Ep. 35

Anyway, Ereshkigal made Mother and Risa into Children as well. They jumped to Level 4 and 3 respectively, with several Skills and Development Abilities. They are pretty strong and can now actually use the Unforgivables without the Ministry getting all bitchy about it. Meaning, they are basically instant death dispensers. I also left them with my grimoires pretty often, so their magic is also very varied. What they were lacking was Magic Capacity, but the Level system in DanMachi fixed it.

Well, my two lovely future wives (God, it sounds strange when I remember that one of them is my mother!) decided that they don't really want to go dungeoneering, so I will connect the shop in Diagon Alley to the ground floor of our new HQ, as soon as the merchant fat ass gets out of here. Oh, Mother and Risa already told me not to worry: if the guy tries anything, they will test some new spells on him. Note to self: never piss off the waifus.

Anyway, since that happened and it was still pretty early, I decided to do some tests regarding my hunch. I made a medicine mix with all the Vitamins from Pokémon: HP Up, Protein, Iron, Calcium, Zinc, Carbos, and even PP Max. I enhanced the shit out of them with Subjective Reality, then chugged them down. God, they tasted horrible. I wasn't sure what kind of effect it would have on me, so I repeated the process for an hour or so.

I must have chugged hundreds of those medicines before asking Ereshkigal to update my Status. I laid on the room's bed without my shirt on and she straddled me. How lewd… I felt her Falna doing whatever it was supposed to do and my Status was updated. I ignored the frozen Ereshkigal and took the paper with my stats. As I expected, I maxed them all out. Out of curiosity, I also checked my interface. I saw that my stats are actually displayed there as well, so I won't be disturbing Ere as much.

I had a nice 9999 in all stats, so I made myself a Rare Candy and threw it down the hatch. My interface updated and I gained another Level, along with the Assassin Development Ability. How nice.

"I got a method to cheat the system!" I said to Mother and Risa, who were currently in the neighbouring room. They came in soon after. I handed them each a packet of pills. Each of those contained the medicine mix I ingested in an entire hour, so it will surely bring their stats to the max. "Take one of those pills each day, then eat one of these." I passed them a packet of Rare Candies. "You will instantly max out your stats and gain a Level. Pretty neat, huh?"

"You do realize that you cheated the system created by literal Gods, right?" asked an exasperated Risa, while Mother was just happy.

"Well, only the four of us know, so what's the harm? Plus, I am sure that I can beat the majority of these so-called Gods with just magic. Don't even get me started on physical fighting or other abilities."

After convincing them that everything would be fine and unfreezing Ereshkigal, I decided to go on a stroll through Orario, while my waifus were introducing my 'quirks' to Goldilocks. I lit up a cigarette and started wandering around. I came across Hephaestus' shop, but I didn't enter. I did window shop a little there were these sick greaves that really caught my eyes. I don't even use my legs much while fighting, but those things really tempted me.

I was about to move back to the street to continue my wandering when I hit a wall. Hm… I don't remember there being a wall here. I patted around a bit and felt some muscles. Ugh, did I seriously just pat a man? Please make me forget… I took a step back and guess who I saw? Ottar!

"And who would you be, Mr. Wall?"

"Ottarl. New guy, fight me."

"I don't like people ordering me around, Otter. How about you skedaddle back to whatever Familia you belong to?" I could see the surrounding people look at the interaction. Some were pitying me, while some were placing bets on how long I lasted. At a certain point, I could feel some sort of very weak aura coming from Otter.

"Oh, Otter, is this pitifully weak aura yours? I should respond in kind." I let out all of my magic, flooding the surroundings with it. The street cracked and Otter kneeled, struggling to not face-plant on the floor. "Otter, I did tell you to go back to your Familia, but you didn't follow my suggestion… Tell me, what should I do with you? Killing you would be a waste… Oh, maybe I should cut off an arm as punishment!"

His eyes widened. I took hold of his arm and broke his bones. There was an audible *crack* that sent shivers down the audience's backs. They were already pretty much scared shitless due to my magic, but this was on another level. Ottarl should have been almost impregnable to physical attacks, and I just broke his bones like nothing.

"Hm… You seem to be the king here, the head honcho, right? I am sure that those weaklings at the Guild or those guys I encountered at the Hostess of Fertility would have already gotten face-planted on the floor. Let's do it like this: from now on I am the king. You don't step on my Familia's feet and maybe I don't kill absolutely everyone in yours. Capiche?" He nodded. "Good. See you later, Otter."

I retracted my magic and went off to continue my wandering around. I didn't fail to notice someone's gaze this time. Damn the different magic system! I didn't feel Freya's snooping the first time around! I will make myself Ouranos' Grimoire to understand how shit works in this reality. I should also get myself a Chakra Fruit. And Kaguya's Chakra Compendium, to learn how to actually use it. And I will make myself a Ten-Tails since I'm in the mood. Actually, why limit myself to only ten tails? I will need to check how much Chakra a Fruit actually gives me, but I am pretty certain that I can go up to at least twenty tails. Why would I need to check my own reserves? Well, balance, mainly. I already have a nearly inexhaustible magic reserve, unless I want to travel between universes, so I don't need to worry about getting an imbalance due to Chakra, even if it is actually infinite (which I doubt).

I ended my little exploration soon after my encounter with Otter and headed back to the inn I occupied. I was concealing my presence all the while, to make sure that Freya didn't get the strange idea of masturbating while looking at me from her tower. I am flattered but begone, you perverted THOT!

When I arrived, I casted a shit-ton of wards and enchantments to make this place absolutely impossible to observe remotely. Freya or whoever could still physically come and check out the place, after all it will become my waifus' little shop, but any acts of voyeurism would be negated. Oh, and the perpetrator would be sent in heat but also feel repelled from any possible means to relieve themselves. That's real torture. When I stopped concealing my presence, I could just hear (figuratively) Freya panting like a bitch in heat but absolutely disgusted by the very concept of masturbating or having sex. Hehe, take this, you fucking pervert!

Well, since I was now perfectly safe from voyeurism, I decided to make myself those two grimoires I was talking about. I finished Mastering them in half an hour, mainly because I 'put the cart ahead of the horses' by first reading about Chakra and then gaining it. How stupid can I get? I made a highly enhanced Chakra Fruit and ate it. Doomsday's and the Zergs' adaptability really helped assimilate everything and I gained a nearly limitless amount of Chakra. Just by intuition, I would equate it to an Unlimited Arch-Sage Magic Core.

I checked my Interface and gained a new voice.

{Azagareth Maleficarum

Race: True Incubus Ancestor

Age: 18 years - Immature True Ancestor

Location: Orario

Intrinsic Powers:

- Subjective Reality (Marble Phantasm)

- Infinty

Magic Core: Unlimited Transcendant (Tier 123; Rank 7)

Chakra Capacity: Unlimited Arch-Sage (Tier 89; Rank 1)

Abilities:

- Too many, seriously

- Devious Mind (NEW!)

- Damned Brave (NEW!)

- Call of Blood (NEW!)

- Supercomputing (NEW!)

- Chess Master (NEW!)

- Run My Dogs (NEW!)

- Punisher (NEW!)

- Noblesse Oblige (NEW!)

Development Abilities (NEW!)

- Mage EX

- Hunter EX

- Strong Body EX

- War Machine EX

- Spirit Healing EX

- Chain Attack EX

- Spearman EX

- Swordsman EX

- Assassin EX

Noble Phantasm: (Conceptualization)

Doujustu:

- Unlimited Rinne Sharingan

Magic:

- Too many

- Ouranos' Magic Master (NEW!)

Techniques:

- Too many as well

- Kaguya's Chakra Compendium Master (NEW!)

Blood Familiars:

- Too many, plus Norberta that is just kinda staying there

Extra Lives: More Than Enough [Like, it's in the four digits area]}

Nice, really nice. I made a new Chakra Fruit and ate it, bringing my Chakra levels to Unlimited Transcendant (Tier 125; Rank 2). Like this, I have a rough balance between Chakra and Magic. Still, I think that Magic is much more useful, though Chakra has its own benefits, such as being another energy tank for me to use in case of an emergency of some sort. I then decided to make an artificial tailed beast for myself. I made it have 25 tails. Totally not an overestimation, but I roughly understood that ten Tiers in Chakra is equal to one tail, same with Magic. My personal tailed beast, which will be a massive bat, will have both Magic and Chakra, so that it will be extremely useful. Thanks to Subjective Reality and Marble Phantasm, I didn't even have to seal the thing inside of me, as it did everything on its own. I named it Kuroikaze, since the rest of the tailed beasts have Japanese names. Not very original and probably very wrong, but who cares, not like anyone will complain!

Why did I waste a few minutes to get Chakra you ask? Well, because I can basically use it to passively strengthen my body, kinda like body tempering in cultivation novels. And because I wanted to. Well, it is getting kinda late, so I got my waifus and Ereshkigal some food from the Food Wars universe with Subjective Reality. Needless to say, it was greatly appreciated.

The next day, I woke up with Mother and Risa on either side of me, again. While waiting for them to wake up, I thought of what I wanted to do today: spelunking in the Dungeon, visit the Hephaestus Familia's shops to look for interesting gimmicks, and get rid of the other customer in the inn, if the guy doesn't leave. I will then dedicate a few minutes to the remodeling of the inn to suit our needs and linking our shop in Diagon Alley to the ground floor.

After they woke up, Mother and Risa expressed their reluctance to go inside a 'stupidly humid and gloomy cave filled with cannon fodder'. Damn, I almost lost all desire to go and explore… Well, since I had this moment of uncertainty, I reversed my schedule. I started with evicting the other customer while placing him in a Genjutsu, then cleaning the inn with a shit-ton of cleaning and disinfecting spells. It became spotless in a matter of seconds. I then started the renovation. The building itself was on a total of four levels: ground floor, which I simply linked to Diagon Alley with Subjective Reality and had a private staircase towards the upper floors, the first floor, which I turned into a comfy living room with a private library, fireplace, bar with all sorts of alcohols and snacks, and a few couches, armchairs, and coffee tables, the second floor, which I turned into a sort of conference area and treasury, and the third floor, which I turned into our living quarters, one for me and the waifus and one for Ereshkigal.

Before going on to do other stuff, I deposited the cursed Vali into the treasury, so that it will fill on its own. I obviously placed a shit-ton of enchantments and wards, so I am not scared of theft or structural integrity. I gave a quick 'see ya later' to the girls and went on my way. I also took my daily medicine pill to max my stats. I will take the Rare Candy this evening. I started strolling towards the Dungeon while whistling a tune. On the way there, I encountered Loki and her group once again, so I decided to pick on Bete a little.

I sneaked behind him and wrapped my arm around his shoulder, as if we were longtime friends. "Yo, Bete! Fancy meeting you here! Ladies, nice seeing you too!"

"Tch, you're awfully chipper this morning. Anyway, s-sorry about yesterday." Oh? He actually apologized? He might not be so bad.

"No problem, wolfy. I should apologize about breaking your arm, even though it was all your doing. And since I'm doing that, I should present myself properly. I am Azagareth Maleficarum, Captain (self-proclaimed) of the Ereshkigal Familia, Level 10." I enjoyed their shocked faces. "Anyway, you guys are going to the Dungeon?"

Loki snapped out of her shocked state first. "No, we are heading to the blacksmithing district to coordinate for a new expedition."

"Cool. Mind if I tag along for this expedition? Sounds like fun. Plus it would be a good way to get Ere's name out there."

"Oh, uhm… Sure?" she said

"Cool. Well, I will head to the Dungeon for a quick dive. You all reached Floor 50, right? Hm… I could probably get there if I speedrun the bosses. Anyway, see you around." I headed directly to the Dungeon while whistling.

I reached Babel in a couple of minutes and entered the Dungeon. There were a few pesky Adventurers, but they mysteriously made way for me once they saw me. Must be the perks of being the new king. I arrived to the stairs to the first floor and started stretching a little. This will be probably the most exercise I do in a long while. In the meanwhile, I lit up a cigarette and used my 3D mapping spell and magic sonar. I got lucky since the Dungeon itself works like a leyline, so I could map it pretty darn precisely. I studied the model then darted off. I found some Goblins and Kobolds, so I popped their heads while running. I didn't pick up the magic stones, after all I didn't need them or any other sort of revenue.

On the first four floors, I only encountered the green bois and furry bois. From the fifth floor onwards, I started encountering nightmare fuel aka Killer Ants. I kicked away at them and sped forward. I then started encountering Orcs, Silverbacks, Infant Dragons and the sort. They weren't even good enough to snack on. The only decent snack I found was the Monster Rex on the 17th Floor, the Goliath. It tasted like chicken.

I took a quick tour of Rivira then continued my dive. There was nothing interesting until the 27th Floor. There were the Leviathan's remains under the massive lake and I was now faced with a problem: my thalassophobia. I resorted to creating a golem without a connection to me. I ordered it to find the remains and take at least one sample back to the surface. It took almost an hour to do so, but it was probably worth it. I absorbed the remains with Demon Boar's Gluttony and dispelled the golem.

I continued my dive and soon reached the 37th Floor. Now, there were concentric walls which separated the floor in different areas. I could probably destroy them with a spell, but it would take the adventure out of this dive. I started making my way through the labyrinth-like floor and reached the center. I actually found the Monster Rex, the Udaeus. I decided to battle the thing with my cane-sword, using it only as a blunt weapon. It will be a nice challenge to test some 'hard' bosses in this world.