CH. 103: First Line

(A/N: Hope you'll enjoy the following chapter!)

Created in the above just to be left alone in the Underworld is what caused him to develop such hatred for humanity. The god was objected to manage and oversee the Underworld for the rest of his existence.

But as time passed, the god deemed human life as something worthless. Every mortal life is bound by the imminent and unskippable concept of death. A cancer that leeches to life and makes it so restrained, limited and, useless.

"It's... so paradoxical..." Said the figure in the deepest coordinates of the dungeon. The final level of the mysterious dungeon with the so strange geometries and chaos properties.

As as god, he was not bound to any of this humanly concepts. It served him as a source of pride that only grew stronger and more corrupted with each soul he collects and adds to his collection.

No matter how much time passed... centuries, millennias or more, the god collected the souls and came to conclusion that mortals were nothing but ants, not exactly ants, but something more valuable, because when they're united and ordered to work, they'll just make wonders.

"I will... dominate this world... the gods won't stop me... they can't stop me... this is a world I know all about... all is familiar... all is seen... all is an experience...." This elderly man with a withered physique but still possessor of incredible power and flexibility roamed around his eternal cave of solitude, waiting for the right time to come where he'll triumph over the gods who came seeking his judgement.

"When the time comes... the titans will emerge once again

Hades. His name was Hades. The god of Death with the sole objective of overseeing the Underworld. With his negative emotions and desire for conquering mortals let him create a seemingly infinite paradox of rooms and sorrows joint together in an endless maize named 'The Dungeon'.

His unrestrained aura gave birth to monsters of the Dungeon. It even gained sentinance after so many years of accumulating knowledge. The gods of Danmachi were subjected to temporarily abandon Heaven and descend to earth in order to manifest their powers and end the threat of Hades.

This latter roams the 70th floor of the Dungeon for a thousand millennia now, doing nothing else but waiting for the stars to align in the peophicized and long awaited day.

When the stars aligne and the moon goes full, the Greek Gods' seal on Nyx's legendary elementary titans will perish, and Hades will be able to destroy everything on Danmachi thus conquering the planet of mortals.

No one was able to reach Level 70, because it was simply impossible. Mortals, no matter how strong, cannot cross the last five levels because they're a manifestation of the power of god Hades.

That was until one particular familia showed up ; Nox Familia. A mysterious group of world shattering individuals who broke the law of five and cleared the 69th level (nice) with only one remaining.

But now, it was too late. This night, was the last of Orario. Hades is now active. The stars will aligne tonight and now one can stop it.

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[[ J—00/ Night ]]

[A/N: In case you forgor, Aaron was the level 4 who joined Hestia's familia by recommandation of Akira. He's the familia captain.]

( Aaron POV )

"Haaah! Finallyy!" I yawned while stretching my arms. Another day, another dawn for the Hestia Familia...

Well not exactly dawn it's still night, still, it's the debut of a new day here in Orario. I've being very busy filling up paperwork this night but it's over now.

"..? Oh..." I came across the final document of the day.. or night or whatever. It's a candidature to join up the familia.

This kind of file needs focus. I adjusted my glasses then scrolled through the file... This adventurer in question is a knight, he seems to have quite a lot of experience.

"!!!" But then, I got startled when I saw his level. He's a level 5 knight! Of course we'll welcome such a high caliber to the Hestia but I can't do anything before consulting her when something this important like a new member is subject to the debate.

I hide the file in the drawer then stretched once again... This guy, this knight.. he must have being very inspired by the Nox Familia and all their good deeds as well as their miraculous and legendary achievements... Th-Th—THEY'RE UNCOUNTABLE!!

Akira-sama repelled the ancient one eyed dragon a-a-and cleared nineteen floors of the dungeons that were put on standby for exploration!

He surpassed the Freya Familia.. The Loki Familia... Even Zeus and Hera weren't able to defeat the black dragon...!

I, myself was inspired by him. I wanted to join his Familia... Very badly... But it was just a deprived dream... I heard one of the members was level 500 which completely shattered my hopes.

However, Akira-sama didn't turn me down.. but suggested me to join the Hestia Familia.. A Familia with whom he formed a public alliance.

At first, I was indifferent about this Familia, thinking it was just Plan B for unachievable dreams.. but I ended up taking a liking into it, respecting goddess Hestia despite her childishness and obsessive love for Akira-sama..

But in the end, this Familia feels more like family to me, and I wouldn't dare doing something that could possibly deprive me of this dream.

――Outside――

Goddess Hestia has this tendency of going outside at night to contemplate the stars. At first, I was abit worried about her, thinking it could be stress or the immense pressure of being the number one Familia in absence of Akira-sama..

But I understood the situation, once I realized she was remembering her lover, Akira-sama himself. It made me happy to see the goddess so passionate about her man.

"Goddess Hestia, you'll get a cold if you stay out during this cold morning." I said, out of concern.

Goddess Hestia stayed silent for a moment, the temperature dropped even more in presence of this dreadful silence, but thankfully I finally received a word from her.

"Every night I spend in this domain just makes me think of Akira... We wouldn't— I couldn't have achieved anything if it weren't for him... He brought me hope, the confidence of being a goddess when everything seemed dark, when my Familia was in debt and memberless..." She said, she didn't spare a glance at me and just looked up.

Now that I mention it, the stars are lined up today, in the form of an X-axis.

It's a very rare Cosmic event that occured 3'197 years ago, the same date in which the first god descended to earth, according to the legends.

His name is still unknown, his status as well. But it was the first time Earth would welcome a god to its care... I had all the time to study this phenomenon during night. It's this which caused me to be so late at work, especially with the fact that I took a break today but was still required to fill in paperwork considering I'm the only one qualifed enough to do it.

Suddenly, Goddess Hestia spoke again.. "Aaron, we wouldn't have met if Akira wasn't there for me... I don't know what would have happened if I didn't meet him! I don't know what I would have done to MYSELF if he weren't there!!" She spoke with a rose up tone that startled me a second.

"G-Goddess Hestia.. are you okay?" I asked, this was a side goddess Hestia never showed before, to anyone.

"S-Sorry! That's not something I'd talk about so publicly..!" She said, as she stood up from the grass and swayed her hands horizontally to tell 'no no no'.

"Ahem ahem.. anyway! I think it's the freezing cold which affects my thinking. Let's go back inside, tomorrow we'll go on a very important dungeon dive!" Hestia announced, regaining her original composure and giggling.

"Hey! Are you coming or what?!" She asked.

"R-Right I'm on my way." I replied.

She went back inside the mansion of our familia and just stood there a few seconds, like a statue in thoughts.

"Apart from goddess Hestia's situation, I hope Akira-sama comes back and gives her the affection she needs..." I stopped a second then looked at the stars again.

"But, stars lining up surely has a meaning.. it's the same day a very important event happened.. this is the second time it's registered.. If something is bound to happen.. then I hope it's not a calamity.." I added.