Ch. 461Redemption and Rebirth

With the Sumo Familia fractured and outmatched, Allen prepared Bell to fight them in the War Game and gave him a second enchanted blade. Hestia accepted Liliruca into the Hestia Familia, giving her a chance to atone.

  • Soma was banished to the Heavenly Realm after his conflict with Sannis and the Sumo Familia erupted.
  • Allen gave Bell a fire-enchanted longsword and told him to attack the Sumo Familia in the War Game three days later.
  • Bell worried that he was not ready to fight other adventurers, but Allen and Hestia assured him he was strong enough.
  • Liliruca asked Hestia for a chance to atone and join the Hestia Familia.
  • Hestia accepted Liliruca on the condition that she avoid the Sumo Familia's bad habits, and Liliruca tearfully swore her loyalty.

Ch. 462Magic Sword

Bell charged into the Sumo Familia’s War Game stronghold, using his fire and ice swords to break through the gate and defeat many opponents. Sannis’s magic sword failed to harm Bell because Allen’s shield accessory absorbed the lightning, leaving Bell to press his attack.

  • Allen told Bell to show Orario his strength, and Bell rushed toward the Sumo Familia’s gate.
  • Bell blasted the gate apart with his flaming sword and quickly defeated roughly half the Sumo Familia before entering the inner city.
  • Loki and the watching gods reacted to Bell’s quick-cast magic and surprising strength, while Hephaestus examined his unusual swords.
  • Sannis drew a magic sword and unleashed lightning that struck several adventurers but left Bell unharmed.
  • Bell realized Allen’s rabbit-shaped accessory had shielded him from the attack.

Ch. 463Lucky One

Bell rejected Sannis's attempt to excuse his actions and overwhelmed him in their duel, while the watching goddesses recognized Allen's influence on Bell's fighting skills. The chapter left Sannis on the defensive and Demeter newly interested in Allen.

  • Sannis accused Bell of being lucky and blamed his cruelty on the Sumo Familia's dependence on Divine Liquor, but Bell dismissed his excuses.
  • Bell charged Sannis with his twin swords, and Sannis drew his weapon to fight back.
  • Bell used his speed and skill to steadily overpower Sannis, who relied on self-enhancement magic just to defend himself.
  • Demeter marveled at Bell's techniques, and Loki explained that Allen had trained both Bell and Ais.
  • Demeter became interested in Allen after hearing of his talent and seeing his appearance.

Ch. 464The War Game Concludes

Bell defeated Sannis and secured victory for the Hestia Familia, stunning Orario with his rapid growth and powerful magic. The gods celebrated Hestia’s win, while Sumo was sent back to the Heavenly Realm and his Familia faced an uncertain future.

  • Finn, Tione, Bert, Ais, Gareth, and Riveria discussed Bell’s astonishing strength and the Hestia Familia’s likely elite approach to recruitment.
  • Lefiya announced that Bell had defeated Sannis, leaving the Sumo Familia defeated amid the castle’s ruins.
  • The gods marveled at Bell’s final attack, and Loki suggested giving him a resounding nickname before leaving.
  • The gods congratulated Hestia while Sumo sat alone, then Guild enforcers sent him back to the Heavenly Realm.
  • The defeated Sumo Familia faced transfer to other gods or departure from Orario, with possible retribution for their past crimes.

Ch. 465Spoils of War

After the Hestia Familia won the War Game, Allen and Bell collected the Sumo Familia’s assets and joined Hestia’s celebration. Allen warned that the victory was only the beginning, as two enemies remained, and confirmed that Liliruca had joined the Hestia Familia.

  • Allen praised Bell’s growth and took him to the Sumo Familia headquarters to collect the spoils of war.
  • Eina estimated the Sumo Familia’s property at no less than sixty million Valis, and Allen ordered all assets, including its land, weapons, and equipment, converted into money.
  • Allen and Bell went to The Primal Goddess tavern, where Hestia and the others celebrated the War Game victory.
  • Allen stayed sober and told Liliruca that two enemies had yet to reveal themselves, then asked whether she had joined the Hestia Familia.
  • Liliruca confirmed that Hestia had changed her Falna and guessed that Allen meant the Apollo Familia.

Ch. 466Bell's Near Loss of Virginity

Allen learned that Hyacinthus of the Apollo Familia had met privately with Sannis and sent Liliruca to investigate, giving her a firearm and telling her to keep Bell out of it. The morning after the tavern revelry, Bell discovered he had been covered in lip marks but learned he was still a virgin, and he fled to scrub them off.

  • Allen asked Liliruca about the Apollo Familia’s connection to Sannis, and she revealed that Hyacinthus had met privately with Sannis several times.
  • Liliruca agreed to gather information on the Apollo Familia, and Allen gave her a short gun while warning her not to involve Bell.
  • After the revelry, Allen helped the drunk members of the group back to their rooms.
  • Hestia and Bell woke with hangovers, and Hestia noticed lip marks covering Bell’s face and neck.
  • Allen confirmed Bell was still a virgin and teased him about the women who had kissed him, prompting Bell to rush to the bathroom.

Ch. 467What Truly Matters Is Magic Power

Allen explained that he had let goddesses leave kiss marks on Bell to revive his sense of crisis and accelerate his growth through Liaris Freese. He discussed divine power and the Dungeon with Hestia, demonstrated his control over magic power, and left to meet Lily while scouts watched the house.

  • Allen told Hestia that Bell needed pressure to keep growing and explained how crisis and admiration strengthened Liaris Freese.
  • Hestia explained that divine power was a purer form of magic power and that the Dungeon could kill Gods by making its monsters evolve to slay them.
  • Allen shaped magic power into violet flame and crystallized it, telling Hestia that he sought the Dungeon's secrets and the source of its hatred for Gods.
  • Allen told Hestia to rest, then left to learn what information Lily had gathered and take her to train in the Dungeon.
  • Allen used Track Humanoid Creature and En to spot scouts from nearby Familias, whom he suspected belonged to the Apollo Familia or Ishtar Familia.

Ch. 468Apollo and Ista Join Forces

Lily investigated the Apollo Familia and was attacked by trackers, but Allen rescued her and learned Apollo had joined forces with Ista to prepare for war. Allen remained confident and decided to train Lily to use the powerful gun he had given her.

  • Lily bought information about the Apollo Familia and was followed through Orario's alleys.
  • Lily used Allen's short gun to destroy one tracker, while Allen and his Shadow Wolf King cornered the other two.
  • Allen questioned the trackers, who said a tall man in a gray cloak had hired them to follow Lily.
  • Lily told Allen that Apollo was buying magic swords and materials and that someone from the Ista Familia had secretly joined Apollo's forces.
  • Allen dismissed the threat and told Lily he would give her special training to help her control the gun, frightening her.

Ch. 469The Red Dragon Hatches Once More

Allen’s companion Vilnalasath hatched from the red dragon egg and examined how Dungeon magic power affected Allen. When Vilnalasath tested a modified Ten-Tails Divine Tree as a way to harvest that energy, the Dungeon retaliated by empowering and rapidly evolving its monsters.

  • Lily completed Allen’s brutal training and proved she could hunt monsters alone on the twentieth floor.
  • Allen sensed the dragon egg trembling, sent Lily back alone, and traveled to the fiftieth floor to witness it hatch.
  • The Red Dragon Vilnalasath emerged, transformed into armor, and explained that magic power amplified the body without endangering life when depleted.
  • Vilnalasath proposed using the modified Ten-Tails Divine Tree to gather Dungeon energy and condense it into a Magic Fruit.
  • The tree began extracting energy, prompting the Dungeon to send monsters and then empower them to evolve rapidly.

Ch. 470Dungeon Rampage

Allen’s attempt to harvest the Dungeon’s magic power triggered a rampage of empowered monsters, including a Fallen Fae avatar. As Allen fought the Fae and Vilnalasath battled a Great Dragon, the chapter ended with the Fae raising another defensive spell and attacking with vines.

  • Allen unleashed his full arsenal against the monsters surging from the fifty-first floor, while Vilnalasath grew to enormous size after absorbing magic crystals.
  • Allen ordered Vilnalasath to slow her magic-power extraction, and she transformed into a Great Dragon to fight another dragon as Allen targeted monsters capable of powerful magic.
  • A giant flower bud emerged from the ground and released a Fallen Fae avatar, which Allen recognized as a weapon created to fight Dungeon monsters.
  • Vilnalasath urged Allen to kill the Fae before it damaged the Ten-Tails, and Allen struck it with the upgraded Ragnaros Sword.
  • The Fallen Fae blocked Allen’s blow with defensive magic, then layered on another spell and sent vines after him.

Ch. 471The Powerful Fallen Fae

Allen interrupted the Fallen Fae’s chant, killed its projection, and collected its strange magic crystal before Vilnalasath demonstrated her evolved power. After learning that she could fuse Nen and Chakra without changing his existing abilities, Allen agreed to undergo the fusion.

  • Allen smashed through the floor with a Truth-Seeking Orb, interrupting the Fallen Fae’s chant and sending both Great Dragons and the Fallen Fae to the fifty-first floor.
  • Allen broke through the Fallen Fae’s magical defense, severed its head, and collected the unusual crystal left behind by its projection.
  • Allen wondered whether the fae shared a divine origin and resolved to find the Fallen Fae’s true body deeper in the Dungeon.
  • Vilnalasath used rose-colored flames to burn away a Great Dragon’s life energy, revealing the power she gained by integrating Nen and Chakra.
  • Vilnalasath told Allen the fusion would not affect his existing abilities, and Allen agreed to begin while she warned that he would temporarily lose access to both powers.

Ch. 472Hero's Strike

While the Dungeon’s monsters went berserk across Orario, Finn led an Allied Forces to protect the eighteenth-floor supply base, where they helped fight an evolved Goliath. Bell killed the Floor Master with a powerful strike, and afterward he and Lily realized Allen was still missing in the deep floors.

  • The Guild sealed the Dungeon entrance and sent Finn and an elite Allied Forces to secure the eighteenth-floor supply base amid reports of evolved monsters.
  • Finn’s group reached the camp and joined the adventurers fighting an enormous, strengthened Goliath.
  • Lily fired a special bullet to launch Bell into the air, and Bell struck Goliath’s head with his charged Hero’s Strike, killing it.
  • Finn and Gareth discussed Bell’s exceptional growth and the Dungeon-wide monster frenzy while Lily checked Bell for injuries.
  • Bell asked where Allen was, and Lily said Allen had sent her back alone and remained somewhere in the deep floors.

Ch. 473Reactions of the Gods

Uranus learned that the entire Dungeon had rampaged and ordered Fels to investigate whether a rule-breaking god or the Fallen Fae had caused it. At the gods' council, the assembled gods demanded answers while Hestia privately suspected Allen was responsible.

  • Uranus questioned Fels, who reported that every floor had gone into a frenzy before the Dungeon calmed and enhanced monsters remained to be cleared.
  • Uranus explained that a god's unauthorized use of divine power or the Fallen Fae's schemes could have triggered the rampage, then ordered Fels to investigate suspicious gods.
  • Loki and Freya called for the culprit to be found and punished, and the other gods supported their position.
  • Hestia silently suspected Allen had caused the disturbance but kept her suspicions to herself.

Ch. 474If This World Had No Gods, Humanity Would Perish

Allen and Vilnalasath left the Dungeon after planting the Ten-Tails Divine Tree, which would slowly drain its power over several months. Allen planned to avoid disrupting Orario’s gods and leave once the Divine Tree produced a Magic Fruit, while Apollo and Ista secretly allied to target Hestia’s Familia.

  • Vilnalasath estimated that the Divine Tree would need several months to spread through the Dungeon before it could condense a Magic Fruit, and Allen agreed to wait.
  • Vilnalasath said Allen’s life energy would take about two more weeks to merge completely, then returned to her little-dragon form and joined him as he left the Dungeon.
  • Allen saw Orario’s Guild members struggling with the Dungeon’s unprecedented rampage and explained that he would not interfere with a world whose humans depended on the gods for protection.
  • Allen said he would leave quietly after the Divine Tree produced its fruit and might only act in secret against gods who angered him.
  • Apollo and Ista allied against Hestia’s Familia, with Apollo claiming Allen and Ista claiming Bell as their respective targets.

Ch. 475This Is a Secret

Allen returned to Hestia’s shop after the Dungeon rampage and admitted that his attempt to draw magic power from the Dungeon had caused it. He showed Hestia a purified magic crystal, leaving her amazed and asking how he had made it.

  • Hestia worriedly asked Allen where Bell and Lily were, and he told her they were resting in the Dungeon’s safe zone.
  • Hestia accused Allen of causing the Dungeon rampage, and Allen admitted that he had accidentally triggered it while drawing magic power.
  • Hestia warned Allen that people who absorbed monster crystals had become corrupted by the Dungeon and gone mad.
  • Allen explained that he wanted only pure magic power and showed Hestia a crystal purified by the Divine Tree.
  • Hestia confirmed the crystal was free of Dungeon contamination and asked Allen how he had purified it, but he called it a secret.

Ch. 476Crozo Bloodline

Allen shared weapon-forging techniques with Welf and demonstrated that he could reproduce the magic-power control used to make magic swords. When Lily reported a suspicious follower, Allen suspected the Apollo Familia was preparing to act and headed for the eighteenth floor to investigate.

  • Allen explained the Layered Steel Method to Welf and advised him to develop a way to keep magic swords from collapsing when their magic-power cores were depleted.
  • Allen revealed his theory that the Crozo Bloodline enabled its bearers to control and store magic power, and suggested that the same principles could make reusable magic weapons.
  • Welf thanked Allen for his advice and said Allen could not forge a true magic sword without the Crozo Bloodline.
  • Allen simulated the magic-power technique himself, astonishing Welf with a crimson energy in his palm.
  • Lily reported that she and Bell had spotted a suspicious figure following them, and Allen suspected the Apollo Familia was making its move.
  • Allen told Welf to stay out of the conflict and led the group toward the eighteenth floor to investigate.

Ch. 477Ista Strikes Against the Wind

Ista planned to seize Allen for her Familia and prepared an ambush on the eighteenth floor, while Allen and his companions settled in for dinner. When Lupos sensed approaching intruders, Allen identified seven people and prepared to face them.

  • Ista learned that the Hestia Familia had returned to the eighteenth floor and told her courtesans that Allen would join her Familia.
  • Ista warned Freyja not to interfere with her plan and ordered Aisha Belka to prepare an attack with Haruhime as a possible backup.
  • After night fell, Allen cooked soup for Bell and Lily at their campsite.
  • Lupos sensed someone approaching, and Allen used Track Humanoid Creature to detect seven intruders.
  • Allen finished his soup, rose, and prepared to fight the approaching group.

Ch. 478Orario's Number One "Tank"

Allen and Bell were ambushed by the Ishtar Familia, whose leader sought to capture Allen for Freyja. Allen overwhelmed Aisha Belka and then sent Level 5 Freyja crashing into a rock wall, leaving the Ishtar Familia stunned.

  • Aisha Belka confronted Allen and Bell, claiming Hestia had been sent back to the Heavenly Realm and demanding they surrender.
  • Allen reassured Bell that he had made arrangements to protect Hestia, then faced Aisha and the other Ishtar Familia battle prostitutes.
  • Aisha attacked Allen with her Hellish Chaos spell, but he used Mana Burst to detonate its magic and emerged unharmed.
  • Freyja arrived and declared that she wanted Allen, but he mocked her appearance and provoked her into charging.
  • Allen kicked Freyja through a line of trees and into a rock wall, leaving Aisha horrified by the damage to the Level 5 leader.

Ch. 479The Place You Belong Is Hell

Allen defeated Freyja after Haruhime enhanced her with Magic Treasure Hammer, then killed her when she revealed that Goddess Ishtar was on the eighteenth floor. He learned the location of Ishtar’s tent, leaving him poised to confront her.

  • Freyja recovered from Allen’s first blow after Haruhime used Magic Treasure Hammer to raise her strength, but Allen drew the Ragnaros Sword and overwhelmed her.
  • The Loki Familia arrived and recognized Allen as he fought Freyja, whose magic-enhanced speed and strength surpassed her usual Level 5 abilities.
  • After Allen destroyed both of Freyja’s axes, she offered to reveal a secret in exchange for her life and told him Ishtar was on the eighteenth floor.
  • Freyja gave Allen the location of Ishtar’s tent, but Aisha protested that she was betraying the Goddess and Familia.
  • Lupos killed Freyja on Allen’s orders, and Allen declared that her death was justice for the people she had abused.

Ch. 480Goddess Ishtar

Allen killed Freyja and sent Bell and Lily to fight the remaining members of the Ista Familia before confronting Ista. After piercing the goddess with Vilnalasath’s tentacle, he had her transported to the Dungeon’s fiftieth floor, where the Ten-Tails Divine Tree stood.

  • Allen killed Freyja, then ordered Lupos to discard her head.
  • Allen left Bell and Lily to finish fighting the Ista Familia and charged toward Ista’s tent.
  • Finn ordered the Loki Familia to follow Allen as he entered Ista’s tent and resisted her Charm.
  • Vilnalasath pierced Ista’s chest, and the goddess’s released divine aura forced the arriving Loki Familia members to their knees.
  • Allen said he had discovered the truth about the gods, the Dungeon, and the world, then had Vilnalasath transport Ista to the Dungeon’s fiftieth floor.
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