Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

The cavernous throne room of the sixth layer was not crumbling despite the beating it had taken during the battle between the Great Ugor, the Daughter, the summoners, the underworlders, and the familiars. That would have been a disaster.

No, the cracking sound had come from the stone statue of a certain Millipede curled up next to the exit. Nessa shot up and ran over to her familiar. The nonchalance she held when thinking and looking at her familiar just now was completely gone with worry having taken its place.

Had the petrification won out? Had the Millipede succumbed?

However, Nessa's worry was needless.

Just as what had happened with Zach, the stony shell around the Millipede cracked and crumbled, falling to the ground in dusty chunks to reveal a glorious interior. The black Millipede's carapace was glossy with green, snakeskin patterns covering it. The black, flat, and beady eyes of the Millipede had assumed a serpentine sharpness, and the joints between its armor plates were almost seamless.

From a distance, it would be easy to mistake the Millipede for a snake. It was unclear what kind of snake, and one would have to be far away since it was so big and still had legs, but there was a clear resemblance.

Nessa started at her Millipede with wide eyes and a slack jaw for a moment before smacking its forehead.

"You had me worried, you big fool!"

The Millipede lowered its head and chattered while taping its front legs gently against the ground, apologizing and celebrating at the same time.

Nessa hugged.

"Good job, big guy!"

The Millipede hadn't been petrified by the dead Basilisk. The stone shell had been a cocoon and part of its evolution process after it ate enough of the Basilisk to evolve. It was the second time it evolved. It was now an A-rank familiar, which meant that she was now an A-rank summoner.

It was great work by the Millipede that it recognized how great the Basilisk's body had been for it and that it dared cling to it and eat until it evolved. Nessa couldn't have made that decision even if she knew her Millipede would evolve from it since they weren't here for that. They were here to risk their lives against the Great Ugor. They couldn't risk being distracted, slowed down, or, slowed down as the Millipede had been petrified by the evolution process.

The Millipede had made the decision for her. It worked out in the end. Besides, it wasn't like Nessa or the Millipede would have been much help even if they had participated in the battle against the Great Ugor.
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And now…Nessa glanced at the summoning interface…The Serpentine Millipede had evolved into a Basilian Millipede, clearly adopting a lot of the Basilisk's traits. Or rather, transforming its already snakelike properties into those of the Basilisk's.

Nessa was happy. The Basilisk was an infamous creature rumored to be on the same level as dragons. Even if her Millipede had only devoured a fragment of its abilities, it would be enough to make it significantly stronger. It might have even developed special abilities related to the Basilisk. It would also give her some confidence that it could continue evolving in the future.

A Basilisk was not the same as an A-rank familiar. It surpassed them.

If the Basilisk had been alive or even just in a little better condition instead of having been half-resurrected after spending decades or centuries in the ground, none of the familiars would have stood a chance against it. The ones who might have come closest were Zach's strongest familiars, who were only limited by the limit of Zach's body, which could yet handle their full strength.

But even they had been unable to deal with the Basilisk.

That meant Nessa's Millipede, which had now taken on a portion of the Basilisk, might have growth potential that could surpass the battle maids' current strength. It might even be greater than that, but this was enough for Nessa. She didn't dare dream for more.

Her Millipede had already gone from being one of the weakest and wimpiest in the class to one of the four or five strongest below the S-rank. She had her A-rank Midnight Butterfly and S-rank Dawnthief Bat as well, so it wasn't like she lacked strong familiars or anything, but it was a great feeling that her first familiar was also strong.

Seeing that Nessa's Millipede had also evolved, the other students couldn't help but look at their familiars. None of them looked like they were about to evolve. The innocent familiars felt indignant and embarrassed.

Dukiel looked at Julius after realizing something.

"What about your Mannequin?" He asked worriedly. What if Julius had gone through the same thing as Jigak but without being forced to transform into an underworlder?

Julius' eyes widened slightly at the clear concern in Dukiel's voice.

Julius waved his hand relaxedly.

"It's fine. Manny is one of the reasons I didn't have to become an underworlder to join the Underworld. Its and mine control over underworld energy was good enough to surpass most underworlders. Right now, it's busy stopping the Dollmaker from escaping."

At his words, the others' eyes widened.

"Right! The dolls! I forgot about them!" Violina said with a hint of self-reproach. She couldn't believe she had forgotten about the dolls and their maker in the bustle of everything that had gone down after Monolith knocked them out.

But it was understandable. A lot had happened, and it had been very intense, so it was completely understandable that she forgot. She wasn't the only one, either. Everyone had temporarily put that part of their adventure out of their minds as they focused on the Great Ugor and the fighting in the sixth layer.

The only one who hadn't was Julius, who had been planning to deal with the Great Ugor at the first possible moment. And as soon as he was dealt with, he had his Mannequin go after the person responsible for the dolls that had terrorized the students.

Now, they could only hope that the Mannequin would win against the Dollmaker.