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章節 704: News from the Surface

"To be more specific, I'll be attacking the Juggernaut first and cast a weakening spell on it. However, for me to continue my weakening spell, I have to concentrate. It means that I won't be able to move within that duration." Kisuke explained.

"So I'll have to be the one to finish it off while it's weakened..." Ryuu muttered.

"Yep. So the plan is, we lure it to the 38th floor so that none or only a few monsters can join the fight. That way, you won't have to mind my condition as well, so you could focus better on your fight. Although I'll be weakening it, it'll still be a tough opponent for you and the chances of you dying are very high. Are you still going for it?"

Ryuu went silent once again, but this time, she only needed a few minutes before nodding and answering, "I'll do it."

She then looked towards the cave's exit and thought, 'It's terrifying... that's for sure. However, I can't keep hiding and escaping from my fear of it. In any case, whether I'm terrified of it or not, it doesn't really change anything if I'm not going to survive. I should at least take my revenge.'

Kisuke then stood up, "That's great. Then we should get going. The longer we wait, the stronger that thing gets."

"Wait! Are you sure you can move now!? That injury you took isn't a joke!" Ryuu also stood up in a panic.

"I've already told you, I'm quite sturdy so you don't have to worry. Heal yourself for one last time and move directly to the 38th floor without me."

"You're going alone!? That's too dangerous! I'm coming with you!"

But Ryuu's worried cries were only met with a flick on the forehead from Kisuke, "Ugh! What are you doing?"

"Were you really that scared that you forgot the Juggernaut's current state? Due to the modifications it made to its body, although it became stronger, it also became slower and its maneuverability was significantly reduced. If it was in its former form, I might have a hard time, but in this case, I'm confident to dodge all of its attacks with ease if I don't attack back."

Thinking about it, Ryuu also understood this, however, she still couldn't help but worry, "...But... Even if that's the case..."

After all the practice he had done, most of the spells he knew were already available for him to use, albeit, with a few hiccups here and there, but that could be remedied by a bit more practice. Putting his hand on Ryuu's head, Kisuke started patting her while using the spell he used to calm Koneko's soul last time, which also indirectly calms the mind, "I'll be fine. I'm not that easy to kill, you see. You should focus on your role more if you're that worried about me."

Ryuu wanted to say something back, but after a few seconds of patting, she looked down and stayed quiet. In a normal scenario, she would have slapped away the hand patting her head even if it's Kisuke because it's just plain rude for her and it's not something she's comfortable with.

However, the strange feeling of comfort and calmness she felt stopped her from taking any actions against it, and Ryuu inadvertently got lost in time as she savored those feelings.

So when Kisuke took back his hand, Ryuu immediately looked up and unconsciously let out a voice of regret, "Ah..."

"Hmm? What's wrong?" asked Kisuke as he was about to leave.

Ryuu realized what just happened and immediately looked away with a slight blush on her face, "I-It's nothing!"

Seeing that, Kisuke just shrugged his shoulders and started leaving. But before he completely exited the cave, Ryuu raised her voice, "Be careful! Make sure you come back. If within two hours you still haven't arrived, I'll run back to you."

Waving his hand, Kisuke replied, "Got it. Get yourself ready. It won't be easy."

It didn't take long for Kisuke to hear Ryuu's rapid footsteps as they went their separate ways. But before they disappeared, he suddenly heard Ryuu say, "...After this, I will have my answer. Please listen to it."

Kisuke didn't say anything else and continued walking with a small smile of anticipation on his face. As he turned the corner, he suddenly disappeared from his spot, reappearing several tens of meters away before disappearing again.

It only took Kisuke a few minutes to arrive at the rampaging Juggernaut, and the former Dungeon's cleaner also looked at him with fury, before swiping its claws at him.

But unlike before, Kisuke had already got most of his abilities back in addition to his impossibly tough body. And with Ryuu not being with him, he didn't really have anything to hide anymore.

The Juggernaut thought that it was already about to hit Kisuke, but its target suddenly disappeared from its sight before it suddenly felt someone stepping on the top of its head, "Let's wait here for two hours, shall we?"

It was then that an invisible weight suddenly pressed down on it, instantly pinning it to the ground without any chance of retaliation. The Juggernaut tried its best to move, but it couldn't even twitch the tip of its tail nor open its mouth to let out a roar. For the first time, fear set into one of the overlord existences in the Dungeon, "Now then, in the meantime, let's see what's happening on the surface."

Finally being able to use his storage, Kisuke took out the orb that is used to contact Serafall and after a few seconds of connecting, Serafall answered, "Ki-tan~! It seems you're able to contact me now on your own~!"

Although Kisuke didn't explicitly tell Serafall what happened to him while he was in the Dizara region, the former Demon Lord could tell that something was up with him when she felt that Kuroka was the one who activated the orb before. Her guesses were only further verified when Kisuke teleported back using Kuroka's magic, "Yeah. I was finally able to sort things out on my side. What about on your side? Any exciting development?"

"It's nothing much, but the fate of the whole city will be decided soon. You should come and see things unfold with your own eyes. It looks pretty fun~"

Kisuke's mouth twitched and replied, "That's not 'nothing much'. They are risking their lives, you know?"

But Serafall just chuckled, "There's that, but not as much risk as you think. Sona-chan is doing her best to reduce the risk for everyone, you see?" Her smile then became gentle and mellow, "I'm really happy to see how much she improved these days, not just in strength, but in how she sees things thanks to the experiences that she can't normally have with her previous position. She is so much brighter than before~! Of course, that also holds true for the other girls, especially Akeno-chan and Irina-chan whom I spent most of my time with at later dates when we're in our previous world. They couldn't possibly have this kind of development under Rias-chan's leadership."

"With that said, I thank you for bringing them over here and also for bringing me here to see all of this~! I might have witnessed history in the making~!"

Kisuke shook his head, "Please don't be. I'm just doing what the situation calls for."

Serafall, however, only gave him a cheeky smile but didn't say anything in return regarding that, "By the way, it seems that Ophis-chan wants to get involved."

"Ho?"

"When I asked her why, she just said 'A crying Dragon'."


創作者的想法
Goyya Goyya

Editors:

28th00: Oh shit, Ophis wants to get involved? A crying Dragon!? SHE’S TAKING THIS SOMEWHAT SERIOUSLY THEN! Dragons are her domain after all. Fear the Dragon Loli God...

章節 705: News from the Surface part 2

"A crying Dragon, is it? That certainly is interesting. I'll try to come up in time to see." replied Kisuke while playfully tapping the head of the pinned Juggernaut.

Serafall then gave a summary of what had transpired when he dived into the Dungeon to save Ryuu.

As Serafall and Kisuke had expected, they failed in their first attack despite reaching Thanatos, who led the current Evilus and annihilating the organization for good. Moreover, the entire Dionysus Familia was killed, a total of 80 Adventurers, due to their God's untimely 'death' that caused their Falna to become suddenly inactive, leaving them as vulnerable as those without it.

In addition to that, a ritual was initiated when the God was killed. This ritual used the Demi-Spirits as its core and it was only a few days later that it was discovered that it had a self-destructing effect that could potentially blow away the whole of Orario off the map, essentially destroying the lid that covered the Dungeon.

As the green flesh that absorbed the people of Dionysus Familia as 'nutrients' for the Demi-Spirits and served as the protection to the ritual receded, because the spell was near its completion, The Loki, Hermes, and Freya Familias hurriedly tackled the almost broken man-made Dungeon to stop it from fully activating.

"Little did they know that the ritual was actually a two-part spell and they had to destroy not just the Demi-Spirits, but another monster that served as the core." Serafall sighed since she wanted to warn Sona, but she also wanted her to discover it on her own.

"I see... So that's where the crying Dragon comes in."

"I don't know, but you're most probably right."

"By the way, do you already know the identity of this Enyo?"

Serafall shook her head, "I don't know... I thought it was this Dionysus with how convenient his timings are, but he was already sent back to Heaven. According to Loki-chan and her crew's investigation, it seems to be this Demeter, but I have my doubts. Do you have any clue?"

Serafall only asked in passing and didn't have any expectations since Kisuke was always away. But to her surprise, he suddenly asked, "Is the creature known as Ein still alive?"

Serafall thought about it for a moment before nodding, "Yep. I think that guy is still alive."

"I see... If she's still alive, then chances are Dionysus is still probably alive."

"What!? Are you sure!?"

It was Kisuke's turn to shake his head, "I'm not, but the possibility is always there."

Serafall furrowed her brows and muttered, "How?... I'm pretty sure he died that day."

"You couldn't have seen it with your own eyes. And on top of that, if it's the Deities, it's actually pretty easy for them to deceive the children of this world. So if you've made a census of all the Deities in the city soon after the incident, you could have confirmed things."

"A census you say..." Serafall's mouth twitched, "No way am I going to have that kind of idea if I think the chances of him being dead is high. Is that how you'd have done it if you're here?"

Kisuke smiled and replied, "Yep~ The more obvious and believable the answer is, the more I want to confirm its authenticity. Besides, if you think that Dionysus was suspicious, then Loki-sama and Hermes probably had the same suspicion. And what do you think is the easiest and quickest way to remove that suspicion off of you?"

"...By pretending to entirely leave the whole scene. But how come those kids lost their blessings? As far as I know, there's no way for a Deity to deactivate their own Falna once given to a child."

"I told you, right? It's very easy for a Deity to deceive a child, even if it's a group of them."

A lightbulb went off Serafall's head as she realized what Kisuke meant, "Ah! So you're saying Dionysus managed to find another Deity to substitute him and transfer his own children to that said Deity without them knowing about it?" Serafall then started rubbing her chin in contemplation, "Wait... There's also a wine that could fully intoxicate a God, much less a mortal so it is possible that he could have used that."

Kisuke chuckled, "Well, regardless of the methods he could have used, this turn of events was actually pretty interesting. Too bad for them since Ophis-chan wants to get involved. Of all the species they could have used, they just had to choose a Dragon, and a special type at that, I presume."

"That's true... But I'm curious. From the way you asked about that Ein creature, it sounds like you're interested in it. I'm just guessing though."

Kisuke nodded and confirmed her guess, "Indeed. I'm slightly interested. As for the reason, she can use Magic to divide her own soul. On top of that, she's related to the... well, how can I say this... the parasite within the Dungeon? Let's go with that."

"Parasite?"

"Yes. Those creatures and Demi-Spirits. I could only describe them as parasites of the Dungeon. Parasites that are powerful enough to hijack into the Dungeon's system for their own benefit. As for how Enyo is related to them, I want to know if possible."

"In that case, you really shouldn't miss this event."

"Alright. I'll adjust my schedule and come up a little earlier. Maybe I could also put Loki-sama in my debt."

After a few more minutes of talking, Kisuke and Serafall said goodbye to each other, "Now then... I guess I'll come to Lion-san an hour earlier than we agreed upon."

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More than an hour later, Ryuu was nervously waiting on the 38th floor. Although she was able to heal most of her wounds with her Magic, she's also depleted, "I need to recover my Magic Power now."

Not long after, however, Ryuu suddenly heard tremors and roars, "He's coming!?" She was happy that Kisuke was still alive and kicking, but she also concluded why he's coming earlier than expected, 'He can't take it anymore?'

Solidifying her conclusion, Kisuke appeared beyond the staircase that leads to the 37th floor and saw him bloodied, "A-are you alright!?" Ryuu shouted in worry.

Kisuke arrived and said, "I am. But we don't have much time. It's time for you to face it."

A second later, the pathway burst open and rock debris and dust flew everywhere, slightly covering the Juggernaut's silhouette. When Ryuu witnessed the monster once again, the fear that she'd suppressed immediately rose up again, but this time, she didn't let it take her over and she gritted her teeth as she swallowed a mouthful of saliva and readied herself for the upcoming battle.

Thanks to Kisuke's spell, it was in rage again and forgot its fear of him. Acting like he's doing something complicated, Kisuke sat down and put his hands together as if he's praying. Ryuu wanted to ask what he's doing, but all of a sudden the Juggernaut became sluggish and its movements noticeably became a lot slower than before.

"Hurry up! I can't do this for long!" Kisuke shouted to the gobsmacked Ryuu.

"Y-yes!"

AN (Dec. 13/21): And that's all for now folks~! Have a great day~! And do support me through pat reon if you enjoy the fic and want some advance chapters. Thanks~!


創作者的想法
Goyya Goyya

Editors:

28th00: Ah, yeah. Ophis is gonna ruin everyone's day, you had to use a dragon, a special/sacred one on top of that? Oh man, you’re basically asking for the Dragon Loli to actually be proactive here! Ryuu is in a forced and inescapable boss battle that she has to solo with only some support! Reminds me of JRPG’s when you rush too fast and savelock yourself at a boss way too high of a level and have to become the god of cheesing game mechanics to even progress anymore.

Goyya: To be fair, I like going to bosses underleveled and undergeared to cheese it and feel the illusion of me being good at the game, lol.

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