I, Ritsuka, Siscon Grand Hero

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Because Loki was leading the way, Eina looked at Ritsuka with some curiosity, secretly sizing her up.

She was a pretty girl. At first glance, she seemed ordinary, but her aura was quite unique.

Eina took out a registration form and a pen and handed them to Ritsuka. "Please fill this out."

Taking the form, Ritsuka quickly scanned it and filled it out. After all, her identity was simply that of an outsider who had come to Orario.

As for where she was from?

How would she know.

Taking the form back, Eina checked it. Seeing no issues, she led Ritsuka and Loki into a private room.

After unfastening her clothes and confirming the Familia crest on her back, Loki's flames and jester, the registration was smoothly completed.

Eina couldn't necessarily understand Divine Script, let alone the fact that Loki had already placed a lock on it. Ritsuka had three skills the moment she became an adventurer, something unheard of in Orario.

A typical genius would be fortunate to start with even one skill.

This was enough to shake Orario!

Excluding particularly powerful mages, everyone's magic was limited to three spells. Riveria's title, 'Nine Demonesses,' stemmed from her mastery of nine such spells.

Unlike magic, skills didn't have as many restrictions. However, among the vast number of adventurers, most skills shared commonalities and similarities. Skills like Ritsuka's, which were unique, were generally referred to as 'rare skills.'

This, in turn, predetermined that Ritsuka could not be ordinary.

With the entire registration process complete, Ritsuka officially became an adventurer. The next step, without a doubt, was to head into the dungeon to hone her skills.

To complete the quest to leave this world as soon as possible.

Quest Name ①: Object of Fate

Quest Type: Permanent

Quest Requirements: Search for powerful treasures in various worlds to gain the strength to resurrect the deceased.

Quest Difficulty: Unknown

Quest Rewards: When a power vastly different from one's own traits is acquired, it will be repaired according to the situation and personal will, and completely integrated.

Quest Name ②: Adventurer and Title

Quest Type: Optional

Quest Requirements: Become an adventurer and strive to level up to obtain a unique title.

Quest Difficulty: Medium ~ High

Quest Rewards: +1 Chance to Traverse Worlds (Random Traversal)

Unique titles were the names bestowed by gods upon every adventurer who broke through the significant hurdle of Lv.1.

For example, Riveria's 'Nine Demonesses,' Ais's 'Sword Princess,' and Finn's 'Brave.'

Aside from this very small portion of top-tier adventurers whose titles sounded relatively normal, most were rather bizarre or, to put it bluntly, embarrassing.

After all, gods were creatures with far too much free time.

In a way, the god assembly that decided adventurer titles was also their playground.

It wasn't a particularly grand or important conference. The gods would simply brag about the children in their Familia, or about any promising new talents they'd found. Overall, it was more like a gathering for chats, held about once every three months.

Everyone would get together for some fun, enjoying the pleasure of teasing the gods of weaker Familias.

The gods with high status and authority naturally dominated the naming of titles during the assembly. Thus, sometimes, all sorts of strange and embarrassing titles would descend upon a certain Sovereign's despairing gaze.

Utterly perverted.

What if something like 'Evil Eye King' or 'Holy Dragon Princess of Dawn' came about...

Ugh!

'I just hope the gods go easy on me when the time comes and don't give me too embarrassing a title.'

"Loki, I'm off to the dungeon to train. Bye-bye."

"Bye-bye, do your best!"

Waving goodbye to Loki, Ritsuka headed straight for the dungeon.

Ignoring a certain gaze of shock and fervor, the girl, sensing the shift in atmosphere, stepped into the cave.

Walls and a ceiling dyed a light blue filled her entire vision. The natural labyrinth, where the sky was invisible, stretched boundlessly in all directions.

Branching paths, intersections, gentle slopes.

In this relatively enclosed space, the underground caves formed orderly paths.

"Chi... Gulu Gaa—!"

The wall shattered, and Goblins, or rather, monster Goblins, emerged from it. They flailed their limbs and lunged at Ritsuka, who stood frozen.

Taking a light breath, azure patterns pulsed on their cheeks as Ritsuka opened their eyes.

The dim gold suddenly blazed.

Projection—

With a gentle wave of their hands, Ritsuka's attire shifted into something similar to Heroic Spirit Emiya's, and they grasped two short swords.

Gan Jiang Mo Ye!

Feathers adorned the blades, extending into two ferocious greatswords. Ritsuka then took a step forward, sweeping their right hand horizontally.

Bang.

The Goblin's abdomen was sliced open effortlessly. The monster, which had been preparing to pounce on Ritsuka, dissolved into a small Magic Stone upon falling. Ritsuka paid it no mind.

Such low-grade Magic Stones were worthless.

Glancing sideways, a few level 1 veterans who had been eyeing an opportunity to loot scattered when they witnessed Ritsuka's valiant display, quickly retreated like turtles into their shells.

Boring, Ritsuka judged, and decisively moved to the lower floors.

Goblins, Giants, Fire-breathing Ants…

Descending floor by floor, Ritsuka easily cut down numerous monsters. Due to the vast difference in strength, the magic power consumed by Projection had already mostly recovered.

Floor 17.

"Roar, roar, roar…!"

A powerfully built Minotaur was pinned to the ground. Broken Phantasm detonated the short sword embedded in its chest, causing it to vanish into dust.

Slashes, dodges, acceleration, unloading force with techniques, Reinforcement Magic, Projection + Broken Phantasm.

Strength, Endurance, Dexterity, Agility, Magic.

Ritsuka employed every method possible, beginning to train their Ability Values. The Minotaur's screams echoed incessantly.

Section 75: Chapter 68 Golden Sword True Name Release

The mottled stone walls echoed with enraged roars as a massive spiked mace descended head-on.

Reinforcement Magic amplified their arm, and Ritsuka casually deflected the Minotaur's assault, using the momentum to slide backward. Their slender form moved like a fish in water amidst the monster horde.

Swinging a sword-axe, the unpretentious weapon was incredibly sharp. The moment it contacted the crude spiked mace, it carved a smooth surface on the mace in the Minotaur's hand.

Dozens of Minotaurs crowded the narrow passage, desperate to attack the sole opponent, yet they couldn't even touch Ritsuka's clothes. Instead, they were spun around by astonishing agility, serving as mere tools for training Ability Values.

Leaping slightly, their body twisting in mid-air, Ritsuka kicked the head off a bull-headed monster. The monstrous, long face dissolved into dust.

Seizing the brief moment of immobility in the air, the monsters swarmed forward.

Projection.

Muttering inwardly, Ritsuka flipped and lightly stepped on the rock wall. Simultaneously, several long swords and curved swords appeared around them, shooting out with swift force.

Dust and monster limbs scattered on the ground, their assault instantly repelled.

Broken Phantasm!

Boom, boom, boom—!!

The successive explosions shook the passage, and the monsters were annihilated in the flames. Ritsuka, meanwhile, squatted in a corner, projecting a part of the Mountain Breaker sword to shield themselves.

The Mountain Breaker was somewhat shattered. Ritsuka emerged from behind it and began collecting the dropped resources.

The stone walls, nearly melting from the high temperature, shifted from a dim black-blue to a fiery red. The dungeon tirelessly repaired the area, and a hole was blasted open at the top of the wall. Through it, Ritsuka saw the scene on the ceiling of the 15th floor.

"Phew~ I'm a bit tired… Let's do one more round."

Taking a water pouch from their Crystal Dice, Ritsuka passed through the hole, jumped down to the 15th floor, and sat in a corner for a brief rest.

The large leather bag in the Crystal Dice, the one for Magic Stones, was nearly full. The one for materials still had some empty space. They had likely slain one to two hundred Minotaurs.

This time, the harvest was expected to be substantial.

Flipping through the Crystal Dice, Ritsuka looked at the 'Sword Princess' tab with a strange expression.

[Ais Wallenstein (Sword Princess)]

[Synchronization Value (16%)]

That's right, in less than a day, they had reached 16% synchronization with this 'Ais' template, a speed far exceeding that of 'Emiya Shirou' back then.

Actually, they hadn't done anything special, nor had they tried to raise the person's favorability. They had simply been grinding monsters in the dungeon.

Could it be that Ais herself also enjoyed grinding monsters?

Ritsuka couldn't understand the situation and had no way to ask the person directly. They decided to stop overthinking. The increase in the template's synchronization value was a good thing; at least it meant an increase in strength.

The water pouch was almost empty. Ritsuka picked it up and used the remaining water to wash their face.

"I'm so hungry."

The magic consumption wasn't low, and running around the entire time, luring and aggressively farming monsters, Ritsuka felt like she was about to be completely drained.

Actually, the part where she was truly fighting monsters during the whole process wasn't that tiring. She just needed to lure the monsters that had aggroed onto her to a specific location. The narrow passage could easily restrict these monsters.

It also lowered the possibility of her failing...

She took out a bag of Fried Potato Balls from her Crystal Dice. These were snacks she had prepared in advance, and they were still as delicious as if they were freshly baked inside the Crystal Dice.

"Mmm, delicious."

The Crystal Dice glowed faintly.

[Ais Wallenstein (Sword Princess)]

[Synchronization Value (17%)]

Emiya Ritsuka: "..."

Completely bewildered, she, who prided herself on being 'clever and quick-witted,' fell into silence.

Ah, this.

Eating a Fried Potato Ball could actually increase the Synchronization Value. What kind of gameplay was this—a feeding-based beautiful girl raising simulator?

Unable to understand the details or reasons, Ritsuka could only vaguely guess. Perhaps doing things that the corresponding character liked would increase the Synchronization Value.

For example, for Ais, it might be fighting monsters and eating snacks (Fried Potato Balls).

Then what about 'Emiya Shirou' and 'Alcides'?

Back then, Ritsuka had stubbornly decided to burn herself from the inside out by replacing her inner self, extracting power, and forcibly increasing the Synchronization Value. She hadn't delved deeply into how to raise this stat. Thinking about it now, she felt a bit regretful.