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"Somebody speaking."
'Somebody thinking.'
"Spells" and "Messages"
"Alerts."
Disclaimer: I do not own harry potter, solo leveling, overlord, bleach, akame ga kill, danmachi, pokemon, one-piece, CCG, Toriko, or any other anime/novel/manga that I may use.
Previously:
Deciding to give up and get this over with, I started explaining what happened.
"So, I met my family…" (Magus)
Present:
Danmachi Starto~
A few hours out from Orario:
Magus POV:
The girls and I were taking a nice and casual stroll along the dirt path towards one of the mountains you can see from the city of Orario.
Why am I not going to the city? Well, fuck you cliché, that's why.
And by a 'casual' stroll, I mean moving very fast by normal standards, but it's just like taking a walk for us.
It's like how ninja in Naruto move very fast in the treetops but can still hold a casual conversation like it's a perfectly normal thing.
(AN: To any EPIC fans, please remember that I am going to shape the world in my image. Some things may be similar, while others are very different.)
Orario is a massive city in the shape of a circle built around the dungeon at its center.
The city sits just a tad shy of the center of this giant-sized continent.
Surrounding the city is a vast open plain that stretches for tens of miles.
To the north and west of the city, the plains extend until they reach a chain of mountains. The mountains form a semicircle around the plains, while on the other side, they have vast forests that extend into other areas.
To the east of the city, the plains extend until they hit the inland sea where a smaller sized city sits. It connects to the main ocean outside the continent through a thin channel.
To the south of the city, the plains extend until they hit a massive forest that has giant crevices and deep ravines. This dangerous forest extends from east to west and divides the deserts of the Southern part of the continent from the rest.
We planned to set the mansion in the mountains to the north. This way, we could have access to the Western forests, the Land of No Sun, and the Eastern jungles when we want to have fun or go wild.
Spending all your time in the dungeon and ignoring this vast world is no way to live for a group of felines like us. All cats love sunlight, and the Land of No Sun does not do its name justice.
They get sunlight, but the forests of the area have massive trees with canopies that block out the sunlight from reaching the earth.
Anyway, I just finished explaining everything to the girls as we approached the base of the mountains.
"And that's how the multiverse works and how this world was formed." (Magus)
"Hm~ It's interesting how simple it all really is." (Bella)
"Yeah! And those rules for the dungeon seem pretty fun." (Yoru)
"Mn, we will have a large advantage with the dungeons falna." (Akame)
"Of course, not to mention the fact that the dungeon will actually be trying to test us and not kill us, but the single fact alone that we can update our falna by walking through any stairway between levels will be a major bonus." (Magus)
"And to think, all those adventurers have to go back and forth every time from the dungeon to their god for an update." (Bella)
"Don't forget the fact you have to strip and listen to any commands of your patron god if you want your status updated." (Yoru)
"Mn, we are not toys for those immature gods to play with." (Akame)
I moved over to Akame to rub her head.
'Akame still has a bit of darkness in her heart from the corruption she had seen in her world.'
"Don't worry Akame, our fate is ours to control. Were growing stronger for our own freedom and to protect each other." (Magus)
She looked surprised for a second before giving me a small smile.
"Mn." (Akame)
"Well~ grandma might be an exception to that~" (Yoru)
I almost missed a step and tripped.
"*Pft* She is a force of nature you can't exactly say no to." (Bella)
"Grandma is definitely playful, but she means the best for us. She dropped us in Skyrim for amusement but also because she knew we had a lot we could gain from that world. I can't imagine how much time she has experienced and what it can do to someone's mind.
However, I have a feeling she has lines she will never cross with family." (Magus)
"Mn, she is very kind to us." (Akame)
"I agree, but let's get back on track. The dungeon's rules are simple to understand, but I have a few questions I would like to ask Ouranos." (Bella)
Ouranos can't speak about the truth of the dungeon to anyone of this world, but it's okay for him to talk to us since we already know.
Dad is not breaking any rules because he is not directly doing anything. His son needs to grow, and me coming here is perfectly acceptable.
Most of the gods were too embarrassed to find champions from other worlds or send their families in. They had plenty of alternatives in the multiverse.
Some still tried by sending OC/SI's from other worlds into parallel versions of Danmachi, but they either died or fell into debauchery.
Those few gods experienced even more shame and embarrassment when they failed and stopped trying.
"Don't worry, once we are set up, we can sit down and discuss what to ask him. For now, we are already at our destination." (Magus)
We looked up at the mountain we chose.
It was just one of many mountains among the range without anything unusual except the fact that there were two crossing ley lines underneath it.
"Ok, girls, let's get to work just like we planned. Yoru, start with the custom Illusion and notice me not ward we improved from Shangri Ba for the top half of the mountain. I want the illusion up first." (Magus)
Shangri Ba had a crazy powerful ward scheme that not only hid it under illusions but cast an extensive area notice-me-not ward to push anyone not welcome away.
"Got it." (Yoru)
Yoru disappeared in a flash of lightning.
"Akame, head to the highest point of the mountain and burn channels straight through to the ley lines." (Magus)
As long as we have direct access with a clean glass tunnel for the mana to flow, the mansion will be able to change the environment as it pleases.
A direct channel is not necessary to connect to the ley lines, but it makes the connection far stronger.
"Mn." (Akame)
Akame burst into flames and vanished.
"Bella, for now, you and I will reinforce and expand the mountain top with transfiguration before carving unbreakable charm runes. Once Yoru gets the illusion ward up, we can start raising the earth higher into the air." (Magus)
We decided where to place the mansion a long time ago.
Thanks to the mansion's spatial anchoring, it could hold itself high in the sky or deep underwater, but we didn't want to do that.
We wanted to set it down on a high mountain peak so we could train and use the mountain itself. Plus, the ley lines underground is much more concentrated than the ones in the air.
The plan was to take an ordinary mountain, hide it under wards, and raise the mountain up into the clouds to place the mansion on top.
This way, we are hiding in plain sight and can have a 360-degree view of the surroundings.
Not to mention the fact that we could create an awesome wuxia like dream mountain and fill it with fantasy elements.
It's a fun long-term project to play with.
"Yes dear." (Bella)
She gave me a kiss with a bright smile.
"It's finally hitting me that we are in a new world, I'm infinitely grateful I met you that day back in Azkaban. Let's go make our new home." (Bella)
I got a little dazed when I saw her smile before I found myself smiling as well, and I returned her kiss.
I thought back to that day I found a suffering and scarred woman with dead eyes back in Azkaban, and I could never have imagined how much I would come to love her.
"That day changed both our lives love, and I will never forget it for the rest of our existence. Come on." (Magus)
"Mn." (Bella)
I disappeared into my shadow with Bella in my embrace.
*Line Break*
It took a few days, but we managed to finish our missions.
Yoru completed the Illusion and notice-me-not wards. She also finished a containment ward for the mana that would be released from the ley lines. She would return later to set up a few more like an alert ward, but the mansion still has all its protections.
Bella and I transfigured the mountain to extend its peak up to cloud level and then began widening the pillar to create a cone-like shape for the mountain with the very top completely flat in a circular shape.
Akame burned three glass tubes directly from the flat top of the mountain far down underground to the two crossing ley lines. The result was that the air was becoming highly saturated with mana, and the mountain itself was experiences changes.
The earth was becoming firmer, and the soil was becoming enriched.
The trees and plant life were increasing massively in size.
The excess mana that was contained from the ward was turning into white foggy clouds that wrapped around the mountain in donut-like layers and created a strong fantasy image.
We also added a lot of glowing fauna and flower seed from the ones we added to the mansion's garden to the mountain, and it created a breathtaking environment.
Once we were satisfied with the basic set up, we traveled to the circular flat top of the mountain.
"Everyone ready?" (Magus)
"Mn." (Akame)
"Yup~ Sleeping in the tent is nice, but our bed is the best!" (Yoru)
'Of course, this lion is a follower of the great god of sleep, I charmed the shit out of that bed. Grandpa was proud of my efforts and blessed my bed to improve the quality of sleep.'
"Hurry up love, I want to jump into the hot springs." (Bella)
Four pairs of animal ears shot up at that.
I nodded and spoke.
"Rise." (Magus)
(AN: I never made a real codeword for Magus to use. When he extracts a shadow, he will just say 'Extract.' When he calls forth his shadows, he will say 'Rise,' not the canon 'Arise.' He doesn't even need to say anything since he can mentally command the shadows, it's for the readers.)
My shadow extended out in front of me in a fan-like shape that covered the majority of the mountain top, and it began to ripple like water.
Rising out of the shadow was my one and only Mansion.
The triangular-shaped Mansion with two front-facing towers and one slightly larger tower at the far back appeared before us.
It had the same greyish glowing stone walls that were unbreakable as long as mana was supplied. The moat still surrounded the outer walls, and the front entrance still had the drawbridge that was the only access point to the mansion.
The wards fully contained the environment of the interior of the mansion, and there was a strong forcefield that went from the top of the exterior walls and created a bubble for a fully enclosed protection.
Weather and foreign attacks would never breakthrough and would have to walk through the entrance to go in or out.
Only I can give anyone permission to go through them or to teleport directly inside.
I didn't summon the biodomes yet, and the mansion already took up 80% of the mountain top.
With the mansion fully out, the drawbridge came down, and everyone quickly came out.
The house-elves, Virgo, and Mu with her five fox women subordinates.
I smiled and met them on the drawbridge.
"Is everyone alright?" (Magus)
"Yes sir, have we arrived?" (Tom)
"Yes master, what orders to you have for me?" (Virgo)
"Fufu~ Yes my lord~ we are all well~" (Mu)
I nodded.
"Good, to keep a long story short, we have arrived in a new world, and this mountain is where we shall set up our base. The entire mountain is our territory, and Yoru has already set down illusion, notice-me-not, and containment wards for excess mana.
Virgo, Akame has burned three direct glass tunnels to two intersecting ley lines beneath the mountain, connect yourself to them, and expand your control of the surrounding land as far as you can.
After that, expand the moat surrounding the mansion to reach the edges of the mountain top and then create a stone pathway to walk on in a circle around the mansion.
Connect the stone pathway to six stone pathways that extend off the mountain top. We will place down the biodomes and have them locked into space above each path." (Magus)
"Right away master! The mana is much denser in this world, and direct access to two ley lines will improve my abilities tremendously." (Virgo)
She disappeared, and the mansion came to life, connecting itself with the mountain. The mansion dug itself firmly into the earth, the water in the moat came to life and extended to the surrounding edges, the soil beneath the water sunk down and created a deeper pool between the mansion and the mountains edge.
Meanwhile, the only remaining earth was a circle around the mansion and six paths that led off the mountain edge and hung in the air.
The earth was transfigured into solid stone.
"Tom, double-check the warehouse and all our supplies to make sure nothing was damaged in the transfer." (Magus)
"Right away sir." (Tom)
Tom bowed and teleported away.
"Gol, do a sweep of the environment on the mountain to check for edible animals, fruits, and plants. We do not require them, but it would be nice to have more variety." (Magus)
"Yes sir! New ingredients are always exciting!" (Gol)
Gol smiled and rushed off.
"Sil, take the two spider shadows to begin booby-trapping the base of the mountain and the surrounding forests, make sure to map out exactly where everything is, I don't want another incident of us becoming trapped in our own minefield." (Magus)
"Of course sir! It will be done within a day." (Sil)
He took the spider shadows and ran off. When Sil and I were testing out the spider's trap laying abilities, we forgot to map it out and got stuck in a no-teleportation and booby-trapped zone. I had to call other shadows to destroy the forest while they kept dying. It was embarrassing for both of us.
"Bron…" (Magus)
He looked up at me excitedly.
'I have an important job, but how should I motivate him?'
"Bron! Decorate the upper half of the mountain and this mountain top to make it look pleasant to the eyes. If you do a good job, I will allow you to plant those marijuana seeds in our magical ingredient garden." (Magus)
"SIR YES SIR!" (Bron)
His eyes shined, and he saluted me with enthusiasm before he vanished in a cartoon roadrunner image.
I shook my head and chuckled.
'All house-elves love work, but when you motivate Bron with anything that involves weed, he goes into overdrive.'
I turned to Mu.
"Mu, assist Yoru in laying down wards around the mountain for extra security. Make sure all the wards lead back to the mansion so Virgo can remotely operate them. Your girls can support you as well as look for anything that might be useful for the mansion's spa." (Magus)
(AN: The five fox women have names, but it would be a pain to use them, so I will name them fox #1-5. I'm lazy, sue me.)
"Fufu~ Right away my lord~" (Mu)
She laughed and sensually walked past me with her girls, and they all rubbed their tails on the girls and me as they passed. Yoru laughed at the sight and jumped off the mountain edge while holding onto Mu.
'Mu and her girls are becoming succubi after joining the girls and me a few times. Considering how much stamina we have, they are already addicted to us.'
I turned to Bella and Akame.
"Do you two want to help me with the biodomes?" (Magus)
"Mn." (Akame)
"We can get it done much faster with all three of us." (Bella)
I nodded, and we began setting them up.
The biodomes are large half-spherical shaped buildings made from solid metal.
On the outside, they are not that large, only the size of a small building.
The inside, however, is expanded to crazy lengths with space expansion charms.
Each biodome has two doors, one small door for us, and one extra-large door for when we are moving large items or beasts.
We have six biodomes.
One for magical ingredients and plants.
One for food.
One for calm animals like the giant bee's we used the Imperious curse on and the emerald dragon.
One for aggressive animals like the jewel meat elephants.
One for the mines of ore I made from the Harry Potter world and Skyrim world metals.
And the last is an environment changing space that we are currently using to test out large scale attacks and have full power spars. If we ever need it for something special, it's easy to set it up.
The three of us and Virgo who joined later, set up the biodomes with space anchors to have them hover in the air off the edge of the mountain top.
The six stone pathways extended up to the doors of each one.
It took us a few hours, but we finished up and finally got to jump into the hot springs where Virgo and Yoru were updating me.
"We set up alert wards and placed those stone golems you created along the perimeter of the mountain.
Then I set up a no-fly and no teleport zone ward along with a ward to immobilize anything that tries to dig through the underground.
I would have missed that one if you didn't warn me about people who can travel through the earth." (Yoru)
I nodded and massaged Yoru's shoulders while she was laying back against me.
"Yeah, this world has its own serious issues, but some people have very unique abilities. Not to mention the fact that monsters outside the dungeon still roam in the wild. Anything else?" (Magus)
"Yup~ I met up with Sil and added in a bunch of traps with my wards to compliment the spiders.
I even turned two of the three mana clouds surrounding the mountain into lighting clouds that can be set to high voltage for attacking or low voltage for paralyzing, the dense mana that forms the clouds made it reeeaaally powerful~ it was fun to set up!
And I left the third cloud layer close to the top alone." (Yoru)
I rubbed her ears, and she started purring. It was a fierce mental battle not to lower my hands to her tantalizing dark-skinned chest. I could, but we would lose focus for a few hours.
"Good job love, that should take care of security measures. Virgo, do you have full control of all the wards?" (Magus)
Virgo was standing off to the side. My subordinates besides Mu all refuse to bathe or dine with us at the same time. The girls and I don't care about that stuff, but we won't force them to do what we want.
"Yes master, it took a few hours to adjust, but with the influx of dense mana from the ley lines, I have full control of the wards and golems for the entire mountain. I also have full awareness for where each of the traps is, it seems like this mountain has fully become territory under my control." (Virgo)
"Great, you will be in charge of monitoring the territory. You have full permission to repel, detain, or eliminate anything that manages to bypass the first line of wards. The girls or I will let you know If we are expecting anyone." (Magus)
"With pleasure master." (Virgo)
I shared a smile with Virgo. It seems the girls and I have rubbed off a bit of our ferociousness on the innocent mansion spirit.
Just then, Tom popped in.
"Sir." (Tom)
He bowed.
"Ah, Tom, I was about to call for you. How is everyone's progress?" (Magus)
"Sir, I finished double-checking everything, and nothing was damaged in the move.
Gol has finished searching the mountain and found a few unusual plants and some smaller animals he will experiment with.
He also found a small settlement of this world's version of goblins and quickly eliminated them after confirming a lack of intelligence.
It seems some of the animals have tiny magical cores, I brought one with me." (Tom)
Tom handed me a tiny crystal.
"It looks like a soul gem." (Bella)
"But it's just a fragment." (Yoru)
(AN: To none Skyrim fans, soul gem's follow this order – a fragment – petty – lesser – common – greater – grand. Black is for human souls. Fragments are not useful in-game, but they will be used by me.)
"Can it be used?" (Akame)
I examined it and confirmed it.
"Yup, this is a fragment sized soul gem. It's useless to us, but if I gather a hundred of these, I can make a petty gem. It's not worth the effort, so I'll ask Ouranos about it.
Thank you Tom, how are Sil and Bron doing?" (Magus)
"Sil is still working on the traps along with the fox women, but he should be finished shortly. The Acromantula shadows are making for very efficient workers.
Bron is fervently working on the aesthetics of the mountain, and while I don't know what his motivation is, he has refused my offer to assist. I estimate he will be done by morning." (Tom)
I gave Tom a small smile.
"I gave him permission to plant those seeds he gathered." (Magus)
"Ah, I understand sir, I will keep an eye on him, so he doesn't go overboard." (Tom)
Tom instantly understood.
I stood up to get out of the hot spring, exposing my Adonis quality body, and Virgo handed me a towel.
"Well, it looks like our base is complete, shall we celebrate tonight?" (Magus)
I looked at everyone and asked.
The girls lit up.
"I think I have some fun potions~" (Bella)
Bella is always experimenting and coming up with potions with interesting effects.
"Yeah! I have been waiting for this~ I'll get the fireworks!" (Yoru)
Yoru dashed off without bothering to cover herself. In some of our spare time, we make fun items like fireworks.
"Mn, I'll go collect some jewel meat." (Akame)
A fire was lit in Akame's eyes.
"Akame, love, just two, ok? There is no need to hunt more." (Magus)
I had to remind her before she goes on and eliminates all of our elephants.
"Mn…" (Akame)
She pouted, and I couldn't help but cuddle and pamper her for a few minutes before she ran off.
I turned to Tom.
"Tom, please collect some Rainbow wine and Emerald wine. I'll join Gol in the kitchen. Virgo, please prepare the area around the cherry blossom trees." (Magus)
They bowed and left.
'Let's make it a night to remember. Oh! One more thing.'
I called out my owl, but before I said anything, I did a double-take.
'The hell? Is this my owl?'
My owl had been the size of Pidgey before, and now it matched a Pidgeotto in size. She also has intricate pattern lines covering her body that wasn't there previously. (AN: Google the pokemon if you're curious)
"Did you evolve?!" (Magus)
'When did that happen?'
My owl puffed out its chest and huffed like it was the most natural thing in the world.
'This bird….'
I used Legilimency and took a look. She noticed but didn't mind.
'The hell?! Her battles with my mental Gengars gave her experience? She evolved after defeating the Mega Gengar.
Wait. why didn't I get an Alert?'
I checked when this happened and slapped myself.
'Why were you invading my mind while I was having sex! It's no wonder I ignored the Alert.'
I sighed and pulled up my summons from my HUD.
[ Shadow summons:
Race: Elder Shadow Owl:
Stage 2.
Description: Not much is known of how their species came to be, but Shadow owls are a special breed of an owl with mental abilities. As an Elder of her race, this unit's abilities have been enhanced. Elders have a significantly high pride.
State: She tolerates your existence and only deems you worthy of her services. She also wishes for a majestic name and higher leveled enemies to battle.
Abilities:
Intangibility: a shadow owl can become intangible to the physical world and move through most obstacles, be they physical or magical. While intangible, it cannot be injured or touched, it will continue to drain your mana as long as it's active. (10 mana per minute)
Enhanced Natural Legilimens: Shadow owls are born able to read the minds of others. They use the gained information to stay ahead and mock others. As an Elder, this unit can break into sealed memories that are locked behind oaths.
Unique Ability: Unit Summoning: Due to the willing bond of this unit, a unique ability was created. This unit can summon other shadow summonses to its shadow on command from you.
New: Majestic Intimidation: Utilizing an Elders high pride, this unit can intimidate others and has a chance of taming those who submit. Warning: Targets who fail to submit are likely to be incredibly enraged.]
I felt my eye twitching.
'You serious right now? Majestic Intimidation? This damn owl just kept staring everything down, trying to make them submit. And what does she mean she wants higher-leveled enemies? Are you challenging me?'
I sighed and looked down at my owl.
'A name huh? I guess I can't just keep calling her my owl.'
"Let's see, how about feathers?" (Magus)
{Squawk!} *Bite*
She bit my leg.
"Ow! Damn bird. Fine fine, I'll be serious. How about Fuku? It's short for Fukuru, which means 'owl.'" (Magus)
She tilted her head then shook it.
"Esca? It's a female version for Escanor, someone with insanely high pride." (Magus)
Shake.
'Can I name you bitch?'
Her eyes sharpened.
'Shit! She can read my surface thoughts. Quick! Think of something.'
"A-Athena! How about Athena? The owl was her symbol." (Magus)
She paused and considered it for a minute before nodding.
{Hoot}
"*Phew* Naming was never my strong suit. You will be Athena from now on." (Magus)
*Nod*
[Alert:
Name set.]
I took out a letter I wrote a few days before and handed it to Athena.
"I need you to take this to Ouranos. According to dad, he will be in this location." (Magus)
I extended the memory for her, and she understood where to go.
I scratched her head, and she enjoyed it.
Aside from me, she only allows Akame to pet her because no one can say no to Akame, not even this Gilgamesh imposter.
She took the letter and flew off.
I gave Ouranos the coordinates and asked him to come to meet us in a few days.
'Now then, let's go see what ingredients Gol found and hope he didn't consider those goblins as food.'
*Line Break*
A few days later:
I was sitting with the girls in the large branches of one of our cherry blossom trees, with Yoru curled up napping in my lap and Akame in the same position on Bella's lap.
I turned to Bella.
"How are you enjoying the new environment love?" (Magus)
"Its wonderful dear. The mana is a hundred times denser, and it improved my potion success rate. Not to mention the scenery and the fresh air. How about you?" (Bella)
"I'm in love with it. It was one of my dreams to build a mountain fantasy base like this, and I finally got to do it. And Bron did one amazing job with the aesthetics." (Magus)
He really did. Bron worked for two days straight to make the top half of the mountain and the area around the mansion into a work of art. It didn't show majesty like Mount Olympus, but it showed serenity, elegance, and a balance with nature.
"And now he is basically living next to his marijuana plants." (Bella)
"Yup, he hasn't left its side, and he keeps giving it verbal encouragement. He does realize that the soil and environment of the biodome are so rich in mana that there is a 0% chance of failure, right?" (Magus)
Bella gave off a beautiful laugh and responded.
"He knows dear, its more of a mental thing for him." (Bella)
{BOOM!}
Just then, a loud bang resounded over the mountain and woke up Yoru and Akame.
Virgo popped in.
"Master, a cloud with a very powerful energy source quickly approached the mountain, and I activated the wards at full power. Whatever it was bounced off and crash-landed outside my territory." (Virgo)
'Ah…'
*Pft* (The girls)
"Virgo…that was the guest I told you about." (Magus)
Virgo nodded.
"Understood master, I will go fetch them and apologize." (Virgo)
Virgo ran off.
"*Sigh* Come on girls, let's go meet with dads' friend." (Magus)
They nodded but still kept laughing.
I was expecting Ouranos to come today or tomorrow, so I had an outdoor picnic set up in the courtyard. The food was kept in my inventory.
Virgo popped back in with a disheveled old man.
He was very tall, around my height of 6'3, and had a slightly stocky build. (AN: Magus will eventually be the full height of 6'11, he is physically only 18-19 right now and locked at that age until his next metamorphosis. He could still use items to change his looks if he wants to.)
He had neck length greyish white hair and stormy blue eyes on a stern-looking face.
He was currently covered in dirt and twigs.
He gave me a forced smile.
"Magus! It's nice to finally meet you! Your father has spoken highly of you.
However….what manner of beast delivered that letter? She stared me down to the point that I felt uncomfortable.
And who is this maid, and why is she asking me to punish her?" (Ouranos)
I mentally slapped myself and ignored the girls who once more burst into laughter.
"*Sigh* My apologies uncle, I hope I can call you that, my owl is a bit special and my mansion, Virgo here, thought you were an intruder and repelled you." (Magus)
He understood and turned to Virgo.
"There is no need for punishment young one, you did the right thing. I've been on this small world for far too long, and I forgot about protection wards and have not seen a sentient building outside the dungeon for a long time." (Ouranos)
Virgo tilted her head.
"No punishment time?" (Virgo)
Ouranos gave me a weird look.
"Wait a second! I didn't give her that personality! It was someone else!" (Magus)
'Like hell I will take responsibility for creating a masochistic mansion.'
"*Cough* Right, well, as for calling me uncle, I see no issue. I am of your father's generation, and we are good friends after all." (Ouranos)
He ignored my plea and moved things along.
'I feel so wronged right now.'
I pointed at the picnic set up.
"Come, uncle, let me treat you to some delicacies, and we can talk." (Magus)
He nodded, and I introduced the girls.
They exchanged greetings, and we all sat down.
"I must say Magus, you four give off a significant aura. *Sigh* We made the dungeon for people like you four, those who trained and experienced combat. Not for weak little humans who can't even defeat a goblin.
I had to drown myself in the internet and games that Nyx gifted me to stop banging my head against a wall every time I see what these world gods are doing.
It's like patiently building a house brick by brick, and when you finally finish and want to sit down and enjoy it, a crowd of college students break in and start trashing the place with massive parties.
And the whole time you can't stop them! You can put them in line, so they don't start killing each other, but you can't make them leave!" (Ouranos)
We ate and talked for a while, and Ouranos kept letting out his grievances. The girls and I really did feel bad for the poor guy.
"And the dungeon is pissed! It's like an Uzumaki woman with one thousand years of anger bottled up! Please Magus! Please go appease her before she blows up! If no one conquers the dungeon, I will be stuck in this world for eternity!
Because of my foolish actions of making this world a combination of Original and Birthed worlds, it formed a cycle and will just keep repeating itself every time the planet dies. I will never be able to leave!" (Ouranos)
'Seeing a primordial god almost in tears is a painful sight.'
"Ok, ok, take it easy, uncle. We are here to do just that. What can you tell me about the dungeon, and how can you assist me while I am here?" (Magus)
He took a deep breath and calmed down.
"Sorry about that, I needed to get it off my chest." (Ouranos)
I nodded and handed him another bottle of wine, which he gratefully opened and refilled his cup with.
"I am still bound by the oath to a certain degree, but there are things I can help with.
For starters, in order to avoid attention, I can give you a badge that only two others under me have. It will tell others that you work under me in the guild, but it's just officially, I don't actually have any power over you.
This will allow you to get away with many things and I will pass down the order, so no guild employees are allowed to obstruct or question you, this includes asking about your patron god, you can keep silent or choose something that can't be proven, I don't care which." (Ouranos)
I nodded at that.
'I really want to avoid the clichés of this world with the guild. Hello, I am a new adventurer. Oh? Stick to these floors kid. What?! You went down to that floor!? WHY DON'T I JUST SHOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE AND YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION! The guild clichés are strong here.'
"Next, your father mentioned your auction house plan, and I will give you all the permits you need. Considering your actually selling high-quality items, I see no reason to not permit it." (Ouranos)
"That would be great, thank you, I was going to ask you for the permit." (Magus)
He nodded and continued.
"Now, since you already know the truth of the dungeon, I can speak about it without worries.
The falna the gods ripped off from the dungeon is far from perfect.
The dungeon is supposed to measure the current strength of its challenger and assign them the correct level and skillset.
The rip off version, however, has everyone get stuck at having specific slots for skills and magic while making it incredibly hard to surpass that limit.
On top of that, no matter how strong or weak they were initially, they are all set to level 1.
The main difference between levels is the evolution of the mortal body due to mana upgrading it.
To give an example, a seasoned warrior will have built up their strengths like a foundation for a building.
The dungeon assesses them and gives them an exact measure of their strength and reinforces the foundation with mana, evolving their body to the level they earned through their own effort.
The rip off version builds a new foundation on top of an already existing one and creates a VERY unstable building. This is a waste of time and potential and shrinks the path for growth they would have had originally.
Next, there is the issue of having the adventurer required to update their falna manually by their god, which has all kinds of different issues.
And the fact that the dungeons falna allows someone to grow to SSS stats while the rip off stops at S stats.
So, as you can see, these reasons are the cause for the lack of high-level adventurers even after one thousand years." (Ouranos)
Ouranos paused to take a drink.
"The dungeon is pissed and is actively trying to kill adventures within the limits that we bestowed upon its programming. It's even ignoring that invasive worm of a world goddess who holed up on the 60th floor.
I genuinely hope your entrance to the dungeon will appease it and finally let it achieve its primary purpose.
There is also a small gift we originally intended for challengers to have, but no one ever achieved it." (Ouranos)
That brought up a question I've had.
"Uncle, one thing I don't understand is, in the last thousand years, didn't anyone try to enter the dungeon without a falna from a world god?" (Magus)
He nodded.
"Good question, indeed, there were a few. However, they still failed the requirements. Some were weak villagers who couldn't pass the second floor. Some used expensive or powerful equipment that was beyond their skillset. And others came down in groups.
None of them made it to the end of the fifth floor alone and on their own strength." (Ouranos)
I nodded and took a look at the girls.
"That makes sense, if the four of us go one at a time with basic weapons and meet at the end of the fifth floor, we will fulfill the requirements?" (Magus)
"Completely. Oh! I almost forgot, when you go up a level, you will have to head down to the correct floors for exilia gain.
For example, the level 1 area is from floors 1 – 11. Once you reach level 2, every monster on the first 11 floors will give you a quarter of the exilia gain. You have to keep heading deeper to challenge yourself, and the dungeon will not allow you to grind weaker monsters to level up." (Ouranos)
"That's perfectly reasonable, it would defeat the purpose of the dungeon if you could just farm weak monsters and become a god. Speaking of gods, I understand you came up with the plan to allow the world gods to descend to the mortal world." (Magus)
"*Sigh* You have no idea how annoying those kids were. 'I want to go,' 'Gods should be able to go anywhere,' 'I want to go,' 'Let us go down,' 'We are the apex existence! We deserve to go'. Those kids were driving me up the wall!
Of course, not all world gods were that bad, but the majority of them have a severe superiority problem.
I tried to teach them a lesson and only allow their consciousness and a fraction of their divinity to descend, and yet so many of them made a bullshit agreement to make the mortal races think they were untouchable.
I won't encourage you, but if someone goes out of line, you can take out the god. Just don't be seen and make it quick before they can activate their divinity.
Once they are up in heaven, I will ignore all their complaints.
That goes for dark guilds to, just don't be seen.
You can go full carte blanche. However, your father tells me you are responsible, and I am trusting you, don't go overboard." (Ouranos)
The four of us nodded.
"We will keep our actions quiet. Do the head Familia's recognize the badge you're giving me? I don't want to be bothered by them if I can avoid it." (Magus)
"Don't worry, I make it clear to anyone of importance what my symbol is and what it means. Since only two others have it, it never bothers anyone.
The guild head manager and my subordinate Fels will support you from the shadows, and I will personally inform Freya, Loki, and Hephaestus that I hired a team without giving out your personal information.
They will keep an eye out for anyone who uses the badge." (Ouranos)
"Great! Thank you uncle for all your support. We won't be spending every day in the dungeon, but we will make progress every week at the very least." (Magus)
"That's no issue Magus, as long as you keep pushing, then that's all I ask for. A decade or two is nothing to me.
Here are the badge and a magical communication device if you want to contact me." (Ouranos)
He handed me a badge with his personal symbol, and it radiated a tiny amount of divinity as proof of identity.
The communication device was a small glass orb.
"Thanks uncle, one last question for you. What's the situation with the monster crystals? I understand the guild buys them all and makes it illegal to sell outside the guild."
"Ah, I set that up so I could keep everyone's focus on the dungeon itself and not ruin the currency. It creates a source of income for the adventurers, and I want them to keep thinking the crystals are valuable for gold.
The dungeon uses mana from the land to form monsters without souls like a machine, and they leave materials and a mana crystal as rewards.
The people of this world only have a rudimentary understanding of the crystals and are not very advanced like that 'Fairy tail' world with their lacrima's.
I kill many birds with one stone and just dump all the crystals back into the dungeon. It helps so that the dungeon doesn't drain the land of its mana.
Mana is not infinite, that Harry Potter world you came from has used up most of its mana. They have scraps leftover.
That Merlin fellow did something stupid, which made that world lose a lot of its natural mana." (Ouranos)
"So, it's fine to take some for enchanting purposes?" (Magus)
"It's no problem, just don't farm it. Take only what you need or the high-quality ones, I ask you to sell off the rest to the guild or leave it in the dungeon." (Ouranos)
I nodded.
"Great, that's everything I can think about for now, I'll contact you if I have any more questions." (Magus)
He smiled and nodded.
"Please do Magus, I'm happy to assist as much as I can. And I must compliment you on your home. You truly did a magnificent job with this mountain. This meal was also fantastic, I order food and drinks from a guy who ships between worlds, but he doesn't go to the 'Toriko' world very often."
"Haha, thanks for the praises, but it was my subordinates and my wives who did such an amazing job. They deserve all the credit." (Magus)
"Hahaha, you are a fortunate man Magus, you have these three talented and beautiful wives." (Ouranos)
"Thank you uncle, we all support each other." (Bella)
"Thanks uncle~ we treasure each other." (Yoru)
"Mn, thank you." (Akame)
"Indeed uncle, I can't imagine life without them by my side." (Magus)
I shared a loving look with the girls.
Ouranos smiled at us.
"It's a beautiful thing. An immortal life is depressing without someone to share it with. Gaia was quite mad with me when I got stuck here, haha. I have to make it up to her." (Ouranos)
"Don't worry uncle, you will have the opportunity soon." (Magus)
We talked, drank, relaxed, and enjoyed the rest of the evening.
I even gave him a tour of the mansion.
Eventually, he left, and I found myself getting dragged off by the girls.
'I really do love these girls and this life.'
*Line Break*
Two days later:
The girls and I got on the Direwolves, cast disillusion charms, and raced off for the city of Orario.
'Let's go see what this city has in store for us.'
Author Notes:
I have a head start on the next chapter. It's time for the long-awaited dungeon.
I'm also working on another chapter at the same time. It's going to be a collection of short omake's for moments throughout the fanfic that I thought would be fun to write. From Bron's weed moments, the owl's trips, Nyx's adventures, and a whole bunch of side character POV's!
Do you guys enjoy the Novel Recommendations? I can stop doing it if no one likes them.
Novel Recommendations:
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A Gamer In South Blue by LordVishnu – OC/SI in one piece. Its been used a lot but this one is actually really good. Give it a try.
Sea of Souls by Black' Victor Cachat – One piece X Bleach. The straw-hat crew, including Jinbei, dies and wakes up together in Hueco Mundo as hollows. It's a really cool fic with comedy and badass-ness.
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Mondaijitachi: Irregular by ShiragaKizuato – The same Mondaijitachi storyline with an extra OP OC that is a veteran powerhouse. I don't usually like fanfics that follow canon to closely, but this one does a great job of making the OC the actual MC. Plus, you don't see many good Mondaijitachi fics out there.
Konoha's Dovahkiin by Halo12094 – Naruto X Skyrim. A really great fic that reached over 130K but was eventually dropped. It's worth the time if you want to read something really great. When Naruto gets pushed off the cliff by Jiraiya, Naruto is presumed dead when he actually ends up in Skyrim. He eventually goes back and forth to the elemental nations, but his main life is in Skyrim. P.S. Danzo gets Rekt.
White by Melkor's Mercy – A pure Bleach fic. This fic has an Ichigo who didn't meet Rukia, and he dies at the very beginning only to wake up in Hueco Mundo with fragmented memories. It's a harem fic.
