Is it wrong to try to meet someone in a dungeon?

Her body, blonde hair, and tail were all trembling.

Chunji parted her lips slightly.

"[—Grow bigger]."

Then, the chanting began.

"Hehehehehehehehe!? That's right!"

Seeing that the girl did not answer the boy's shouts and began to sing, Florini let out a joyful and mocking laugh.

"Miss Haruhime...!"

Seeing Chun Ji close her eyes and chant the incantation, Bell also showed a bitter expression.

"[Its power, its vessels, countless treasures, and countless desires. Until the bell tolls to announce it, enjoy glory and fantasy!]"

As if offering something in return, the fox-girl stretched her hands straight out from her chest, continuously playing melodious and clear music.

"All your heroic talk has been for nothing! Hehehe! You'll pay the price soon enough!"

As Haruhime's song began, Phryne received the great axe from an Amazon.

As if in response to her, the fighting prostitutes surrounding Bell all assumed a fighting stance.

"[—Grow bigger]."

Seeing the female warrior legion pick up their weapons and clang them, Bell quickly got into position as well.

Only Aisha watched the girl, noticing the strangeness of the song and the flow of "magic".

"This body that has consumed the delicacies of the gods, this golden light bestowed upon the deities. From the mallet above to the earth below, may you be blessed."

The woven incantation was delivered directly to the boy through his fellow countrymen.

As the chanting was about to end, a misty "magic"—a cloud of light—was born.

"Stop Haruhime immediately!?"

Aisha was startled; she had just called for her fellow members.

On the top of Bell's head, a swirling pattern appeared.

He looked up in astonishment and saw a huge pillar of light gradually taking shape—no, it was a hammer of light without a handle.

Warm light streamed down, and the boy looked back to see the girl smiling through her tears.

"[—Grow bigger...]"

Having grasped the situation, the Amazons rushed to Belle and Chunji's side, but it was too late.

The next instant, the girl's cherry lips wove the name of the magic.

"【The Treasure Hammer】".

A dazzling hammer of light fell, enveloping Bell's entire body.

The flowing light brought him invigorating energy and pure "power".

A flash of light streaked past, leaving a trail of light particles on Bell's body.

"Woo, woooo ...

The fighting prostitutes, abandoning their astonishment and confusion, lunged at Bell and swung their weapons down.

Facing the greatsword that seemed poised to smash his skull from the front, Bell raised the corner of his eye and gripped the handle.

"What!?"

He dodged the blade and caught the enemy's hilt.

Bell swung his greatsword along with her terrified expression, sending all the fighting prostitutes who were attacking from all directions flying in one fell swoop.

“Huh!?”

Five battle prostitutes lay dead on the stone floor as Bell equipped himself with the greatsword he had taken from the Amazons.

Bell realized that the light particles surrounding him were the same kind of radiance he had seen in the labyrinth (dungeon), and he personally felt his whole body filled with power, and then he understood everything.

Haruhime's magic: the Magic Hammer.

The effect is the object's "upgrade".

This magic can raise an object's level by one for a limited time, greatly increasing all their abilities. This is the trump card that the goddess (Ishtar) has kept secret for a long time, used to defeat the largest faction (Freya's Familia)—"Level Boost".

This is precisely the "most powerful sorcery" that made the goddess of beauty ecstatic and caused her to conceal all related information.

With such overpowered, rare magic, it's no wonder that Frini and the others wouldn't let Haruhime go. Hearing Eina's words at the guild, Aisha's sudden power surge, and Ishtar's statement that "Haruhime is the faction's trump card"—all the details connected.

While the Female Titan and the Battle Prostitute were stunned, Bell, embraced by the vortex of light—Haruhime's blessing, carefully experienced the omnipotence emanating from his body.

"Grab him! Grab him!?"

Seeing the fighting prostitute charge forward with a shout, Bell displayed his divine prowess.

"--call!!"

With a single swing of his greatsword, he swept down several female warriors (Amazons). The blows, delivered through the weapon, produced a series of exaggerated, deafening roars; some were sent flying into the air, while others were knocked to the ground.

A speed boost of one level was enough to evade all captures; the overwhelming enemy assaults were all dodged, and the enemies became victims of the silver nugget's flashing blades. The Lv. 2 combat prostitutes suffered an instant defeat, and the Lv. 3 Amazons, who were originally at the same level as Bell, were also completely defeated.

Bell fully utilized the Lv. 4 power that Haruhime had given him.

"Haru, Haruhime, eeeeeeeeeeee!?"

“Wu!?”

Seeing the scene unfold before her, Frini was furious.

She grabbed the girl by the neck, who was being pinned down by the shrewish women, and lifted her into the air.

"You betrayed us?! Get rid of me right now! You worthless whore?!"

[The Magic Hammer] Once activated, unless the user cancels it, the magic will remain in effect until the time limit is reached, even if Chun Ji is knocked unconscious. Frini angrily tried to force her to cancel the spell, but the fox-girl refused to agree.

Her feet were off the ground, her neck was tightly strangled, and tears streamed down her painfully closed eyes.

As her consciousness was forcibly drifting away, she said in a trembling voice:

"I don't want to sell myself anymore...!"

The girl finally spoke up.

"I don't want to hurt anyone anymore...!"

That frail girl who feared others, feared the world, gave up everything, and refused to express her true thoughts.

"I don't want to die...!"

He expressed his wish.

"Help me...!"

She asked the boy for help.

"!!"

Upon hearing Chun Ji's wish, Bel's eyes widened in fury.

He sent hordes of Amazons flying, turning them into projectiles that launched an attack on Phryne.

"ah!?"

"Aa ...

At the last moment, the giantess used her battle axe to block a high-speed greatsword strike, but was thrown backward by the impact.

Chunji, whom she lifted, floated lightly into the air. Bell reached out her hand, but just as she was about to grab her, a figure ran out from the side and kidnapped her.

"Miss Aisha...!"

"..."

Aisha, her long black hair flowing, embraced the unconscious Haruhime, her sharp eyes fixed on Bell.

After she jumped back to create distance, the battle prostitutes stood up and attacked Bell again.

"Wounds, scars...!?"

When Bell engages in a fierce all-out battle with the enemy in order to win back Haruhime.

Frini, who had been thrown back by the impact, touched her cheek, which had been slashed by the axe, with her thick, fleshy fingers.

"My beautiful face is now scarred...!?"

First, her whole body started shaking uncontrollably, and then she let out a furious roar.

"Get out of here!?"

She transformed into a giant cannonball and charged in a straight line, smashing through her own men and clashing with a stunned Bell.

The great axe, raised high and slashing downwards, clashed with the greatsword that was immediately slashing out, causing a burst of sparks and a loud bang.

"...!?"

"I used to like you quite a bit, but now I can't let you off the hook!? I'll make you pay with your life—!?"

Losing her mind, Freni delivered a powerful blow that sent Bell flying.

He was sent flying to a corner of the Sky Garden, and Florini gave chase.

"Ah, Aisha, what do we do now!? They're both leaving the garden!?"

"That toad... its blood rushed to its head."

With a fierce clang of swords and spears, and repeating her movements, Frini finally caught up with Bell from the sky corridor into the palace. Seeing this, the Amazonian girl sought instructions from Aisha.

Aisha watched the two move and then glanced at Chunji in her arms.

Aisha stared at the tear stains on the unconscious woman's face, her eyes lowered.

She gently placed the girl, who was asking for help for the first time, on the stone slab, and then immediately stood up.

Then, just as she was about to speak to the wounded and terrified war prostitutes, a deafening explosion rang out.

"What...an explosion!?"

Where did that come from?! Aisha turned her head to look in the direction from which the sound came, towards the direction of Fengyue Street.

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"Lord Welf, what was that explosion just now...!?"

Hestia and her companions, who were running through the streets of pleasure, all saw the huge explosion of sparks that erupted in the Sky Garden.

Hearing the shocking explosion from the large red lotus, Lily looked up at the young man running beside her.

"Magic exploded by accident...!"

The familiar burst of magical light made Welf groan and whisper.

Within that enormous palace, something happened that caused "magic" to go out of control... enough to trigger such a large-scale magical explosion.

Bell and the others were right there, no doubt about it. Hestia and her group rushed towards the Temple of the Goddess of Prostitution.

"Stop right there!"

"Tsk! Here we go again...!?"

As Hestia and her companions advanced through the streets of the Third District, they were blocked by female warriors (Amazons) for what seemed like the umpteenth time.

Faced with the situation of having to stop after only a few steps, Sakura cursed and picked up her axe to start fighting.

"However, our opponent isn't so strong that we can't handle them!"

"Hmm, it must be because we don't have enough manpower for combat...!"

Lily spoke while providing cover for the battle with her crossbow, and Chigusa, who was in the center position, deftly thrust out her spear and nodded.

Perhaps due to the fact that most of their fighting force was spent in the palace for the "Killing Stone" ritual and capturing Bell and his group, the guards around the pleasure quarters weren't very strong. Facing combat prostitutes who were at most Lv.2 and Lv.1 combatants like orcs, Sakura and Welf bravely broke through the encirclement and fought their way out.

Welf's unique anti-magic magic, along with the excellent teamwork of the War God (Takemikazuchi)'s familiars, barely managed to repel the overwhelming enemy forces.

"This seems feasible!"

Hearing the male god (Takemikazuchi) who was being protected by Sakura and others speak, the goddess (Hestia) fell into deep thought.

(How did it come to this…?)