The newly discovered world ca from The Rising of the Shield Hero.
Although the protagonist was the Shield Hero, the other weapons possessed the sa kind of cheat-like abilities.
Every Cardinal Weapon had the effect of allowing its user to copy similar weapons they touched and obtain additional skills.
So, from Drake's perspective, it made no real difference which of the four Cardinal Weapons he chose.
In that case, rather than choosing the shield, whose general utility was comparatively narrow, he might as well choose the weapon type with the greatest variety in Terraria—
The sword!
The Cardinal Weapons were not divine armants from the very beginning.
On the contrary, they started as the lowest-grade wooden sword, wooden shield, and so on.
After being summoned, the Heroes needed to travel throughout the kingdom and go on adventures.
During their journey, they would hone their skills while strengthening the Cardinal Weapons in their hands.
Each Cardinal Weapon had different enhancent thods and traits.
"If it's the sword… I rember it can convert items into energy, and that energy can enhance the weapon's rarity."
"Doesn't that an I can roll an SSR right at the start?"
Unlike the other "amateur" Heroes summoned to another world, Drake had Terraria, which could provide him with near-infinite resources.
Thinking of this, Drake could not help getting excited.
The original protagonist's experience had been far too frustrating.
This ti, he would go straight for an overpowered power-fantasy opening.
Naofumi Iwatani, watch carefully and learn well… though you probably won't be able to learn it.
"I should go."
Drake finally freed himself from Miori's soft, boneless arms and got up to put on his clothes.
"Oh, right. I almost forgot… this is for you."
Under the girl's reluctant gaze, Drake took out a pink ring.
He had made this ring using the "decomposition" and "shaping" functions of Stigmata Alchemy, fusing together the functions of the Piggy Bank and the Money Trough from Terraria.
As long as it was worn on the hand, it could open a sixty-slot storage space, and it did not take up an accessory slot.
It was far more practical than the Piggy Bank and Money Trough from before.
Drake gave it a simple, direct na—The Adventurer's Ring.
Obviously, he intended to sell this item in his shop in Orario.
However, because the production cost was too high and its function was rather shocking, he had never found a suitable opportunity to release this new product.
Giving it to contractors from other worlds, on the other hand, carried no such concerns.
"It's a beautiful ring… I'll treasure it."
Miori happily placed the ring on her ring finger.
She did not care about the ring's function. As long as it was sothing Drake had given her, she liked it.
"Go save the world, darling."
"Rember to bring back a local specialty from that world."
"A local specialty?"
Drake, who had been about to teleport away, thought for a mont and suddenly gave a wicked smile.
"How about a dragon egg?"
"...A dragon egg?!"
While Miori Shiba stood there in shock, Drake had already vanished, leaving the answer to be revealed in the future.
"That guy… he's more like a bastard than anything else!"
The young heiress of the conglorate could not help lightly pounding the window. Then she opened her palm.
Looking at the ring sparkling under the sunlight, the girl's lips could not help curving upward.
"Hmph, so what if she's Seitenshi? Darling still likes more."
...
Today in Orario was another peaceful day.
Perhaps because the gods themselves resided there, even while other worlds suffered disasters to one degree or another, this world remained bright and sunny, and people were full of hope for tomorrow.
"You're saying you received a call from another world and need to beco a Hero?"
After hearing Drake's report, Hephaestus set down her smithing hamr in surprise.
This was no longer the first ti she had interrupted her work because of Drake.
"Yes. According to the information I received, this is the situation in that world."
Drake briefly summarized the Shield Hero world for the goddess.
After hearing it, Hephaestus did not seem too surprised.
"There are actually many worlds like that. When many gods help worlds suffering from calamity, they also spread their faith there."
"Oh…" Drake said thoughtfully.
"Then how about I declare that I'm Lady Hephaestus's chosen one, specially descended to that world to save all living beings…"
"No. That would be far too embarrassing… I'm already past that age."
Halfway through his sentence, Hephaestus covered her face as though hearing so sort of black-history mory.
"If you want to save them, there's no need to borrow my na."
"Besides, according to what you said, doesn't that world already have various churches?"
"It does…"
Drake shrugged and did not continue.
After all, the churches in the Shield Hero world were hardly any different from villains.
"By the way, if there are believers of yours in other worlds, would I run into them?"
"Mm… that situation is almost impossible."
Hearing Drake's question, Hephaestus awkwardly scratched her cheek.
"In order to better experience life with our Familias in the Lower World, the gods who descended sealed away all of their Arcanum."
"So, for the past thousand years, none of us have responded to our respective followers."
"Eh…"
"Don't look at like that. I am, at least, the goddess who governs smithing."
Seeing Drake cast her a subtle look, the goddess gave a light cough and explained.
"My worshippers are mostly the pragmatic type. They might chant my na while forging, at most."
"Even if I don't respond, the smithing techniques they've mastered won't disappear."
"Oh…"
Curious after hearing this secret concerning the gods, Drake continued asking.
"Then what about Lady Hestia?"
"Her?"
At the ntion of that na, Hephaestus imdiately beca interested.
"Don't judge her by how she is now. In truth, her authority is even higher than mine. She is the first among all goddesses, the goddess who governs the sacred fla!"
"Then why did she beco… uh, a shut-in?"
In front of Hephaestus, Drake changed "freeloader" into a slightly more polite term.
"When she was in Heaven, Hestia was quite popular and was often courted by male gods."
"To avoid those male gods, Hestia deliberately asked Zeus for the authority to govern all hearths in the Lower World, changing her divine domain into that of the hearth and ho."
Hephaestus smiled, as though sighing at the astonishing maneuver of her close friend.
"After that, she could rightfully hide at ho and no longer had to face those male gods."
"Oh…"
Drake thought to himself that this explained why Hestia was such a famously virginal goddess.
So, to avoid suitors, she had directly altered her divine office…
Among shut-ins, that was an unprecedented and likely unrepeatable achievent.
"Enough. If I say too much and she finds out, she'll complain about behind my back again."
After revealing the petite goddess's black history, Hephaestus seed to be in quite a good mood.
She looked Drake over. After thinking for a mont, she suddenly said, "Although I cannot use Arcanum right now and cannot bestow divine protection upon you…"
"I can at least leave a mark."
"That way, even if you accidentally die in another world, you can follow the mark back to Heaven, and I'll be able to find you."
Hearing what the mark was for, Drake's mouth twitched, and he could not help retorting,
"Lady Goddess, could you maybe wish sothing a little better—"
Before he finished speaking, Hephaestus had already lifted her fla-like hair and gently kissed him on the forehead.
"Not having my Arcanum really is inconvenient. I can only leave a mark this way."
The goddess muttered, then looked toward Drake.
"What were you about to say?"
"Nothing… I'm extrely satisfied with Lady Goddess's mark."
Drake spoke with utter conviction.
"However, I'll do my best not to need its effect."
"Good. This is your final safeguard."
After Drake left, Hephaestus, who had maintained a calm expression until now, suddenly blushed and touched her own lips with her fingers.
"I still did it after all… but if I hadn't left the mark, I wouldn't have been at ease."
For soone who could beco friends with Hestia, Hephaestus's own innocence was no less pronounced.
In fact, she was even worse than the petite goddess. Hephaestus had barely any experience being courted by male gods.
So her feelings for Drake were also the first such experience in her divine life.
Thinking that Drake might already be heading to another world, facing the trials of a world-ending calamity, Hephaestus could not help growing nervous.
"So this is what they call concern?"
Before answering the call of the Shield Hero world, Drake still had many matters to handle.
First, he left enough shadow soldiers with the contractors of the other worlds to protect them.
Although the contractors could be revived, Drake did not want his own people to face death if it could be avoided.
Afterward, he returned to the Black Bullet world, used Seitenshi's influence, and helped Enju Aihara and Kayo Senju complete the enrollnt procedures for a certain elentary school.
As school-age children, Drake believed they still needed to receive a proper education.
The artificial floating island had not been completed yet, so before then, they would make do at an ordinary elentary school.
With Seitenshi's special care, and with Kagetane Hiruko already extracted into one of Drake's shadow soldiers, the original incident where their identities as Cursed Children were exposed should no longer occur.
After a little more ti… whether their identities were exposed or not would no longer matter.
As for the high school girls in the apocalypse world, they were quite good at finding things to do on their own.
Apparently, they had borrowed the Staff of Regrowth and begun a greening project for Tokonosu City.
"What is this supposed to be… plant a zombie today, harvest a Peashooter tomorrow?"
When Saeko ntioned this, Drake's expression beca extrely subtle.
"Saeko, don't tell this was your idea too?"
"Hehe…"
Saeko Busujima, who had just finished clearing out zombies and still had quite a bit of blood on her body, revealed a gentle smile.
"This humble girl did study the art of flower arrangent at ho."
"All right, I understand."
Business at the Adventurer's Ho had also been flourishing recently.
Unfortunately, Drake had just rented several neighboring storefronts and had no ti to manage them.
It would probably have to wait until he had established a foothold in the Shield Hero world before he could return and continue handling the branch-store matter.
Incidentally, the ti-flow ratio between the main world and the Shield Hero world was 2:1.
In other words, one day in the Shield Hero world equaled two days in the main world and the Black Bullet world.
At the sa ti, it equaled four days in Terraria and the apocalypse world.
This was the first ti a new world's ti flow was slower than that of the main world.
"There really isn't any pattern… forget it."
"This is fine too. While I'm busy in other worlds, not too much ti will pass in the Shield Hero world."
After making every necessary preparation, Drake called up the system.
[Will you answer this world's summons?]
Even this traversal prompt seed a little different.
It said "answer the summons" rather than directly crossing over.
"So this is the treatnt a Hero gets."
Drake took a deep breath and cald himself.
"Yes."
[Please choose your initial Cardinal Weapon.]
"I choose the sword."
After making his final decision, Drake felt himself sink into a dazzling, strange mist.
When his vision cleared again, he had already arrived in a grand hall, surrounded by people.
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