DanMachi: Starting with a Sword Soul Template

Chapter 118: The Ignited Battle Scene, Next Contestant!

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Liam's voice, transmitted through the microphone, reached every corner of the circular arena. The audience, which had gradually quieted down.

After capturing the information in his words, the atmosphere was instantly ignited!

"The War Game between the Apollo Familia and the Hestia Familia."

"Arena Battle."

Especially on Liam's side, with only a few participants, the result was already laid out before all the spectators.

There was no suspense.

The point of anticipation was simply, as a fellow Level 2 adventurer.

How many opponents could Liam, hailed as the "strongest rookie," last against? Was his title truly well-deserved…

To ignite passion?

This was something that was simply impossible to happen!

It couldn't be that a miracle would truly occur, that he could win the War Game against the Apollo Familia by relying on his individual strength alone?

Although the battle hadn't started yet.

But hearing Liam's "they are the challengers," undoubtedly raised the curtain for the battle. Perhaps it was due to strength.

Or…

Purely wanting to save face in the face of a huge disparity in strength?

The spectating adventurers and the present gods didn't care about these things. They only knew this was a rare piece of entertainment.

On the contrary, the subject himself, Apollo, on the opposite side, his face gradually turned ashen.

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"It will be over soon."

Ignoring the focused gazes of the scene, Liam's gaze swept over the women, finally resting on Hestia's face.

The arena stage.

Was less than 10 meters away from the preparation seats. His various ability scores had been greatly improved.

As for his entrance…

Liam didn't use the passage. He gathered strength in his legs and leaped from the preparation seats. With his extremely high degree of body control, he soared over the spectator seats below.

Finally landing steadily on the arena stage.

"Well then."

"We can begin."

He was already mentally prepared.

An arena battle.

Wanting to hide his combat style and the special nature of his "Selfless Sword Aura" was simply an impossible task.

Regarding the special methods of a "Sword Soul."

It would inevitably be exposed to the view of all the adventurers in Orario!

He suddenly felt that since it would be exposed no matter what, then why not... use the most Sword-Soul-like method to resolve this War Game?

His thoughts became clear.

He activated all the effects of "Flowing Stance," "Warlord's Fervor," and "Overdrive."

With one hand, he drew the short sword Hephaestus had lent him. The Selfless Sword Aura permeated the blade, erupting with a cheerful hum.

A sense of killing intent enveloped the circular arena.

Liam held the sword in one hand, looking at the unfamiliar adventurer walking out of the passage ahead, his calm eyes showing no ripples.

He didn't feel any pressure.

He was probably... some random mob-level Lv2. He didn't rashly launch an attack, but waited for Ganesha to give the final command.

Being corrected by Liam, Ganesha didn't feel any anger. He even looked at the figure in the arena.

With a strange sense of identification.

Kindred spirits?

He hadn't expected that Liam, with just such simple, edgy talk, would liven up the somewhat silent atmosphere of the scene.

Not forgetting the main business.

The adventurers from both Familias were already in position.

Ganesha decisively announced, "The arena battle is a matter of life and death, surrender is allowed. Now that both sides are in position, I announce…"

"The battle begins!"

"This battle will be commentated by me, Ganesha! The challenger... is from the Apollo Familia..." He suddenly got stuck.

Ganesha was just about to check the appearance order.

It was just that as soon as he opened the booklet, the instantaneous change on the battlefield was fully captured in his eyes. His movements paused slightly.

Forgetting the commentary of the battlefield.

Because…

The battle's result was already decided the moment he announced its start!

The speed was so fast that even Ganesha couldn't see it clearly, let alone the adventurers on site. The atmosphere fell into a deathly silence.

"Hmm?"

The arena battle was a matter of life and death.

This was a necessary preparation. Liam was, of course, the same. If he failed, he would be classified into the man-lover group.

Dungeon pursuit.

Threatening other Familia members.

All these actions had already placed the "Apollo Familia" on the opposing side. And through his Homicidal Intent Perception skill.

Liam detected a clear fluctuation of killing intent from this random mob.

To avoid a crooked mob adventurer from joining his own Familia and polluting the overall environment, the best way was, of course, to annihilate them all!

"In that case."

"Let's go all out."

Liam smiled faintly, gripping the hilt of his sword with his right hand. As Ganesha announced the start, the Selfless Sword Aura had already begun to accumulate.

A figure cloaked in grayish-brown.

Just holding the short sword in his right hand, he performed an extremely fast Iai slash forward. With a flash of sharp blade light.

"Drawing Sword."

A large-area sword aura slash, imbued with flowing light, swept forward.

The first to appear in the battle against Liam, this Lv2 adventurer, had naturally received Captain Hyakinthos's signal.

He had to teach this guy a lesson…

Having settled at his current level for a long time, in terms of various ability scores, he didn't think he was worse than Liam.

The worst-case scenario.

Was to test the waters and surrender before being defeated!

It was just that, looking at that magic skill being released, Renn had already reacted, but his body simply couldn't keep up with his actions!

The speed was simply too fast…

Also using a sword-type weapon, he subconsciously raised his greatsword to block, to offset the sword aura slash imbued with flowing light.

A power that seemed to be able to sever even space itself collided with the greatsword.

Sparks from the clash of metal and stone…

Unable to withstand the sword aura, the extremely solid heavy sword weapon's body showed countless spiderweb-like cracks and instantly shattered!

Similarly.

So did his figure, sent flying backward.

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A sense of weightlessness swept over Renn. He was completely unable to resist the reactive force. Like being hit by a chariot, he flew backward.

Even with the weapon shattering, the power of this flowing slash was only partially consumed.

The armor on his body was still unable to withstand the offensive of "Drawing Sword." Before his consciousness faded, he had only one thought.

"Instant-cast magic."

His flying figure slammed heavily into the arena wall. Even the hard stone bricks cracked from the impact!

A battle that ended in an instant.

It gave the on-site audience and the Apollo Familia no time to react.

They only saw a sword aura slash imbued with flowing light, a special magic-like technique, directly deciding the victory of the first arena battle!

Liam still stood in his original spot, his calm eyes sweeping over the members of the Apollo Familia in front. As for the life or death of that challenger…

It was not something he needed to concern himself with.

Hushed discussions gradually began to rise from the scene, only lacking Ganesha's announcement of the end of the battle. Since he wanted a quick resolution.

There was no need to waste time.

Liam turned around and signaled Lili to throw down the microphone. Finally, he surveyed the audience, who hadn't yet realized the battle was over.

In the most relaxed tone, he made a declaration that was deafening to the audience and countless gods present.

"Next contestant!"

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The young man's relaxed words were transmitted to every corner of the circular arena, stimulating the visual senses of the on-site audience.

The first to be hit was Apollo, who had initiated the "War Game."

He sat up straight, looking at the figure in the circular arena, his pupils slightly contracted, unable to hide the shock in his heart.

The adventurer sent in the first battle.

His strength, within the Familia members, could be said to be a mainstay…

Let alone a real fight, he hadn't even gone through the motions in the duel with Liam before being dealt with by this instant-cast magic…

"So."

"This is your confidence?"

He hadn't collected accurate information about Liam, only about the recently ended Familia expedition. Regarding this kind of magic.

Apollo had also never seen it before.

A sword aura slash imbued with flowing light, which even weapons and armor couldn't block.

Cleanly dispatching Renn, who was also a Lv2 adventurer. But his mood didn't fluctuate at all.

Waving his hand to signal the rescue personnel to enter the stage.

Regarding "no-chant magic," with power that could reach this level, Apollo didn't think Liam could use it continuously.

In that case…

The advantage of the "Arena Battle" could be perfectly utilized!

As for Liam's words just now, they didn't anger Apollo. On the contrary, his obsession to seize him grew even stronger.

Even if he had to pay a price.

He had to get Liam into his Familia. As for what followed?

They'd talk about it then!

Apollo looked at his captain, Hyakinthos, standing beside him, whose appearance could be compared to an elf, and reverted to his initial arrogant look.

"Can you handle it?"

"I will not fail Lord Apollo's expectations."

Truly, his first time watching Liam fight.

Hyakinthos didn't make a military pledge. With confidence in his own strength and the number of strong Familia members here.

He hadn't considered failure.

He just stated in the most indifferent tone, "It's nothing more than... a cornered beast's struggle. The magic is indeed very rare."

"But it absolutely cannot decide the outcome of the battle!"

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Daphne, standing not far away, didn't express any thoughts. She just looked at the high-spirited young man's figure in front.

She had once thought of resisting, but the result…

Perhaps.

This strongest rookie could really create such a grand feat?

An instantly resolved battle, and the young man's battle declaration, refreshed the inherent impression of Liam's strength in the minds of the many adventurers present.

They had thought he was just training in the Dungeon, his actual strength not that great…

But it only refreshed their impression. An adventurer of the same level, to be able to cleanly resolve a battle, indeed had something!

But what he had to face next…

Was the Apollo Familia's wheel battle. No matter how strong he was, there would come a time when his magic and stamina were depleted, right?

And what was boiling on site.

Were some of the gamblers who had bet on Liam. The cleanly ended battle let them see a hope of victory.

"Liam, you have to win against the Apollo Familia!"

"I've bet my entire fortune on you! As long as you win, whenever you look for me in the future, it's my treat for drinks!"

"That's right."

"Whether I can win back all the money I've lost depends on you!"

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Hestia Familia's spectator seats.

Gods couldn't enter the Dungeon. Her impression of Liam's strength was limited to his soaring ability scores every time he updated them.

As a goddess, she had never seen Liam fight before.

The impact of the cleanly ended battle.

For Hestia, was undoubtedly the greatest. She gripped the railing with both hands, looking at Liam with eyes full of disbelief!

An unimaginable skill method.

It wasn't the "Warlord's Fervor" magic, so the source…

Was most likely the skill "Sword Soul Power," which even she couldn't analyze, providing Liam with a powerful combat method!

"This…"

"It's over so quickly?"

"Of course."

Answering Hestia was Lili, whose mouth also curved into a smile. She recalled the battle scenes in the Dungeon.

She hesitated for a moment, finally adding, "If it were a siege battle."

"The ending speed would probably be even faster than now?"

After all…

A wide-range slash that even heavy swords and armor couldn't block. Facing a siege by a large number of adventurers, the effect would be directly doubled!

And precisely because of this.

Lili firmly believed in Liam, this guy who was adept at creating miracles!

Even in an "Arena Battle," needing to face the siege of the Apollo Familia adventurers, with Liam's combat endurance.

Wanting to exhaust his stamina was simply an impossible task!

Emotions could not be shared.

Ganesha finally felt frustrated. He didn't need to commentate at all. Even the matter of changing contestants, this guy had said it for him.

He felt his role was somewhat superfluous.

But in this way, he could better observe Liam's battle. It was probably... a visual feast in every sense?

"Annihilating the Soma Familia with Lv1 strength."

He held high expectations for Liam's strength, but truly seeing it with his own eyes, Ganesha only felt he had still somewhat underestimated him…

A suppression of ability scores.

This unique combat style made him see the appearance of a "miracle." Was there anything more inspiring than this?

Shattering the doubts of all spectators, and even Orario.

In the arena battle against the Apollo Familia, Liam, relying on his own strength, created the grand feat of single-handedly sweeping through all opponents!

"It really makes me look forward to it…"

"Liam, where exactly is your limit!"

Noticing that another adventurer from the Apollo Familia had entered the arena, Ganesha didn't continue his commentary, sitting in the commentary box.

The main referee was shocked by the combat method.

And chose to watch.

And the next battle, for the on-site audience and gods, was not a foregone conclusion from the start of the War Game.

The strength Liam displayed made the possibility of a miracle exist…

But for the person involved.

The next battle was somewhat dull. Looking at the Apollo Familia member entering the stage, Liam didn't continue to use Drawing Sword.

After all, it wasn't a full-range attack.

As long as one prepared in advance, one could leap up and dodge during the slash.

"A pity my methods are still a bit few…"

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It had already evolved from an "Arena Battle" to an unregulated martial arts tournament.

The main referee had no intention of continuing his commentary. Liam also didn't take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Relying on his own stats and the Sword Soul template.

To defeat the Apollo Familia fair and square!

This was his thought at this moment. When the Apollo Familia adventurer was ready for battle, the power gathered in his legs instantly exploded.

His speed had already surpassed that of an ordinary Lv3 adventurer. Still holding the short sword in one hand.

The distance was continuously closing.

When the timing was gradually right, Liam decisively used the "Thrusting Smash" skill.

The already closed distance, accompanied by a faster second dash, once again swept towards the Apollo Familia member.

An aura that could rival a thousand troops…

Accompanied by a sword intent that made the air freeze. Before he even reached this adventurer.

Knowing he absolutely couldn't win, in the face of Familia honor and his own life, he decisively chose to slide to his knees.

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"I surrender."

(End of this chapter)

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