"In just half a month, except for Lyd and the others, everyone else has become Level 3!" In the Hestia Familia's hall, Aston listened to Hestia's excited recounting. Even knowing that members of the Hestia Familia could grow rapidly, Aston was still somewhat amazed.
Members of the Hestia Familia, aside from a few stronger ones like Lyd who couldn't gain much experience from killing weaker monsters and thus did not level up, had all risen to Level 3.
It could be said that now, aside from Aston, Lyd, and a few others, the Hestia Familia was uniformly at Level 3.
This was still due to the presence of a significant barrier, which is why the Familia's members remained at Level 3.
Now that everyone has joined forces to defeat the Amphisbaena, it's expected that some will level up again.
Plus, this time, under Aston's lead on an expedition, fighting deep within, Eina and the others got a great amount of Excelia.
Aston estimated that with this wave, at least more than 20 members of the Hestia Familia would level up to Level 4.
Hestia thought so too.
"Exactly, that's the spirit. Once we update their statuses, there will definitely be level-ups," Hestia nodded continuously, her face glowing with excitement.
As the main deity of the Hestia Familia, watching the members grow rapidly right before her eyes was extremely gratifying, making her mood beautiful every day.
"After updating your Statuses, I'll go to the guild to raise our Familia's rank."
"I think the Hestia Familia can definitely reach A rank this time. Just thinking about it excites me!"
The Hestia Familia is now a major taxpayer in Orario, contributing significantly to adventures, having killed the 27th-floor boss today, and also joining an expedition with the Loki Familia. All these combined, the guild can't justify not giving us an A rank.
"Do we need to hurry? We can go tomorrow."
"No, we have to go now. The guild doesn't close at night anyway, and there will be staff on duty."
"After updating the blessings, I'll drag Eina and Lili to the guild," Hestia said stubbornly.
"Whatever you say." Aston shrugged indifferently.
"Come on, let's update your Status first, then we'll update theirs."
"Uh, is that necessary? I didn't do much this expedition, didn't get much improvement," Aston hesitated, intending to refuse, since he only leveled up once this time, not much of a change.
"No, come on, let's update it."
"Alright, I got it, no need to fuss."
"What does it matter, we're like a married couple now."
"Uh, right."
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Aston Glycias
LV.5
Strength: I0→D512
Endurance: I0→D536
Dexterity: I0→D547
Agility: I0→D536
Magic: I0→D518
Development Abilities: Mage H, Overlevel G, Floor Boss Killer G, Monster Slayer H
[(Magic)]
[Void Furnace]
Increase the host's magic power limit and instantly restore magic power. Perpetual motion.
[Elemental Magic]
Wind: Lightness, Hurricane Blade
Fire: Fire Ring, Big Fireball
Thunder: Divine Speed
Space: Requip
[(Skills)]
- [Level Up]
- [Sub-professions]
- [Instant Kill]
- [Sharingan]
- [Puppet Doppelganger]
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"See, I told you there wasn't much change." Looking at the status paper in his hand, Aston shrugged again and said.
His words made Hestia's expression turn serious.
"By your words, this is just showing off, isn't it?"
"Such a significant increase in ability values, any other adventurer would be thrilled, yet here you are, reacting like this," Hestia disdainfully said.
"Ah, seems like it," Aston admitted, realizing he might have been a bit too modest.
If other people could get such an improvement from one expedition, they would probably wonder if their ancestors were blessing them.
"Speaking of which, does this new skill Puppet Doppelganger really work as described?" Hestia didn't dwell on the topic but curiously asked about the new skill appearing on Aston's status paper.
"Ah, with this, when new members join and need to forge test equipment, I can let the Doppelganger take over, freeing me up."
"The same goes for potion making." Aston nodded, explaining.
"That's really convenient."
"So, can the replication clone continuously make potions to sell?" Hestia's eyes nearly turned into sparkles upon hearing Aston's reply.
It's well known that both forging and potion-making are highly profitable secondary professions.
However, Hestia was more optimistic about potion-making than forging, as potions are more popular and consumed in greater quantities.
"As long as you can gather enough materials, I don't mind," Aston said with a smile.
Making potions to sell would increase the Familia's assets, and he would gain a vast amount of experience as a potion maker, a win-win situation Aston couldn't refuse.
"Don't worry, the Familia now has 1.5 billion valis, enough for me to collect materials for your replication clone to continuously make potions for a month," Hestia confidently stated, her posture exuding assurance.
"1.5 billion? Does the Familia have that much?" Aston asked, visibly surprised.
Although he had exchanged for store points, Aston had never actually checked the balance.
"Yeah, it's all contributed by Lili and the others."
"These days, Lili and the others' adventures have been quite fruitful. Aside from daily expenses, Lili and the rest have left a share for themselves and handed over the rest to me," Hestia nodded and explained.
"I'm aware of that, but is it really that much?" Aston knew about this arrangement, and it was actually initiated by the Familia members themselves.
After all, as soon as they joined the Familia, Aston prepared second-grade equipment for everyone and provided them with a clear path forward, so everyone was very grateful to Aston and volunteered to do so.
In other Familias, they probably would only hand over half, not nearly as much as this.
However, Aston didn't expect it to be this much.
Before his expedition, the assets of the Hestia Familia had dropped below five hundred million.
This means that during his expedition, Lili and the others had gained over a billion in earnings.
"Hehe, surprised, aren't you?"
"This is just from Lili and the others. If Lyd and their magic stone contribution ratio were the same as Lili's, it would be even more," Hestia chuckled and said.
Lyd and their group had a different contribution ratio than Lili and the others because they could rely on consuming magic stones to become stronger, so half of their earnings were used to enhance their strength, and only the remaining earnings were the same as Lili's.
"Speaking of which, have Lyd and the others reached Level 5 yet?" Aston smiled and then asked.
During the encirclement of Amphisbaena, Hestia's main force was Airel and their magic squad; Lyd and the others didn't show much power, only cooperatively preventing Amphisbaena from escaping with the others, so Aston couldn't determine Lyd and their strength.
When one is weaker, it's possible to rely on a sense of danger to judge an opponent's strength, but now that he's stronger, it's a bit troublesome to judge those weaker than himself.
"Lyd and the others haven't fought with Level 5 monsters; they also don't know what level their strength has reached.
"However, I think Lyd and the four of them should already have the strength of Level 5.
"Why don't you test their strength tomorrow?" Hestia suggested with a slight frown.
"Alright, I'll test them tomorrow."