EVILS LOOMING

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=LOCATION: Unknown=

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{FLASHBACK TO MINUTES BEFORE}

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An unknown vast halls with numerous columns lit by magic stone lamps. A gathering complex room for certain individuals covered by robes and capes while few aren't.

This dark complex room is filled with the scent of rusty blades mix with splattered bloods—creating a unnerving atmosphere entering the room.

"Lady Valleta, We don't know what happened to them! Please Spare Us!!" An evilus believer goon of certain familia screamed and pleaded while kneeling to their pink-haired leader. His head is in the floor copying the other goons kneeling too.

'i'm gonna die!!'

He trembles while his feet are shaking for the fear of the leader's wrath might kill him for not knowing either on what happened at fellow evilus' death.

Instantly, The woman looked at the remaing believers of different factions and without self restraint she 'ask'

"Oi! Tell us again why 50 scums are still missing and yet you don't know, Half-wits?!!" The pink-haired woman furiously screams, demanding an answer from the kneeling goons.

Silence filled the complex

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Other believers are silent in fear. How could a bunch of level 1 goons report her nothing their voice against her?

She's Valleta Grede, the captain from Thanatos familia, more known as Thanatos faction of evilus. She have the might of a level 5 and the strategic intellect rivaling Orarios' first-class adventurers, especially the Loki familia's Braver.

Valleta Grede is a dangerous women.

What makes her dangerous is her sadistic desire of murdering all, adventurers or not. Valletta along with the certain duo from Alecto Familia have the record for the highest murder count on Orario, friends and fies alike.

There's a rumor circulating that she's capable of massacring more lives than recorded if not for the Loki Familia Captain, the Braver, interventing her everytime.

She along with many Evilus deities from different factions, other executive members and an army of believers banded together and branded themselves as 'Evilus', the criminal worshipping cult that appeared after the strongest Familias were exiled 6 years ago.

Staying from the shadows hidden within the Labyrinth City. They're responsible for keeping the labyrinth city into the living hell and make both civilians & adventurers continuously live in suffering and fear.

The Evilus made Orario currently live in Dark Period or Dak Ages.

But contrary to the goons' fear, Vellatta don't let her anger control too much. Valletta is a competent leader after all, enough to rival the Orario's prum hero.

There are others present besides Valleta. They witness the goons at their pathetic state.

The evilus' gods enjoys the whimpering of goons who doesn't belong to their factions.

Their apathetic eyes shown devoid for sympathy for the lower ranks.

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devoid of empathy for any lives.

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As they're clearly entertained seeing the downfall of others. Most of them would laugh at the death of innocents.

They don't care for other familia besides their own faction. Few of them are the Evilus' higher ups also called as executive members wearing a black robes, each one belongs from different factions.

Beside being entertained,

The other silhouettes in the dark are looking the white-robe goons for answers as they're confused too after hearing the report.

As Valletta start speaking,

*BABOOM!*

An individual or more accurately, a crimson-haired male god begun blarring his oppresive divine aura within the room. Wrathful eyes present around his purpled eyelids.

His sickening aura worsen this oppressive atmosphere this complex further more than earlier.

Every mortals in the room felt it.

"How come 50 of my familia capable of destroying villages and armies outside of Orario croaked overnight?! Confess the real truth... Now!" A dark-skinned figure adoring purple eye-shadow demanded with authoritative tone. Him being a deity, knew the exact moment when his half of his familia died but not where, whom, what nor how they died.

Having lost an monumental amount of firepower, He requested this very meeting with the Executive members.

But he felt disappointed upon the unidentified not the cause of his minions' death.

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Frightening

Is what all evilus mortals on the room felt while shivering at the wrath of a god.

Only the other gods present seems unaffected to the daunting killing aura.

The targets if the deusdea's wrath felt it the worst. In their minds felt that they'll die with the deusdea's divinity alone.

"We don't know Lady Valletta and Rudra-sama. We still can't open the gate of 20th floor. Please don't tormet us in the afterlife!!!" Evilus believer 31 reported with fear in her eyes.

How pitiful, They're shivering beneath her full-body white robes.

Even she along with other low-ranked evilus, including the dead believers in Valetta's horrifying 'artwork', doesn't know either.

Still, they're taking the brunt/punishment from their Executives, these monsters.

"When we arrived to the gate of 20th floor—They are melted by what we pressumed from lava from the heat and sulfuric smell. We are still prying he gates but our efforts still prove futile even with the magic swords." evilus believer 25 described.

"We've been telling the truth Rudra-sama! Please have mercy on us." Evilus believer 16 pleaded with desperation.

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*SWISshhhh~*

The pressure disappeared. Scorch marks painted the room, especially where Rudra is.

After hearing the reports and confirming their consistently speaking the truth, Rudra disappointedly scuffed while subsiding his divine aura and wrath.

The divine authority is what deities use to make mortals be afraid of them and not lie within their presence.

Every mortals present are now relieve and return to their original composure.

Getting over from the divine,

"He-he-he! The gates made of Orichalcum completely melted." Valleta rediculed while giggling after getting over from Rudra's wrath.

But one person reacted differently from others,

"That's Impossible... The Orichalcum gates are the most indestructible metal in existence that can survive from Valgangs' flames. They cannot be destroyed by upper class adventurers. They cannot melt easily." A deathly pale skinny man expressed having prideful eyes behind his long white bangs despite being skinny.

His name is Barca Perdix, the gates' creator and the man-made labyrinth they're in, called Knossos. A man belonging from Thanatos familia.

"But it did." Replied by an individual wearing an leather goggle, Dix perdix, while cleaning his blood-stained cursed spear. The captain of Ikelos familia and Barca's half-brother.

"I'll look into it. You! lead the way." Barca still not believing to the underlings truth. He holds the might of level 2 despite having frail body.

He begrudgingly left with a few evilus believers.

Seconds later,

"We aren't needed here. Hey, you lot. Quit Dawdling and get to movin." Dix clearly wanting to go somewhere besides this complex. He ordered his men to continue what they're doing before this meeting.

After Dix's goins & Barca left,

"What do you think happened to Rudra's dead believers, my lady?...Could a first-class adventurer or Maybe an Irregular monster kill them?" A red haired man with fox-eyes hiding behind the shadow asked looking at Arachnia. A man belonging from other familia/faction of Evilus.

"...Faceless. No threats on that floor could kill them, especially with a handful Level 4 scums, their idiotic captain and his b***h. Or...were they ambushed by adventurers' troops stronger than them? " Valletta, known as Arachnia replied.

Considering the ambush as another cause.

"We need more information on whom or what killed them when that gate is open." Valletta ordering the believers

"They have a lot of resources with them. We need to salvage their valuables too from their dead bodies, especially retrive the Daedalus' Orb." Thanatos said starting a new topic.

Followed by,

"Find their dead bodies. Collect everything!" A green-eyes with snake pupils named Olivas screams at the remaining evilus believer. His torso on display. He's one of the Evilus executives and a firm believer from another evilus familia/faction.

Few evilus belivers ran after being pushed bely Olivas, adding manpower to the case.

"No...That's useless now. If the Orichalcum door melted. It's feasible that they died along their junks. Their death and that Orichalcum junk being melted at the same day is no coincidence... A monster or an unknown troops ambushed them while the gate melted too." Valletta hypothesizes.

"Unknown perpitrators comes into play. Ha-Ha! Not bad. I ought to meet them in face soon. " Said by the formerly pissed Rudra now resting his head on his hand.

His curiosity has been met. He become interested on the 'Unknowns' more than his deceased forces.

Other individuals reluctantly agreed.

What followed was,

"Thanatos, Your Arachnia have invited ruin upon the familia of myself. How do you intend to right this wrong?" Rudra from Rudra familia faction blaming his fellow deity planning to recover his familia's firepower.

"No need for anger...Rudra. This forsaken city has endless amount of gullible 'sheeps' everywhere, I will obtain 60 believers from surface and transfer them to your residence soon." Thanatos promised to Rudra, the another male deity and head of his own faction hiding behind his hood.

Being satisfied to the compensation. He shift towards another topic.

"Where is your patron deity, Faceless...No, Vito?" Rudra wanting to find something new asked the red-haired man.

"Rudra-sama. He already departed around the city. To find something familiar he detected yesterday." Vito with the moniker 'faceless' politely answered.

"Tell him I want him attending gatherings. See that you do." Rudra added while still having the fixation on finding that 'Unknown'.

Vito nodded and thus their ending the conversation.

"Where are the Apate familia and Alecto familia?" Vito asked the believers addressing the important topic.

"Sir Vito, both factions are yet to seize their ranking up to Level 3-5 from dwelving the Deep floors for months. Each captains attempts to rank up to level 6. They ordered us not disturbing them. The members in the surface world are currently gathering multiple monsters from the surface upon Lady Valleta's requests as we speak. Apate Familia requested to attain more mages and hexers for their 'Trump cards'." Evilus believer 19 reported while trying her best to avoid dying by her psychopathic executives.

"What am I? Their sh*** m***? Tell Apete Familia geezers to move their old joints. Make them catch for themselves." The pissed Valleta harshly denied their 'request' while the evilus believer backed down and relief she didn't die today.

Changing the topic,

"50 servants died suddenly. Our strongest factions dwelved the dungeon. We are only left with a level 5, few level 4, multiple level 3 and myriad of lower-tiers. Were no match on the surface even with great schemes. Orarios will be safe and at peace until we amass enough power." The god, Thanatos stated the fact.

"We can't risk of executing plans either, even those involving escaping right after destroying. Finn will catch on that were lacking forces. That damn bastard. " Valletta added.

"It appears that we cannot accomplish many plans without the strength of those you've killed today and the full might of Rudra familia, my lady." Vito added cementing their powerless at the moment.

Hearing those exchanges,

Both the evilus Higher-ups, the Individuals and evilus believers presents in the room are repulsed by that single statement. Especially, The silver-haired man with green eyes and snakelike pupils.

"Grr! THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS!! I want Orario to collapse. It's Destruction should not stop even for a second." Olivas eye's expressed with madness and obsession, He's itching for more destruction. He's obsession earned his infamously moniker 'the fanatic'.

He's not alone who craves Oriarios' Annihilation. The gods, the Evilus higher-ups and the Evilus believers present silently agree to Olivas' dedication too.

"We gotta remind those idiots above of the hell they're livin in! They don't get to feel peace and happy till they die!" Valletta told everyone as if swearing her purpose in life while her bloodlust was ever present.

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"Gather our forces outside of Orario...or any other villages. I don't care what methods. Recruit more believers. It could take months to replace them. We can't accomplish many plans if we can't replace them soon." Valleta ordered

2 evilus believers ran out the room following Valleta's Order .

"Where's the King from Freya Familia?" Vito asked

"Sir Vito, The Einherjar are patrolling Orario and were not seen entering the dungeon yet." Evilus believer 6 reported

"Did Finn and his cronies killed the scums of Rudra familia?" Valleta asked

"That's impossible Mistress Valleta, our spies informed that Loki Familia were seen still residing in their headquarters after their expedition last month ago. Only one group of second rates from Loki Familia were reported entering dungeon yesterday." Evilus believer 4 reported

"I won't let Orario's destruction stop. You there! Rally our comrades. Halt them from collecting surface monsters anymore. We need to keep Orario's in chaos." The fanatic expressed his malice while leaving meeting room with his underlings and fellow elivus believer.

Seeing Olivas and his faction leave the meeting room.

'Tch.... Olivas, you bastard. You couldn't keep it in your pants, eh?' Valletta sneered at annoyance but can't stop Olivas nor the other factions' actions besides her faction and those weaker than her.

As while different factions gathered under the banner named 'Evilus'.

Without the use of cold brutal violence nor without other factions benefitting to their own wicked agendas.

They're not cooperative and mostly butt heads while greedily exploits each factions for the reasons of overthrowing of Guild while manisfesting Chaos and total Destruction upon Orario. Mostly, for their own manaical ideologies and goals to come to fruition.

They're a mess.

Second passed by, the other factions departed from the room following Olivas lead. To return to their own secretive hideouts within the Orario city

Only Valletta, her underlings and her god, Thanatos remained on the room currently discussing their own plans.

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=LOCATION: Chambers of Prayers=

A dark place or a temple found beneath the Guild. The room's only distinction is large stairhalls that leads to a stone platform that can be served as alter.

*Crackle* *fshh* *sparks*

On every corners of stone platform are 4 medieval standing torches at every corner.

In the middle is a tall throne made from polished stone that displays authority.

Where torches shines and seating alone in the throne is a stoic old man wearing white rob, black hood & sandals. That old man continuously prays.

He always wore a calm expression, like a statue.

"Ouranos." A shadow tall figure fully covered in a cloak called upon the praying two-meter god called Ouranos, sitting on the throne platform with four wooden standing torches or pole torches.

Ouranos opened his eyes and look the cloaked-individual.

"How goes the search, Fels?"

But before Ouranos could hear his follower answer.

*!!*

Ouranos rose up from his seat feeling something will happen especially in the dungeon.

*EARTHQUAKES APPEARED* *CRACK!*

*RUMBLING!*

The ground started shaking making the two momentarily lost their balance.

*Thud* *thud*

Two standing torches fell away from Ouranus' high throne.

*CRACK!!!* *EARTHQUAKES INTENSIFIES* *CRACK!!*

"A Calamity has begun." Ouranos widen his eyes as sense an array of irregularities currently happening on 17th floor beyond the quake.

"Ouranus, What's wrong?" Fels understood the gravity of a situation that his ancient god rise from his chair which he scarely moved unless its unprecedented even by the deity' wisdom from his billions of years of living.

An anomaly never happened before on the history of Orario. Not even the wise god knew.

Ouranus have been praying to the dungeon every single day ever since the city have been built to keep the dungeon in check has been shaken off for the first time.

Not even the two largest familias of today and the past never had experienced this.

But just like a heavenly ruler monitoring the mortals above the skies. Still wearing a calm expression

*plop*

He sat down even during an earthquake

"Fels!" Ouranos called upon his follower, wih heavey voice and speaking as the elder god as his face doesn't express even a slight of being intimidated by the terrible tremors currently happening within the city.

Ouranos instruction began

"Have Royman send Letters of Request for Ganesha Familia—"

Fels could only listen while Ouranos' majestic voice immediately relayed orders upon another orders unto Fels. As this time turned into chaotic more than they experience daily.

It took a whole minute to finish his instruction. That's how detailed the god's instructions about dealing with tremors. While the other plans involving finding the anomalies found below are to be set aside atleast after dealing what's happening to the city.

"....Understood, Ouranos. I shall return." Fels obeyed without hesitation.

Fels existed the Chambers of Prayers, leaving Ouranos to strengthen his prayers about halting the tremors and monsters production altogether.

Most important, to understand what's about to happen in 17th floor.

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=LOCATION: Orario, Labyrinth City=

Early Morning,

Before the sun start rising, the time when the entire city starts waking up.

The time when most civilians and adventurers are still asleep but few started waking up. The time where no adventurers are entering the dungeon yet nor exiting from it.

The streets are empty, except a few districts.

Most merchants starts opening their shops guarded by metal bars and heavy duty locks.

Other Merchant's begun assembling their produce to welcome their costumers, civilians and adventurers who will arrive within minutes.

A day should be started on a mood like yesterday or should be start with eating. That's what the entire city plans for today, just like every other day.

Or it should have been.

But

*BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!*

A colossal explosion spread within the city and everyone heard.

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Every experienced Adventurer jolted out of their beds and turned vigilant.

Some looked within their windows.

Some directly check their families.

All Expecting flames to come

But there's no flames appeared

Instead,

*EARTHQUAKES SPREADING* *CRACK!!*

A whopping magnitude 6 appears and completely covers the entire Orario city entirely waking up its sleeping citizens, the adventurers and gods too.

Man, Women, Children of all different races and all occupations altogether currently feeling it, even the gods too.

*CRACK!* *CRACK!* *BOOM!* *CRACK!* *CRACK!*

The streets breaking thus creating many fissures spreading across the city.

*TREMBLE* *CRACKLES!*

Most wooden buildings starts breaking.

*KREEEAAAAAK!*

Houses starts shaking. Their foundation made of logs splits and craked.

*AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!*

*EKKKKKKKK!!!!*

Screams from Civilians and Adventurers mixed in the chaotic shaking mess.

Few civilians and the adventurers with familias run immediately prioritizing their own safety over others.

"MOVE!" "RUN AWAY!"

Animal-people' furs and tails rises up in response to the danger.

"WAHHH!"

Crying of children of different races mixed within the chaos.

*drip* *drip* *drip*

Tears falling to the ground

"SAVE THE CHILDREN!!!"

Regardless of races, mothers and fathers run while carrying their own childrens away from their shaking ruined houses.

The merchants halted their opening of stalls and ran away too.

*thud!* *thud!* *thud!* *thud!*

Mirrors, Foods and products from market stalls stared falling.

*Crack!*

Glasses, mirrors, windows and such breaks.

Alle residents, children and merchants without falna sceambling desperately for their lives

*Thud*

Most stumbles and lost their balance.

*Thud*

Some frantic panicked civilians trips and fall to the road.

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The gods panic too because with their arcanum sealed they don't know what's the cause of these earthquake happening early in the morning.

*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!*

Both Fear and panic spread into the atmosphere. Most civilians, adventurrs, merchant and even gods too are running pointlessly while screaming too and thus chaos appears.

*Clang!* *Clang!!*

A bell rang out from the Guild's great bell is being rung for the citywide warning for the ongoing earthquake.

"Emergency alert! Emergency alert! All familias based in Orario are to follow the Guild's instructions!"

The broadcaster announced using a loudspeaker system carved from magical stones. The loudspeakers are spread across the city which successfully reached the entire Orario's population.

After a minute of Emergency Announcement,

The intense earthquake still remained shaking the entire city. But not waiting for chaos to continue no longer,

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A pallum commander whose awaken during the explosion, held his spear and bravely sprinted into action while commanding his subordinates, a sturdy bearded dwarf and a royal elf followed him.

What follows him are an army of adventurers composed of different races but majority are female adventurers.

The commanders and their army exited their manor, filled with multiple tall towers found on the north of Orario City.

Inside of one of those tower,

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A blonde expressionless yet volatile kid woken up too.

The familia exited their manor with their familia members equipped their armor, shields and potions. They're quick to respond due to their years of experiences dealing with countless tradegies happening anytime of the day.

That familia spilts into different directions prioritizing the safety of panicked citizens around them.

Sprinting and spreading across the Orario City.

But that's not the only reason.

The familia have another reason for equipping armor, It was to prowl to the dungeon to confirm the death of one their team and save the surviving teammates.

Athough the whole familia haven't seen the corpses yet. Their elites were abruptly awakened by their goddess informing the passing of 3 men dying in the dungeon before the earthquake begun.

Their Vermilion-haired goddess currently grieving for the loss of her 3 men and concern for the girls that were with them. Her grief started when she sensed her 3 familia members or so-called children died to dungeon. Her dead followers' string of life snapped and thus waking up the goddess from hangover.

She doesn't know how nor what killed them. She couldn't see the moment her men died because her Arcanum sealed.

Every Gods and goddess also known as Deusdea must seal their own Arcanum, their source of godly power, before descending to the mortal's plane known as Gekai or lower world. Making them physically strong as humans.

But even so,

The divine beings can sense the exact moment their children so called followers die without witnessing. The Deusdea and her familia members are connected spiritually because of the falna ever since converting as one of the Deusdea's followers.

moment passed by,

*glug* *glug*

The vermilion haired goddess drinks away her grief with what's left of her prized alcohol.

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From the opposite side within the city, An army of indomitable warriors gathered on the field to commence their mortal combat they're termed to as baptism halted.

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Combantants and Non-combatant immediately run to their castle where their sleeping goddess of beauty is located.

But the familia's executives halted them and the executives went instead

*Crack!*

The most elegant vase broke down. Found within the Goddess chamber.

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That goddess the warriors' worshiped was woken suprised on her king-sized elegant bed.

Hearing the vase break despite a couple of feet away from her.

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A tall boar man who always keept his emotionless expression headed towards their goddess' room with his eyes and ears checking every nooks and cranny along the hallway. He's ready to protect his goddess, like a solid fortress.

Followed by a duo of elves, a foul-mouth black cat, and the quadruplets of pallums currently insulting one another on their way to their mistress

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Far away from them,

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The Self-proclaimed officers of law started exiting the palace shaped from sitting god wearing an elephant masks.

Prioritizing the safety of the Orario's Adventurers and the people.

"I AM GANESHA!!" The god wearing an elephant mask ran along too while shouting his catchphrase.

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The believers of justice from a certain familia who just woken up and stumbles earlier now regained their balance and rapidly dresses to their combat gears.

Their walnut-haired goddess of justice plans to follow her familia while the red-haired optimistic girl, their leader, will lead them all to save and calm down the frightened citizens.

A goddess of harvest gathered her vast followers ranging from young to old.

While many civilians were thrown on a chaotic frenzy and frenzied panic. Even few of the deusdea or gods too.

Other familias and civilized and rationalized civilians starts following the Guild's instructions towards safety.

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*Earthquakes ends~~*

Aftershocks follows that will last for an hour.

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{Anti-Monsters Barrier Remaining Time; 11 Months : 29 Days : 18 Hours : 30 Minutes)