Chapter 19: The Girl and the Dungeon
Back with my real body, I was laughing my ass off watching the 'heroes' getting spooked over a ghost story I had made up on the spot. I jumped into the pit while the others were watching Hajime get saved and I left a Body Double in my place to lead them outside.
Now I was sitting not the corpse of the Claw Bear who would have cut off and eaten Hajime's arm in the original while looking at the Divinity Stone. It was one of the few things in this world that I seemingly couldn't recreate with [Hephestus]. A stone that created Ambrosia, a drink that acted as both a Full Potion and supplemented the nutrients needed to survive.
It was the second to last piece that Da Vinci needed to create the 'Ring of Mortal Denial', as she called it. It was an upgrade to the Ring of Sustenance. This ring would also substitute for not just food, drink, and sleep, but also heal the wearer as though they had the [Self Regeneration] Intrinsic Skill, protect the wearer from illness, and remove waste from the body so that the wearer doesn't have to use the restroom. It also served to tone the body by converting fat into magicules and using the final piece of the puzzle, Evolution Magic, to make the body into its most healthy prime condition.
Essentially, it was a ring that, when completed, would allow anyone to eat as much as they wanted without getting fat or needing to use the restroom. This was in addition to regeneration which healed all forms of diseases, cancers, mental and physical illnesses, etc. This ring would also be set with a magic stone that contained all of a person's personal info and could only be used by that one person.
The plan was to make the ring into something of an ID card for the citizens of my empire while removing any negative effects or discomforts they could possibly feel while living their day-to-day lives.
It was an ambitious plan and back in my world, one could only dream of such an item.
Anyway, back on track, After I used Analysis with [Athena] and stored the Divinity Stone in [Beelzebuth], I started wandering through the dungeon's depths. The monsters here were nowhere near the ability of a Level 100 monster from Yggdrasil, so I effortlessly made my way down all of the Floors while collecting more and more skills from killed monsters and incorporating them into [Hestia].
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After five hours of grinding away, I made my way to Yue's sealing chamber. I one-shot the cyclops' there and made my way inside the room. I was met with a grand light show as the pitch-black room illuminated with golden streams and vibrant green vines of light and the rotating cuboid in the center.
"Whose there?" I heard a golden voice cry out.
"I AM HERE!" I shouted while making my best ALL MIGHT face and walking up towards the girl at the end of the room.
She was beautiful, with soft beautiful white skin comparable to the jade beauties of cultivation novels. Her piercing red eyes and bright golden blonde hair made her already doll-like beauty reach near-divine tears.
'Holy sh*t! She's as beautiful as Albedo or Doriane.' I thought while walking up to her.
"Why is a beauty such as yourself sealed in such a dreadful place?" I said while placing my hand on the Sealing Stone slab she was trapped in.
" I was betrayed, hu? That doesn't explain why you're down here though." I say. I know exactly why she is here, but I need her to think I stumbled upon her and freed her from the kindness of my own heart, not because I didn't want her to be taken away by an Edge-Lord.
Yue simply looked at me like I was some sort of curiosity for a moment. I knew this was the first time she had seen a living person in centuries, and the look of genuine wonder in her eyes made me believe she may have forgotten what they even looked like.
'Damn. Now I feel guilty. It was only for two days, but I still put off saving her from her prison because I didn't want to leave my subordinates to fight the Orc Disaster alone even though they are more than strong enough' I thought while placing my hand on the Sealing Stone.
"You look like a Vampire to me, so it's possible that you've been down here for decades or more," I say, snapping her out of her support.
"I am one of a long line of Vampires and I am extremely strong too. I worked really hard to protect my people but was betrayed by my uncle so that his daughter Luminous could take the throne. I didn't mind all that much, but they thought I would always be a threat to them so they decided to get rid of me. They couldn't kill me, because of my Unique Skill [Immortal] so they sealed me here."
'Yeah, there are definitely some changes going on in the background for this story to work. Her Unique Skill sounds useful too, so I'll take a copy when I name her.'
"Alright then. I'll release you, but I have one condition."
"Anything!"
"You shall serve me from this point onwards. I am a King myself, and I am in need of strong subordinates to aid me in my goal."
"I shall serve you for the rest of eternity then!" she said with her soft voice.
"[Beelzebuth]" I say, consuming the sealing stone and the vampire girl along with it. After a moment, I release her from my stomach and she reappears wearing the same outfit she wore in the anime.
She immediately begins walking over to me and takes hold of my arm before bringing it to her face. "Your warm".
"Yup, so I've been told," I say as I awkwardly scratch my cheek with my free hand.
"What's your name?"
"Rimuru. Rimuru Tempest"
"Rimuru. Rimuru. Rimuru. Rimuru." She says o herself, trying to etch my name into her very soul.
I was a little concerned she would gain a Unique Skill like [Yandere] or something if I didn't stop her, so I hesitantly asked "What's your name then? If you want, I can give you-"
"I want you to give me a name!' She yelled in her soft voice.
"Yue then. Your golden hair reminds me of the moon when it's near the horizon." I say
"Yue..." She says as she begins to glow golden with sparkles surrounding her.
*BAM!*
A giant scorpion lands behind us while sending a barrage of rocky spikes in our direction. I grab Yue and use [Spacial Motion] to teleport to the other side of the room and once again use [Beelzebuth] to consume the creature.
'This power really is just too useful. It can one-shot anything plus I get all of the powers, knowledge, magic, and abilities of the creatures I eat.' I think while Yue nibbles on my neck.
[Notice. Use [Hephestus] to create the Extra Skill [Divine Bodily Fluids]?]
'Sure...' I think while gaining the suspicious-sounding skill.
Yue's eyes suddenly jump open to the widest that I've ever seen her and she begins to suck more and more of my blood until she is finally full. She drank nearly an entire gallon's worth of blood from me and if I didn't have [Infinite Regeneration], then I would be dead.
"Your blood is divine. It's the most delicious thing I have ever eaten," she says as she climbs onto my back to piggy-back ride me.
"You know, you're supposed to be MY servant," I said as we walked out of the room while she slowly began to fall asleep on my shoulders.
"Rimuru-sama..." she muttered as she fell asleep with a small smile.
'Geeze. How am I supposed to tell her about my harem now?' I think as I continue walking down the dungeon.
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After acquiring everything I needed from this place already, I just use [Beelzebuth] on literally anything that moves and teleport around everywhere I go. [Spacial Motion] doesn't create any noise, contrary to what the anime and manga would tell you so, I use it whenever I need to move to not wake the girl on my back.
It only takes an hour using this method to arrive in front of the Hydra. Normally, this final boss is where one would have to prove themselves and overcome an incredible obstacle to receive the reward that is creation magic, but, once again, [Beelzebuth] one-shots it.
'When you have infinite MP, you tend to spam your strongest attack hu?' I think to myself as I enter the Oasis area.
I place Yue in one of the comfortable beds and make my way over to the Creation Magic ritual room. I want to hear everything about Ehit since in this world, he was referred to as a Fallen Hero and Demon Lord, so that means he is seen in a negative light, much different from the original series.
As I walk into the room and walk into the Magic Circle, I see the holographic image of Oscar Orcus appear. Unlike in the original, he is a fairy here, though he is full-sized and not small like Ramiris. He begins his spiel about congratulating me for conquering his dungeon and how he knows we will do great things before his expression hardens.
He then begins to tell me about the story of Ehit originally being a human hero who fought against an ancient demon lord from the Second Generation of Demon Lords. Ehit killed him but was cursed with Death in return. In his desperation to cure his ailment, he turned to the fairies and their mythical Ancient Magics for a cure, but when he didn't receive it, he massacred all of the fairies in the region. The blood of the fairies was enough to stave off the curse, but being soaked in the blood of the spirits had awakened him as a True Demon Lord. He then used the bodies of the Fairies as vessels for artificial spirits which he created to create his Apostles.
He ruled over the region for a few years before his curse returned and he tried to chase it off by swapping bodies and killing more and more fairies. Eventually, all the remaining fairies joined Ramiris and fled the region except for the few who remained behind and built these Labyrinths to pass on the record of what happened to the fairies.
[Athena] filled in the rest of the details for me and she said that Ramiris actually fought Ehit and died in battle. Of course, she reincarnated just fine, but Guy didn't know this at the time and brutally killed Ehit in return.
She also told me that Guy doesn't have Rain nor Misery as servants like in canon and that they are still kicking around in the Demon Realm. I didn't originally know why she told me that until she revealed that all of Guy's subordinates, bar Velzard, died in the fighting since he brought them to wipe-out fight against Ehit's army of Apostles, all of whom were A-Ranked. Only Noint survived and is currently serving as the puppet master of the former Tortus region and its many small states trying to find a way to resurrect her master.
I guess she is the reason why all of these small states never formed together into a single nation despite the fact that they share the same culture, language, traditions, and close economic connections.
After the info dump, I stood in the center of the room to receive my boon. I had to use [Rule Breaker] on the magic circle since it wouldn't originally allow a non-human to obtain the power to keep it out of the hands of Demon Lords.
[Acquired Unique Skill [Ancient Magic: Creation]]
[Notice. Fusing Ultimate Skill [Hephestus] and Unique Skill [Ancient Magic: Creation]...]
[Successful]
[Aquiring Ultimate Skill [Ahura Mazda: God of Creation]]
'Wow, that was weird. Why did you automatically upgrade it like that?' I asked.
[Notice. I didn't. The Voice of the World forcefully evolved [Hephestus] and [Rule Breaker] didn't activate, since the change was beneficial to master]
'Ok, but why did that happen at all? Creation Magic from Arifureta is actually weaker than my current abilities.'
[Due to the presence of another individual having access to the Unique Skill [Ancient Magic: Creation], the Voice of the World likely wanted to avoid two individuals owning the same skill.]
'But I have [Degenerate] the same as Asagi.'
[This discrepancy is likely due to the fact that [Degenerate] was given to Asagi by [Rule Breaker] due to the evolution process into a Human Sage and the fact that it was her skill, to begin with. The Voice of the World's decision this time to upgrade [Hephestus] was likely due to it being the only option available to it that didn't result in [Rule Breaer] proccing to protect master from returebution]
'Oh. Well let's not look a gift horse in the mouth and get the rest of the ancient magics then!' I said as I created more Body Doubles.
I was going to bring Shia and her people back to the Jura Forest alongside Yue before getting Ramiris. Meanwhile, all of the other Labyrinths shouldn't take as long to clear as this one and I can leave it to my Body Doubles. I should also save Myu if she gets flushed.
'Daughter Getu!' I thought to myself before continuing to plan.
I'm pretty sure Ramiris is the one with all of the different ancient magics who [Athena] mentioned, but maybe not. I definitely hope she is, because I don't want to even think about another person running around with all those magics and, Rob forbid, Concept Magic. Even if she isn't the one with them, she will be the only one who I could ask about it.
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Golden_Slime Bit of a short chapter now, but Easter is coming up and I've got stuff to do.
Hope you liked my edits and changes to Arifureta. There will still be some waifu's collected, but for the most part, the story and characters will be on hold until a certain event later down the line.
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