Is It Wrong To Devour monsters In The Dungeon? Chapter 15, a dungeon ni deai o motomeru no wa machigatte iru darou ka fanfic

Hestia wasn't sure what she was expecting when Caelan strolled back to their little ramshack home as the sun began rising in the sky and the first rays of light of the day began to shine over Orario.

This was not it however.

Currently, she sat straddling her beloved first child's bare back, the glow of his falna lighting up the basement room of the decrepit church. With how bright it was, she would have probably decided to take it upstairs before the light roused Lili who was still asleep.

But, Hestia's entire focus was on the events playing out in her minds eye as she read through the new additions to the story on his back.

From his casual traversing down through the dungeon clad in an aura of her divine flame, tearing monsters apart like paper, capturing one, force feeding it magic stones to evolve it, killing it easily for the most part, running into that flatty flat flatty Loki's favourite child, agreeing to teach her for reasons she could not fathom, revealing his skill to her, and then having her accompany him down to the seventeenth floor where he fought, nay, decimated the Goliath.

…The amount of high quality excelia he'd gained through the night thanks to his Typhon skill was absurd.

There was so much of it, it couldn't even be fully converted into his stats and was just laying there, resistant to her prodding and attempts to manipulate it.

There was only so much excelia the falna could convert into power at once apparently.

That was news to her.

In fact, Hestia was pretty sure this was a first time discovery no other god or goddess had come across before in all the thousand years they'd all been mingling amongst the mortal children.

She'd noticed it before of course, but it wasn't as apparent till now. In total, out of all the excelia Caelan had gained since she gave him the falna, only a third of it had been converted into his stats.

Akin to trying to pour an entire bucket of water into a small glass all at once.

She put most of what she saw out of mind for the moment, though she definitely would be coming back to it once she was done here with what she was doing.

"Are you sure about this?" she asked, "It was just last night you said you wanted to hold off and get the most out of things and maximize your growth."

One of the first things he'd said to her when he returned, was he wanted to level up. She'd certainly been surprised to hear that from him after what he'd told her and Lili last night. She'd actually been a bit worried he'd bitten off a bit more than he could chew.

In actuality, it was the other way around.

Caelan didn't look up from where he was laying his head on one of their pillows as he replied, "That was before I managed to kill the Goliath," he replied, "I should get a ton of growth from it in my stats, and with a level up, I'll be able to go that deep easily myself without help next time and even deeper. I could get more out of being level one for sure, but I'm thinking it'll be quicker to level up now and go deeper, so I can get a hold of stronger monster magic stones and make more money while I'm at it."

More money huh? Considering he came back with a pouch totalling around seven million valis after he sold the drop items he got from his little nightly romp into the dungeon. She didn't think they quite needed much more at the moment.

He could afford a big mansion, Lili said the good ones started at around ten million. Though Caelan seemed to want to spend a larger amount on one.

Her Caelan was crazy for sure.

"Well…you definitely grew a lot, that is for sure." Hestia admitted with a sigh, looking down at the falna on his back. She thought his growth up until now was crazy.

But this? This took the cake.

"Oh?" his head perked a little with interest and even though he was laying face down she could see the grin curling at the side of his lips.

It was just that big.

"Give me a second," Hestia snorted, reaching over to her dresser to grab a sheet of paper, "I'll show you your final stats as a level one in a moment once I level you up." she added, setting the bit of paper down before focusing on his back.

She concentrated on it, dribbling her essence into him and feeling the power within him rouse at prodding of her own. Like a small living flame, it perked up and almost eagerly responded to her.

In moments it was done.

Or it should have been.

Hestia's eyes widened in absolute shock as she realised something. All that remaining excelia he had? The feat engraved on his back of defeating the Goliath.

….She could level him again, straight to level three if she used up the unused excelia.

That…what? Again, she'd never even heard of this being an option! Or a possibility at all!

Every day her precious Caelan seemed to want to throw what she knew into disarray and and even more reasons why gods everywhere would hound his steps constantly to try and steal him from her.

"If you could level up to level three straight away, would you do it?" Hestia asked him then and there, though, she already knew his answer.

"Nope." Caelan denied immediately and Hestia's lips curved into a grin.

"I thought so." she beamed at him, thankfully that wouldn't be an issue. Besides….from what she could see, this might just be better for him. And he would definitely think so.

It was just as well anyway, level two in a few weeks already completely destroyed Loki no boobs precious Wallenwhatsit's record of levelling up, him hitting level three on top would make it look like he was stomping all over the previous record and announcing his superiority.

Which he was totally was by the way, her precious Caelan was better than all of that itty bitty tittied bitch's entire familia put together.

She drew upon the massive amount of excelia left over, and used it. And as she began funnelling it into the new, empty slate he had as a level two…a skill formed upon his back.

Thar-Shruth: Excess Excelia converted into evolution and development of skills.

'Huh.' Hestia blinked.

The skill that formed. In the language of the gods it was named Thar-Shruth, but translating it to the mortal tongue, it meant…Overflow?

And from what she could feel, all that excess excelia he had, was now being stored inside the skill itself?

She could feel the excelia in it, and interact with it easily she noted. But, it was like…there was nowhere for it to go? She couldn't direct it into his stats. And even though it said it did something like evolving his skills, she couldn't feel or see any way to direct it into any of his already existing skills.

Perhaps….Development Abilities?

With that thought in mind, Hestia turned her attention to the eligible Development Abilities upon his back and once more her eyes widened, while her jaw dropped.

'W-what the heck!?' she gaped.

The list of Development Abilities he was eligible for…was massive! Still gaping, she idly reached for the bit of paper at her side and finished updating his falna, pressing it to his back and taking a copy of his status before sealing it so nobody could see it just as Hephy had taught her.

The light faded from the room and Hestia rolled off her lover and just stared up at the ceiling blankly.

She really wasn't sure how to process what she just saw. Granted she'd seen much crazier sights in her long life, she was a goddess after all.

But…the mortal children…

They just grew so fast.

"Is that it?" Caelan rolled on to his side to look at her, a confused look on his face, "…I know I need to get a feel for it and all and I can tell through Typhon I've grown massively. But…I didn't really feel any change."

Despite herself, Hestia chuckled and rolled onto her side herself to face him, "What, did you think it was going to be one of those cliche 'I can feel the power! So much power in my veins! Yes, I can do it!' kinda thing?" she teased, and flicked him on the nose, "You should just be glad that thanks to Typhon you won't face as much trouble accumulating to your new strength as others would."

"Point," he snorted, wiggling his nose and sticking his tongue out at her, "It would be cool to feel a rush of power through."

"Such a kid," Hestia snorted, before lifting her hand and passing him the paper, "Well here you go, check out your crazy stats. And the crazy Development Abilities as well. I'm not even sure where to start there to be honest, but you'll probably know better."

"Gimme!" Caelan happily snatched it and looked at it, only for it to be his turn for his eyes to widen in absolute shock and his mouth to drop low as he gaped, "Holy…shit…." he whispered in awe.

Not that she blamed him, it was definitely worth a 'holy shit'.

Though of course as a supreme beautiful goddess she did not defecate at all. Really.

Honestly!

Goddesses did not poop!

Except Loki, because she was a smelly flat chested little shit and smelled really bad and should just go jump off of a bridge.

But yes, that status that had reflected back at her, was monstrous and crazy for sure.

Caelan Odhar
Level: 1(+)
Strength: SSS3069
Endurance: SSS2748
Dexterity: SSS2522
Agility: SSS2574
Magic: SSS2621

Skills
Typhon: Rising Monster King. The power to devour the magic stones of monsters, growing stronger from doing so and gaining the abilities of monsters. Evolving physiology towards pinnacle body. Enhanced teeth. Monstrous combat instinct and the power to break through all limits.

Vesta: Beloved Of The Divine Flame. Empowerment by the divine flame and the love of a once virgin goddess. Immunity to mental effects and the ability to enhance the physical abilities of the body through the power of flame. Passive and Active skill. Trigger Chant: Blaze.

Monster Abilities
Night Vision: The ability to see clearly even in total darkness.
Crystal Armour: The ability to generate crystal armour as over the body to enhance durability.
Enhanced Senses: Vastly enhanced eyesight, hearing and sense of smell.
Flame Breath: The ability to breath out a torrent of flame from the mouth.
Temperature Control: The ability to raise and lower the body's temperature.
Flame Resistance: A resistance to heat and flame.
Magic Resistance: A resistance to effects of magical nature.
Whirlwind Sprint: The ability to enhance movement speed with magical energy.
Surface adherence: The ability to cling to solid surfaces with magical energy.
Shadow Conceal: The ability to sink into a shadow.
Tongue Extension: The ability to elongate the tongue.
Poison Powder: The ability to create poison powder from magic energy.
Poison Resistance: An innate resistance to poison.
Scent Alteration: The ability to alter the natural musk and scent.
Healing Powder: The ability to create a powder that heals the wounds of those they touch.
Light Beam: The ability to unleash beams of pure magical energy.
Charming Voice: The power to infuse magical power into the voice and hypnotise others.
Lifeblood: The holders blood contains immense healing properties.
Sonar Wave: The ability to emit sound waves and perceive them as sonar.
Commander: Allows for mental communication with kin.
Hard Scale: The ability to generate scale armour over the body.
Ice Resistance: A resistance to cold and ice.
Howl: The ability to release a shock wave from the mouth.
Iron Skin: The skin is resistant to all manners of damage, including magic and elemental.

Magic

Caelan Odhar
Level: 2
Strength: I0
Endurance: I0
Dexterity: I0
Agility: I0
Magic: I0

Development Abilities

Skills

Typhon: Rising Monster King. The power to devour the magic stones of monsters, growing stronger from doing so and gaining the abilities of monsters. Evolving physiology towards pinnacle body. Enhanced teeth. Monstrous combat instinct and the power to break through all limits.

Thar-Shruth: Excess Excelia converted into evolution and development of skills.

Magic

And then there his list of eligible Development Abilities:

Hunter
Abnormal Resistance
Mage
Mystery
Magic Resistance
Blacksmith
Metalworking
Fist Strike
Crush
Strong Defence

Ten, freaking ten Development Abilities on his first level up! And that wasn't even going over the fact he got Mystery! One of, if not the rarest of all Development Abilities!

She wasn't even sure how he became eligible for it, never mind Blacksmith or Metalworking!

At least everything else made sense.

What…in the actual fuck am I looking at here?

My level two stats are crazy as all hell, crazier than I expected granted, but I was still expecting them to be pretty crazy after what I went through earlier. The new skill is a pleasant surprise, though I'm not really sure what it does going by that description alone.

And I've already mentally internalized the new abilities I got from the monster magic stones I ate earlier.

They're all good to be honest, but the top three out of those five I got are definitely Commander, Iron Skin and Hard Scale in that order. Commander, allowed me to mentally converse with anyone connected to me by blood, from any distance.

Usually that would be pretty useless, since I have no family in this world. But, the falna on my back. It comes from Hestia's ichor. As long as her falna is on my back, I can speak to her mentally from anywhere in the world.

And I think I should be able to do the same with anyone who is also part of the Hestia familia.

That is amazing, beyond amazing even. With so many uses to explore and great for directing a familia from afar.

Iron Skin spoke for itself.

Where as Hard Scale, allowed me to create the durable, yet flexible scales that Hard Armour's had and I could totally make an armour or something from it. Not as durable as my Crystal Armour.

…But if I used them right, I could probably use both together to create a much better armour.

But no, beyond all that, the crazy thing is my choices for Development Ability. Ten in total, and some I'd hoped to get in the future, but wasn't sure how I ever would.

Like Mystery. I've no idea how I got it, beyond the possibility of it being because of the huge variety of abilities I have thanks to Typhon.

Blacksmith and Metalworking are a total surprise as well, but I think I got them because of me constantly making armour with my skill? Technically, I was forging the armour each and every time I made it with my magic power, just in a completely different way than usual.

'If I took Blacksmith, my armour would probably be way stronger, and if I took Metalworking, I'd probably have way more control over how I shape it.' I mused to myself.

That was almost as tempting as the crazy stuff I could do with Mystery. Which was my first out of the list.

Or it would be if not for one skill.

Hunter.

I can get every other ability on the last again any time I level up, but from what I've learned…I can only get Hunter at level two.

'Which means if I don't pick it now I never can.' I bit my lip. Sure, it wasn't as all that powerful or rare as Mystery. But, it would synergize so well with my Typhon skill.

And on top of that…one day I plan on killing the One Eyed Black Dragon. With each type of dragon monster I killed, and there was quite a few variants, I would be able to dish out more damage towards it through Hunter, especially the more it ranked up.

If I raised it high enough, when I faced the One Eyed Black Dragon one day in the far future, I could deal multiple times the power I usually would against it than I usually would.

It was a skill that would show its true worth far in the future as opposed to immediately.

'But if I take Mystery, I can get around to creating stuff like Grimoire's and enchanted weapons and shit.' I argued with myself internally.

Really good grimoire's could go for multiple hundred million valis!

I mean I could pick it at level three, and if I moved at even a third of the speed I did to level up again as I did to reach where I am now, it would only be like a month and a half before I got it.

But that was a month and a half where I could be raking in the cash even faster. I want a mansion damn it! One with a big ass swimming pool so I can get Hestia in a skimpy bikini!

And Lili too actually!

I sighed, flopping my head back onto the pillow and holding the sheet of paper up above my head, "….I honestly don't know, I want them all." I admitted in defeat. The artisan skills and Hunter more than the others for sure, even if Strong Defence and Magic Resistance would basically double up on some abilities I already have making me even beefier.

"Heh." Hestia snorted.

I blinked, "…What?"

She shrugged, "Just amusing for once to see you not know what to do, you're usually so gung ho about this kind of thing and talking big, it's so cute to see you like this."

I felt my cheeks warm up a bit and determinedly stared up at the sheet of paper and didn't look at her.

"If it makes you feel better, I think you can pick two," Hestia hummed and I froze, "That new skill of yours stores up all your excess excelia and you've got a lot of it and can be used for developing…well development abilities. If you get enough excelia, you can probably pick more of them without ever levelling up."

"Wait…seriously!?" my head whipped around to stare at her in shock.

Hestia proceeded to pat me on the cheek and smile warmly, "Seriously serious," she replied and pecked me on the lips, "Does that help at all?"

"It seriously does," a massive grin spread across my face, because wow, yeah, this new skill of mine? Amazing! "Then I know what I want, Hunter and Mystery."

"Yeah…I wasn't sure really, but those were my best guesses, hunter would be really good for you after all, especially because of how it works," Hestia nodded and said, "You get excelia from eating magic stones. So you can buy stones from any monster at the guild and then get a boost from hunter against them by eating their magic stone without ever having fought them before."

My thoughts exactly. Hunter synergizes so well with Typhon it's unreal.

"Alright, wanna do it now then?" Hestia asked.

"Let's go for it!" I laughed, letting go of the sheet of paper in my hand and reaching over go grasp the tiny voluptuous goddess by her full hips and bodily lift her up and deposit her atop me.

She gave a giggling yelp and lay down against me, her large, soft breasts squishing against my chest, "You have to get on your back." she giggled, nudging her nose against mine before kissing me.

"I prefer you on yours." I said once she pulled back with a grin, reaching down to cup her full backside and give it a quick double squeeze.

"Naughty, but I kinda like you on yours," Hestia sat up with a grin and wiggled her butt against my grip and crotch, then her deep pretty blue eyes glinted with mischief, "Besides I thought you wanted me on all fours so you could pull on my hair."

"We're definitely doing that." I had to resist the urge to growl and throw her off me and mount her like a beast.

"Anything you want," she outright purred, hands trailing gently over my chest, "Maybe you want me in that cheerleader outfit?"

God that would be sexy.

"I'd love to see you in all kinds of different outfits and hair styles." I agreed.

"Oh, is that right?" Hestia's grin widened, "I wonder, do you think I'd look good with pink hair?"

I blinked, confused at the sudden turn, "I mean you'd look good with any hair colour, but why?"

She gave me a teasing grin and shrugged her shoulders, "No reason, just a stray thought," she said, before reaching up to gently slap my cheek, "Now hop up and turn around so I can get this done and dealt with."

"Ah….right." I shrugged. It was definitely more than a stray thought for sure, but she'd tell him what it was about when it became relevant he was sure.

He didn't even bother getting up to let her off and just shifted around with a quick little spin so quick she was re-oriented before she even realised he was even moving.

"Show off." Hestia snorted, hands gently squeezing my shoulders.

"Guilty." I shrugged into her hands with a laugh.

I felt her hands leave my shoulders and a moment later, I felt a familiar droplet of blood land atop my back, before my falna erupted into light and lit up the room brightly once more.

"Alright, Hunter first!" Hestia hummed, trailing her finger down my spine gently as she concentrated, "And…hmnn! Yeah, here we go, just like I thought. I can direct your excess excelia stored in your skill towards an empty slot to fill it or direct it to an already existing development ability. Now, let's grab Mystery!"

Huh…

My skill just keeps getting better and better!

"Wait….huh?" Hestia made a sound of surprise and I froze.

"Did something go wrong?" I asked, brows furrowing.

"No, nothing like that…." she trailed off and I saw her twin tails whipping back and forth from my peripheral vision, meaning she was probably shaking her head, "It's just…there's still a ton of excelia left over. I think I can get you another one. Well I suppose considering all this excelia was enough to let you jump straight to level three if I used it all, it makes sense, a level up is superior to a single development skill appearing or ranking up."

I'm…I am really not sure how to respond to that.

"Honestly Caelan, I'm just going to stop being surprised when it comes to you," Hestia snorted, "So, what do you want to do? Do you want to grab another one, or maybe use this excelia and try and rank up Hunter or Mystery?"

I won't lie, ranking Mystery up straight away would be amazing and let me make better things straight away.

But-

"No, go for Metalworking." I decided decisively. Either it or Blacksmithing were my next biggest choices. If I was right, they'd help me both in and out of combat.

Granted Mage is tempting because it will massively boost my magic power and the power of any of my magic related abilities when used.

But Metalworking? If it lets me do what I think it will. I'll be able to freely control the shaping of the likes of my crystal armour better instead of just using my body as a template.

Meaning if I'm right, I'll be able to make crystal weapons and such on the fly.

"Alright, you're the captain of this ship." Hestia giggled, and hummed again as she once again began concentrating on my falna.

"There we go, it used up almost all of the excelia you have left, but that's you got metalworking as well," Hestia said a moment later and clapped her hands against my back, the light of my falna dimming away, "Turn around again."

I did as she said and quickly spun in place once again, causing Hestia to giggle as we ended up right in the position we started with her straddling my crotch, though this time, she had a piece of paper in hand again.

Huh, I hadn't even noticed her doing that.

"Well, here ya' go check it out." she grinned eagerly at me and handed me the sheet.

I took it gratefully and stared at recorded reflection of my falna on it, and god was it just crazy.

Caelan Odhar
Level: 2
Strength: I0
Endurance: I0
Dexterity: I0
Agility: I0
Magic: I0

Development Abilities
Hunter: I
Mystery: I
Metalworking: I

Thar-Shruth: Excess Excelia converted into evolution of skills.

Magic

"Damn…just damn, that's crazy." I couldn't help but laugh.

"You're telling me," Hestia snorted and said drily, "Do you have any idea the kind of nonsense those other divine clowns are gonna pull if they ever find out even a fraction of your crazy status?"

…I have a good idea. I have Bell as a good marker of what not to do in regards to that.

"Speaking of," Hestia's eyes narrowed at me, "What the heck possessed you to tell Loki's favourite about Typhon."

Ah…right.

I forgot she would see that. But, luckily, I already have an excuse prepared for this.

"That was more spur of the moment and thinking ahead just in case," I replied with a sigh, "Before I came to you, I heard some rumours."

"Rumours?" Hestia's brows furrowed.

"Yeah….about people, adventurers even with the power of monsters and being able to control some," I shrugged with a frown, "We won't be able to keep it a secret I use the power of monsters. This way, letting it out in advance, I can basically have the Loki Familia vouch for us that we have nothing to do with them."

"Oh…" Hestia blinked, "Wait, why didn't you tell me about that all?"

"I didn't want to worry you." I replied sheepishly with the truth. I honestly hadn't wanted her to freak out about it, and it isn't even like I know much about it. I only saw the anime after all, and did some wiki diving.

Hestia sighed, shaking her head, "You dumbie," she said, before slumping down and wrapping her arms around my shoulders and nuzzling her cheek against mine, "You can tell me anything, especially if it's stuff like this that bothers you. I know I'm not the most competent goddess around, but at least let me support you even if it's minor."

And thus we return with the good ol' one to the five, chapter fifteenio deenio peenio weenio seenio eenio!

Yeah, that totally makes sense and is totally not gibberish at all.

Anyway, while not a whole lot went on in this chapter in the grand scheme of things, it was a pretty big event regardless. Caelan decided, that after his last trip to the dungeon, there was no point holding off on levelling up anymore, and sheesh, look at them fucking stats bro.

This is what happens when you eat some good grub.

Putting aside this chapter though, I've slowed down a bit with this. Like, I've still more or less got another chapter pretty much done, but after that petty What-If Omori released on the Bell/Ryu pairing because he threw a hissy fit over it being more popular now than Bell/Ais, more or less ruined Bell's character for me. I'll sum up why here:

Basically, Omori the author of Danmachi, threw a massive hissy fit because his OOTP of Bell/Ais wasn't as popular as Bell/Ryuu. So he wrote a what if short story based on if Bell actually did get together with Ryuu and stop pursuing Ais.

Basically, Liaris Freese stops working, he gets only a scant few points after weeks in the dungeon each time, loses all his quick learning ability and even gives up on being a hero. Because apparently, Omori has now decided that wasn't a childhood dream of his and instead something he only doggedly pursued because of his infatuation with Ais, because he thought he needed to be a high tier hero to be with her? Which means, Argonaut his second op skill will lose a massive amount of the power behind it because it's powered by his desire to become a hero. And no matter his feelings for other girls, it won't reactive because it's Ais-only apparently.

Lefiya in the latest Sword Oratoria volume went and trained with Bete for two weeks, and rose up a total of over five hundred stat points, at level four. Without some exp boosting skill like Liaris Freese. Which means, Bell is literally nothing without his skill. And everything he did, was all for Ais. Forgiving Lili? Because a hero and someone who could be with Ais totally would. Save Haruhime? Becuse a hero that could be with Ais would. Protect the Xenos? Because Ais. The what if relegated everything to Ais more or less. Hell it's even compounded in I think, chapter 95 or 96 of the Sword Oratoria manga where Bell basically says he wanted to win for this and that reason, and then ends it, with how he wanted to accomplish it all so he could catch up with his idol Ais.

Like, the meme joke of Bell being a simp was always there, but this is next level.

And to sum it up, because Bell stopped simping for Ais in the what if and got with Ryuu, everyone died. Literally, the One eyed Black Dragon killed everyone because Bell couldn't get strong enough without simping for Ais, and more or less basically outright said, everyone is useless but Bell.

Hell apparently him stopping simping for Ais, even makes him lose that pure clear soul that had Freya obsessed with him as well. He's literally nothing without simping for Ais.

Because I had Bell playing some larger roles going forward, this became a problem for me as you can see. Because my respect and liking for the character, has totally tanked now. So now I'm busy re-working my plots going forward for this story.

But such is life and all that. It's quite often I find myself having to trash plot ideas and more for stories when the authors decide to be utter retards about shit in the series.

Well, putting that aside as well, I won't be giving this story up or anything, just need to rework shit going forward. As always, if you wanna read ahead in my stories or catch updates in advance you can on my Pa-atreon.

Anyway, shameless Pa-atreon plug. I've got one, go by the same username on there, easy to find and all that jazz. Support me if you want, it'd be swell, but don't feel pressured lads and ladies, I'll be uploading my stuff outside it regardless and not keeping it all behind a paywall or anything like that.