When the 'Divine Power Adsorption Wine' was successfully concocted by Levi, the countdown to completely solving Hephaestus's appearance problem had effectively begun.
Just past 11:00 PM, the sixth bottle of the wine was applied to the Goddess's face, gradually solidifying into grains of powder shimmering with black or gray light.
In the next instant, purely out of instinct, Hephaestus released her Divine Might.
Crimson light surfaced on the Goddess's body, illuminating her entire being even more perfectly.
Levi stood where he was. Perhaps due to possessing strength comparable to a high-level Lv.7 adventurer in his possessed state, or perhaps because the glowing Tenacity of the Millelith artifact set and Heaven's Feel Craft Essence in his soul were taking effect, he was not suppressed by the Divine Might overflowing from the Goddess before him.
Instead, he took the opportunity to activate the 'Byakugan' and carefully observed the internal changes in the other party.
Levi had made a slight error in his previous deduction.
When the foreign Divine Power that had entangled Hephaestus for tens of millions of years was cleared, even without the help of the incomplete 'Materialization of the Soul', she could actually recover the appearance a Goddess should have.
It was just that the time required would be relatively much longer, and if one wasn't careful, she would be sent back to Tenkai due to the liberation of Divine Power.
As for now...
It took less than twenty minutes from start to finish for Hephaestus to complete the total conversion of the magic power within the Runes on her face.
Afterward, opening her eyes, the red-haired Goddess, whose expression had become increasingly lively, suddenly stepped forward and hugged Levi tightly.
The force was so great, it was as if she wanted to melt him into her own body.
"Levi." The Goddess's voice rang in his ears, carrying a trace of imperceptible trembling in her words. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Levi's mouth curled up as he cracked a small joke. "Do you like my 'truth'?"
"I like it." Hephaestus sniffled, loosened her arms, and took a half-step back. A look of unparalleled seriousness appeared on her face. "I like it to the point that I want to 'eat' you right now."
Levi raised an eyebrow. "Who 'eats' whom isn't certain yet."
The red-haired Goddess giggled, a hint of charm in her eyes. "Then I'll just have to try and see."
Saying that, she dragged the young man before her and fell backward onto the bed...
This night, Hephaestus finally unlocked the long-awaited 'Chicken Dinner' achievement.
But not long after, sounds of 'immortals floating' came from the room.
At first, it was only Hephaestus, but slowly, the pleading for mercy shifted to Hestia.
Finally, the surrenders of the two Goddesses rang out in succession.
Clearly, despite being millions of times older than Levi in age, they were utterly defeated by him alone, throwing away their armor.
When the pale-gold haired young man walked out of the bedroom the next morning, the Familia Main God's bedroom, which had been moved into just a day ago, was a mess. The floor, walls, ceiling—suspicious water stains were everywhere.
As for Hestia and Hephaestus...
These two close friends from the Tenkai period, now sworn sisters, were lying paralyzed on the bed, weak all over, looking at each other with lingering fear.
"You said yesterday that you would drag Artemis down into the water too. Does that still count?" Hephaestus asked with a look of exhaustion.
"We must pull her in, absolutely!" Hestia nodded her head vigorously, then hissed and clutched her old waist, speaking ruthlessly. "If adding Artemis isn't enough, then count Astrea and Demeter in too!"
Hephaestus hadn't expected her friend to be so fierce. "Do you really want to catch our entire small group in one net?"
Hearing this, Hestia glanced at the person opposite her, recalling the list of Goddess Protections she saw when updating Levi's Status earlier. "Leaving Astrea aside for now, but Demeter... heh~ she's not as honest as you think."
Levi naturally couldn't know that in just one night, Hephaestus had formed a united front with Hestia against him, and was even planning to drag a few more friends into the pit.
After breakfast, he found Alise and Gojouno Kaguya, who were doing morning training, and took the two of them directly to the 27th Floor using the 'Teleport' Rune Stones left on various floors by the Spirit clones last night. It took less than a minute in total.
"Have you read the data I gave you?"
Levi summoned the 'Eye of Bright' and began to stack shields for himself and his teammates.
Seeing the two girls nod, he continued: "Alright then, next we follow the tactics for fighting the Scorpion. You two provide support from the periphery, I will take the main offensive. We aim to end the battle within five minutes."
"Understood." "Roger."
The 27th Floor is a water environment. For the vast majority of adventurers, it is a terrain where it is quite difficult to exert their strength.
But Levi happened to be an exception.
After completing the Elemental Shield buff, he first summoned the Phantom Protections of the 17 Goddesses, just as he did when challenging the Scorpion back then.
[Number Three: 'Forging Goddess' Hephaestus's Inquiring Love III -> IV: Obtain Development Ability 'Blacksmith B' (Effect Increased), Fire Resistance Greatly Increased (Effect Increased)]
Then he limitedly unfolded the 'Valkyrie Class Card', using the flight ability inherent in the Swan Dress to hover in mid-air.
That wasn't the end of it. In the next second, Levi released the 'Ice Mist Domain'.
Within a short three minutes, the water surface of the 27th Floor was completely frozen.
After doing all this, he leisurely took out the divine blood provided by Hestia. After lifting the seal, he allowed the Divine Might hidden within to overflow.
In the next instant, sensing the fluctuation of a god's power, the originally relatively calm Dungeon was instantly enraged.
Countless dark undercurrents surged beneath the frozen water surface, quickly tearing one crack after another on the surface ice cap.
"aaaaeeehhhh!!!!!"
Born with two heads, yet with scales that were pitch-black at this moment, the Amphisbaena roared as it broke through the ice layer. The jaws of the dragon heads on both the left and right sides opened.
One spewed out ink-blue Indestructible Fire, the other spewed out blood-red Anti-magic Mist.
Levi hovered in mid-air, having no intention of using his shield to challenge the Anti-magic Mist.
Just right, let's try the newly obtained skill.
Thinking this in his heart, he took out the Primordial Jade Cutter. Accompanying a sudden change in the aura around his body, a white fluorescence faintly and quietly generated on the sword blade.
Go!
Levi held the sword and swung it forward. Subsequently, a white crescent-shaped sword energy flew out from the tip of the sword.
And with a speed that the naked eye of an ordinary person could not observe at all, it instantly appeared in front of the Pitch-black Double-headed Dragon.
——Puchi!
At the neck of the Amphisbaena's head located on the right side, the scales were like they were made of paper. The sword energy sank in more than halfway. If not for the Pitch-black monster possessing self-regeneration capabilities, just this single attack alone would have been enough to make it lose half its combat power.
"!!!!" x3
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