Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube

The following day.

The Twilight Manor started bustling from early morning.

"Eight days from now, we will once again embark on an expedition to the underground city."

Upon Finn's announcement of this decision, the hearts of the clan members, previously excited about Reiger's new magic, suddenly tightened.

"It's nothing strange, is it?"

"It's already been a month since the last expedition; we have to set out again sooner or later."

Grace and Revilia, both standing by Finn's side, voiced their agreement, causing the members to nod one after another.

Since the last expedition took place a month ago, it was quite normal to decide to battle the underground city again.

As for Bert, Theona, Theone, and the others, they couldn't be happier about this.

"Perfect timing, I'm just about tired of those garbage monsters on the lower floors."

"Ais has already reached Lv.6! This time I must catch up!"

"Since it's the captain's decision, I naturally have no objections."

The officers being outpaced by Ais and then overtaken from behind by Reiger found themselves grappling with this; the leaders' decision was exactly what they wished for.

"The unvisited floors..."

Ais might have been thinking of the female-shaped monsters and worm-like creatures from last time as she quietly clenched her hand covered in particles of light.

Reiger, however, asked a bit further.

"What about the matters of the weirdos and the dark factions?"

Reiger leaned closer to Finn and the others, lowering his voice to inquire.

"We'll leave that to Loki for now." Finn naturally understood what Reiger meant and said, "Since it involves the dark factions and unknown events and creatures in the underground city, not to mention their ultimate aim is to destroy this city, we definitely need to seek help from the city's managers first."

Finn informed Reiger that during the expedition, Loki would have discussions with the guild, to see if they can discover anything or obtain any assistance.

Especially regarding that mysterious magician Reiger mentioned, since the individual belongs to the guild and is linked to the increase in monster occurrences on the 24th and 30th floors, and possibly once possessed the "Treasure Bead Fetus," the guild is likely to know something.

Hence, Loki plans to start with the guild.

As for the expedition itself, this was already decided before the anomaly event occurred on the 24th floor.

Finn, after careful consideration and information organization, ultimately decided to proceed with the expedition and delegate the investigation of the weirdos and dark faction remnants to Loki who would remain on the surface.

"This time, our objective is not only to reach the 59th floor; if possible, we must also investigate the formation reasons of the female-shaped and worm-like monsters from last time and uncover any clues linked to them."

Finn shared his considerations with Reiger.

"I see."

Reiger expressed understanding and did not object.

Of course, he had some thoughts in his mind.

Because, according to the original storyline's development, during the upcoming expedition, they will surely encounter the arrangements behind the "Treasure Bead Fetus."

Thinking of the possible future events and various predicaments the Loki Clan would soon face, Reiger narrowed his eyes, his mind racing.

Under such circumstances, the Loki Clan began preparing for the expedition set for eight days later.

Under the arrangements of Finn, Grace, and Revilia, the clan members were assigned tasks one by one.

Revilia, with Rephia, Alicia, and others, started preparing tools and items needed during the expedition, such as Spiritual Medicine.

Grace, meanwhile, took Raul, Angel, and others to prepare food, water, and other supplies.

Reiger, Ais, Bert, Theona, Theone, and other officers did not have tasks, or rather, Finn's task for them was to adjust themselves and organize the gear and items they carried on them.

After all, once reaching beyond the 50th floor to the ultra-deep layers, the true main force was these officers, and their condition was crucial to the expedition.

Some members were given important tasks by Finn, like going to the guild headquarters to gather intelligence, investigate whether anything unusual had happened on the planned route, check for conflicts with other factions' expedition schedules, and see if the major floor masters had refreshed. Effective expedition preparations absolutely must not neglect these pre-expedition intelligence work.

In such a manner, preparations for the Loki Clan's expedition commenced fervently.

"Are we still going to the underground city in the following days?"

With clan members starting to get busy, even the clan officers were preparing for the expedition, repairing equipment or purchasing items, even Ais temporarily set aside previous events from the 24th floor and tacitly joined the expedition preparations, Reiger was unsure if he should also follow suit and prepare for the expedition.

But upon careful thought, Reiger realized there seemed to be nothing he needed to prepare.

Equipment... based on the "Light Gear" development ability, Reiger no longer wore armor; his combat outfit was made using magic, requiring no organization or preparation.

Weapons... whether it's a fool or a hermit, both can be repaired and maintained using magic, without needing deliberate upkeep.

Spiritual Medicine... Whether it's high-grade spiritual medicine for recovering physical strength and injuries or magic spiritual medicine for restoring spiritual power, Reiger, who possesses the highest level of "Healing" and "Spirit Recovery" development abilities, doesn't need either.

As for various tools, Reiger is even more doubtful about their usefulness compared to his magic, and he questions whether he will ever use the sack of Ancient Secret Treasures he possesses.

As a result, Reiger found that he indeed had nothing to do except venture into the underground city.

"No, that's not right."

Suddenly, Reiger remembered something.

"There's still one thing I can take this opportunity to do."

The manifestation of new magic and the acquisition of powerful new magic had brought a significant enhancement to Reiger's strength.

This made Reiger aware that during his return to the Earth Mistake World, there were actually many things he could do.

Intentionally lowering his power to create an adventurous environment, accumulating high-level experience points with the help of the vast army of monsters in the underground city, and seeing if he could level up, was one thing.

The manifestation and acquisition of powerful magic, that was another thing.

There's one more thing Reiger could try to accomplish.

If he could succeed in this endeavor, his strength would further improve.

For this matter, Reiger went to find Finn.

"You want to go to the Hephaestos Clan?"

Finn, who was about to leave, seemed a bit surprised to hear Reiger's intention.

Coincidentally, Loki was also beside him.

"What? Are you planning to look for Chun?" Loki said indifferently, "Is there a problem with your weapon? The one that cost us eighteen million fara?"

Loki was naturally referring to the Fool's Sword, which he had initially commissioned Chun to forge.

Was it Loki who fronted the money back then?

Also, it was supposed that the eighteen million fara covered the cost of both the Fool's Sword and the Hidden Sword, which had yet to be transformed into the Divine Sword, not just the Fool's Sword alone.

Reiger, pondering this, did not agree with Loki's words and simply stated.

"I have business with the goddess Hephaestos."

These words startled Loki slightly.

"Looking for Feifei?" Loki asked suspiciously, "Why are you looking for Feifei?"

Just as Reiger was about to reply, Finn raised his hand and spoke first.

"Since you want to find the goddess Hephaestos, it's perfect timing. Come with us." Finn smiled and said, "We're just preparing to visit the goddess Hephaestos and Chun."

"Oh?" Reiger raised his eyebrows again and said thoughtfully, "Is it about the worm-type monsters?"

"Indeed." Finn nodded, affirming Reiger's guess, and said, "Last expedition, we were thwarted by those worm-type monsters' attacks. This time, we must not repeat the same failures."

Although worm-type monsters, just like man-eating flower monsters, are also new colorful monsters, the worms are much more difficult to deal with compared to the man-eating flowers.

Their corrosive substance forced even Finn, who was a first-level adventurer, and others to flee, as it dissolved their main weapons, leaving them almost helpless against them.

Furthermore, due to the corrosive substance, the entire Loki Clan's expedition team had their equipment, spare weapons, food, water, and spiritual medicine supplies wiped out, making further exploration impossible.

Given such circumstances, Finn naturally had to find a solution.

"This time, I'm planning to bring weapon-repairing Forging Masters along." Finn said with a clever smile, "As long as we have Forging Masters accompanying us to repair weapons on the spot, we can continue fighting with the same primary weapon, reducing the need for backups, and use the freed space to carry magic swords to deal with those worm-type monsters."

The best way to deal with worm-type monsters is with long-range attacks.

As long as you avoid contact with the corrosive substance that can destroy weapons, you can easily eliminate worm-type monsters.

And in long-range attacks, the most potent force is undoubtedly magic.

Therefore, Finn plans to prepare a large number of magic swords to handle those worm-type monsters.

Magic swords are special weapons that allow the wielder to instantly unleash attacks equivalent to magical bombardment.

Although they have a limited number of uses, turning to dust after using them a certain number of times, they are expensive consumables, but it's undeniable that these tools are quite handy for allowing anyone to instantly use magic.

These special weapons are forceful tactics against worm-type monsters.

"Next, we need weapons with unbreakable properties. At least equip the key members with them, otherwise, we'll face the same situation as last time, when we encounter worm-type monsters and have no choice but to flee."

In summary, Finn decided to find a major forging faction to cooperate with.

And the chosen party for collaboration was the Hephaestos Clan.