Đấm Gục Thiên Thần Hướng Dẫn, Tôi Trở Thành Tử Linh Thuật Sư ～Vì Kích Hoạt Sự Kiện Ẩn Nhanh Nhất, Thế Giới Sắp Đi Đến Hồi Kết - Chương 231: 231 Hừng hực khí thế

◆　Ruce Guild Room 【Common Room】　◆

I couldn't take it, that sudden peck on the cheek attack... And when I woke up to the delicious smell of baking sweets, it seemed Hagge-san had been thoroughly teaching Tia-chan and Sally-chan how to make macarons. As a result, a literal mountain of macarons was piled up in the Babylonics guild room. By the way, it's been about an hour since the older brothers started getting lectured—around that long, give or take.

What are we doing with this mountain of macarons, you ask? Hagge-san left a note saying, "I took what I wanted, and there's enough for the guild members, so feel free to consume the rest," so I decided to dispose of them as we please. We've mostly wiped out about 90% of them as refreshments for the Loreley construction crew. It seems like a switch flipped in the Loreley artisan NPCs, and they went totally out of control, vowing to finish building the airship—whose exterior Lena-chan redesigned—by the day after tomorrow. The underground construction facility has been massively expanded, and right now, aren't there about 200 people working non-stop on it...?

Saying nothing more, I softly handed over all the wealth I possessed. True Hell Crystals, Compressed Panacea Crystals, and other rare items—they had been buying up materials like crazy, gathering everything needed. Ah, I was ranked number one in investment amount. I invested a whopping 366G, haha... Well, I've been selling off almost all the items that dropped from Hell Parties and anything below Secret tier, so it makes sense to hit that amount. I mean, right now the Proof of True Awakening is at its lowest price of 15G, right? I need 50 of them, but that's still a ways off, and cashing out takes priority for now, so I probably sold them all.

『。゜(゜´Д｀゜)゜。』

"Well, have a macaron and cheer up..."

『So this is a macaron. Even though it's pink, I don't feel it's gruesome at all; it's quite lovely.』

『Pink dye is rare, so it has a rare flavor, doesn't it~?』

『It's fine, it's properly baked.』

『Not *that* kind of rare!! I mean rare as in scarcity, scarcity!!』

『Yummy...』

"Cheer up, big mister!"

『M-Mister...!?』

Ah, Cougar-san is making a complicated face after being called an old mister. The damage when you're called a mister by someone you don't want to be called that by is pretty high, Tia-chan. Well, it's Cougar-san, so calling him a mister is fine, I guess. Since it's Cougar-san.

『Ye~s, ye~s♡ Hurry up and cheer up~ M-i-s-t-e-r♡』

『Gg, gh...!』

『Tia, keep calling me as you always have.』

"Yes! Kayoko-sama!"

Is Kayoko-san reining in Tia-chan--!? She definitely doesn't want to be called that, her tone was super serious...

『Speaking of which, I heard you were attacked by a lesser god.』

"Ah, yes. We repelled them, but if they had come at us without mercy, I think they would have been considerably strong."

『As for the infiltration route, it seems they entered by possessing the body of a traveling merchant. Wearing human skin, they loaded their gear onto the merchant's sand cruiser. It seems they weren't confirmed in Loreley, Luteora, or Ruce――――』

Oops, additional information from Kayoko-san. I see, after that, as the investigation progressed, the information was shared through something like the Demonic Soldier Network. I get it, a traveling merchant... That's a horrifyingly gruesome infiltration method...

『Their objective was the annihilation of Rinne-san, who displayed territory control capabilities in the previous battle against Lunariette, and the elimination of her attendants. Furthermore, it seems their goal was to dispose of us and reduce the military power of Babylonics as much as possible. Apparently, the information they had was limited to inside Babylonics, and they knew nothing about the activities in Loreley or here in Ruce. Naturally, they didn't know about the airship construction either.』

"Haah... Does that mean the Melties side is that desperate?"

『They are completely serious; there is no doubt they want to turn the tide of the skewed power dynamic here. They probably wanted information on the Loreley side as well, but since there's an extremely capable gatekeeper over there, they couldn't get in. Besides, there was also that incident where otherworldly people flanked from the southeast and attacked, wasn't there? Security was strengthened even further because of that, so they couldn't get close.』

"Ah~... I see..."

Right, Loreley has Velos-chan and the others as gatekeepers, and security was tightened after the [Mnight Assault Incident] following the attack on Lunariette. If they didn't even know about the airship, does that mean they didn't know about me transcending either? They were so full of confidence because they assumed they could win as long as there was no transcendence or ancient magic. Since they exuded an aura like they knew everything about us, I panicked thinking it wouldn't matter even if I transcended. A total waste of panic, huh~.

『By the way, is Tia not moving on to the next stage?』

"Eh? Ah, the conditions for the cap release are still-- wait."

『You can clear the Cap Release Quest [Cap Release: Tiara - 2].』

Ah! Before I knew it, Tia-chan's cap release became available! Ooh... Seriously, when did that happen...

"It looks like I can do it!"

"Waah, does that mean I can become even stronger?"

『That's right. Let's become stronger, enough to surpass even me.』

"I'll work even, harder!"

『The fact that she doesn't say "that's impossible" shows what an amazing girl she is~』

『(*´∀｀*)』

The old Tia-chan might have said, "That's impossible," but for these words to come out so smoothly... she really is growing. In such a short period of time. Well then, let's go ahead and clear the cap release quickly.

"Alright, here goes nothing."

"Yes, I-I'm still inexperienced, but..."

"You don't have to be so formal. It's not like we're getting married or anything, here goes!"

『Cleared Cap Release Quest [Cap Release: Tiara - 2].』

『Checking Tiara's status............』

Ooh. It went through, it went through. Let's see, how is it this time~? I don't feel like I cleared the secret elements, though~. Feels like it's going to be a normal cap release~.

『Trust: ★★★◆』

┗ Showed the path to aim for, made her understand the harshness of that path, and resolved to respond to it

『Affection: ★★★』

┣ Reached maximum affection and executed [Undead Possession]

┗ Unachieved Item: Marriage

『Growth: ★★★◆』

┣ Achieved [Incorporated Arch-Vampire Blood] and [Significant Growth of Vampire Equipment/Armor]

┗ Achieved [Instructed Combat Techniques Against Superior Beings]

『Overall Evaluation: SSS』

『Tiara's class has ranked up to [◆Ark Bloodia].』

『Tiara has completely regained her power.』

『Tiara's attack skills have become [Chaotic].』

『Conditions for ◆◆ are unknown.』

Affection was unachieved--!! I mean, marriage, that's super heavy... Wow, well of course that's impossible. And what does it mean that her attack skills became chaotic? Wait, isn't this bad...? Her attack attribute became a triple attribute of [Null / Holy / Dark], with the one having the highest multiplier taking priority. Hieeee...!!

"Power is overflowing within me, immensely!!!"

"Her stats are multiplied by about 1.5 times, so of course power would overflow..."

『Ooh, how should I put it――――*cough*...!?』

『Mister, you're noisy.』

『(；´∀｀)……』

『If you've grown this strong, I can finally teach you some of my techniques. Tia, shall we do a little training together? Let us defeat this mister together.』

『Eh.』

"Yes!! By all means, please let me join you!!"

『Eh...?』

Ah, mister... How should I say this... my condolences...

『Cougar, do you think it's acceptable for a tanker to panic like that during an emergency? We will now undergo special training to sharpen your judgment during emergencies.』

Thế à, thật sự――うぉぉぉおお!! Sari, để tôi ra!!! 』

『Đừng nói nhảm, Gor-ojisan. Thôi thì, Rin-ne-chan♡, tôi mượn Tia-chan nhé～～?? 』

“À, vâng…… Tia-chan, học kỹ từ cô Cayoko nha. Có thể ăn trộm hết tất cả cũng được đó”

“Rõ rồi!!!”

『Toàn bộ là, phu phu…… phiền toái nhỉ』

『Lider!! Lider cũng đến đi!? Giúp tôi――』

『(; ´∀｀)ノ』

『Thế này, Lider!!! Liderーーーー!!!! 』

Onii-chan, hoàn toàn đang tiễn Cougah rồi…… À, chỉ còn hai người rồi. Làm sao đây? Làm gì đây? Pher-chan chỉ đăng nhập một chốc rồi lại mất, các Gil-men～…… Hầu hết đều có dấu 【đang thu thập】 nè～. Tsuku-ne-chan có dấu 【đang tiến hành Dungeon】 nè, ờm.

“Êm…? Don-to và Chiyo-chan cùng với Ria-chan đang nhảy tung tóe ở sa mạc, Tia-chan có Cayoko-chan và các bạn đi cùng nên an toàn, Mari-chan đang bị giam ở dưới công trình ngầm…… Uế, làm nhiều như vậy mà trạng thái vẫn cực tốt, sợ quá……”

『(*´∀`s)』

“Thế thì～ Onii-chan. Cứ đi tiêu diệt con Heel-whale đi”

『(*´∀`s)*b!! 』

Không ai cùng đi cả! Thế thì～ cùng Onii-chan đi Umi-no-dōkutsu, có nào～～!! Ngẫu nhiên đi du lịch cùng Onii-chan, lần đầu tiên? Có thể lần đầu tiên? Nếu về mặt đội hình thì chỉ có Tanker và Buffer mà thiếu hỏa lực, nhưng với Onii-chan và tôi thì sẽ ổn, hay nói cách khác Onii-chan một mình cũng dư rồi!

“OK, đi thôi! À, cái macaron này dành cho cô tiên, để dành cho cô ấy nha～”

『(*´ω`*)b』

Rồi～～!! Vậy cái macaron này để lên đĩa, đồ uống thì sữa hoặc gì đó được rồi nhỉ?

“Lần sau mang thêm nhiều nguyên liệu, mang thêm nhiều bánh kẹo, xin lỗi vì làm vỡ nha～……”

Thế thì, xuất phát! Trước tiên là Ro-rei―― à, phiền quá, cắt vé Dungeon Party rồi bay thẳng đến gần địa điểm đi! Nhanh hơn đó～. Onii-chan ở bên cạnh, và đã được chọn rồi! Thôi thì, vậy, Pheri.

『―――― Hỏng rồi』

『Đáng tiếc』

『Chỉ cần dọn dẹp? Dùng vật liệu trong kho không? 』

『Wooon』

『Chỉ có một chút』

『Dù chỉ một chút cũng sửa đi, này! Có nhiều bánh kẹo chưa từng thấy! 』

『Được kỳ vọng, phải cố gắng! 』

『Mūūn』

『Muki-muki(····) rất nhiều động lực! Chúng ta cũng, cố lên～! 』