DanMachi: Heroic Epic of Emiya the Great Hero

That man's image emerged in her mind. He held a long sword, slashing through vines, cutting down branches, and even swinging his sword at her, these scenes appeared one after another.

His figure grew clearer.

"ROAR!"

The roar of a bear monster came from behind.

She, holding the long sword, slowly turned around.

Her originally dim blue pupils began to shine, as if a withered forest had been ignited, blazing with raging flames, burning with the karmic fire that could scorch the sky.

Half a minute later, the girl, holding her sword, slowly walked out of the passage.

She put the bear monster's magic stone into her mouth and slowly chewed it.

Just now, she had merely mimicked the movements of the figure in her memory and easily slayed the seemingly powerful monster.

The girl gave a name to the man who had taught her swordsmanship—

[Father]

"Search quickly! It should be nearby!", A rough voice echoed in the dungeon.

Fully armed adventurers advanced swiftly under the lead of a fierce-looking man.

Their target this time was the ultra-rare monster, [Vouivre].

Not long ago, they received a report of a sighting of such a creature.

Vouivre, ranked alongside the famous unicorn, is an extremely rare top-class species in the dungeon.

They usually appear on the middle floors, between the 19th and 24th floors. Their dropped items, whether scales or claws, can be sold at astonishing prices.

The most valuable among them is the red gem on their forehead, [Vouivre's Tear], which is said to bring immense fortune and is even called the [Stone of Happiness].

However, once the red gem is forcibly taken, the Vouivre becomes extremely violent. And after being defeated, the gem often shatters with them.

Many adventurers have died because of this, for they are among the strongest dragon species monsters, and their combat power is terrifying.

To these adventurers, the Vouivre's value went even beyond that.

A monster with a female appearance and dragon tail, if successfully taken out of the dungeon, could be sold at unimaginable prices to nobles and wealthy collectors with peculiar tastes.

These people were adventurers on the surface, but in reality, they were a group of poachers.

"Damn female-bodied monster…", The man cursed as he rushed ahead.

Not long ago, his companions discovered a never-before-seen creature in the dungeon, a snake-like monster with a female-shaped upper body.

To capture this monster, the man's familia dispatched a team to hunt it down.

However, they didn't know exactly what happened, no one came back alive.

As a result, the poacher shifted his resentment onto another humanoid monster, the Vouivre.

He turned his head to the subordinates behind him, his voice filled with cold fury, "We must not let this Vouivre get away no matter what. We have to make up for our last failed hunt."

"And besides, Brother Dix needs someone to vent his anger on," The man revealed a cruel smile.

At a corner of the dungeon, they saw a figure hunting monsters. The man shouted roughly.

"Hey! Kid! Have you seen a Vouivre?"

It was a "girl" dressed in blue armor, holding a long sword. She slowly turned around at the sound.

However, upon getting closer, the adventurers finally realized, it wasn't armor, but dragon scales that shimmered like blue gemstones.

The object behind her that was mistaken for a cloak slightly trembled, revealing its true form, folded dragon wings.

The thin, veil-like wing membranes clung to her back, spreading with her movements, radiating an overwhelming sense of majesty and pressure.

Everyone froze in an instant. The air seemed to solidify.

"V-Vouivre?"

"Is this… a mutated species?"

A blaze of greedy frenzy ignited in their eyes. The man shouted excitedly, "Grab her! Catch that monster!"

The poachers all raised their weapons and charged toward her in excitement.

However—

["Dragons are the apex beings among monsters."]

They quickly understood the meaning of this phrase.

The girl's figure disappeared in an instant, so fast that no one could track her movements.

The next second, a sword slash tore through the air, the lightning-fast strike pierced through armor, weapons, and even their bodies, mercilessly shredding everything.

What terrified the poachers even more was—

"Sword technique? Wh-Why can a monster use sword techniques?"

One of the Lv.3 adventurers widened his eyes, unable to believe what he saw.

Yet before he finished speaking, his body was already sliced into two halves.

In a blink of an eye, only the leading man was left alive among the poachers, and he had completely lost the will to fight.

"Wait! Don't kill me, I beg you!"

He collapsed to the ground, limbs trembling, eyes full of fear, "Y-You're intelligent, right? We can… we can coexist peacefully…"

As he spun false promises from his mouth, his mind rapidly calculated how to use this monster.

"Yes, that's it, trick her into the artificial dungeon, let Brother Dix kill her… no, capture her, and we'll control her…"

"You are… lying," The Vouivre spoke, her eyes devoid of pity.

A flash of the sword light, and the man's body scattered across the ground.

"Ray… problem… resolved," The Vouivre spoke toward the empty dungeon corridor.

Not long after, an irregular with emerald green wings, the siren Ray, appeared in the corridor.

She looked at the scene before her and nodded to the Vouivre, "Thank you, Wiene."

The Vouivre nodded, "Me go… deeper levels… train, if have things… call me."

Just as she turned to leave, the girl seemed to realize something.

Her gaze fell on the poacher's pack, and then the Vouivre pulled out a long sword from it.

It was a prized item the poacher had purchased at a high price from [Super Ordinary Guy] Raul.

On the blade was engraved the forging hammer crest of Hephaestus Familia and a simple name, [Emiya].

"This… I'll take it," The Vouivre gripped the sword, turned, and walked toward the deeper floors. Her figure gradually disappeared into the dim dungeon.

———

The adventurers of the Loki Familia returned from the battle on Daedalus Street to their base, the "Twilight Manor."

Upon returning to the station, many immediately collapsed onto their beds and slept through the night without waking.

When they awoke again, what greeted them was the gentle sunrise from the surface. The warm light shone on their tired faces, softening their expressions.

In fact, the Daedalus Street mission itself wasn't very exhausting. Only Emiya and Tione had truly gone through a fierce battle.

But to ensure the timeliness of their actions, after returning from the expedition, they didn't rest adequately and immediately joined the Daedalus Street operation.

Now, what everyone needed most was to recover from the fatigue accumulated during the expedition.

The follow-up work after the expedition was still unfinished: repairing weapons, replenishing potions, selling spoils, and most importantly, the victory banquet, all these tasks were still on their schedule.

On top of that, since everyone was generally exhausted, the "search for dungeon entrances" mission had to be temporarily delayed for a few days.

This morning, some people even overslept and missed breakfast. The awakened adventurers ravenously devoured chunks of bread, hot soup, eggs, and grilled meat.

"Ais, how far are you from Lv.6?", Tiona casually asked while gnawing on grilled meat.

Ais looked at Tiona, "Still a long way. Right now, my highest stat is dexterity, and it's only at D rank."

'D rank? Already at D? But Ais was the last to level up… Looks like I need to work harder too,' Tiona was greatly surprised.

Then, she turned to Tione, as if remembering something, "Right, sis, did you go see Loki again this morning for an update?"

Tione became visibly alert, "Ah, um… How'd you know?"

Tiona pointed to the side of the table, "Loki's already turned gray."

Loki was lying on the table, looking as if she were about to turn to ash, face full of grief, "Damn [Female Hunter]... sob sob, my pretty girls…"

Since morning, after seeing Tione gain the skill [Amazon Bond], Loki had been in this state.

Tiona asked, "So, the result?"

Tione: "Endurance… already reached C rank."

"Wahhh!"

Beside the first-tier adventurers' table, Raul heard this and opened his mouth wide, making one wonder if his jaw might come unhinged.

Raul was so shocked because he was still at Lv.4, and none of his abilities had broken past D rank.

Except for magic being I0, his strength, endurance, agility, and dexterity were all around E480.

So he didn't even have the right to complain like Anakitty about why he hadn't leveled up, at least one stat needed to reach D rank to qualify for leveling up. That's the basic rule.

But Tione, who had just recently become Lv.5, already had such a high stat?

"Only endurance is relatively high," Tione said softly, her tone very gentle, "It's all thanks to… Lord Emiya."

Though Tione usually pretended to be a refined lady, her innate wildness could never be completely hidden. But today, she behaved like a gentle young girl.

Bete passed by and, upon seeing this scene, felt goosebumps all over and quickly slipped away with his tray.

"By the way, this time both Captain Finn and Gareth didn't level up," Lefiya, huddled with the girls from the magic division, was also discussing it.

"Yeah, I think before they always leveled up together with Lady Riveria, but this time Lady Riveria got ahead."

"After all, the credit for defeating the Fallen Spirit mostly goes to Lady Riveria and Mr. Emiya."

"And her previous feat of subjugating the ancient monster…"

"It's also thanks to her new magic that the Fallen Spirit was defeated. By the way, Lefiya, can you learn that magic?", One girl asked curiously.

Lefiya's magic, [Elf Ring], can record and use other elf magicians' spells.

But the girl shook her head helplessly, "No, I've tried, it's impossible."

[Elf Ring], though powerful, can only copy spells. Riveria's fourth-tier magic essentially comes from her skill, beyond Lefiya's ability.

Lefiya silently thought, 'Come to think of it, Sister Alicia and Senior Ryuu both leveled up after adventuring with Shirou. Lady Riveria too… it must be just coincidence.'

"R-Right?"

[T/N: NEW NOVEL ALERT— "Fate: Emiya the Host". A friendly neighbourhood man reincarnates as Emiya, gets a funny system and builds a harem of Illya, Miyu, Ritsuka, Mash, Rin, Saber and all. But, there are many twists and turns, take a look, add to collection and give some PS.

— Also, if you all help it reach TOP 5 in Collection and Powerstone Ranking, I will give 2 Bonus Chapter of every single novel Tommorow.]

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