Once the chant is completed and the barrier is activated, within the adventurer system, no existence can break through its protection.
Unless the goddess Artemis herself descends and unleashes the [Bow of the Firmament], an attack of such nature and specification.
Otherwise, whether monster or adventurer, as long as they are below the rank of deity, they cannot shake this defense.
Even a resurrected hera or zeus familia member, their full-powered strike would still be ignored.
Riveria's third-tier defensive magic, [Via Shilheim], is a barrier magic that completely blocks physical and magical attacks. Its effect seems similar to [World Beyond the World], but the principles of the two are entirely different.
[Via Shilheim] blocks attacks through the barrier itself, while [World Beyond the World] defends on a conceptual level, directly "ignoring" all attacks.
In other words, any attack attempting to invade the existence within the barrier would not be acknowledged or accepted by the barrier as valid damage.
Once the barrier of [World Beyond the World] is deployed, it will not be gradually weakened or broken by the intensity of attacks like other defensive magics.
No matter how fierce the offensive is, this barrier will always maintain its absolute defense.
As long as Riveria can maintain the existence of the barrier, it is flawless.
However, similar to the [Lance That Shines to the End of the World], [World Beyond the World] is not applicable in dungeon environments before the 50th floor.
In fact, the defensive effect of [Via Shilheim] is already strong enough. In actual combat, its flaw is not in its defensive power, but that the chant is too long, making it difficult to activate quickly during battle.
And [World Beyond the World], being an even higher-tier defensive magic, has a chant so ridiculously long it is nearly impossible to cast quickly in the heat of battle.
However, this doesn't mean these two magics have lost their significance. On the contrary, it's the current environment of the dungeon, or more accurately, the shallowness of the floor Riveria and the others have reached, that limits the magic's full potential.
Once they delve into deeper and more dangerous floors, facing monsters far beyond ordinary, or fighting more troublesome enemies aboveground, these powerful magics mastered by Riveria will become decisive forces that can change the tide of battle.
And now, what Riveria and the others urgently need to figure out is. What kind of connection exists among the fourth-tier magic, the skill [Blessing of No End], the mysterious [Tiara of Avalon], and Shirou.
"If you're that curious, just go meet the kid."
Loki said, "These past few days, he's been the one taking care of you…"
Riveria: "The whole time?"
She lowered her head, eyes falling on the emerald green pajamas she was wearing. Riveria clearly remembered that this was definitely not what she had been wearing before she fainted.
Not only that, Riveria soon realized something even more embarrassing. Her swimsuit underneath had also been changed.
She wasn't worried that Shirou had been the one to change her clothes. With the goddess Loki around, there's no way the boy would have been allowed to do such things.
And with the boy's personality, he wouldn't take the initiative either.
What Riveria really cared about was that someone, and most likely a certain elf, had discovered the secret under her clothes.
In her mind, the familiar faces of elven women from the Loki Familia flashed by. Those once adorable faces were now shrouded in a layer of dark shadow.
"Who exactly was it?"
———
Loki Familia's residence, the Twilight Manor.
The goddess of fire and forging was closely examining a longsword. What she held in her hand was the [The Lance That Shines to the End of the World (Rhongomyniad)] projected by Shirou.
Or to be precise, this was the sword he drew from the deepest depths of [Unlimited Blade Works].
At the same time, Hephaestus occasionally flipped through the draft paper held by the goddess Loki, which recorded part of Riveria's abilities in detail, specifically those related to [Blessing of the End (Round of Avalon)].
The holy sword at this moment was heavily constrained, in a fully suppressed state.
Its true power was completely sealed within the [Thirteen Restraints]. And to unlock these restraints, one would need to invoke divine will and seek permission from thirteen goddesses.
Some of these goddesses hadn't even descended to the lower world yet.
This is the price of exchanging [Restraints] for power. While sealed, the holy sword couldn't even display one-tenth of its original might.
After a long while, having seriously analyzed the holy sword and Riveria's skill, Hephaestus finally came to a conclusion.
"Loki, this skill you call [Blessing of the End (Round of Avalon)] is the sublimation of the great deed of Riveria and Shirou forging the holy sword together."
Based on the experience of Shirou and Riveria jointly "forging" a divine sword, slaying Antares, and "banishing" the goddess Artemis, the forge goddess Hephaestus reconstructed the general picture of the holy sword and the unique skill.
In fact, Shirou did not possess the ability to forge a true divine artifact in the lower world. Without divine fire, divine iron, and unable to use divine power, even Hephaestus could not forge a real divine artifact in the lower world.
However, Shirou and the goddess Artemis came up with a clever idea. They encased the divine artifact [Arrow of Orion] in an outer shell, using that shell to reshape it into a pseudo-divine sword.
With this method, they turned an artifact that no one in the lower world could wield into a "holy sword" that Shirou could swing.
"Genius," Even the forge goddess Hephaestus couldn't help but genuinely praise the approach.
This pseudo-divine artifact, although based on the genuine artifact [Arrow of Orion], was still an unprecedented feat to forge into its current form.
Shirou was the forger, and the one who provided the most magical power was Riveria. She used the [Fairy King's Seal] to supply a powerful mana circulation, allowing the process to be completed.
The two of them jointly shared the great deed brought about by this accomplishment.
Even though it was a pseudo-artifact, what Shirou and Riveria achieved was still an extraordinary feat.
This kind of great deed even exceeded the definition under the traditional adventurer system, fundamentally different from ordinary feats.
To the point that even the [Falna] system could not correctly accommodate or evaluate this great deed.
Until Riveria wore the crown forged by the goddess Hephaestus herself.
To be honest, when Hephaestus crafted that crown, she didn't add any strong magical effects or combat bonuses.
Its only special effect was tightly linking the fates of Riveria and Shirou.
Aside from that, the crown's other unique trait was its extraordinary price. The materials alone were worth over a hundred million valis.
Adding Hephaestus' forging skills and her signature, the crown's value might surpass the combined worth of the [Five Supreme Staves].
Hephaestus hadn't expected it to yield such an effect. She had only wanted to give Riveria a valuable and symbolic gift.
On the other hand, after Riveria donned the crown, Shirou's great deed was further unlocked.
Because of the shared great deed of forging the divine sword with Riveria, Shirou's [Mystery] and [Forging] attributes each rose by one level, reaching G and H levels, respectively.
Aside from that, Shirou had also fulfilled the requirements to level up from Lv.3 to Lv.4.
His previous level-up from Lv.2 to Lv.3 came from the feat of "slaying the ancient monster, the Scorpion Antares."
And now, the "forging the divine sword" feat still remained stored within him.
In theory, as long as Shirou trained any one of his abilities to D500, he could immediately level up to Lv.4. Possibly within a week.
However, the goddess Hephaestus definitely wouldn't let him level up so carelessly. At the very least, he must train all ability scores to A-rank, or even S-rank, before ascending in level.
Loki: "So, it's not the crown that granted the skill, but that it unlocked Riveria's great deed…"
Hephaestus: "You should say, it's their shared great deed."
"So now, you agree, don't you?"
Loki fell silent for a while, finally as if accepting some predetermined fate.
She nodded in resignation, slumping onto the sofa, her voice tinged with a trace of despair.
"I get it… The kid's still young. In another two years, let them get married."
Loki: "But I still need to confirm Riveria's feelings. Hope that's okay."
Upon hearing that, Hephaestus's eyes flashed with light, secretly clenched her fist, and rejoiced inwardly, 'Got her!'
As for confirming feelings, Hephaestus thought, 'Wasn't it Riveria who made the move in the first place?'
But for a goddess, just asking once is enough to confirm it, so it's no trouble.
Loki immediately added, "But their first child must join the Loki Familia."
Hephaestus, "That's fine, unless their child inherits Shirou's forging talent…"
Loki didn't reply, instead musing thoughtfully, "Come to think of it, Riveria is the elven princess of Alfheim. Although she's not interested in inheriting the throne…"
Hephaestus: "Hey hey, don't tell me you're thinking—"
Loki: "Exactly!"
Loki narrowed her eyes: "The throne. Though Riveria doesn't want it, should be hers. Which means it belongs to my Familia's future little princess. In other words, it belongs to Loki Familia."
Hephaestus wore a helpless expression, "You've already decided it's a girl?"
Loki: "Don't you think this whole thing is incredibly fun?"
Hephaestus paused in silence, "…It actually does sound kind of fun."
The gods' innate desire for amusement stirred once again. The two goddesses conversed in the secret room, and their discussion grew increasingly off-topic.
Loki: "If I marry Riveria off, our Loki Familia is losing big time… No way. We'll make her have a dozen kids to properly compensate us."
———
Meanwhile, in the conference room outside, Shirou, Riveria, Finn, and the others were still seated in silence.
Riveria didn't know what the goddesses were talking about, but for some reason, she felt increasingly uneasy.
All in all, after a friendly negotiation between the two goddesses, the incident of Riveria's unconsciousness was finally brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
However, for Riveria, this matter was not yet completely over: she still hadn't figured out who had changed her clothes and discovered the secret that made her feel immensely ashamed.
That person, most likely a female of the elven race, was still hiding within the Loki Familia to this day.
In addition, Riveria also realized that the way Goddess Loki looked at her had changed.
Although it was still full of wicked thoughts just like before, it had shifted from one kind of wicked thought to another.
Riveria couldn't really say which one was worse.
There was also one more important matter—
"I'm really, really sorry!", Under Riveria's supervision, Ais seriously performed the dogeza she had practiced for so long in front of Emiya, with movements that were precise and proper.
"Ah... this, actually I knew about it a long time ago," There was a hint of helplessness in Emiya's tone.
"Ah?", Ais lifted her head with a blank expression, clearly not expecting that the matter she had hidden for so long had already been exposed.
"I asked Goddess Demeter before, and the result was that the goddess told me that there was no one named 'Riveria' in her Familia," Emiya explained.
After that, he gave a detailed description of "Riveria" to Goddess Demeter, and was immediately exposed by the goddess.
("Isn't this the [Sword Princess]?"), Goddess Demeter blurted out on the spot.
There was no helping it, Ais' personal features were simply too obvious.
"Since you're all from the Loki Familia, I thought at the time that it was some kind of special arrangement by your Familia," Emiya added.
At this point, Ais' face instantly turned red, and she looked at Riveria with some helplessness.
Riveria sighed, her tone still stern but with a trace of gentleness, "Anyway, it's great that you were forgiven, Ais. But don't go messing around like this again in the future."
After the matter settled down, Goddess Hephaestus and Goddess Loki also learned about this little farce.
After hearing about Ais' prank, the two goddesses couldn't help but laugh out loud, especially Loki, who laughed until tears were almost coming out.
However, Goddess Hephaestus did not connect Ais' prank with Riveria's incident.
After all, so much time had passed, who could still clearly explain the details back then?
Besides, even if it was a misunderstanding at the time, it wasn't anymore now.
Hephaestus looked at Riveria and noticed that gentle glance she secretly cast toward Emiya, and the goddess felt a wave of emotion in her heart.
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