After handing over all the materials and assets obtained from Apollo, Hestia spoke excitedly.
"This time, we hit the jackpot!"
"Everything from the Apollo Familia is now ours!"
"There are even more supplies and valuable items than what we had in our own storage!"
She was genuinely thrilled.
Apollo's collection, accumulated over many years, had all fallen into her hands. How could she not be excited?
Izumi glanced at the spatial storage equipment Hestia handed over and nodded.
"Good."
"With this, no one should come looking for trouble anymore."
"Thanks for your hard work."
He was in an excellent mood.
Not only had they lost nothing in this war game, they had profited greatly.
Now he could perform another round of sacrifices.
However, instead of using the items immediately, Izumi began organizing his recent gains.
The materials he had gathered during this period were countless, especially magic stones.
Through his research, he had discovered that the energy contained within magic stones could be used to create various types of equipment.
They were extremely valuable alchemical materials.
Combined with the drops obtained from monsters, he could even build a warship for the girls to use.
Of course, such a massive project would take a long time.
It required an enormous amount of materials and preparation.
There was no need to rush.
After all, time was something he had in abundance.
For now, the most important thing was to increase the strength of the girls.
With the war game concluded, the girls resumed their adventures in the Dungeon.
Over the following days, Megumi Katō, Eriri, and the others continued exploring.
Thanks to their many newly acquired skills, they could now challenge deeper floors alongside Kisara and the others.
More of Izumi's classmates also arrived in this world one after another.
They, too, began adventuring in the Dungeon.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
The materials Izumi had gathered piled up like a small mountain inside his private world.
If other familias saw this, they would surely die of envy.
The value of those items could no longer be measured with money.
Some of them couldn't even be bought no matter how much wealth one possessed.
The weapon Hephaestus had forged for Izumi also arrived during this time.
After receiving it, he studied it carefully.
It was indeed a weapon capable of infinite growth.
As long as its wielder continued to fight, the weapon would grow alongside them.
However, there were limits.
For an adventurer at Level 5 or Level 6, it might be a divine weapon.
But for someone like Izumi, who had already surpassed those levels by far, it was somewhat underwhelming.
Perhaps due to the materials used, the weapon could not grow to match his strength.
After analyzing its growth properties, he handed the weapon to Megumi Katō.
The short sword forged by Hephaestus would serve well as a dagger for her.
In the future, when he had time, he could add other attributes to it.
A new day soon came to an end.
Tōsaka Rin and Sakura also returned from their Dungeon expedition.
However, the moment Izumi saw Rin, he froze.
"Rin, what's going on with you?"
"Why do you have divinity?"
That was what puzzled him the most.
After going out just once, she had come back with divine power?
Rin was stunned.
"I don't know!"
"But now that you mention it, something did feel strange."
"There were more monsters than usual today."
"And all of them were targeting me!"
Her brows furrowed.
At first, she thought it was a coincidence. But after hearing Izumi's words, she understood.
Those monsters had been drawn to her.
Izumi stared at Rin for a long time before suddenly realizing something.
Could it be that during the world's convergence, another version of Ishtar that had possessed Rin had also merged into this world?
The possibility seemed high.
After thinking it over, he decided not to pursue the matter for now.
"Don't go into the Dungeon for the time being," he said.
"If the Dungeon becomes hostile, you'll be targeted relentlessly."
"And you'll endanger everyone else."
Rin had no objections.
She also felt that something was wrong with her body.
Every night, she had been dreaming of strange and unfamiliar scenes.
Perhaps she was simply exhausted.
She decided to treat this as a short break.
Everyone else listened to their conversation in silence, feeling somewhat surprised.
Hestia, in particular, found it puzzling.
How could a mortal possess divinity?
Those who had divinity were either Godslayers or the children of gods and mortals.
Rin was neither.
Still, she refrained from asking questions.
She was not that curious.
Sakura, on the other hand, became worried.
She feared something might happen to her sister.
Yet seeing Izumi's calm demeanor reassured her.
It was probably not a serious problem.
Later that night, after everyone in the Hestia Familia had gone to sleep—
Inside Rin's room.
As she slept, the divine aura within her grew stronger.
It was as though something was about to awaken.
The intense divinity caused both Izumi and Kanon to awaken from their dreams.
As Godslayers, their senses toward divine power were extremely sharp.
They opened their eyes at the same time and exchanged glances in surprise.
"Izumi-senpai… you felt it too?"
"Rin-senpai, she…!"
Izumi nodded.
"Yes."
"I sensed it. Something inside her has awakened."
His expression became complicated.
There was no need to guess.
It was Ishtar—the being that had once possessed Rin.
After arriving in this world, she had likely been drawn by the presence of this world's Ishtar and awakened.
Furthermore, the blessing and divine blood given by Hestia had gradually stimulated the hidden divinity within Rin.
Thinking of the Ishtar in this world, Izumi silently offered his condolences.
After all, the Ishtar here was infamous for her indulgent nature.
With Ishtar's prideful personality, she would never tolerate someone of equal standing behaving in such a way.
Perhaps that woman had finally lost her mind and was preparing to cause trouble.
For some reason, Izumi found himself looking forward to it.
The awakened Ishtar within Rin…
That would certainly be interesting.