“Oh. Not bad at all?”
The hammer made of a red shell spins around.
It’s definitely similar to the one I used before, so it feels quite natural.
The eyes of the two reincarnators, who had just been watching with questioning looks, widened in surprise.
“??? Is this crab really this good…?”
“What is that? Why does it feel like a ‘God’ level power?”
“A God?”
“There’s a place called the ‘Celestial Sphere’ where powerful celestial beings gather. The strongest among them, known for their immense rank and power, are called Gods.”
The head of the celestial group, the ‘God’.
A being so powerful it’s often referred to as the supreme god, above the gods that Leo and Raccoon are contracted with.
Stronger than the ‘Lion’ and ‘Wolf’ I met before.
Isn’t it strange that such power is coming from a low-class god like One Wearing a Carapace?
[One Wearing a Carapace is flustered.]
[One Wearing a Carapace is confused by their unknown strength.]
“Could it be that this crab is a hidden God?”
“…That can’t be. One Wearing a Carapace is just a rookie demigod. God-level beings are rare even here.”
“That’s true. I’ve taken quite a loss just to bring this here.”
Leo swings the ‘Thunder God’s Strike’ around.
Here, the Thunder God refers to the well-known God ‘Zeus’ from the Celestial Sphere Olympus.
A being so strong that any average subordinate god wouldn’t even dare to compare.
[LOL]
[Huh?]
[Look at the crab being flustered, lol]
[A low-class god contracts with a top-tier Celestial God?!]
[Why is the crab so calculating?]
[Isn’t that why?]
[Crab?]
I chuckled as I slung the 31-level Carapace Hammer over my shoulder.
“Or maybe the crab’s god and I are just harmonizing well. This efficiency is impressive.”
“…Something seems off.”
“Right? One Wearing a Carapace?”
[One Wearing a Carapace is confused…]
[One Wearing a Carapace is suddenly startled!]
[One Wearing a Carapace says that. Anyway, that’s what they say.]
“Don’t worry. I’ll make you the best.”
As long as I’m here with Karabus, One Wearing a Carapace can exert god-level authority.
No need to bow down as a low-class god anymore.
The journey of the God, ‘One Wearing a Carapace,’ has just begun!
[LOL]
[Who’s sponsoring, lol]
[Saintess Lily, wow]
[???: I will sponsor the Celestial]
[Why did the positions switch?]
[This is that thing]
[But why did I choose something so trashy and become god-level?]
[Didn’t I get something from that crab?]
[Is it linked to whatever that Karabus thing is?]
“Then let’s go to the next floor.”
“Yes~”
“Well, I mean. Why not. It won’t hurt to get stronger.”
[One Wearing a Carapace swings their claw around for no reason.]
[…?]
■
Floor 16 of the tower.
Normally, climbing a tower involved completing specific missions or defeating monsters like goblins and orcs, but this floor was different.
My main mission was to deal with monsters like goblins and orcs, but this floor was different.
The approach is to defeat the challengers with three one-on-one battles to conquer the floor.
From what I heard from the raccoon, since we made a contract on the 15th floor, this is a place to test that power.
The celestial being provides entertainment to the challengers, assessing the level of the god they made a contract with.
Upon arriving at the 16th floor, the challengers searching for opponents were avoiding us.
It’s no wonder, since the raccoon and Leo may not be top-tier gods, but they’ve made contracts with some high-ranking deities.
Thus, to find an opponent, I just had to put my name down on a line and wait languidly, but I was not like that.
When nobody went for the lines the two had signed up for, as soon as I signed up for one, a dozen challengers began to rush in with their applications.
Before long, my opponent and I were transported to a circular coliseum sprawled under the azure sky.
‘Now this is something fresh.’
An opponent who’s eagerly desiring to battle me, not out of fandom or anything.
It’s a rare and unique experience I hadn’t encountered in a long time.
My opponent was a human with a wolf’s head.
Commonly referred to as a beastman, he had a bow hanging from his back, and gray fur sprouting from his arms and legs.
“Yes! It’s my turn!”
“Hello?”
“Bwahahaha! Yeah. Hello? Finally, I’m moving on to the 17th floor. Awesome!”
“Why’s that?”
“Why? I heard from the Celestial that the god I contracted is some weird, crinkly god? Such a low-tier god! Hahaha.”
[LOL?]
[Is Lily being dissed now? LOL]
[Are they disrespecting a deity level crab?]
[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]
[Why can I see the future?]
[The crab is really being dissed.]
[INFO: Lily can end you with a flick of her hand.]
[Valid diss, it’s just a crab…]
[One Wearing a Carapace blushes.]
[One Wearing a Carapace insists that the god isn’t that bad!]
“Don’t disrespect our One Wearing a Carapace. I can’t let that slide.”
“What are you gonna do about it? Huh? My celestial is none other than ‘Moon Hunter’. A magnificent being, you know? Huh?”
‘Moon Hunter?’
Who is the Moon Hunter?
[I feel like I’ve heard that somewhere.]
[Isn’t that…?]
[From Olympus mythology?]
[A virgin goddess?]
[With the moon and hunting, I can make a good guess.]
[Artemis?]
‘So it’s Artemis.’
A deity from Olympus mythology, she is the daughter of the god Zeus and is also called the goddess of hunting and the moon.
I might not know much about mythology, but even I knew enough to recognize that Artemis was a pretty well-known deity.
[One Wearing a Carapace is slightly taken aback.]
[One Wearing a Carapace admits it’s a strong god, even if reluctantly.]
The crab seemed a bit intimidated too.
“I see.”
“Hmm, feeling scared? You’ve been quiet for a while, huh?”
The beastman mocked me as I had been talking to the air.
He looked extraordinarily relaxed, as if he already sensed his victory.
“How about it? Why not give up now? There’s no need to throw away your life.”
“I can’t act in a way that would shame the Celestial.”
“You’re really foolish. In fact, it’s the opposite, you idiot.”
“What?”
“If a subordinate god makes a contract, how far do you think it can go? Huh? At most, a challenger with no skill who got lucky will lose their world power and be forgotten in the world.”
“Hmm.”
“I’ve heard that you seem to have pretty good skills, so why make such a foolish choice? Huh? Surely there are better gods…”
“You talk too much. Do you fight with your mouth?”
“……”
[LOL]
[For real, haha]
[Ah, what can this virgin god even do?]
[Don’t underestimate the crab.]
[Wow, you really talk a lot, let’s just kill him.]
[One-shot cut, let’s go!]
“Well, it’s your choice.”
Click!
The Beastman draws a bow from his back and nocks an arrow.
Swaaaa…!
Although it’s daytime, the moon’s energy is invisibly drawing power into the arrow.
A pretty sharp energy…
‘Hmm.’
Anyway, let’s just say it’s sharp.
“Well, the choice is death, but.”
[The One Wearing a Carapace fidgets with his claw.]
[The One Wearing a Carapace forces the world power from himself for support…]
“Just watch.”
[The One Wearing a Carapace asks if it’s really okay.]
“Of course.”
Crack… Red carapace rises around me.
For a moment, the Beastman’s eyes flickered, but then he shook his head as if denying it.
“With this power, why would I lose?”
“You stupid… die!”
The arrow was shot.
■
“Ah… what to do. I need to help, but…”
Somewhere in the universe.
Gapwoo, the One Wearing a Carapace who recently gained a Celestial status, sat anxiously in a room made of shells, watching the screen.
The first contractor he made a contract with.
After attaining Celestial status, he had made multiple contract requests to challengers, but had failed each time.
The reason was that his rank was low and he was not famous.
He hadn’t accumulated any renowned myths; stories like “The crab became a god after getting super strong~” didn’t even catch anyone’s interest.
Celestials with such stories flooded the universe like stars.
If he had been a remarkable being, like the “God of Brains” or “Lord of the Underworld,” he could have picked challengers according to his taste, but subordinate gods were different.
Instead, he had to beg successful challengers to please contract with him.
Of course, such subordinate gods might still be considered remarkable by some challengers.
“But still, I’m a Celestial! I can’t choose some low-life who got lucky!”
His pride was too hurt to take on a challenger who just relied on luck, cheated others, or did bad deeds to climb up to the 15th floor as his first contractor.
So he had intentionally sent contract requests to well-known challengers…
“…I’m trash.”
Why hadn’t he thought of that?
Just like how Celestials would hesitate to take on a “low-class challenger” who climbed up solely due to luck and poor character.
The weak “subordinate god” with little power and fame was also not a preferred target for challengers.
That’s not it.
I couldn’t grasp the theme.
I was supposed to play with my kind, but I was staring at a shell too big to eat from the start.
After being rejected multiple times, Gapwoo finally decided to make a request to the challenger named ‘Lily Elbrite’ and lower his gaze.
She was definitely a far better candidate than those he had requested before.
A challenger who walked alongside a tremendous contractor with multiple top-tier gods.
Since the celestial being he made the request to was over twenty years old, he didn’t expect much…
“Let’s go with this.”
It worked.
I don’t know why it worked, but it did.
I was so happy I cried, and so incredibly joyful that after ascending to the celestial seat, I generously offered the world power I had been diligently collecting.
Even though I ran out of the world power I had accumulated until now, she chose me because she believed in me.
But then…
“Am I really this strong?”
The challenger who received her powers boasted unimaginable strength.
With a strength surpassing the top-tier gods, she unleashed almost the level of a true god.
It could only be seen as a miracle, and before I could even comprehend this fortuitous event, the contractor ‘Ms.’ rushed straight to the 16th floor.
The opponent encountered on the 16th floor was the Moon Hunter, the contractor of Artemis.
The moment I heard that name, I felt a heaviness.
Even if the contractor was using her powers at an incredible level for some unknown reason, the opponent was a god of Olympus.
No matter how strong a crab becomes, how could it defeat the god of the ‘Sky’?
There was no way to win.
The best thing to do was to get used to her abilities and fight then…
─I can’t act in a way that would shame the celestial being.
“No! Run away!”
It’s impossible. She wouldn’t listen.
How do I find a way…
“F-First, let’s divide our ranks and get stronger…”
─Just watch carefully.
“…Can we really do it?”
Can we really do this?
Can I, who is truly just a ‘crab’, defeat the god of the sky?
─With this power, how could we lose?
─You foolish… die!
Questions spun in the air, and the fight began.
An arrow infused with the power of God split the air.
Thud.
─Huh?
“?!”
It was stopped by the shell.
‘Damn, this crazy angel… Aaaah! I get it! I won’t call you an angel!’
‘Damn… why did I attack the humans? Because those angels and demons fought and blew away my claws, wouldn’t that make me angry?’
‘Identity? I don’t know. A low-grade one can’t scratch me, so it must be at least mid-grade.’
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