Danmachi: the Great Devourer

C161: Damage

Alt Title Teaser: Sneaky Sneaky

Overall Word count = 2293 on 11/19/2024. 

A warning, there are two polls at the end of this chapter which will be active for quite some time.

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As the first trio of Astolfo, Chiron and Achilles struggle to survive, Axel is finally given another opening to release more people to help. Though Raikou does continue to make her complaints known as she also wishes to fight and help protect him. Though she also is concerned about the changes going on with Axel. 

Of the current laws, Axel has just now taken in the lightning laws which he definitely plans to share with Raikou in the future, though he is unsure if swords should be her main divine domain or not. He is torn between that and pure lightning. He might have to consult with her about this but much later when everyone is safe again. 

Amongst his lovers, Raikou is the most adamant to get out and fight, the oni also want to join the fight but recognize they are in a weakened state due to their noble phantasm abilities being stolen along with their energies. Kiara is quite passive but has been whispering tantalizing things to Axel as she looks forward to his newest changes. 

For the rest he is acquainted with, Artoria definitely wants to fight as well but the lancer is quite conflicted as well since she feels she is inadvertently at fault here since if she could have brought her spear into this place then none of this would have happened. 

Mordred also wants to fight but from what she can see, she doesnt seem to have anything that Astolfo or the others haven't been able to unleash. She has her own pride in her sword but feels very underpowered at this moment which seems to bring down her vibrant energies as she chooses to meditate at this time, hoping for some sort of epiphany. 

Morgan is instead uncaring of the situation outside, she has dressed up in some sort of mesmerizing lab coat and has been studying his reality marble in hopes of learning it's secrets and she can make her own. Axel has plans for her later as the trio she belongs to can be considered good friends of his and he would willingly help them out in any way he can. 

But for now he had to choose the next few candidates and after letting them know, they, just like the others, went full blast with their own unique abilities.

The first of which is a slightly petite white snow haired woman by the name of Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova. A former princess from a long forgotten kingdom to the greater north. She has a relatively large doll in hand that she whispers her chant to as the energy gathers around it before being outburst. (Anastasia)Viy, Viy, Viy! 

Her magic power overflows as a ghostly pair of dark purple bunny ears appear behind her which lifts a reasonably large claw-like hand that strikes the dragon man known as OED. The claws slam him flat on the ground again but as he tries to retaliate and destroy the spiritual construct. It was already too late and a new yellow glowing orb around his waist is now highlighted to all. 

"Go forth fellow champions, strike true, I have bestowed an opening for you all. It will surely suffer" She then scurries off to the side where she can watch and help from a distance. 

The next of which to rise is a silver haired hero who had slain dragons in the past and forged a sword and set of armor in it's image. With a glowing green crest upon his chest, he wields his sword Balmung in battle. This is Seigfried, who calls upon his sword's name to strike down upon the draconic foe. "Balmung!" 

The originally plain silver sword with cross-like designs soon begins to glow a fiery red as if it was dipped into a pocket of lava and heated up. An equally terrifying black energy coats the sword, giving it a highly detailed contrast as the swordsman rushes forward to slash at the yellow glowing orb. 

In a normal situation, his sword would already be able to pierce him but from what he had witnessed and this partial transformation the OED has, he didn't try to risk it and struck at the weak point. Yet he could not fully insert his glowing sword into the wounded weak point as a burst of energy originates from the dragonmans clawed hands, sending it rippling upwards with the back of the scaled claws tearing through the armor and skin of Siegfriend. 

He had to jump backwards to avoid having his head hit by the sudden attack. He clutches at his wounded chest as he can feel as if his soul was torn apart by this attack. The grave pain weakening him greatly as the last of the original speakers strikes down upon OED. 

"Gae Dearg/Gae Buidhe" Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, a distant traveling spear wielding hero strikes down upon the dragonman. His twin spears of yellow and red stabbing right through his chest. Gae Dearg is the red spear that can bypass magical or supernatural defenses born of divinity or legend. 

While Gae Buidhe is the yellow spear that shall cause un-ending injuries. A cursed injury bound to remain until either the spear is destroyed or Diarmuid himself is killed. Granted inflicting the curse does weaken the lancer just like most other curse skills under a falna does. It's only thanks to the receptacle that is Gae Buidhe that he himself is not cursed.

The near fatal injury causes OED to lash out in a rage as it can clearly tell that it has been gravely injured but cannot seem to heal it. It causes it to have a flashback to the pain it had suffered whilst transforming into what it is now. 

Its scales are rippling and pulsing and almost seem to fall off except for one part. Energy is released from the exposed 'skin' as the lizard man dashes towards Diarmuid, claws extended out, poised to gouge out his heart if not for the lancer dropping his spears and grabbing onto the twin short blades on his waist that he uses cross-guard to block the strike. 

A small barrier appears that causes a rebound as the lancer is sent flying off but the dragon man also bounces off the barrier but remains where it is due to gripping the ground with its talon-like claws. 

In its rage, it stomps down upon one of the spears, but it is the red one linked with bypassing its defenses. 

"Time to use my trump card, Can you keep up with me?" The dragon is about to charge forward when it is startled by a voice right next to it. It lashes out in the direction but it finds itself paralyzed, but not by any sort of wires or anything, but by time itself.

"CHRONOS RISE. Phantasm Punishment" An armored but cloaked figure with traces of pure white hair but covered under an array of bandages to hide his identity, lashes out with their now glowing black knife. Said knife is quite redundant and bland but in its users hands, it contains the laws of severing and binding, his origin made manifest.

The assassin seems to have paused time as he dashes out in all directions, delivering a flurry of blows, causing unimaginable pain to the dragon man whose magic was temporarily severed. It is only when the assassin reaches his limit and stabs one final time to where the hole in its chest is, stabbing at the heart that the time effect ends and the dragon realizes it's on death's door. 

The lizard takes a few steps back as if in shock as it moves to clutch at it's chest when Axel yells out a warning to them. 

"Finish it off, quick!!!" He warns them as his progress is good and he is roughly halfway done with making his mini Rhongomyniad when he senses that the sensation of death seems to have stabilized the dragons' originally rampant aura. This aura is gradually becoming more concentrated as it reaches for it's chest. But the assassin quickly rushes forward to strike just upon hearing "Finish" from Axel. he easily lops off the rising arm but the dragon begins to fall over backwards with a strange "hah, haha, hahahahaha" as it turns into full blown laughter. 

"So that is what you are. And now what I am. I shall not fall on this day. Not ever. For I AM THE STRONGEST" 

"RESURRECIóN" 

BOOOM

An overflowing amount of spirit energy is released as the shadow within the cloud grows larger and larger, sprouting massive wings that cover even Axel further away under its span. 

"DIEEEEEEE" ROOOOOOOAAAAAAAAR

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Alt Title: Divinities considered, Cold hearted Assassin, and Dragon

Drop a comment if you wanna judge my writing or the story. Ill try to respond, especially if you're confused or anything. 

So as mentioned, there are two polls which I'm starting now as Danmachi is relatively close to ending (I don't think we will reach 200 at this rate). So I wanted to discuss some of the plans for what comes after. 

First off, we will have a dedicated FATE section but I wanted to have some multiversal fun, at least 2 or 3 other anime or game worlds. 

I have at least 2 planned out, initially 4 or so but I decided to scrap them since they were groomer type bs that would have made this book alot more stupid than it was pre-chapter ~70. Which, once I kicked my horny out, told me, this was not a good idea. 

So other than that one idea that wasn't all that horny but more combat oriented, I decided to call to yall in hopes of other recommendations. This poll will continue until we finish up that 2nd 'world' i had in mind. 

The second poll will be a long standing one until this book is finished. It's the decision on how I should progress. I already have outlined that my bleach book will be next so that is set in stone, yet my interest in bleach is…less than particular, so what my current plan is to juggle that story with another and I wanted all of your thoughts on this.

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First we have this part where you can vote NO and I try to only do bleach but as revenge, I will be cutting out a few less essential parts which means more minor time skips. It would still likely reach post 100 chapters if my line of thought continues with what I have planned. (So Ill put a comment here myself, just press the like if you agree.

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The second where I do split my attention, comes down to what should my third book be? I have quite a few ideas I was able to make or develop further from before while working on this book…the past year. 

Ideas and small bits of info for my current plans. yall can also comment alternate titles but I did want to create a small theme for them all that starts with "A perfectly -----"

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"A perfectly crazy Adventure in the Soulsborne Verse" (possible harem, haven't decided on that aspect but definitely traveling companions. We start in bloodborne and then go one by one until elden ring for last, yes we will get sekiro too [gonna make Geni my bitch] this would be a partial SI [self insert] so 1st person pov. I personally want to do this one next and skip bleach altogether but i won't since there are likely a small handful of people waiting for that.)

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"A Perfectly Natural Journey in MHA" (no harem or romance. More superpower maxing regarding the magical elements, multiple alternating viewpoints and they have systems [Only 1 proper reincarnation side character])

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The final current idea I have is for "A Perfectly Perverted Refusal in DXD" (not fully fleshed out, so possible harem but i think i would likely only go for conventional wedding style with 1 wife since we have enough dxd harem books on Webnovel. A little bit of super power maxing but it should feel more natural than it did here in danmachi. At the very least I know how the beginning would play out but not the middle or end yet.)

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I do technically have 3 other ideas but I'm not letting y'all vote for them since I kinda want a break from harems after this book. At least I want a vacation from it. We might return some time later or I can make these books and just try bit by bit at random times when im horny. 

The first idea is my plans for a Naruto fic, and the only reason I'm not letting y'all vote for this one is because with how many changes I'm throwing into it, it would require my full attention and not split between it and bleach. I don't have a final name for it yet but i'm flowing towards, "Naruto: The new Guardian" I might do this one after the soulsborne/Bleach story

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The second idea is a Kyonyuu Fantasy( aka Funbag Fantasy) X Kuroinu world idea with a system. Much hentai, big lust, booba even. Lots of OC content here since Kyonyuu would be the major world in the beginning but not really involving Lute Hende except minor interactions before other countries from Kuroinu are introduced. 

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The last is "A Perfectly Perverted Eldritch Priests Diary" another hentai style book that is more anime multiversal as we try to corrupt everything and everyone.

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