Chapter 355: Husband! Where is Maria?

Kuro didn't know how much time had passed.

The days were passing so quickly because of how engrossed the small wolf was in his training. The bow and arrows were what he had in mind and everything else except his time with family were secondary.

Kyoya and aunts had never allowed him to think solely about the battles and concepts, but time with them also flew as if sucked by the Time Lord. The small wolf got a lot of new friends as well.

His father and his friends had been roaming across the whole floor and met a lot of people. It wasn't only them that reached the hybrid state and formed strongholds. Many new cities and tribes had formed with other hybrid states.

However, if hybrid could've been that easily achieved, would the gods plan to disrupt the floor's natural state? Even if new hybrids had formed, the more challenges popped out like quests from the lords.

Those challenges polished the hybrids and a lot of people were already going to higher floors which was something rare before. You would never see so many people going up at once and only those who wanted to keep their 'status' as leaders stayed behind...

If those people could go up, then what about Josef and Maria? Of course, not only them, but the whole husband's party had fought for enough and could go higher. However, the hybrid became such a popular topic that Kyoya's party needed to be careful with it.

"I am hybrid," Kyoya shrugged.

"Me too," Xiaoxiao smiled sweetly.

Akaro didn't say anything, but she was hybrid as well after the husband's hug. She and Xiaoxiao were basically the same, but each was bound to learn a different concept. If Xiaoxiao had invisible flames, then what would Akaro's flames look like as the husband's lady? She didn't share it yet with anyone.

Josef and Maria giggled, "Heh." Nothing more had to be said. They were hybrids and clearly addicted to such new powers! It left Hiro, Fusia and Hana who had yet to become hybrids and step on that desired path.

If the gods wanted to become hybrids and believed that it could help them catch up to the established ones, then hybrid was the future.

However, Akaro already shared her view with Hana, "I will focus on the blacksmith for now," Hana told everyone, then turned her eyes to Hiro and Fusia. These two were also uncertain. Hiro had yet to become someone who would have his own divine energy, so his situation was similar to Hana.

He decided to just wave his hand, "I will wait too. No need to rush these things and there's no one to help me anyway." Hiro stated another problem that Josef and Maria currently didn't have.

This made Fusia share her thoughts, "I would love to return to Naranaska Kingdom and see other elves and their decisions." Thus, the husband's remaining members didn't go for hybrids, but focused on their initial concepts.

"It's been more than two years... I can't wait any longer, though. It's time to split," Kyoya turned his eyes to everyone and added, "I have to go and see Ice Divine's Inheritance. He told me about it a long time ago, so... I will return. This is an Ice Attribute, so I want Xiaoxiao and Akaro to accompany me."

"Father..." Kuro raised his voice, then got his hair stroked.

"You will stay with your mother. I won't be away for too long, will I?" Kyoya smiled, then turned his eyes to others. He had a way outside, but it was just one return. If they split up here, then it would take some time for them to return.

While Kuro didn't understand it, his friends did.

For Akaro, it was a good situation as she could spend more time with the husband. She didn't particularly mind that at all and used her influence to close Xiaoxiao's lips.

Hiro was put in a pinch situation! His wives were with Xaya and Fusia wanted to go back to her kingdom! This made him tremble so much that Kyoya pitied him! 

He just left him alone with his moe elf.

Josef and Maria then spoke with the husband, "I think we can take these floating islands up... This power is with us and I might be able to increase my Earth Labyrinth later.."

"I know. You have been trying to strengthen this concept all this time. It's unlikely for us to take these back to Agatha World Pillar, so you two should stay. I think Xaya will also stay behind with Noe and others." Kyoya also wanted Hana to be with his wife. Otherwise, she would end up alone in the Agatha World Pillar.

Of course, Fusia also could take her along so there was that. She had a far easier choice than Hiro!

"Well, we have yet to see how Xaya and others do in that Ascended Kingdom... Let's go and see.. Can we just go here?" Kyoya had been thinking a lot about it. Though he didn't dare to try, he believed he could go to the ascended kingdom with the thought only.

But what kind of chaos descended here? He thought about it the most.

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"Of course it would be... like that..." Kyoya's eye twitched as he appeared in the Ascended Kingdom. Death was here on every step and the night had been here ever since the chaos began.

The Guardian Family had managed to calm things down, but their plight was far different.

"What's your name and origin? If you want to take shelter in our Ascended Kingdom, then better return!" One of the guards shouted at Kyoya's party. He wasn't the only one doing such a boring and monotonous task.

Other guards had their voices drumming in all newcomers' ears. Along those, the screams and cries of other monsters blended in as well!

The husband just glanced at the guard with narrowed eyes, "Explain." His appearance didn't seem like someone with 'Death Energy', but that glance carried the charisma of the death god so the guard flinched and looked at Kyoya with stupor.

He then mumbled, "The more people arrive here, the more monsters appear. Those monsters also mix with the concepts of newcomers, so it's often two or even three unique concepts in one monster! We can't shelter people if all you are going to do is just hide and stay safely within our kingdom!"

"That's interesting. I wonder if the unique orbs also pop out of these monsters?" Kyoya asked back.

His words and knowledge about orbs made the guard believe that Kyoya had killed enough monsters within the chaos already, "If you are lucky, then they will drop..."

"Well, I am here to meet my wife. She arrived here before that whole chaos began... Her name is Xaya." The husband just decided to not waste time and try his luck now. He said Xaya's name, then the guard paled and sweat drops tumbled down his face.

Looking at Kyoya with wide eyes, he belatedly shouted, "The husband?!"

"..."

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The Fame was something useful, really.

Kuro just learned about the fame as he followed his father and aunts. Because his mother had gained enough fame, they passed through various facilities and mansions, then arrived in the land that was really close to the kingdom's borders.

Usually, the strong people would be sheltered closer to the castle and the center, but Xaya didn't want to be 'sheltered' at all.

She and her friends were called Royalty in The Ascended Kingdom, but their mansion was halfway past the huge walls. This kind of ridiculous setting allowed Xaya to just go outside and hunt the chaos monster whenever she wanted.

She and her daughter had been currently outside on the mission. They weren't alone as Hiro's wives and children were with them as well... In this world, one should be careful, so both men were kinda worried, but things changed when they actually met their beloved.

"Bad spider!"

The monsters usually had bug or insect appearances that towered around five meters tall before people from the ascended kingdom.

The one who faced them was not Xaya or her friends, but the daughter instead.

Kyoya and Kuro felt like their eyes began to stretch already!

But when Riley raised the teddy bear and threw it up, their eyes stretched to dangerous limits. This teddy bear turned into a four meters ghoul that roared cutely, then used its puffed muscles to smash down the spider.

"Bad spider! Bye!" BOOM!

It went bye-bye and disappeared before its concepts could even oppose the teddy bear ghoul. Riley's concepts were just stronger and faster and she could deal with those monsters at ease.

Hiro glanced at Kyoya and Kuro, then trembled, "I don't want... to look like that." A few seconds later, Hiro's son turned into a spectre, flew around the spider while sending black death bolts to the insect! The five years old brat was really brave despite keeping a safe distance, but Hiro gulped down, his eyes already stretched to the human's limits.

His son could fly, get some black death energy around him and get a cool hero suit that would evolve into something monstrous later on! For now, it was a cool hero suit that had black cape and mask with antennas, but the origins were spectral, so...

"Tell me this is class... This must be class from the husband's game, right!?" Hiro yanked the husband as he shouted. But Kyoya just pushed him away and massaged his temples.

He finally replied, "I think it's class... He is pure human as far as I can see... It's just spectre armor, so calm down..." The monster was also weakened and pressed by the ladies' eyes, so it couldn't attack back!

The same pressure had been applied to Riley's enemy, so brats were just learning under their parents' guidance.

"Back on Earth, I wasn't even in school yet when I was their age," Hiro uttered and Kyoya nodded. It was highly cultural difference! You either were sheltered or fought from the early days! Luckily for them, their parents were strong and with them.

Kyoya and Hiro finally got released from their torpor and shouted to their beloved. The whole hunt on the deathly monsters stopped as ladies took their husbands back to their mansion! Here, Kuro hugged his sister and they shared their experiences! Of course, Kuro stood away from the teddy bear in Riley's hand.

As for Hiro, he got instantly hugged from all angles and became a happy man who exuded moe aura.

The husband nearly fell on his ass, though. But that was expected with yandere wife and her cuddling. Nonetheless, everyone had been doing fine! Kyoya also hugged Noe who had changed greatly as well.

"Husband! Where is Maria?" Xaya asked while guiding the husband to the kitchen. It had been so long since she cooked something for him and her son, so Xaya instantly wanted to prepare some quick dishes.

In the meantime, she asked while Noe listened to Kuro's talk with big eyes.