Telskyura and The Two Amazoness (Listening to Grandpa’s Advice)

Note: The mythological race of Amazons in the Danmachi Universe are referred to as the "Amazoness", not the Amazons.

(Gekai, Telskyura)

"Hey, Phoe…"

"Yes, Bell?"

"Did we really have to land in the city square? I mean… won't this gain us a bit TOO MUCH attention?"

"You're the one who wanted to fight people. From what I know, these Amazoness will fight you even if you don't want to fight them. I'm going to find someplace to buy myself some new clothes, so enjoy yourself, okay?" Phoe had started walking away before she had even begun to speak and had left Bell's view without even giving him a chance to reply.

"…Do you even need to buy clothes?" Bell muttered under his breath, noticing how Phoe had left him because she didn't want to wind up in trouble. Trouble which Bell was bound to find himself in.

Bell looked around him and noticed that there were hundreds of Amazoness just staring at him. His face went a deep shade of red, '…They're barely wearing anything… Is this unique to here, or is Rakia too conservative with their clothing…?'

"…Hey?" He greeted them, unsure of what else to say.

"It's a man! And really cute!"

"He looks like a defenseless rabbit!"

"He's mine!"

"No! If you want him, you'll have to beat me first!"

The Amazoness instantly started shouting at each other, trying to claim him for themselves.

Bell was left baffled. His grandfather's voice spoke to him. 'Well done Bell, you've got yourself a harem without even trying! I'm glad you went to Telskyura!'

"Excuse me…" Bell tried but his voice was overwhelmed by the yells of the Amazoness.

"Excuse me," he tried again, a bit louder this time — to no avail. He sighed.

"EXCUSE ME!" He shouted it out loud this time. Thankfully, it was able to garner all of their attention as all of them shut up and turned their heads towards him. "I was wondering who's the strongest warrior in Telskyura?"

"…" A moment of silence passed. Then another. And then another. Until all the women burst out laughing at his question. "hahahahahHAHAHA!"

"This kid is too funny! HAHA!"

"D-Did you hear that!? Ahahaa. Th-The little boy asked-hahahha-who the strongest of us was-haahah!"

While the Amazoness kept laughing at him, Bell started to frown. 'Did I say something funny? I wasn't trying to amuse them.'

"Kid." A woman spoke, silencing the crowd. Three women walked out of the crowd of Amazoness whom now had expressions of concern and fright. Moreover, some were looking at him with... pity?

One of the women in the trio was a short girl with crimson hair and same-colored eyes. She was wearing a half-mask with tusks and a skull necklace. The other two had sand colored hair and emerald green eyes.

The two looked quite similar. 'Twins?' One wore a purple cloth over her face and had red, blue, and white striped bras, panties, and stockings. Though for some reason the stockings didn't cover her toes and her bra didn't really do a good job of covering her up either. The one with a cloth covering her face had shorter hair than the other, who had her tied hair reaching down all the way to her ankles. It also had a golden chain attached to it. The long-haired woman wore much more revealing clothing with green, yellow, and white stripes. She lacked panties, however, and wore a red 'skirt' (cloth) to cover herself.

For some reason, the woman with longer hair had a dissatisfied expression as if she was wasting precious time. He couldn't see the other woman's expression because of the cloth, but he knew that she was likely unhappy as well.

"May I help you?" Bell asked politely.

"Who are you?" The short girl spoke, also having been the owner of the voice from before.

"Ambrose" Bell didn't instill any Dao in it this time either, but it still carried power.

When he said it, all the Amazoness except the three women in front of him shivered for a moment.

Moreover, the dissatisfied expression on the women's faces disappeared as if they had never been there, instead being filled with a… vicious look? 'I wonder why that just happened…'

"And may I know your name?"

"I'm Goddess Kali." The girl answered and pointed at the shorter-haired woman. "She's Bache. And…" Then, pointing at the longer-haired woman, Kali said "She's Argana."

"Nice to meet you, Kali. And you two as well, Bache and Argana."

"You asked who the strongest in Telskyura were, right kid?"

"…Yes."

"Well, you're lookin' at 'em," Kali said, pointing her fingers at Bache and Argana.

At this statement, all three women could see Bell's eyes glint.

"Oh. That just makes this all easier then. I want to fight the two of you."

"…"

"…"

"…"

"Did I say something wrong?"

The aura had gotten tense in the city square. None of the Amazoness spoke.

"Kali, can I kill him now?" Argana asked while sending Bell a murderous look.

Kali narrowed her eyes and thought of what to answer for a second before replying. "Argana, Bache. The two of you fight him — together."

This answer made all the Amazoness both confused and surprised. They were both Level 6s! Was their goddess overestimating the young boy, or…?

"You think I can't kill a single boy?!" Argana got mad at her goddess' order.

"Do you think he's just a normal boy?" Kali answered, which left Argana speechless. She knew the boy was not normal when he had said his alias.

"That wasn't what I was asking for, but I guess if you want it that way, it's okay with me," Bell said, interrupting their little conversation. "When would you like to fight?"

"Now," Kali said.

"…Alright," Bell then nodded towards the other Amazonesses who had already backed away from the four people during their discourse. "You all might want to back off a bit more."

The Amazonesses complied with his request. The news of the challenge had spread incredibly fast, so now the whole city had heard of the challenge issued just a minute ago. There were way more Amazoness than at the start now gathered at the city square.

"Take your places. On my mark," Kali announced, motioning for the three to prepare for the fight.

"3…"

The place went quiet as Kali started the count down.

"2…"

The already tense atmosphere became even more stressful.

"1…"

Kali paused and looked at the trio once more.

"Fight!"

Argana and Bache both rushed at Bell at their top speed, both wanting to end the fight to show everyone just how weak the boy really was.

To their surprise, Bell hadn't drawn a weapon. He was planning on fighting hand to hand with Amazons — a feat no one in their right mind would do. Then they noticed something else.

The boy hadn't even moved a bit since the fight had started. Neither being offensive nor defensive.

"He's mine, Bache!" Argana shouted at her sister before jumping onto the boy and biting down on his neck. What came next surprised not just herself, but everyone in the city square.

...

Argana had gone wide eyed the second she bit on the boy's neck. Or at least, she tried to bite on it. To her shock, her teeth didn't penetrate his neck. Moreover, she felt her teeth hurt…

'How…!'

"Oh. You were planning on leaving a hickey. I remember grandpa telling me about those. I'll stop using the Dao of Earth then." The boy calmly told her, almost as if they weren't fighting at all.

Right as the boy said that, she felt her teeth enter his neck and start draining his blood. To further Argana's shock, she didn't feel more powerful even when using her skill, Kalima.

'What is this boy! He has no Falna?!'

...

Argana immediately jumped back and shouted at Bell. "You- What are you?!"

"?" Bell tilted his head in utter confusion. The woman had jumped on him, drank his blood, jumped away, and now she looked terrified. "I'm sorry about that, I was just testing something."

Bache was just as confused as Bell. She had never seen her older sister this frightened by something before. However, she didn't have the time to worry about Argana and activated Velgus, her only skill, to take down Bell as quickly as possible.

When Bell got covered in the poison, he visibly suffered. His skin was melting off slowly but surely; however, he was also gaining knowledge at the same time. In his situation, even seasoned adventurers would be on the floor and shrieking in the excruciating amount of pain having one's body melted would create. Yet, Bell, a 13-year-old could withstand such a thing simply because the Black Book provided him with an amazing mental defense. Hence, he could make the most of near-death scenarios...

...

'This feeling… Death?'

'Does that mean that poison is a sub-Dao of Death?'

'…What exactly is Poison?' Bell questioned to himself.

Is it Death? No. It has the potential to save a life.

Is it Life? No. It has the potential to take a life.

Then, what is it?

Volatile. Erratic. Unpredictable.

Medicine can become poison, and poison can become medicine… in the end, they're the same things, are they not?

It lies between Life and Death, a variable that can turn the tables at any moment.

It's a Dao in and of itself.

'The Dao of Poison. An ever-changing Dao… Interesting.'

...

In the world of immortal cultivators, there are an indefinite number of Dao. Some are easier to comprehend, such as the Ten Dao, while others are almost impossible to even glimpse at.

Even so, 'easier' in no way means 'easy'. Any 'easier' Dao takes somewhere from months to tens of years of meditation to comprehend for even the greatest of geniuses...

However, there exist a type of genius that instills fear in people no matter how kind and forgiving they may be, purely because of their monstrous talent. A 'demonic' genius. One who can comprehend a Dao at a single glance.

These types of talents are rarely ever seen in a million years. Eons may pass, but none might appear.

When one does… it is a sign that the world will change greatly. The hierarchy of the universe is bound to change whenever a demonic genius rises.

Phoe who was watching the battle from the distance knew this fact, and she feared someone weaker than her for the first time in her life. 'He-He's… one of them…'

Phoe was in disarray as she could not decide which action to take. 'Kill him, or protect him…'

No one who stood at the peak wanted to fall. The Red Phoenix was included. The era that Bell Cranel would bring if he were to survive and become stronger would undeniably bring chaos to the world.

Fright filled Phoe at that prospect.

At least until she remembered Sun Wukong's words… 'Oh. Right, I don't need to fear him…'

...

Bell had stopped melting almost as soon as he started. This had shocked all of the Amazoness at the scene. Was it Abnormal Resistance? Then why didn't it neglect the poison at the beginning?

Bache asked in Amazoness. "How?"

Bell looked at her in confusion. "What did she ask?"

Argana repeated Bache's question, but this time in Koine so Bell could understand. "How?"

"…It's kind of hard to explain. I guess you could say that I achieved higher control of poison then you?"

Indeed, Bell had achieved the realm of perfection with the Dao of Poison. It shouldn't have been possible in normal circumstances, but since he had wholly focused on understanding what poison was, he was able to pull it off.

Even though she couldn't read or write Koine, Bache understood what Bell had said, and the revelation had disturbed her. She had been perfecting her skill Velgus for years, and the boy had just become resistant to poison within seconds of contacting it?!

"Hey, how about we just fight normally. The way you guys prefer to do it. No skills, no magic, only punching and kicking. You know, the simple way?"

This suggestion had further stupefied all the Amazoness, while Kali was laughing her ass off on the side.

"Hahahha! I like this kid! Alright Bache, Argana, go ahead."

The two sisters nodded at each other and jumped at Bell as soon as Kali commanded.

They had pure rage written all over their faces. This boy had toyed with them too much. He needed to DIE!

They both punched towards Bell at the same time, who dodged Argana's punch and kicked her in the stomach while punching back at Bache. He had effectively pushed Argana and Bache back while only taking a single punch in the shoulder.

"Wow, he's good," an Amazoness declared from the sidelines.

She was indeed correct. After fighting (being smacked around by?) the Behemoth Alternative, his body cultivation had reached that of an average advanced Level 6. Bache and Argana had only recently leveled up, so they were only equal to beginner Level 6s. However, their naturally strong body placed them at a high-end intermediate Level 6. So, while he could defeat them in a one on one, a two vs one relied solely on his techniques and strategies.

Since Argana had been kicked further away, Bache was the first one to attack Bell. She jabbed at him while Bell guarded and dodged. When he noticed that Argana was about to engage him as well, he sidestepped a punch from Bache and held her arm, pulling her towards himself. He then pulled the girl who had now lost her footing around him and threw her at Argana. To say neither of them were expecting this action would be an understatement, as the Bache bullet headbutted Argana and sent both of them hurdling towards the crowd.

Fortunately, they hit the ground before reaching the onlookers, or the two wouldn't have been the only ones in pain.

"He's not good, he's perfect," another Amazoness said, refuting the declaration from before.

By the time the two could recognize what happened, Bell had already appeared next to them and held Argana up only to knee her in the stomach. He repeatedly kneed her until she coughed up blood, and then he threw her back at the Bache who had just recovered, sending the two women flying towards the other side of the crowd — again.

This time, he waited for them to get back up as he didn't want to actually hurt them. Argana was too hurt to recover to her feet without some time, so Bache was the only one rushing at him this time.

They once again exchanged blows parrying, countering, dodging, and blocking.

It was visible that while Bell had gotten lots of bruises, Bache was the one who was struggling to keep up. She was falling behind with every punch she received from Bell. Her arms had most likely gotten fractures from the ever-increasing number of incoming punches and kicks they blocked.

Her fatigue was showing, and if Argana didn't recover in time, she would likely collapse.

Fortunately for Bache, Argana was rushing at Bell, who hadn't noticed the girl getting closer and closer from behind him. It cost him greatly.

By the time he noticed the kick coming at his neck, he could only use his left arm to defend it. It ended with his arm twisting in an unnatural shape — it was definitely broken. Because of his mental strength, he didn't scream in pain and was able to sprint away from in between the two women.

When they were quite a bit of distance from each other, the city square had gone quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

None of them were in good shape. Bache was too exhausted to last over a minute, Argana was still holding her stomach after having several ribs broken, and Bell was down one arm for the rest of the battle. Nevertheless, they all shared one thing in common.

A wide grin.

And even though Bache's face was covered, Bell could feel that smile she had.

The rest of the Amazoness were amazed at how well the boy was dealing with Kali Familia's two co-captains.

The two rushed at Bell once again, but this time Bell rushed back at them as well, rather than defending.

All three were planning on going all out on the offensive without thinking of their own safety. They would end this battle with one last exchange of blows.

Bell was the first to get an uppercut in, hitting Bache in the abdomen. Even though it was painful, she was able to counter with a kick oto Bell's right side. He broke several ribs from the undefended kick, but also gained himself enough time to headbutt Argana who was about to go in for a hook on his face.

Argana stumbled backwards but then gave Bell a headbutt herself, which pushed him towards Bache who was able to slam her knee into his back.

After being thwacked in the back by Bache, he turned around and used his right hand to hold her head and smashed it down into his knee.

The knee she received in the face knocked Bache out cold — and possibly rearranged her nose... though nothing a healing spell or potion couldn't fix.

At the same time, Argana who was also on the verge of collapse, came from behind Bell and tried to elbow him on the neck.

If Bell hadn't been able to spin-kick backwards at the last moment, he would've lost. The kick struck Argana on her cheek and sent her flying above the crowd and all the way into a wall.

A single thought passed Argana's mind before the impact. 'A beast.'

Bache was unconscious, Argana was down, and Bell was the last one standing.

The city had gone absolutely silent once again.

Bell raised his right fist in victory.

"Ambrose has won!" Kali screamed out, and as if on cue, all the Amazoness started cheering at the top of their lungs.

Sure, maybe their co-captains had been defeated by a young boy, but the fight had been too glorious for them to not be excited. Telskyura was a country that respected the strong, so why wouldn't they respect him too?

Bell used the Dao of Life and Light to heal himself first. The effect was visible to all: his wounds started regenerating, his bruises disappeared, and his arm became normal within half a minute.

Then, the things Bell did gain not only their respect, but also their admiration.

Bache was the closest to him, so he walked towards her and healed her as well. She was still out cold, but her injuries were gone. He then used the Dao of Wind to quickly fly over the crowd and healed Argana. It seemed as if impacting the wall had knocked her out as well. He then picked her up in a princess carry and flew over to where Bache was still on the ground in the middle of the city square.

'Hmm. I remember Phoe telling me that it helped me wake up faster… Meh. Why not try it.'

He then sat on the ground in between the two women who were lying down. Bell gently placed both their heads on his lap and just looked down at how peaceful they appeared now. He had the most innocent smile on his face for a whole minute.

The whole crowd stopped cheering the second he gave the two a lap pillow. Kali's mouth was gawking, and Phoe was barely keeping herself from bursting out laughing somewhere in the crowd. 'I didn't think he had taken my joke as real. Hahaha! I guess this is okay though.'

When Bell's gears started turning again, he himself noticed what he had just done and all the blood from his body rushed to his head. His face became tomato red. 'Oh. This may have been a wrong course of action. I forgot they're almost naked…'

He instantly turned away to stop his gaze from drifting to their more private areas.

'This is too embarrassing. And I can't even get back up because they look way too peaceful just laying on my lap! Ughhh! …I just hope Phoe wasn't messing with me and that they recover soon.'

Another minute passed in total silence, then another… it had been half an hour until both sisters opened their eyes at the same moment.

"…"

"…"

Argana was the first to break the silence. "Did you… win?"

"…Yes."

"…" Both Argana and Bache went into deep thought at that statement. They had noticed that they were being given a lap pillow by the boy who had just defeated the two of them together.

"You're… not going to move?" Bell asked, while his grandpa was yelling at him madly for asking such a dumb question. 'Why would you even ask them that! Just enjoy the moment! Bell, you need to understand women's feelings better! They're clearly in a state of bliss, don't disturb them!'

"…Do you want us to?" Argana replied with a question of her own.

'Say 'NO!' this instant Bell or I'm gonna come over there and beat some sense into you right now!' Screamed his grandpa. "NO!" He yelled out immediately.

This shout gained him weird looks from all the Amazoness. "I-I mean… no."

'Grandpa you're gonna make me die from embarrassment!'

"Hey kid," Kali said, making all heads turn towards her except Argana and Bache who were still being given lap pillows by Bell. "I don't know if you know about this, but for your safety, I suggest you high-tail it out of here."

"Huh? Why would my life be in danger?"

Kali pointed at the Amazonesses which had now gotten dangerously close to Bell. The first thing he noticed was their lustful expressions and the drool which they didn't even both to wipe off.

"Not your life, kid. Your chastity," Kali replied with a sly grin on her face and winked at him. "Good luck."

Bell was confused but only until he doubled back his gaze to the Amazonesses surrounding him. He understood what Kali meant. They were the predators. He was the prey.

"EEEEPPP!" Neither Argana nor Bache had expected for the boy to hold their waists and start FLYING!

"Sorry about this but I am not staying down there for another minute. Do either of you know somewhere safe?" Bell asked, still terrified of what could've happened had he not immediately ran, err, flown away from the scene.

"…Go that way," was all Argana said. However, Bell would've become even more terrified than he already was if he had been able to see her or Bache's face.

...

The trio arrived at a house and landed at the entrance. Argana and Bache opened the door and the pair grabbed and dragged Bell inside.

Bell was once again confused, but it vanished once he was dragged into a bedroom with a large bed and saw their faces. Bache had also taken off her facecloth, so both their desires were very clearly manifested on their expression. They were at least ten times more lustful than all the Amazoness at the city square combined. 'Welp Bell, I gotta agree with Kali here. Good luck!'

'Grandpa! That's not helping!'

"Bache, I lasted longer in the fight so he's mine," Argana spoke in Amazoness without even turning away from Bell.

Bache answered. "Well, I fought him for longer than you did, so I should be the one who gets him."

"That's not how this works, sis."

"Then why don't we just ask him who he wants!"

"Umm… what's your real name by the way." Argana just noticed that she didn't know the boy's actual name.

"…Bell. Bell Cranel," he answered.

"Alright, make a choice, Bell. Bache or me?"

"Huh?"

She sighed at his puzzlement. 'I can't believe such a dense man beat us… But he is cute on top of being strong, so I won't complain.'

"I'm asking which one of us you want?"

...

"…" Bell's jaw looked like it could fall off. 'Hey, Bell, I suggest you say both. It would be a good first experience. After all, no matter how inexperienced, Amazons are always wild in bed.

'Grandpa! That's still not helping!' Bell screamed inside while he could feel his cheeks getting redder and his brain overloading.

'Well, you don't need help, you just need to say a single word and you'll be in heaven without having to die. Err… maybe you'll feel like you died afterwards, but I suggest you just enjoy it while it lasts.'

"So, what's your answer." Both Argana and Bache were looking at him with impatience.

"Eh… Uhm…" Bell wasn't able to give an answer, which made the two women even more impatient. 'Grandpa, if I die today, I'm haunting you for all of eternity!'

Finally, he replied as per his grandpa's 'suggestion'. "B-Both?"

Their eyes went wide at Bell's statement. Now it was their turn to blush.

'Alright Bell, just remember the lessons I gave you and it'll all be okay.'

'What the hell are you talking about you old man! You only gave me lessons on how to actually get a harem! You never told me what to do with the harem!'

...

'Did he really just say he wants both of us? I must've misheard, I'm not the best at Koine after all.'

Though when she looked at her sister Argana, Bache was absolutely sure that she had heard Bell correctly.

She had never thought a day would come when Argana — who even she was afraid of — would blush. Though she hadn't imagined a day where she herself would be blushing either. But here it was… and it was all because of a boy named Bell Cranel.

'He looks so shy on the outside but looks like he's got quite the wild side. Whatever, he's strong, so it doesn't matter.'

...

Argana was also deep in thought. 'B-Both of us! I wasn't expecting him to be so bold! What am I going to say now?!'

She could just feel how hot her cheeks had gotten the moment she realized what Bell had said to them.

She was in total panic as she knew that neither Bache nor she had any experience with men at all. After all, those men had all been too weak compared to the pair. Now, this boy had appeared and defeated both of them in a two vs one! She had to get this catch.

Moreover, she had seen his smile during the battle. 'He wants to keep becoming stronger like we do…' She had subconsciously started falling for Bell from that moment on as he had already been able to fight the two of them alone, and his victory over them had just steeled her resolve to make him fall in love with her.

Now that Bell had said what he did… well, she didn't mind sharing if necessary.

...

"Umm… I have a suggestion before you two do something you might regret later."

Bell pulled the two from their daydreaming and gathered their attention. Their eyes still held lust, but they were restraining it as they didn't want to scare the boy. They both knew he could likely run (or fly) away from them if he wanted to.

"Well, I just think we should, you know, get to know each other first."

His proposition made them crestfallen, but after thinking it over, they agreed it wasn't the worst thing that could've happened.

"Okay, I'll start," Argana said. "I'm Argana Kalif, Level 6 co-captain of Kali Familia. I'm 27 and love fighting. My skill Kalima allows me to raise my status when I drink someone else's blood. As long as they have Falna, of course. So, please do explain to me how you were able to resist the curse since no one without Falna could beat us up like that. Also, my endurance drops when I use Kalima since it is a rare type of curse."

"…Is that it?"

"Yes."

"…Okay. What about you, Bache?"

"She doesn't know how to speak Koine."

"Umm… can you translate for her then?"

"Of course."

Bache proceeded to explain in Amazoness and Argana translated to Koine.

"I'm Bache Kalif, Level 6 co-captain of Kali Familia. I'm 27 and… fight to get stronger because I'm scared of my sister Argana and don't want her to kill me." Argana gave Bache a quick look but then continued translating. "My skill Velgus is an enchant type magic that allows me to imbue things with poison. It's very deadly so I'm surprised you weren't even fazed by it after a couple of seconds. I do hope you can explain how you did that. Also, I don't know how to read or write Koine, but I do, mostly, understand when others speak it."

'Well, all three of us want to get stronger. I knew they liked fighting from their smiles back then, but… I didn't know their reasons.'

"So, it's my turn I guess." Argana and Bache both gave a quick nod, excited to learn and get this over with. "Hmm… I hope you guys do believe what I say. Okay then, let me get started."

"I'm Bell Cranel, a little over 13 years old, and I am not in any Familia," Bell paused and covered his ears, waiting for the two to realize what he had just said.

"HAAAAA?!?!"

"Well, you'd learn someday if you spend enough time around me, so I just thought I should get that out there."

"B-But that's not possible!? If you didn't have Falna, there's no way you could even hurt us! We even told you our skills and you're outright lying to us!?" Argana had gotten mad that the person she had told her status to was lying to her face.

"It's not a lie. If I wanted to lie, I wouldn't have given you my real name."

"W-Well there's no way we can know if Bell Cranel is your actual name!"

"…So how do you want me to prove it to you then?"

"…" She exchanged a quick look with Bache who gave a nod of acknowledgement and walked out of the room only to come back with an item. "Show us your back."

"Alright." Bell took off his shirt, revealing his fit figure and muscles to the two women, whose eyes had lost almost all their anger and been replaced with lust once again. He turned his back, and it was a normal back. There was nothing there.

"Bache, go ahead and use the Status Thief." Bache quickly used the item on Bell's back to unlock his status.

"What's a Status Thief?"

Neither of the women answered. They were about to explain only to see that the Status Thief had detected no Falna at all.

"S-So, y-you weren't l-lying?"

"No? I don't have Falna."

"Okay. We'll believe you for now. Now explain how you're so strong without a god's blessing."

Bell nodded. "The two of you trusted me with all your information, so I'll do the same. After all, I don't really have any disadvantages if I use my full power in a batt-"

"Hold up! You weren't using your full power at the beginning of that fight?!"

"…No. I'll explain later. Let me first get the basic information out of the way."

"Go ahead then."

"Alright, just don't be too surprised," Bell said as he used the Dao of Space to bring out his three weapons. This of course surprised the sisters, but they were silenced when Bell held up a finger to silence them. "As I've said, I'm Bell Cranel. I'm equal to an advanced Level 6 in body strength and an intermediate Level 6 in 'magic'. These are my three magic weapons. Though, I should probably summarize how I gain power before explaining how they all work."

"There's this thing called Qi all around us. It's similar to what you would call mana, but it's limitless. Because I am an immortal cultivator, once I meditate using my cultivation technique, I can absorb that Qi and transform it into my own power by breaking through to the next realm. Currently, I have broken through 6 minor realms, which makes me equal to a Level 6. Now, I can become stronger in several ways. The first one is by meditating — cultivating — to gather Qi into my Dantian, where I store the Qi to break through to the next realm. The increase in Qi allows me to output more power using my body and the Dao. The second one is by comprehending Dao. Simply put, the Dao is what makes up everything around us." Bell then opened his palm upwards, and random elements formed and flickered away in his palm. "The more Dao I comprehend to mastery, the more familiar I'll be with the world's rules. That is how I was able to control your poison — by comprehending the Dao of Poison. I can't use a Dao to its fullest extent if my Qi is exhausted. Also, the Qi I use to breakthrough and the Qi I store for fighting is kind of different. One is immediately converted to increase the realm — but I just don't see any gain until I actually break through, while the other is actually stored in my Dantian."

At this time, Bache spoke and Argana translated for her. "So, you comprehended this 'Dao of Poison' by nearly dying to it?"

"Yes."

"So, does that mean you can master the Dao by being in contact with an element?"

"That does indeed seem to be the case, for now. Nonetheless, some are harder to comprehend than others."

"Okay. You may continue."

"The third way is by cultivating my body." Bache raised an eyebrow at that. "What I mean is by getting hit, wounded, and beat up, my body gets stronger. The fourth and last way I'm currently aware of becoming stronger is by crafting Dao-imbued weaponry. And that gets me to these weapons I pulled out earlier. The double-edged sword is named Null because it can send whatever it cuts through into the void. The two-handed sword is Conqueror and it's able to stun basically anything. And don't worry, I tested it on that monstrous beast near Preblica while fighting it. You may have heard the roar since it was quite loud when I was standing in front of it. The bow is-!"

Bell wasn't able to complete the statement as Argana grabbed him by the collar and shook him hard. "YOU FOUGHT THAT MONSTER!!!" She shouted in his face. "HOW ARE YOU EVEN ALIVE?!"

"Uhhhmm…" Bell hesitated but answered truthfully. "I killed it?"

"You! How!??" Argana was speechless as she knew Bell wasn't lying to them. She couldn't believe it, but she had already gotten partially used to how weird Bell was. She sighed. "Explain."

"Well, I saw someone fighting it, and decided to help them out…" Bell then summarized the events which took place during the battle all the way to arriving at Telskyura with Phoe, and by the time he got to the Dao of Magic, the women's mouths were gaping like fish.

"S-So, you k-k-killed t-that thing," Argana stuttered to respond to his story.

"Yes. Now, may I continue?"

They just nodded as they couldn't say anything more.

"The bow is Annihilation, and as long as it penetrates the target, the chance of survival for the target is nigh impossible. It's quite difficult to describe its effects, so you might just have to see it for yourself sometime. That's it for how I get stronger and my weapons. I can also use the Dao similar to no-chant magic. As I've already shown you, I can use all those elements at will for offense, defense, support, a quick shower, basically whatever I want to use them for. You could say that I wield magic in its purest form, and therefore don't need to chant. But, if I have a specific goal in mind, I can create a magic chant for the Dao to make the action more powerful."

When Bell finally stopped talking, silence filled the room. The two women were not expecting such a detailed explanation from the boy. They recognized that if he wanted to kill them, he could've done so without much difficulty. However, they also noticed that he hadn't taken pity on them. No, quite the opposite. He had given his all to become stronger. The thought of someone trying so hard to be stronger brought a smile to the two Amazonesses' faces.

"I'll give the two of you some time to think over what I've told you today. I think Phoe'll be able to survive by herself for a night, so I'll find myself a room or couch to sleep on if you don't mind."

Argana and Bache looked at each other and conversed in Amazoness once more before turning back at Bell. "We do mind."

"Oh. Alright then, I'll just-!" Bell was about to walk out of the room when the two women grabbed one of his arms at the same time and threw him onto the bed. "Wha-What are you two doing?!"

"Like you said, we do need time to consider, but that doesn't mean we can't cuddle with you for the night."

"…EHHHH!!!" Without giving Bell a chance to refute, they jumped onto the bed and pulled the covers over themselves.

...

'I have no idea how it got to this. Grandpa, I'm not sure if this was what you hoped would happen, but this is absolute bliss!'

Bell was thanking his grandpa for the advice from earlier. He had been hugged by the two almost naked women since they had pushed him down after their conversation. It had probably been over six hours of being cuddled and since he had arrived in the city a little before sunset, and it was already night outside.

They had even gone so far as to kiss him on the cheek on several occasions. Somehow, they had fell asleep about an hour ago. Bell strongly believed that he would most likely not be getting a wink of sleep the whole night.

Contrary to his expectations, however, he fell asleep quite fast after they weakened their tight grip on him.

...

When he woke up, Bell felt like he had slept better than ever before. 'See, Bell, that's one of the advantages of being cuddled by women. I had wished for you to go further with them, but I guess you aren't all that hopeless since they still 'slept' with you. Bahaha!'

'…T-Thanks. I guess? Your advice did help.'

'Oh. Well, I'm quite glad you're grateful. I do wonder what reply they'll give you after considering everything you told them though.'

'…Me too. I don't know why, but I just felt this feeling of familiarity to them when we were fighting. Almost like… something was pulling me towards them.'

'Welp, if you ask me it's probably because they were barely clothed and your eroti-'

'I didn't ask!'

"Good morning." Argana's voice stopped Bell from fighting his grandfather in his head. He was facing Argana and had his back to Bache, so the two stared into each other's eyes for a long time until Bell snapped his gaze away.

"Y-Yeah, good morning to you as well. Sleep well?"

"I slept wonderfully, how about you, Bell?"

"I-It was fine."

Argana pouted and decided to tease the tomato face. "Just fine?"

"I-I meant i-it was outstanding! Perfect! Fabulous! U-Umm… My vocabulary isn't too good since I only read hero stories… I can't think of anymore words to describe it."

"Pffffttt!!! AHahahahaa!" Bell turned around to see Bache giggling and laughing at him.

"S-Sorry! I didn't mean to wake you up!"

"Hahahaha!!!" Argana had joined Bache in her laughing at Bell, and now he had gone even redder than before.

Some time passed as they kept laughing at him while Bell kept getting redder and redder.

The three lay on the bed for another hour, cuddling — with the occasional kiss on the cheek, before finally getting out of bed.

The two said they were still considering, and so they decided to visit Kali because Bell had a proposal for the goddess.

...

"Soooo… you want to become allies with Telskyura?"

"Yes. At least, that's what I did with Rakia and the Ares Familia before arriving here."

They had arrived at Kali's mansion and explained to Kali that Ambrose (Bell had requested of them to call him that in public) wasn't a part of any Familia and that he had defeated the monster which was the source of the roar a couple of days ago.

Kali had been annoyed at the fact that her own two captains had sided with the boy when she had asked why they should trust him. 'They're both useless now! They're utterly in love! UGHHHH!! And he had to beat them in public too! Now all of Telskyura probably knows about him!! We're doomed! My paradise will turn into a love hell!'

When Bell proposed an alliance with Telskyura, she decided to use it to her advantage.

"Alright, but I'm deciding the terms. Don't worry, you won't be placed at a disadvantage. Also, I'm not planning on giving you any monster nests' locations since we need them to improve our own warriors."

Bell nodded with a satisfied expression. "Understandable. Bache and Argana are better sparring partners than monsters are anyway."

"Come back tomorrow morning to sign the papers. Argana, you stay for a minute, I want to talk to you in private."

When Kali said that, Argana had a devastated expression on her face while Bache seemed as if she could start dancing in joy. 'Hehe, I'm gonna be a step ahead of you, big sis.'

The two left the room and Bell picked Bache up princess carry style and flew back to the house they had stayed at…

"Argana. What's his real name?"

"…Can't tell you."

"What do you mean you can't tell me!? I'm your goddess!" Kali sighed seeing that she wouldn't get his name no matter how much she asked. "Was he telling the truth just now?"

"I…believe so. He's not… normal? Well, I guess I'm not one who can say that about someone else, but I can tell you for sure that he could've beat us much more easily if we all went all out to kill each other. His true strength is not possible to determine but he is definitely a worthy ally."

"Alright, you may leave. Though I suggest you run fast, or your little sister might make a move on him before you do." Argana bolted out of the room before Kali had even finished. "I just have to make sure he stays away from the other Amazoness, or he'll make the whole country fall in love with himself."

...

While Argana was sprinting through the street to reach Bell and Bache, the two had already reached the house from before and were sitting together on a sofa. Bache had planned on getting ahead of her sister, but just noticed that she couldn't communicate with him!

"Soo… Bache, I have a request."

Bache just nodded in acknowledgement.

"Um… would you teach me Amazoness if I taught you Koine?"

Bache looked at him with wide eyes. She considered how to answer, and then gave a sharp nod.

"Great!" Bell flashed a smile at her response.

His million valis smile made Bache hug him so he wouldn't notice the blush on her face.

The hug was unexpected, but he accepted it with open arms.

Some time passed with them just hugging until the door flew off its hinges and an enraged Argana charged in screaming. "Bacheeeee!! Don't you dare to steal him from me!!"

"…?" Both broke out of the hug and looked at her in confusion.

"Hello, Argana. Did something happen?" Bell asked.

"Oh. I-I thought y-you two were doing some o-other things…" Argana trailed off.

They tilted their heads in confusion, but Bell shook it off when he remembered something. "Could the two of you show me around the city?"

"Ara ara, is this a date?" Argana said teasingly, grabbing Bell's arm.

"D-Date!?" Bell yelped. 'Say yes, Bell, it'll be good experience and you'll get one step closer. Going on a date is what you should've done before snuggling with the two in bed, not after, so I don't see a reason why you should reject them.' Bell sighed on the inside. "Yes. This is a date."

"Alright then! Let's go!"

...

The three toured the city until it was dark. It was a full moon, so they lay outdoors for a while and just chatted, gazing at the moon.

Bell was being given a lap pillow by Bache. Argana had been against it at first, but the two sisters decided to switch who gives a lap pillow every date, so she just decided to lay next to him.

About an hour later, they flew back to the house and repeated their newly created routine of cuddling and kissing…

...

In the morning, Bell went to find Kali and signed off on the alliance after determining that the terms were acceptable.

Alliance Agreement

Involved Parties:

Telskyura

Kali Familia

Ambrose

Recitals:

1. Ambrose must aid Telskyura if the country's foundation is threatened to be damaged or has been damaged before aid is requested.

2. Ambrose is not required to assist Telskyura in assaulting another country unless he desires to do so.

3. Ambrose may receive any supplies from Telskyura for free as long as the request is reasonable.

4. Ambrose will be given a discount on said supplies if the request is not reasonable.

5. Ambrose will not be provided the locations of any monster nests within Telskyura unless they may cause imminent danger.

6. The same conditions previously stated apply to the Kali Familia when "Telskyura" is replaced with "Kali Familia" in conditions 1-5.

7. Ambrose cannot accept more than two Amazoness from Kali Familia as his wives.

He did find the last recital a bit… too specific. When he asked Kali about it, she just said the two were useless to her now, and that it was necessary so he wouldn't dig in his 'claws' into any more of the Kali Familia.

He just shrugged it off.

...

About Three Weeks Later

(Telskyura, The Sisters' House)

"Hey, I have something to tell the two of you."

Bell and the Kali sisters had been going around the city on their little 'dates' almost every other day. They had gotten much closer within these three weeks, and surprisingly, Argana had also disregarded it when an Amazoness accidentally bumped into her shoulder when walking (mostly because she didn't want to kill an innocent person in front of Bell).

Moreover, Bell had been teaching Bache how to read, write, and speak in Koine almost every day while she taught him Amazoness in exchange. She had gotten decent at speaking and reading but writing was still difficult for her.

Bell was planning on leaving soon, so he had thought of an idea because he wanted the two women to go with him when he left, but also didn't want to leave Telskyura 'unprotected'. His plan was to get better at the Dao of Space to be able to create a spell to mass teleport.

He hadn't had much time alone, but he had succeeded in creating a super-short chant spell.

When the two women had all of their attention focused on him, he continued. "I will be leaving in a week." He let it sink in before continuing. "I would like the two of you to come with me."

"…Kali won't let us. And we would leave this whole place unprotected if we did that."

"I knew you would say that." This gained him confused looks from the two. "Let me show you something." He picked up the two women who squeaked at the unexpected action and flew towards Kali's place. When he reached there, he was met with a perplexed Kali. Before she could say anything, he placed the two women down and chanted his spell. "Teleport."

...

(Rakia, The Royal Palace)

Ares and Marius were planning out an invasion of a small city near the southeastern border when a familiar voice pulled them out of their work.

"Hey, Ares."

The two turned around only to find a boy and three women with him.

"Ambrose?!"

"Yup. How are the two of you doing?"

The pair of men had been too puzzled to answer his question. "Kali?" Ares asked.

"Ares? What the hell happened!? Ambrose, how did you bring us here?!"

"Magic, I guess. I created a new type of spell that'll let me teleport to anywhere I've been before. It just takes more energy depending on the distance and number of people, so if I don't have enough Qi the spell won't activate."

All five of the others in the room were shocked. He created a new spell?! Also, wasn't this too overpowered?!

"Oh. You bring us here to show you can bring us home no matter where we are?" Bache asked in broken Koine. She had learned how to speak quite well, but some tenses needed more working on.

"Yes. But I also came to get one more of those communication tokens from Ares so that Kali can tell me when she requires the two of you back. Ares, do you have any spare communication tokens like the one you gave me?"

"Of course. Marius, can you go and bring Ambrose one of those."

Marius sighed at having to be the bellboy but complied anyways.

"So, this if for when you leave Telskyura with them?" Kali asked.

"Yes, indeed."

"Kali, how did you know we would choose to leave with him?"

"Is that an actual question or are you just trying to waste my time?"

"…It's a question."

Kali sighed. "Anyone who has spent a day with either of you would know how much you like to fight and kill people, Argana. Neither of you have killed a person in three weeks! The whole country can see how infatuated you both are with the boy, and as much as I don't want to admit it, I do have to thank the two of you since otherwise all the other girls would be after him."

"…"

"Alright, give me that thing and let's get out of this place."

Marius soon came back and handed Kali the communication token. She tested to see if Bell would get a message and he did, so they once again teleported. However, it was not back to Telskyura, but to a specific battlefield which was still partially burning.

"Do you two remember when I told you about that monster? Well, here it is."

All three were left gawking at the huge monster and the hole that went through its neck. Kali was the first to speak.

"Y-You, you k-k-killed the B-Behemoth Al-Alternative?!"

"Was that its name? If so, I did. Why?"

"U-uhm-uhhhh… bec-because… huuuhhhh… forget it." Kali was just glad she had signed the alliance with the boy. 'Even if he killed it when it was injured, it's nigh impossible to even penetrate the scales of that thing. I wonder how he did it, but I don't want to learn it. Looks like Argana wasn't lying when she said that Ambrose was stronger than he appeared to be during their fight.'

Bache and Argana had not been able to utter a single word as they were still trying to imagine what it would be like to fight such a monster when Kali spoke once again. "Hey, kid. You need to prepare. You need to be ready to kill the Leviathan Alternative. There are probably about two years at most until it awakens since it's likely sensed the death of this guy. That thing will be a sea monster and it'll only be slightly weaker than the Behemoth Alternative. But since you said you fought it when it was injured, I suggest that you get stronger if you want to win."

"A sea monster. Hmm... so does that mean it'll be immune to flames?"

"Why are you asking me, I'm not omniscient on matters concerning the Lower Realm. That'd be a good guess though, it's likely extremely resistant or totally immune to fire. Come on, bring us back to Telskyura."

Bell nodded. "Teleport."

...

One Week Later

(Telskyura, Kali's Mansion)

"Make sure to take care of these two, alright?"

"Yes… I'll bring them here occasionally to check up on you, Kali."

"Hey, kid, I may not look like it, but I am still a goddess you know?"

"Of course. Take care." Bell said as he held Bache and Argana by their waists and flew into the air, towards the North.

Kali muttered softly after they had left. "Yeah… you too, kid."

...

"So, Bell."

"Yes?"

"Where are we going?" Bache asked, she had improved a lot in Koine in the past week since she would need to get better if she wanted to travel with Bell.

"The Far East. We'll take a short break there before we move on to the Empire."

"Okay."

Phoe had told him that she was going to the Far East before he would because she had already traveled all around Telskyura. So, it would just be the three of them for the journey to the Far East.

"I'm excited," Argana stated.

"For?"

"Traveling with you!" She said in a cheerful fashion as she landed a kiss on his cheek.

"Yeah… me too." Bell might've snuggled and kissed with them every night, but he had in no way gotten used to it yet. 'Am I ever going to get used to this?'

'Don't worry, Bell. You'll one hundred percent get laid before you get to Orario! After that, all your shyness will be gone, hakuna matata.'

'Grandpa!'

'What? I'm just telling the truth so you prepare yourself for what will happen. Really, really, reallllyyyy soon.'

'…' Bell inwardly sighed.