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The Wolf prowling across dimensions by Pandora's Reader

 Highschool of the Dead & My Hero Academia/僕のヒーローアカデミア Xover Rated: M, English, Family & Adventure, [OC, Rika M., Shizuka M., Saeko B.], Words: 820k+, Favs: 1k+, Follows: 1k+, Published: Nov 17, 2021 Updated: Nov 9 779Chapter 61: Dungeon's Wrath

$1 a day keeps the Pandoras_Supporter chilled... Eh.

Anyway, same deal, unedited chapter and all that. And incase anyone's wondering, yes, I'm uploading the whole Danmachi Saga.

When I got started, I didn't really stop. So if this chapter is a little weird, then oh well.

{Maccillian's POV 10 minutes later.}

Seeing the kid's states, and that Trix was gonna be scarred now, had made me a little pissed. Not enough to trigger my Wrath, but still pissed. They were all going to live, I knew that, but I also knew their conditions were preventable.

Bell had earned his bite the day I unlocked his aura. The plan was to give it to him at level 2, but then he stumbled into the silver clan, so I decided to hold off on it until he was level 3. I didn't want to spoil him, so it made sense to me. (But after this, he's getting his bite when we go home.) I'd need to add that to his training, but it'd be fine.

Lili hadn't earned MY bite, but she had earned Shizuka's as well as Rika's. I asked them to save it for when Lili hit level 2, but now, seeing Lili's disheveled appearance, and the tears on her face, I was going to let whoever won that right to give her the bite whenever they wanted.

As for Welf, he had earned my bite too, but again, I was saving it for a level up. I hadn't decided on adding him to the silver clan at level 3, or if I should do it at all, but after this, I was going to do it. He was a bro, and deserved it.

For Trix, I hadn't even thought of adding the hounds to the silver clan. But like the others, I'd do it after we got home. She more than deserved it.

So thinking of all of that, I understood that I could've done better by them. I just chose relaxing and fucking around over doing so. I didn't prepare them enough. That was something I was going to work on after this was done. Fuck everything else.

Anyway, that fed into me being pissed because I was getting mad at myself, almost as much as I was at the dungeon. But I wasn't an angsty shounen protagonist. I could be pissed at myself later, there were things to do now, and amends to be made later.

But speaking of now, I took my claws out of the Battle Boar, and started looking around. The monsters were having a bad time, considering Rika was camping in the air on a 'bullet' she made, invisible to the world. I only knew where she was when a three round burst came out from above the hill.

Saeko and some of the hounds were pushing towards the entrance to the 19th, where monsters had been pouring out of, tearing anything in their way apart. The grin of sadistic glee on her face was right at home after a while of me not seeing it.

Saya was commanding a legion of Griffin, Nevermore, and Sabyrs as she and the hounds defended Lili and the others. I'd randomly hear a shotgun go off sometimes, that, or the crack of her whip, so I was sure she was doing fine.

Then there was Shizuka...

{Shizuka's POV}

It was going to hurt my daughter.

That thought kept repeating in my mind as I looked at the big ugly monster, and it filled me with a rage I've never experienced before.

It didn't even go away when I punched its teeth in. The damn thing just made me get madder and madder as it healed.

Even my fire, the flames that showed just how much I could love were responding to my anger. The hide of the monster, I was on its shoulder, was being charred even darker then it already was. I was right about to stomp on its shoulder, ideally breaking it, but it shouted at me, hurting my ears.

And that just pissed me off even more.

So I jumped off of it, made a platform under me, and took in a DEEP breath.

If this thing wanted to scream, then I'd give it a scream. When I was ready, I glared at the monster, and opened my mouth. -DIEEEEEEE!- My howl reverberated throughout the floor, and the monsters face burst into a shower of blood.

But it didn't die... (Time to get close again.) I coated myself in aura, tilted my platform, and shot off towards the monster. It was still thrashing around from my howl, so it didn't have the chance to respond as my fist crashed into the rest of its head, blowing it apart. But I already knew it wouldn't die with just that. Part of me didn't even want it to die yet. It needed to have the shit beat out of it, and that's what I wanted to do.

So I dug my claws into its body, and took another breath in. -DIE YOU FUCKEEEEER!-

{Maccillian's POV}

-DIE YOU FUCKEEEEER!- A woman after my own heart she was.

But still... (Was her fire always that bright? I'm pretty sure it wasn't.) I figured I could just ask later.

That aside, I zoned back into the now, and flicked the last bits of blood off my claws. There weren't any stragglers near me, and the girls had everything handled. Sure the dungeon was still... I guess... Glaring? At me, but it was whatever.

With nothing better to do, I decided to go check in with the kids. So with a quick shift into my Gray wolf form, I ran back towards them.

There was nothing in my way, other than Saya's Grimm constructs, so I made it back to them easily.

When I got there, I saw everyone, including the other adventurers were all in one area, either taking a breather as they watched the girls, or laying on their backs staring at the ceiling. Fun fact, Shizuka's semblance works until she cancels it or runs out of mana/mind, so they were all glowing gold.

Bell, Lili, Welf and Trix were still together, watching the girls go wild, while Saya stood in front of them. She was still in her Werewolf form, and spared me a glance before turning back to commanding her legion. She wanted to be thorough, and I was fine with that.

Back to the kids.

I trotted over to them, and they all saw me coming. Bell and Welf gave me a smile, Trix gave me a slow nod, then laid back down, and Lili gave me a happy smile. Her eyes were still a little puffy, and I didn't like that.

So when I got to her, I curled around her like a dragon with its hoard, and laid my head in her lap. She let out a cute yip as I did, and just looked at me for a bit. That was understandable since I've never done this before, but she needed it.

Lili took a few moments to adjust, and started running her fingers through my fur when she collected herself. I knew I basically turned myself into a support animal, but I didn't really give a shit. I'd bled off some of my anger on the monsters, and with nothing else coming up, I had time to comfort her.

At one point, Welf started chuckling, and we turned to him. He had a smile on his face, and at my raised brow, decided to enlighten us. "Just taking in the favoritism."

I couldn't help but snort at that. Bell decided to be wise beyond his years, and said nothing, while Trix didn't care about adding to that. Lili just started humming, with a smile on her face, and went back to petting me. And since no one else was going to say anything, I decided to. 'Well, she's my daughter. What do you expect?'

Welf nodded at that, and went back to looking at Saya's legion. "Dunno. Just really shows the love, ya know?"

A snort from me and Lili, and an eye roll from Bell and Trix were his responses to that. I decided to do something else after that, and made an aura pillow, one that was an actual pillow and not a pillow shaped missile, and threw it at him. The pillow smacked him in the face, and Welf was down for the count. "Ya know what? I'll take it." And with that, he took the pillow, placed it on the ground, and laid his head in it. "This works." Lili and I snorted again, and went back to doing whatever we were doing before Welf made himself known.

The girls had the situation handled, and I was sure they'd clean the place up in a few minutes. (So far, so good. As long as nothing else com... I'm not going to finish that thought.) As much as I wanted too, I wasn't about to tempt mu...-

"We're going to make it out soon! There's nothing that can stop us now!" And with the word of a random adventurer, it all stops.

We all, even Saya's Grimm, stop, and just turn to the guy. He looked like an honest to gods NPC, and looked like he had no idea what he just did. After a few seconds, I turned away from him, and looked at Saya. She had this look of 'This fucking idiot' and 'UGHHH' plastered on it, and I felt the same.

It didn't help that the dungeon started shaking, and I felt my fur stand on end.

Reacting, I uncurled myself from Lili, shifted back, and flared my senses. SOMETHING was gonna happen, and I wasn't about to get caught off guard.

So there I stood, focusing my ears on anything that might happen.

That's when I heard it. The sound of something tunneling under us. As soon as I recognized that, I removed the gravity of everyone close to me, other than Saya, and pushed them away with a wall of aura. Whatever was coming was big, and even if they were healing, they weren't in any condition to fight.

Saya and I shared another look, and moments before the thing came up, we jumped back, made a fuckton of Gaster Blasters/aura canons, and aimed at the area it would come out of.

And when the ground exploded, we let loose. "YOU'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BAD TIME!/EAT SHIT!" My Gaster Blasters shot out aura and fire, while Saya's canons shot out lasers of aura.

The explosion that came from that was cool as shit, but not something I could focus on. Because whatever the fuck came up wasn't dead.

I knew that because the thing shot out like a bullet, and ran towards Saya.

That's how I saw what it was.

And I cursed. "A FUCKING JUGGERNAUT?!" Because yes, that's what it was. And despite the fact we had just blasted the fucker, the worst of it just seemed to be charred 'skin' flaking off of its arms. (This fucker's gonna be annoying, I can just tell.) That aside, I zoned back in when Saya pointed her whip turned shotgun into the Juggernaut's face, and blasted the fucker... Doing minimal damage...

"Oh come on!" I felt that.

Seeing as the blast wasn't enough, Saya growled, changed her shotgun back into a whip, and avoided the jaws of the monster. A crack of her whip later, and the nearest Sabyrs, Nevermore, and Griffins were targeting the Juggernaut. The Sabyrs charged together, the Nevermore, which was as big as the one from the initiation, shot out its feathers, and the Griffins swooped in.

Though after a swipe of its forelimb, the Juggernaut slapped the Sabyrs out of existence, ignored the feathers, and chomped the closest Griffin in half. So... An ineffective start.

But with that done, it was time for me to join the fight. I went into Werewolf form, and charged towards Saya and the Juggernaut.

I was on it in moments, literally considering I jumped onto the fuckers back/spine, locked my legs around its bones, and readied my fists. Before I slammed them into it, I coated them in aura, then SMASHED them onto Juggernaut. The fucker roared in pain, and rolled onto the ground, trying to make me fall of. (Too bad that's not gonna work.) My legs were locked firmly onto its spine, and there was nothing it could do to change that.

So after rolling around for a bit, it decided to change gears.

It started digging.

And even when a couple of Megoliath's, courtesy of Saya, crashed into the fucker, it just smashed its head into them, knocking them away or outright destroying them. It even started ignoring me punching the everloving shit out of it, and kept digging.

And I didn't like that. Again, I was stupid, not incompetent. If it was ignoring me making cracks, they were real small but still there, in its body, than whatever the fuck it was trying was dangerous. So I unlocked my legs, jumped off of it, and went over to Saya.

The Juggernaut dug through the floor, and kept going until it was out of sight. We just watched it dig, and kept our ears and other senses open. As long as we focused, we could follow it underground by feeling out the vibrations.

That's how we felt it circling around us, looking for an opening. "Zaka." I looked at Saya from the corner of my eye. "Party." Oh yeah, that was something I could do now.

[Invite Saya Takagi] Not even a second later, Saya accepted, and I felt her presence over the party link.

~I'm going flood its tunnels, maybe force it out. After it's out, I'll try to focus on its legs. I want you to fight it head on while I do so. Got it mutt?~ I mentally snorted, but nodded. ~Perfect. Get Rika and the other girls in here.~ That was a good idea. I saw Saya start forming water above the hole it dug, and started pouring it down. The orb of water didn't look like it was getting any smaller, which was interesting, but also something we could talk about later.

[Invite Rika Minami] [Invite Shizuka Marikawa] [Invite Saeko Busujima] Just like Saya, the girls joined the party, maxing it out, without missing a beat.

~Before anyone says anything, Saeko, how's the 19th?~

~Hmm... It's under control. The monsters have temporarily stopped spawning, and I'm unsure why.~ That was an interesting piece of news, and I could tell Saya thought that too.

~Might have something to do with the weird bone monster that's circling Silver and Smarts.~

~~The what?~~ Shizuka was still 'fighting' the Goliath, and Saeko was on a literal other floor, so it made sense for them to not notice it.

~Yeah, there's a Juggernaut here. One that seems WAY stronger than it should be considering we're on the 18th.~

~... That may have something to do with the... Tunnel, I've found.~

~[Huh?]~ We could hear Saeko hum, and after a moment, spoke again.

~There is a tunnel near entrance to the 19th, one that seems to go quite far now that I'm looking down... Perhaps to other floors?~ Ah. That bit got me and Saya to put it together.

Though I was annoyed at it. The dungeon was practically cheating with that. It even looked like Saya shared my annoyance.

Though before we could say anything else, the Juggernaut burst out of the ground, and flew at us. Saya and I moved, me towards it, with Saya making aura buzz-saws, preparing to send them at it. ~Rika, do you see the cracks Zaka made on it?~ The Juggernaut and I clashed, my aura keeping its teeth from sinking into my arm, while I raised the gravity around us by 10.

Fun fact, it didn't help at all, so I dropped it, but kept it in mind because that was annoying. ~Yup. Want me to aim at them, or something else?~ I growled as I dropped my aura, letting the Juggernaut take my arm, and used the other to grip the side of its head while I kneed it in the chin. It tried to smash its head into me, but I just dug my claws into it, with both hands since the other grew back. ~The cracks will do. Wait on my signal, and make a big one.~

~Gotcha Smarts.~

~Should I come over? I can if you need me.~ Seeing that it wasn't going to get rid of me, the Juggernaut settled on standing up, bringing me up with it.

[I guess this is happening.] I heard snorts from Saya and Rika, but focused on the Jugg... (I'll just refer to it as Jug from now on.) The Jug stood up, and when it reached its max height, it SLAMMED me, along with its head, into the ground.

I let go, used my legs to kick it and move back at that point. Not because it made me, but because I wanted too. And no one could prove otherwise. ~I am with Shizuka with this. Tell me to come, and I will arrive with the hounds.~ With its new freedom, the Jug roared at me, then charged like a bull seeing red. My response was to stomp, making aura chains erupt from the ground, ensnaring its legs.

Not that it did much. The Jug kept charging, snapping the chains, and I got ready for another clash. ~Shizuka, finish off the Goliath first, then you can join us. Saeko, you can come back.~

~~Kay/Understood.~~ Though the Jug decided this clash would be different. When it got in range, the fucker opened his mouth, all the way, and tried to EAT me! Now THAT pissed me off.

My claws, both on my hands and feet, dug into the Jug's mouth, and I growled as I turned my aura back on, and made a Gaster Blaster. "Come on and have a taste!" The blaster fired, sending out a flamethrower that'd make a Moltres proud, down its throat. The Jug thrashed around at that, giving me the chance to get out of its mouth by shifting, and hopping out. Though I wasn't done yet.

Going into my Gray Hound form, I opened my maw, made a few more Gaster Blasters, and started blasting. ~Rika, do you have a shot?!~ My blue flames were the most prominent out of the sea of fire, but I could see Saya positioning her buzz-saws as the Jug roared in pain.

~Do you even have to ask?~

~Right. Fire!~

~Aye aye captain!~ After a massive BOOM, Saya's buzz-saws launched into the Jugs leg, while I saw the familiar sight of one of Rika's 'fuck off' bullets.

If the Jug wasn't in pain before, then it was now. Rika's bullet made contact, and from what I thought I saw before it exploded, one of the Jugs legs was torn off by Saya's buzz-saws. I couldn't see through the cloud of dust that shot made, so I kept my guard up just in case. ~So... We get it?~ A roar, and the battered, but still alive form, of the Jug rushed out of the smoke, and blitzed me, despite the MISSING LEG. ~Nevermind.~ I, and the rest of the girls, mentally snorted at that.

I shifted back, cocked my fist, and waited for the Jug. The fucker came at me, and when it was in range, I SMASHED my fist into its face. There was a satisfying crack forming on its skull from that, and it stopped for a moment.

Just a moment.

Then it flicked its skull upwards, sending me into the air. (Yeah, no. Gravity 3x) I plummeted back towards the ground, and I stuck my leg out as I did. "DYNAMIC ENTRY!" My leg slammed into it, and its body fell flat onto the ground. (It's still affected by my gravity, I just have be on it to work... Oh well.) The Jug tried to get up, but I raised my gravity up to 10, and trapped it underneath me.

With it trapped, I hummed, and walked over to its spine. There was a hole, with a bunch of cracks spreading all around it, where Rika shot, and it look reaaal fragile. "Wonder what'll happen if I just..." Raising my foot, and coating it in aura, I stomped on its neck. The crunch that came from that was VERY satisfying, and watching as the cracks spread, all the way to the base of its neck, was interesting.

The Jug let out one last roar, before its head disconnected from its neck, and started turning into ash. That made me blink, then look towards its arms. They weren't ash yet, so I reached out, and ripped one of em out... Only to frown when I felt the texture of it. "No fucking way." I brought it to my mouth, and bit down... But instead of it being flesh, it was bone... The whole fucking thing was BONE.

I threw the arm down, and groaned in annoyance. "Mother fucker. All of that for NOTHING?!" Apparently not.

[Status]

Objective met - Juggernaut slain 1/1

Reward - Time dilation increased to 1:3

New worlds added to World List.

Releasing restrictions.

I felt my earring disappear, and a surge of power went through my body.

Outside of the dungeon, the Silver Sword of Damocles hung above the tower. Just as before, all eyes went to it instinctively, and all witnessed the chains restricting the blade fall off, and disappear before reaching the ground.

With the chains removed, a pulse of silver was all the residents saw before the blade slowly started to disappear.

But it was enough.

That alone was enough for the gods and goddesses of Orario to understand they weren't at the top of the food-chain anymore.

It took a second to adapt to my full power, since there was more of it now, but I got it under control. And when I did, my earring came back. I went back to base afterwards, and shook off any leftover ash from the Jug.

Anyway, fun fact, when my power came back in full, the dungeon went silent. It didn't feel like I was being eye raped anymore. So that was neat. ~Am I mistaken, or did I just feel my lord's power return?~

[You felt right mo lann, I'm back and running at maximum overdrive.]

Saya came over, and gave me a raised brow at that. "Is that a reference, or are you being stupid?"

Rolling my eyes, and putting my arms behind my head, I started whistling. "That's for me to know, and you to find out." Now it was Saya's turn to roll her eyes.

"Whatever." She turned around after that, and started heading over to the kids. ~By the way. Updates?~

~I'm almost done! This big fuckity fucker's been annoying me for too long.~ That got us all to snort.

~I am a minute or two out unfortunately.~

~I'm all good. Though I don't see anything else to shoot... So that sucks.~

[Eh. Just means we're good now. I'm gonna go to the kids, and since you're all free, we might as well all meet up with them.] Saya nodded, and we both went off towards the party. Though while we were walking, I paused. My senses were still maxed, so I could hear practically everything on the floor if I actually listened.

And I heard something familiar.

SomeONE familiar. [Sealgair. can you take a look around the actual entrance to the 18th for me.]

Saya gave me a raised brow, but didn't say anything. ~Uh, sure. That's around he... Oh. Wait... I thought they WEREN'T supposed to be here.~ I already had an idea of who it was, but I just wanted to be sure.

[So I heard Hestia, and I'm assuming I haven't gained a hearing defect in the last 30 seconds, so is she there?]

I heard some 'ohs' from the other girls, and a hum from Rika. ~Yup. Though Loki's there too. There's that chick from buffy's familia, kids from Take's familia, I think some of the secondary team from my familia, and maybe some other randoms... Oh, Loki sees me.~ I blinked at that, and whipped my head to the cliff. Rika was still invisible, so that was an interesting bit of information.

[You know you're still invisible, right?]

~Huh? Oh, yeah. But she's always been able to see me. I mean... She's Loki.~ I thought about that, and nodded.

[Makes sense. Anyway, go grab em and bring them to us would ya?]

~Whatever, captain.~ Rolling my eyes at that, Saya and I, who were joined By Saeko, the hounds, and Shizuka at some point, went off to the kids. Though I noticed Shizuka looked more tired then she should've been.

When she noticed that I noticed, Shizuka held her arms out, and I internally sighed. She was a big baby at times, but it was what it was.

One piggyback ride later, and we were with the kids.

Bell looked awestruck, and I already knew his desire to get stronger was growing.

Welf was giving me a face of pure respect.

Lili was looking at me, Saya, and Rika with stars in her eyes, and a furiously wagging tail.

Trix already held a high opinion of me, but I was pretty sure she'd be worshiping me if she could.

I didn't pay any mind to the other adventurers, and dropped off Shizuka right next to Lili. My... (Do I refer to Shizuka as wife now? I haven't thought about this... LEAVE IT FOR LATER!) Anyway, Lili and Shizuka hugged each other, and we waited for the others.

A few minutes of small talk along with waiting, and the rest of the group arrived. When we made eye contact, Hestia broke into a sprint, and jumped at me and Bell, we were side by side since he practically turned into a Remora after my power came back. She crashed into the both of us, and I had to make sure she didn't knock us down. "You're saaafe!"

Bell and I shared a look, and just wrapped an arm around the little goddess. "Of course we are, who do you think we are?" Hestia bristled at that, and gave me an annoyed ~cheee.~

"The most troublesome child in Orario?" My eye twitched.

"Uhuh. I'll get you for that later." She rolled her eyes, then turned to Bell.

"Are you ok? Nothings broken or anything, right?" She noticed he, and the others, were still glowing with Shizuka's golden flames, but still asked. Because of course she would.

Bell smiled, one that showed he was fine despite his armor being scuffed or broken in a bunch of places... Actually, now that I was REALLY looking at him, I noticed something. "Huh... Nice scars." That got everyone's attention, and they all looked at where I was looking. He had 3 claw marks above his right thigh, though they were really light so you'd have to pay attention to them or else you'd miss em.

Bell looked at his scars, and you'd have to be blind to miss the way his eyes SHINNED. He whipped his eyes up to me, and I just stared at him. "I'm like Sir now." Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, just STARED at him.

And then Lili snickered.

And all hell broke loose.

Hestia's lips started twitching, and then she burst out laughing. Rika, Loki and Welf joined her in how hard they laughed.

Saeko and Shizuka turned into giggling messes.

Saya was trying her hardest not to laugh, but was failing spectacularly.

Even the hounds were getting in on this. Trix was giving Bell a look that said 'this idiot,' while laughing, just like the other hounds were.

We all laughed it out for a bit, and eventually got ourselves under control. When we did, we talked about why they were here, what happened before they got here, and what we were going to do now.

Though during the talks, I had a thought about Hestia, and decided to go through with it later. She had come into the dungeon, despite not needing too, because she was worried. That in itself deserved a reward, and I had a few I could give.

Hestia's, and the others rewards aside, we agreed on a plan. Hestia, the kids, despite being a bro, I still refer to Welf as a kid, were going to go back topside. The residents of the 18th, that survived, were going to go with them, and be guided up by Shizuka, Saya and the hounds. Sure the other people I didn't know, that came with Loki and Hestia, were going with them too, but again, I didn't care enough about them.

The rest of us were going to escort Loki to her kids, and after we got em together, we'd bring them back up.

With the plans set, we split up, after I embarrassed Hestia in front of everyone with a full on tongue kiss, She burned red, and I laughed when she tried to glare at me. Keyword was 'try.' It was hard to look mean when you're blushing, and your twin tails are spinning like a helicopters blades.

After that, Loki and the rest of us went to the 19th, and started our search for her kids.

The girls and I searched for their scents, and only found a trail when we reached the 25th. I'd just finished picking what I wanted from a Siren, when I smelled a trace of Bete. As another Werewolf, his scent was the strongest, and easiest to pick out.

Telling them, we all grouped up, and started navigating the floor.

Though we had to pause when the boss came out. Fun fact, an enhanced Amphisbaena has three heads, and is atleast 1.5x bigger. "... That's one big bitch." Loki put it best.

"Dibs on the mini Hydra!" And off went Rika.

"Get me a head would ya?! I want whatever the fuck it offers!" Rika gave me a nod, then shot off on her bullet board. As she did, Saeko, Loki and I took a seat on some aura chairs I made, and watched the mayhem. I made an aura screen, so we were fine, unless something managed to break it. (Though that's impossible. So we're good.) I knew what I did, but I was at full power, and with it, my reserves were whole.

They'd need to drop a few nukes to break my screen. And last I checked, there weren't any nukes in this world. "Ya know... Now that I see it in person... The way Rimi fights is kinda fucky, innit?" Saeko and I snorted at that, and looked at Rika... Or wherever the fuck she was.

"I will admit, Rika's fighting style could annoy me to death... There's also her insistence on ending a fight as quickly as possible. Does she not see the appeal in prolonging a fight? To tear into your prey and watch their eyes dim as they recognize any hope they had to win was in vain?" Blinking, Loki and I leaned back, and looked at each other.

'What da fuq?'

'Don't look at me, that's all her.'

'Ain't there a saying about sticking yer dick in crazy?'

I paused. 'Well yeah... But do you SEE Saeko?'

Loki paused, and we both looked back to Saeko, who was giving an amused look as she turned between me and Loki. We saw that, then turned back to each other.

'Think she knows?'

'How the fuck am I supposed to know?'

"To answer your question, yes. I DO know." That made Loki and I look at her, and share an embarrassed cough.

"ANYWAY, back to Rika and her bullshit fighting style."

"IT'S NOT BULLSHIT IF IT WORKS!" You can guess who that was. We turned back to Rika, and watched as a fuckton of aura bullets launched themselves at the water dragon. Hundreds, if not thousands of bullets blasted into the dragon, and surprisingly, didn't kill it. Hell, none of em, except the ones aimed at the eyes, went through.

The Amphisbaena roared in pain, and we watched as one of the heads reared back, then shot out a torrent of fire that could make my earlier wave look like a fire cracker. Though considering it was just whipping its head around, blindly firing, ughhh, it wasn't doing much... "Ok. Can we time out for a second?" The girls looked at me, and saw me pointing towards the water. "Can we point out why a WATER DRAGON not only has FIRE breath, but fire that burns ON THE WATER?! What the fuck?!"

They looked at the flames, which were still burning on the water, just like I said, and shrugged. "My lord... Are you really expecting common sense to apply to a three headed dragon monster?"

I thought about that, and blinked when I realized she was right. "The crazy bitch's gotta point doggy. I'm a literal goddess. Da fuq are you trying to make sense of this shit for?" I was being double teamed, and not in the way I liked.

I shook my head, and focused on the fight. The monsters third head started glowing, which made the rest of its body start glowing, and healed. Rika, I could tell where she was because the bullets she was making paused when she saw that, and I was pretty sure i knew what the look on her face was. "OH WHAT THE FUCK?! WHY THE HELL IS EVERYTHING HEALING ALL OF A SUDDEN!? THAT'S OUR SHIT!" That got a laugh out of us, and the girls' attention was off of the previous topic.

From there, I could feel Rika pack more aura into her bullets, condensing them into her 'Anti tank round' variants. Info dump, Rika had multiple variants of her bullets.

Normal rounds, which were pretty much normal sniper bullets that took a negligible amount of aura.

FMJ rounds, which could punch holes through steel without an issue. They took maybe, 2% of her aura per round.

Anti tank rounds, which despite the name, were WAY stronger than that. The closest thing I could compare them too were missiles. 5% of her aura went into each round.

After those were the Wolfbane rounds. Those could pierce through walls made out of 10% of my aura. That might not seem like much, but Yin's system told me my reserves were in the 10-15M range. So taking that into consideration, it was a lot. This was where she jumped, and used 15% per round.

Then came her 'fuck off' rounds. Those were the rounds she used on the Titan, and could pierce 25% of my aura. 60% of her aura per round was alot to her, but VERY worth it.

She was working on rounds that used less/more aura, but she hadn't decided a name for them, or completed them yet.

Back to the fight, Rika was making Anti tank rounds, zooming around the place as she did, and made the complete ones gather in her hand. "10k she takes all three head off with these shots."

Loki raised a brow at me, and grinned. "15k she only gets two of em."

We looked at Saeko, who hummed ash she observed Rika. "I'll raise the both of you to 20k as long as she takes off the healing head with the first shot." Loki and I grinned, and gave Saeko a nod.

"May the best better win." And with that, we watched Rika appear for a moment, load her rounds into Triple Tap, then disappear as she zipped around. Despite not needing too, Rika liked the feeling of loading the rounds into her rifle. (This is for you that one guy that likes reloading.) Sure she would reappear for a moment, but she agreed not to do it if she was in a life or death fight.

Or when she fought against me.

When the first round shot out, we all tracked its path, ignoring the other two for a moment, and when it crashed into, then exploded midway through the healing head, Loki and I clicked our tongues. Then the other two rounds burrowed into the last two heads, and blew them right off. I was annoyed that I lose again, cursed my luck, then shot off to grab a head before it turned to ash.

I managed to get one, and after rushing to bite and swallow a bunch of its flesh, I let out a sigh of relief when I got the prompt.

[Status]

Fenrir activation conditions met.

Choose - [Excelia +500 to all stats] - [Water Dragon's Blessing] - [Water Dragon's Vitality] - [Water Dragon's Mana Shroud] - [Toxin Immunity] - [Advanced Hydrokinesis] - [Greek Fire - Your flames will burn brighter, hotter, for an extended duration, and over water.]

There were the most options I've ever had, and it took me a bit to decide just WHAT I wanted. It also reminded me that I missed out on the Goliath, but eh, fuck it.

After a bit of thinking, and realizing I was pretty much being pushed into it, grabbed the Greek Fire. Then something interesting happened.

[Status]

Synergy detected with sub skills, Fire Manipulation and Greek Fire.

Merge skills?

[Y/N]

I blinked, pressed yes, and felt something change.

[Status]

Skills Fire manipulation and Greek Fire, merging...

Addition, fire affinity found... Adding to merging process...

Skills merged successfully.

New skill, Flames of Helios.

Flames of Helios - Fire immunity, advanced fire mastery which can be trained to complete mastery, capable to use any source of fire as if it were the casters.

I knew I had an affinity for fire, Saya had us all take the test, I just didn't know what to do with it. But now it looks like it did something for me. So that was neat.

With that done, the four of us got together, and went back to hunting down Loki's kids.

A bit in, Saya told me they were back on the surface, and wanted to know if she and Shizuka should come back down. I told them they shouldn't and to go home. Shizuka was tired, and I knew using her magic tired Saya out, not that she showed it. But I could read her blindfolded. I didn't want the girls to get hit by a Mind Down, or even a Zero if they pushed it.

A few more floors later, and there we were on the 37th, getting rid of a bunch of Spartoi. Bete's scent was the strongest on this floor, and I was pretty sure he and the rest of the party were here.

Though if I wasn't able to literally sniff em out, hearing him shouting from across the floor would've been a great sign. "HURRY THE FUCK UP AND MOVE YOUR ASSES! THE EXITS NOT THAT FAR OFF!" Like that.

"Damn... He's loud as fuck ain't he?" The girls and I nodded, and made our way over to him. Though I had to drag Saeko away from the Spartoi, since she was pretty much having the time of her life fighting them. Sure they couldn't scream for her, but they fought like adventurers and like actual warriors, so it was a new experience for her.

"My looord!" I snorted, and kept on dragging her away. It's not like she was resisting, she was playing into the bit.

"You can come back later. For now, you're with us." She whined at that, but I ignored it. She could be very dramatic when she wanted too.

Rika was enjoying the Peluda's, you can guess why, but atleast she was following.

My favorites were the Skull Sheep though. Sure I didn't get anything from them because they're all bone, but Their bones were very chewy, and I may or may not have made a satchel to carry some bones with me. I already had one for me, I just decided to give the girls, and hounds, their own. Though I was pretty sure Saeko was going to nab a Spartoi bone, and Rika would go for a dragon bone.

But oh well, their loss.

We made our way over to Bete's shouting, and saw the advanced party. Ais was looking a little worse for wear, Riveria and Lefiya were looking tired, Gareth was keeping his eyes out, as were the twins, and Bete was snapping around at the slightest sound. Finn looked the most level headed of them all, and was leading the party back up.

Though they all stopped when they spotted us. More specifically Loki. Leyfia pinched herself, Riveria groaned VERY loudly, Ais just blinked a few times, the twins looked excited, Bete was done with everything, and Fin looked donex10. "HEY KIDS! MAMA LOKI'S IN THE HOUSE!" Riveria groaned even louder at that, and Rika just laughed.

"We're here too by the way!" Pretty sure they already knew that, but I wasn't going to call her out on that.

That got the rest of their party to break out of whatever stupor seeing Loki made, and they all came over. Loki practically pranced over to them, only to take a chop to the dome from Riveria. "Lady Loki! JUST WHAT IN THE NAME OF GODS ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Loki was crouched on the ground, staring up at Riveria like a scolded child.

It was hilarious... (Do I have my scroll on me?) I padded my pants, found it, and took it out. After starting the recording, I caught Riveria scolding Loki in 4k, and settled on using the footage against her if she ever tried pranking me. I knew she wanted too, she's said so herself, so I needed defenses.

After Loki's scolding, the party gathered around us, and after Bete proclaiming he didn't need our help, were escorted up.

We made small talk as we went up, and we got their story. They were about to hit the 50th before the dungeon started throwing a fit, so they were having a bad day. They even had to set up a night watch to make sure they weren't offed in their sleep. I wasn't sure what it was like to sleep in the dungeon, but I didn't feel like finding out.

I had a nice ass church to sleep in, and a cute goddess to cuddle into me. The fuck would I go to a creepy murder dungeon to sleep in for?

That aside, the girls and I, mostly the girls since I mainly went after whatever I hadn't eaten yet, took care of whatever came after us, and got them off the 37th. Though at some point, Ais had grabbed my tail, and started playing with it. I wasn't sure why, but since she wasn't being rough with it, and mostly because she reminded me of Shizuka, I let her have fun with it.

From there, the trip back was good. Rika was chilling with the twins, when she wasn't shooting anything, and Saeko was leading the charge back up.

Though when we got to the 30th, and found a Bloodsaurus, Loki had an ingenious idea. "Hey, doggy." I ignored the nickname, and looked over to Loki. She had her eyes open, and I could see how excited she was. "Think you can make me sum armor an a sword?" I blinked, and I'm pretty sure everyone else did too.

I was about to say something, but Riveria cut me off. "NO! LADY LOKI YOU ARE NOT FIGHTING A BLOODSAURUS!"

Loki turned on a dime, and fucking POUTED at Riveria. "Oh come on Riv, lemme live a little!" They devolved into a back and forth argument from there, and we all just watched. I had the reskinned T-Rex on the ground with my max gravity, so we could ignore it.

After a few minutes of arguing, Loki lost, and Riveria was now dragging Loki like she was a child that didn't want to go to school... More blackmail/defense acquired.

Saeko decapitated the dino, and we kept moving. Nothing else really happened, I got enough stats to level up and a few other skills, but that wasn't really linked to the trip back up.

{40 minutes later}

After who knew how long, we managed to get back to the surface. Loki was still being dragged by Riveria though. "FRESH AIR! OH HOW I'VE MISSED YOU!" Tiona was being special, but none of us held it against her. To be fair, they probably would've been able to get back on their own, but it would've taken way longer if they didn't have me around.

With that said, after they all let out their sighs of relief, the whole Loki party, even Loki herself, turned and bowed to me and the girls. """"""""Thank you for helping us.""""""""

"Thanks for bringing me to my kids. And for bringing em back up." The girls and I shared a look, and shrugged.

"Your welcome and all that. Anyway, go home, you fuckers stink." That got a snort from Loki, Saeko, Rika, and Bete. We passed the 25-27th, but they didn't take the chance to clean up. So they all had monster stink on em. They were just lucky I didn't say anything until now.

Loki stood up, and turned to her kids. "Alright, ya heard the doggy. Off to the showers we go!" They all agreed, and went off. Rika went with em, since that was her familia, and now it was me and Saeko.

Said samurai was looking a little TOO eager to go back into the dungeon though. "Mo lann." Tearing her eyes away from the dungeon, she met my gaze. "Go check if you can level up first. THEN you can go diving." Her eyes sparkled at that, and after a quick hug and kiss, she shifted, and ran off.

And now it was only me. Well, not really. The party was still a thing, but after kicking Saeko and Rika, it was just me, Saya, and Shizuka. "I'd might as well tell em we're back." So that's what I did. [Ahem, this is your captain speaking. The returning trip of Maccillian airlines has reached its destination. All passengers have disembarked, and the captain is now returning home.] That said, I started heading home.

I heard Saya mentally snort, and a cheer from Shizuka. ~Yay! Come home Silver, we're having a party!~

Now that surprised me. [Really? For what?]

~... Zaka... Did you forget the War Game?~ Oh...

[Uhhh... No?] I was pretty sure Saya must've rolled her eyes at that.

~Well there's that. Also, I, and probably everyone else has leveled up. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the survivors from the 18th have all leveled up too.~ Huh...

[So Bell, Lili and Welf leveled up, mo grá?]

~Yup! Lili even got a new thing! She can turn invisible, kinda like Rika, but different.~ The thought of my invisible daughter pranking people was a fun one.

[Nice. What about you, mo grá?]

~I did too! And I have a new skill now. It's kinda like your wrath, but worse... Sorta... Eh... But it's mine, so that makes it better!~

(Ah, that's probably why her flames looked different.) I nodded at that, and kept walking. [What Development Abilities are you two grabbing?]

~Hmm... I'm going for mage. For a bit, I thought about grabbing Scholar, but it's redundant. With Laplace, and my other skills, Scholar doesn't have much appeal. Mage is perfect for me as I am now.~ Interesting take.

~I don't know, but Spirit Healing might be what I go for. My new skill takes mind, and so does my semblance, so I need better regeneration.~ That made sense, and just went to show Shizuka had common sense, she just chose not to use it most of the time... A part of my mind brought up the pot and kettle, but I ignored it.

We talked a bit more on the way back, and only stopped when I got home. After disbanding the party, I opened the door to the church, and walked in.

Bell was laying down on one of the couches, Lili was in Shizuka's lap on the other and Hestia was sitting next to Shizuka. The hounds were in their beds, but they looked fine.

When I came in, they all looked at me, and smiled at the same time. "Ok. That's kinda creepy." Lili, the hounds, and Hestia snorted at that.

Shizuka giggled, and after a ruffle of Lili's hair, spoke. "Welcome home Silver." That got a smile outta me, and I went over to them. Sitting by Shizuka's side, I leaned back into the couch, and grinned.

"It's good to be home."

[NON cannon Omake - Is that a Jojo reference? Maccillian's POV]

The Jug was stalking around me, like I was prey. I was gonna show that fucker who was the predator, and who was the prey.

But after a minute, the Jug started to slowly approach me, and I blinked. "Hoho, you're approaching me? Instead of running away, you're approaching me?" The Jug let out a hiss, and I grinned. "Then by all means, come as close as you like."

So there we were, monster versus admittingly very handsome monster. The two of us kept walking towards the other, and when I was in range, I went for it. My aura erupted, and behind me, formed one of my favorite stands. And a second later, when it was done, I called his name. "ZA WORLDO!" A silver copy of The World dashed out from behind me, and I folded my arms as it started beating the shit out of the Jug.

Every punch made the Jug sink into the floor. Since I couldn't give him the time stop, I gave him something else. So every punch doubled his gravity.

Though I felt there was something else missing. And I grinned even more when I realized what it was. "Ahem. MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMU...- Fuck, bit my tongue." The World stopped pummeling the Jug at that, and shot me a 'Really?' "Don't look at me like that you fuck. That's harder then I thought!" The World rolled his eyes, then went back into it.

Just for the sass, I was going to take it up a stage. So coating my legs in aura, I jumped, and willed my aura into another form. When I was at the peak of my jump, and my construct was formed, I raised my gravity by 3x, and started falling towards the ground.

The World looked up, and blinked as he saw what was going on. "THIS IS FOR THE SASS YOU FUCK! ROAD ROLLER DA!" And then I crashed into the Jug. Unfortunately, The World avoided my steamroller, but it was whatever.

I started pummeling the steam roller, and on my last hit, jumped back, and posed as the thing exploded. "WRYYYYYYYYY!" The World gave me another look, before dispelling himself. I didn't know he could do that, but whatever.

Hobgoblin - +100 to all stats

Metal Rabbit - END +150

Raider Fish - Swift Swim - Movements are unimpeded by water.

Harpy - AGI +250

Siren - Sonic Scream

Sonic Scream + Sonic Howl = Supersonic Howl

Supersonic Howl - Physical force, frequency customizable, force adjustable, radius adjustable.

Blue Crab - END +250

Aqua Serpent - Serpent's Blessing - Ability to breath underwater without consequence.

Crystal Turtle - END +300

Iguazu - AGI +200

Mermaid - +80 to all stats

Merman - Weapon Natural - All weapons are instinctual to the user. Proficiency with any weapon grows quickly.

Kelpie - Ocean Runner - Speed on/underwater is 1.5x as fast as on land.

Ocean Runner + Swift Swim + Serpent's blessing = Blessed by the ocean - Grants minor Hydrokinesis, all effects of fused skills are doubled.

Lamia - +150 to all stats.

Bloodsaurus - STR +300

Violas - Magic Sensitivity - Host gains sensitivity to mana and magic usage within 25 meters(75 feet) of the host.

Worm Well - Terrain Master - Host gains an instinctual understanding of weak points in the ground. Host will be able to dig through anything, and their senses will be unimpeded when underground.

Barbarian - +200 to all stats.

Lizardman Elite - +200 to all stats.

Loup Garou - Hunter Sense - Creatures weaker than the host will be unable to hide from the hosts senses.

Peluda - +350 to all stats

All stat boosts = 1,080

Individual STR boost = 300

Individual END boost = 700

Individual AGI boost = 450

[Status]

Name - Maccillian Silver Zaka

Title - The Silver King of Wolves

Level - 2 -] 3

Age - 20(2,821)

Strength : I - 85(285 Restricted) -] Strength : S - 999(470 reserved)(1,140)

Endurance : I - 10(85) -] Endurance : S - 999(791 reserved)(85)

Vitality : 151,005 -] Vitality : 152,085

Agility : I - 70(270 Restricted) -] Agility : S - 999(601 reserved)(1,080)

Arcane : E - 480(375) - Arcane : S - 999(561 reserved)(375)

Wisdom : 1,090 -] Wisdom : 2,170

Charisma : 2,005 -] Charisma : 3,085

Luck : 700 -] Luck : 1,780

Unique Skills - Wolf Shifter, Werewolf Form, Werewolf Physiology, Werewolf Senses, Wolf King's Wisdom, Wolf King's Wrath, The One True Wolf, Fenrir, Sword of Damocles.

Development Abilities - Magic Resistance F

Sub Skills - Iron stomach, Flames of Helios, Magic Sensitivity, Terrain Master, Hunter Senses, Blessed by the Ocean.

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