In the end, it was Levi who took action to resolve Cadmus.
Others might have had to go through the process of materializing Cadmus's soul before killing it.
But for him, the matter became incredibly simple.
He filled himself with God-killing Power, and then his Spirit Clone attacked.
From the moment Levi sensed Artemis was in danger to the moment Cadmus was killed, less than ten seconds had passed in total.
However, after dealing with the strong dragon, Levi still glanced at Artemis somewhat speechlessly.
"Didn't you say you wanted to make a change?"
"Uh..." The blue-haired goddess wanted to explain, "This time was force majeure!"
Levi waved his hand. The reason he took action to save her was simply because Artemis had helped him quite a bit during this recent period.
As for whether she truly wanted to change or was just saying it for fun, it didn't matter at all.
Seeing the indifferent expression on the person before her, Artemis truly panicked.
She had gone to great lengths to raise his favorability rating; how could she be willing to see it return to pre-liberation levels overnight?
Harboring the thought that even if she couldn't get his heart, she would get his body, the blue-haired goddess sought out her friends for help the very next day.
And that night, with the intentional indulgence of Hestia, Hephaestus, and Demeter, she successfully sneaked into the master bedroom of the Hestia Familia residence.
Then, Artemis understood why Hestia and the others had turned a blind eye to her actions.
Levi was not a monk; if meat was delivered to his mouth, he wouldn't just leave it there uneaten.
It was just that afterward, he caught Hestia and the others who were trying to flee, and for several days in a row, he didn't let them have the strength to get out of bed.
The addition of Artemis didn't bring about any major changes.
It was just that there was now one more exhausted goddess every night.
Levi himself was not particularly addicted to carnal pleasures. Fun was fun, but his secret arrangements were always being prepared in an orderly manner.
Finally.
"The time has come."
On this day, Levi, who was originally standing in the training field, suddenly opened his slightly closed eyes.
In the next instant, he took a step forward, arriving in the sky above Orario.
With a slight shift of his mind, the [Consciousness Divine Domain · Starry Paradise] was unfolded to its maximum extent. In just a split second, it enveloped the entirety of Orario and the port city of Melen under a manifested Universal Constellation Formation.
At the same moment, the adventurers who were originally fighting monsters in the Labyrinth were, without exception, all teleported back to the surface.
"Looks like it's about to begin."
On the ground, Loki walked out of the Twilight Manor and glanced at the blonde youth above the firmament.
She was originally an Evil God, but she had changed because of the children of the Lower World. It was only through Odin, who had arrived in Orario not long ago, that she learned of the plan of the 'Hero King'—no, perhaps he should be addressed as 'Cronus' now.
"Separating Heaven and Earth... Severing the connection..."
"Oh my, oh my, this is truly a grand gesture~"
Hermes, who was also looking up at the sky, habitually tugged at the brim of his hat.
While speaking, he looked toward his side. "Old man, it seems the 'Last Hero' you painstakingly nurtured still lost to this 'Child of the World' in the end~"
Hearing this, Zeus swept a glance at the other side. He didn't joke around as usual; instead, his face was solemn.
This was not the first time he and Levi had met, but it was only today that he truly confirmed the fact that the other party seemed to have embarked on a path completely different from the gods.
And if his predictions were not wrong...
"My Levi is indeed the best."
Inside the Hestia Familia residence, the twin-tailed goddess tilted her head back with a face full of admiration.
It wasn't just her; Demeter, Hephaestus, and Artemis, who were by her side, were not much better off.
Even Astrea, who could only be considered Levi's friend, had flickering eyes at this moment, her thoughts unknown.
Levi naturally sensed the gazes of the gods below, as well as those of the ordinary adventurers and citizens.
But he did not care, because having reached this step, unless a deity was willing to undo the seal on their Divine Power, no one could stop him.
In the next instant, the earth began to tremble.
Inside the Labyrinth suppressed by Babel, something began to spill out from the deep floors, spreading rapidly toward the surface.
In less than three minutes from start to finish, first came a vine, then the leaves residing upon it, and finally, a half-human, half-plant monster exceeding a hundred meters in size, with a human upper body and a flower lower body, appeared on the surface of Orario.
Its name was—Majin Race · Corrupted Spirit · Hilde!
"aaaeeehhhh!!!!"
As soon as it revealed its form, the Corrupted Spirit clone, controlled by Levi, let out a mournful wail that sounded like a song.
The sound was not piercing; instead, it carried a certain inexplicable rhythm.
Subsequently, the adventurers and ordinary citizens who had originally shown expressions of fear or surprise due to the monster's appearance—counting every single one of them, regardless of their strength—all fainted to the ground.
In the sight of the gods who remained awake, Hilde spread her arms, and the plant beneath her extended countless vine branches.
These vines seemed to possess consciousness. They did not damage a single house; they merely bound the human bodies on the ground one by one, and then, like fruit, hung them upon the main body.
The sound of liquid being sucked resonated in the air.
If not for the fact that the humans of the Lower World were all unconscious at this moment, this bizarre scene alone would have been enough to induce PTSD in many people.
Of course, even so, many deities who had not received notification subconsciously took a step back.
Even the Good Gods who had heard part of Levi's plan revealed strange expressions.
"I see. Borrowing the divine blood and Divine Power we left in the children's bodies to take that step toward becoming a 'Great God'...?"
Zeus muttered under his breath, evidently having discerned quite a few things.
However, he actually only got half of it right.
Because the path Levi was walking right now was not the orthodox deity advancement route of the DanMachi world at all.
Instead, it was a unique [Ten-Tails · Chakra God Tree] upgrade system he had birthed, based on the 'Devil Fruit Creation Technique' from the One Piece world and infused with supernatural powers from other worlds.
In fact, compared to the surface effects that only influenced the two towns of Orario and Melen, Hilde's body hidden within the Labyrinth was the part Levi truly valued.
Because there, massive amounts of extending vines and tentacles had already filled the entire space of the Dungeon.
Countless energies were flowing into Hilde's body through the vines and gathering at the top of her head, which had transformed into a flower bud.
Finally, a fruit with a surface shimmering in seven-colored light was successfully bred. Under the control of the Starry Paradise, it separated from the main body and floated to the side of the blonde youth in mid-air.
"Ah—"
And was swallowed by him in one gulp.
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