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章節 625: Misconception of ‘Power’

Hestia exited the Tower of Babel from the Denatus that was filled with disappointment, mainly because of how things became so one-sided. And because of that, bets wouldn't even be available, since no one would put any money on Hestia's side.

Compared to the previous War Games, this could potentially become one of the most boring ones.

Behind Hestia were Takemikazuchi and Miach who were making strange faces. "I-is that fine, Hestia?", asked the former.

Hestia continued walking without looking back, "It's fine. This is what Kisuke-kun wanted."

With a remorseful voice, Miach said, "I'm really sorry about this, Hestia. It should be me who should be helping you, but you have to take this route because of that child."

"You really don't have to worry about that, Miach. If I had to say anything, it became more convenient for him."

Miach and Takemikazuchi's eyes widened at Hestia's words, "How can you say that? Isn't your Familia in even more danger because you decided to help Soma's child?"

Hestia couldn't say that Kisuke became even happier when Soma's child got involved. For him, it was even more of a gain.

Seeing that Hestia didn't want to answer them, Miach continued, "If there's something we can help with, please don't hesitate to tell us. If it's just us, without asking our children, we're willing to take the risk of helping you."

"That's right, Hestia. I'll try to convince my children if you decided to request our help.", added Takemikazuchi.

"Thank you. I'll be sure to do so if needed, but since we took this path, we have plans."

Takemikazuchi then started rubbing his chin, "Still, I never thought that it'll go down exactly as he said it. It's like he scripted that whole Denatus."

"Right... If those Deities knew about this, their attention wouldn't be on those three girls and I'm pretty sure most of them would scramble for him.", commented Miach.

"Well, let's just say that Apollo became extremely predictable after revealing his desires. His petty personality is not one you would describe as unforeseeable, you see." Hestia then faced them, "We should be on our way. We don't want Apollo to put more restrictions on us with him seeing us together like this in public."

"Understood. We shall see each other later as planned."

Hestia then returned, but instead of going through the normal passage, Hestia used the teleportation circle that Kisuke had placed in the shop.

Once in the underground hideout, Hestia immediately saw the faces of those who dived in the Dungeon a few days ago and smiled happily, "You're back! Welcome home~!"

Sona approached her and gave her a light hug, "Welcome back, too, Hestia-sama. And good work out there."

Returning the light embrace, Hestia replied, "I just did everything Kisuke-kun instructed. I never thought that it'd go that smoothly as well. And here I thought I'd have to adlib more to irritate that annoying God."

Clapping his hands, Kisuke garnered everyone's attention, "Let's have lunch for now and update your Status after eating."

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Sona, Aika and Koneko were the first ones to update their Falna and since they only went to the Dungeon to facilitate the new members' adaptation, they didn't gain much. Only a total of 50 points across the board.

Even then, it was still a very monstrous growth compared to the residents of this world.

The next one to update her Falna was Serafall, as per Kisuke's request.

Different from Akeno and Irina, Serafall operated separately from the rest most of the time. Due to her mastery that could be compared to Kisuke and Yoruichi, Serafall was fully capable of going to the deeper floors where stronger monsters lurked.

Since the monsters on the upper and middle floors didn't have very much, if any magic resistance, they were easy prey for Serafall and her masterful use of Ice Magic. By freezing the monster's vital parts and crushing it using her martial prowess, most of the monsters were instantly killed by her and Serafall was able to go down as far as the 21st floor.

Still, Sona couldn't help but worry about her big sister whenever she goes off on her own, since every time she would return, Serafall was always running critically low on potions and had a few broken bones.

Similar to Kisuke and other the 'risk-takers', they could only use the Magic Power and Ki provided by the Falna to strengthen it. As such, they could only use their natural bodies, naked from any form of defensive measures, to keep up with the offense.

After updating her Status, Serafall gained around 500-700 on each of her parameters, which greatly scared Artemis. She had to use Hestia's help to calm down who explained to her that this was 'normal'.

As someone who had already experienced running a normal Familia, Artemis couldn't easily accept the result. However, seeing Hestia's 'everything is normal' face, Artemis chose to finally abandon all of her concepts of a normal Familia to run her current one.

Next were Akeno and Irina. This time, Kisuke requested Artemis not to reveal their new Status until she updated both of them. Artemis granted his request and updated them, only to be shocked again after seeing both Statuses.

If Artemis had never met them, she wouldn't have been shocked by Akeno and Irina's statuses. After all, their parameters only increased a total of 10 points across the board. Much lower compared to Sona, Aika and Koneko, who only assisted them. A very normal increase by this world's standards and common sense.

"Huh? What's the meaning of this?", asked Hestia in confusion.

"Kisuke probably already holds the answer.", replied Sona as she looked towards Kisuke while fixing her glasses.

Akeno and Irina were also making disappointed faces. Despite working so hard, they didn't think that their gains would amount to almost nothing. "Was it not enough?", murmured Irina under her breath.

Immediately, Kisuke responded to that, "Yep. Your efforts are not enough."

Kisuke's honest answer made both of them clench their teeth and fists in frustration. They could work even harder, however, they didn't know why their gain is so small compared to the others. This gave both of them a cloudy perception, asking themselves if extra effort is really enough. Maybe, they didn´t have any talent, and chasing after them would just be a futile endeavor.

Their expression of self-doubt became very apparent to everyone within the room who became worried about them. Serafall also knew how dangerous this was in their current development phase and if not resolved, it could very much cripple their potential.

Serafall was about to say something but Kisuke beat her to it by chuckling, "Ki-tan!?"

Kisuke ignored Serafall and said with a slightly condescending tone, "You think power is that easy? Do you think you're some miraculous individuals? Get off your high horses. That power isn't yours to begin with. You can say that this is the price of your decision."


創作者的想法
Goyya Goyya

Editors: 

28th00: Yep, Serafall is a monster. Absolutely expected it. She’s doing a Dark Souls run with no gear or levels. The EXP multiplier for instant death danger levels must be INSANE. Those 2 have Dragon God-tier bodies, don’t they? Of course their efforts aren’t enough. They already have end-game physiologies. Probably to do with some mental blocks too. WHERE IS MY PHIS-CHAMA ADVENTURES?! I’ve been eagerly waiting for them for almost 200 chapters now I think!

Alexander: Well, it´s like getting a gamesave from a friend and starting a new game +, without ever having played the game. I would be seriously confused with so much strength without knowing the proper control inputs. There is a reason for getting a tutorial, after all.

章節 626: It Won’t be Easy

The whole room was silenced after hearing Kisuke's words. Artemis was about to say something, but Serafall stopped her because she got the context behind what Kisuke had just said.

While the others were confused and had no idea what Kisuke was trying to say, they didn't interrupt him.

Akeno and Irina, on the other hand, were frozen in their spots once realization dawned on them. Immediately after, they felt ashamed. Ashamed that they were disappointed when they thought that their progress was slow. It was true that they couldn´t take full advantage of their new bodies due to the restrictions of this world and their poor mastery over energy manipulation. However, it was also true that the Draconic bodies they'd received also gave them a substantial boost in power and defense if they were in a normal situation.

But, despite the fact that they looked the same, they didn't immediately realize that they weren't in their old bodies anymore.

The silence ended when Irina started walking towards Kisuke, while making a condescending smile. Once she came in front of him, Irina raised her right fist and gave his chest a soft thump, "Do you really have to say that in such a condescending tone? Though it's really our fault for not realizing it sooner and thinking that it'd be a lot easier from then on."

Kisuke's smile softened and he reached out for her bobbed head, "It's just so that I can send the message across much better. You can't have me telling this to you every time as you should've felt and realized this yourself through self-evaluation, even if you didn't know the specifics."

Kisuke then looked towards Akeno and said, "Especially you, Akeno-san. You have more experience and should've been able to figure out something like this. Letting power blind you is never a good thing."

Akeno couldn't look up and could only mutter, "I've been arrogant and overconfident. I should have known that there's no such thing as a free power-up."

Kisuke nodded and replied, "As long as you understand. Well, I can't exactly put the blame on you entirely due to the existence of ridiculous Sacred Gears that could change the power balance with anyone wielding them."

"Could you explain to us now what exactly is going on? Since you made it sound like this isn't normal and all.", implored Irina.

"To start, although I did my best to make it compatible with you, adaptability is still a different story that I can't do anything about. If I were to make an analogy, it's like from an analog machine to the latest high-tech stuff. Even if you know how to use it, you don't understand anything about it, nor its full potential and capabilities."

"On top of that, your base capabilities are all at abnormal levels due to the origins of your bodies. However, that also means training or improving your bodies may not yield any results. Hence, today's update. I'm actually surprised that you managed to gain some points, meaning, you actually worked hard. I'll give you that."

Akeno finally looked up with a concerned expression, "T-then, is there a way to actually improve?"

"What you actually did is already good.", answered Kisuke, "This way, you can slowly raise your stats and adapt to it, pulling out more hidden potential. Just keep on doing what you did in the Dungeon and within a few years or a decade, you'll be a force to reckon with."

"W-what?", questioned Akeno and Irina in shock. But more than anything they were wondering where everyone else would be within that decade powerwise. And not just that. With how fast things were changing in their original world, being only remotely powerful a decade later was not a good thing at all. Then a strange thought came into them that they could´ve become more powerful if they were in their original bodies, a big contrast to their initial thoughts.

'What's the point of potential if we can't properly manifest it?', thought both of them, as they felt like they were being scammed.

Kisuke was able to correctly guess what was on their minds and chuckled, "I reminded you, didn't I? It won't be easy."

Akeno and Irina became silent and conflicted. Even then, Kisuke continued, "Well, it's not like there isn't a way."

The girls looked at him with hope and waited.

Smiling brightly, Kisuke added, "Simple, taking the offense aside, both of you have very durable and sturdy bodies. You should capitalize that... to your limit."

Akeno was the first one to understand what he meant, "You're telling us to torture ourselves and risk our lives?"

"I never said that you should purposely hurt yourselves, but it's true that being on the verge of death is the easiest way to learn. It's the same with your adaptability issues."

"W-wait! I can't agree with that!" Artemis immediately opposed Kisuke's words, "Constantly risking your lives when it's not necessary is stupid. Even if it's for getting stronger, I don't think that it's warranted to purposely put your lives in danger."

Although Artemis didn't know the context of their conversation, she didn't want to lose her new children over the pursuit of power.

"That's where I have to disagree, Artemis-sama.", replied Kisuke, "It isn't stupid to purposely risk your life, however, only with proper preparation and resolve to go through it. Otherwise, it would indeed be stupid."

"Besides, it seems you misunderstand my idea of taking the risk. You're thinking of increasing the chances of one dying to an enemy to practice while I was referring to decreasing the chances of dying in front of certain death to the utmost limit. Although the goal is the same, they are completely different."

Kisuke then peeked back to Akeno and Irina, "And finally, even if you don't want them to do this, they can't really take the normal route... No, that's wrong. They can't afford to take the normal route."

Artemis wanted some more clarification, but before she could ask, Akeno spoke up, "Uhmm, Kisuke-san... I would like to take that training again."

Kisuke knew what she's referring to and asked, "Oh? Do you mind if I increase the difficulty?"

Akeno nodded, "If you think that's for the best. I implore you to do so."

"I'd like to take it too!" Irina wanted to join the training.

"Then I'll set it up later. I suggest you go through it for a few hours whenever you're on the surface."

"Wait, what training?", asked Aika in curiosity.

"It's something I devised here and tested over on that side. Although it's not strictly for getting stronger but for discipline and mentality training, it'll be good for Akeno-san and Irina's adaptability."

"Hmm... Let me try it too.", requested Aika, and looking at Koneko, she was also eager to experience it.

"Sure, but I don't think that it'll be very effective for you."

"Huh? Why's that?"

"Because of Yoruichi's training. She trained you three on how to fight stronger enemies through techniques and skills. The dummies only have a limited amount of move set and once you figure that out, even if it becomes stronger than you physically, it won't be able to do anything against you."

"Wait, what!?" Akeno and Irina were shocked yet again as they already experienced the terrifying wooden dolls.

Kisuke then started to walk away to prepare the things needed before saying, "Well, compared to your training, their training under Yoruichi is all about surviving and getting out with the fewest injuries. Unlike the dummies, their opponent is someone who has real killing intent."

This time, it was Sona, Aika and Koneko who were surprised. "Wait... Our training is that bad from the outside perspective?", asked Sona.

"Yeah... It's actually pretty bad. Even the strictest special forces I know of doesn't employ that much brutality." Kisuke stopped walking in realization, "Now that I think about it, both Yoruichi and I got carried away and threw away our previous notions of training. But since you kept adapting to it, we just went on while 'improving' our methods. It worked out great, though."


創作者的想法
Goyya Goyya

Editors:

28th00: The trio finally learnt that the brutal and cruel training they’ve been doing for months is actually stupidly hardcore even by people who specialise in said training. Serafall approves. I think. It gives them actual instinct when killing intent pops up, and that’s when it tends to get really dangerous. Because anything that can manifest their intent to kill that strongly probably has insane body counts and combat experience.

Alexander: Yep, training on Dark Souls level is pretty effective. Though there are a few little side effects to it, like losing common sense and the like. But nothing too serious.

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