CHAPTER 891: CHAPTER 689: THE SECOND MONSTER ROOKIE (PART 2)

Theone recalled the message, seriously suspecting that the battered human mentioned in the intelligence was this new adventurer in front of her.

"Hmph." Hedine pushed up his glasses, snorted coldly, and said, "This dumb rabbit is indeed both clumsy and foolish, but he is now undoubtedly adventuring, and you are not allowed to interfere."

Hegni, on one side, also nodded, silently raising the black longsword.

The black and white elves were clearly prepared to protect that new adventurer, or rather, to protect the battle of that new adventurer, releasing an even more intense killing intent than when Finn intended to intervene between Reiger and Ota’s duel.

The four Littlefolk quadruplets did the same, silently guarding the battlefield on that side.

To this, Finn and the others exchanged glances and all fell silent.

Obviously, this time, Finn and the others tacitly approved of the continuation of this battle.

After all, the opponent was merely an unfamiliar new adventurer with no comparison to their Familia companions.

Finn and the others could fight against the Freyja Clan for their Familia companions, but they would never fight against their all-time strongest rival for an unrelated new adventurer.

So, this time, Finn remained silent, Ais and the others also remained silent, merely watching the battle of blood and blood, witnessing it all.

At this moment, Reiger and Ota had already started talking to each other.

"What? Not continuing?"

Reiger lowered the Fool’s Sword in his hand, pointing the tip to the ground, and spoke with extreme calmness.

"..."

Ota did not respond immediately, only staying silent for a while, then a trace of regret surfaced in his eyes.

"The will of the goddess overrides everything."

Ota’s implication was clear: he had a task that must be executed now, not a time to be immersed in private combat.

For the ongoing battle, the Beauty God had given orders, not only letting Hedine and Hegni train the boy but also having Ota select suitable monsters from the middle layer, give them weapons, bring them to the upper layers, and provide trials for the boy, showing the goddess’s attention to this boy.

Regardless of whether it was Ota, the black and white knights, the ill-tempered cat, or the Littlefolk quadruplets, they were all the most loyal subordinates of the goddess.

Unlike the Loki Familia, which got along like family, the Freyja Clan was led by the goddess with divine power over "beauty," an embodiment of beauty that could captivate all beings, so no member of the Familia was not enamored with the goddess, vowing to dedicate everything to her.

They did not regard the main god as family, but as an object of allegiance, a queen.

For such a Freyja Clan, the divine will (orders) of the Beauty Goddess Freya was everything.

To fulfill the goddess’s divine will (orders), they could sacrifice everything, disregard everything, including their own insignificant lives.

They were not only the children of the Beauty God but also subordinates, the beloved beings of the Beauty God down below.

Therefore, even with an opponent that could awaken his fighting spirit standing before him, Ota would choose to suppress his inner fighting intent quietly, becoming a martial artist faithfully fulfilling the divine will, fighting not for himself but to block for the goddess.

Such an Ota could naturally no longer charge bravely at Reiger as he did just now.

This left Reiger somewhat disappointed.

"No matter how strong, just a puppet without autonomy?"

Reiger even went as far as to say something quite equivalent to an insult.

"Don’t misunderstand." Ota squinted his eyes instantly, said faintly: "The goddess has never forced us to do anything, this is our heartfelt obedience and loyalty."

"...Indeed." Reiger remained silent for a while, then said as if uninterested: "That’s the kind of people you are."

Making such an all-seeing, philosophical statement, Reiger released his combat stance and sheathed the Fool’s Sword at his waist.

Turning his gaze, Reiger looked at the white-haired boy still fighting fiercely and roaring continuously as he rushed towards the raging bull monster, a sparkle in his eyes.

Others might not recognize the boy, but Reiger was extremely familiar with him.

After all, he was the protagonist of the original work, a new adventurer who had debuted less than two months ago, belonging to the Hestia Familia—Bell Crowney.

Back then, during the first expedition, Reiger had seen him on the streets just arriving at this labyrinth city.

After the first expedition ended, during a banquet at the Hostess of Fertility, Reiger also saw his figure.

At that time, the waitress Xi’er from the Hostess of Fertility was attending to him, and he cast longing and admiring glances towards Reiger and the others.

Now, that immature, not fully grown, unreliable boy seemed to have undergone some transformation, becoming an adventurer who could face monsters stronger than himself and venture bravely.

"Seeing his performance, he must have already, like in the original, trained all his abilities to S-rank by now, perhaps even his specialties have surpassed the limits to reach SS or SSS levels?"

Reiger knew very well that although this boy was a new adventurer, he, like himself, had the potential to break ability limits and reach peaks unattainable by others.

That skill in the original story emerged because Bell Crowney encountered Ais.

In the original, Bell Crowney was chased by Minotaurs in the underground city and was saved by Ais, ultimately idolizing Ais, awakening the unique skill that allowed him to grow rapidly and break growth limits—[Argonaut].

After that, the boy began to soar, not only repeatedly achieving miracles of over-level challenges with breakthrough remarkable abilities but also continually leveling up in a very short time.

In the original work, Bell Crowney broke Ais’s leveling-up record by ascending from Lv.1 to Lv.2 in just over a month, and from Lv.2 to Lv.3 in only a month, from Lv.3 to Lv.4 in two months, and then reaching the requirement to ascend to Lv.5 in under a month with just one breathtaking expedition.

That means he ascended from a Lv.1 newbie adventurer to a top-level Lv.5 adventurer in roughly half a year.

This growth speed, even if not as fast as Reiger’s, wasn’t far off.

Even Reiger took over three months to ascend from Lv.1 to Lv.5, at most two or three months faster than Bell Crowney.

For adventurers, who often take several years to level up, and even some who can’t level up in a decade, the time difference was minimal, equally shocking to the world.

Now it seems Bell Crowney is showing, just like in the original, his rapid growth ability, having trained his ability values to surpass Ota’s level in just over a month.

"This time he didn’t meet Ais and didn’t idolize Ais, he shouldn’t have awakened the [Argonaut] skill."

Reiger glanced at Ais, who was watching Bell Crowney’s fight fixedly, and thought to himself.

"Yet he still displayed this inhuman growth speed, indeed, just as I thought before, Bell Crowney’s potential as a person is extraordinary. As long as there’s a catalyst, his potential would materialize as a skill, enabling him to grow rapidly."

If not, the Beauty Goddess Freya wouldn’t be so enamored with him, and his soul wouldn’t be that pure, that brilliant.

Because he himself is a being with boundless potential, things turned out this way.

The Beauty Goddess Freya seemed to notice this point, hence sending the black and white knights and giving him that crucial opportunity.

What that was, Reiger didn’t know, nor was he interested in knowing.

He only knew that the protagonist of the original story began to shine.

"From now on, Orario is sure to become lively."

Reiger thought this as he gazed at Bell Crowney.

This battle, watched closely throughout by the top adventurers from the two largest factions in the city, naturally ended with Bell Crowney’s victory.

On this day, the super potential newcomer who took just over a month to rise to Lv.2 entered the line of sight of the gods.

"A second rising star capable of matching the monster newcomer of the Loki Familia has appeared."

This news would soon spread across Orario and even the whole world, causing a sensation.