Sorry for the wait! i was quite busy these days.
As an apology I'm happy to announce a new Fanfiction!
Danmachi - Emiya becomes the protagonist
Shirou Emiya awakens on the 18th floor of the Dungeon and is brought back to Orario by the Loki Familia.
Can Shirou becomes a Hero in this World? (No Bell)
Chapter 201: 'He' in the Deep Underground
After Daedalus's soul and spirit were integrated with the Babel Tower, his will quickly encompassed all of the Babel Tower's various facilities, including the deepest underground section, which was used to suppress the deep underground dungeon.
"—A thousand years have passed..."
Watching the years flow by, Daedalus recalled his past.
As a retainer of the Heavenly God Ouranos a thousand years ago, he was, like the current Fels, a loyal supporter of Ouranos.
He recognized Ouranos's desire and was willing to give his all to help Ouranos achieve his ambitions.
To this end, he spent his life building the Babel Tower, completing the foundation of the entire city of Orario.
Originally, the moment he finished the Babel Tower, he should have realized all of his wishes and completed his life's work.
In fact, that's what he initially thought.
However, after the Babel Tower was completed, Ouranos took him to see 'the whole truth of the matter'.
He thus saw the existence being suppressed by the Babel Tower and realized why Ouranos insisted on building the Babel Tower to suppress the Dungeon.
Yes, a thousand years ago, he had already seen the true form of the so-called Dungeon.
For this, he became completely fascinated with the Dungeon's existence, deeply captivated by that non-human concept in the deep underground.
Precisely because of this, even though he had once sworn allegiance to Ouranos, and even though he approved of the Heavenly God's ambition, he chose to betray Ouranos without hesitation, attempting to completely free the will that was suppressed in the underground.
However, the already completed Babel Tower was destined not to be dismantled.
Even if Daedalus was the builder of the Babel Tower, he could not completely destroy this God's Tower that had already been activated.
So, Daedalus came up with a roundabout method.
That was to build a second Dungeon, and by creating a near-identical replica of the original Dungeon, while also establishing a false illusion capable of confusing the Babel Tower's own system, he could bypass the Babel Tower's permissions and execute an action that exceeded the system's inherent limits.
It is precisely for this reason that there is a second Orario beneath Orario.
That was specially built by Daedalus to achieve his goal.
However, Daedalus's plan did have one flaw, which was that his lifespan as a human, the executor of the plan, was too short.
Therefore, Daedalus had to find a way to extend his life, or at least ensure his plan could continue through the long stretch of time.
For this, the only method Daedalus could think of was to transfer his soul to his descendants, passing down his will from generation to generation until the moment his long-cherished wish was fulfilled and his objective was achieved, when he would return.
To achieve this goal, the deity he sought help from was Dionysus.
However, Dionysus clearly did not have the ability to extend Daedalus's lifespan, nor could he manipulate Daedalus's soul; such a thing could only be done by the authority of two deities: the Heavenly God Ouranos and the God of Death Thanatos.
But Dionysus's authority could achieve another thing: Dionysus could completely hypnotize a God using the divine wine he produced.
Yes, Dionysus agreed to help Daedalus and used his authority to slip a cup of divine wine to the God of Death Thanatos.
Thanatos was completely unprepared and, muddled by Dionysus's divine wine, cut Daedalus's soul into a thousand pieces, constantly continuing its existence in his descendants.
Originally, Daedalus estimated it would take twenty thousand years to build a complete Dungeon, requiring a long wait.
But unexpectedly, Dionysus suddenly woke him up and told him that now was the best time to execute the plan.
Daedalus did not understand Dionysus's thoughts, but he also didn't care.
For him, there was only one thing to do: use the accumulation of these past thousand years to achieve a miracle that was impossible for mortals.
"After a thousand years, I can finally see you again."
Before starting his plan, Daedalus's expression seemed to sink into a daze.
The scene witnessed a thousand years ago overlapped with the present scene, giving him an extremely peculiar feeling, and he quietly spoke.
"Second Babel Tower permissions activated."
"Requesting Dungeon suppression system deactivation."
As Daedalus's words echoed, a certain sound seemed to emanate from the Babel Tower itself.
"The requested matter has been received. This matter requires the permission of the First Authority Holder, the Heavenly God Ouranos, and the Second Authority Holder, Fels."
"Intervening through a backend program."
"Intervention by the underground's Second Program has been obtained. Second Authority unlocked. Now, in accordance with the Second Authority, the Babel Tower's system for suppressing the Dungeon is being deactivated."
As the mechanical voice in the Babel Tower slowly sounded, "Deactivation countdown, ten, nine, eight, seven........."
During this mere few seconds of waiting, Daedalus muttered to himself.
"When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools."
Daedalus recited the lines of a bard mocking the world.
He was mocking the fools of the world, and also mocking himself.
Because he was about to undertake a mad action, not only to destroy the city of Orario that he had built with his own hands, but even to completely destroy the entire Genkai.
But he didn't care at all, just silently watching the thing contained inside after the cover was opened.
However, what he didn't expect was that the moment the Babel Tower's seal was lifted, he discovered that the thing which should have been in the deepest underground was actually gone.
The inside of the sealed bottom was empty!
"How could this be? Did He escape long ago? But why? Why did He do nothing?"
Daedalus could not understand, gasping for air.
Thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind; he couldn't grasp the reality before his eyes at all.
After all, Daedalus was very clear about how terrifying the concept of the existence that the Heavenly God Ouranos most feared, and even had to build the Babel Tower to seal, truly was.
In Genkai, virtually no one was a match for that existence.
If He had already broken the seal, shouldn't the world have been utterly destroyed by now?
But why, even now, has nothing happened?
As Daedalus was stunned, the Dungeon's seal was completely released, and the monsters inside the Dungeon began to swarm out.
A huge disaster was already imminent!