Or they can give their heart away like the movie dragon heart. I think.

My guess is he is a hardcore masochist and is begging for some punishment. He got that prison bottom bitch look.

Every Mc with grudge:
https://i.postimg.cc/SKwN41B1/i.jpg

I'm guessing it doesn't have to be in one person

I would put money on after he completes all he becomes balanced an sane again. My other money would be his daughter or wood lady snaps him back to reality.
https://i.postimg.cc/YqnktNXg/i.jpg

He is mastering the elements in the wrong order

Hopefully it's not that cute wood lady gone mad

Every time mc goes recruiting i hear this song in the back of my head:
https://youtu.be/vDBhuT1grEY?si=DIe2D-qt-FkTB4lx

https://i.postimg.cc/CMnH2zp4/i.jpg

People with with juicy meme collection ready and loaded:
https://i.postimg.cc/Y0b1z3kM/i.jpg

Chapter 69 is all about chain bondage and tentacle monster this time.

The holy water might as well be priestess shower water

Maybe Dark Noona
https://i.postimg.cc/Jz6VYYbg/i.jpg

That one goes in the archives: 
https://i.postimg.cc/xTk8gQJS/i.jpg

I thought maybe they were visions of a parallel universe. Our hooded helper is in truth another orphan from Elsa's orphange maybe even the older Chibi with superpower red hair from previous chapter or another child. The priestess dies and she goes time traveling to fix stuff.
But that's probably just my spin on it.

Remember the hero spring? What would you prefer? Holy water or chieftain golden shower.

Mc has weaponized NTR and you gave him a trigger:https://i.postimg.cc/CLdTMYn2/i.jpg

It also didn't say that uuma was the dungeon owner. Also he never actually met mc in person. 

I was wondering about the translation inconsistencies 

https://i.postimg.cc/L5Psxd3v/i.jpg
It's not with each other ... mostly