[Chapter Size: 2588 Words.]Lucius POVDungeoeenth Floor.
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Opening my eyes slowly, I found myself in front of two goddesses arguing. One of them was Hestia, unreizable with her double braids and childish behavior. I noticed her with swollen and red cheeks. The other is a goddess with blond hair and green eyes, of diviy, I have to admit, her cheeks are also swollen.
Of course, the goddesses were arguing with each other, resulting in eae ping the other's cheek in this quarrel.
Still, I wonder what the hell Aphrodite is doing here; this is not at all ical....
[IMAGE OF APHRODITE]
They stopped arguing when they saw me move my head.
"Lucius-Kun!""Lucius-San!"
Said the two goddesses as soon as they saw me awake.
"What's going on here, and still arguing over me!?" I demanded.
Hestia cleared her throat and finally spoke.
"We're still on the eighteenth floor. You got hurt st night, and sihen, you've been unscious. It's been more than 15 hours!" Hestia informed me, and I wao know what happened because I cast a spell and got hurt with a sudden explosion. This was very ued, sidering I used the minimum of the spell! What a horrible situation. My body hadn't fully recovered, so I started casting healing to heal myself as quickly as possible.
"And what are you doing here? And you, I don't think we've ever met..." I asked Hestia and then turo Aphrodite. I didn't lie; I really never spoke to this goddess other than knowing of her existence.
"Your feng teacher, Mikoto, informed us that Bell was in dahanks to Takemikazuchi's group. So, we formed a team to ehe dungeon and rescue my little Bell. But to our surprise, when we arrived, we found out that Bell is fih his group, thanks to you, Lucius-kun! You rescued them in such a difficult moment, so you have my sihanks for that!" Said Hestia sincerely.
"There's nothing to thank, Hestia. We're in the same family, right? I said I would help in any way I could." I said with a smile, aia nodded happily at my sincere words.
"But it's amazing that you could go to the intermediate floors and pass through them so easily! I couldn't believe it when I heard about it from Aphrodite, that you rescued one of her daughters too!"
"What I say, I have my talents." I shrugged and looked at the sed blond-haired goddess while she remained quiet, listening to our versation.
"Well, Mr. Lucius, I was going to Hestia to ask about you. You helped one of my daughters, after all. I wao thank you, of course, but I heard about the issues with another son of Hestia, so I apanied Hestia and Hermes here!" She said as if she were doing something to be proud of. I noticed that this goddess is as mischievous and childish as Hestia.
"But no one really asked for your help..." Hestia grumbled with crossed arms, turning her head the other way.
"Shut up, ugly loli!" Aphrodite shouted angrily and looked at me, striking a charming pose.
"So, Mr. Lucius? Just my presence already makes you feel better when you see my beauty, doesn't it?" She said.
"A new narcissistic goddess with her beauty appeared," I thought as I looked at this blonde goddess in front of me without knowing what to say about it.
"Well, you don't o thank me for saving your daughter. I did what ah power should do..." I said sincerely, ign the fact that this goddess probably cares more about pliments to her beauty than anything else.
She came to my bed, grabbed one of my arms, and began to speak with a presumptuous face.
"How humble, but I still have to thank you, especially since you're such a handsome young man. How about we go out for a date?" She said, trying to sound sensual.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY SON, YOU NARCISSISTIC GODDESS!" Hestia shouted a little before jumping on Aphrodite, and they started fighting, rolling on the ground, once again pulling each other's cheeks.
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"Calm dohrodite, you're better than that brat loli! Don't let her provoke you." Aphrodite murmured as she stormed out of the tent angrily, speaking phrases we couldn't hear anymore. Her personality was a bit etric; she gave herself advice out loud and referred to herself ihird person.
"Now that that annoying Aphrodite is goell me what happeo you!" Hestia demanded, crossing her arms in front of me when we were alone ient, which I didn't know the location of on this floor.
"I don't kly yet. I grading my level when I cast an aura spell to test, and the whole pce exploded..." I said calmly while scratg my head.
"YOU WHAT?!" Hestia shouted at my words, and I knew what she was referring to.
"I'm level 2 now! HEHE," I said with a smile as I looked at the s in front of me with the stats.
"I'M SO USELESS! I 'T EVEN LEVEL UP MY OWN SON!!!" Hestia began to cry in front of me but quickly posed herself.
"Anyway, this is amazing, Lucius-kun. We have two level 2s in the family! Let me see your stats!" She demanded, and I turo expose my back.
As soon as she mounted me, she didn't even wait to put a sheet and saw my stats.
"WHAT!!!!"
---Information from Hestia's perspective---? Name: Lucius Drakenar? Level: 1 -> 2.---Stats---? Strength: SSS1.381 -> ? Strength: I0? Endurance: SSS1.454 -> ? Endurance: I0? Dexterity: SSS1.386 -> ? Dexterity: I0? Agility: SSS1.433 -> ? Agility: I0? Magic: EX2.223 -> ? Magic: I0---Abilities---? Charged Magic (Hold the Magic for 2 Times Its Cooldown and Release an Attack 4 Times Stronger)---Development Abilities---Luck - I---Spells---? Fire Spell/Firebolt/Rank 2.? Ice Spell/Freezing/Rank 1.? Support Spell/Strength Enhancer/Rank 2.? Support Spell/Speed Enhancer/Rank 2.? Summoning Spell/Goblin/Rank 2.? Lightning Spell/Lightning on/Rank 2.? Healing Spell/Minor Healing/Rank 2.? Alteration Spell/Magelight/Rank 2.? Alteration Spell/ Clothes/Rank 2.? Alteration Spell/Fix Clothes/Rank 2.? Magical Spell/Minical Aura/Rank 3.---------------------------------------------------
"WHAT KIND OF STATUS IS THIS! ALMOST EVERYTHING IS RANK SSS, AND YIC IS OVER 2 THOUSAND! RANK EX?! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS! YOUR STATS ARE WAY HIGHER THAN BELL'S!!" Hestia was shouting at my back; she seemed to be having a fit.
"Goddess Hestia, I would appreciate it if you avoided raising your voiuch; someone might hear this..." I said categorically.
"SORRY!" She quickly covered her mouth.
"It's just too much to take in. In addition to the powerful stats that surpass the level limits, you gained a magic ability, and you also have 11 spells! How I not get hysterical here!" She grumbled, not knowing how to deal with all the information in front of her. I admit she was calmer tha time she saw it.
"I told you I have my secrets when I joined your family," I said calmly.
"I guess you're right..." She sighed, realizing she couldn't ask me anything. She had seen my memories when giving the falna, in addition to knowing a bit about my bitter youth, information about the system was blocked from her, so I remained a mystery.
After she took a falna leaf and put it on my back out of habit (where she got that leaf, I don't know), when she ha to me, I saw it out of curiosity, notig that all essential information was restricted for her.
"You have to destroy this leaf! Don't let anyone know about it; otherwise, we'll be in danger!" Hestia warned, and I nodded, burning the leaf in front of her.
Seeing this, Hestia sighed.
"You really are amazing, Lucius-kun..." She murmured and spoke up again.
"Unfortunately, the Denatus, the meeting that takes pce to choose niames for newly leveled adventurers, has already happened. I ohey chose Bell's niame. You'll have to wait three months for that." She finally said.
"Holy? I think it's better this way. At least I still maintain a low profile for now, I hope, and you don't have to deal with a bunch of questions about how your children grow so fast," I said, unknowingly that my name would soon be known throughout Orario.
"I think you're right," she said after thinking a bit. After that, she left to let me rest a little more, seeing that I was well and rec, just tired.
"Now, how do I find out what happeo me... for there to be that explosion..." I wondered.
[*Ring*][System: Unknown tag...]"What is this?"[Unknown: Hello, little Lucius! How's life in Danmachi? HAHAHA] A chat s appeared in front of me, not that I could respond..."It's you! You're that God who sent me here!" I said surprised, not knowing how to respond in the chat. I waited for my voice to reach this identity and tio pin about a few things."You gave me an OP system, but what the hell was that mission to learn a spell without being able to i with a god in a city full of them?! You know I became a beggar, you damn god!" Lucius couldn't help but excim his thoughts.[][Unknown: That's right! HAHAHAHAHAHA! It was so funny, you taking a bath in the fountain, and the city residents calling you a pervert. I haven't ughed like that in ages! It was very eaining, little Lucius. I did the right thing by sending you to this world. At least I'm getting out of my boredom to see how you ge this world.]"You're a sadist. I thought my life would start well here, but in the end, I began as a beggar expelled from a family..." Lucius muttered angrily.[Unknown: HAHAHA. Anyway, I found out what happeo you, so I decided to get in touch to crify what happened, but this will be the st time I do this!]"At least help me uand what happened..." I murmured.[Unknown: You used magical aura, an ability that uses yical power to release pressure to your surroundings, but it uses the energy in your body. The problem here wasn't just your energy, but also my blessing, including when you were leveling up!]"So, that's what happened?"
[Unknown: You used the aura while having the energy from my blessing as you were leveling up to level 2! That energy you felt released the explosion. As you see, even your body couldn't ha; if it were someohout falna, they would be dead.]
"Hmmm, so I was an idiot after all..."
[Unknown: Now I'll be going, bye!]
"Wait..." But the s closed, and I just sighed.
After a while, even though Hestia asked me to rest, I finally left the tent to check the surroundings, and to my surprise, we were in the Loki family's camp.
'I wonder why this family took me in after our st enter, maybe it's that favor they owe us?' I thought.
"You finally woke up," said a blond Pallum approag, Finn. I grimaced.
"I guess... Did I hurt anyone?" I asked somewhat embarrassed about it, after all, the explosion was my fault.
"Fortunately, no one was injured, but the owner wao send you to the guild and file a wsuit for the damages you caused. We mao vince him not to ha that aid for the damage." I was surprised.
"That's ued..." I said to the Pallum.
"Don't be surprised; we owe you a favor, I think we're even after everything that happened." He finally said, and I had to sigh.
"I believe we're on good terms now..." I muttered, but I couldn't pin sihis was caused by my as, after all.
Finn nodded satisfied a on to ask.
"I'm curious, what happened?" He asked.
"I had trouble stabilizing my magical power since I was ready to level up... I just reached level 2 with Hestia-Sama." I gave an excuse.
"gratutions on that, but this could be a problem every time you level up... yic seems to grow quite rapidly." He said curiously, and I nodded uhe calg gaze of the Loki family captain.
'I'm being watched by the Loki family now...' I couldn't help but think.
"I'll have to study magiow, as I'm still very ignorant about it; maybe it will help me trol my magical level." I said, never having studied magic, as a mage, perhaps I really o study in are areas.
"Well, I only wish you luck with that." He finished and walked off to some er of the camp.
After seeing that, I tio walk around the ptil I left the camp.
Almost no main characters were in the camp now; Hestia must be looking for Bell or iy. The girls are strolling around, and as I don't know any Loki family members besides the main ones and some of the sedary team, I walked without talking to anyone.
I walked aimlessly through the forest, trying to think about what I do now. I have 700,000 points; I get quite a few spells. I walked for minutes until I found a cliff and sat down to think for a bit. I used my summoning spell, and my goblin reappeared by my side.
"HEEEEE!!" He shouted at me.
"I know, I know... I'm sorry about that." I smiled sadly; he was caught in the explosion and died. But as a summon, I bring him back.
"A pity that I lost everything in that backpack..." I said regretfully; the backpack disappeared with Riekling, and I ended up losing it si happened ho.
"Now, how I strengthen myself to face the mutant Goliath..." I shifted my focus from Riekling to ponder my steps; the mutant Goliath will appear here after the Loki family leaves.
Looking at the system, I became ied in the space spell, Quick Dodge, but fighting against the mutant Goliath would be a waste of time because it would take me too long to t that spell now. It's a good spell when you don't o t... Still, I don't think it escape the feet of a titan sihe range is only a few meters...
I have the card that cels ting, but using it on a rank 3 ability doesn't seem like a wise choice; I train the ability in Orario and save the card for the future, for a more powerful skill or in a life-or-death emergency.
I opehe shop again after deg how I would spend my points.
[Fire Spell/Multi-Firebolt/Rank 3: 100,000][Alteration Spell/Ironflesh/Rank 3: 300,000][Gravitational Spell/Minravitational Field/Rank 3: 300,000][Total: 700,000 Points][Acquire These Grimoires? (YES/NO)]
"YES"
[Shop Points: (728,400 - 700,000): 28,400]
Three grimoires appeared in front of me, and after reading them all, I began to imagine my fight against Goliath. The st time was quite challenging; I 't fight the mutant version alone, which regee almost instantly. Still, we'll have many adventurers helping, and Bell defeated him in the ah a Crozzo magic sword and his charged ability, Argonaut.
"My charged magic ability doesn't pare tonaut... because I don't know the limit of how much it multiply the effect."
My stats are as follows:
---**Information**- **Name:** Lucius Drakenar- **Race:** Human- **Family/Falna:** Hestia- **Niames:** [+(!)] – "I won't open this because I want to keep my good humor!"- **Level:** 1 -> 2
**Stats**- **Strength:** SSS1.381 -> I0- **Endurance:** SSS1.454 -> I0- **Dexterity:** SSS1.386 -> I0- **Agility:** SSS1.433 -> I0- **Magic:** EX2.223 -> I0
**Abilities**- **Blessing of ?????? (Nullifies Any Mana Expenditure)**- **Charged Magic (Hold the Magic for 2 Times its Cooldown and Cast an Attack 4x Stronger)**
**Development Abilities**- Luck - I
**Spells**- Fire Spell/Firebolt/Rank 2- Ice Spell/Freezing/Rank 1- Support Spell/Strength Booster/Rank 2- Support Spell/Speed Booster/Rank 2- Summoning Spell/Goblin/Rank 2- Lightning Spell/Lightning on/Rank 2- Healing Spell/Minor Healing/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---
[Shop Points: 28,400]
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