With the majority of all the issues resolved, to include Shurry's insane hunger, he played with his pups in the garden, transforming and everything, a bunch of young wolves tumbling and rolling with their pops. Neze and Rose had really wanted to join in but now that they were pregnant, transformation was limited. So instead they watched, their hearts filling with pride seeing how much fun they were having.
Alise, Kaguya, Iska, Maryuu, Noin, and Ryana were also watching the scene with great interest. Seeing the father of children they would have in time, created an uplifting feeling from within their breast, all except for one, her feeling was paired in equal parts worry.
"You're worried about what'll happen with your daughter, aren't you, Iska?" Ardee asked, with a calm demeanor.
"Am I that obvious?"
"Yes."
"Painfully so."
"Absolutely."
"He can see it from over there."
"Hell, he can probably smell it too, no, he definitely can at this point."
Iska was barraged with comments like that, and blushed. The others started laughing along, proud they managed to make an amazoness blush like it was some grand achievement. However, she found comfort in her goddess who appeared behind Iska and using her ultimate attack hugged her from behind.
"Ah, Lady Astraea, that's not fair! No one can resist this ultimate attack." Iska protested, only with her words, instead melting into Astraea's embrace.
"Iska dear, there's no need to worry about it now. He's not the type to continue treating you differently." Astraea said, slowly stepping side to side. "So give me a cute granddaughter. Free of worry."
"But?" Iska tried to contest the point her goddess made, but just as she was about to, Shurry appeared, towering at his full height.
"I'm not so weak to allow my own fear to prevent me from loving my own children." He said, and then smirked. "Even now the torment is in retreat, a miniature Iska inside my beat heart is having a blast beating it back. Confident, with a will made of Orichalcum. She wears a grin waiting for the day a daughter can help aid her in the battle, imagining fighting beside her." He added with a chuckle.
"EHH!" Iska shrieked, almost as red as Alise's hair.
"Lady Astraea, thank you for allowing our selfish requests." Shurry said with a big smile.
Astraea could see it, something was different about him. How his soul burned, and shone, like it was set alight. A power beyond what enough the most powerful of heroes should have.
"Your soul…" She murmured.
"I can feel it, Lady Astraea, I know what my final adventure will be." Shurry smiled.
""Final adventure?"" Everyone who'd heard him, immediately asked, practically demanding more information.
"Yes, I've already taken the first step on the path thanks to my wife Ardee, and I realized the full extent after I made love to Iska." Shurry said, with a nod. "Don't worry it's nothing that'll result in my death. At this point nothing short of a god has the ability to defeat me in direct combat. Even then, I certainly won't be making it easy on them." He said with a hearty laugh. "No, my final adventure is not to purge, but to overcome this torment which has plagued me for the majority of my life. I'm almost there… Soon, very soon. I'll overcome this inner torment and turmoil."
"You mean you'll get vengeance on Telskyura? For what they did?"
"Nope, I've already got my revenge on them." Shurry smirked, raising a finger. "Besides, Caotan is actively beating them senseless for killing my mother all those years ago. So I don't have any more reason to handle it."
Express had found her way over to see Shurry, and let out a spit take. "She was always quite upset that you were always on edge around her. Plus, while we were in Tenkai, she got to know your mother… She was a nice wolf, Caotan has quite enough reason to get back at them for you." She explained.
"Yeah…"
"So what's the final test for you? Surely you've heard it by now?" Empress asked.
"You mean what has Chaos chosen as my task?"
"Yes."
"AHAHAHAHA! Sorry, I can't tell you, or anyone for that matter. Once it's over, I'll be free to say something then." He said, with a certain look, one clearly defined, and only understood by Empress, for she is one who'd gone through something similar.
"If that's the case, it is truly a trial of Chaos. I wish you good fortune in both. And thank you, thank you for helping my daughter grow up into a strong young woman."
"There's no need, Meda, and everyone else, they're part of my pack. Though, if you feel the need to thank me for it…" Shurry said, growing serious… "Next time you go to fight, don't leave me behind. I'll summarily crush everything that dares to take family away from me. Ground to dust, and recycled into having a chance at being something better."
"Pfft, there's still some of that little boy inside of you." Empress started laughing, and then rubbed Shurry's head. "Maybe I can still smother you from time to time."
"No! That's my job now!" Ardee refuted, her sentiment compounded by Alfia, Neze and Rose with in sync nods.
"I'd also like to put myself in that position." Alise smiled brightly.
"Hmm?" Empress hummed.
"What can I say, I love him. I wouldn't be carrying his baby otherwise."
"Hmm, I wonder how far your seed will spread boy."
"Well, I'm not sure either, but I'd prefer to keep it as small as possible. No matter what though, Ardee will always be my number one. Nothing will ever change that."
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Time passed with people slowly returning to their normal lives, recalling that just because the monsters on the surface were removed, that didn't mean the dungeon had been cleared. There were some that asked around about if Shurry would clear the dungeon. However, the answer they got was worthless to the point it would have been better not to ask the question.
Eventually everyone returned to their regular rhythm, training and growing stronger, living their lives to the fullest, and building families.
Gods from all over the world came to Orario now that the world was clear, amassing more competition for resources in the dungeon. However, it seemed like the dungeon responded to this in kind.
Shurry remained on standby for a whole year, during this time, all of his wives gave birth to his pups, some even had twins. The most interesting thing happened with one of his baby-mamas, Iska, her child, which should have been nothing more than another Amazoness, ended up being twins… One was an amazoness or rather an amazon for they were a boy, and the other was a werewolf girl… the stir that the boy caused is a story for another another time…
For now, one night he'd gone to sleep, all of his family there, minus some of them until… they all appeared, and something happened… happened to him.
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