Chapter 112
Chapter 112
The collapsed pile of Hashira's and me finally gathered the strength to move later that day and the moment I came too I passed out a bunch of healing elixirs with the orders to dilute them in barrels of water as the non falna enhanced flesh the wounded demon slayers had would easily be healed even with being watered down and I did it partly out of guilt having just passed the fuck out with the rest of the Hashira after the battle, plus I can get more elixir's back home out of the infinite fountain's I made unless Bell did something and ran them out trying to bath in the mana one to try and develop his own spell.
To say the least Hestia and even Ryuu kicked his ass for jumping into it with Ryuu saying how the Fountain was similar to the Pools of Life kept deep in the Elvin Forest to help the eleven women with there births as apparently pure blood elves have difficulty giving birth naturally which is why pure bloods are seen in a more favorable light compared to half elves disregarding any racism. Because they truly are better than half elves...
It isn't racists when pure blood elves and the likes of Renard's are truly better than other races when it comes to magic and having a much longer lifespan which will further be augmented by the Falna.
"Alright lets see how Obanai and the other's are." I was honestly going to say something like 'lets see how the scrubs who died are doing in hell.' But I felt Mitsuri would literally flip her shit out on me as she was looking rather emotional but I know both of those guys were rather temperamental so I feel like Shinobu would giggle and then reproach me.
As I called upon Obanai I felt something larger than life hovering over me and I got the very clear message to stop fucking with the afterlife as I felt frozen clammy hands strangling my throat and it was only my high endurance that allowed me to gasp and roll away from whatever the fuck grabbed me.
"Ok message received..." I gagged I downed a elixir to get rid of the frost bitten flesh as when I rolled away massive frozen claw marks were left on the ground making the Hashira blink at me in surprise.
"Mitsuri I think whatever entity guarding the afterlife doesn't want me messing with it anymore... I am truly sorry."
Mitsuri the Love Pillar could only nod sadly seeing the black bruises still on my throat from whatever attempted to throttle me and I was ready to get the fuck out of this world in case some unbound god or something was on its way to smite me or something.
"I imagine you all have stuff you need to do before you follow me, right?" I was feeling that pressure coming again so I spoke faster. "Look I awoke something when I was messing with the afterlife so meet me with the Kamado family at the Ubuyashiki family estate in three days' time so whatever I awoke loses track of me." I said with Shinobu nodding and just to make sure nothing went wrong I stuff the people who I had already resurrected with a bunch of mana to top them off before my sight was wreathed with fog.
Kanae who was beside her sister spoke while the rest of the Hashira waved and said their own farewells. "Very well, but you better hurry up as Shinobu still needs to give me a nephew or niece to spoil."
My final sight of the world of Demon Slayer was Shinobu rallying on her sister obviously to yell at her while the rest of the Hashira went back to helping the lower ranked demon slayers pack up and I smiled at having overturned so many of there fates for the better.
When I returned to Danmachi I could only sigh and stretch in comfort feeling the hot sun upon my back in comparison to always running around at night in Demon Slayer was a nice change.
"I am back!" I yelled proudly and I felt the wards swivel onto me and a muffled cry of excitement as I jogged to the front of the church and just as I hopped up the stairs the doors were thrown open and a black haired white clad blur smashed into my chest.
"I missed you Hestia." I said softly as I held my goddess and most beloved person against my chest, and I could feel Hestia nodding her head as her arms were tightly wrapped around my torso.
Even as we shared the companionable silence for a while we were interrupted by a gentle snicker as Freya stood at the door with her hand at her side and even with two months having passed since she had gotten pregnant, she hadn't really changed at all but then again, her pregnancy was supposedly going to last for five years or something.
"Hmph you were only four days off of your deadline... Do you have anything to say for yourself?" Freya said haughtily but I knew she was just wanting to know what had kept me way for so long.
Hestia hearing Freya giving me trouble raised her head and pouted at me also giving me a piece of her mind. "Yeah! You sent letters through the space ring and food from the locals, but you never explained when I demanded answers!"
I simply patted Hestia's head making her grumble about me being not fair. "I went and became much stronger and much more importantly I am bringing a dozen plus people back in a few hours once they get there last effects together that will fit very well without Familia and could even help Freya start a new Familia." I said making Freya perk up as I knew that despite her taking pride in helping guide around the pitfalls of a fast growing in strength Familia I knew she wanted more to do and I had no issue with a couple Hashira or whatever joining her as they would still be adventuring with us in the dungeon.
Freya hummed at the thought of me bringing people obviously with great potential, but Hestia focused more on something that almost made me deadpan.
"I smell a woman on you... Is she joining our Familia?" Hmm she probably smells Mitsuri and Shinobu as we collapsed into a pile though its odd, she didnt mention the scents of the men who joined the pile of exhaustion.
"Yes they will be joining the Familia and I haven't done anything with them yet, though for one that may change... Hestia I also need to say something and I hope you aren't disappointed but I basically adopted seven children and picked up a woman to take care of said children." I said somewhat awkwardly.
But Hestia's reaction amused me as she just shrugged replying. "Jake when you left, I knew you would certainly bring at least one woman you slept with back... Honestly, I am amazed it was only one woman you slept with but then again you said she was picked to help with the kids?" She asked and I nodded making Hestia exhale audibly. "Well in either way just make sure to treat the woman right as I can tell from the way you feel that although you mainly have some feelings for the children the woman is just a means to an end correct?"
I thought about it and Hestia was right as despite me treating the Kamado family a means to an end in killing Muzan, I still cared a good deal about Tanjiro, Nezuko and the others and honestly with the number of women I am sleeping with unprotected it's for the best to have a person around who has devoted her entire life basically to raising children.
"Alright Hestia don't worry I had no intentions of hurting her or anything." I said as Freya joined us as we sat beside on another on one of the benches within the church.
"Hestia why don't you update his falna.. I am sure we are all curious as to his growth after he left." Freya tittered as it looked like Hestia was attempting to fall asleep or something.
Hestia instantly straightened up as she cried out. "Thats a great idea! Jake strip now!" I thought to make a joke and go for removing my pants, but I could hear people outside and who knows who was actually out there in the back yard.
"Alright Hestia." I said indulgently despite being only a hair less excited than Hestia.
But as soon as I took of my shirt and Hestia went to sit behind me to work on my Falna, Freya leaned into my lap and cupped my face with both her hands gently to kiss me deeply with her tongue going to inside my mouth. "Freya you sneak!" Hestia cried out before snorting and getting to work on my falna as me and Freya made out for a moment and then broke apart to breath and Freya moved beside Hestia to see what happened on my travels.
"You can fucking resurrect people!" Freya called out and I could hear a harsh tinge to her voice, and I was reminded how she was a god of the dead.
"He mugged several people!" Hestia growled and I could only cringe as Hestia even as was working on my Falna put a knee into my side. "You aren't getting punished seeing as it was necessary..." She growled and I could only shrug at that as her knee didnt hurt me at all and she wanted me to not to become some bandit stealing shit wherever I go.
'Probably going to fail this desire to be honest...' I thought ruefully as the goddess duo made noises and pointed out certain parts of my adventure with Freya gave me shit for not bringing Fleur back as they had a good bit of similarities between them.
"Alright now for the stats and stuff... Oh Jake you got two new skills and are obviously eligible for level up, but your stats still need to be padded out honestly."
Hestia then handed me the paper showing my stats and I zeroed in on my new skills while mentally remarking to go kill the Amphisbaena and the last couple monsters I hadn't maxed out all my stats on in those dungeon floors.
Jake Barris
Level 4
Strength 1469 SS
Endurance 1498 SS
Dexterity 1454 SS
Agility 1475 SS
Magic 1500 SS
Skills.
Argonaut's Journey- mentally delivers a daily quest that when accomplished will provide Excellia and also provides Excellia based on participation to party members.
Hero's loot- After killing a foe in which you play the hero acquire Excellia from either the foe or scaling in difficulty and renown received. -
+Overturning Fate- Allows user to bypass prophecy protection and to shield user from being locked into prophecy.
+Demon King Slayer - Raises stats and user deals additional damage to all entities that refer to themselves as demonic or demons with leaders of such beings feel the pressure of all prior demon leader's user has slain.
Development Skills.
Spirit Healing- Regenerating mind scaling with the lack of total mind amount.
Pure Body- Protects body from all environmental dangers and uses mind to permanently acclimate body to situations.
Luck- Fate conspires to provide a more positive outcome to your life's endeavors.
Magic:
Creations Negation of Entropy 'Combine'. Non sentient Objects must be touching users' skin in order to combine at cost of both stamina and mind to form something better than the sum of all its parts. -
Overloaded Barrel. Non-Chant, magic that allows user to overload magical action for user or ally at expense of user's mind fivefold or higher for double cost and higher. -
Myriad Worlds marble- Non-Chant, Transports user to world of choice but be warned that world cannot be traveled to at a certain period of time prior to previous visit.
Even as I was reading the paper, I asked Hestia where everyone else was.
"Oh, the others? Well Bell and Eina had a cabin built off to the side and are probably relaxing as he and the rest wanted to wait now that your deadline was coming to get ready to kill the Amphisbaena for a rank up as all there stats gains have heavily slowed down with your daily quests providing the lion share of the stat points people gain." Hestia explained and I nodded in understanding.
Hestia continued after taking a breath. "Haruhime, Lili, and a few others are just outside in the back as we were relaxing on the patio we had built."
I kinda frowned a bit about that as I understood Bell wanting his own pad to spend time with Eina privately but why didnt they wait for me to get back to fuse better structures than any mortal smith/mason could make. "Why didnt you just get me to make the patio?" I asked rather than brood on it.
Hestia and Freya both snorted while holding in some laughter. "Jake this part of the city is basically an enigma with our hyper opulent church while surrounded with squalor and buildings fallen apart decades ago from when Evilus was active." Freya explained before Hestia continued. "So, we hired some of Hephaestus's masons to return the favor of you ghosting her to go on an adventure as well as to spread the word that this place isn't some fairy tale land where immortality is cabbages to be picked up at leisure."
The room went silent for a moment before I coughed. "That goal failed didnt it..."
"Yup!" The goddess duo said deadpan with Freya pointing out the infinite producing elixir's fountains, the teleporting fireplace, the materials actually used to build the church were magical in nature...
"So basically, you flaunted all the stuff and now people are trying to break into the wards right." I said tiredly and deep down I knew I shouldn't have trusted this air headed goddess to move all the goodies around so the people outside our family didnt see them.
"Yup!"
"Welp... Time for me to go touch fluffy tail!" I said and briskly walked outside into the back ignoring the squawking goddesses crying out to get me to fix there problems as I went go be smothered with Haruhime's tail and give Lili some ear scritches when she turns into either a dog or cat girl.