Danmachi: Is It Wrong To Devour Monsters In The Dungeon - Chapter 7.2 (Patreon)

"Hmhmhm~ hmhmhm~ hmhmhm~" Hestia hummed to herself happily as she soaked in the lovely, warm water of the divine bath house.

All around her were other goddesses in varying states of undress. Some of them she knew in passing, some decently well, and the rest, she'd only heard of, maybe exchanged a few words with up in Tenkai.

That suited her just fine. Most of the other divine were a super pain in the backside. And if someone bothered her and found out about her new child, it would become a real bother.

They would ruin her date with her precious Caelan!

…Especially if it was someone annoying like Freya.

All the children down here in the mortal realm needed to do was gaze on her face and most would find themselves charmed by her.

His skill had some form of protection for his mind, it was why he wasn't overwhelmed by the instincts and memories of the monsters he devoured the magic stones of when absorbing them. But, she wasn't sure how that would stand up to a goddess of loves charm.

And never planned on seeing how it did.

'I'd rather he meet Loki than her, ugh.' Hestia grimaced.

Honestly, she'd rather he not stand out all too much before he was strong enough to tell others to back off.

…At the rate he was going though, that would only last until he levelled up. His rate of growth was far too absurd. She'd never heard of anyone growing as absurdly fast as he did, never mind accumulating so much abilities.

Typhon had to be one of the most powerful skills she'd ever heard of. It was odd in of itself for a skill to manifest so quickly as well. Usually, a skill was formed through intense repetition or accomplishing a grand feat. In rare times though, a skill could manifest naturally, usually through an innate talent or trait that the holder possessed.

She wasn't really sure what it meant that Caelan possessed such a trait. Just that he had the potential to reach far beyond most thanks to it.

'It's still a month and a half until the next Denatus.' she mused inwardly.

At the rate he was growing, while it wasn't ideal, it would have to be enough. Because Hestia saw the story inscribed on his back every night, a new page for to read, how he approached things, how he fought. There was a savage, wild brutally to her first child in battle and he had started off on his path not walking down it, not jogging, but full on sprinting as fast as he could.

When it came to the ability to level up…he already had it. He just needed to accomplish something worthy of it.

And something told her, it wouldn't be long before he pushed through the ceiling of level 1 to level 2.

'He's amazing, the best child I could ever ask for…but that's what makes it troublesome.' she sighed.

Because all the other troublesome and childish bratty gods that loved to make a nuisance of themselves in the search for a good time, would hound him constantly, trying to steal him away.

Well, there was no point sitting around moping over those thoughts. The best she could do, as Caelan's goddess was support him all the way and believe in him.

'And keep the skanky goddesses away from him!' she stood up in the bath, pumping her fist with a righteous nod to herself.

And of course, those who would try it just to annoy her because she was his goddess.

'Well, not that Loki no boobs and Aphroflatty would be a threat.' Hestia looked down at her breasts with a smirk, heh!

Anyway, it was about time to head out! It wouldn't be long before she had to meet up with Caelan for their date!

Reaching over, Hestia retrieved her towel from where she left it sitting on the rim near the water and wrapped it around her body, before pulling herself up and out and making her way back to the changing rooms where she'd stored her clothing.

She quickly set about drying her body, before doing the same to her hair and brushing it out. She decided to leave her hair down for tonight, so with that done and her body dry, she quickly put on her dress.

Before realising that messed up her hair a bit again, forcing her to brush it. And to top it off, she finished the outfit with a smaller choker that the sales girl had tossed in for free when she bought the dress.

"Hmm." Hestia hummed, inspecting herself in the mirror of the changing room she was in.

The dress looked good, while short it showed off her legs and a tasteful amount of cleavage, not the absurd amount that Freya and the like loved to show off.

She grinned, leaning forward to the mirror and cupping her chin, "Heh-heh, I'll knock him dead!"

She slipped her ribbons onto her wrists, and then fitted her high heels on and then Hestia was off, leaving the divine bath house behind!

She wasn't used to wearing high heels and stumbled a bit here and there, but even with that, she couldn't wipe the huge smile off of her face, or stop the skip in her step.

…Which probably contributed to her tripping quite a bit more than she actually would of but she didn't care at all.

In a few minutes she arrived at her destination and found her first child already waiting for her, leaning against the monument statue in the middle. The square where she asked him to meet her was a popular date spot, and already, with the sun only beginning to dip below the horizon, was filled with couples.

It was busy for sure, but Caelan stood out. Despite his young age, and not the tallest out there yet, he was broad and his hair stood out vividly, being a spiky pure black with golden blonde highlights.

'Hmm, that's new.' she thought when she approached. He was wearing his usual clothes that she met him in, except for one difference. A crimson red, stylish jacket that looked really expensive.

Wait, wasn't that Salamander Wool?

Getting a jacket made of that would be super expensive, way beyond her budget!

'Ack!' Hestia froze mid-skip, the feeling of failure welling up in her. She was such a useless goddess, she couldn't even provide him stylish and expensive things, he had to get them himself!

She almost sniffled, maybe would have if Caelan's head didn't turn then and meet her eyes, and a big grin spread across his face, "Good timing, I just got here a few minutes ago." he called over to her, pushing off the monument and making his way over to her.

He paused as he reached her, looking her up and down, checking her out, and his grin got even bigger as he met her eyes, "You look really nice." he complimented.

In the face of his boyishly handsome grin and compliment, her depressed feelings were washed away and she felt her cheeks heat up, a wide smile spreading across her face, "You think so?" she beamed, hopping in place happily.

The motion caused his eyes to flicker to her chest, which had bounced noticeably and he stared for all of a split second before looking her in the eye again, it was so quick if she wasn't looking at him directly she would have missed it, "Definitely, all the other guys around will be totally jealous." he replied.

'I saw that, you can't hide that gaze from me~' Hestia giggled internally, he tried his best to, and had been for the last few days, but his interest in her breasts had been quite apparent.

Not that she minded.

Actually, she was quite pleased.

'In fact~' a mischievous thought occurred, "Then I'm glad." she beamed at him and hopped in place noticeably once more, making her breasts bounce.

His eyes moved to stray down before he caught himself, and Hestia almost pouted. But instead, she latched onto his arm, hugging it between her breasts, "So where are we headed first?" she grinned up at him.

There would be plenty of chances to tease him tonight.

"Wherever you want," he shrugged, "Though before we get right down to the date, I was hoping you could update my falna."

Hmm, seemed he was excited to get an update on his status and didn't want to wait, "Sure, there's a place in the bookstore I like we can use." Hestia agreed. She liked it because it had some small private rooms where people could read quietly and in private.

Also, she couldn't deny that she was super curious to see his growth from the day.

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Less than ten minutes later, kneeling over the bare torso of her first child, the symbol of their bond showing proudly on his back, Hestia found herself staring gobsmacked.

'This…this is absurd.' she goggled.

Like, she was just thinking about how absolutely amazing and powerful his skill was while in the divine bathhouse.

But…he'd completely blown her expectations out of the water…again.

His rate of growth, was truly mind boggling.

"…Did you do something special today?" she couldn't help but ask as she idly pressed a piece of paper against his back, beginning to imprint a copy of his status onto it so he could see it.

Because they were going out on their date, she was just giving him a quick update, and hadn't really looked into his adventure of the day, since it would take quite a bit of time to see all of it.

"I made a killing in the dungeon, one of my plans paid off and I found a really special monster that gives a really amazing drop item," he replied, "I've been trying to spawn it since my first time in the dungeon, I got lucky with it today. And then I used some of the money I got off of it to buy six Infant Dragon magic stones, and I made my way down to the seventh floor today and killed like a hundred monsters in total down there."

'Six!?' Hestia's eyes flew wide open. Never mind the fact he'd went down that far already, or killed such a huge amount of monsters, but six magic stones from Infant Dragon's?

He'd eaten five in total before today. That explained where the massive bulk of his improvement came from, and if he really did kill that many monsters, from the seventh floor at that…

Well, it made sense.

But still, this was crazy!

Caelan Odhar

Level: 1

Strength: S912
Endurance: S910
Dexterity: S906
Agility: S908
Magic: S907

Skills

Typhon: Rising Monster King. The power to devour the magic stones of monsters, growing stronger from doing so and gaining the abilities of monsters. Evolving physiology towards pinnacle body. Enhanced teeth. Monstrous combat instinct and the power to break through all limits.

Monster Abilities

Night Vision: The ability to see clearly even in total darkness.
Crystal Armour: The ability to generate crystal armour as over the body to enhance durability.
Enhanced Senses: Vastly enhanced eyesight, hearing and sense of smell.
Flame Breath: The ability to breath out a torrent of flame from the mouth.
Temperature Control: The ability to raise and lower the body’s temperature.
Flame Resistance: A resistance to heat and flame.
Magic Resistance: A resistance to effects of magical nature.
Whirlwind Sprint: The ability to enhance movement speed with magical energy.
Surface adherence: The ability to cling to solid surfaces with magical energy.
Shadow Conceal: The ability to sink into a shadow.
Tongue Extension: The ability to elongate the tongue.
Poison Powder: The ability to create poison powder from magic energy.
Poison Resistance: An innate resistance to poison.
Scent Alteration: The ability to alter the natural musk and scent.
Healing Powder: The ability to create a powder that heals the wounds of those they touch.

Magic

All of his stats had risen up to the S-rank! That was absurd! The amount of people that gained an S-rank in one stat before levelling up was apparently absurdly low.

And in less than a week he'd brought all of his stats to over it!

And that wasn't even the end of it. He'd gotten his hands on eight new abilities since she last saw him this morning. They weren't exactly all super high tier skills or spells, but each were incredibly useful. Speed enhancement, poison, poison resistance which most usually got as a development ability on levelling up, even an ability to heal others!

'Forget being one of, Typhon might very well be the strongest skill ever!' Hestia teetered back and forth on her child's back, wide eyed in shock and body numb.

Never mind blowing her expectations out of the water, he ran circles around them before blowing a raspberry in their face and kicking them in the crotch before running off into the horizon.

If this was how strong he'd gotten in just a mere five days…how strong would he be after a year?