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Long ago, there existed a nation called Iaia, in which the land prospered, crops and resources provided from an unknown pit at the centre of the land known only as the Dungeon. For many years, the people of Iaia lived off of the Dungeon's fruits, for which life energy emanated from the pits to sustain the various crops growing on the surface.

However, one day, the Dungeon stopped supplying the nation with its energy, and soon the nation of Iaia suffered a large widespread famine. Crops would not grow, leading to a decline in food and medicine. Water was not purified, causing a widespread epidemic to plague the land. Because Iaia was secluded from the rest of the world, with little to no connection to the outside, the people of Iaia suffered for years, until one day, a group of seers and priests came together to pray to the gods for salvation and repentance.

For months on end, the priests came together and prayed to the gods, until one day, the goddess Demeter, along with her disciple, Paladin Koloth descended from the heavens to warn the mortals of the true nature of the Dungeon. The Dungeon was a massive labyrinth created in ancient times to house monsters, and as monsters died, their souls would ascend the Dungeon to the surface. However, due to the monsters being impure, they are unable to enter heaven, and so, instead, spread to the surface of the land, their life energy supplying the world through bountiful harvest. Over time, as the nation of Iaia continued using this resource, their numbers continued to climb, but the deaths of the monsters did not, causing a deficit in the life energy supplied to the land. To continue to live, the people of Iaia must descend the Dungeons to kill monsters.

Praising Demeter, the numerous people of Iaia swore their allegiance to the goddess, begging for her to stay and watch over their nation. Taken aback by the sincerity of the mortals, as well as feeling satisfied with the increase in her followers, Demeter decided to stay and watch over the people, tasking Koloth with establishing a Folia Level System after his fellow Paladin, Folianon, the Paladin of Harvest and blessing the mortals with the power to become stronger, and wield magic. Equipping the mortals with a means to fight monsters, soon, many became trained to become the first adventurers of Iaia.

However, as Demeter continued being worshipped, the other gods in the heavens were not happy with the attention Demeter was getting, and decided to descend to the mortal realm themselves to also obtain followers. Realizing the potential for another divine war, Koloth suggested the creation of Legions, groups of humans would choose the deity they want to worship, and the deity may choose those who would be fit to be their followers.

Soon, Legions began to form, with the big three, Poseidon, Zeus, and Hades, Legions being the strongest, and some Legions being smaller than others due to the certain deities being less prominent than others. And for many years, adventurers of these Legions would descend the Dungeon to hunt and kill monsters, becoming stronger and establishing a trade system for monster shards to validate their contributions to the land.

The gods would return to heaven, with the Legions continuing to frequent the Dungeons and to become stronger, until the nation of Iaia prospered by these adventurers. The day Demeter and Paladin Koloth had come down from the heavens became mere folk tales, after centuries of prosperity, and with this, the rise of adventurer legends soon dominated the scribes, such as Leonidas Swallowtail of the Hades Legion, being the only Level 12 adventurer in existence, and Alexander Rosewald of the Aphrodite Legion, the greatest swordsman in the entire land.

R7

Jack Flock.

Level 4 Sword Fighter of the Vala Legion. Legion Captain.

For a time, Flock was the only member of the Vala Legion, and Vala was so insignificant she was on the verge of fading from existence. Until one day, she found young Flock, begging to join a Legion. Rejected from all of them because of his lack of experience and weak skillset.

When Flock was accepted by Vala, he was her only member, but that didn't stop him from pursuing his goal to become a great adventurer, a hero, just like his uncle had described in the old books. Flock would work his ass off to become a prominent adventurer, but it wasn't an easy trip.

Multiple times, Flock's innocent and kind nature was taken advantage of, either by scumbag adventurers, or higher level adventurers. Multiple times, his guild advisor had told him to be more cautious, but this kid was just too pure.

How do I know all this?

I snuck into Lady Vala's chambers to get some intel.

I continued flipping the pages.

Now before you get yourself tied up in a knot, no. I'm not being creepy. There was a good reason why I was in a woman's bedroom.

I was trying to find a way to obtain Flock's special skill for my own.

Flock is one of a kind. Even if most people don't seem to realize it. Because of this, he's been pretty rumored around all of Folia. And among the gods.

There would be no other reason why he could do the things he does. Most people would see it as him being able to do whatever he could because of his drive to become a hero and catch up to the girl of his dreams, Calypso Rosewald. But I, along with Vala and a couple other gods, knew that wasn't the case.

Limit Breaker

The ability to push past his Level during times of emotional need. Despite being Level 4, Flock has been able to fight beyond his level, and achieve things most people would find impossible, kind of like Calypso Rosewald.

The first time he displayed this skill, was when Calypso saved him from an orc. From that day on, Flock wanted to become strong so Calypso could notice him, but the problem was, Calypso was ridiculously powerful for an adventurer of her level. She was a prodigy. She was able to do things that several teams of adventurers would normally struggle, such as defeating a Floor Boss all on her own as a Level 8 Adventurer, or taking down Scarpy, a Legendary Dragon that had ravaged a nearby village, all on her own as a Level 9 Adventurer, and besting Ares the God of War in a sword duel.

Calypso was a legend among legends. And Flock, determined to catch up to her, would train tirelessly to do anything for her attention. And because of that, his Limit Break skill would activate nearly constantly whenever he is in his missions with me and the rest of the Vala Legion. His accomplishments have slowly been rising, but he has yet to reach Calypso in power.

Talk about a simp.

"Where the hell is it..." I muttered, as I continued flipping through Lady Vala's old books.

"Come on you useless drunk of a goddess, there's gotta be something on the Black Dragon."

I needed to get stronger. No matter what it took. I can already accept the fact that Flock, with his bubbly innocent, kind, and stupidly naive white knight personality would garner him a huge ass harem all for himself. I can already accept that Flock would be the main hero in this story. I can even accept the fact that I was playing second fiddle.

But I needed to be strong. For many reasons. For my own self worth.

After all, it was because I was weak, that my younger twin brother Wen Zhang had chosen to leave our family. And it was because I was weak did he choose to be with the Venus Legion, the strongest Legion in all of Folia.

"God dammit." I grumbled, as I put the book back.

There had to be a place where I could find her more secret stash. Flock's special ability was so rare, that Lady Vala had intentionally kept it a secret, even among most of the gods, for fear that they would try to snatch him away and turn him into some kind of soldier.

I stood up face to face with a drawer. I opened it and nearly had a nosebleed.

"Panties!" I gasped.

Shun-dono! Those are the goddess' panties! You must take a few!

"Why?!"

It will aid in your training for mental fortitude.

"But aren't we already doing that by going to the pleasure sector? I really don't need any more weird ass rumors of me being the Stray Pervert."

If you wish to become stronger, you must train in your mental capacity.

"Hmmm. I guess so. Everything I see, you see too. And everything I feel you feel too. So I guess it'll help strengthen yours, right Hataka-sensei?"

Hiiro was quiet for a few seconds.

Y- Yes. Of course. Shun-dono. Yes.

My fingers hovered over the undergarments shakily.

"Hataka-sensei, I feel like I'm doing something very wrong."

No Shun-dono. The fate of the world is in your hands! You must snatch the goddess' panties! If you don't, you will lose an opportunity to train in the ways of the Shaolin!

"Whatever you say, Hataka-sensei. But I hope no one finds ou-"

"Oh. My. God." A very disappointed female voice appeared behind me as I yelped and hit my head against the drawer.

"Oh shit!" I yelped, as I turned to Nessa.

"Hi. Just here to... get some intel..." I muttered. My voice was trailing away as I began to realize how unconvincing my excuse was.

"By stealing Lady Vala's underwear?"

"Oh no. That one is for training."

"Training?!" Nessa rolled up her sleeve as my back poured with sweat.

"No like. Training my mind. And if I train my mind, it will train the rest of my body."

"The rest of your body."

"Yeah. Like my arms..."

Nessa marched right over and before I knew it, everything turned black. There was no blocking her punches, because if I did, my real power would show. And we couldn't have that.