Danmachi: Is It Wrong to Be the Main Character in Orario?

Chapter 941: It’s Rare to Dig Your Own Grave

"..."The five goddesses who had been calmly sitting there, watching the show, saw this scene and immediately turned half of their faces dark with shock.

Hestia, as Bell’s former Familia God, immediately jumped to her feet.

"Hey! What do you guys think you’re doing, staring at my child like that?!"

"Hestia?"

"Hestia, maybe that child used to be yours. But look at him now—he’s come this far. You’re not still treating him like a child, are you?"

"I..."

Hestia was left speechless. She had no rebuttal.

Indeed, given the current situation, no god would still view Bell as a mere child from the Genkai anymore.

Especially now that Bell’s true identity was fully exposed. As the "Child of the World," he had already risen beyond the gods. Now that he was even beginning to step into a position above the gods, it only further underscored his exceptional nature.

Given all this, it was only natural for the gods to want to form connections with Bell.

Hestia had no objection to gods wanting to build such connections. However, if these guys were planning to send themselves to Bell’s bed, how was she supposed to react?

Of course, she would strongly oppose that!

"In short, I’m against it!"

The 19 goddesses exchanged peculiar glances at Hestia. Recalling the true form of the child just now, they began to understand Hestia’s protective stance, much like a mother hen guarding her chicks.

If they were that child’s Familia God, they’d probably do the same and refuse to let any harlots near their child.

So they all began to comfort her.

"Hestia, don’t be stubborn. You’re no longer that child’s Familia God."

"Hestia, we all understand how you feel."

"Exactly."

Hearing these remarks only made Hestia angrier.

She finally realized that these gods were serious—they really did intend to set their sights on her Bell.

"You all..."

"Bang!"

Before Hestia could finish her words, they were interrupted by a heavy thud.

Loki, having slammed her palm onto the table, glared at the gods with a dark expression.

"Enough already? Are you all done making noise, or do you want me to stop watching?"

Only then did the gods notice the projection had fast-forwarded to the entrance of the 90th floor. In other words, in the brief time they had been distracted, ten floors had already been cleared. Now, only the 90th floor remained.

"So quickly to the critical stage?"

"Pause it. Let’s review Leviathan’s strategy first."

The moment they saw the progress, the gods immediately abandoned their earlier plans of forming connections. After all, the strategy remained the main focus.

However, Loki’s reaction seemed a bit too extreme.

Several goddesses, now realizing what had happened, cautiously glanced at Loki, but her gaze was already fixed on the projection.

’You’re overthinking it. After all, she’s Loki.’

The goddesses who had thought that shook their heads, dismissing their own ridiculous notion, and turned their attention back to the projection.

Bell stood before the stone door and lightly pushed it open.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of crashing waves immediately greeted him.

As expected, Leviathan had prepared thoroughly and set up the battlefield in advance.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

A violent storm whipped across the world, and the sea churned with towering waves.

"Boom!"

The sky was thick with dark clouds, plunging the entire world into a night of black, surging waves.

And indeed, that was the reality.

Bell glanced behind him. The stone door he had just opened had vanished, and the ground beneath his feet had sunk into the ocean.

"I see."

"By using the ocean to encompass the entire floor, Leviathan has fused a galaxy from the cosmos with this level, creating the current ocean world?"

Bell took a moment to breathe and immediately understood.

"There’s no oxygen here, and the outside is filled with massive amounts of radiation?"

"Well, in that case, the ocean is the only place with oxygen."

This space offered almost no conditions for life to survive. Even the dark clouds in the sky contained no moisture; instead, they were filled with corrosive acids and lethal radiation.

Ironically, the ocean itself still contained abundant oxygen. For ordinary adventurers, reaching this point meant certain death.

The environment was deadly, and Leviathan, the entity controlling this environment, waited in the ocean for its prey to arrive.

"Deliberately dragging things out without showing any sign of appearing, its aura well-concealed within the ocean."

Bell couldn’t help but chuckle.

"That’s actually a method I taught Ais to use to conceal herself. By saturating a space with your own aura, you can hide within that space. Leviathan, you’ve learned quite well."

The aura of Leviathan permeated the entire ocean. It was clear that Leviathan had used the same technique as Ais to hide its presence.

However, Leviathan’s aura covered an enormous scale—almost the entire planet was suffused with its presence. Trying to locate Leviathan within the ocean using this method would be nearly impossible.

The reason for this was simple: just as Bell had predicted, Leviathan was deliberately stretching the battle lines, hoping to force him into revealing his weaknesses. Otherwise, Leviathan would only use the "ocean" to harass him.

Behemoth hadn’t played it safe, so Behemoth died.

Because of this, Leviathan had chosen a more cautious approach.

Even Bell had to admit that it was an excellent strategy.

"What a pity."

Bell shook his head regretfully.

"Though the method is sound, such a choice is truly fatal."

Yes, it was a good strategy—after all, it was the very technique he had taught Ais.

But the best application of that technique was in the "wind," not in the "ocean."

Once you spread your aura across the ocean of an entire planet, it meant that even if a flicker of Authority appeared in one part of the sea, it wouldn’t easily be detected, right?

So, didn’t that mean Leviathan had dug a hole for itself?

And more importantly, Bell could fully take advantage of that hole.

Of course, a large-scale attack now, or even slicing the planet open, would easily resolve the battle.

But the question remained: what about the "ocean" Leviathan controlled?

So, being forced into this situation, Bell would need to break through with a more troublesome approach.