The Beginning and the End

"Boom!!!!!"

As the earth-shaking roar rang out, a pillar of light suddenly burst through the ground in an area off the main road near Daedalus Street, shooting into the heavens and illuminating the entire Labyrinth City of Orario.

At that moment, whether they were adventurers still fighting in the Artificial Labyrinth Knossos or people within Labyrinth City, everyone abruptly raised their heads and looked toward the enormous pillar of light that connected heaven and earth.

No one failed to understand what this phenomenon represented.

After all, not long ago, the exact same scene had appeared on Daedalus Street.

The Return Pillar—a phenomenon that appeared only when a god returned to Heaven and left the Lower World. Its appearance meant that another god had been sent back, and just like last time, it had happened on Daedalus Street.

Without question, this was bound to cause another enormous uproar in Labyrinth City Orario and plunge the citizens into complete unease.

But for the adventurers still fighting in the Artificial Labyrinth Knossos, it was a different matter.

Especially Leo, who had already defeated Filvis, the strongest creature. As he emerged from that shattered underground space and saw the Return Pillar appear so close by, he immediately knew who had been sent back.

It was none other than Dionysus.

That despicable mad god had already been sent back to Heaven by Loki.

With that realization, Leo finally felt at ease.

The final mastermind had been dealt with. This battle, which determined the survival of Labyrinth City Orario and the entire Lower World, was practically already theirs.

And that was indeed the case.

Afterward, the Spirit Clones were each successfully defeated, forcing the ultimate destruction Spell Formula, [Six Fairy Rings], which could have destroyed the entire city, to stop before it could be activated.

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