BANG!
BANG!
After delivering a heavy punch each to the catgirls Anya and Chloe, Mia turned to Ryuu, "Hurry up, make the most of your time, She is waiting for you."
Ryuu was puzzled, but the next moment, she saw the goddess standing at the entrance of the tavern.
"Lady Astraea...", Ryuu whispered in disbelief.
"Ryuu, long time no see, congratulations on your new job~", Astraea smiled lightly, "This uniform suits you very well, it's very cute."
"Lady Astraea... Goddess!", The elf girl threw herself into the arms of Goddess Astraea.
"Ugh... Ugh... Ugh...", Ryuu wanted to say something, but her sobs wouldn't stop, only tears kept flowing out.
"Really, you've worked hard, Ryuu," Goddess Astraea tightly hugged the elf girl, comforting her gently.
"Ryuu, is this where you live now?"
"Yes, Lady Astraea."
Astraea and the elf girl came to her living quarters, located in a separate building of the tavern, sharing the dormitory with Anya, Lunoire, and Chloe, while Emiya's room was upstairs.
Originally, Ryuu lived in another separate building of the tavern, but that building was severely damaged due to a brawl involving several Lv.4 girls and has not been repaired yet, so they are temporarily staying here.
The room is not large, with only a wooden bed and a table and chairs as furniture, but the details exude a warm living atmosphere.
Astraea sat on the edge of the bed, and as she looked up, she saw the wooden sword hanging on the opposite wall.
Ryuu stood by, her tears already wiped away, though her eyes were still slightly red.
"Ryuu, tell me, what has happened during this time," Astraea patted the bed beside her, signaling Ryuu to sit next to her.
Although Ryuu had briefly described her experiences in letters, the information conveyed through text was ultimately limited, and compared to reading letters, Astraea preferred to hear Ryuu's firsthand account.
Ryuu sat next to Astraea, leaning gently on the goddess's shoulder, narrating her story, "After persuading you to leave Orario, I have been hunting down the remnants of the Evilus faction..."
At the peak of the Evilus faction's power, they once had several first-class adventurers who reached Lv.5 and numerous second-class adventurers at Lv.4, but most of these high-level adventurers fell in the decisive battle against the allied forces of the order-aligned familias.
Hedin of the Freya Familia, the [White Fairy's Magic Wand], and Hogni, the [Black Fairy's Demon Sword], killed the Lv.5 sisters, the Dis.
Finn of the Loki Familia, the [Braver], defeated Lv.5 [Killer Empress] Valletta Grede.
Goddess Astraea Familia's [Yamato Rindou] Kaguya defeated Lv.4 [Faceless] Vito.
After the decisive battle, the Evilus faction, having lost many high-level adventurers, could no longer confront the allied familias of Orario head-on, and the remnants of Evilus went underground.
Soon after, they orchestrated a conspiracy that nearly annihilated the Astraea Familia. The only survivor, Ryuu, began an unrelenting pursuit of the Evilus remnants.
In two years, Ryuu defeated no fewer than a handful of Lv.4 adventurers of her level, and the number of ordinary Evilus members she killed was countless.
Besides Evilus, some drug trafficking organizations, organ trafficking groups, and slave smuggling rings also fell to Ryuu's blade.
"The Gale" ended the dark era of Orario, this statement is not an exaggeration.
However, in Ryuu's account to Goddess Astraea, the battles of the past two years were briefly mentioned, while the experiences of the last few months took up at least seventy percent of the content.
Emiya, Syr, Anya... Ryuu tirelessly recounted these recently met companions, and Goddess Astraea listened patiently.
"Lady Astraea, I want to protect Syr, I wish to help Shirou, for them, I cannot remain stagnant," After concluding her story, Ryuu looked up, earnestly gazing into Goddess Astraea's eyes.
"So, please update my Falna!"
Astraea's voice grew even gentler, "As you wish, Ryuu."
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[Ryuu]
[Lv.4→Lv.5]
Strength: D580→I0
Endurance: D501→I0
Dexterity: S999→I0
Agility: S950→I0
Magic: S900→I0
—: Development Abilities :—
[Hunter]G, [Abnormal Resistance]G, [Magic]I, [Magic Defense]I (new)
—: Magic :—
• [Luminous Wind]
— Wind, light attribute, wide-area attack magic, creates a large number of light bullets accompanied by a gale to attack the enemy ahead.
{Chant}
[Now distant forest sky. Infinite night sky studded with infinite stars.
Respond to the voice of a fool like me, grant me the protection of starlight once more. Bestow light and mercy upon those who have abandoned you.
Come, wandering wind, roaming traveler.
Fly across the sky, gallop through the wilderness, travel faster than all things. Carry the radiance of the stars to vanquish the enemy.]
• [Noah Heal]
— Single-target recovery magic, with good healing effects but slow to take effect.
— Terrain effect, receives a correction in forest areas.
{Chant}
[Now the song of the distant forest, the melody of past life. Please bestow healing mercy upon those who seek you.]
• [Astraea Record／Stellar Memory]
— Inherits the will of past familia members like Alicia and others, able to inherit and activate the magic of past Astraea Familia companions.
{Chant}
[When the mission is faithfully fulfilled, the scales will achieve balance.
The fortress of order, the crown of integrity, the lamp of evil destruction.
In the name of the goddess, like a trail across the sky, decorating the earth with brilliant stars.
Justice flows endlessly!]
—: Skills :—
• [Fairy Serenade]
— Enhances magic effects.
— Effect enhancement increases at night.
• [Mind Load]
— When attacking, the greater the mental power consumption, the greater the [Strength]boost.
— Automatically activates once mental power consumption begins.
• [Aero Mana]
— While dashing, attack power increases with speed.
• [Justice Oath]
— When fighting alongside a "specific target" or teammates with "bond" type skills, all abilities are boosted (small effect)
— Skill description is influenced by the owner's perception.
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[The Gale]Ryuu Lion was to become a first-class Lv.5 adventurer, whether it was the All-Rounder Asfi or Goddess Hephaestus, upon hearing of Goddess Astraea's arrival in Orario, they immediately came to this conclusion.
Ryuu had experienced hellish battles over the past few years, and the great deeds she accomplished could have elevated several Lv.4 second-class adventurers.
The only thing holding [The Gale] back was her psychological issues; Ryuu believed she could no longer bear the name of 'justice' and lacked the courage to face Astraea again.
But now, for various reasons, she finally took a step forward, and Goddess Astraea also came to Orario, so Ryuu's leveling up was a natural progression.
[The Gale]Ryuu Lion became the first Lv.5 adventurer of the Astraea Familia.
Now, among the less than forty first-class adventurers in the labyrinth city, she became one of them.
Moreover, Ryuu is definitely not the weakest among them.
The results of all the life-and-death battles [The Gale] experienced are reflected in her status.
Magic and Agility both reached S rank.
Her Dexterity even reached the limit, an astonishing S999.
Over the years, due to continuous high-intensity battles, Ryuu gained a lot of high-quality experience. These great deeds accumulated in her body, but Ryuu never leveled up, and in the end, these great deeds turned into extreme attributes.
These statuses all transformed into her potential abilities after Ryuu leveled up, and with such potential abilities as a foundation, plus her terrifyingly strong magic and skills, the newly leveled Ryuu could rival seasoned Lv.5 adventers in combat power.
Besides her status, Ryuu also gained a development ability, a skill, and a magic.
The development ability [Magic Defense], as the name suggests, increases resistance to magic, including the effects of magicians' spells and magical items.
Since during her pursuit of the Evilus remnants, what most often injured Ryuu was not the Evilus adventurers themselves but the [Magic Swords] and other items or various traps they used, Ryuu manifested the [Magic Defense] development ability.
The skill [Justice Oath] is the same as Alicia's [Elf Bond], with the same effect but a different name.
The effect is a simple and powerful boost to status, although it's just a regular status boost, not a high-domain or ultra-domain boost like Alicia, Ais, or Emiya's exclusive skills, but [Justice Oath] boosts all statuses, and the trigger condition is simple, making it an extremely strong skill in every sense.
Compared to the solid and reliable development ability [Magic Defense] and the simple and powerful skill [Justice Oath], the magic Ryuu newly awakened can only be described as "cheating."
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• [Astraea Record／Stellar Memory]
— Inherits the will of past familia members like Alicia and others, able to inherit and activate the magic of past Astraea Familia companions.
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This magic is the crystallization of Ryuu's longing for her departed companions, the embodiment of her inheriting the will of Alicia and others, and the sublimation of her efforts to avenge them.
In a sense, the appearance of this magic can even be seen as the divine will recognizing Ryuu's justice.
And because of this magic, Ryuu became one of the adventurers who can use more than three magics, alongside [Nine Hells], [Thousand Elf], and [Sword King].
Especially, the additional magic she can use is that of the geniuses of the former Astraea Familia.
Almost all past members of the Astraea Familia possessed magic, and some adventurers even had more than one magic available.
Their magics included [Crimson Clover] which adds fire to weapons and bodies, [Blaze Flower] which ignites flames, [Five Lights] a slashing magic, [End Windia] a group recovery magic, [Muse's Thunder] a trap magic, [Raging Fire] a fire attribute attack magic.
And speed enhancement magic, defensive barrier magic, wind blade magic, combo magic, lightning magic...
All these magics are recorded in [Astraea Record], and Ryuu can use them at will.
In comparison, Emiya can only project the weapon of one Astraea Familia member at a time and borrow her abilities.
After seeing Ryuu's status panel, Goddess Astraea began to suspect that even if the Ishtar Familia's [Man Killer] temporarily leveled up to Lv.6 using [Uchide no Kozuchi], Ryuu might not lose to her.
However, for Ryuu, the greatest significance of [Astraea Record] is— "I, together with Shirou, have inherited the power of our past companions."
'Alicia, Kaguya, Lyra... They are also blessing us.'
Ryuu lowered her head and whispered, "Lady Astraea, I wish for you to meet Shirou with me. I hope that you, Lady Astraea, can also recognize Shirou."
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