Chapter 367: Returning to the God-King Sector, Heading to the DanMachi Planet!
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Even so, Seito still planned to bring two or three people with him to the God-King Star Sector. Otherwise, the others wouldn't be able to understand the place at all.
He didn't reject the girls' worries. Even though they could use their transport tokens to escape, a God-King could kill a regular god in a single instant. Therefore, it was much better to play it safe.
"I plan to take Maple and Kirukiru," Seito answered directly.
There was no need to say much about Kirukiru Amou—her combat instincts were incredibly sharp. As for Maple, she was a walking goddess of good luck. Bringing a lucky queen like her to the God-King Star Sector was a guaranteed win!
"Eh? Me too?"
Maple was quite surprised. She didn't expect Seito to take her to the God-King Star Sector. However, she didn't refuse. Someone had to go with Seito anyway.
"No problem for me," Kirukiru Amou grinned widely. She had wanted to visit the God-King Star Sector for a long time, but because her strength wasn't high enough, she had held back until now.
"Alright, the three of us will head out right now."
Seito didn't want to delay and decided to take the two girls directly to the upper floor.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the three of them teleported away together.
The God-King Star Sector.
Seito brought Kirukiru and Maple to the western quadrant of the sector. This area was the territory of the Western Mythos Faction.
Looking around at the beautiful, radiant environment filled with floating mist, Seito pulled out a long spear.
"Kirukiru, this item is called the Myriad Transformation Sphere. It's a genuine God-King weapon, and it should suit your build perfectly."
Seito handed over the weapon he had looted from the Weapon God-King to Kirukiru Amou.
[Myriad Transformation Sphere (God-King Weapon)]
[Effect: Increases overall Attack Power by 50,000%]
[Artifact Effect 1 (Weapon Set 1/5): When using this weapon, it can transform into any weapon in your mind.]
[Artifact Effect 2 (Weapon Set 1/5): During a fight, the longer the battle lasts, the higher the damage becomes.]
[Upgrade Conditions: ???]
[Recycle Price: ???]
Even though she didn't have the full set yet, it wasn't a big problem. Once Kirukiru's own equipment set upgraded to the God-King tier, she could swap things around.
"Thanks a lot!"
Kirukiru didn't refuse at all. She reached out to take the weapon with a bright smile. A genuine piece of God-King gear was a massive help to her right now.
"Maple," Seito turned his eyes toward the shield maiden.
"What's wrong?" Maple looked over, her large eyes blinking curiously.
"Take these."
With a wave of his right hand, ten mysterious glowing strands materialized in the air. Judging by the dense, holy energy radiating from them, these strands were none other than the Divine Runes used to upgrade gear into God-tier artifacts!
"Seito-kun, where did you get these Divine Runes?" Maple asked curiously.
She knew Seito had used up all his runes during his previous crafting sessions. For him to suddenly bring out ten premium ones now made her wonder if he had spent an astronomical amount of Divine Power points to make them. If so, that would be way too wasteful!
"I forgot to tell you guys earlier, but I killed the Weapon God-King yesterday. The morphing spear I just gave to Kirukiru was actually looted from him, and these runes were the solo first-kill reward," Seito explained with a smile.
Hearing his words, Kirukiru looked down at the changing metal spear in her grip.
Matching it with the set name on the weapon description, it really was exactly as he said.
"Then I'll gladly accept them," Maple offered a bright, cheerful laugh.
Since the runes were legitimate boss drops, she had no reason to say no. Without any hesitation, she used them to upgrade her greatshield, Mirror of the Dark Night!
Zip, zip, zip~~
The brilliant strands of rune lines covered her shield. Seeing this, Seito used his divine power to seal off the local area, keeping any outside tracking arrays from sensing the energy spike.
"I wonder how a weapon upgrades into a true Main God artifact," Kirukiru muttered, watching the shield change.
"Yeah," Seito sighed helplessly. "To be honest, I still don't know the upgrade path for Main God gear. Is it possible that we can only unlock it after officially reaching the Main God Realm? If that's the case, it might be a bit too slow."
Shaking his head, Seito chose to stop thinking about it. Calculating things without any real data served no immediate purpose.
The three of them waited for about five minutes until the runes completely melted into the shield.
Hum—!
A heavy wave of genuine God-King pressure slowly spread from Maple's shield. At this exact moment, Maple had officially obtained her very first piece of God-King tier gear.
"This is so nice~"
Maple touched her large shield, letting out a silly, happy giggle. Watching her standard cute reaction, Seito and Kirukiru exchanged a warm smile.
"Where are we going next?" Kirukiru asked, looking toward Seito.
"Let me think," Seito rested his chin in his hand, letting his thoughts run.
The Central Region was out of the question for now. Going there served no real purpose since his six clones were already running a high-efficiency farming routine across those sectors. As for this Western Region under the Western Mythos Faction...
Seito expanded his spatial perception across the local stellar systems.
A few moments later, his eyes snapped open.
"So this is the place Hestia was talking about when she mentioned going down to the lower world."
His tracking array had successfully locked onto a planet! The layout of this world mapped perfectly with the DanMachi universe from his memory files!
"I'm taking you guys to a great place!" Seito suddenly felt an urge to visit the planet and see it for himself.
In the original anime story of DanMachi, the goal was to create a mythical hero to save the lower world. But in this integrated reality... Seito faintly calculated that the entire Familia system framework established by Zeus and the other gods wasn't just a simple game layout.
It was highly likely that the entire planet functioned as a massive nursery designed to cultivate and birth brand-new gods!
Thinking about it, the probability of his guess was exceptionally high. The world of DanMachi used a clear leveling system, anchored by an active underground labyrinth—the Dungeon. By forcing mortal adventurers to continuously fight the monsters spawned by the Dungeon, the system could easily filter out and find individuals with absolute, top-tier talent.
Once those prime candidates were locked down, the gods could use the Familia link to refine their mortal bodies, gradually preparing them to eventually ascend as subordinate deities!
"What kind of planet is it?" Maple asked with deep curiosity. Kirukiru Amou looked over with interest as well.
"You'll know the moment we land," Seito offered a knowing smile. Activating his core spatial laws, he used spatial teleportation to instantly warp the three of them away from the sector.
The DanMachi Planet.
The Labyrinth City—Orario!
This was a sprawling city completely filled with a classic fantasy look. The architecture across the area carried a deeply vintage, rustic design, looking very much like a traditional medieval European town.
Currently, the stone streets of Orario were bustling with a large number of citizens, adventurers, and demi-humans walking around, chatting and laughing happily. The roadsides were packed tightly with countless vendor stalls. The local populace was engaged in excited discussions, with the overwhelming majority of their topics centering entirely around the active exploration logs of the main Dungeon.
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