Behind the Adventurers were the Gods, and their reaction could be divided into two. While most of them were excitedly watching what's going on, some of the Gods had their faces distorted by rage. Those were the groups' victims and all of them had attended today's Denatus.

"Who are you?" Shakti asked as she prepared her weapon.

"Crimson Apocalypse Thieving Group~," Kisuke answered simply while also taking out a paintbrush with a bit of blank ink in its tip.

"And what's your goal?" Shakti asked. But she became vigilant and wondered what that brush was for.

"As written, to steal some things. Pretty obvious with our name, right~?"

"Don't mess with me you damned brat!!! You covered my Familia's base with something very disgusting!" Shouted one of the angry Gods.

Shakti asked the others to calm the Gods down before facing the three again, "If that's your definition of stealing, what for?"

"I have no obligation to explain it to you. Either way, it's time for us to leave this place. We still need to do something else, you see~." Kisuke replied.

Shakti and the rest of the Adventurers prepared their weapons, "Did you think you can escape this encirclement of the top Adventurers of Orario?"

Chuckling, Kisuke continued, "Did you think that we didn't have an escape plan after causing this big of a disturbance?"

Shakti narrowed her eyes and signaled the others to attack. She figured that they couldn't get anything just from talking to them and it would be dangerous if these unknown people do something else.

The first one to move, surprising for others, was the Freya Familia.

Ottar came from the front, while Allen and the Gulliver Brothers came from behind. Hogni Ragnar, a Dark Elf, and Hedin Selland, an Elf, both Level 6 from the Freya Familia, took the other sides, completely blocking off their escape routes.

For many, this was their first time to witness Ottar and the rest of the Executives from the Freya Familia fighting, so not just Adventurers were excited but also the Gods were watching the situation. Those who were not affected, deeply thanked the so-called Crimson Apocalypse Thieving Group for creating a situation like this. Whatever the ending was, this event was great 'food' for them.

Ottar's dash was so blindingly fast that most Adventurers couldn't even see his movements as he instantly arrived in front of Kisuke, bearing down his massive greatsword with a nonchalant expression despite his clear attempt to cut him down. Freya's orders were to capture this person and normally, he would follow her every command regardless of the result.

However, this time, Ottar felt a clear threat from the person towards his beloved Goddess after he silently climbed the tower from the outside. So he didn't hesitate to break his promise to kill this person.

Ottar arrived quickly, but the first one to attack them wasn't him, but Allen by throwing a knife at each disguised person. He knew that he couldn't harm them substantially this way but the distraction it would create could help them kill these three. They were the same as Ottar, Allen and the rest didn't have any intention of following their Goddess' commands, because of the threat they posed to her safety even if there was a law and severe punishments that prohibit the children from harming a God.

The viewers were shocked, though, because Kisuke and Yoruichi simply caught the knives with their fingers without even looking at it. Kuroka on the other hand, didn't have the same level of martial prowess so she used a small magic circle to block the incoming projectile, which, in hindsight, surprised the viewers more, "What was that? Instant cast?" Shakti muttered while getting ready to join them.

However, all of her burning motivation to jump into the fray was instantly snuffed out due to what happened next. Kisuke, using the knife he caught, slashed towards Ottar with a much faster speed, bisecting his greatsword and cutting him from his right shoulder until his left flank.

With dilated pupils, Ottar immediately retreated while throwing the last half of his sword towards Kisuke in an attempt to distract him. Which in response, Kisuke just slapped away.

Everyone, including those from the Freya Familia, especially Freya herself, was shocked at this turn of events. The dashing Freya Familia members abruptly stopped their advance and Yoruichi wouldn't let go of this chance. Instantly reappearing in front of Allen, Yoruichi muttered, "Hey, we're still in a fight. Don't get too distracted."

"Kuhh!!!" Allen hurriedly put his spear across him to block Yoruichi's punch. But even after being warned and putting up his defense, Yoruichi's knuckle just went through his spear, breaking it and hitting him square in the chest.

"Gahh!!!" Allen flew off, hitting two of the four Gullivers Brothers behind him as all three of them smashed into an empty stall.

"Allen!!!" Hedin shouted at his comrade. He then signaled the Dark Elf, Hogni, to check on Ottar while he ran towards Allen's side. After reaching Allen's side who was already coughing blood, Hedin checked his condition and estimated the injuries he had, 'Most of his rib bones were broken and some punctured his lungs... All of this even with his spear and armor blocking that attack...'

Hedin then took out an Elixir and forced Allen to drink half of it and poured the rest of it on his chest.

On Hogni's side, after checking Ottar's condition, he noticed something even more terrifying than the wound across his body, "O-Ottar..."

Ottar became confused at his reaction as he should already know that a cut of this kind wasn't enough to be called a large and deep wound. Ottar thought he was shocked at the way he was cut and he was, too, until he felt something amiss as there was something moist on his throat.

Ottar used his hand to touch his neck and after feeling the watery substance, he checked only to find his fingers covered in black ink. With his eyes wide open, Ottar hurriedly looked towards Kisuke who was waving his paintbrush with black ink on it.

Since there were no more enemies coming after them, Kuroka used this chance to teleport themselves out.

Everyone braced themselves when a purple magic circle suddenly appeared beneath them but a few seconds later, the three of them slowly became granules of light and before they disappeared entirely, all of them said, "Crimson Apocalypse Thieving Group, signing off~! Until next time~!"

It was hard to imagine, that the chaotic Orario suddenly became quiet... very quiet. But the first one to break this silence was the Captain of the Freya Familia with an uproaring laugh, "FUHAHAHA!!! Great! I'll be expecting you!"

Instead of being scared like the rest, Ottar became excited at the prospect of fighting someone much stronger than him. The last time he felt like this was, when the Zeus and Hera Familias were still around and their executives thrashed him mercilessly.

Freya, who had been watching everything from the top of the tower, frowned deeply. Although she was happy that Ottar got his motivation back and his soul shone brighter because of it, she was worried about the three's identity. The three's soul didn't match their strength.

Even if it was a dirty or ordinary soul, once they reached a certain level, its radiance would match their strength. That was true for all the Adventurers that she had met, including those from the Zeus and Hera Familia, "Unless... They're faking it?... That's impossible..." She muttered under the cold wind, not willing to believe her own conjecture.

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28th00: Well, reiatsu is still as BS as I remember it, huh? Use enough of it, concentrated or not, and it cuts through 'everything' in its path. Considering it can literally erase souls, matter and probably anything in between it when in a high enough concentration, it's not that surprising.

Goyya: The thing is, just a bit of Reiatsu was used there so that it won't be easily caught by the Gods. Mainly, it's swordsmanship.

Alexander: Did Kisuke only put a line on his neck? Somehow, I was expecting him to write some insults.

Goyya: That would be too much. Even with his skills now, Ottar will immediately notice it aside from one straight line.

28th00: The line was to show that he spared him, because it's with an inkbrush which is super not a weapon, so it was even slower than the knife, which already cut through him, his armour and his sword at the same time.