Danmachi: Is It Wrong To Devour Monsters In The Dungeon - Chapter 9.1 (Patreon)

Waking up to Hestia snuggled up against me, completely nude, was a whole new experience for me, I have to admit.

Sure, I've dated a few girls and slept with a lot more than that and waking up in bed with one isn't anything new.

But it's completely different with Hestia.

For one, attractiveness wise, she's on a whole other level from normal girls back home. Granted, girls on average here seemed to be more attractive, but Hestia is on a higher level still.

Then again, she is a goddess.

A capital 'G' Goddess.

That was important to remind myself of. Staring at her cute, sleeping face, her breaths light and airy, tickling my collarbone from where her face is pressed against my chest, it was hard to believe she was one.

Hestia was an eternal being and within her small body, lay the power to decimate this entire world if she so desired. The Hestia in my arms, is but the barest hints of her true form.

Even with my Typhon skill and even if I rose up and became more powerful than the One Eyed Black Dragon, I would still be but an ant to Hestia.

It was a kind of chilling thought that the girl in my arms, could snuff me out of existence with a thought if she wasn't actively suppressing her Arcanum.

Yet despite those thoughts, I couldn't help the pride that burned in my chest. Even among the divine, Hestia wasn't average, she wasn't some low ranking goddess.

Yet despite that, it was me who had claimed her purity, taken her maidenhood for myself and not some god.

Hestia is my goddess.

And she certainly had a heavenly body I mused, unable to stop myself from relishing in the feeling of her large, soft breasts squishing against my torso and remembering how it felt to sink my hands into them last night.

It was a testament to her that I came at all last night. I'm not a fan of sleeping with virgins, sure they were generally nice and tight, but they most often didn't know how to move themselves, were pretty much dead fish in bed and weren't capable of making me finish at all, it took a lot to make me cum, especially with girls who didn't know how to clench nicely.

The fact I actually managed to blow my load properly was a really nice surprise and made it a good time all around.

And things will only get better from here on out, now that she wasn't a virgin. The more used to my cock Hestia got, the better I could pound her to my liking.

I ignored the pulse of lust that ran up my spine as I imagined taking her from behind, railing into her, making those full perky ass cheeks of hers jiggle and clap while pulling on her twin tails while she squealed my name.

It would have to wait till later.

Because I need to get up. I'll be meeting Lili outside the tower of Babel soon and we'll be going on our first trip together into the dungeon.

But before that, I've got a few things I need to take care of. Like, heading to the guild and selling off the crystal armour pieces I made before going to sleep and then getting my hands on a few magic stones I'd decided on last night.

Carefully, I slipped out of Hestia's grasp and slowly stood up from the bed. The goddess groaned, hands reaching for my apparent warmth instinctively, but finding nothing.

The ability to change my temperature to my liking made me quite the lovely hug pillow apparently.

Totally nude, I stretched out my arms and legs before pausing to admire myself, specifically, my abs.

Now, I've always been pretty fit. I was into sports since I was a toddler and been practicing kickboxing since before I was ten. So my abs had already been visible, maybe not glaring, but they were pretty nice to look at and I was proud of them.

…But now? They're heavily defined, looking as if they were carved from marble. They looked hard enough for a normal person to break their wrist on if they tried punching me while I tensed.

'Evolution towards pinnacle body, huh?' I mused. Typhon is absolutely bullshit. Not only was it making me overpowered, but it basically made sure I'd have a body that was the envy of lesser males around the world.

And even then, it wasn't as simple as just having a good looking body. My base body, according to Hestia is continuously evolving the stronger I get and the more abilities I gain.

That sounded cool and all on the surface, until one paid attention and realised what it truly meant. The Falna enhanced what was already there.

For example, take Bell Cranel and myself. If compared side by side with the exact same stats and abilities, it would seem that it would be dead even when fighting ability and experience isn't taken into account.

But no, that was false. The stronger a base the falna had to work with, the stronger the holder of it was. It was why races like dwarves, elves, amazons and such were wanted more than humans, because at the very base, they had physical or magical abilities that surpassed humans and as such, would be superior to your typical human with the exact same stats.

Going by a numerical example, say I was rated as a two, and the falna gave say a multiplication of five, that would mean my rating with a base falna would be ten. But, the evolving body aspect of Typhon was making it so that my base value was increasing as well, and it made a world of difference. For example, let's say I'm rated a ten now at body base, and the falna gave the same boost on application, five, that would make my base rating as soon as I gained the falna before applying my stats, fifty, five times greater.

…And I'm actually fairy sure that my base body is quite a bit more than five times stronger than what I started with. Especially since according to Hestia, they were innate to me now and even if I lost the falna, I'd still have access to those abilities.

So yes, Typhon is a total game changer.

And I'm fairy certain, at least physical ability wise, I'm at least as strong, if not stronger than Bell was when he fought the minotaur and levelled up.

"Uh…" I groaned, palming my forehead.

I should be hyped, I should be gleeful.

…Well I am, but at the same time, I can't help but feel…not unworthy, but a bit unsatisfied.

It doesn't really feel fair that I have such a bullshit ability and few others do, like I need it to keep up or surpass them. Only Bell and that Zald guy ever had skills as bullshit as mine.

And I'm kind of annoyed that such a luck of the draw thing, is the only reason I'm as successful as I am right now and will make sure I stand at the top.

"Mmmm…Caelan?" a sleepy voice mumbled behind me.

I looked over my shoulder to see Hestia sleepily rubbing her eyes before yawning, "Are you heading out already?" she asked, pushing herself up a bit, uncaring of her nude body being utterly displayed to my eyes.

"Yeah, in a minute was just thinking a bit before I get ready." I replied, forcing a smile on my face.

"What's wrong?" Hestia asked, seeing straight through me.

The intuition of a goddess is a scary thing, huh?

I shrugged and sat down with a sigh, "Nothing important," I shrugged looking away and down to the pile of crystal equipment on the floor, "Just wondering if I actually deserve this skill of mine or not, it's kind of not fair to others, right?"

To be honest, at the core, I don't really care if it's fair to others or not. The issue I really have, is if I actually have what it takes to surpass the power the real monsters of this city have without such a cheat.

"Is that all?" Hestia voiced from behind me and there was clear amusement in her voice, a second later her arms wrapped around my neck from behind and I felt her large, warm breasts press against my back, "Don't think for a moment you don't deserve it. Skills can be earned through a variety of ways, but one like Typhon isn't so simple. It's an innate trait born from your very soul. It's completely natural, and if you didn't deserve it, then neither would elves deserve their innate talent with magic, or any other person that has some kind of talent."

"So it's not just luck I got it?" I asked on reflex.

And hated that I was needy enough to do so. Totally not manly.

"Nope," Hestia assured me instantly and I could feel her smile against my shoulder as she pressed her face against my back, "Typhon isn't something you were given or stumbled across. It's a reflection of your soul and who you are. So you don't need to be ashamed of having it, or think lesser of your efforts for it."

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By time I left the church behind, a near skip in my step, but not quite because skipping isn't manly and a grin on my face, the sun had already risen pretty high in the sky.

Which meant I was running a little bit late.

Thankfully, I have a nice and handy dandy new speed enhancement ability thanks to my good friend the Jack Bird.

Whirlwind Sprint it was called on my falna.

And boy did it fit.

Wind swirled around my feet and suddenly I was moving nearly twice as fast as I was able to before.

It was amazing for moving in straight lines, but made it a bit rough on turns and I gave some unlucky morning workers a bit of a fright when I almost trampled them.

I'll definitely need a bit more practice with it.

Honestly, I need to take some time to train with all my abilities. I know how to use them thanks to the memories and instincts of monsters I inherited, but my body is a lot different from theirs and I fight a lot different from them as well.

Either way, thanks to it, I made good time on making it to the Pantheon guild building where I promptly traded in my crystal equipment.

I totally ignored the odd looks and questions I got for their shape and minutes later, made my way out of the building with another big ol' bag of valis and seven magic crystals.

Four from infant dragons, one from a mermaid, one from a light quartz and I decided to just grab one for a bad bat from the tenth floor as well since they were known for their sound wave based abilities.

It meant I lost two hundred thousand of the three hundred thousand valis I made from the crystal equipment.

But totally worth it!

After ducking out of the way so nobody could see me, I took the time to fill my stomach with my tasty new magic crystals, before continuing on my way.

When I arrived at Babel tower, adventurers were already beginning to pour in. Hundreds of them. It was like the busy morning rush of people heading to work…which I suppose is true.

In such a huge crowd, it would be incredibly hard to find Lili with how short she was, if not for the fact that she carried a massive backpack on her back that was pretty much twice her size.

So picking her out wasn't all that hard.

I found her waiting at the large, expertly crafted fountain outside the tower.

"Yo, Lili." I greeted her with a wave as I approached.

She turned at my voice calling her name and immediately stood up from where she was sitting and rushed over to me, "Good morning Mr. Caelan." she replied, bowing deeply despite the huge bag on her back.

Artel Assist was such a good skill man, I could think of so many ways to abuse it.

"You don't need to bow or be that respectful we're partners now," I waved her off, though I doubted she'd comply with that right away, "You ready to head in?"

"I can't do that Mr. Caelan, Lili is just a leech of a supporter, not a strong and powerful adventurer like you," Lili shook her head, "And yes, I'm ready and I'll be sure to work hard to not disappoint you!"

"Well, suit yourself I guess," I shrugged, there's no use pushing it for now, "Then let's go then, we're heading to the seventh floor today."

"Right!" Lili nodded in understand quickly.

I'm thinking I'll see how many of them I can mass spawn at once and use the pantry to make sure I don't get overwhelmed by numbers and force them into a choke point, just like yesterday.

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...Yeah, sorry about the delay guys. Honestly, I didn't even realise how much time had passed, I thought it had only been like 4-5 days at most, not ten. Been hella busy dealing with the fallout of my brother and stuff.