[You have successfully defeated Boss: Fenrir, the God-Slaying Fang.]
[Calculating damage rewards...]
[Rewards: Random Time Teleportation Scroll x1, Homing Ultra Slash.]
[Random Time Teleportation Scroll: After use, you will immediately teleport to a random timeline. You will return after the scroll's effect ends.]
[Homing Ultra Slash: Allows you to fire multiple Ultra Slashes. If the target dodges, they will continue tracking until they hit.]
"Would've been nice if this came earlier."
Rod couldn't help grumbling.
If Ultra Slash had gained a homing function sooner, this fight would not have been so hard.
For example, he could have had Lavinia and the others stall Fenrir while he just kept throwing Ultra Slashes from a distance.
Although the skill consumed a huge amount of energy, with Senzu Beans backing him up, he could have slowly worn Fenrir down through sheer volume.
As for the Time Teleportation Scroll, Rod had no idea what it was for, so he temporarily tossed it into his storage space.
"Grr..."
Fenrir still wasn't dead. The groan rumbling from deep in its throat was enough to make anyone hesitate to approach.
He had to admit, this thing's HP bar was ridiculously long.
If this had been any previous opponent, they would have died a thousand times over by now.
Fenrir struggled on the ground, trying to rise, but Rod did not give it the chance.
He threw another Momotaro Dumpling straight into Fenrir's mouth.
Just like when it had eaten the first dumpling, Fenrir froze in place after swallowing it.
About three seconds later, Fenrir lowered its head and looked down at Rod, its eyes filled with fawning affection and closeness.
"Not bad. From now on, you're my newly adopted guard dog."
All Rod could say was that items produced by the system were as ridiculous as ever.
Although Fenrir was now alone and weakened, trying to subdue it through normal means would still be nothing more than a pipe dream.
But Rod only needed one rice dumpling to do it.
And unlike the original version, there was no time limit.
"Whine, whine~"
Fenrir lowered its head and gently nudged Rod with its battered, scarred face.
The sound coming from deep in its throat really did make it seem like a newborn puppy that had just been wronged.
"Give me your paw."
Hearing that, Fenrir struggled to place its mangled, bloodied claw in front of him.
Then, under its confused gaze, Rod pulled out a bottle of hand sanitizer, twisted off the cap, and poured it onto the claw it had extended.
In an instant, every wound on Fenrir's body healed at an unbelievable speed.
After fully recovering, Fenrir stood up from the ground and raised its claw, staring at it several times, seemingly unable to understand how Rod had healed it.
[Biohazard-brand Hand Sanitizer: After use, immediately restores all injuries.]
Although it was only a tiny bottle, its effect was absolutely genuine.
No matter what creature it was, as long as it washed its hands, it could revive on the spot at full health.
At that moment, the others who had been blown away earlier also returned one after another.
Seeing Fenrir stand up completely unharmed, its aura even stronger than before, the girls who had yet to understand what had happened immediately clenched their teeth.
Lavinia, however, had not received any message from Rod warning them to be careful, so she curiously approached.
During that time, Fenrir merely glanced at her once before losing interest.
Xenovia and Irina also appeared beside Rod one after another.
Looking at Fenrir, who was no longer attacking, they exclaimed in amazement.
"Rod, how exactly did you do this?"
One second ago, they had still been in a life-or-death battle.
How had it suddenly calmed down the next?
Most importantly, Fenrir's eyes no longer looked so vicious. Even when they approached, it showed no desire to perform some giant spinning attack.
The others soon gathered as well.
Looking at Fenrir, who was now strangely obedient in Rod's hands and even spinning in circles under his command, odd expressions appeared on their faces.
Where had they been dragged to?
Were they still even in the same country?
If the ground were not still devastated, they might have thought everything that just happened was fake.
"After an intimate heart-to-heart between Fenrir and me, it was moved by my noble character and begged me, crying and screaming, to become its master. I had no choice but to reluctantly agree."
Rod shook his head helplessly.
Fenrir gave him a very humanlike eye roll.
The others did not understand what had happened, but they clicked their tongues in wonder all the same.
Either way, Fenrir's threat had been resolved.
They, especially Rias and Sona, absolutely did not want to keep fighting such a monster.
At that moment,
Odin and Rossweisse also approached.
The two of them were extremely curious about the now-docile Fenrir.
After all, Fenrir was a powerful life-form that Loki had created through secret arts after spending an enormous amount of effort.
In all of Asgard, Fenrir only obeyed Loki's orders. Even Odin, who held the highest position, could not command Fenrir.
Yet now, an outsider had somehow gained control over it.
And the Fenrir before them no longer felt like a demonic wolf.
It felt more like... a husky?
But before anyone could say more, a new figure appeared from the vortex in the sky.
This time, Loki did not deliberately conceal himself, so everyone quickly recognized him.
The moment she saw Loki appear, Rossweisse shouted,
"Loki-sama! Attempting to assassinate the god-king is a grave crime!"
However, Loki did not even look at Rossweisse.
His cold gaze was fixed firmly on Rod.
"Although I don't know what method you used to make Fenrir so obedient, don't think that means you can control it!"
"Fenrir, use your fangs and tear Odin apart!"
"..."
Silence hung in the air for several seconds.
"Fenrir, tear Odin apart!"
Loki thought Fenrir might not have heard him, so he shouted again.
But Fenrir merely blinked its innocent, clear eyes at Loki, then lowered its head to look at Rod, clearly asking for his opinion.
"Spin around."
The moment Fenrir heard that, it obediently began spinning in place.
"Now bark for me."
"Woof! Woof!"
Seeing this, Loki's face instantly turned ashen.
"You damned mortal! Again and again, you keep getting in my way!"
Loki no longer hesitated.
He raised his hand and fired an energy beam straight at Rod, who had practically danced on his face.
But before it struck, Xenovia stepped in front of Rod and held Durandal horizontally.
In the next instant, she was blasted away and cleanly knocked unconscious.
"Xenovia!"
The moment Irina saw this, she grabbed her weapon and charged forward.
Seeing that, the others also grabbed their weapons and rushed toward Loki.
They had even defeated Fenrir. Why would they be afraid of one mere Loki?
But Loki only snorted coldly.
A wide-area magic circle appeared around his body, and several winding bands of light shot out from it.
Aside from Vali, Kuroka, and Koneko, who was being protected by Kuroka, everyone else was struck at the same time and sent flying backward.
Because Lavinia had not made a move, she was unharmed.
Rod was utterly speechless when he saw this.
Are you girls the heroines, or are you background extras?
How do you all get knocked down right at the start every single time?
Compared to the unreliable Rias, Sona, and the others, Vali was clearly much more dependable.
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