Chapter 200: Another Thousand-Year Conspiracy!
The role of the Babel tower, located in the center of Orario, was to suppress the monsters in the Dungeon.
It was due to the existence of Babel, along with the ceaseless prayers of the Heavenly God Ouranos, that the monsters in the Dungeon could be suppressed underground and prevented from escaping.
However, today, the monsters in the Dungeon were about to emerge.
The reason was naturally not that the Heavenly God Ouranos was negligent in his prayers and failed to suppress the monsters in the Dungeon.
After all, if Ouranos were to leave the place of prayer, it would mean he had a way to deal with such an emergency. A dignified Heavenly God could not possibly be forever trapped in a place of prayer, unable to take a single step away.
Therefore, if the problem was not caused by Ouranos's actions, it meant that Babel's mechanism for suppressing the Dungeon had been affected.
Someone had used a special method to break through Babel's defense mechanism, leading to the appearance of a loophole.
But who could have done such a thing?
The gods in Babel all fell into a state of hesitation.
While the gods were pondering the mastermind, the fluctuations coming from the Dungeon became more and more violent.
The moment the seal on the underground was lifted, the calamity that had been suppressed for a thousand years finally reappeared in this world. And once the lid was opened, it would be very difficult to close it again.
Because after a long period of time, destruction had once again descended upon this world.
"What do we do now?"
"The monsters are going to rush up!"
"What about the adventurers? Wait, all the adventurers are on Orsa Island right now!"
"Was everything planned?"
The gods were dumbfounded.
They never expected that the hidden mastermind would have calculated this far, taking advantage of the time when all the adventurers were on Orsa Island for the War Game to completely trigger the Dungeon's crisis.
As a result, there was no one left to stop the Dungeon crisis from spreading!
"Ouranos, do you know who did all this?"
Astraea subconsciously looked at the Heavenly God.
She felt that as the de facto controller of Orario, Ouranos should have some knowledge of all this.
In fact, he did.
Regarding Astraea's question, Ouranos was briefly silent, and then he took the initiative to speak: "The only person who can do this, no, the only god who can do this, that I can think of, is Dionysus, the one who calls himself 'Enyo.' He should be the culprit of all this."
"Dionysus is Enyo?"
Hearing this shocking news, Astraea showed a surprised expression.
She then asked: "Since you have a connection with Dionysus, why didn't you stop him?"
"My connection with him is purely one of mutual benefit." Ouranos said coldly. "There are many such benefactors: Dionysus, Ikelos, Rudra... In Orario's history, I have had contact with countless gods from the Dark Faction, because they could provide assistance for my research."
"So, you mean, you could only get help from Dionysus unilaterally, but had no control over that guy?"
"That's right."
Ouranos nodded without hesitation, indicating that he did not know about Dionysus's plan.
"But how do you know that this Dungeon crisis must be Dionysus's doing?" Astraea couldn't help but ask. "How can you be sure that he has this ability?"
"It's also because Dionysus has always had a connection with the Daedalus family." Ouranos said quietly. "Daedalus was the builder of Babel. His descendants, for some reason, inherited the memories of their ancestor, and even know some of Babel's secret doors. Besides Dionysus, there are two other gods who also have a connection with the Daedalus family: Ikelos and Thanatos. The former has already returned to Heaven, while the latter is highly unlikely to be involved in this..."
"I see."
Realizing that Ouranos's idea was simply a deduction, Astraea fell silent.
Finally, after hesitating for a long time, she said helplessly: "We don't have time to worry about that mastermind now. We have to quickly solve the Dungeon crisis."
"It's already impossible to solve the crisis." Ouranos said resignedly. "The Zeus Familia and the Hera Familia have already disappeared. The adventurers of Orario are now too far behind the previous generation.
Even with a unique existence like Emiya Shirou, he is, after all, just a mortal.
And the War Game has consumed too much power. In a short period of time, we are destined to be unable to stop the monsters in the Dungeon from rushing to the surface and destroying everything."
"Are you saying that we have to stand by and watch everything be destroyed?"
Astraea questioned.
Ouranos smiled and replied: "No, we won't just stand by and watch. We will also become part of the destruction.
After all, in Genkai, the existence that we gods are most powerless against is the Dungeon itself. Its characteristic of suppressing Divine Power is enough to send all gods back to Heaven."
"..."
Astraea fell silent at Ouranos's words.
After showing a helpless expression, she had to admit that Ouranos's thought was correct.
The countdown to the destruction of Genkai had begun.
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Let's turn the clock back a little.
At the end of an almost empty corridor, in front of a heavy door, the god Dionysus, with his attendant Filvis, arrived at the basement of Babel.
Here, Barca, who was originally a member of the Thanatos Familia, slowly came here.
As a descendant of the Daedalus family, he should have dedicated the rest of his life to the construction of the artificial Dungeon, but for some reason, he had come here.
Moreover, when he met Dionysus, Barca showed no surprise and spoke frankly: "Calling me out at this time, it seems the plan had to be moved up."
"Yes, because I've realized that now is the best time to execute the plan." Dionysus said with a smile. "To achieve this, to destroy Babel, you used that unique ritual to cut your soul into countless pieces and prepared for a thousand years. Now, it is finally time to accomplish all this, Daedalus."
"Hmph, whether my long-cherished wish can be achieved depends on the next developments."
Barca, who was called 'Daedalus', showed a cold expression.
Immediately after, his eyes suddenly turned incredibly red, and he seemed to merge with the surrounding door.
His spirit even began to integrate into the interior of Babel!