Quick disclaimer: I am an idiot. I had intended to put the Level Up notifications from the fight with the Seraph, Lucifer in the last chapter… but I forgot, so the Level Up notifications at the beginning of this chapter are to make up for that. In addition to that, I accidentally called the Nomu "ant" in one of the sentences spoken by Musha, so thanks to havefeith on AO3 for pointing that out. Finally, Crust was meant to be in the Japanese Raid team, alongside Jeanist and Fat Gum. Enjoy the chapter!


[You have Leveled Up!]

[You have Leveled Up!]

[You have Leveled Up!]

[You have obtained Item: Olympian Boots.]

[You have obtained Item: Olympian Gauntlets.]

[You have obtained Item: Genesis Blade.]

[You have obtained Weapon Pair: Daybringer and Nightbringer]

[You have obtained Item: Seraph's Blessed Ashes.]

[You have obtained Ingredient Item: Purified Blood of the Seraph.]

[Item: Olympian Boots]

Item Class: S

Item Type: Armor

+40 Agility

Set Effect will activate if this item is equipped along with:

Olympian Armor pieces.

Set Effect 1: +5 All Stats

Set Effect 2: +10 All Stats

Set Effect 3: (Locked)

[Item: Olympian Gauntlets]

Item Class: S

Item Type: Armor/Weapons

+200 Attack

When wielding weapons in both hands with the Olympian Gauntlets equipped, those weapons will gain a 25% Bonus to their Attack.

Set Effect will activate if this item is equipped along with:

Olympian Armor pieces.

Set Effect 1: +5 All Stats

Set Effect 2: +10 All Stats

Set Effect 3: Skill: Guardian Angel

"There's so much loot, I can barely keep up with all of it!"

[Normal Quest: Collect Heavenly Souls (Part 2) has been completed!]

Rewards:

- 1. Highest Quality Runestone

- 2. +30 Bonus Stats

- 3. Hidden Reward

[Received Runestone: Shadow Exchange.]

[Received 30 Stat Points.]

[Received Title: Angel Hunter.]

[Title: Angel Hunter requirements have not been met.]

"I think I'll put all the Points into Intelligence."

Level: 102

Strength: 256

Vitality: 193

Agility: 244

Intelligence: 278

Sense: 170

[Mana: 25738/25738]

[HP: 47395/47395]

[Shadows able to be extracted: 372]

[Shadows able to be saved: 252]

Izuku had no idea what the issue was with the Angel Hunter Title, but upon crushing the Runestone in his hand, he forgot all about it.

[Skill: Shadow Exchange Lv. 1]

Job-Specific Skill

No Mana Required

Exchange locations with any selected Shadow Soldier. This Skill has a cooldown of 3 hours. The cooldown will change depending on the Skill Level.

"Holy crap! It's like teleportation!" Shaking his head, Izuku realized that by now, he was only wasting time. "I'll look at everything else later!"

[World Tree's Fragment.]

[Spring Water of the Echoing Forest.]

[Purified Blood of the Seraph.]

[Would you like to craft consumable: Holy Water of Life?]

"Yes."

"Sir Midoriya?" Esil asked, her Shadowy body moving around behind him as she tried to fruitlessly peek over his shoulder and look at whatever he was looking at.

[Crafting Holy Water of Life.]

[The success rate and number of items crafted will be dependent on the crafter's Intelligence Stat.]

"I guess it's a good thing I plugged all my Stat Points into Intelligence."

[5]

[4]

[3]

[2]

[1]

[Crafting successful!]

[Crafted Item: Holy Water of Life x6]

Izuku felt like jumping into the air, but he refrained. He didn't want to jinx himself and risk the fact that this water might not cure his mother at all. He still had some of the Purified Blood and a chunk of the World Tree Fragment left, but the Spring Water of the Echoing Forest was entirely gone.

"Oh well, I've got six of the things and I supposedly only need one… hopefully."

[Due to the death of the Dungeon Boss and the clearing of all 100 Floors, you will now be booted from the Dungeon.]

"Wait what?!" Izuku looked over to Esil, "But-!"

Before he could finish his sentence, his vision went dark and when it reappeared, he found himself standing just outside the Endeavor Agency, all of his Shadows surrounding him. 63 Shadow High Orcs, 49 Angel Archers, 20 Angel Knights, 30 Angel Mages, 25 Shadow Bears, 19 Shadow Infantry, 6 Magicians, 3 Shadow High Orc Bodyguards, Smokey, Tank, Igris, Hyo, Tusk, Karkinos, and Esil all standing in front of what should've been a busy Agency and street.

But Izuku ignored the fact that there seemed to be no one around and he turned to Esil, "I-I'm sorry that you didn't get to say goodbye to your father."

Esil shook her head, "It's not… exactly what I would have wanted, but from here on out, as long as I'm with you, I'm at peace with whatever happens." A calm smile was stretched across her face, surprising Izuku as he called back in all of his Shadows except for Esil and Karkinos.

"Well then," He said, climbing up to Karkinos's head, "As long as you're certain." He paused, looking in the direction of the hospital his mother was slumbering in, "So… you wanna meet my mother?"


"Ryukyu team, have you been able to make contact with Hawks' or Jeanist's team?" Endeavor said over the Japanese comms.

"Negative. We've cleaned up some of the Nomu around here, but most of them rushed back to the mound. We're heading to Hawks' team now."

"Good, I'll be heading for Jeanist. Once you rendezvous, begin your evacuation of the island."

"What? But what about Miruko, Lemillion, or the Koreans?"

"They've got their own orders, now follow mine."

Ryukyu grumbled to herself, but since Endeavor was Number 2 and All Might wasn't here, the Japanese Government had given him the reins of the operation.

As Dabi ran alongside the dragon girl, he gave her an odd look, "Something doesn't feel right here. You sense it too don't you?"

Ryukyu sighed, "Yes… but just because we get a chill down our spine doesn't mean we get to abandon the mission. We figure out what happened to our teams and then we leave."


"Where's the girl?!" Mirio shouted, pushing off the floor with such force that he stumbled the other S-Ranks inside the tunnel. He shot upwards, heading for Overhaul, who stood calmly on a ledge.

Ducking at the last second, Overhaul avoided a strike that would've taken his head off, "For now… she's safe. Maybe not comfortable, but she's safe." Mirio's fist decimated the wall behind him as he leapt backwards, "After all, an Enhancement-type like herself is too valuable to lose."

Mirio almost froze in place, "You're… using her?"

Overhaul tilted his head, "What? Did you expect us to treat her with love and affection?"

"No… I mean… you didn't try to kill her." Mirio's eyes narrowed, "The Nomu that kidnapped her was under orders and Gate Villains never take prisoners… their only goal is to kill. You're not a human-type Gate Villain, you're just a human Villain. That explains your power to break things down and rebuild them; it's not magic, it's your Quirk. But then… how'd you manage to ally yourself with the Nomu?"

Overhaul chuckled, "The League of Villains are quite helpful when it comes to Human-Gate relations. After all, they have some special connection to the Gates, just like you, Aeic." Mirio scowled and launched himself right back into the fray, doing his best to kill Overhaul, but the human Villain was too nimble and everytime Mirio got too close, he would place one of his four hands on the ground, destroying it and reforming it as a massive wall, obscuring Mirio's vision for just a second as he used his Permeation Quirk to pass right through it.

Cha Hae-In and Baek Yo-Hoon looked around in shock, "There's no Nomu, anywhere…"

"Isn't this their nest? Do they not care about it?" Choi asked.

"It doesn't matter, just so long as Lemillion is able to kill Overhaul, then we can move on to the Queen herself. I bet that's where we'll find all of her guards," Miruko said, itching to jump into the battle, but holding herself back for the sake of Mirio who had requested the one-on-one to make sure he didn't have to worry about anyone else getting hurt. She didn't normally hold herself back from a fight, but the way Mirio was moving and the power he was suddenly putting off made her reconsider her desire to fight Overhaul. There was something about the both of them that just didn't sit well with her.

Overhaul slapped his hand on the ground, creating a forest of spikes that hindered Mirio for just a moment, allowing him to avoid another devastating strike from the blonde boy. "I know I can't beat you. You have the full power of a Ruler on your side and I only have the power I was born with inside of me. But…" Overhaul created a perfect box around himself and Mirio, thinking it was a poor attempt to hide, dove right through it, "But I have the support of all the Monarchs."

Mirio's eyes widened as Overhaul's lower right arm shot out, a glowing stone held in it. He turned his torso intangible, but it changed nothing. Overhaul's arm passed into his chest, dropping the stone there and pulling out his hand.

Mirio collapsed to the ground, his body burning with pain suddenly. He tried to activate his Quirk, but for some reason, all the strength had left his body.

As Overhaul took down the box shape that had obscured them from the rest, he laughed, "How'd you like that? Yogumunt made that for this specific occasion. Unfortunately, it's the only of its kind, so we can only seal away one of you Ruler pieces of shit, but I think sealing away Aeic, The Largest Fragment of Brilliant Light is a good choice, what do you think?"

Miruko and the Koreans rushed forwards, intending to kill the Villain, but Overhaul made another forest of spikes, slowing them down, "No… The Ruler was my only prey… you eight can be the prey of my newest experiment."

"Lemillion!" Baek called out, his body becoming completely covered in a white fur as his body shapeshifted to mirror the aspects of a tiger. His power increased dramatically and he began crashing through the spikes with no concern for his own health.

But the young Hero weakly waved them away, "R… un…" Then, he was overcome by a massive amount of orange light, blinking out of existence just like that."

"YOU BASTARD!" Baek shouted, his fears suddenly a reality, "I'LL KILL YOU FOR THAT!"

"I reckon you could," Overhaul said lackadaisical, "I was prepared for Aeic after all, not you." Baek jumped into the air, his body heading straight for Overhauls. Within moments, they would collide, but a blur interrupted Baek's attack. "But I believe this one will be more than enough to kill you all. He's already had some fun with your Japanese comrades."

The half-tiger man was slammed into a wall of the cavern, a deep gash appearing from his shoulder down to his pecks. The culprit of the attack? A humanoid ant with the most powerful aura any of the Heroes there had ever felt.

Baek fell forwards out of his crater, the one attack nearly enough to push him into unconsciousness, but Min Byung-Gyu was there to pick him up with his healing magic. As an S-Rank Healer, his friend's wound was closed within an instant.

As the tiger got back to his feet, Miruko and Hae-In rushed the ant, one kicking with enough power to decimate a building, the other slashing with enough force to cut a mountain in half. The ant only needed one hand for each.

He caught their attacks in each hand, crushing Hae-In's sword and Miruko's foot like they were made out of paper-mache. Then, with both of them put off balance, he drove a fist into the side of both, crushing multiple organs at the same time. The two fell to the ground, unconscious as Choi Jong-In and Lim Tae-Gyu launched their respective projectiles at the ant. It brushed off the fire and caught the magical arrow with little effort, throwing it to Baek, injuring him yet again.

By that point Ma Dong-Wook was the last physical Hero left, but as soon as the ant noticed a glowing green aura of healing surrounding the two female Heroes, it punched him in the gut, breaking several bones and sending him flying to the side. It dashed behind him, stabbing his clawed hand through a space that appeared to be occupied by nothing and yet, blood spurted from that empty air as Byung-Gyu's Camouflage Skill was broken.

"BYUNG-GYU!" Baek shouted, unable to comprehend what was even happening as the ant lurched forwards, his mouth tearing off the head of the healer and swallowing it whole. He tore the magic arrow out of his chest and leapt at the ant, his claws ready to tear him to shreds, but the ant caught him by the throat, squeezing hard enough to interrupt and cancel Baek's transformation.

"Youuu arrre weeeaak," The ant said as it seemed to adjust to the new language it was speaking, "Where… is your kiiing?"

"K-King?"

Choi and Lim tried to launch another barrage, but the ant dropped Baek and slashed each of them across the chest, forcing them to the ground in pain, blood spurting out.

The ant seemed to sniff the air, "Outside. He's there… the strong one." Blurring away, the ant disappeared, racing for outside of the caverns.

"The… strong one? Is it heading for Endeavor? Does that mean that some of the Japanese Heroes are still alive?"

"Did you like him?" Overhaul asked, "He tends to do his own thing, but he weakened you all enough for me. He may look like an ant of some sort, but he's actually a Nomu believe it or not." Overhaul lorded over Baek's shaking body, growing weary from the injuries and from blood loss. "Took me a couple of years, taking apart and reconstructing those things before I landed on him. He's this nest's ultimate warrior. Even that Endeavor you have waiting outside is no match for him. So… which one of you should I kill first?"


Two hours earlier, Izuku stood by the side of his mother's hospital bed, Esil standing behind him with her hands clasped. The doctors somehow hadn't noticed the two ride in on a massive dragon, their attention perfectly glued to the news channel. Izuku thought it weird, but once again, decided to ignore it, he had more important matters.

Holding the Holy Water of Life in his shaking hands, Izuku took a deep breath, "The System has created at least a dozen miracles so far… there's no way it can't do this."

Forcing down the butterflies in his stomach, Izuku uncorked the fancy bottle and held it to his mother's lips, forcing the liquid down her throat.

Almost instantly, the color began returning to her face, but even as Izuku urged for her to wake, she did not and he sighed tiredly, "Well… it was worth a shot… I've done what I could. At the very least, with my new power, I have more than enough to keep her comfortable now."

Esil rested her hand on Izuku's shoulder, surprising him with its warmth. "I'm sorry, Izuku," She said, using that name for the first time, "I'm su… re…"

Izuku's brow furrowed as she trailed off and he looked up, surprised to see his mother sitting up in bed, her long dark hair flowing down her back, "Izuku? Is… that you?"

"I…" Izuku's voice caught in his throat.

"You've grown so much! How long have I been asleep?"

"It…" Izuku cleared his throat, "It's been four years."

"And how's little Sakura doing?"

"She's," Izuku's voice warbled, "good, mom."

Inko Midoriya took her son's hand, completely ignoring the Shadowy figure of Esil behind him, "It must've been hard, doing it all on your own…" She smiled with enough pride to block out the sun, "But you did do it. You kept your promise and took care of her for me. I couldn't have asked for a better son."

At that, Izuku lost whatever nerve had been holding back his tears and he began bawling as his arms wrapped around his mother, squeezing her in a tight hug, something he had not been able to do since he was twelve.

For several minutes, they remained like that, Mother and Son, sobbing into each other. Esil even wiped away a tear… somehow and Igris manifested next to her, resting a hand on her shoulder, as if to say, "We are his knights, he is strong for us when we need him, so it is now our time to be strong for him."

Esil nodded and a small giggle escaped her, "Ya know, for such a quiet knight, you know how to say a lot with one look."

It was just then that Inko and Midoriya separated, each getting another good look at each other, "So," His mother laughed, "Who are your friends?"

"Oh… uh…" Izuku contemplated how to tell her for a moment, but before he could even begin to explain, the door to his mother's room burst open.

"Young Midoriya!"

"All…" Izuku spun around, "Might?"

Instead of the massive muscular man he was used to, all Izuku saw was a skeletal figure, no fat, no muscle, basically just skin and bones. Izuku almost apologized and said he sounded like All Might, but then Izuku took a closer look. His hair was the same blonde and his eyes were the same deep and sunken craters. This couldn't actually be All Might, could it?

"Young Midoriya!" He called again, running into the room, only to realize the fragility of the situation. Izuku's eyes were red and puffy, as were his mothers, not to mention Esil and Igris had drawn actual weapons to prevent the intruder from ruining the reunion. "Oh! My deepest apologies for ruining… this!" He bowed quickly, so quickly that it barely looked like he had done so. "Young Midoriya… I've been looking for you for several days now! Where have you been?"

"Uh… was school not off for the week? I could've sworn-"

"No no! It's not about that!" All Might paused to take a breath, "At first I was looking for you for your specific ability, but things have changed now!"

"What's going on here?!" A male nurse said, rounding the corner to see two Shadow Soldiers with sharp weapons and they ran off screaming.

"Uh…" Izuku muttered, "What is going on?"

"I… can't say everything here, but you need to get to Jeju Island right now!"

"Je-"

"The island is about to be Raided by most of the Top Ten and Korea's top S-Ranks!"

"I don't see why that requires-"

"ARE YOU OR ARE YOU NOT ASHBORN?!" All Might's suddenly desperate tone only forced the two Shadows to get their blades closer to his throat. "A Monarch!" He squeaked out.

"Monarch? Does he know about the System? My Job?"

"If you are, then the Jeju Island Raid team will desperately be needing your help!"

Izuku scratched his head, "And… how do you know that?"

"I… listen I'll explain as much as I can on the way! Please! We have to get on a helicopter now!"

"Izuku," Inko said calmly, doing her best to defuse the situation, "It sounds like you're needed."

"Mom, I can't just-"

Inko interrupted him with a shake of her head, "Heroes don't get to choose when they are needed. And I know that my boy has become a strong Hero. So please, allow the doctors to watch over me while you go save whoever needs saving."

Izuku was frozen for a moment, his body ready to move, but his mind telling him that he needed to stay. However, his mother ruffled his hair like she used to and snapped him out of his dilemma, her eyes telling him everything.

He sighed, "Alright, fine." Izuku walked over to his mother's window, opening it wide, "But just so you know… we're not taking a helicopter." A smile crossed his face as he watched All Might's eyes widen at the sight of Karkinos. Hopping onto the dragon, pulling All Might along with him, Izuku gave his mom one last wave as doctors and nurses rushed in. "Let's go Karkinos! To Jeju Island!"