And as long as there are remains...
He could resurrect the Sea Dragon Leviathan, which was once jointly subjugated by the Zeus and Hera Familias and was known as one of the "Three Great Adventurer Quests," in this world once again!
Rhode raised a hand, and a cold command penetrated the water.
"Go, find Leviathan's remains, and then do not act rashly."
As soon as he finished speaking, half of the Swift Swallows transformed into hundreds of dark streams of light, plunging fiercely into the bottomless pool at a speed completely imperceptible to the naked eye, instantly disappearing into the deep and complex waterways.
After all this, Rhode dismounted, gently rubbed his neck, and handed the already drowsy Alice on his shoulder to a Winged Person girl beside him.
"Now, everyone, enter the Shadow World and stand by."
A moment later, the entire 27th Floor seemed to be left with only Rhode.
He slowly raised his right hand, his eyes gleaming with anticipation.
"As long as two-tenths of the structure is destroyed, it can appear on this floor."
The next instant, an enormous energy armor rose from the ground.
Susanoo quickly donned, enveloping him entirely at its core, and lifted him high into the sky like a god reigning over the world.
Standing in the waterfall pool of the 27th Floor, Susanoo's head almost reached the intricate tree maze roots of the 25th Floor.
"Sorry, Dungeon."
Rhode, standing at the core of Susanoo, had an unapologetic smile on his face, his voice playful.
Susanoo's right hand gripped a gigantic energy longsword made of pure magic, and then, he plunged it forcefully into the ground beneath his feet!
"—This is not personal."
Boom—!!!
Several floors above and below, and even the entire Dungeon, shook violently as if struck by a world-ending catastrophe, groaning under the strain!
With just one strike, a third of the entire 27th Floor's structure was brutally destroyed in that instant!
But it wasn't over yet...
Rhode, standing inside Susanoo, smiled and opened the bottle containing the divine blood once more.
That divine power, which the Dungeon's will utterly hated and was enraged by, once again surged forth in this collapsing space!
Boom—!!!
The cerulean waterfall exploded violently from its midpoint!
Astonishing splashes of water shot out in all directions, turning into a torrential downpour that swept over everything.
Immediately following, like black lightning flowing upstream, an enormous, pitch-black body let out an earth-shattering roar, violently charging out from behind the shattered waterfall!
Its neck bifurcated strangely from where it connected to its torso, extending upwards, with two genuine, ferocious dragon heads at the ends.
Covering its neck were plate-like hard-shelled dragon scales, each comparable to a gigantic shield.
The left dragon head had a pair of icy, piercing cerulean eyes, while the right dragon head's eyes burned with crimson rage that could incinerate all creation!
Floor Master, Twin-Headed Dragon · Amphisbaena (Blackened).
It glared fiercely at the anomaly that had caused enormous damage to its mother (the Dungeon), and both heads simultaneously let out deafening roars!
"Roar wo wo wo wo wo—!!"
The azure-eyed dragon head was the first to attack, opening its maw wide and spewing out a terrifying Breath of Destruction.
Azure flames ignited the air with crackling sounds, hurtling towards Susanoo.
The beautiful, yet chilling, flames were so hot that merely approaching the surface of the waterfall's pool caused a violent steam explosion, sending up towering waves!
"Heh, no magic consumption, extremely adhesive, difficult to extinguish, and immune to conventional healing magic…"
Facing the fierce attack, Rhode leisurely recalled the Guild's records about it.
"Isn't this just a weakened version of Amaterasu, the Mangekyo Sharingan's top doujutsu in the Naruto world?"
Amaterasu's setting was powerful, but it had hardly killed anyone except for White Zetsu.
But the flames of this Apophis truly had kill records.
"But what if… you were hit by your own flames?"
Rhode chuckled and merely waved his left arm, three words calmly escaping his lips.
"Yata no Kagami."
A glowing energy shield instantly unfolded before Susanoo.
The moment the azure flames struck the Yata no Kagami, they caused no ripple, but were reflected back, exactly as they came, and even faster!
The unprepared two-headed dragon let out an incomparably shrill shriek, its right head quickly spewing out a red mist that could nullify magic effects, neutralizing the flames while concealing its form, then retreating in a sorry state into the remnants of the waterfall.
However, at the same moment, a grotesque, pitch-black monster had silently perched on the crumbling rock face.
Its crimson eyes, like those of a top predator, stared intently at Rhode, as if scrutinizing a delicious prey about to be caught.
Standing five meters tall, it looked like a dinosaur fossil brought to life, clad in pitch-black carapace.
A thick, four-meter-long tail extended from its waist, and its legs had a bizarre, reverse-jointed structure full of explosive power.
Its overall physique had no superfluous muscles, appearing slender yet massive, and its entire body was as black as ink.
It lightly moved its pitch-black fingers, sharp as fangs, and its reverse-jointed legs suddenly pushed off!
Boom!
It seized the moment Susanoo had just reflected the attack, its arms wide open, and transformed into a pitch-black cannonball, charging straight towards Rhode, who was located in the gem on its forehead, at a speed beyond the limits of visual perception!
Juggernaut the Destroyer.
It had witnessed the human's counterattack, thus instantly deducing that this massive armor was composed of pure magic.
And as long as it was magic… it would be ineffective against it!
In an instant, the Juggernaut's sharp claws touched Susanoo's surface.
It stepped on the indestructible forehead gem, its deep red eyes meeting Rhode's unfathomably dark gaze, its eyes filled with silent mockery.
The next second, a strange light suddenly illuminated the Juggernaut's shell.
Crack—!!!
The gem shield on Susanoo's forehead instantly shattered like a popped bubble!
"Tsk, rule-based suppression, is this the legendary magic reflection…?"
Seeing that the human before it showed no trace of panic under its fatal surprise attack, and even had the leisure to comment on its recent actions.
The Juggernaut's heart, formed of pure killing instinct, felt an emotion called 'anger' for the first time.
It roared, swinging its indestructible, sharp claws towards Rhode's head!
Although this was its first time being born into the world, the knowledge bestowed upon it by its mother (the Dungeon) told it.
Its speed and attack power were unparalleled; it was an apostle of disaster created purely for slaughter and annihilation!
A mere human would surely be torn limb from limb by this attack!
However—
Clang!!!
A laughably crisp sound of metal clashing rang out.
The strongest spear created by the Dungeon, an all-out strike, failed to penetrate Rhode's body defense.
In the Juggernaut's rapidly wavering pupils, it could even clearly see that the blow hadn't even cut a single hair on the opponent's body!
"???"
Mother didn't tell me this?
Is this guy… really a physically weak adventurer?
Did you create me specifically to kill him? Or did you create me specifically to send me to my death against him?!
The other party's disappointed voice rang in its ears.
"…You, from the 27th floor, even with your blackened state, are nothing special after the first-strike advantage is removed?"
Just then, the two-headed dragon flew out of the waterfall again, forming a pincer attack with the Juggernaut, surrounding Rhode.
But Rhode didn't even turn his head, merely looking indifferently at the Juggernaut, who was trying to escape in shock, and slowly extended his right hand.
"Next time, let's meet after the 70th floor."
…
While Rhode was passionately fighting the Dungeon's creations, and incidentally playing 'permutation and combination' and 'raising games,' the girls on the surface had just finished their morning patrol.
"It's another peaceful day today, so boring~"
Nize, the werewolf girl, clasped her hands behind her head, a freshly bought fried potato ball in her mouth, her tail wagging listlessly from side to side.
Asta, the dwarf girl beside her, couldn't help but laugh.
"Isn't peace good?"
Nize shook her beautiful, light gray short hair.
"We werewolves, I guess, just have a passion for excitement and battle in our bones."
"And if it were before, days like this wouldn't be bad, but now there's that thing…"
She didn't finish her sentence, but Che Huiyi and Iska, who were with her, instantly understood Nize's unspoken meaning.
Contribution points.
Even as they watched Rhode gradually refine this entirely new system, and even personally participated in some of its design, it still felt dreamlike and unreal to them.
Built upon Rhode's almost omnipotent abilities, contribution points could fulfill almost all of the girls' wishes.
Magic that broke limits, forcibly mastered skills, a wide variety of miraculous items, and even… journeys to completely new, unfamiliar worlds.
They had privately wondered more than once if Rhode was a god who had bypassed rule supervision and secretly descended, but they constantly rejected this guess.
After all, if that were true, then for Rhode to dare to live so openly under the nose of Goddess Astrea, who wielded justice, would be too provocative, too bold.
Putting aside those curiosities and questions, the selfless girls for the first time developed small, personal desires and greed.
Thus, they naturally weren't satisfied with the status quo.
After receiving assistance requests from the Guild, the Astrea Familia's daily patrols were no longer purely voluntary actions, but official commissions recognized by the Guild.
Therefore, they also successfully triggered wish-granting quests.
But… although it felt a bit bad to think this way, if the entire morning was uneventful, each girl would only receive a minimum of 100 contribution points, which was a bit…
Thinking of this, Iska couldn't help but shrug her hands and complain.
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"Although he doesn't want us to completely rely on Rhode, the Apophis are too stingy!"
Che Huiyi heard this and couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Since the battle with Ryu, she had deeply recognized her own flaws and shortcomings.
Privately, she had also plucked up the courage to exchange many combat experiences with Ryu.
At first, she thought the Elf was not very approachable, but later she found that if she humbly sought her guidance as a junior, the other party seemed very happy and would generously share her experiences.
She was very interested in Ryu's destructive magic, Luminous Wind, and Ryu was also very curious about her materialized Sword of Light.
Ryu seemed to want to learn Alise's fighting style of wrapping flames around her sword, so that light could also be attached to her own sword.
In her words, "This combat technique is very fitting for the image of a Justice Familia."
But unfortunately, the two worlds they were in had almost no way of teaching each other magic.
Their only way to obtain each other's magic was to exchange it for a massive amount of contribution points from the system.
And Ryu's Luminous Wind, in the existing list of magic, had a far superior exchange price.
The price was so high that Che Huiyi felt dizzy just looking at it, and had to start secretly thinking of more ways to earn points.
"Alright, alright, don't think so much! Earning that stuff is hard, but earning magic stones is easy!"
Iska suddenly perked up. She put her left arm around Asta's neck, affectionately hugged Che Huiyi's arm with her right, and at the same time called out to Nize, who was still looking around, trying to find an unexpected event, a warm smile on her face.
"Let's go! I'll take you shopping for new clothes!"
… ... …
"Eh… is this really okay?" Che Huiyi hesitated a little.
"Hmph, the feeling of poverty that can't be bought in the store, of course, has to be compensated by a shopping spree in reality!" Iska said righteously.
The girls were still a bit hesitant, but Iska gathered them close, whispering mysteriously.
"The competition within the Familia is very fierce now, you don't want to lose to those most conservative Elves, do you~"
She winked at them.
"Although I don't usually wear clothes from our own race, I do know that if you wear those clothes for Rhode in private… he'll definitely like them~"
Rhode… like…?!
Asta and Nize exchanged glances, their cheeks instantly flushed with two red clouds, feeling a little shy inside.
But the next moment, their eyes became incredibly firm, their aura as if they weren't going shopping, but going to subjugate some heinous Dark Faction.
"We're leaving now!" The two said in unison.
Che Huiyi, however, was somewhat bewildered as they pulled her along.
Miss Iska's tribal clothes… is there anything special about them?
…
North Street, this area is famous for its clothing-related industries.
Merchants precisely grasped the different body types and customs of various races, opening a large number of clothing stores here that were unmatched in all of Orario, and even the entire continent.
Their group did not stop at the grand shops on the main road, but led by Iska, walked straight into the bustling, chaotic, and mixed back alley.
"Th-this is…?"
Looking up at the purple-toned alluring signboard and the bold storefront design, Che Huiyi froze.
From the open door, one could even glimpse clothes with very little fabric and extremely revealing designs.
Even in H-Country, where the entertainment industry was highly developed, it was hard to see clothes of this scale openly sold on the streets in broad daylight.
Iska's eyes glittered with excitement.
"Hmph, that's right! This is my compatriots' favorite shop, an Amazon clothing store!"
Che Huiyi looked at the clothes, which were countless times more exaggerated than those of girl groups on TV, and a strong sense of timidity and shyness rose within her. She asked in disbelief.
"Miss Iska's compatriots… walk around outside wearing these kinds of clothes?!"
Iska shrugged indifferently.
"Well, it's undeniable that some guys are in heat all day long."
"But I heard that in some countries, there are also some battle maniacs who think of nothing but fighting, so, Amazonians come in all sorts of varieties."
Iska's peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of three of her kin, dressed relatively conservatively, at the street corner. Her eyes lit up, and she raised her chin.
"See, aren't those three perfectly normal? Alright, stop standing around foolishly at the door, let's go inside and take a look."
"Uh, well, I still…"
"Oh, come on, it's just for wearing in private, isn't it? Don't you want Rod's gaze to linger on you for a bit longer?"
"Mmm…"
Che Huiyi, her face flushed, was thus half-coaxed, half-dragged into the store by Iska and Nize, who flanked her on either side.
Asta, meanwhile, took a deep breath, as if having made a decision, and walked straight to the counter. She then raised her small hand and firmly tapped the tabletop.
"Thump!" Little.