DanMachi: Heroic Epic of Emiya the Great Hero

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"Oh~ Alicia-chan, I was so worried about you. By the way, Alicia-chan, have you grown again?", The red-haired goddess showed a covetous expression.

Loki, the goddess of the Loki Familia, despite being a stunning beauty, always behaved like a lecherous old man, enjoying teasing the girls in her Familia with words and occasionally even getting handsy.

As the trusted "big sister" of the girls in the Loki Familia, Alicia naturally wouldn't tolerate the misconduct of her goddess.

"Ah, that, I was wrong, Alicia-chan.", Seeing the female elf raise her sword, Loki promptly raised her hands in surrender, sincerely admitting her mistake.

"Alicia and Riveria are both too serious, it's more fun with Lefiya-chan...", Loki muttered complaints.

"Loki-sama, don't bully the newcomers."

"Yes~ yes~ our disciplinary committee member~"

Alicia and Loki entered the main god's room together, and the elf girl removed her top, revealing her smooth back.

"Let me see the front, you're so stingy.", Loki complained while piercing her finger with a needle, smearing divine blood on the girl's back.

"Alicia, your magic and agility have broken through, rising from B799 to A rank.", Loki's voice became serious.

"Is that so? The ability values that have been stuck for so long have finally improved.", Alicia said softly.

Alicia is a long-established senior adventurer. She joined the Loki Familia much earlier than Ais and the others, being one of the first newcomers after the trio of Finn, Riveria, and Gareth.

However, newcomers like Ais reached the high level of Lv.5 in just a few years, while Alicia, not to mention leveling up, had her highest magic and agility ability values stuck for several years.

The acquisition of great feats was even slower than attribute improvement, especially after transferring to the second army of the Loki Familia, she rarely had the opportunity to fight strong enemies.

Alicia felt that she, with her limited talent, had reached her limit. She even began to think that stopping here was fine, there was no need to go further...

"You can level up, Alicia.", Loki said softly,"Do you want to level up?"

"Yes, level up.", Alicia, who had already anticipated this situation, said decisively.

The Black Goliath is a labyrinth king with a potential ability of Lv.5 and a difficulty level of Lv.6. Under the same level, the difficulty of defeating a labyrinth king is much higher than that of ordinary monsters, and the quality and quantity of experience are completely on a different level.

Alicia and Ryuu, two Lv.4s, as the main force in defeating the Black Goliath, shared most of the experience—Ryuu contributed more in terms of output, while Alicia provided a lot of control and support, and was the team's commander.

Moreover, this was the first sighting and defeat of the Black Goliath, and the concept of first kill further enhanced the legendary nature of this battle.

Therefore, Alicia finally obtained enough great deeds to level up.

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[Alicia]

Lv.4 —> Lv.5

Strength: D581

Endurance: D517

Dexterity: B766

Agility: A801

Magic: A802

[Development Abilities]

Abnormal Resistance H, Magic Guide I, Swordsman I (new)

—: Magic :—

[Ice Dust Storm]

— Attack magic.

— Controls cold air to create a sphere of light, from which magical ice bullets are fired.

Chant [Freeze, winter's lock]

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—: Skills :—

[Elf Chant]

— Increases magic release speed and control over magic.

[Elf Bond]

— When fighting together with a "specific target" or teammates with "bond" type skills, all abilities are increased (small amplitude).

— The skill is influenced by the owner's cognition.

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Looking at the ability values recorded in sacred script on the elf girl's back, Loki took a sharp breath, "Hiss, Alicia, your new skill is a bit off..."

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This was an ordinary day, a mundane day before Emiya's chance encounter with the two elf girls.

He was training in the dungeon as usual.

Following his usual routine, he first stayed on the fourth floor, focusing on improving his archery and dexterity. After receiving the blessing of the gods, especially the significant improvement in his "dexterity" ability, Emiya's control over the bow became increasingly proficient.

In actual combat, this progress was particularly evident. He was increasingly able to seize fleeting opportunities, killing two monsters with a single shot, achieving consecutive kills.

On the fourth floor of the dungeon, he trained his archery by aiming at the eyes of goblins and kobolds. After warming up, he continued to delve deeper.

Starting from the fifth floor, truly threatening monsters began to appear. If an adventurer with insufficient strength was accidentally attacked by these monsters, it could be life-threatening. Therefore, many low-level adventurers lacking courage spent their entire lives stuck on the first four floors.

And the monsters beyond the fifth floor finally provided some challenge for Emiya.

Frog Shooters, frog-like monsters with one giant eye, could attack with their long tongues. Although their attack and defense were not outstanding, their attack speed was extremely fast, making them ideal opponents for training reflexes.

Shadow Stalkers, black humanoid monsters with long arms and three sharp claws, were the strongest monsters on the sixth floor. Their long arms and claws were like six sharp swords, making them highly efficient for honing sword skills.

Needle Rabbits, small rabbit-like monsters with horns on their heads, were small in size and extremely fast, making them perfect moving targets for practicing archery or throwing knives.

Purple Moths, monsters that spread poisonous powder. If poisoned multiple times, adventurers would face a fatal crisis. Battling them not only trained the precise use of flying weapons but also helped adventurers learn evasion techniques and the judgment of retreat timing.

Killer Ants, red ant-like monsters with four legs and two arms, had hard shells and high attack power. In critical moments, they would release pheromones to summon companions to fight together. Many adventurers faced group battles for the first time with Killer Ants.

The 5-10 floor area was like a transition zone. The monsters here had one thing in common: they were highly specialized in a certain ability or attribute, but no monster was comprehensively strong in all aspects.

By the 10-12 floors, the true apex monsters of Lv.1: Orcs, Silverbacks, and Hard-shelled Armadillos began to appear. These monsters were often well-rounded in attack and defense, with particularly outstanding ability values in one aspect. Battling them was a comprehensive test of an adventurer's combat abilities.

Today, like any ordinary day, Emiya killed many monsters on the 12th floor. No baby dragons appeared, nor did any Lv.2 monsters from deeper floors come up. After a full workout, he began his return journey.

The only difference was that Emiya once again encountered that girl.

"Miss Riveria, we meet again.", Emiya greeted her.

The blonde girl was stunned for a moment, then looked over in surprise. Her small round face still had a cute, childish look, with a mouthful of fried potato balls, her cheeks puffed up, giving the impression of a greedy little golden hamster.

Ais tried to swallow the fried potato balls in one gulp, but almost choked in her haste, starting to pat her flat chest.

Emiya couldn't help but smile and handed over his water bottle.

Ais hurriedly took a sip of water, finally catching her breath.

"Shirou, we meet again.", Ais said.

"Yes, are you here to explore the dungeon, Miss Riveria?", Emiya asked.

Today, Ais wasn't carrying the huge supporter backpack but had switched to a moderately sized backpack.

And they met on the fourth floor of the dungeon, an area suitable for novice adventurers.

"Yes.", Ais nodded.

Because last time, when returning from the dungeon to the surface, she had seen Emiya's combat style of shooting goblins and kobolds in the eyes, Ais also came here to deliberately train her dexterity ability in the same way.

Her approach was to enter a state of ultra-high-speed movement, pass by the monsters, and then, in the extremely short window of time when their bodies crossed, attempt to precisely strike a small specific area of the monster.

However, Ais used a sword, and because her attack power was too high, the wind pressure from her sword thrust was enough to blow off the monster's entire head, so it looked more like a headshot than an eye stab.

The Lv.5 [Sword Princess] running around in the novice area of the fourth floor, stabbing at weak monsters like goblins, and occasionally running into walls because she was too fast.

Those who saw her thought the girl was venting some kind of emotion here, scaring everyone away from her vicinity.

If the [Sword Princess] went crazy in this area, no one could stop her.

And little Ais also found that this training method was really effective, because even for her, precise aiming at extreme speeds was not easy.

Using this method, even if the opponent was the weakest monster, it could still serve as training, because essentially Ais was not challenging the monster, but challenging her own agility with her own dexterity.

Lv.5 dexterity versus Lv.5 agility, a battle of equals.

'As expected of the master, to think of such a good method.', Little Ais was greatly encouraged, stuffing the fried potato balls she carried into her mouth, and was about to continue when she heard Emiya's voice.

"Master!"

—Although she thought so in her heart, the master had not yet acknowledged her as a disciple, so Ais could only call him by his name.

'Let's just complete the apprenticeship today. Although I'm still using the name Riveria, as long as I can become the master's disciple, it's fine.', Little Ais thought, about to perform a somersault and prostrate herself.

"Riveria.", Emiya said, because Riveria had always called him by his name, Emiya also chose a more intimate way of addressing her.

However, Emiya's slightly serious tone made little Ais instinctively nervous.

She immediately stood at attention, "Yes!"

"No need to be so nervous... I just wanted to say, Riveria, it seems like every time we meet, you're eating fried potato balls.", Emiya said, his tone gentle, but the content made little Ais feel uneasy.

"This... it's just a coincidence.", Ais said softly.

"Can I see the food you brought?", Emiya asked gently.

Ais: "Um..."

Emiya: "Can I?"

Ais reluctantly took out a lunchbox from her backpack, opened it in front of Emiya, and then Emiya saw: fried potato balls, fried potato balls, fried potato balls, and fried potato balls.

Tomato flavor, grilled meat flavor, strawberry flavor, and cream flavor.

In terms of taste, dietary balance was considered, with vegetables, meat, fruit, and even dessert.

Emiya looked at Ais, who hesitated for a long time, then took out one, thought about it, and took out another, struggled for a while, and took out one more.

"Here.", Ais, full of reluctance but with determined eyes, handed three fried potato balls to Emiya, keeping only a cream-flavored one for herself.

"No, I don't want your fried potato balls..."

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