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Honestly, I find that idea pretty hard to swallow...

Yeah, I figured.

But keep it somewhere in the back of your mind for me, okay?

All right.

I saw a bunch of different things happening across a twilight-colored plain...

There was an Elf and a Prum!

Then a boar and a chariot!

But the wind will blow in our favor!

The wind, huh...?

You must win, Ottarl.

Yes ma'am.

Bell is going to be mine.

This is the only way left to claim him.

I am wholly devoted to Her Ladyship.

So you better heed my every beck and call!

To war, comrades!

Come. Show me why you're her favorite.

Without further ado...

let the War Game begin!

Right now, in the Olza City ruins,

the War Game between the Freya Familia and the allied army is underway.

It's a showdown of Hide-and-Seek.

All participating Gods are wearing a flower somewhere on them

and if that gets stolen, they're out.

Once all the Gods on either side are out, it's game over.

Which means the Freya Familia will lose the instant that Goddess Freya loses her flower.

However, the adventurers of the Freya Familia have earned a fearsome reputation as the "Einherjar"

and they won't lose easily!

The allies have superior numbers, but what is their strategy?

No sign of the enemy on the southeast side, Lady Lili!

Hey, Prum. The center of the island is deserted. What now?

Lil' Squeak! There's nobody on the north periphery!

We're infiltrating their territory now!

C'mon! Tell me what to do!

Are you okay, Miss Lili?

My brain is getting totally overloaded!

Make it happen. You have what it takes.

I gotta suck it up. I'm in command now!

Listen up! Here's the plan!

I know I'm repeating myself, but the top priority for all scouts is to locate Lady Freya and her forces.

Gathering intel takes precedence over everything.

I made 70% of our army serve as scouts.

It's horribly unbalanced, but we don't have a choice.

Fending off the Freya Familia's assault would be impossible.

Which means adopting a defensive position will only seal our fate.

That's why I chose to give up on defense and focus on targeting their Goddess instead.

So information is more important than anything right now.

What is the enemy doing? How many are there? And where?

Our goal is to find Lady Freya as soon as possible,

and take her out at any cost before they can beat us.

That's the only way we win this.

Of course, it comes with a big risk of our scouts being spotted and defeated.

But right now...

No signs of them heading our way.

All quiet here, too.

I'm pressing on.

We've gone far enough to have crossed paths by now.

This is weird. How come we still don't know where they are?

Uh, Liliruca Arde?

My squad has already made it halfway through their territory.

Stay alert and keep forging ahead.

Is luring us this far in part of their strategy?

Do they want us to overextend our forces until they're too far away from Hestia and the other Gods?

I'm not sure.

W-we've found them! Enemy forces spotted!

Where?

The west side. At the edge of the island.

All the way over there? How many?

I need numbers!

Master Luvis?

It's all of them...

Huh?

The entire Freya Familia is here!

They're all in one place?

Are you kidding me?

Oh, hell. What are they up to?

What about Lady Freya? Do you actually see her anywhere?

Maybe it's a trap!

No. She's here.

Goddess Freya is sitting inside the shrine.

I can see them on my end, too.

Vana Freya. Bringar.

Dainsleif. Hildrsleif.

And Ottarl.

All of their big guns are here.

That figures. It's a sound strategy.

Master Hermes... is this okay?

They haven't broken any rules.

They simply threw all norms out the window.

The Hide-and-Seek format was supposed to level the playing field, but they just made it an all-out war.

And that strategy only works because they hold all the power.

We shall keep our warriors within reach of my voice, so I may conduct them like a choir.

It is the most powerful formation available to us.

I expect a swift response.

There are only two options left for you to choose from now.

That Elf is downright diabolical!

The only thing we can do now is make a suicide attack.

Hey! What's the plan, chief?

Gimme some orders here already!

Dammit. Do we really stand any chance at fighting the entire Freya Familia head on?

Lili.

Let's do it.

I'm restructuring our forces!

Master Luvis now leads a hit-and-run squadron.

Everyone else will be split into three platoons.

Lady Tsubaki leads a charge down the middle.

Lady Aisha on the left flank.

Lady Daphne and Master Bors take command on the right flank.

I'm moving to where I can keep better track of the situation.

Lady Chigusa, you should join up with Master Ouka.

Okay!

Challenge accepted!

I commend you, Prum.

You've made the right call, so that we can engage you as planned.

Equip everyone for a blitzkrieg.

We won't bother with defense. Only offense!

Yessir!

It's so quiet...

They're deliberately waiting for our forces to switch formations.

This is just the calm before the storm.

Do you think we should move, too?

There's no point.

All we can do is watch and wait with bated breath.

Okay. It's time.

Right flank, left flank, and center platoons.

Be wary of the enemy's response as you advance into magic sword range.

Full steam ahead. Don't stop.

Keep going!

Keep going!

Now.

H-here they come!

The bastards got impatient and started charging at us!

Ready your magic swords!

Attack!

KAZUKI!

Stand strong! Attack again!

Knock 'em flat! And don't stop attacking until they STAY down!

Get wrecked, ya asswipes!

Nobody messes with the power of Crozzo magic swords!

"My name is gold."

"Aide of the Goddess sworn to an oath everlasting."

"Scorched threefold."

"Impaled for an eternity in the Pyrospear prison."

"Thus a splendor is born that slays death itself."

The Andhrímnir?

"Exult. Exult. Exult."

"My name is gold."

"Here there be perpetual strife, under the light of resurrection."

Zeo Gullveig.

I embrace you all, courageous barbarians.

May you be graced with the blessings of war.

Go forth, Einherjar!

Use the magic swords!

Too late.

Attack!

We lost our chance!

Lady Haruhime! Use level boost now!

Back off, shitheads!

We can't hold them all!

Spellcasters, join in the fray!

Focus the brunt of your attacks down the center!

They made us waste our magic swords!

But on the plus side, we know where the Andhrímnir is now!

Master Mord, do your thing!

We've been waiting for you suckers to show up!

Now eat this!

Your recovery spells can't do jack shit if you're too busy being attacked to even cast them!

Get burned to a crisp!

H-hey! That's overkill!

There's no such thing as overkill when it comes to fighting the Freya Familia!

We gotta do our best to save Bell Cranel!

This is hardly a surprise. We're always the prime targets for an ambush.

But do you think we care?

Aesir Gullveig.

My recovery spell is already active.

Auto-heal?

No freakin' way!

Damn you!

Stop, Mord!

You're going down, freak!

So ugly.

So disgusting.

It sickens me. I can't stand the sight of you.

How dare you dirtbags try and drag our Goddess down to wallow in your damn filth!

Go to hell, swine!

The vulgar glare in your eyes, your stench and slobber...

I'm not letting you bring it anywhere near our Goddess!

That takes care of their magic swords. Time to end this.

Caelus Hildr!

Hildrsleif!

It's absurd how strong he is!

Guys!

Don't back down! If teams of three aren't enough, then attack in teams of ten!

This isn't looking good at all.

- We have to attack the Andhrímnir ready to risk everyth- - Here comes trouble!

It's a first-class adventurer!

Hogni?

Argh! People I don't know are staring at me!

C-crap, I gotta pull it together.

Coming into contact with my enigmatic depth is proof of your ill-fate. Now d-die!

What's up with this guy?

You can tell by the way he talks that he's a total loon...

He gives me the creeps.

P-please don't look at me like that!

Oh no! I just remembered this is being broadcast to all of Orario, isn't it?

Ugh, screw this! I'm just gonna use it!

"Be unsheathed, king of cursed blades."

Stop his incantation!

Huh?

Is it bad news?

"From now until the banquet ends, wreak carnage."

Dainsleif!

Rebellious scum who defy the divine will of our Goddess...

I shall hear your penitence.

But you shall give me your lifeblood in return.

A spell that alters his personality!

Lil' Squeak! Hook me up with a level boost!

Okay!

All you vermin who impede the Goddess from her love do not deserve to live.

Die! Worthless plebeians!

Cyclops...

You little accursed freak!

I'm gonna snap you and your sword in two!

The Fates never yield.

I shall use this sword to carve out your gravestone!

There's Dainsleif!

Looks like our intel was right. He's constantly imbuing himself with magic.

That means my spell should hit him hard!

"Burn bright! Forbidden spell!"

Will o' Wis-

Don't pull any funny tricks, worm.

You again!

So you dodged at the last friggin' second, huh?

But that's not going to save you!

It won't break? What kind of sword is that?

I forged this myself. It's just a regular magic sword.

Guess you're not such hot shit if you can't even manage to break it!

It's over.

Just go down so that we can appease Lady Freya.

Like hell we will!

Lili. I really think I should go help everybody else...

Absolutely not!

The King is one of the main pillars of their forces!

And your skill is the only shot we have at taking him out!

It has to be a fully-charged hit that he can't see coming!

All right.

But Master Hedin is too sharp to let anything slip by. Will this really work?

Mr. Van?

Did you seriously think nobody would notice you running around making all that noise, Bell?

Mr. Van...

It's just him?

Where's the rest of his squad?

I'm alone.

Huh?

I didn't come under Master Hedin's orders.

I'm only here because I figured that you'd come this way.

He read me like a book!

I must defeat you with my own hands.

It's my duty. Because I was the one who took you under my wing!

Bring it on, Bell!

FIGHT ME!

Quit screwing around!

Use that skill you're charging!

You have to beat me or you're not going anywhere!

I'm sorry, Mr. Van.

I remember being terrified of how strong you were.

But now...

you move too slow for me!

FIRE BOLT!

Bell...

There you are.

Mr. Ottarl!

Took things into your own hands, eh, Van?

But thankfully, this saves me the trouble of searching.

I'm still a long way from being at full charge.

You get one free hit.

Huh?

Don't hold back.

Come at me with everything you have.

Is this a trap?

No. That would be pointless for someone of his caliber to do.

He just wants to test me.

Master Bell...

If he actually manages to take down the King here, our chances at winning will drastically improve!

Fire Bolt.

Just a little longer...

All I can do is hit him hard. With the strongest move I've got!

"Merciful silver amid golden plains."

"I am the feral fighter ordained to the battlefield."

"Wildly I charge, delivering Her divine will."

Hildis Vini.

Master Finn told me about this.

That golden light is a powerful technique he once used to defeat a level 7 adventurer!

Fully charged!

ARGO VESTA!

Master Bell!

We were evenly matched.

No. Considering our levels, I suppose you came out on top.

An impressive attack, indeed.

But from here on out... it's just a regular fight.

I told you before, worm.

You guys are nothing but useless trash on the battlefield. You're losers.

Blast it to hell. This is why I didn't want to fight you...

Take pride.

You posed a real threat to my life.

Oh no, Cyclops!

A fresh batch of tributes, I see.

Oh shit! He's coming our way!

D-Daphne!

I need a favor, you guys.

Go get beaten.

Appreciate it!

Again?

Those magic swords are annoying. They're using them like arrows to attack us while resupplying their allies.

I've never seen tactics like this before.

We'll keep this up until Lady Naza runs out of swords!

Hopefully Bell Cranel can make his move by then!

MASTER BELL!

Please no...

Bell...

Don't you dare break him, Ottarl.

Fire Bolt!

Remember this moment. This is what it's like to taste dirt.

Please stop...

No more! He's had enough!

Bell...

Where do you think you're going, Asfi?

Like you have to ask!

And don't you dare try to tell me it's pointless!

Get up.

If you're going to be the one who basks in her love,

then surpass me.

Next time: "Astrea Record".