Chapter:80 - Is it wrong for a Godslayer to Have a harem goddesses

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As they hoisted the unconscious duo onto their backs, Finn turned to Loki, who looked deep in thought.

"Loki," he said, hesitantly, "when you said you were impressed…"

He let himself trail off.

His goddess still had her eyes glued to Kusanagi Godou, and Finn wondered if the connection between him and Bell Cranel went beyond that as a chef and a regular customer.

Levels are just a number.

It couldn't be a coincidence.

Finally, Loki replied, "I said what I said."

"Does that mean…"

She nodded gravely. "Aiz's record has probably just been broken."

Finn's chest suddenly felt very heavy. "Bell Cranel. He's special, isn't he?"

"He has to be," Loki agreed.

"Do you think there's some kind of meaning behind it?"

There was a short pause.

"He's going to be a Hero. I'm sure of it."

"A Hero?"

At this, Loki's attention towards Kusanagi Godou became so focused that Finn couldn't help glancing at the black-haired man sitting on a rock as well.

"Yes, a Hero. Someone capable of slaying the greatest of monsters."

Then Finn understood. "You mean the One-eyed Dragon?"

Another pause.

"I hope so, Finn."

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They finally started seeing monsters.

But those monsters were quickly cut down by the seasoned adventurers of the Loki Familia.

Godou wondered if he should help out.

As if sensing his doubt, Loki shook her head next to him. "Don't call for Lancelot's powers. The Dungeon reacts violently to Divinity, so if my children can handle it without a problem, let them do it."

Slightly surprised, Godou nodded.

As if the sight of monsters had enacted a change within the goddess, Loki was finally beginning to walk, and talk, with a more dignified air.

He had been worried at first that Loki would behave like a child on a field trip, someone that would ogle and marvel at the monsters, fueled by the naïve euphoria of being in a place she'd never been before. No such thing happened. The God walked with a self-assured but cautious gait, content with observing whatever the Dungeon threw at them get eviscerated by her Adventurers, offering nothing more than an appraising eye and the occasional praise.

The change in her demeanor was almost jarring if Godou was honest with himself. He was aware that, like all Gods, Loki had a timeless existence's worth of wisdom and experience, but she seemed to wear so many masks, put on so many acts, that he couldn't tell whether the Loki silently trudging beside him was the real Loki or not.

It was all part of being a trickster goddess, he surmised.

"We're entering the Goliath's chambers now," Finn warned, as the path ahead of them began to be illuminated by familiar crystals that Godou recognized formed the walls of Rivira as well.

It had seemed so like so long ago, when he had defeated the Black Goliath, when he had first heard the word Campione uttered by that beast-tamer's mouth, and that memory steeled his resolve as he remembered the main reason he'd returned to the Dungeon in the first place.

"Godou, Loki," Finn said, his grip around his spear tightening, "stand back. It won't take long, but the few of us here might not be able to stop all of the Goliath's attacks before we kill it."

He was reminded of the lethal blasts of compressed air from the last time, and he nodded, standing protectively in front of Loki as they finally stepped into the cavern.

The subsequent fight was almost…disappointing.

The Goliath that had broken through its crystal prison was smaller than its Black counterpart. Godou had found himself frowning when it roared. It was loud, but it didn't quite reverberate through his bones like it had the last time.

It had scarcely looked in his direction before a slash from one of the Amazoness twins had sliced its lower jaw clean off and it fell to the ground, a useless mound of teeth and flesh.

This Goliath did not seem to have the ability to heal from its wounds, and many were inflicted upon it in the veritable storm of teamwork of the Loki Familia that quickly turned it into a shower of dust.

"You've never actually seen my children fight for real, have you?" Loki asked.

He hummed in thought. The abilities he had seen so far might not have been as flashy as the mages of his old world, but Finn and the others more than made up for it in martial prowess.

"No," he admitted. "They're good."

The goddess grinned. "You haven't seen anything yet."

"Hey, you two!" Finn called out from the other edge of the room. "Let's get going!"

They followed the Adventurers.