Chapter 48: Miracle
After receiving a portion of the payment in advance, Liam had no other nightlife plans. Instead, he quickened his pace towards the Familia's home, looking forward to updating his status.
It was also a way to test the results of his Dungeon training during this period. As long as his various physical stats reached an average S-rank rating.
He could probably undergo sublimation. To pursue the absolute limit, he would have to continue soaking in the Dungeon for at least two more days!
"Almost..."
"After raising my adventurer level to Lv2, carrying out the mission will also be more stable."
Walking on the abandoned street, Liam could faintly feel a slight change in his mentality. Every day was another form of Dungeon grinding.
This life was undoubtedly tedious and dull.
Now, with the interlude of earning extra cash, it also enriched his daily life in Orario, making this rare holiday seem even more fulfilling!
Earn enough money to upgrade his weapons.
Next was to consider how to improve his quality of life in terms of food, clothing, housing, and transportation. This was also Liam's motivation.
Returning to the basement of the abandoned church.
What came into view was Hestia sitting on the edge of the bed, swinging her feet. She had already prepared for the status update in advance.
And having also sensed the footsteps.
When Hestia looked up, her clear azure eyes seemed to overflow with watery tenderness, a smile blossoming on her cheeks.
"You're back, Liam-kun!"
"Yes."
Regarding the deal with Lili, as long as she didn't ask, there was no need to bring it up proactively. Liam looked at the young woman before him with a serious smile.
Without her usual girlishness, a divine love and gentleness flowed from her.
It was a huge contrast to the drunk Hestia from last night. He asked with concern in his eyes, "Lady Hestia."
"After drinking and getting a hangover, are you feeling unwell today?"
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Being suddenly reminded of what happened last night, Hestia's smile stiffened slightly. To be precise, she had blacked out.
Her consciousness stopped after making certain declarations, then being carried to bed by Liam…
She blinked, thinking hard, and finally shook her head decisively to change the subject, "Thank you for your concern, Liam-kun. What's more important now…"
"Is to help you update your status first!"
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Lady Hestia." What Liam wanted to do was very simple: plant a seed first.
In the course of their future interactions, he would gradually water it to make it take root and sprout.
Taking off the grayish-brown cloak, he wore a black short-sleeved shirt underneath. He quickly made all the preparations before the status update and lay face down on the soft bed.
With his neck resting on the pillow, Liam could even smell a faint fragrance.
"If you're always so polite every time, it will trouble me. Updating ability scores is what a god needs to do."
Hestia, sitting by the bedside, lifted her feet and naturally sat on Liam.
Looking at the increasingly clear muscle contours of his back, she suppressed the bold idea sprouting in her heart and prepared for the update.
The young woman's tone was a bit bashful as she finally added, "Besides, I'm very happy to do this for Liam-kun!"
The process of updating ability scores was very simple.
A drop of divine blood, covering the ability scores from the last update with the improved stats from this period of training.
The process was simple.
Watching the gentle light emerge from Liam's back, Hestia's eyes were full of anticipation. She held a A4 paper in her hand.
Making a rubbing of the updated ability scores.
Liam Moon
Lv1
Strength: E497 ↑ S911 丨 Endurance: D531 ↑ S970 丨 Dexterity: E466 ↑ S903 丨 Agility: E499 ↑ S955 丨 Magic: i0
Development Abilities: None
Magic: None
Skills: Sword Soul Power
"Huh?"
Hestia's gaze swept over the paper filled with ability scores. Even her eyes were full of suspicion. She put down the paper.
Then she propped herself up with both hands to observe Liam's back. There was no difference from the values rubbed onto the paper. Logically, the Falna system couldn't possibly have a problem.
Then the problem could only be Liam!
"Why does it feel a bit off?"
Hestia's expression stiffened slightly. She reached out and rubbed her eyes, worried she was hallucinating. She once again confirmed the ability scores rubbed onto the cowhide paper.
There were no problems!
That meant, in just two days without a status update, the Dungeon training Liam had undergone.
Had caused his average E-rank ability scores to soar directly to S-rank!!
She placed the cowhide paper with the rubbed status by the bed. She finally knew why he had been coming home later and later these past two days…
An improvement in a dependant's ability scores was certainly a good thing.
Although Liam was her first dependant, she had learned the details about Familias from Hephaestus.
She knew how difficult it was to achieve all S-rank ability scores!
It was clearly something worth being happy about, yet Hestia couldn't feel happy at all. To achieve such a leap in ability score rank.
What intensity of battle did he have to go through?
"Liam-kun…"
Hestia stretched out her fair hands, which were trembling slightly as they landed on Liam's shoulder muscles. It was precisely that special emotion in her heart that made her unable to bear seeing him like this.
The young woman maintained her usual bright smile, but her tone was filled with determination, "Let's take a day off for ourselves tomorrow!"
A day off was certainly needed. He took the paper handed to him, filled with the rubbed ability scores.
Seeing that apart from the magic stat, the average was S-rank, it meant the high-intensity training Liam had put in during this period.
The final result was worthy of his efforts.
Not having mastered any magic skills, a low magic stat was a critical weakness, but the other four S-rank stats just happened to compensate for this.
Noticing Hestia's worried expression, Liam responded with a relaxed smile, "Lady Hestia, I was indeed planning to rest tomorrow."
"But before resting."
"I'd like to ask you to help me sublimate my adventurer level. The great feats accumulated from these two days of Dungeon exploration should be enough…"
"?!"
The leap in all his ability scores had already made Hestia's mind go blank. After all, since he started exploring the Dungeon.
All told, only seven days had passed!!
And Liam's ability score improvement during this period was an achievement most adventurers could never hope to reach in their entire lives…
And now, the situation was, not only had all his ability scores improved to S-rank, but he had even completed the great feat to break through his adventurer level along the way?
Hestia didn't speak, just dripped her divine blood again for a detailed look. As the gentle light dissipated, the events presented before her eyes.
"New adventurer single-handedly fought a swarm of rare Blue Butterfly monsters and won easily."
"Encountered a Monster Party, went all out to complete the monster cleanup!"
Gods couldn't go into the Dungeon, but she knew that the improvement in Liam's ability scores was definitely related to these two incomparably dangerous battles!
Her gaze swept over these two great feats, enough to complete a level sublimation. She fell into a brief silence, counting the days since he registered as an adventurer.
She couldn't imagine, when the Denatus came, and other gods learned of Liam's deeds, to what extent those guys would go crazy!
As a goddess, Hestia really wanted to share her inner joy, but rationality still drove her to be calm and consider things on a deeper level. "Liam-kun, do you know?"
"If you break through to the next level now, you'll have created a miracle! Breaking Wallen-so-and-so-kun's record and becoming the fastest adventurer in the world to reach Lv2!!"
She knew clearly that the improvement in Liam's ability scores was due to high-intensity, dangerous training. She hoped he would slow down his growth while not wasting his talent.
"But…"
The young woman paused here, rarely showing the maturity and steadiness of a god, "With your current ability score improvement speed."
"I believe your talent doesn't stop here. Have you ever considered, in each adventurer stage, raising all your ability scores to their absolute limit?"
(End of this chapter)