Wrong, my skills refresh every week

and many more……

How long?

I just participated in the war game, so why do I feel like it has been a while?

"You...didn't attend the rally?" Hermes' eyes changed.

"Ah, exposed?" Astraea opened her eyes slightly, then bent them: "You are really sharp, Hermes."

"Hey, you didn't know from the beginning, did you? Who do "noname" and "jester" belong to?"

"Oh, oh. I don't know either~~, I'm also surprised that "jester" would appear." Astraea's eyes curved, and she refused to say more.

Hermes sighed heavily: "You are not angry too, so..."

"No." Astraea put her hands behind her back, the shadow of her bangs covering her eyes: "I don't think that the children 'almost' died and blame the 'hero'. This is their 'own' choice!"

Wow, he is angry indeed.

So that's why he let "noname" teach Finn a lesson?

This way, Loki's suspicion is reduced. Could it really be Hestia?

Given her relationship with Zeus and Hera, it seems reasonable for her to take over 'Metluya' and 'Belle'?

But the prerequisite is that 'Metluya' is really 'Metluya' and Belle is really 'Belle'.

He thought of the possibility of Joker, but it was just a simple association.

With Astraea's attitude, colluding with Joker? That's too weird.

He would rather believe that everything was Loki's masterpiece than to believe that Joker and Astraea were in collusion.

what……

Hermes gave up thinking: "Forget it, I look like a fool if I think about this."

He waved his hand: "Since you are supervising "noname", I will not interfere."

"Really, it's scary when a woman is angry." Hermes put his hands in his pockets and disappeared into the crowd.

Astraea sighed...

Look up at the distant port city.

She also didn't expect Finn to make that decision.

"The children were almost stars. Thank you, Ciel. Let them shine for a while longer. If they can keep shining... maybe they can save the world..."

……

Chapter 373: Deep Heresy

The 59th floor of the dungeon, the Qiancangkalia Icefield.

The huge ice surface seems to have melted, and the lakes are like huge raindrops, scattered on the maze land covered with moss and mud.

The huge mushroom cap stands like a pillar in the sky; unknown exotic flowers and fruits bloom quietly on the wet grass.

Although it has not yet developed into a dense forest, the environment has indeed changed.

Dang, dang——dang——

"Ah lolo lolo lolo lolo——"

On the grassland, a girl with white hair and red eyes stepped on the air and crossed a huge lake with a diameter of 50 meters. Behind her, a group of little fishmen emerged, making unpleasant noises.

The little fishman has deformed purple tentacles on his head, his eyeballs are bulging and white, and purple mucus is wriggling along the tentacles. He looks ugly and weird, like an alien.

They crawled out of the lake like strange species and chased their prey like mad.

Charles' red eyes moved left and right alternately, and two elusive gray mists chased after him at an alarming speed.

"Flame Volt!"

Charles raised his arm and fired the Thunder and Fire Cannon towards the black fog, but it went right through it.

The black fog attacked, and Charles swung his sword. The sword energy tore the black fog into pieces, but it did not hit anything. The dissipated black fog penetrated Charles' body, and two lines of blood flew from his arms and thighs.

Ciel felt his body becoming sluggish.

I saw the black fog turn around and continue to bite me.

"Invisible? Doesn't exist? Or... can't be locked!"

As the bells rang, Charles' eyes flashed with lightning. In his [Heart Net], he indeed captured the special fishman lurking in the black room.

The moment his feet touched the ground, he rolled on the spot to avoid the attack from two black mists, and his [Spirit Sword] that glowed with pure white starlight fiercely stabbed into the ground.

[Hero's Will] infuses the sword blade with a pillar of fire wrapped in lightning, spreading indiscriminately across the surrounding land like a volcanic eruption.

“Uwaaaaaaaaa——”

The army of deformed fishmen that rushed over turned into pieces and shattered, and the two special black mists were also engulfed in the surging flames, with nowhere to escape.

A shrill scream was heard, followed by two fishmen with purple-black skin and blades in their hands falling out of the black fog.

The fishmen were very fast, and in the previous battle, they seemed to have "stolen" a lot of Charr's agility, losing the "absolute invisibility" of the black fog. A black light flashed on their bodies, and the flames and paralysis attached to their bodies disappeared. They jumped up and fled to other locations.

Charles's eyes focused, lightning flashed, and he quickly closed the distance with the purple little fishman. He used his [Spirit Sword] to cut the two fishmen in half.

A murloc's fingernail gleaming with a cursed glow flashed in the ashes. Charles was silent for a moment, then picked it up and put it in his pocket.

Alfia's shadow came late. She looked at the mutated fishmen corpses on the ground and said silently, "The 60th floor is already an ocean. It looks like we can't go down for the time being. The monster seems to be on guard against us and has hidden in a deeper floor."

Ciel sat on the ground, gnashing his teeth as he threw the magic stone into Rimuru's body, and used "coconut milk" to heal the wound:

"The monsters on this floor are also problematic. They must have eaten something they shouldn't have. That's why they all looked like that. Some of them developed abnormal abilities... and almost died."

The invisible murloc named "Slark" by Charles has reached level 6 potential. Not only can he enter a forced invisible state, but he was previously restrained by their [Shadow Raid] and could only circle within a range.

Not only that, every time he attacks, Ciel feels his ability value decreasing, while Slark's corresponding ability increases.

Although this state is temporary and only lasts for a few tens of seconds, it is already very scary when it comes back.

Ciel's body was covered with wounds of varying sizes torn by the fishmen, and they slowly healed when Rimuru covered them.

"The big fishmen that originally lived on the 60th floor have all become small like this, and their numbers are ridiculously large." After treating the wound, Ciel picked up a purple magic stone with a faint color on the ground and said:

"The color of the magic stone has also changed."

Alfia frowned and looked at the labyrinth rock wall in the distance: "It won't be long before the green meat will completely parasitize the labyrinth. The monsters that originally hatched here will disappear and become its minions."

"If this continues, even if the covenant of the gods still exists, the dungeon will not be able to withstand it and will collapse prematurely."

Ciel said helplessly: "We don't have the ability to dive, so we can only wait for it to complete the parasitism and then go down to observe."

Alfia lowered her eyes: "Then... let's stop here."

After leaving the war game, Ciel and Alfia quickly reached the 37th floor through the shaft of the artificial maze, and then went non-stop to the depths of the maze.

Their purpose is not to "investigate" but to level up.

The precious [Devotion] is only effective for 6 days, so you must make good use of it and try to break the limit of Charles' ability value and upgrade it to level 4 in one fell swoop.

Searching for "weirdos" and "immortal clones" is just a natural thing to do.

When Ciel was about to continue looking for monsters and gaining experience points...

Sniff sniff...

Alfia's nose twitched slightly, and her eyes turned disgusted:

"A fishy smell..."

"What can we do? There are only fish people here."

"You haven't taken a shower for a few days. You don't take care of Belle's body at all. Go and wash yourself." Alfia nagged like a mother.

Can……

"This is Belle's body..."

So, it’s a woman.

Going to the toilet is fine, since you can't see it anyway, but...

"I really need to take a shower?"

"Stop talking nonsense, it stinks, let's go." Alfia threw a blindfold and pushed Charles to find a small lake.

As the sound waves swept through, there were banging sounds at the bottom of the lake, and the lurking monsters were turned into dust and dissipated.

Charles had no choice but to put on his blindfold, take off his equipment, throw it on the shore, lightly touch the water with his toes, and immediately immerse himself in the water.

Just as he was thinking about taking a dip, another sound of someone falling into the water was heard behind him.

"Eh?"

Gentle fingers rested on shoulders, soft body pressed against Ciel's back.

"Don't move, I'll wash you."

"Ehhhhhhhhhhhh?"

"What is the problem?"

"That's not true..."

As an aunt and a girl, it is reasonable for her to rub my back, but...

"I just feel like something is not right."

"Do you want to do it yourself? That's Belle!" Alfia frowned.

"That's not the case... If you do this, I... This is nonsense! Nonsense!" Charles felt the touch from behind, and his palm extended along the back to the limbs.

buzz-

High-frequency vibrations came from Alfia's palms, and the sound waves vibrated to wash away the stains.

Next up is the front!

oh well...

"Forward, there's no need to go forward!" Charles shouted, his body shaking as if he had been electrocuted.

Alfia's movements suddenly stopped, her eyes fixed, and she looked into the distance.

At the end of the invisible plain, there was a flash of silver light.

swoosh————

An arrow broke through the air and turned into a streak of light and shot straight towards us!

wow-

Alfia quickly pulled Charles away, and the arrow grazed his nose, blowing the blindfold off his face.

The arrow hit the water, causing huge waves to splash on the surface and waves to roll underwater.

Charles' eyes widened, and before he could save the image, a hand pushed him into the water, sinking him into the rolling waves.

"Gululu——"

boom--

The magic circle unfolded, spreading over a thousand meters away, and the invisible sound slashed, silently shattering the mountains in the distance.

In Alfia's sight, a centaur holding a strange wooden bow jumped down the mountain wall and galloped towards them.

Its face was full of anger, and its lips moved as if to say:

"Intruder!"

As soon as it finished speaking, it drew its bow and shot another arrow like a meteor towards Alfia...

Chapter 374 Do you know how long I waited for the hot spring to come back?

The arrow was so powerful that the wind pressure it created lifted the soil and cut the surface of the lake. It flew half the length of the arrow between Alfia's fingers, and the impact was transmitted through her body to the lake behind her.

A streak of blood dripped down the arrow shaft, fell into the water, and created ripples.