Seeing Yuri and Ryuu calmly leaving his shop, Hephaestus couldn't help but speak to them.
"Why are you leaving? Hestia is still here."
"Oh, Hestia will stay at your house, Hephaestus."
Yuri said matter-of-factly, "To be honest, I still owe a huge debt to the 'Hostess of Fertility' and I'm currently living and working there to pay it off, so I'll leave Hestia to you for now."
"Eh?!"
Hephaestus felt tired when he saw Yuri calmly leaving, then looked at Hestia smiling as if she were stepping on the clouds.
After that, Yuri and Ryuu had a pleasant afternoon while shopping.
It was already getting dark and the street lights came on, illuminating the area.
Yuri and Ryuu walked hand in hand through the streets like a couple. Ryuu had agreed with Yuri's excuse.
It was only when they were in front of the Hostess of Fertility that Yuri let go of Ryuu's hand.
"Ryuu, I just remembered something. Could you go back first?"
Yuri's expression turned cold. Although she didn't know what he had to do, Ryuu still nodded obediently and disappeared around the corner of the street under Yuri's gaze.
Then Yuri looked into the dark alley to the right, his eyes turning red as his Mangekyou formed.
At the same time, small cracks appeared under his skin and his molars became larger.
He was using his Oni powers now.
He calmly entered the alley as four figures appeared in front of him.
Yuri calmly looked at the four. After a few seconds, he finally realized where they came from.
They were the Gulliver Brothers, a group made up of four executives from the Freya family.
Each of them being level 5.
(Hmm... It seems that Freya sent her puppies after me after my display yesterday.)
They didn't know what Yuri was thinking, but they spoke in an obviously jealous tone.
"Come with us, Freya-sama wants to make you a member of the Freya family."
"I refuse. I'm already part of a family."
Yuri looked at the four.
"Go back and tell the bitch you call a goddess that I have no interest in becoming a member of her family."
Yuri's words caused the four's hearts to immediately boil with fury.
"How dare you insult our goddess! Since you don't want to go easy, we'll take you by force!"
The Pallum holding a spear spoke in a murderous tone as he smiled at Yuri.
"Of course~ But before that..."
When the Pallum holding a spear was about to attack Yuri, he fell to the ground twitching.
"Ahhhh!!!!"
The screams echoed down the street.
"No, don't look into his eyes!!"
The reminder of the Pallum made the three break out in a cold sweat.
They quickly used one of their shields to look at Yuri.
Yuri's appearance was once again different. His eyes remained with the Mangekyou, but his hair was now white and long while a red mark similar to flames covered a large part of his forehead.
He had a smile on his face as he pointed at them, his nails now sharp like claws.
Fear gripped their hearts; they felt like they were in front of a predator.
"You guys should be grateful, I just became a level 1 adventurer so I need a punching bag to test my strength."
Right after he finished speaking, Yuri stomped the ground and disappeared from his position.
Crack!
A small crater formed where his feet were.
Yuri charged towards the man holding an axe, leaving a trail of flames.
THUD!!
CRACK!!
Before they knew it, Yuri was already in front of the axe-wielding Pallum.
His fist dug into the Pallum's belly.
His armor shattered as he was thrown away, his body crashing and rolling on the ground, leaving a trail of blood.
The remaining two were dumbstruck — two of them had already been defeated, and what's worse, they were defeated without even being able to fight.
Level 1? This is the strength of a level 1 novice adventurer? they thought.
Before they could react, Yuri once again disappeared from his position with a bang.
THUD!!
The Pallum holding the longsword was kicked by Yuri towards the only remaining member of the group.
In the blink of an eye, Yuri defeated the Gulliver Brothers.
"Let's see, I very easily defeated these level 5 adventurers. My current strength should be almost at the top of level 5."
After that, Yuri simply ignored the four lying on the ground and returned to the Hostess of Fertility.
"Hey Yuri, I heard an explosion outside, are you okay?" Chloe asked as she saw Yuri walking calmly through the door.
"Everything is fine."
Yuri stroked Chloe's ears as he spoke with a smile.
"Don't worry, it was just some dogs barking."
There is a cave in the world.
This cave has existed since ancient times, even before the human race existed, this cave existed.
The dungeon is apparently alive, spawning monsters from the walls and ceilings and repairing itself on its own. It has an immense hatred for the Gods, immediately sealing the exits of a room if it detects one, and spawns a black version of a monster to kill them. Black monsters are much stronger than normal monsters and display some intelligence, such as when the Black Wyvern looked around in search of its target. Despite this, it does not spawn another black monster after the first one is killed, even if the God in question is not dead, implying that its ability to act is limited to some extent.
The dungeon is vast, with the floors becoming progressively larger the deeper it gets. It takes at least five days for a group to reach the 50th floor. While the upper floors can be soloed or done with a pair, starting with the middle floors, you must create a group or risk death.
There are floors where monsters do not appear, which are called safe points. There are also some other areas in the dungeon where monsters do not appear. Almost all adventurers are unaware that these areas exist and the Xenos use them as their Hidden Villages. The Xenos refer to the dungeon as their mother and believe she created the Hidden Villages to protect them.
Astraea once commented that part of the reason the Gods don't use their arcana in the underworld is because if they did, the dungeon would break its promise before the Promised Time. Furthermore, she commented that if a God were mortally injured within the dungeon, they would be absorbed by it instead of returning to Heaven. According to Dionysius, currently, the dungeon is at its limit.
Although its exact depth is undetermined, it is known that the dungeon is at least 71 floors deep, as the 71st floor is the deepest that Zald and Alfia have reached. There is a region called Sand Land, but it is not known which floor it is located on.
Before the Gods and Goddesses descended to the underworld, heroes fought monsters with the help of Spirits. Once the Gods began to descend into the netherworld, they bestowed their blessings upon mortals and gave them a status to better fight monsters. Uranus was the first God to grant a lie over a person.
Although there is no sunlight inside the dungeon, it has its own light sources, as well as plants and ores that can only be found there.
Furthermore, when monsters die, they leave behind a very valuable item: magic stones.
(End of chapter)
Give me some power stones there you go~😉