Ryuu Lion (リュー・リオン) is a waitress at the Hostess of Fertility. A former adventurer of the Astraea Familia, she stayed retired for five years until the aftermath of the Great Faction War. She is currently a first-tier adventurer and a member of the Hestia Familia under the registered name Ryuu Astraea (リュー・アストレア). She is the reincarnation of one of the three great poets, Ryuulu.
Appearance[]
Ryuu is a female Elf with sky blue eyes and green hair. Her hair was originally golden-blonde until it was dyed green by the other employees of the Hostess of Fertility. After the War Game against the Freya Familia, Ryuu's hair has returned to its original length and color. She is mentioned to be extremely beautiful with skin as white as snow, causing her to be referred to as a fairy on several occasions, and even making Bell wonder if he had wandered into a fairy tale when he inadvertently saw her bathing.
Ryuu is often seen in a green maid outfit with a white frilled headband, matching white apron, and a pair of brown boots over black leggings.
Her adventuring attire includes a green flower-shaped hood, a white sleeveless top underneath, and green bloomers (shorts in manga). She also wears a pair of long, brown gloves and boots with a white sash around her waist where she keeps her wooden sword and a pair of short swords. When keeping her identity a secret, she covers her nose and mouth with a green mask.
Personality[]
Ryuu is calm and stoic, but also cares deeply for her friends. She is strong due to her past experience as an adventurer. When a person related to her or her friends are in danger or in need of help, she is always ready to step in and assist, no matter the cost.
Like many Elves, Ryuu is selective with who may touch her. However, she has been advised by Alise to not let go of a man that was able to grab her hands, and began to follow Bell with her eyes. Unlike most Elves, she doesn't bear the same hatred towards the Crozzo family or their magic swords for their role in the destruction of the forests the Elves lived in, stating that the event took place many years ago and that her village wasn't directly affected.
History[]
Ryuu was the member of a family that cared for the sacred tree in their home forest, the Ryumilua Forest. As time passed, she began to think that beautiful Elves were the ugliest of all people, due to seeing her fellow Elves' behavior toward those of other races. No matter how much she tried to forget it, once she began thinking about it, the thought firmly planted itself in her mind. Eventually, the thought became enough to make her decide to leave the forest.
After arriving in Orario, Ryuu became an adventurer known as Gale, belonging to the Astraea Familia. She kept her identity hidden and while she was known by her surname, her full name was never disclosed. Due to her previous combat experience[1] and the constant clashes with Evilus,[2] she managed to grow at an astonishing rate, leveling up every level until Level 4 at a one year to one and a half year pace.[3] She reached Level 4 seven years ago after defeating Alfia along with the rest of her Familia during the Great Feud.
Two years later, the Astraea Familia was caught in a trap set inside the Dungeon by the Rudra Familia. Although they managed to survive, the resulting damage caused the Juggernaut to spawn, a monster that killed almost everyone present, leaving Ryuu and Jura as the only survivors.
Overcome with vengeance, she persuaded Astraea to leave Orario as she didn't want her to see her revenge. After that, she single-handedly destroyed the Rudra Familia as a part of her rampage and those associated with Evilus through various trickery, traps, and assassinations, causing her to be branded as a fugitive due to the ensuing chaos. Her revenge finally fulfilled, she collapsed in an alley where she nearly succumbed to her injuries. Fortunately, she was discovered by Syr and nursed back to health by Mia Grand. Ever since then, she has joined the Hostess of Fertility as one of the waitresses.
Abilities[]
As a Level 4, Ryuu's combat ability was such that it surpassed that of Aisha and a Level 4 Aki,[4] the latter of which was considered one of the best Level 4 adventurers in Orario. Oomori made an analogy that if the world was a gacha game (with Gods being players and dependents being characters), Ryuu and Ais would be SSSR characters.[5]
Exceptional Physical Prowess: As a Level 6, Ryuu's physical abilities are all extremely superior to those of a normal person. In terms of raw physical prowess, her abilities are also exponentially superior to those of any Level 5 or below.
Exceptional Strength: As a Level 3, a blow enhanced by her skill Mind Load was strong enough to break Level 3 Olivas' bones and make him spit out blood. As a Level 4, Ryuu hit a Lambton, a gigantic snake monster around five meters tall and ten meters long, whose resilience allows it to dig through multiple floors of the dungeon, with enough force to send its scales flying with each of her blows and make the ground vibrate strongly. With her consecutive attacks, she even lifted the monster off the ground and sent it flying with her final strike.
After reaching Level 6, her strength increased extremely. With the strengthening effects of her skill Mind Load and her sword Alf's Justitia, she could compete in terms of strength with Hogni, who has a high S in strength and is capable of creating tremors through areas the size of cities just with the shockwaves created by his attacks. During their swordfight she repelled his attacks and made his hands tremble from the impact of her slashes.
Exceptional Speed, Agility and Reflexes: As a Level 4, Ryuu could move fast enough to leave after-images and could increase her speed even further. After reaching Level 6, her speed, agility, and reflexes increased extremely. She can keep up with Hogni in combat, who was shown to be able to follow the movements of a person who moves so fast that he is imperceptible to anyone except other first-class adventurers. By using Agaris Alvesynth she became so fast that Level 4 Heith couldn't follow her with her eyes.
Exceptional Durability: As a Level 4, Ryuu was extremely resilient, able to withstand blows from Lunoire, who can create craters in the ground. She also survived being submerged in a Lambton's gastric juices for a considerable period of time, though she was severely injured. Even in her injured state she withstood the shockwave of a Kaenseki blast powered by a four minute Argonaut charge and a huge fall. Even in her severe state, she was able to withstand blasts from multiple Luminous Wind's magical orbs at point blank range, though they injured her considerably. After reaching Level 6, her durability increased extremely. She survived an attack and being buried under debris by a shockwave created by a beastified Ottar, who boasted a Level 8's power and just in his normal state is strong enough to generate tremors that extend for several kilometers with a single attack, although she was badly injured.
Exceptional Endurance, Stamina and Mind: Ryuu survived for four days together with Bell on the 37th Floor. Even with her body injured by the gastric acid of a Lambton and a broken leg, she proved herself able to fight and assist Bell effectively despite their multiple and constant confrontations with monsters along the way. At the end of their journey, she pushed herself to her limit in the battle against the Juggernaut of the 27th Floor and continued to fight even while suffering several blasts from orbs of her own magic.
Skilled Magic Swordswoman: As the guardian of the sacred tree of her native forest, Ryuu was trained in combat to defend it, becoming skilled in the use of the bow and sword. Her prowess was such that even without possessing a falna, she was able to defeat surface monsters and later, as an adventurer, it allowed her to progress rapidly and level up multiple times at an accelerated rate.[1]
Even after his improvement during their adventure on the 37th Floor, Ryuu was still much better in terms of technique than Bell. Her prowess in techniques against people is even comparable to that of Ais, though she loses to the Sword Princess in terms of combat experience.
Ryuu's fighting style consists of making use of her high speed to evade her opponents' attacks, as well as offensively to unleash a series of quick and powerful blows via her wooden sword. On the other hand, she also showed some proficiency at dual wielding swords in her battle with Alfia.
Although she relies mostly on physical attacks to confront her enemies, Ryuu also makes an extensive use of her magic, which already surprised many when she was Level 4 because of the incredible amount of magical power behind it. After updating her status in preparation for the Great Faction War, the power of her magic increased extremely due to her rank ups and the development of new abilities that strengthen it. In addition to this, her acquisition of Astraea Record turned her into an all-rounder with access to a wide repertoire of magic capable of providing support and covering other roles in addition to combatant, being able to act as a healer for example.
While it is not a technique unique to her, Ryuu distinguishes herself from other users of concurrent chanting due to her notorious mastery. She has been shown to be able to execute defensive maneuvers, dodge, and move as she attacks her opponents while reciting her chant. Even Lunoire, who had previously faced several magic swordsmen, was impressed by her skill. Aside from this, Ryuu knows some techniques from the Far East that she learned from Kaguya, with whom she used to share techniques while they competed with each other.[6]
Tachi Techniques (太刀の技):[6] Sword techniques which she learned from Kaguya. However, Ryuu acknowledged that her techniques are not as good as Kaguya's; in comparison, if Kaguya's degree of perfection was 10, Ryuu's would be approximately 4.[7] Despite this, she is skilled enough with it to take down monsters from the Deep Floors while exhausted. They are also effective against people.
Enhanced Senses: As an Elf, Ryuu had a very good eyesight. After acquiring her falna all of her senses became much sharper than those of a normal person, with her eyesight still being particularly superior to the rest. Her senses further improved with each subsequent rank up.
Concurrent Chanting (並行詠唱): A high-level technique involving casting magic while fighting or moving around. Its difficulty is likened to dealing with a bomb with both hands while fighting due to the chance of failing a chant or not being able to control their own magic power.
Her prowess with said technique has often surprised many of her opponents due to her ability to perform five different actions at the same time, including reciting a chant as long as Luminous Wind's, rather than a short one like most magic swordsmen, without the need to reduce the speed of her chant at any moment. Lefiya observed that Ryuu was far more skilled at it than Riveria.
Magic[]
Luminous Wind (ルミノス・ウィンド): Luminous Wind is Ryuu's wind and light element wide-area offensive magic that summons green stardust to attack her enemy. The stardust gathers in several orbs which Ryuu can release all at once to cover a wide area or keep some near her to apply them at a convenient moment. She can make a single orb explode with the chant Luvia (
In her fight against the Juggernaut, she made a creative use of the orbs by employing their explosions to propel herself into the air and perform aerial maneuvers to move. However, this caused some considerable damage to her body, making it an impractical fighting technique.
Noah Heal (ノア・ヒール): Noah Heal is Ryuu's healing magic. It is capable of healing wounds and restoring the target's stamina, though unlike the effects of potions, it takes time to heal. It also requires certain amount of mind to heal to a certain degree such as fixing broken bones. The effect of magic depends on the surrounding environment. Effect rises in forested areas.
Astraea Record (アストレア・レコード): Astraea Record allows Ryuu to use magic from other people who have received Astraea's falna. When she says its name, hieroglyphs of light in the shape of Astrea Familia's emblem shine under her feet. As she recites the chant countless crystals of light float and surround her like stars.
The crystals create a 5 meters radius area that protects her from any attack, which was called a "star sanctuary" by Hogni. The barrier was strong enough to fend off the assault of multiple second class adventurers, though Hogni was still capable of breaking through. Once she finishes chanting the crystals are absorbed into Ryuu's body and she can cast the desired magic. Ryuu only needs to say the name of the magic she wants to use, skipping its chant.
Since the connection with her former companions is through Astraea's ichor, which will never disappear from Ryuu's falna since she was her first Goddess, it remained even after she converted to the Hestia Familia. Its only drawback is that its effectiveness depends on Ryuu's mental state. If she finds herself caught thinking about another matter, thereby distancing herself from the memory of her companions, its potency will be reduced. It manifested when Ryuu ranked up to Level 5, but due to its drawback and Ryuu being focused only on Syr and the upcoming War Game, Astraea refrained from adding it, and didn't do so until she ranked up to Level 6.
- Agaris Alvesynth (アガリス・アルヴェシンス): Alise's powerful fire enchant magic. It covers Ryuu's legs, hands, and sword with fire. It can also release a torrent of flames through a sword and generate explosions. However, due to her inexperience Ryuu still can't control its firepower as well as Alise.
- Gokou (ゴコウ): Kaguya's magic that creates blades of lights that move at the same time as Ryuu makes a slash with her real sword. When used together with the sword-drawing technique of the same name, it creates five god-speed magic slashes from different positions which surround the enemy.
- Rea Vindemia (レア・ ヴィンデミア): Maryuu's wide-area healing magic that can heal wounds and restore stamina.
- Mūs Mine (ムース・マイン): Lyra's magic that creates a minefield.
- Irivute (
魔炎の持物 ): Ryana’s fire magic. - Other Magics: Apart from the magics already shown, Ryuu can also use: a speed increase magic from Noin, a magic that grants an impenetrable defense from Asta, a magic that releases wind claws from Neze, a magic which launches a two-fist attack from Iska, and a lightning magic from Celty.
Skills[]
Fairy Serenade (
Mind Load (
Aero Mana (
Astrae Varmas (
Development Abilities[]
Hunter (狩人): Hunter improves abilities against monsters Ryuu has fought before and gained excelia from.
Abnormal Resistance (耐異常): Abnormal Resistance negates the effect of abnormalities such as poison. Ryuu has reached rank G, so almost nothing can affect her, even the strongest poisons in high doses.
Magic Resistance (魔防)
Mage (魔導): Mage improves the power of Ryuu's magic, widens effect range, and makes mind usage efficient. It also creates a dark green magic circle under Ryuu when she uses magic. The ability grants her a magic stat equivalent to that of a Level 7.
Chain Attack (連攻): Chain Attack increases the power of attacks delivered continuously.
Equipment[]
Current[]
Alf's Justitia (アルヴス・ユースティティア): A green wooden sword made by Cecil, a blacksmith who is Astraea Familia's current captain. It is her best masterpiece created using various materials without stint like a branch of the great sacred tree of the Wishe Forest, water of the Star Cavern's Holy Spring, Spirit's Drop, and a fragment of Alf's Lumina, among others.
The estimated cost of the raw materials alone is 120,000,000 valis. With the exception of the water of Star Cavern's Holy Spring, which she obtained on her own along with Astraea, most of them were gifts. The branch of the great sacred tree and such were seized from Black Liza as revenge against her father with whom she fought and who she left.
It has an aspect of a Superior, letting it be imbued with Ryuu's magic power in order to strengthen her attacks, and displays a particularly synergetic effect with Elven magic power. The balance between sword and staff is perfect, and it is a work that could never be made merely by a master blacksmith. It's the crystallization of the girl's five years of setbacks and suffering, and of persistence and justice, and bears the name Star Maiden of Justice. Its reach is on par with Hogni's longsword.
Kodachi Futaba (小太刀・双葉): Kodachi Futaba is a pair of short swords that originally belonged to Kaguya but Ryuu kept them after Kaguya died. They are sharp and are considered to be fine works among all second class weapons. These were the only weapons that she didn't leave on the Astraea Familia grave.
Spirit's Clothes of Justice (精霊の正衣): Battle clothes for fighting against mid tier Spirits reborn as Ryuu's personal armor. Although it emphasizes agility, since it is woven with various Spirit Protection Clothes, it exhibits great resistance against each magic element. It is a perfect fit for Ryuu's body.
Former[]
Alf's Lumina (アルヴス・ルミナ): Alf's Lumina was an order made wooden sword created by the Goibniu Familia from a branch of the holy tree in Ryuu's home forest, the Ryumilua Forest. On top of having high attack power and durability, it had the ability to amplify magic. It was highly compatible with Elven magic power and could be used as a staff. It was destroyed during her fight against the Juggernaut in volume 13.
Star Limit Stellar Dress (
Sacred Oath (セイクリッド・オース): Adi's one-handed sword. Ryuu wielded it during the final battle of the Great Feud and the Astraea Familia's fight against Alfia. Later she returned it to Shakti, who placed it in the grave of her sister.
Fairy Tree's No Sword (妖精樹の無刀): A weapon that functioned as a sword in close combat and a staff with the effect of amplifying magical power. It was made from a branch of the great sacred tree of the Wishe Forest, which is very open to the outside world. Because she despises her home forest, Ryuu commissioned a weapon to be made from a branch from an elven forest other than her own. It did not have an exact signature of the craftsman who made it inscribed. Because it was not a branch from Ryuu's home forest, the Ryumilua Forest, it possessed a slightly inferior affinity with her magical power.
Fairy's Wind Outfit (妖精の風装束): Ryuu's battle clothes that emphasized mobility and included a mask.
Trivia[]
- Ryuu once had a bounty of 80,000,000 valis placed on her.
- The author revealed that Ryuu's birthday is in March.[8]
- Ryuu achieved what was considered the first consecutive rank ups in history when going from Level 4 to Level 6, though she actually spent three days as Level 5 and updating stats multiple times during this. Consequently, she also currently holds the record of achieving the fastest rank up when going from Level 5 to Level 6.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1285954774441975810
- ↑ https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1285936268333838337
- ↑ https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1285937802727677952
- ↑ https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1292821596445409287
- ↑ https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1285958852265926656
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1288814977277599752
- ↑ https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1288815803039531010
- ↑ https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1234492777762676736
- ↑ https://twitter.com/fujinoomori/status/1763979373915554055
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