[Chapter Size: 2585 Words.]Lucius POVDungeoeenth Floor.
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When I regained sciousness, I felt a strong headache. I was bandaged with cloths, as I could perceive, in various parts of my body. I lifted my head and saw Hestia sitting beside my bed, asking me about everything that had happened. I spoke to make her aware that I was scious.
"Hestia?" I said calmly. She looked at me, widening her eyes in surprise after seeing me awake.
"LUCIUS-KUN!" She shouted, greeting me.
"How long?" I asked simply, it was the first thing I wao know.
"You were unscious for 2 days!" She said.
"2 days unscious..." I reflected.
I saw some empty vials o the bed, healing potions that had beeing me during that time.
"I'm gd you're doing so well! We were so worried, and you were amazing fag that monster alone! We were relieved when you were brought back after seeing all that destru," Hestia began to talk about the events that had occurred.
Without waiting any longer, I got up calmly after casting a healing spell to speed up my recovery and removed all the bandages. With Hestia giving me privacy, I dressed again in my traditional attire, after a spell to make it new and . I summoned my goblin again ahe tent with Riekling to the camp.
"Thank you, my friend. Without you, I think I would be dead now..." I couldn't help but thank my friend beside me.
"HEE," he said.
I wao rest more, but I wao see the others before anything else.
Since evolving to level 2, I hadn't had a normal night's sleep. The closest to a normal night was when I somehow slept drunk with Aphrodite.
"Lucius!" Welf shouted when he saw me ing out of the tent with Riekling aia, attrag everyone's attention in the camp.
"Lucius-kun!"
"Lord Lucius!"
People greeted me as soon as they saw me.
"You were amazing, Lord Lucius, defeating one of those Goliaths alone. Not evewo level 4s here could do that!" said one of Aphrodite's girls.
"I was lucky to have a crystal on the ceiling because I believe I wouldn't survive otherwise. With Riekling's help, I would be in big trouble too," I said sincerely, pointing to my friend who helped me in such a difficult moment.
"But it was incredible. You even ged the ndscape of the area!" said Hitachi Chigusa, a girl from Takemikazuchi's family o Mikoto, pointing her fi the ndscape where the crystals fell.
Looking in the dire of her finger, I saw huge crystals on the ground. The Bck Goliath was crushed with no ce of surviving, while I was hit by the impact of the fall, injuring me and causio lose sciousness as I flew to the opposite side.
'I hope there are no issues with the guild because of this, right? Like, it was a matter of survival,' I thought, cautious about any fihe guild might impose oia. I hate debts above almost everything!
"At least I left my mark, didn't I?" I said jokingly, as everyone would see the ge in the ndscape when passing by.
Turning my attention back to the group, people were looking at me with admiration. It was even strange, but I guess it's a normal sequeer what I was able to do.
"But Lord Lucius, how you unleash a rain of fire? You cast over a thousand fire spells!" Nicole shouted, and I could already feel a headache ing on. I had shown too mu the fights, and many had witnessed my capabilities. I would be a talked-about subje the city in the few days after what they saen on this floor.
"I think this is personal, don't you think?" I looked sternly at the brue girl. I wasn't willing to reveal my secrets like this, especially since Hermes was also watg me intensely. My demonstration must have been a reality check even for him.
"That's right, everyone has their secrets, especially about a member of my family!" Hestia said, cutting off any curiosity from the group about me. She was also incredibly surprised by my power, as she had never seen my true abilities before. However, we had an agreement about my secrets, and she would never press me to reveal anything. I was sure that she genuinely sidered me a member of her family, even though I had my secrets. I had only helped Bell and the others so far, not to mention risking my life fighting that sed Goliath alone.
Afterward, we started tanize ourselves. We would stay here longer for me to recover, and we ended up returning to the routine of the past few days. In the meantime, I avoided Rivira because I knew people would ask me questions about myself, and I wasn't in the mood for that kind of attentiht now.
With everythiurning to normal, we had a big boh other fish we caught. As always, I listeo Hestia and Aphrodite insulting each other, as usual, during the night while we ughed and talked about other things.
When I got to my bed, a bit drunk but still scious of my as, I finally decided to look at the notifications that had appeared for me since I woke up but didn't want to see during the day while I wasn't alone and aying attention to other matters.
[Missions(!)][(!HIDDEN!) Monster Rex Variant Missio Bck Goliath Alone! | {Progress: pleted} | {Reward: 500,000 Points.}] (!Hidden dition: You defeated Bck Goliath (Level 5 Monster) at level 2 [Hidden Reward: 01x Random Rank 3 Magic Card! + 01x Card that Nullifies a Chosen Magitation! + 500,000 Points!])
When I defeated the first Goliath, it was a mohat I cssified as level three, while I was level one, and I gaihe same dition as here.
"I wonder if the hidden rewards are acquired when I defeat a rex monster with 2 levels below what it represents? I couldn't help but wonder, as the bonus was quite entig. (Author here, I couldn't fi information on what level Goliath represents, so I put level 3, still unsure if it's level 3 or 4.)
But leaving that thought about hidden rewards, I looked with a big smile at my current reward.
"HAHAHAHA!" I was forced to express my happiness with a maniacal ugh.
I have 1 million points now, and I wasted no time in quickly opening the shop.
[Space Spell/Quick Dodge/Rank 3: 300,000] (A small teleport of a few meters for dodging)[Lightning Spell/Lightning on/Rank 3: 500,000] (Spell that does the same thing as Sasuke and his Chidori on the sword)[Summoning Spell/jure Fme Atronach/Rank 3: 200,000][Total: 1,000,000 Points.][Acquire? YES/NO]"Yes"[Store Points: (1,059,560 – 1,000,000) -> 59,560 Points.]I bought these spells to be better prepared to evolve on the floors starting from Rivira.With the ability to delve even deeper into the lower floors, I could earn even more points!Thinking about the future, I tinued down the list, and the spell I coveted the most now was the [Space Spell/Fast Teleport/Rank 4: 10,000,000], but it's a distant dream for now...Whehree books appeared, I read them quickly and burhem.Now let's check my stats by clig oion. My s appeared.----------------------------------------------------------------------Information---? Name: Lucius Drakenar? Race: Human;? Family/Falna: Hestia.? Niames: [OPEN]? Level: 2---Stats---? Strength: I0 -> I60? Endurance: I0 -> H150? Dexterity: I0 -> H110? Agility: I0 -> H105? Magic: I0 -> D310---Abilities---? Blessing of ?????? (Nullifies Any Mana Expenditure)? Charged Magic (Hold the Magic for 2 Times its Cooldown and Release an Attack 4x Times Stronger)---Development Abilities---Luck - I---Spells---? Fire Spell/Firebolt/Rank 2. (Mission plete)? Ice Spell/Freezing/Rank 1. (No Mission)? Support Spell/Strength Booster/Rank 2. (Mission plete)? Support Spell/Speed Booster/Rank 2. (Mission plete)? Summoning Spell/Goblin/Rank 2. (Mission plete)? Lightning Spell/Lightning on/Rank 2? Healing Spell/Minor Heal/Rank 2? Alteration Spell/Magelight/Rank 2? Alteration Spell/ Body-Clothes/Rank 2? Alteration Spell/Repair Clothes/Rank 2? Magic Spell/Minic Aura/Rank 3? Fire Spell/Multi-Firebolt/Rank 3? Alteration Spell/Ironflesh/Rank 3? Gravitational Spell/Minravitational Field/Rank 3? Space Spell/Quick Dodge/Rank 3? Lightning Spell/Lightning on/Rank 3? Summoning Spell/jure Fme Atronach/Rank 3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------System Iory:? 02x Card that Nullifies a Chosen Magitation!? 01x Random Rank 3 Magic Card!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------It was a great evolution for a day of fighting. Unfortunately, I won't have an opportunity to grow like this for a while, even though I almost died. It was a great experieny mind to prepare for the lower floors ahead of us.Meanwhile, I opened another s to see the progress of all the missions:
---Mission List------MISSIONS---? [Initial Mission: Learn a Spell Without Iing With a God, | {Progress: pleted} | {Reward: System Initialization.}]---------------------------? [FireBolt Mission (Rank 2): Cast 10,000 Firebolts! | Intation: "Firebolt!" | {Progress: pleted (100%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Strength Booster Mission (Rank 2): Cast 100th Boosters! | Intation: "Strength Booster Spell!" | {Progress: pleted (100%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Speed Booster Mission (Rank 2): Cast 1000 Speed Boosters! | Intation: "Speed Booster Spell!" | {Progress: pleted (100%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Goblin Summoning Mission (Rank 2): Keep the Goblin Active for 100 Hours! | Intation: "Summoning Spell, Goblin!" | {Progress: pleted (100%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Lightning on Mission (Rank 2): Cast 5000 Rank 2 Lightning ons! | Intation: "Lightning on!" | {Progress: 2970/5000 - (59%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Intermediate Monster Rex Missio Goliath Alone on the Seveh Floor! | {Progress: pleted - (100%)} | {Reward: 100,000 Points.}] (!Hidden dition: You defeated Goliath at level 01 [Hidden Reward: 01x Card that Nullifies a Chosen Magitation! + 100,000 Points!])---------------------------? [Minor Heal Mission (Rank 2): Cast 5000 Rank 2 Minor Heals: | Intation: "Minor Heal!" | {Progress: 1140/5000 - (23%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Magelight Mission (Rank 2): Cast 2000 Rank 2 Magelights: | Intation: "Magelight!" | {Progress: 4/2000 - (0%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [ Body-Clothes Mission (Rank 2): Cast 1000 Rank 2 Body-Clothes: | Intation: " Body-Clothes!" | {Progress: 11/1000 - (1%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Repair Clothes Mission (Rank 2): Cast 1000 Rank 2 Repair Clothes: | Intation: "Repair Clothes!" | {Progress: 1/1000 - (0%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Minravitational Field Mission (Rank 3): Cast 10000 Rank 3 Minravitational Fields: | Intation: "Gravitational Spell, Minravitational Field!" | {Progress: 10/10000 - (0%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Multi-Firebolt Mission (Rank 3): Cast 10000 Rank 3 Multi-Firebolts: | Intation: "Fire Spell, Multi-Firebolt!" | {Progress: 6/10000 - (0%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Ironflesh Mission (Rank 3): Cast 5000 Rank 3 Ironflesh: | {Progress: 14/5000} | Intation: "Alteration Spell, Ironflesh!" | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Minic Aura Mission (Rank 3): Keep Rank 3 Minic Aura Active for 200 Hours! | Intation: "Magic Spell, Minic Aura!" | {Progress: 0/200 - (0%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [(!Hidden!) Monster Rex Variant Missio Bck Goliath Alone! | {Progress: pleted} | {Reward: 500,000 Points.}] (!Hidden dition: You defeated Goliath at level 2 [Hidden Reward: 01x Random Rank 3 Magic Card! + 01x Card that Nullifies a Chosen Magitation! + 500,000 Points!])---------------------------
? [Quick Dodge Mission (Rank 3): Cast 10,000 Quick Dodges, Rank 3: | Intation: "Space Spell, Quick Dodge!" | {Progress: 0/10,000 - (0%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [Lightning on Mission (Rank 3): Cast 5000 Rank 3 Lightning ons: | Intation: "Lightning Spell, Lightning on!" | {Progress: 0/5000 - (0%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]---------------------------? [jure Fme Atronach Mission (Rank 3): Keep Rank 3 jure Fme Atronach Active for 200 Hours! | Intation: "Summoning Spell, jure Atronach!" | {Progress: 0/200 - (0%)} | {Reward: User Use Spell Without Intation.}]------------------------All the missions since I acquired the system appeared to me, with the first ones pleted, but they were still the minority, something that should start to ge in the ing days. I need spells without their intations to expedite execution; this save my life in critical moments.After reviewing the entire system, I decided to get some sleep, finally.The day.I woke up again the day with someone lying beside me."Aphrodite? What the hell are you doing in my bed?" I said, still sleepy, trying to figure out how oh she ended up here without me notig. I looked at Riekling, who was awake, and he just shrugged in respoo my questioning look.'It could be an assassin; I would be dead...' I thought, a bit frustrated, even though there was a beauty in my arms."Lucius-Kun..." She said sleepily. I sighed and moved her aside, deg to get ready for the day after ign her.Everythi as usual; we were still in the same pce where the Loki family had set up with our ows. While I recovered calmly, Hestia and Lili spent the day fighting for Bell's attention, while the rest of the group was caught up in their own affairs. I talked to Welf about my on, but unfortunately, I lost the materials I collected on the floors to create a lightniant katana in the inn explosion along with Riekling's death.Strangely, Hermes overheard this versation with Welf, and he offered to buy those materials in exge for my help with the Bck Goliath. I deed, of course, but he was so insistent that I ended up accepting cautiously; you 't trust this god, and I 't fathom what schemes are running through his head in every a.After that, I spent the day trying to do anything to distract my mind. Unfortunately, Hestia denied me going to the eenth floor, and I ended up accepting it, deg to wander around the pce.It was te iernoon when I had nothing else to do, so I decided to walk through the forest and take a bath iream. Riekling stayed at the camp, being squeezed by the Aphrodite family girls, and that goddess also disappeared without anyone knowing where she went, but no one worried too much, knowing that she could take care of herself.I was thinking about my future; in this timelis would unfold in sequence, like in a few weeks, Apollo will decre war on us, then es the war with Ishtar, then the xenos, soon after es the expedition and the Juggernaut, and after that? Unfortunately, I have no more knowledge of the future, and that's what scares me the most, but it also excites me because I'll be adrift in the unknown, and things are more exg that way too!
I 't afford to rex for a few days now; I have to get stronger quickly to face all of this. Many people have seen my abilities, and I will be targeted by many now. I then myself to protect me. I chose the Hestia family, knowing that I would attract attention and would have someone behind me. I chose them not only because I like them, but also because they have the greatest potential in Orario. Besides, I po stay in Bell's shadow without aig me, but that won't be possible anymore, I believe.
As I walked, I heard the sound of water, which brought me back from my thoughts, and I found a certain goddess bathing alone when I approached the pce where I found Riviera. I decided to rex here, even though I have a spell to myself. I still enjoy taking a real bath here before returning to the surface.
I lifted my face, looking in the dire of the sound that caught my attention. There hrodite, and she noticed me too. Without any shame, she began calling me.
"LUCIUS-KUN!" shouted the blonde goddess when she saw me walking to the river in a very seductive tone.
"Aphrodite? Hm? I see you're quite fortable..." I said with a smile, watg the goddess who didn't care about being naked in front of me, and I ehe divine sight.
"Hmmm... Lucius-kun, I see that you're not as shy as that other boy in your family..." She said, probably referring to the event when Bell and Hermes spied on them bathing a few days ago. This goddess was now funting her curves without a hint of shyness, but her face was a bit flushed. She was teasihinking I'd have the same rea as Bell.
"A beauty to admire, Goddess Aphrodite..." I said without taking my eyes off her.
'If she's funting, then I admire!' I excimed mentally.
Her beauty and body, except for Riviera, surpassed any woman oddess I had ever seen. Maybe not havier's bosom, but still very beautiful. It was a very gratifying sight for me.
I be a bold sdrel here since I'm being provoked.
"Hehehehe," she ughed at my words. "This goddess likes your tone, Lucius-kun. Why don't you e in and enjoy this goddess, then?" She said provocatively, winking with one of her eyes, but her cheeks became a little more flushed.
Being the goddess of love, beauty, desire, aility, she would obviously be an open and experienced woman, as bold as Freya, a tradi when pared to Hestia or Artemis, despite the trio being close friends, despite always teasing each other.
I didn't o waste much time before jumping into that water naked and starting to touch that divine girl with lust, taking me away from all future s at that moment and just having some fun with Aphrodite.
The m.
We quickly prepared to leave after the camp was pletely packed up. Then we began to return and climb to the seveh floor with the goal of reag the surface.
Strangely, there were almost no monsters oermediate floors, cluding that, with the two Bck Goliaths produced by the dungeon, it took some time without geing mohat would normally popute the corridors, leaving them and quiet.
So, we easily reached the dungeon's hall on the surface without any plications.
Of course, the problems only appeared after that. First, we went to the guild after being approached by Ganesha family patrols, as the guild itself sent them so that we could expin why gods were in the dungeon. I had to report how I ged the ndscape of the eighteenth floor forever.
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