The Epic Story of the Heroic Spirit of Emiya Giant Warrior

Once the chanting is complete and the barrier is activated, no being within the adventurer system can break through its protection.

Even the resurrected [Silence] or [Empress], their full-force attacks would simply be ignored.

Riveria's third-tier defensive magic, [Dimensional Interruption], is a barrier magic that completely blocks physical and magical attacks, with an effect similar to [Secluded Faraway Land], but the principles behind them are completely different.

Once the barrier of [Secluded Faraway Land] is erected, it won't gradually weaken or be broken with the intensity of the attack, like other defensive magic.

As long as Riveria can maintain the existence of the barrier, it will be impenetrable.

In fact, the defensive effect of [Dimensional Interruption] is already powerful enough. In actual combat, its drawback isn't insufficient defense, but the chanting is too long, making it impossible to activate in time.

However, this doesn't mean that these two spells have lost their meaning. On the contrary, it's the current environment of the Dungeon, or more accurately, the floor Riveria and the others have reached is too shallow, limiting the use of these spells.

And now, the problem that Riveria and the others urgently need to understand is—what is the connection between fourth-tier magic, the skill [Blessing of Stasis], the mysterious [Eternal Crown], and Shirou?

Not only that, but Riveria quickly realized a more embarrassing fact—the swimsuit she was originally wearing underneath had also been changed.

Given the boy's personality, he wouldn't take such initiative.

What Riveria really cares about is that someone—and most likely an elf—has discovered the secret beneath her clothes.

"Just who is it?!"

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Chapter 176: The Source of Skills, Intertwined Fates.

The Goddess of Fire and Forging is carefully examining a longsword—the one she's holding is the [Sword of Promised Victory (Excalibur)] projected by Emiya.

At this time, the Holy Sword is heavily restrained, in a completely suppressed state.

Its true power is completely sealed within the [Thirteen Restraints]. And to unlock these restraints, one needs to touch the divine will and seek permission from thirteen goddesses.

This is the price of exchanging [Restraints] for power—in the state where the seals are unopened, the Holy Sword can't even unleash one-tenth of its original power.

Based on Emiya and Riveria's joint experience of "forging" a divine sword, slaying Andariel, and "banishing" the goddess Artemis, the Forging Goddess Hephaestus roughly reconstructed the whole picture of the Holy Sword and the special skill through this process.

However, Emiya and the goddess Artemis came up with a clever way—

They put a shell on the outside of the divine artifact [Arrow of Orion], using this outer shell to reshape it into a counterfeit divine sword.

"Simply genius."

Even the Forging Goddess Hephaestus couldn't help but utter a heartfelt praise after hearing this method.

Emiya was the forger, and the person who provided the most magic power support was Riveria—she used [Fairy King's Imprint] to provide a powerful magic power cycle, allowing this process to be completed.

This kind of "great undertaking" even exceeds the definition under the traditional adventurer system, and is fundamentally different in nature from ordinary great undertakings.

Until Riveria wore the crown personally crafted by the Goddess Hephaestus.

Its only special function is to closely connect Riveria and Emiya's destinies.

Besides that, the crown's special feature is that it's particularly expensive—the materials used to make it are worth hundreds of millions of valis.

When the Goddess Hephaestus created this work, she never expected it to eventually exert such an effect. She originally only wanted to send Riveria a valuable and symbolic gift.

In addition to this, Emiya's feat of upgrading from Lv.3 to Lv.4 has also been fulfilled.

When he upgraded from Lv.2 to Lv.3, he used the feat of "slaying the ancient magic beast, Scorpio Andariel".

However, the Goddess Hephaestus definitely wouldn't let him upgrade so hastily. At the very least, she would train all his ability scores to A-rank, or even S-rank, before elevating his level.

"It should be said, it's their shared feat."

Loki was silent for a while, finally seeming to accept some established fact.

"I understand… That child is still young, let them get married in two years."

Hearing this, a glint flashed in Hephaestus's eyes, and she secretly clenched her fist, secretly delighted: "Got it!"

However, for the gods, just asking a question is enough to confirm it, so it's not troublesome.

Loki then said: "However, their first child must join the Loki Familia!"

Loki didn't respond, but instead said thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, Riveria is the Elf Princess of Alfheim, although she's not interested in inheriting the throne…"

Hephaestus looked helpless: "Already assuming it's a girl?"

Loki: "Don't you think this is particularly interesting?"

The nature of pursuing pleasure in the gods' nature was stirring again, and the two goddesses talked in the secret room, their topic gradually drifting further and further.

At the same time, in the conference room outside, Emiya, Riveria, Finn, and the others were still sitting, speechless.

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Chapter 177: Adventurer Team.

In short, after friendly negotiations between the two goddesses, the Riveria fainting incident finally came to a satisfactory end.

That person—most likely a female of the elven race—is still hidden within the Loki Familia.

In addition to this, Riveria also realized that the goddess Loki's eyes had changed when she looked at her.

Riveria couldn't say which was worse.

Under Riveria's supervision, Aiz earnestly demonstrated the dogeza she had been practicing for a long time in front of Emiya, her movements standard and in place.

Aiz raised her head blankly, obviously not expecting that what she had been hiding for so long had already been exposed.

Emiya explained.

Afterwards, he described the appearance of "Riveria" in detail to the goddess Demeter, and was immediately exposed by the goddess.

"Because you're all from the Loki Familia, I thought it was a special arrangement of your Familia at the time."

Riveria sighed, her tone still stern but with a hint of gentleness: "In short, it's great to be forgiven, Aiz. But don't mess around like this again in the future."

However, the Goddess Hephaestus didn't connect Aiz's prank with Riveria's matter.

Moreover, even if it was a misunderstanding at first, it isn't anymore.

Unless it was the Goddess Artemis herself descending and unleashing the 'Celestial Bow', an attack of that nature and caliber...

Otherwise, whether it be monsters or adventurers, as long as they are below the rank of a god, they cannot shake this defense.

[Dimensional Interruption] blocks attacks through a barrier, while [Far Distant Homeland] defends conceptually, directly 'ignoring' all attacks.

In other words, any attack that attempts to invade the barrier's contents will not be recognized or accepted as valid damage.

No matter how fierce the offensive, this barrier always maintains its absolute defense.

However, similar to [Argonaut], [Far Distant Homeland] is not applicable in the dungeon environment before the fiftieth floor.

And [Far Distant Homeland], as a higher-level defensive magic, has an incantation that is frighteningly long, making it almost impossible to cast quickly in the heat of battle.

When they delve into more treacherous floors, facing monsters far stronger than usual, or when fighting more difficult enemies on the surface, these powerful magics that Riveria possesses will be the decisive force to change the course of battle.

"If you're concerned, you can just go see that kid."

Loki said, "He's been taking care of you these past few days..."

Riveria: "Been...? !"

She lowered her head, her gaze falling on the emerald green pajamas she was wearing. Riveria clearly remembered that she was definitely not wearing this set before she fainted.

She wasn't worried that Welf was the one who changed her clothes. With the Goddess Loki around, she would never let a young man do such things.

Riveria's mind conjured up familiar elven women from the Loki Familia, their originally lovely faces now shrouded in a layer of dark shadow.

The Loki Familia's residence, Twilight Manor.

Or more precisely, it was the sword he took from the depths of [Unlimited Blade Works].

At the same time, Hephaestus occasionally flipped through the draft paper that the Goddess Loki was holding, which detailed some of Riveria's ability values, mainly related to [Round of Avalon].

Among them, there are several goddesses who have not yet come to the Lower World.

After a long time, after carefully analyzing the Holy Sword and Riveria's skills, Hephaestus finally came to a conclusion.

"Loki, this skill you call [Round of Avalon] is the sublimation of the great feat of Riveria and Welf forging the Holy Sword together."

In fact, Welf does not have the ability to forge a true divine weapon in the Lower World. Without divine fire, divine iron, and the inability to use divine power in the Lower World, even a forging goddess like Hephaestus cannot forge a true divine weapon.

By doing so, the 'divine weapon' that no one in the Lower World could use was turned into a 'holy sword' that Welf could wield.

Although this pseudo-divine weapon relies on a true divine weapon [Orion's Arrow], it is still an unprecedented feat to be able to forge it.

The two of them shared the [Great Feat] brought about by this achievement.

Although this is just a pseudo-divine weapon, what Welf and Riveria have accomplished is still an extraordinary achievement.

To the point that even the 'God's Grace' system cannot correctly accommodate and evaluate this great feat.

To be honest, Hephaestus didn't add any powerful magical effects or combat bonuses when forging that crown.

In addition to Goddess Hephaestus's own forging skills and her signature, the price of this crown might exceed the sum of the [Five Supreme Staves].

On the other hand, after Riveria put on the crown, Welf's great feat was further unlocked.

Because of the 'Forging God's Sword' great feat shared with Riveria, Welf's [Mystery] and [Forging] each increased by one level, reaching G and H levels respectively.

And now, the 'Forging God's Sword' great feat is still stored in his body.

In theory, as long as Welf trains any one of his abilities to D500, he can immediately level up to Lv.4, which can be achieved in as little as a week.

Loki: "So, it's not the crown that brought the skill, but it unlocked Riveria's great feat..."

Hephaestus said, "So, you should agree now."

She nodded resignedly, slumped on the sofa, her voice with a hint of listlessness.

Loki: "However, I still need to confirm Riveria's feelings, is that okay?"

As for confirming her feelings, Hephaestus thought, is there even a need to ask? Wasn't it Riveria who took the initiative from the beginning?

Hephaestus: "That's fine, unless their child inherits Shirou's forging talent..."

Hephaestus: "Hey, hey, you wouldn't be thinking...?"

"That's right!"

Loki narrowed her eyes: "This throne, although Riveria doesn't want it, it should be hers, that is, the thing of my Familia's future little princess, then, it is the thing of my Loki Familia!"

Hephaestus was silent for a moment: "...It seems, it's really a bit interesting."

Loki: "If Riveria is married off, my Loki Familia would suffer a great loss... No, she has to have more than a dozen children to properly compensate our Familia!"

Riveria didn't know what the goddesses were talking about, but for some reason, her mood became more and more uneasy.

However, for Riveria, this matter was not completely over: she hadn't figured out who changed her clothes and discovered the secret that made her feel extremely ashamed.

Although it's the same as before, full of wicked thoughts, it has changed from one kind of wicked thought to another.

There is also an important thing—

"I'm really very sorry!"

"Ah... well, actually, I already knew."

Welf's tone was a bit helpless.

"Ah?"

"Before, I asked Goddess Demeter about it, and as a result, the goddess told me that there was no one named 'Riveria' in her Familia."

"Isn't this [Sword Princess]?"

Goddess Demeter blurted out at the time.

There was no way around it, Ais's personal characteristics were too obvious.

Welf added.

Speaking of this, Ais's face flushed instantly, and she looked at Riveria somewhat at a loss.

After the matter subsided, Goddess Hephaestus and Goddess Loki also learned about this little farce.

After listening to Ais's prank, the two goddesses couldn't help but laugh, especially Loki, who laughed until tears almost came out.

After all, so much time has passed, who can say clearly the details of that time?

Hephaestus looked at Riveria, noticing the gentle look in her eyes as she secretly glanced at Welf, and the goddess felt a surge of emotion in her heart.