A Mistaken Encounter: The Hero of the World

In the city of Olympia, all members of the Hestia Family felt themselves suddenly become weak in an instant.

"God's Grace" disappeared? !

"Master Bell?!" Lily, Ming, Cassandra, Daphne and Welf all looked at their leader.

"Our Lord God is fine now, you should be able to feel it." Bell forced himself to calm down quickly, "We must stop this ceremony!"

"Um--!"

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The Great Temple's pillar of fire shot up into the sky.

Countless tiny sparks fell like raindrops.

"Is this... the fire of purification?" The head priestess Leia looked at the sparks. "Has the god Vesta arrived?"

Serven ran towards the Great Temple, but a team of Olympian soldiers rushed out and stopped him.

"What's wrong? Get out of the way! I don't want to do anything to you."

"A new oracle has arrived!" a soldier said, "Lord Prometheus has ordered the annihilation of the family of the god Hestia and all adventurers who set foot in Olympia!"

"Follow the latest oracle of Prometheus! Defeat him, soldiers of Olympia!"

The soldiers shouted and rushed towards Serven.

"Damn, it's really like a cult..." Serven glanced at the pillar of fire in the distance, "I really don't know why such a secretive god is trustworthy."

He held the long sword tightly, pointing the tip of the sword at the group of soldiers attacking him, "I warn you again, anyone who stands in my way will die--!"

No soldier took his words seriously. They preferred to obey the so-called "oracle" and rushed towards Serven.

A merciless blow——

A soldier's head was torn apart, blood gushing out like a fountain. Serven's eyes flickered with murderous intent, and the soldiers involuntarily paused, taking a few steps back with cold sweat on their heads. Only then did they truly feel how close death was.

"You can't stop me, get out of the way!" Serven was about to move forward, but found Leia blocking the middle of the road.

She looked at the soldiers. "Is this true? Does the Oracle really instruct them to take their lives?"

"Yes, Lady Leia! The new oracle is indeed recorded on the stone tablet! This is an order issued by Lord Eaton himself! It says that the adventurers who came with the goddess of salvation are the final factor threatening the oracle! For the sake of Olympia, they must all be eliminated!"

Leia's face darkened. "...The Oracle is absolute. If you don't obey the will of God, everything will be destroyed... Until now, it will always be like this in the future!"

"Get out of the way!" Serven said to the soldiers and Leia who were trying to stop him.

"——! Flame!" Leia's whole body was covered in flames, and she made an attacking gesture towards Serven.

"I didn't expect that even you..."

"The servants of God are the witches! And I am the leader of the witches! As long as it is for Olympia, I am willing to do anything! So I will - burn you to death!"

"Hmph, what 'Witch of Vesta'? In the end, isn't she just a running dog of Prometheus?" Severn collided with Leia, and endured the pain of being burned by the flames, and chopped her to the ground with a knife.

"Even Lady Leia can't hold on..." This team of soldiers had lost their will to fight. Serven did not engage with them for too long. After chopping down a few more people, they dispersed on their own.

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Going back a little further in time, Ayton in the Great Temple was giving orders to the warriors of Olympia.

"The goddess who controls the sacred fire has made a great sacrifice. Now let's annihilate the other adventurers and the goddess' followers."

"This is the new oracle from the god Prometheus!" Eaton smiled proudly, his golden eyes sweeping over the soldiers in front of him who were bowing their heads and obeying his orders.

"Not long ago, the goddess Hestia began to purify the [Fire of Heaven]. Olympia is not far from redemption! However, there are obstacles to redemption! They are the Familia and other adventurers! They are disturbing the goddess' mind and intend to make all the noble sacrifices in vain!"

Ayton raised his lips and revealed a cruel smile, "The Oracle is absolute! Kill all the Hestia Familia and foreigners!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh--!" The morale of the Olympian warriors was high and they gave a powerful and loud shout.

With uniform footsteps, the soldiers trotted towards the enemy pointed out by the "Oracle" to carry out the will of the god.

The Speaker of the God Council, Eaton, no longer had that gentle and smiling look on his face. He looked arrogantly at the stone tablet not far away with his golden eyes.

"…God Prometheus, my master whose face I have never seen. Are you still watching this commotion from somewhere? What do you think of me like this? Or is this action also under the control of God?"

"——But it doesn't matter, I don't mind! This is the moment I've been looking forward to! I'm even going to use the goddess who controls the sacred fire to carry out this path of destruction! If there's a way to stop it, then try to stop it! Hehe——hahahahahaha!"

"...Have you fallen to this level? The "hero of the past"." The mysterious man in the black cloak looked towards the huge flames of the Great Temple, "...Hestia."

He rushed towards Serven who was heading straight for the Great Temple, "--Let me test this guy's determination!"

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"—?!"

Serven once again dealt with a group of soldiers, and used the bright red blood of an unlucky man to scare away the other confused soldiers. At this moment, although he had sensed it, but——

An extremely huge amount of divine power enveloped him—

The huge gap between mortals and gods made him uncontrollably want to bend his knees and kneel down to worship the gods.

Serven gritted his teeth and held on, his eyes like a ferocious beast fixed on the mysterious man in the black cloak who appeared in front of him - a god who called himself Cyrus.

"...How cruel." Cyrus frowned as he looked at the cold bodies on the ground, his tone becoming unhappy. "These soldiers have no grudges against you, why are you taking their lives?"

"—Get out of the way!" Serven stared at the new obstacle with a sharp gaze, while trying to control his body and hold the long sword tightly in an attempt to approach the god.

"You even dare to retaliate against the gods?" A sneer came from under the cloak.

"That's really disgusting!" Although his movements were greatly deformed under the heavy power of God, and the 877 accuracy of his attack was far from accurate, Serven still aimed at the god and launched an attack.

His eyes were devoid of any kindness. "Stop being so condescending here! You didn't do anything when [Heavenly Fire] got out of control. You didn't do anything when this group of brainwashed soldiers attacked me for no reason. Now I'm going to rush over to deal with [Heavenly Fire], and you come over here and act so proud?! Is this how you act like a god——!??"

Cyrus paused for a moment and lowered his head towards Serven, "--I'm sorry!...I was wrong!"

The divine power disappeared, and Cyrus rushed towards the place where Bell and others were fighting below.

Serven continued to sprint forward. Outside the great temple, a burly man with blue hair holding a huge red broadsword blocked the middle of the road.

"Ala, you managed to escape after all." Speaker of the God Council Eaton looked at Serven coldly.

"So, you are the one who tampered with the Oracle?"

"...You can even notice this. You are indeed a dangerous guy!" Eaton raised his eyes and launched an attack without any warning.

Serven used his Observation Haki to detect Eton's intention to attack, and blocked his sword with his sword.

The big sword and the long knife collided, making a huge sound of metal hitting stone!

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"Your favor has not disappeared, it has just been sealed." Hephaestus said.

Almost immediately after Bell and the others discovered that their favor had been sealed, a large number of Olympian soldiers surrounded the hotel.

“…!? Soldiers of Olympia? Why?!” Lily and the others had just lost the protection of grace and became weak, so the soldiers of Olympia turned around and attacked them.

"What are you going to do?!" Artemis stood in front of all the soldiers.

"According to the latest "Oracle" from the god Prometheus, annihilate the family of the god Hestia and all adventurers who set foot in Olympia! Please get out of the way, goddess!"

Hephaestus narrowed her eyes and also came to the outside of the hotel, blocking the soldiers' attack.

"——Impossible! Lord Prometheus could not have given such an oracle!" The priestess Illya ran out and stood in front of the warriors and the priestesses and said loudly, "Someone must have written a false will on the Oracle Monument! This is not the will of God!"

"Illya, how do you know that? Where do you get the basis for what you said?" asked a witch.

“…!? That’s because…!”

"We have followed the Oracle until now. Isn't it ridiculous to doubt it only this time?" said another witch.

"Everything must be done according to the instructions of the Oracle!" the witches shouted, and together with the soldiers they tried to bypass the two goddesses and rush into the inn.

A green-haired elf blocked them all with a wooden sword. The soldiers were knocked away and the priestesses were kicked in the stomach. In an instant, five or six people lost their combat effectiveness.

But Olympia still has many soldiers and a considerable number of priestesses. Now the priestesses are making use of the fragments of [Heavenly Fire] that reside in their bodies. They are covered in the protection of flames and are ready to fight the powerful enemy to the end.

"Wait - wait a minute, everyone!? This is definitely weird! We took the goddess away from these people, we are the ones who should be hated! Why should we hate Bell and the others!?" Illya shouted loudly, trying to stop her companions.

At this moment, she looked at a soldier running over in astonishment. He came to the other soldiers and said, "Everyone, one of our companions was killed! It was that swordsman among them who killed our two companions々｀!"

"Revenge for my comrades!"

"We will obey the oracle of Lord Prometheus!" The soldiers shouted loudly, becoming more and more excited. They even dared to push away the goddess who was blocking their way.

"How dare you--!" Artemis drew the hunting knife from her waist, chopped the soldier who disrespected the goddess' arm with the back of the knife, and kicked him away.

However, the flaming priestesses caused a lot of trouble for Ryu and Artemis. Bell, Welf, Ming and Daphne, whose grace was sealed, also rushed out of the hotel and fought against the enemies of Olympia.

"—Boom!"

Yasfei dropped a homemade bomb among the densely packed soldiers, instantly rendering many of them ineffective. With her help, the battle for Liu and the others became much easier.

“——Stop it!”

A heavy aura as deep as a mountain emanated from Hephaestus, instantly enveloping everyone present.

Hephaestus used divine power and looked around. "Stop! Soldiers and priestesses of Olympia. I will not allow you to attack members of the Hestia Familia. I will take them away from Olympia. Stop now!"

Under the pressure of the gods' might, the Olympian soldiers and priestesses had no choice but to obey the gods' will, stop attacking, and retreat to the rear.

"The gods are interfering, so we can't attack. Go ask for instructions from Master Leia and Master Aiden!"

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In front of the great temple.

"You think you can fight me?" With just one slash from Eaton, Serven was forced to retreat nearly ten meters.

"...This level——Lv7?!" Serven looked at Ayton in front of him in disbelief. The two had an overwhelming difference in strength and speed.

"——【Soldiers of the Flame Expedition】!" Eaton sneered, and five flame soldiers were summoned out.

The moment they were summoned, they attacked Serwen. Serwen kept dodging and used his long sword to block their attacks. He found that the strength of these soldiers was equally amazing. Although they were inferior to Ayton in front of him, their strength was already comparable to his. When the five soldiers attacked together, Serwen did not dare to fight head-on.

"What's the matter? Aren't you very strong?" Eaton grinned and attacked Serven while taking advantage of the fire soldier's attack.

When Serven barely avoided the attack of the flame soldiers, Ayton took the opportunity to stab him with his greatsword -

There is no way around it——

Serven could only hold his sword horizontally and try to resist, but Eaton, with his rich combat experience, changed from stabbing to slashing, drawing a string of blood from Serven's body.

At the same time, when Eaton summoned fire soldiers through the filthy flames, Bell and others were shocked, and the sealed grace was activated again.

Moreover, they could feel that the grace on their backs was closely connected to the [Fire of Heaven] in the Great Temple. Not only were they blessed by the holy fire, but their own combat skills were also greatly improved!

On Serven's side, with the blessing of [Shura], he could feel that the wounds on his body were slowly healing. His brain, which had been dominated by a lot of negative emotions, became clearer, and the strength of the hand holding the handle of the knife also increased slightly.

When the five fire soldiers attacked again, Serven jumped back, and Eaton's greatsword also attacked. He predicted this situation in advance, turned his wrist, and the long sword immediately changed direction to cut Eaton's arm.

A sneer appeared on Eaton's face, and suddenly red and black flames burst out of his body, and his arms were also wrapped in flames.

Unlike the flames of the witch Chang Leia and others, the flames wrapped around Eaton's body were like a layer of hard armor, and Serven's long sword could not break through it at all.

At the same time, five fire soldiers also attacked, and Serven could only retreat again.

I can't penetrate the barrier of [Heavenly Fire] on Eaton's body! Serven frowned, "¨～ Your fire is stronger than Leia and the others."

"Don't lump me in with the witches! How many years do you think I've held this abominable flaming sword?" Eaton snorted coldly, "I've long been eroded by the blessing! The difference in the quality and quantity of the 'flame' extracted by the two is like that of a baby and a dragon. To use an old saying, the difference in qualifications is too great!"

Just as Serven blocked the attack of the fire soldier again and was about to counterattack——

"Bring down punishment - [Mountain of Flame]!"

The ground beneath Serven's feet exploded, and clusters of purple flames gushed out one after another, exploding in the space where Serven was! Turn!

"!!?"

Serven was blown away by the flames, but he took the opportunity to stomp on the ground and broke through the encirclement of flames at lightning speed, killing a flame soldier with one knife!

Eaton opened his eyes wide in astonishment, and suddenly felt extremely angry. He took two steps forward and slashed several times with his sword. Serven gritted his teeth and supported himself, but his arms were sore and swollen from the overwhelming force that he had to bend his knees or even kneel on one knee to share the impact.

Then, Ayton kicked Serven in the chest, and Serven was kicked back repeatedly.

Several flame soldiers seized the opportunity and stabbed together -

Serven was stabbed with four bloody holes——

"——【Flame Spear】!" Eaton thrust forward with his greatsword, and a huge spear of red and black flames pierced Serven!