Ryuu could clearly sense some kind of abnormality from Isagi.
It was like a sixth sense from the great beyond, especially at this moment with the young man's ferocious iron armor right before her eyes. The old, filthy Saw Cleaver in his hand, stained with blood and rust, was emitting a sharp, ear-piercing sound like the buzzing of a bee.
"!!—"
The slender blade in her hand, wreathed in starlight and flame, found it difficult to directly block the young man's frantic attacks.
How strange, my body feels so strange!
Her breathing inexplicably quickened, accompanied by a rise in her body temperature, a racing heart, and more.
Ever since confirming their relationship, Ryuu felt that she would always experience some strange sensations when she was with Isagi—that was perfectly normal, but for such thoughts to appear now, wasn't that completely abnormal?!
This was combat practice, not a time for intimacy and sleep...
Why was she thinking about this?!
She was jolted back to her senses.
Ryuu felt that this was the source of the abnormal feeling coming from Isagi at this moment. That proactive, to-the-extreme feeling, which gave people an incredibly strong sense of pressure, was so much like how he was at night.
[Don't let your mind wander!]
Biting her lip, Ryuu quickly cast those "lewd" thoughts out of her mind, her little face beet red as she thought about how strange she was being.
Fortunately.
With Tiona helping her out, she managed to avoid being defeated in battle.
Isagi had proactively let the two of them attack together.
So for Ryuu, after suppressing those chaotic thoughts in her heart, a sense of indignation couldn't help but spread.
[Isagi is being too much of a bully!]
She was the senior, after all. She thought back to when she was Lv.4, and the young man was only Lv.2 at the very beginning.
Back then when they practiced, she had to be so careful, setting up countless rules, otherwise she might accidentally hurt him.
But now, she was the one being looked down on?!
He was really too much of a bully!!
But very quickly, what Ryuu recalled was the scene of Ais being sent flying by Isagi just now.
Though it was somewhat unbelievable, it was indeed the truth.
Ryuu still didn't know if she could beat Ais. The young girl's originally somewhat chaotic thoughts, although she had sorted through them once, still had flaws—to become Isagi's sharp sword, to fight alongside the young man—this was the party's combat strategy during adventures.
But what about when she was alone?
She still needed to improve herself, otherwise how could she keep up with Isagi? Just like right now.
[There is already a real gap between the two of them.]
It wasn't just from observing the fight just now, but also from her current firsthand experience.
Ryuu, who was launching an offensive against Isagi alongside Tiona, truly felt it. As the Familia's senior, she was no longer a match for her junior.
Starlight, flame, a slash.
All fused together.
This was her own [Astrea Record]. Not just Alise and Kaguya, but also Lyra's "magic bomb," Leynna's explosion magic, Celty's lightning magic...
The multicolored lights converged here. Ryuu had become more and more adept at using the magic of her former comrades.
But it wasn't enough, it really wasn't enough.
Just this alone wouldn't do. For a veteran adventurer... no, for a powerful adventurer who had to save the world, complete the Three Great Quests, and explore the deepest part of the Dungeon.
This alone was far from enough!
She needed a more powerful, a more ultimate attack—
So what was it?
Vast, empty, and completely white.
Ryuu still couldn't think of it. And, for some reason, the figure that emerged in the girl's heart at this moment was that woman.
[Silence] Alfia.
That was the strongest adventurer she had ever seen.
She was a mage, yet she possessed extremely powerful strength. Even using power far from her prime, she could still defeat her, Alise, and the others with ease.
So.
How did she grow to such a level?
As if struck by a sudden realization.
Ryuu also became distracted in the middle of the battle. The Elf girl suddenly stopped her movements, and her once fluid swordsmanship, accompanied by magical attacks, came to an abrupt halt.
She suddenly retreated.
Watching Isagi fighting with Tiona, she pondered, and in the end, chose to voluntarily withdraw from the battlefield.
And as for this, neither of the two over there noticed at all.
At this very moment.
Almost the same as Isagi, the Amazon girl was also excited to the extreme!
Blood energy erupted like a volcanic eruption, almost turning the surroundings into scorched black ash. The girl's fists had turned completely blood-red, and accompanied by the blood-red dual blades she swung, she was just like some kind of beast clenching greatswords in its maw.
The Amazons are a warlike people who worship the strong; this is an innate instinct.
Of course, not all Amazons are like this.
For example, in her older sister Tione's eyes, Tiona was a "completely undeveloped child" who didn't understand what a "good man" was at all.
And that was indeed the case.
For Tiona, "like" and "the opposite sex" were completely unknown concepts. She had not yet had her first awakening of love. For her, the only things that interested her were fairy tales and adventure, becoming stronger and fighting. The former was her own interest, the latter was her instinct as an adventurer and an Amazon.
And at this moment, the ultimate purity that Isagi was emanating also influenced Tiona.
From beginning to end.
From Lv.3 at the very start to Lv.5 now.
The Amazon girl had been single-mindedly throwing herself into the "blood energy" she had discovered.
In reality.
Leveling up had not brought her any new skills or magic, but the girl's fighting style now, compared to before, could be said to be worlds apart.
This also had to do with her talent.
Tiona was a genius, even more of a genius than her own sister, because she was born for battle. Not that she liked it, but rather she was the type who thought, "If I absolutely have to fight, then let's fight, whatever."
Born in the warrior nation of Telskyura, that was a pure and cruel, barbaric and primitive Amazon nation that regarded strength as everything and victory as the highest honor.
All citizens born there had to constantly fight, to battle to the death with another person, and win, to finally survive.
The sisters Tiona and Tione were both very talented individuals, having already reached Lv.2 at a young age.
And after killing a friend she had spent every day with, Tiona didn't want to kill her sister in the future as well, so she requested to leave from the Goddess Kali, who ruled the warrior nation.
The goddess found it very interesting.
The girl was the first person to make this request in many years, so she agreed.
Therefore.
Unlike everyone else, for Tiona, combat was actually life, or rather, a part of her life. It wasn't about hating or liking it, but rather it was just like needing to eat and sleep—without fighting, she couldn't survive.
Even though she had already left that homeland, this tradition was deeply branded in the depths of her heart.
And at this moment, it was completely stimulated by Isagi's pure [Extremity].
The earth shook and the mountains swayed.
The commotion from the two of them even caused the seawater around the deserted island to boil and surge. In the distance, one could even see monsters in the sea fleeing in terrified schools.
[Isn't this getting a little out of hand?]
The Goddesses, who were camping on the beach and preparing dinner, all cast their gazes far into the distance, in the direction of the young man and young girl.
And... and...
For some reason, Tiona had another feeling, just like what Ryuu had felt just now. That strong, direct feeling, if one had to describe it, was very "manly."
All of a sudden.
It seemed to trigger another of the Amazon girl's instincts—she hadn't had her first awakening of love, but it wasn't that it would never awaken!
Strange!
Her body started to get hot, her heart was pounding nonstop, and her mind was even filled with all the nonsensical things her foolish sister had told her before.
But it wasn't strange either.
Because the Divine Blood would naturally make one become a "beast," to the extreme, to strengthen the desires from the depths of one's instincts—to devour, to slaughter, and...
[Reproduction].
The ultimate goal of the Divine Blood ritual was originally this.
Even Isagi himself felt it.
So he stopped before it went too far.
As the sun completely sank into the sea and the light of the stars and moon spilled into the depths of this dense forest filled with gushing crimson.
He switched his Character Card.
And so, the "beastification" progress caused by the injection of Divine Blood was reset directly to zero.
Isagi didn't try to see what would happen if it reached 100%, although after that, he would be able to unlock the so-called "Authority of the Great Ones."
He'd try it out in the Dungeon later on his own.
Taking off the [Wolf's Repast], he let the sticky blood on his body drip, congeal, and then took a sip from the Healing Gourd.
Isagi and the three girls, who had all gained something, returned to the camp by the beach.
Ais was thinking about her "wind";
Ryuu was still pondering the strongest adventurer she had ever seen;
And Tiona, she was always secretly watching Isagi's back while—also dodging the gaze of Lefiya, who had woken up by now and regained some of her mental energy!
And at the same time...
Under the starry night.
Orario, Seventh District, Old Town.
Because of the holiday, the two Goddesses Artemis and Aphrodite had nothing to do today, so they carried out the first plan they had since arriving in the city!
"That went pretty smoothly~"
"What on earth are you doing?!"
"Hehe, retrieving a treasure, of course!"
From the hands of her own Familia member, she received the [Holy Grail] that had just been successfully obtained.
This was a gift from the heavens.
"Lady Aphrodite, is it really okay for us to just steal it like this?"
"What do you mean, steal!"
Faced with the questioning of her own Familia child.
The charming Goddess of Beauty looked at the young girl who had just been directly "teleported" here from far outside the city for touching the [Holy Grail], and defended herself without prompting.
"This is a very dangerous item. Just keeping it in a place like Belra, what if it gets stolen by thieves?"
"A poor excuse."
Artemis looked at her in exasperation, then, also curious, cast her gaze towards the quiet and beautiful young girl to the side.
The members of the Goddess of Beauty's Familia might not be strong, but they were certainly beautiful.
[She's a child who is almost on par with a goddess—no, compared to a god, she even has her 'strong points'.]
The Moon Goddess couldn't help but think this.
For some reason, she felt a certain sense of pity that the other girl was a member of this fool Aphrodite's Familia.
"Hello, I am Harmonia."
The young girl's voice had a certain indescribable cadence. Without a doubt, she was probably an opera singer too—come to think of it, that fool Aphrodite was planning to develop her Familia into a theater troupe.
The Goddess, who spent her years hunting in the wilderness, didn't know that standing before her at this moment was the most famous songstress and star on the entire continent.
She nodded slightly.
Artemis was still a little worried at this moment, looking at the Goddess of Beauty beside her.
After a series of twists and turns.
At this moment, what the two Goddesses had obtained was the [Holy Grail] that was once directly related to the legendary "Flandre of Water and Light," and ultimately, was the cause of that ancient hero's tragic life.
This gift from the heavens had once twisted the thoughts and feelings of Flandre's fiancée, Belinda, and ultimately, caused the tragedy of the city being submerged in the sorrowful tears of the Water Spirit.
"Which bored fellow was it, really."
The gifts from the heavens in the ancient era were basically things that the gods had thrown down to the lower world out of some sort of twisted amusement.
Moreover.
There was the love triangle between Flandre, the Water Spirit Tinnie, and his fiancée Belinda.
Artemis, who had just experienced this "melodramatic god-human drama," could only think, which bored bastard who wanted to watch a show would throw this thing in front of Belinda!
"The [Holy Grail] possesses the authority of charm, it must be a Goddess of Beauty—"
"It wasn't me!"
Aphrodite immediately denied it. She was someone who liked passionate and beautiful love stories, not messy love triangles!
"I'm not that bored!"
"Then it couldn't be Freya, right?"
The two Goddesses both shook their heads. Based on their understanding of her, the Goddess of Beauty from Asgard probably wouldn't do something like this either.
"Could it be that gloomy girl, Konohanasakuya-hime?"
In the Far East, there was also a Goddess of Beauty named Konohanasakuya-hime. Unlike Aphrodite, she liked beautiful yet tragic love stories.
"Probably not."
Artemis was acquainted with Astrea, and therefore had also met Konohanasakuya-hime.
In her impression, she was a somewhat strange, but overall, a well-behaved and quiet goddess, not someone who liked to watch drama unfold.
So—
Whatever, it doesn't matter whose it is, because I have a use for it now!
Aphrodite couldn't be bothered with all that!!
As she just said, the [Holy Grail] possessed a "charm" ability equal to that of a Goddess of Beauty. What was that? That was "hypnosis," you understand? Do you know what hypnosis is?!
The last "Invisible Man" operation, whether it was Ryuu or Lefiya, both received rave reviews.
So this time, she'd step it up.
They already had invisibility, how could they not have hypnosis, right?
Aphrodite decided to take the Holy Grail back and give it to a certain Elf girl to help fulfill her dreams.
No need to thank her!
This was what a Goddess of Beauty in charge of love should do!!
Thinking this, her mood was simply excellent to the extreme. But as a result, the two Goddesses had barely walked a short distance after leaving Flandre's Spirit Sanctuary when they were "cornered" by another Goddess of Beauty.
"Artemis, Aphrodite."
With an aura completely different from the two Goddesses, a goddess with ink-black skin, incomparably enchanting, and wearing almost nothing, walked up to them.
Her gaze fell upon the [Holy Grail] in Aphrodite's hand.
"You seem to have taken something of mine."
"?"
"How is it yours, Ishtar!"
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