Chapter Summaries

Allen joined the Loki Familia expedition and demonstrated his remarkable strength and precision by using Bug Cannon to shoot down monsters while keeping pace with the front line. His performance spurred Bete and Ais to compete with him, and the expedition expected to reach the thirty-ninth floor’s safe zone ahead of schedule.

• Finn commanded the Loki Familia expedition through the dungeon while Allen calmly shot monsters that broke through their defenses.
• Tiona asked Allen about his fighting style, and he explained that weapons were tools and he chose firearms to support the team’s ranged attacks.
• Allen shot a half-goatman through the head with Bug Cannon, prompting Bert to marvel at his strength and Riveria to speculate that he had once received a blessing.
• Bete suspected Allen was hiding his abilities and knew how to use the sword on his back, but Riveria ordered everyone to focus on the monsters.
• Bete and Ais increased their attacks in competitive response to Allen, and Finn predicted the expedition would reach the thirty-ninth-floor safe zone ahead of schedule.

At the Loki Familia camp on the thirty-ninth floor, Allen told Finn his theory that the dungeon was the world’s original will, then warned him that their faction mattered more than the truth. Meanwhile, Freya sent Ottar to deal with Allen without provoking Loki’s Familia.

• Finn gave Allen soup and dried bread at the expedition camp, and Allen wondered aloud about the dungeon’s nature and hostility toward the gods.
• Allen guessed that the dungeon was the world’s original will and that its monsters were native inhabitants sealed away after losing a war to later arrivals.
• Allen told Finn not to take the theory too seriously and said the surface races only needed to regard dungeon monsters as enemies; he then headed alone toward the fortieth floor.
• Riveria asked Finn what Allen had said, and Finn admitted that he suspected Allen was hiding secrets.
• Freya learned that Allen had joined the expedition and rejected a subordinate’s suggestion to use petty tricks against him.
• Ottar volunteered to handle Allen, and Freya sent him out with orders to avoid direct conflict with Loki’s Familia.

The Loki Familia reached the fiftieth floor, where acid-spewing worms overwhelmed their weapons and threatened the camp. Allen unleashed the Ragnaros Sword and destroyed the swarm, leaving the expedition stunned by his power.

• Ais led the expedition’s advance through the increasingly dangerous floors and killed more monsters than anyone else.
• The Loki Familia reached the fiftieth floor, and Allen secretly placed Flying Thunder God Formulas on the safe floors.
• Allen examined dungeon ore and considered using it to forge weapons and improve the Ragnaros Sword.
• Blue-green worms surged from the passage to the fifty-first floor and dissolved adventurers’ weapons and armor with acid.
• Finn ordered the combatants to gather the worms for Riveria and Lefiya’s magic, but Allen drew the Ragnaros Sword and obliterated the monsters with a fiery slash.

After Allen annihilated the insects, Ais asked him to teach her how to become stronger, and he agreed on the condition that she keep his training secret. Finn ended the Loki Familia’s expedition because their weapons had been ruined, and as the group returned to the seventeenth floor, they encountered Ottar.

• Finn asked Riveria whether Allen’s strike had been magic, and Riveria said it was not.
• Allen slaughtered the remaining insects, and Ais asked him to train her; he agreed if she kept the training secret.
• Finn decided the Loki Familia would end the expedition rather than rely too heavily on Allen, and the group buried supplies they could not carry.
• The Loki Familia returned along a route chosen to avoid battles and reached the safe zone around the seventeenth floor after two days.
• Allen spotted Ottar blocking the path in a nearby tunnel.

Allen fought Ottar after Ottar came to bring him back on Freya's orders, and overwhelmed Orario's strongest adventurer with his speed and strength. Ottar fell unconscious, recalling his past defeat by the Hera Familia's Empress, while Finn and the others watched.

• Finn ordered Riveria to take most of the group back while he, Gareth, Ais, and Bert stayed to watch Allen face Ottar.
• Ottar said Freya had ordered him to bring Allen back, and Allen refused to draw his sword, claiming his fists were enough.
• Allen struck Ottar's greatsword with a lightning-fast punch, forcing Ottar backward and denting the blade.
• Ottar activated Beastification, but Allen attacked him with a rapid barrage of punches and knocked him down.
• Ottar struggled to rise and compared Allen's strength to the Hera Familia's Empress, prompting Allen to ask about her.

Allen defeated Ottar in a devastating clash on the seventeenth floor, leaving Ottar unconscious and opening a passage through several Dungeon floors. Allen asked the Loki Familia to return Ottar to Freya with a warning, while Finn planned to let rumors of the defeat benefit his Familia.

• Ottar rose despite his injuries and unleashed his Ultimate Hell Fang as Finn urged the Loki Familia to retreat.
• Allen opened the Eight Inner Gates, coated his fist with Ko, and charged into Ottar’s sword attack.
• The collision devastated the Dungeon and opened a passage connecting the sixteenth floor to the twentieth.
• Ais identified Allen as the winner, and Allen emerged uninjured while carrying the unconscious Ottar.
• Allen gave Finn a warning for Freya and left; Finn handed Ottar to Gareth and ordered the Loki Familia to hunt escaped monsters.

Ais rescued Bell from a Minotaur on the seventh floor, leaving him painfully aware of his weakness and determined to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Finn returned the defeated Ottar to Freya, who learned that Allen had beaten him barehanded and remained a mystery to Orario.

• Ais killed the Minotaur that had nearly killed Bell, while Bert mocked Bell as a small fry before leaving with her.
• Bell retrieved his sword and resolved to become stronger after hearing Bert's insult.
• Finn delivered the unconscious Ottar to Freya and warned her that Allen would repeat history if she refused to stop.
• Freya's Familia members protested Ottar's defeat, but Freya ordered them not to act rashly until she knew what had happened.
• After waking, Ottar admitted that Allen had defeated him with his fists, and Freya wondered about Allen's unknown origins and Familia.

After rumors spread that Ottar had been defeated, Allen returned to his shop and helped Naza Ilisis choose a rifle. Naza thanked him for the money his purchase of potion formulas had given her Familia, while Allen prepared to use the knowledge and materials he had gathered to develop his own alchemy and forging.

• Rumors of Ottar's defeat spread through Orario as the Loki Familia and Freya Familia stayed silent.
• Allen returned to the shop, where Hestia told him business had been booming and teased him for patting her like Lupos.
• Allen recognized Naza Ilisis as a former archer and recommended a rifle suited to her long-range shooting.
• Naza bought the cheaper rifle, thanked Allen for helping the Miach Familia recover financially, and left with ammunition.
• Allen reflected that the potion formulas, forging techniques, and expedition materials would help him create work of his own.

After Bell joined the Hestia Familia, Allen agreed to join as its leader after laying out conditions, including the right to leave and blessings for his pets. Hestia accepted, and she prepared to grant them blessings.

• Hestia told Allen that Bell worked hard in the Dungeon and gave her all the money he earned from selling magic stones.
• Allen reminded Hestia that he had never promised outright to join, then warned her that he might be capable of slaying gods.
• Hestia asked Allen what he wanted, and he said he wanted to become stronger and surpass himself.
• Allen agreed to join the Hestia Familia as its leader, provided he could leave at any time and his pets could receive blessings.
• Hestia agreed to Allen's conditions and invited him and his pets upstairs so she could try to grant them blessings.

Hestia gave Allen his blessing and learned he had reached extraordinary strength before becoming an adventurer. Allen joined the Hestia Familia, and the chapter ended with Hestia and Loki fighting after Loki reacted to the news.

• Hestia gave Allen his blessing, then reacted with shock when she learned he had ventured to the thirty-seventh floor without one.
• Allen burned his record sheet, and Bell returned to find Allen had officially joined the Hestia Familia.
• Allen offered to treat the Familia to a lavish meal at The Primal Goddess tavern, leaving Bell overwhelmed by the expense.
• At the tavern, Finn and Tiona invited Allen to join the Loki Familia, but Hestia refused on behalf of her Familia.
• Allen confirmed to Loki that he had joined Hestia's Familia, and Hestia and Loki started fighting.

At dinner, Allen encouraged Bell after Bete mocked him for freezing before a Minotaur, and his words stirred the adventurers gathered in the tavern. Loki and Finn recognized Allen’s growing influence and discussed Hestia Familia’s hidden potential, while Finn underestimated how quickly Bell might grow.

• Bete mocked Bell for freezing in fear before a Minotaur, and Bell admitted he had brought shame to Hestia Familia.
• Allen told Bell not to be discouraged by weakness or ridicule and urged him to keep moving forward with a hero’s mindset.
• Bell thanked Allen and vowed to keep advancing, while Bete choked on his wine and the tavern’s adventurers were inspired by Allen’s words.
• Finn praised Allen for encouraging Bell and reaching the hearts of low-ranking adventurers, predicting that his words would soon spread through Orario.
• Gareth and Loki discussed Allen’s defeat of Ottar and Hestia Familia’s hidden strength, while Finn believed the Familia would need many years to become a threat.

After Allen encouraged Bell through a difficult day, he warned Hestia that he would begin grueling training and exposed Freya’s disguise as Sil. Meanwhile, Hermes investigated Allen and the mysterious battle involving Ottar, deciding to contact the newcomer.

• Allen told Hestia that Bell had strong potential and warned her he would put him through hellish special training.
• Allen confronted Sil, revealed that she was Freya, and warned her not to interfere with him or threaten the Hestia Familia.
• Freya returned to her goddess body and remained fascinated by Allen and Bell despite Allen’s warning.
• Hermes questioned Asfi about Ottar’s defeat and learned that the Loki Familia’s leaders had brought him out of the Dungeon unconscious.
• Hermes tested a firearm from Allen’s shop and decided to make contact with Allen to learn why he had come to Orario.

Allen taught Ais how to improve her sword technique and tested Bell’s training, then decided to take him to the seventeenth floor of the Dungeon. Bell feared the danger, but Allen knocked him unconscious and carried him toward the entrance.

• Bell woke refreshed and hurried outside, where he found Allen sparring with Ais.
• Allen demonstrated how Ais’s predictable attacks left openings and offered to train with her every morning.
• Allen tested Bell’s swordsmanship, tripped him easily, and told him he needed to rebuild his fundamentals.
• Allen announced that Bell would train on the seventeenth floor, then knocked him unconscious and carried him toward the Dungeon.

Allen cleared the seventeenth floor and forced Bell to fight a Minotaur as an extreme training exercise. Bell defeated the monster after hours of combat, and Allen prepared to train him even more harshly.

• Allen and his pets hunted monsters on the seventeenth floor, and he chose a Minotaur as Bell’s sparring partner.
• Allen gave Bell the Phantom Blade and ordered him to kill the Minotaur before noon or die trying.
• Bell studied the wounded Minotaur and attacked repeatedly, improving his movements while narrowly avoiding death.
• The Minotaur grew stronger in a berserk-like state, but Bell dodged its attack and killed it with a strike through its throat.
• Allen praised Bell’s potential and warned him that his training would be like hell.

After a week of brutal training and Dungeon expeditions, Bell and Allen’s party reached Level 2, alarming Hestia with how quickly they had grown. Hestia decided to delay reporting their levels, while Allen prepared to confront anyone who tried to exploit the Familia’s rising fame.

• Allen trained Bell against stronger opponents each morning, while they and the three wolves hunted monsters in the Dungeon each afternoon.
• Allen, Bell, and the three wolves reached Level 2, and Allen gained three skills and two spells.
• Hestia worried that the Hestia Familia’s rapid growth would draw attention and trouble from Orario’s other Familias.
• Bell celebrated becoming a Level 2 adventurer, while Hestia explained that level-ups had to be reported to the Guild.
• Allen said they could ignore the rules and threaten any gods who challenged them, but Hestia chose to delay reporting their levels until the end of the month.
• Allen burned the status sheets and declared himself ready to make an example of whoever came after the Familia.

As Hermes questioned Hestia about Allen, Allen returned with several unconscious Hermes Familia members and forced Hermes to identify the gods investigating him. Allen warned Hermes to stay out of his affairs, then considered which of the three named gods to target first.

• Hermes visited Hestia’s shop and tried to learn about Allen, claiming that Orario’s gods and the Guild were concerned about his mysterious past.
• Hestia refused to reveal her Familia’s secrets and questioned whether Hermes was acting for other gods or Uranus.
• Allen arrived with Asfi and other Hermes Familia members unconscious, explaining that they had been lurking around the shop.
• Allen threatened Hermes with gathered magic until Hermes wrote down the names of Apollo, Ista, and Sannis.
• Allen warned Hermes not to meddle again and wondered which of the three gods he should target first.

Allen planned to use Bell’s involvement with Liliruca and the Soma Familia as an opportunity to confront Soma, while Hestia offered her support. Hermes abandoned the investigation into Allen and decided to leave Orario with his Familia, expecting Hestia’s Familia to bring a new storm to the city.

• Hestia asked Allen what he planned to do, and he explained that Bell’s connection to Liliruca could give him grounds to act against Soma.
• Hestia agreed to support Allen and warned him to watch out for Apollo and Ista.
• Hermes dismissed the commission to investigate Allen, deciding he was neither a Dark Faction member nor the kind of danger the Guild feared.
• Hermes told Asfi they would disappear for a while and observe how the gods and Familias responded to the coming upheaval.
• Hermes predicted that Hestia and her Familia would stir up a new storm, while Uranus’s position remained uncertain.

Bell defeated a group of Minotaurs, but Liliruca drugged him and stole his equipment before Sumo Familia members intercepted her. Allen appeared as they fought over the stolen goods, ready to use the attack on Bell as grounds for war against the Sumo Familia.

• Bell killed seven or eight Minotaurs alone and reflected on how much stronger he had become.
• Liliruca gave Bell drugged water, waited for him to lose consciousness, and took his weapons, equipment, and potions.
• Several Sumo Familia adventurers stopped Liliruca and seized the backpack, but one of them killed their leader to claim the goods for himself.
• The surviving Sumo Familia members admitted they wanted power and access to the Divine Liquor, then prepared to leave with the backpack.
• Allen confronted the Sumo Familia members while Silver Giant Wolves blocked the maze, and he declared that they were challenging the Hestia Familia.

Allen attacked the Sumo Familia headquarters over its members’ attempts to steal Bell’s weapons and armor, exposed the Familia’s crimes to the gathered crowd, and declared war when Sannis denied responsibility. Sumo arrived amid the confrontation and demanded to know what had happened.

• Sannis felt uneasy at the Sumo Familia headquarters before an explosion destroyed much of the building.
• A Sumo Familia member told Sannis that Allen had attacked over the attempt to steal Bell’s equipment and demanded compensation and a public apology.
• Allen entered the ruined headquarters with Bell and captured Sumo Familia members, then accused Sannis of ordering attacks on adventurers in the Dungeon.
• The crowd condemned the Sumo Familia as Allen demanded compensation and a public apology or declared all-out war.
• Sannis denied ordering the crimes, and Sumo arrived and asked what was going on.

After Sannis exposed that the Sumo Familia had funded Divine Liquor by robbing adventurers, Allen declared war and left with Bell, who offered Liliruca a place beside him. The gods set a War Game for three days later, with Sumo’s exile and the Sumo Familia’s property at stake if Hestia’s Familia won.

• Sannis revealed that the Sumo Familia had stolen weapons and armor from adventurers to pay for Divine Liquor, shocking Sumo.
• Allen declared the Familia war and left with Bell, while Bell invited Liliruca to come with him.
• Loki, Freya, Hephaestus, Apollo, Ista, and the other gods debated how to handle the Sumo Familia’s crimes and the coming war.
• The gods voted to hold a War Game in three days: if Hestia’s Familia won, it would receive the Sumo Familia’s property and Sumo would be sent back to Heaven; if it lost, it would surrender its own property.