It seems fitting to say that Tione is truly an Amazoness, especially with her title as the "Fury Serpent." Once she becomes enraged, no one can hold her back.
The adventure continued relentlessly, with no break even for lunch. Tione had no intention of stopping for a meal, choosing instead to vent her fury by relentlessly hunting monsters.
For several hours since the beginning of their adventure, the group progressed rapidly from the 39th to the 46th floor, only four floors away from the new safe zone on the 50th floor. To put it into perspective, their last visit to the deep layers took a whole day just to advance two floors.
Now, in just a few hours, they had traversed eight floors, a pace that completely surprised Aston. It also made him realize just how volatile Tione could be when angry.
However, their aggressive progression through eight deep floors of the dungeon brought Aston significant gains. The deeper the dungeon floor, the more experience points Aston received for defeating monsters.
Upon breaking through the 40th floor, Aston leveled up to level 30. This advancement doubled his experience requirement and strength again. Starting from level 30, he needed six-figure experience points for each level-up, with 200,000 points required to advance from level 30 to 31. Moreover, the strength increase also went from x2 to x4.
After continuously conquering eight dungeon floors, Aston had already reached level 31, and he was halfway to level 32 with 150,000 experience points earned. In other words, in just a few hours of traversing eight dungeon floors, Aston had accrued 380,000 experience points.
Naturally, system rewards for his two level-ups were not absent. Like the Beast Tamer Master and Natural Aura he received before, these rewards were complementary: the Legion-level Flame Magic Card and the Linkage Seal.
The Legion-Level Flame Magic Card is a unique fire magic for magic legions, consisting of ten fire magics in a series, ranging from weak to strong. If Aston forms a legion, he can use this inheritance to instantly teach the legion this magic.
The Linkage Seal allows members of the magic legion to work in perfect unison, achieving unparalleled synergy and maximizing the legion's power.
Aston's magic legion would differ from Riveria's in the Loki Familia. His magic system is integrated, with everyone mastering the same magic and working together for amplified effects, not mere addition but multiplication in power.
Currently, Aston's magic could be inherited by ten people. Like the Faction Card, it can be upgraded and merged with similar cards from the store.
Even with only ten level 1 mages, coordinated use of fire magic can unleash power comparable to a level 3 mage. With twenty, the power reaches level 4, and with fifty, it can destroy level 5 adventurers. Reaching a hundred, even level 6 adventurers would not be safe. This is the potential even with level 1 mages.
As the mage battalion's number and strength increase, even a level 7 might not be able to avoid them. It can be said to be a very terrifying group. In contrast, the magic in this world does not have a legacy system; everyone's magic is awakened by blessings. Apart from a few adventurers, it's impossible to have many adventurers who master the same magic. In this case, even if Riveria forms a magic battalion, it's impossible to merge the power of all magic into a more terrifying force.
However, as good as these two rewards are, there is a fatal weakness. The mages who receive the inheritance must have absolute loyalty to Aston, otherwise, it can easily cause problems. Once someone has ulterior motives, even with the Linked Seal, the magic battalion's power cannot be maximized. And Aston cannot possibly give this to people whose loyalty can't be ensured.
This means to perfectly harness the magic battalion's power, Aston needs to pair it with another thing, the Faction Card. However, the number of signings available with the Faction Card is too limited. Currently, he can only use 20 signing slots.
"For now, ten slots for the magic battalion, to form a small-scale magic battalion. The remaining ten are for the close-combat members of the Familia," Aston silently allocated the Faction Card.
Close combat, long-range, without missing any, then add a few supporters, and it's the perfect combination. Even without his own follow-up, there's no need to worry. A 10-mage battalion might only exert level 3 magic power, but as they grow, the magic battalion's power will become even stronger.
For now, it's like this. When I get more Faction Cards, I will slowly build the magic battalion. With the Faction Card, the strength of the magic battalion can definitely be rapidly increased.
Just imagine, a magic battalion formed by fifty or even a hundred level 4 or 5 mages, it could dominate the entire dungeon. Thinking of this, Aston's lips couldn't help but curl into a smile.
But the next moment, Aston's smile faded.
"Looks like I have to trouble Hestia again."
"Let Hestia start recruiting for the family."
"Dealing with the Xenos on one hand and recruiting new family members on the other, it really is hard for Hestia."
"Ah, right, just let Hestia recruit elves and half-elves," Aston thought silently.
Don't ask why Aston only wants to recruit elves, it's simple - it's pleasing to the eyes. Just let give a strand of hair to Hestia, and let her find unaffiliated elves with it, then there's absolutely a 100% recruitment success rate.
From Ryuu's reaction, Aston could be sure. Even Riveria couldn't resist the aura from his body. After the test, Riveria stayed by Aston's side and didn't want to leave. Only when leaving did she move away from Aston. If even the elven royalty is like this, how could other elves possibly resist Aston's aura...
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