumphant roar.

Runova, Chloe, Ming, and Nazha cheered in unison, while Chunji, who was slumped on the ground, smiled despite being drenched in sweat.

"Thank you so much, everyone...!"

Lily, who was in so much pain from a comminuted fracture that she nearly fainted, regained consciousness thanks to a triumphant song.

Lying prone on the ground, she struggled to lift her face to assess the surrounding battle situation.

The reserve force, except for Haruhime, was completely wiped out. However, the fighting prostitutes fought bravely against the fierce warriors, resulting in heavy losses on both sides. Alfred and the others had also fallen, leaving only Eren, who was currently fighting Anya.

"Hmm...who else!?"

Only one Level 1 adventurer remained. Lily firmly believed that those present could handle it. They could find a way to resolve the situation.

So, as if struggling on the ground, she moved her still-functioning right hand and brought the eye drop to her mouth.

Squeezing out the last of his strength from his body, which was covered in blood and dust, he raised his voice and gave orders to the "entire army".

"Who else can continue fighting!?"

*

The enemy's main force has been routed! Only the [Fierce Warrior] and the [Goddess Chariot] remain!

The girl's voice echoed throughout the city ruins.

"Leave the 'Fierce Warriors' to Lord Bell and the others, and let Lily and us handle the 'Goddess Chariot'!"

The commander summoned allies by looking at the eye crystals scattered across the battlefield.

"Those who can still move, hurry west! Go to the side of the goddess Freya and support Lord Bell! This is the first and last golden opportunity! Please, someone, go and steal the goddess's 'flower'...! Go and secure final victory!!"

The adventurers, their equipment reduced to fragments and completely unconscious, listened silently to Lily's calls.

The adventurers and valiant warriors who had not yet been reclaimed by the Ganesha Familia remained unresponsive, lying motionless on the ground like corpses. Only the silence caused by destruction filled this ancient ruin.

The warriors, who had already fallen before the end, were unable to rise and respond to the girl's pleas.

"Please... is there anyone else who can help...?!"

"Miss Lily...!"

Cassandra, the only one who heard the message sent by the crystal, couldn't help but burst into tears.

After all, she had sworn to Hegni that she would forfeit her right to continue fighting in order to save Daphne.

Cassandra cursed and regretted not heeding her friend's wishes to fight to the last moment, while tightly embracing Daphne, who was sleeping in her arms.

The girl's desperate pleas for allies to seize victory were emptily sucked into the sky that covered the ruins.

"………………………………………………………………………!"

Just then, his eyelids twitched slightly.

He shook off the urge to immerse himself in darkness and forcibly brought his brain back to life.

He didn't have the strength to respond to the girl's voice, but perhaps he could fulfill her wish.

So "he" tried to move his body, but found that it wouldn't obey him. His condition was not much different from the adventurers lying around him; he was almost half dead and it was unbelievable that he had even regained consciousness. His consciousness drifted back and forth between being awake and unconscious, causing time to slip away second by second.

So "he" decided to rely on the props to slowly take out the panacea made by the dog-man from his pouch, but "he" had to exert all his strength just to turn his face to the side from the lying position. With no other choice, he had to sprinkle the medicine on the floor around his face.

He was like a victim yearning for water but only able to drink muddy water, pitifully pressing his lips to the puddle formed by the panacea.

He finally regained his vitality, and although he was not fully recovered, he had recovered somewhat.

This way, you can move around, and even if you can't get up, you can still slowly crawl forward.

He gripped the weapon that had fallen to the side, and despite his pathetic appearance, he crawled forward, gradually approaching the goddess's location.

"..."

Hedin silently gazed at this scene.

He won't interrupt or interfere, and conversely, he won't hinder you either.

Since those with unwavering will, as the name suggests, will continue to move forward even if they have to crawl, no matter how pathetic they may appear, Hedin will not stop them, because this is proof of "those who strive to become better".

For the same reason, he would not intervene in the fierce battle between Lily and Aisha and the others.

Hedin initially considered helping them out, but discovered they were far more capable than he had imagined. Through their superiority, they defeated the four Jariba brothers, leaving only one "chariot" remaining.

Then there's only one place he should go.

As he thought this, the moment he turned around—

"Her...ding...!"

“…………”

The battered dark elf called out to him.

Having been bathed in flames, the right half of Hegni's battle jacket was burned off. Despite his slender build, he displayed well-defined chest and abdominal muscles, giving him the appearance of a defeated man. His brown skin was also covered with shocking burns.

Hegny endured the pain, gasping for breath, and glared at Hedin with eyes that seemed to want to kill him.

"What...what do you want to do...!? Why did you betray the goddess Freya...!?"

"...I have already answered that question for Haici."

"But now! I'm asking you!!"

Hegny mustered all his strength from his injured body and roared.

The self-modification magic has been dispelled. He is no longer the war king who ravaged the battlefield, but rather, in the truest words of Hegni Ragnar, he questions the expressionless white elf.

"Stop joking, Hedin...! Back then... wasn't it the goddess Freya who rescued us from that cursed island, from our taboo homeland (Heginninger), after all our daily battles...?!"

"..."

"Thanks to the goddess, we were able to break free from the king's shackles, weren't we!?"

Hegny throws his past memories, the scene of the two swearing allegiance to the goddess, at his compatriots.

Upon regaining consciousness and learning of Hedin's defection, no one was more shocked than Hegni. The Dark Elf was now furious, yet his eyes welled up with tears like a snot-nosed child, and he raised his trembling fist high.

"And then, you actually──────!!"

A crisp sound rang out.

Hedin willingly took the blow to his cheek—a blow that a first-class adventurer should have easily dodged.

He felt that only the dark elf, who shared the same origin as him, was qualified to beat him up.

The glasses that flew off the man's face and fell to the ground seemed to be telling a story in silence.

"The one thing we absolutely cannot do is betray our goddess!!!"

"Don't push your luck, you idiot."

"—Pfft!?"

But it can only be done once.

The ruthless elf seemed to want to express that the other party had no right to beat him up, and with a cold look in his eyes, he threw a punch in retaliation.

Hegny, who was already on the verge of death, was punched in the face and almost passed out on the spot.

"You've been beaten up like this by a little girl from your own clan, what right do you have to talk back to me? Besides, in your current state, you're no match for me."

"Wait! Ouch! Waaaaa!? Stop, stop! Stop kicking!! This is really unbearable, Hedin! Ah! That hurts so much! Pause!!"

Hedin even kicked Hegny to the ground and kept kicking him repeatedly.

The dark elves, driven by an excessive adherence to super-rationalism, were kicked so badly by the heartless white elves that they cried for their mothers.

"You ask me why I committed such a heinous crime? Because it was necessary."

"...?"

"If this continues, the goddess Freya will forever lose the 'wish' she wanted to fulfill."

After Hedin stopped and uttered those words, Hegny looked up in great confusion.

"My conclusion is that no one can save the goddess Freya except that stupid rabbit."

"!!"

"Therefore, I have been training him and carefully adjusting him to this day, to prevent him from being swallowed up by the 'closed world.' No matter the outcome, 'love' has no future, and 'the love of the goddess' alone cannot fulfill the goddess's 'wish.'"

That's why Hedin treated Bell "strictly".

As the seemingly impregnable "closed world" took shape, Hedin outwardly posed as a ruthless warrior like Eren and the others, rigorously training Bell's mind and body. Regardless of whether the "closed world" would collapse, he understood that this was indispensable. Even without anticipating this factional war, in Hedin Thranduil's envisioned future, Bell Crane would inevitably have to reject the goddess's "love."

Whether it was kicking the boy into hell, carefully controlling the line so that the boy wouldn't choose to submit, or removing the faction's (familia's) surveillance and allowing the boy to have that conversation with Mia, it was all Hedin's deliberate doing.

Hedin didn't need to harden his heart.

The reason is that he approached Bell with this intention in mind from the beginning.

This journey, which began when he performed a major transformation on Bell during the Goddess Festival, ultimately all came down to the goddess.

That is why Freya never doubted Hedin's loyalty.

His continued "defections" are all actions taken for the sake of God, without a trace of "falsehood."

"Salvation...? 'Wish'...? What are you talking about!? Hedin!!"

"Stop pretending to be a fool, you idiot."

「!?」

"You've probably sensed it yourself, haven't you?"

You (Hegny), who, like me (Herdin), once played the role of a "king," should be able to sense it intuitively even if you don't understand it—