Chapter 77: On the Eve of the Familia Expedition!
In the following period, Liam devoted all his energy to Dungeon exploration. After all, during the rather long Familia expedition. It would be impossible to update his ability scores.
During this time, he acted alone, choosing the 11th-12th floors of the Dungeon as his area. Thanks to his familiarity with the current floor environments.
He didn't continue to provoke the Dungeon, and the overall process was very smooth.
Using the probabilistic event "Monster Party" for training, only through such high-intensity, prolonged battles could his ability scores see a more intuitive increase.
As the number of encountered events increased.
The increase in experience made it easier and easier for Liam to handle. Dodging the attack of a Hard Armor-type monster, a "Kaischu" (Armored Rat), that rolled forward like a tire.
Even though it was a monster focused on defense, with a hide even tougher than a Young Dragon's.
Facing the continuously stacking amplification effect of the "Warlord's Fervor" magic, a casual sword swing shattered the Hard Armor's proud defense.
"...Hah."
Confirming this "Monster Party" was completely over, the stamina saved by his level sublimation and magic effects allowed Liam to maintain a good condition.
And the side effect of excessive mental energy consumption was also particularly obvious.
Fatigue!
This wasn't physical fatigue, but from a mental level. To alleviate it, he could only rely on rest to recuperate his spirit. Besides that, he would have to rely on elixirs.
After picking up all the dropped items.
Liam found a safe area and checked his Sword Soul template. The experience points provided by monsters were fixed and didn't decrease because he leveled up.
Relying on the sheer number of monsters, these two days of Dungeon exploration had brought an increase to his class level.
"I feel like... I can probably stop here for today."
「Liam Moon」
「Level: 27」
「Experience: 53.7%」
「Skills: Triple Slash (Lv5), Moonlight Slash (Lv4), Backstep Cut (Lv4), Flowing Stance (Lv2), Flowing Stance - Pierce (Lv1), Overdrive (Lv1)」
「Mastery: Secret Sword Art, Weapon Tempering」
「SP: 120」
His ability scores hadn't been updated yet, but at least the experience gain was very significant. Slowly advancing towards the middle levels, in another two days.
He estimated he could raise his Sword Soul class to level 30.
Liam's gaze swept over the "Sword Soul Template" before him. Many skills had a '+' sign behind them. Considering the Familia expedition arriving tomorrow.
Appropriately allocating points.
The returns were significantly higher than leveling up when encountering danger.
His gaze swept over the skill column, planning his available SP. The buff skills, Flowing Stance and Overdrive, were his primary targets.
"The Overdrive skill... anyone who can resist putting points into this is a god-tier person!"
Increasing the consumption of weapon durability in exchange for higher-spec combat effects. Liam quickly made a decision and maxed out the points.
「Consume 60 SP」
「Skill Flowing Stance (Lv2) upgraded to (Lv5)」
「Consume 40 SP」
「Skill Overdrive (Lv1) upgraded to (Lv3)」
"The remaining 20 SP, plus what's provided by subsequent level-ups..."
"Will be just enough to master a new skill."
Having allocated his skill levels, relying on the danger perception honed through constant battle, even if not on a safe floor, a short rest with his eyes closed. Posed no threat to Liam.
Only after confirming his condition could support a safe return to the surface did he embark on his journey back, following other Familias' teams returning to Orario.
Passing through the starting floors and leaving Babel.
The time was about what he expected; dusk enveloped the entire prosperous city. Before returning to the Familia home, he still needed to make a trip to the Adventurer's Guild.
To exchange the earnings from these two days of Dungeon exploration for Valis.
It was just that when he thought of that enthusiastic and gentle half-elf young lady, Liam's mood was somewhat complicated. The matter of the compulsory Familia expedition was definitely something he couldn't hide…
According to Eina's personality, she would even break down the dangers of each floor and explain them in detail. Now, upon learning this news, the scene was hard to imagine.
Despite this, Liam still went to the Guild. In the evening, many adventurers had finished their exploration. He naturally blended into the exchange queue.
It was just that before he had queued up, Eina, wearing a women's suit uniform, noticed Liam's familiar figure, her expression somewhat complicated.
But more than that was the shocking information she hadn't fully digested over the past two days.
"Breaking Ais Wallenstein's world record for the fastest breakthrough to Lv2."
This news was secretly told to her by Misha. Not only the fastest, but shortening the time by 30 times, using only 10 days!!
Helping Liam register as an adventurer, providing advice to the best of her ability, Eina could be said to have personally witnessed Liam's journey to the present…
On his first Dungeon exploration, he defeated a Minotaur relying on skill. He conquered floors at an extremely fast speed, dealt with Killer Ant swarms, and so on.
Eina knew clearly that Liam possessed extremely outstanding adventuring talent, but these things, in the context of the miracle he had created, were simply not worth mentioning!
Including the upcoming Familia expedition, Lili, the new member of the Hestia Familia, was the one who had come to her, asking for advice on the situation of each floor.
"Liam."
"Are you free now?" She proactively walked to Liam's side, ignoring the complicated expressions of other adventurers, and said in a gentle tone.
"I am."
Sitting in the Adventurer's Guild lounge, it was the same hot tea as usual, but the atmosphere was slightly different from the norm.
He had to prepare for the Familia expedition. To the extent that for the past two days, Liam hadn't had any contact with Eina, who had taken such good care of him.
"Miss Eina..."
Without giving him a chance to speak, the seriousness on the young woman's face instantly vanished, replaced by an unconcealable joy in her brilliant eyes.
Eina gently pressed a finger to her lips, signaling him not to speak, "Although it's a pity I wasn't the first to know about Liam's level breakthrough, I still have to congratulate you."
"You have created a miracle!!"
"You've worked hard these two days handling matters for the Familia expedition. Liam, I have no other intention in looking for you, just hope that you…"
"Please take good care of yourself. Don't make people who care about you worry. I hope the Familia expedition goes smoothly…" The young woman paused slightly here.
She lifted her gaze to observe Liam's reaction, finally saying with a stammer, "When you come back safely from the Familia expedition, I still have... a vacation with an undetermined time."
"She's proactively inviting me on a date."
A plot development that exceeded Liam's expectations. Looking at Eina, whose eyes were flowing with gentleness, he nodded earnestly, "I will work hard."
"You need to pay attention to your safety!" Eina frowned slightly, correcting him in a serious tone. Then she stood up and took out some defensive equipment she had prepared in advance from a cabinet in the lounge.
Placing it on the empty table, she winked playfully and couldn't help but tease, "I also personally witnessed your miracle, Liam."
"So no matter what, please continue this epic story of a miracle!"
"Thank you."
Not refusing Eina's kindness, firmly etching this sentiment deep in his heart, Liam looked at the half-elf young lady leaving to get busy.
His smile was relaxed as he responded directly, "I'd like to ask, for our next date, is there anywhere Miss Eina would like to go?"
"Hmm…"
Eina, who had paused her steps, didn't turn around. After some simple thought, she replied, "As long as it's not looking for a weapon shop and using me as a utility person, anywhere is fine!"
(End of this chapter)
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