Facing Apollo's attack, Izumi showed no fear at all. He clenched his fist and smashed it forward.
Boom!
As if his body carried an innate anti-magic property, the massive fireball shattered instantly under Izumi's punch.
Apollo froze in shock when he saw this.
"Impossible!!"
He knew very well that the temperature of that fireball was comparable to the surface of the sun. Yet here, it had been destroyed with a single punch?
The gods watching the scene were equally stunned.
Izumi paid no attention to their gazes. Right now, he only wanted to end this quickly.
A crimson spear suddenly appeared in his right hand.
Gáe Bolg.
The very weapon once wielded by his master.
At the same time, the power of the Godslayer within him awakened.
The moment that aura emerged, every god in Orario felt death approaching.
"This guy intends to slay a god!!"
"Stop him!"
"Apollo must not be killed!"
In an instant, the gods panicked.
If Apollo were truly slain, the consequences would be enormous. No matter how much they disliked him, the fall of a god would shake the world.
The Guild Hall descended into chaos.
Everyone felt a chill run down their spine.
If Izumi could kill Apollo… could he kill them as well?
Fear spread like wildfire.
They all called for the Guild's chief, Ouranos-sama, to intervene.
Yet Ouranos remained unmoving, quietly watching the spectacle.
The other gods were stunned.
Meanwhile, Izumi had already begun his attack.
"Pierce. Strike through.
Gáe Bolg Alternative!"
Without the slightest hesitation, he activated the technique.
The crimson spear turned into a streak of lightning and shot straight toward Apollo.
"You bastard!!
You dare—!"
Apollo cried out in terror as he hurriedly fled to the side, trying to avoid the strike.
But soon he realized something.
The surrounding space had been sealed.
The weapon had already locked onto him.
The crimson spear reached him in the blink of an eye.
And before his horrified gaze—
It pierced his heart.
"—!"
Golden blood burst from Apollo's mouth.
A violent power rampaged within his body, mercilessly eroding his divine core.
At that moment, true fear gripped him.
"No…!!"
If the divine core was destroyed, there would be no resurrection.
Even if a god was killed, as long as their core remained, they could be reborn after tens of thousands of years.
As the sun god, Apollo should have been no exception.
But now, that possibility was gone.
With a final wail, his body swayed before collapsing to the ground.
Under countless horrified gazes, Apollo—the god—had been slain.
Izumi noticed something astonishing the moment Apollo died.
The Godslayer power within him had grown stronger.
Rather, only now did he truly become a complete Godslayer.
The gods he had defeated in the previous world were merely fragments, not true bodies.
But Apollo had been the genuine article.
This was a true divine kill.
Looking at Apollo's corpse, Izumi walked over without hesitation.
Apollo had completely lost all signs of life.
His divine core had been shattered.
This world would never again have the god known as Apollo.
Perhaps, in the distant future, another sun god would be born.
But it would not be him.
That was also why Ouranos had not intervened.
One Apollo was insignificant.
Especially one with such a poor reputation.
It was far wiser not to provoke Izumi.
In Ouranos's perception, Izumi was no weaker than himself—perhaps even stronger.
Not to mention, there was another existence within the Hestia Familia close to his level.
Acting recklessly would be suicide.
The fall of a god caused the world itself to change.
The sky grew darker.
A suffocating pressure descended upon everything.
The people of Orario stood frozen.
They could not comprehend what they had just witnessed.
Gods… could truly die.
Izumi, however, remained indifferent.
He collected Apollo's corpse as if nothing had happened, then left the Guild with Le Fay in tow.
Silence enveloped Orario.
The calm before the storm.
After a long while, someone finally cried out.
Shock and uproar spread across the city.
Apollo had truly been killed.
A god had fallen.
Izumi had become a Godslayer.
The war game ended with Apollo's death.
According to the agreement, the Hestia Familia inherited everything belonging to the Apollo Familia.
After Hestia returned, Izumi had her lead Kisara and the other girls to claim the spoils.
The Apollo Familia had been utterly destroyed. The few survivors had no will to resist.
They handed over all assets obediently.
Among the survivors were Cassandra and Daphne.
Cassandra's prophetic ability had warned her the night before that the Apollo Familia would be annihilated.
Thus, she and Daphne had remained behind to guard the home, avoiding the battle.
That was how they survived.
Hestia did not make things difficult for them.
After receiving everything, she returned with her group.
No one pitied the Apollo Familia.
After all, Apollo himself had started the conflict.
The Hestia Familia had merely responded.
The remaining members either left Orario or joined other familias.
Thus, the Apollo Familia passed into history.
Even their god had fallen.
Reduced to nothing but dust in the flow of time.