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Chapter 261: Heaven-Defying Achievements
🕑 Added 2025-06-25 03:31:16 +0000 UTCBlake wasn’t particularly shocked, though he was surprised, to find himself at Level 7. After all, his ability value increase and leveling up depended on his heroic achievements, and he certainly wasn’t lacking in those.
In the High School DxD world, he had eliminated countless mages, killed the Fallen Angel cadre Kokabiel, and nearly annihilated the Cao Cao clan, including three Demon Lords, three highest-class devils, Cao Cao himself, and other family members. The two other Divine Gear users had also scurried away.
In the Campione! world, he had twice defeated and eventually killed Marquis Voban, slain the Sea God Poseidon, defeated the Sword King Doni, and then, in Japan, slaughtered hundreds of mythological figures, even wiping out the entire Japanese pantheon. Finally, with his world-saving deeds, even the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, was decisively defeated.
With so much accumulated experience and such monumental achievements, it was actually quite normal for him to reach this level; it would have been strange if he hadn’t.
“Level 7, huh? The boost seems a bit terrifying.” Even without using energy, weapons, or his divine authority, his physical body alone felt capable of contending with high-level Demon Lords. As for his energy, it had also leaped from high-level Demon Lord to half-Transcendent.
“Now, I feel like with just my energy and body combined, I could directly withstand a Transcendent and have an epic battle like the one with Sun Wukong before.” Furthermore, this mysterious improvement gave him a feeling that “in times of crisis, I can create even more miracles and break through my own limits!”
After a moment of contemplation, a sharp gleam appeared in Blake’s crystalline blue eyes as he instantly understood everything. At the same time, his focus shifted away from Hestia’s allure, and he finally noticed the dramatic changes in his body.
It was a terrifying power capable of shaking heaven and earth and shattering stars!
“Blake, although I know everyone has their own secrets, I’m really worried about you.” Hestia finally spoke, her head buried in his neck as she lay on his back, speaking with great seriousness. “This situation is too abnormal. Can you tell me what happened?”
“Hestia, it’s not that I don’t want to tell you. It’s just not the right time.” Blake, though enjoying Hestia’s intimate embrace, didn’t have any impure thoughts at the moment. He just slightly turned his head, looking into Hestia’s eyes from about a centimeter away, and seriously promised, “I can guarantee that this change is a very normal thing. As for the reason, when the time is right, I will tell you everything truthfully.”
After staring closely at Blake for a few seconds, feeling each other’s breath, Hestia finally smiled, all her worries and complex emotions vanishing. She giggled and said, “I understand. I won’t press for your secret. But remember this promise, you must tell me your secret later.”
“Yes, that’s a given.” Seeing that Hestia no longer pressed the matter, Blake also smiled, his heart filled with gratitude. Hestia was a gentle and kind goddess. Upon seeing his changes, she only showed concern for him. If it were other gods who loved drama and chaos, they would probably pry with intense, almost mad curiosity, wanting to dissect Blake to get to the bottom of it.
“Lady Hestia, Lord Blake, what exactly happened?” At that moment, Lily, completely bewildered, finally couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.
“Lily, this is very important, so…” Hestia’s expression changed slightly. She sat up, turned her head, and was about to tell Lily not to ask too many questions. It wasn’t that Lily couldn’t be trusted. If she couldn’t be trusted, Blake wouldn’t have allowed Lily to be present every time he updated his status. However, this matter was too significant, and the fewer people who knew, the better.
If she accidentally let slip, then the entire Orario, no, the entire world, would descend into madness.
The thought of those “god friends” hunting her down like wolves, wanting to forcibly claim Blake, made Hestia’s scalp tingle.
“Hestia, it’s fine.” However, before Hestia could finish, Blake interrupted her and turned to Lily. If he kept it from Lily, it might create a rift between them, which Blake didn’t want to see.
As for others overhearing and finding out, first, he doubted these adventurers would even believe it. Even if they did believe it and came looking for trouble, he wouldn’t mind giving other Familia, or even the whole world, another warning, solidifying the Hestia Familia’s reputation. At that point, many talented individuals would likely join.
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Although he wanted to keep his Familia to just two or three people, it would be too selfish. Moreover, he sometimes needed to leave this world, and then Hestia would be alone and lonely. Lily’s current abilities weren’t strong either, and venturing into the dungeon alone would be too dangerous.
So, Blake pondered for a moment and decided it would be better to establish his reputation, recruit Familia members, and then personally train them to strengthen the Hestia Familia, making it the strongest Familia, surpassing even the Freya Familia and the Loki Familia. Then, as the god of the strongest Familia, Hestia would also have prestige when she went out, and she would be happy to have so many followers to take care of.
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Although not explicitly stated, Hestia had always wanted to surpass Loki and gain the recognition of her god friend Hephaestus. Of course, even if this plan were to proceed, Blake would strictly adhere to two points. First, all Familia members must be girls! And their looks must be excellent! This way, he would find them pleasing to the eye and wouldn’t have to worry about his adorable Hestia being taken advantage of. Second, their character must be impeccable; he didn’t want a situation like the Soma Familia, full of intrigue. As for talent, that wasn’t an issue.
It might sound arrogant, but no one could argue with it. Someone in his previous life once said, “I don’t choose friends based on their wealth, because they’ll never be richer than me.” The same principle applied now; there was clearly no one in this world more powerful than him. Even if someone was untalented, Blake had the ability to train them into a first-class adventurer.
“Lily, actually, just now, I accidentally jumped to Level 7.” Although many thoughts flashed through his mind, only a moment had passed in reality. Blake spoke slowly, a smile playing on his lips.
As these words fell, Lily froze, staring blankly at Blake.
Outside the house, a shadow trembled, almost falling!
