Eternal Saṃsāra: The Wanderer of Worlds [49] The Volcano Goddess and the Phoenix Demon

[49] The Volcano Goddess and the Phoenix DemonChapter 49: The Volcano Goddess and the Phoenix Demon

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The Rebirth by Soulfire had just increased my powers more than tenfold.

There was sothing odd, though.

I raised my head to face the clear sky that was based on moonlight. Why was there no lightning tribulation this ti? Was it because Underlord is a special case thanks to the ergence of Soulfire, or maybe because I'm inside this Dungeon?

Not that I'm complaining, those lightning tribulations hurt anyway.

"Aqua!"

I heard a call, turning my head to find three girls standing ters away from . m and Mai stared at in shock, with their faces red, and understandably looked away in embarrassnt. I was naked, after all.

The one who yelled, however, ran at and leaped into my arms. Akane hugged . The other two hadn't seen injured, so while they were concerned about what the fire attack had done to , it wasn't them whom I had hugged and blocked the attack using my back with. So they didn't co and cry their eyes out on my chest despite being naked, like what Akane was doing right now.

"I- I am sorry- sniff, I- if only I didn't trip, all of this wouldn't have happened." She cried and complained, shaking her arms on my neck.

So ruthless parts of would say she had a point, that she's worthless. However, truthfully, she had just slipped. For a normal girl who probably never went to a mountain before, it's not her fault that she slipped on a rock. She even managed to hold back a yell when she fell.

And hey. Look at the bright part.

This situation provided a similar output to the canon tiline event where Aqua saved Akane from jumping off the bridge. Just as planned.

Well, I didn't exactly plan to pick a fight with a Demon God and get my back lted by fire, but I did plan to save her. And save her I did, for which she was grateful and touched. Earlier, when I hugged her tightly, despite a fire burning my back, using my body as a human shield to keep her safe, her eyes were wide and filled with sparkles.

"Akane, it's alright." I let her cry for a bit and then said, lifting her face up and placing a kiss on her forehead. "It's not your fault, I'd have fled the scene leaving you if you really were at fault. So don't worry about it."

"Mhm… really?"

"Really."

I kissed her again, while the two other girls looked to their side, with m-Cho sighing in a helpless tone as she did. I felt slightly bad for her, but I'll give her so attention later.

I ruffled her hair gently, "Akane, you stay here with m and Mai. I'll be right back."

"W-wait, where are you going?!" Akane asked as I stepped back from her.

A small bubble of cloud enveloped my private parts, while I teleported clothes out of my Void Storage. I had backup clothes kept there in case I ca across situations like this. Like the first day I ca here, I wore baggy white sweatpants and a tight-fitting black tee shirt. My hair was freed due to all the burning, so I tied it in a low ponytail.

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