The Dollmaker of the DanMachi World: Chapter 20

The advanced form of the Rasengan was Wind Release: Rasengan, and only after advancing further would it become the Rasenshuriken.

The Rasenshuriken required even more magic power than imagined. Even draining Ming Ge dry would not be enough to complete it, so this was already the limit.

After completing this step, Ming Ge settled down and began thinking about what else magic power could accomplish.

"Flash Step Magic."

The prototype likewise came from Naruto, and its nature was actually the same as water-walking.

The only difference was that water-walking required a continuous output of magic power, while Flash Step Magic concentrated magic power beneath the feet to create an explosive output of magic power.

This was just as simple, but the acceleration was too fast, and his physical abilities and reflexes could not keep up.

After completing even this step, Ming Ge entered a bottleneck period.

Rougher

In the blink of an eye, several more days passed.

On the forty-third day since Ming Ge arrived in this world, and the tenth day since the ritual, a major event occurred in Orario.

A victory report—

The Zeus Familia and the Hera Familia had successfully defeated the ruler of the sea, Leviathan.

To prevent monsters from the Dungeon from entering the sea, the two Familias joined forces with the Poseidon Familia and used Leviathan's dropped skeleton, along with other materials, to forge a lid that would seal the passage between the Dungeon and the sea.

Although it would still take some time to complete, the Guild had already named this lid the "Sea Dragon Seal."

From then on, there would be far fewer powerful monsters in the oceans beyond.

And the one who dealt the final blow to Leviathan was Meitellia's older sister, Alfia.

The youngest executive of the Hera Familia, she was hailed as a monster of talent and bore the title of the Silent Witch.

Alfia would probably return to Orario in a few days. Ming Ge wondered what she thought of him, her "brother-in-law."

However, Alfia felt deep guilt toward her younger sister and generally would not interfere with Meitellia's decisions, so she probably would not suddenly show up and beat him up.

The source of that guilt was simple—the two sisters both possessed skills with negative effects, but their talents were different.

Alfia's talent was extremely high, to the point that she was called a monster of talent.

Even with a negative skill, she possessed the ability to fight an lv9 empress, and she was judged to be certain to defeat an empress of the same level.

Meitellia, on the other hand, was different. She could do nothing.

Not only was she incapable of fighting, she was even clumsy at tasks like laundry and cooking. Her body was so frail that a gust of wind could knock her over.

Thus, Alfia mocked herself, saying that while they were still in the womb, she had stolen her sister's talent and nourishment as well, leaving her with only scraps.

Yet Meitellia was soft on the outside but strong within. She was usually obedient, but whenever something she cared about was involved, she would stand her ground to the end. Sometimes, even Hera, with her grandmotherly personality, would be scolded by Meitellia until she was utterly humiliated after making a mistake.

There was affection and guilt involved, but it also showed that Meitellia herself had an extremely resilient personality.

That was why, although Alfia loved Meitellia, she would not interfere with any of her decisions.

"My sister will be coming back soon, so I'm planning to return to the Hera Familia for a while."

Meitellia sat on Ming Ge's lap and said with a smile, "I'll be staying at the Familia residence for some time. Will you be lonely by yourself then?"

Perhaps because she had received the news that Alfia was safe and sound, Meitellia seemed more relaxed and lively than before.

"It'll be hard to bear."

Ming Ge buried his face in her chest, looking somewhat distressed.

They were in the throes of passionate love. Even being apart for a single minute would make them miss each other, let alone her staying at the Hera Familia residence for so long.

But he could not stop Meitellia from returning to her family. Setting aside how unreasonable that would be, even if he truly did it, it would provoke the displeasure of her family.

"Oh my, are you being needy?"

Meitellia smiled as she held Ming Ge's head, gently stroking him as if to comfort him. "There, there~"

After properly venting the regret of their impending separation, Meitellia leaned close to Ming Ge's ear and said in a seductive voice, "It's fine if you're a little rougher tonight. I'll comfort you properly."

"We'll comfort each other."

Ming Ge corrected her.

She really knew how to do this.

Looking at Meitellia's smiling face, Ming Ge could not help sighing inwardly.

As the two of them spent more time together, her personality had become livelier and more playful. Ming Ge had completely led her astray.

After flirting for a while, Ming Ge brought up something serious.

"Actually, while you're away, I also have something to do."

Ming Ge said, "My magic has basically formed a complete combat style. Next, I'll be heading into the Dungeon for actual combat."

Hearing this, Meitellia said worriedly, "Then you must be careful. And... are you really not going to become an adventurer?"

"If possible, I don't want to hold you back."

With Ming Ge's current foundation, becoming an adventurer would allow him to obtain the best possible growth.

"Although I'll become an adventurer sooner or later, not yet. Aside from how the relationships between Familias would affect our relationship, there's another reason."

Ming Ge explained, "When you become an adventurer, all your stats begin from zero, but the strength you possessed beforehand does not disappear. Instead, it becomes hidden ability parameters."

"In other words, training before becoming an adventurer is also effective and counts as part of one's personal strength."

Reaching lv2 likewise meant that lv1 stats would be reset to zero and become hidden ability parameters.

This meant that training before becoming an adventurer was equivalent to lv0. If one could train their abilities to the limit at that stage, they would gain ability parameters beyond the stats.

"An adventurer's ability growth has limits. Once those limits are reached, there is only one way to continue growing: achieve great deeds and level up."

Ming Ge explained, "If I can reach my limit before becoming an adventurer, then after becoming one, I'll have a higher upper limit."

In fact, after becoming an adventurer, training was still effective even without updating one's status through the Divine Blessing.

For example, if a fat person became an adventurer and trained a muscular body through the power of the Divine Blessing, they would not turn back into a fat person even if the Divine Blessing were sealed.