Devil Fruit Powers In The Tower Of God - Chapter 17

Nearly two weeks passed since Lumen formed his team. Each member had improved in various ways during that time.

After Anak started training with Lumen and told the rest, they all followed suit. All, but Androssi and Laure, that is.

Laure is a member of the Phonsekai family, which is a brach of the Eurasia Family. Diana had explained to Lumen that they read the flow of Shinsoo and get more in tune with it while sleeping.

Tiana is already training with a 5x gravity on her and has been improving every day. Her fighting style was starting to form itself, and with the help of Lumen and Laure, her Shinsoo control has been steadily becoming better. She is on the grasp of learning how to use two Baangs. That shows how much talent she has when it comes to Shinsoo manipulation, considering she learned how to use Shinsoo a month ago.

Aleksai started off with a 4x gravity on him and increased that to 5x. He learned how to control and use his strength better. His accuracy with the spear increased, and he started learning how to fight in close range with it.

Hatsu already had a strong physique despite his frail appearance, but that didn’t stop him from improving. He began with a 7x gravity on him and brought that to 8x. His attacks were becoming sharper with no wasted movements in them. Hatsu could easily act like Fisherman with his strength, despite being a Scout.

Ship Leesoo made large improvements, as well. He started off with a 2x gravity on him, and with great determination increased that to 4x. He pushed himself harder than the rest since he knew he was the weakest of them all. Genuinely impressed by Lumen’s hand to hand combat skills, he had started to imitate him and learn his martial art skills.

Leesoo would have had the biggest improvements from the group, had there not been a green-skinned girl amongst them.

Anak not only started off with 10x gravity on her, but she increased that to 12x. She was keeping pace with Lumen’s level of improvement. Her fighting style was no longer as chaotic as before.

Since she had an extra limb in the form of her tail, she couldn’t learn his martial skills. But that didn’t stop her from taking inspiration from them and adapting them to herself. She is a monstrous genius when it comes to combat.

The green-skinned girl had even started using Shinsoo not only to strengthen herself but also to shoot it at enemies. Making her attacks more unpredictable.

If she were to fight Androssi right now, the fight would be in the green-skinned girl’s favor. But she had no dėsɨrė to fight the other Princess of Zahard, her focus was solely on Lumen. Wherever he would go, she would follow him like a puppy and study his actions. When he asked her why is she doing that, she responded.

“You are stronger than me, so I have to learn what makes you so much more powerful and different from the rest of the Regulars.”

Lumen was a bit at a loss on how to deal with her, but he just started thinking of her as a cute pet.

Currently, the whole group had entered deep inside the Hunting Area. The forest is filled with trees of around 25m to 35m tall, but there are exceptions even amongst them. There are a few that are way taller than the rest, and the group had set up camp near one of those.

Standing 150m tall and 45m width is the tree that a Queen Red Scythe uses a home. There is a giant hole at the base of the tree, where you could see normal and Elder Red Scythes going in and out of it.

The group had purchased enough camping supplies from the Commercial District and had already been camping in the Hunting Area for a day. There are simply too many insects inside the tree for them to rush in and try killing the Queen.

Their current plan was to slowly dwindle the number of Red Scythes in the tree until the Queen comes out of it, or is the only insect left in it. Leesoo had suggested using the Peaches of the Fruit Monkeys as a bait to lure and single them out.

Lumen had given them a basic explanation of the capabilities of the Queen since he had already killed one of the three Queens. He had used the big insect as target practice for his abilities.

His light powers are both stronger and faster when combined with Shinsoo. Creating armaments of light is also a lot easier with Shinsoo in the equation.

His Pheonix powers could normally only heal wounds, but not recover missing limbs. Combined with Shinsoo, he was able to restore the missing limb of an Iron Monkey. Lumen hasn’t tested if he could recover his own limbs since he didn’t dare do it, but he at least knew that the possibility existed.

His gravity powers are a little different from the rest since Shinsoo didn’t make them stronger. But that didn’t mean that combining them with Shinsoo is useless. Normally, he would need an object to apply his gravity powers, but he could replace that with a Baang of Shinsoo. That allowed him to be more creative and flexible with his gravity powers.

The first technique he had created with his Devil Fruit powers and Shinsoo was modeled after something a fellow Irregular of his had done. Diana had told him Enryu had been able to create over 9 000 Bangs of Shinsoo, form them in the shape of red spears, and rain them down upon his enemies.

Lumen can’t form that many Baangs, nor could he shoot that many light beams right now, but he found a way around it.

Currently, he could shoot only ten light beams at the same time, each being shot from one of his fingers. Shooting more than that feels uncomfortable to him at the moment since he doesn’t have more fingers to shoot them from.

With that in mind, he took a different approach. Creating only a single Baang, that has a higher amount and density of Shinsoo, he would infuse it with his light powers.

The light-infused Baang looks like a miniature sun, and he could shoot light beams at a rapid pace using it as a medium. His accuracy is lower, but that is compensated with the number of lasers he could shoot at the same time.

With a miniature sun shining over his head, he strolled inside a Queen Red Scythe’s nest. Not a single insect managed to get close to him before being pierced by a light beam.

The group stayed in the Hunting Area for another day and had reduced the number of Red Scythes greatly. You could bȧrėly see any insects going in or out from the tree anymore.

The group had set up a bunch of Peaches as bait, but there were no insects that were being lured out from the tree. Just as they were wondering if they should enter inside, a Red Scythe far larger than any they’ve seen so far exited from the hole.

The mantis was nearly 20m tall and bȧrėly squeezed out of the hole. With four pairs of forelegs, that looked like the Reaper’s scythes, the Queen looked intimidating, to say the least.

“Well, here she is. Time to see if you could handle her.” Lumen commented, and the rest of the group sprang into action. Since they have been hunting together for the past two weeks, their teamwork had become even better.

As usual, Anak was the first to rush in. Hatsu and Andorssi followed behind her, and Leesoo tried keeping up with them.

Tiana and Laure were standing in the back, and Aleksai stood in front of them, acting as their bodyguard.

The Queen was far faster and stronger than the rest of the Red Scythes, but Anak was able to dodge her attacks and avoid being sliced in two, while also keeping her attention.

Androssi was hitting the Queen with her monstrous strength whenever she got the chance.

A few normal and Elder Red Scythes would come out of the tree from time to time, but Hatsu would move in to intercept and kill them all. Leesoo would ȧssist him by acting as a bait and distracting them.

At some point, mantises stopped coming out of the giant tree. Most likely, there were no more remaining insects inside it.

The whole team could focus their attention solely on the Queen now, and the fight’s outcome was already decided.

In the end, the Queen died with her giant head being crushed by Anak. The green-skinned girl was covered in the insect’s blood, but she looked happy. She was staring at Lumen in expectation, like a puppy waiting to be praised.

He almost couldn’t hold himself from laughing, but managed to stop himself. Smiling, he nodded at her, and her face turned even brighter.

“Good job. Let’s head back to the town now. We will be challenging the small tower tomorrow, so everyone should get a good rest.”

“Finally, I could sleep in a comfortable bed and take a hot shower!” Androssi exclaimed, happy that they would finally leave the forest.

When they reached the town, the team separated. Lumen made his way towards Monster Parts to sell everything they had gathered. Points are after all the main currency in the Tower, so they will be useful in the future Floors as well.

He left the shop with a total of 27 865 Points to his name. A sum that some Regulars on the higher Floors would find a hard time matching.

With everything being done, he sent a message to Diana and was shortly teleported to her ship. After finishing his daily training with her, he took a shower on the ship.

One week after she started training him, she had already gotten tired of waiting for an hour or so for him to warm up his bed. Vexed from the waiting, she made a bold decision.

The next day after they finished their training, she had brought Lumen to her room.

“From today on, you don’t need to use your Points, and you could sleep in my bed,” Diana told him with a bright red face. She had never had a relationship before, let alone sleep with a man, but since she needed his warmth to fall asleep, she had no other choice.

Usually, she would sleep nȧkėd, but since she would be sleeping together with him, she had her undėrwėȧr on. Seeing her with only a blue bra and blue pȧntɨės on, Lumen didn’t even need to say how beautiful she looked, since his body gave it away.

“If you do something funny, I won’t hesitate to kill you!” Red from embarrassment, she got under the covers.

Seeing her laying next to him, Lumen contemplated whether he should try killing her for what she made him go through. He might not get a better chance in the future.

With her back turned towards him, Diana spoke out.

“You know, you are not very good at hiding your killing intent? I’ve been alone for such a long time, that I wouldn’t mind dying. I just never had the guts to kill myself.”

“If you could promise me that you will surely kill Zahard and save my sister in the future. I won’t even try to defend myself.” Diana turned towards him and stared in his eyes with her pink ones.

She flashed him a bright smile before closing her eyes and falling asleep in an instant.

Their first morning was a bit awkward since Diana had crawled on top of him during the night. She was using his ċhėst as a pillow when she felt something poking her between her legs. Realizing what it is, she threw him out of the room while calling him a pervert.

Lumen didn’t know what to say about that. Every healthy man would usually wake up with morning wood. The fact, that a very beautiful woman, which was only wearing undėrwėȧr, was sleeping on top of him didn’t help that at all. Which man wouldn’t feel aroused by a woman like Diana?

From then on, the two started sharing the same bed. Each day, Lumen would wake up with Diana sleeping on top of him or hugging his arm. The two had gotten used to each other’s presence.

Since she had two sleepless nights, while Lumen was in the Hunting Area with his team, she couldn’t wait to go to bed.

The second they entered the bed, Diana was already hugging his arm with a peaceful expression on her face, but she didn’t fall asleep.

After a moment of enjoying his warmth, she opened her eyes and looked at him. Diana knew of his plans and understood that he would most likely advance on to the 4th Floor the next day.

Knowing all that, she didn’t hesitate and made her decision. Diana crawled on top of him and sat up. She reached behind her back and unhooked her bra.

“This will be my first time, so be gentle, okay?” Diana told Lumen while leaning in to kiss him.

When such a beautiful woman is giving herself to him, Lumen couldn’t just deny her. Kissing her, he spun her around and got on top.

In the beginning, she was a bit awkward since it’s her first time kissing someone. When Lumen used his tongue she didn’t even know what to do, but she followed his lead and their tounges got tangled in a tug of war.

Before they knew it, they were already exploring every part of the other’s body. And soon, the pŀėȧsurėd screams of Diana filled her ship.