NOVEL NEXT Chapter 678: Hephaestos
The city's largest and most powerful forging faction, the Hephaestos Clan.
Their skills and standards in forging need no further explanation; since Finn plans to seek cooperation with a forging faction, it is only natural to think of them.
However, there is another important reason Finn seeks collaboration with the Hephaestos Clan.
That is, as a faction with numerous advanced forgery masters, the Hephaestos Clan's forgers are not only skilled in forging but have better combat abilities than general advanced adventurers.
It's inevitable; to become an advanced forging master, one must acquire the development ability of "Forging", and to acquire development abilities, upgrading is a necessary condition.
In this situation, many forgers who are proficient in forging techniques are also capable combatants, such as Chun, the city's strongest forger, who is indeed a first-tier adventurer at Lv.5.
Finn judged from this perspective that the members of the Hephaestos Clan, even when joining his own clan on an expedition to the deeper layers, would not easily run into accidents or unexpected situations, nor would they drag them down.
Therefore, Finn designated this faction.
Reiger was well aware of these considerations.
After all, in the original work, Finn made the same choice.
"..."
Reiger thought about it but ultimately decided not to interfere with this decision.
Actually, if the goal is just weapons and dealing with those worm-type monsters and their troublesome corrosive liquids, Reiger has many solutions.
He could use construction magic from the Akasha continent to make weapons. With his current magic prowess, even if the weapons made don't reach the level of first-class items, they would certainly not be inferior to second-grade armaments.
He could also enhance and bless the weapons of Finn and others with magic, even transform their weapons into magic weapons, not only avoiding corrosion by the liquids but also increasing their power.
He could also apply protection magic to everyone, ensuring they wouldn't need to worry about splashes from the self-destruction of female-type monsters and worm-type monsters and avoid injuries.
He might even open a [Portal] to teleport the clan members directly to the 58th floor, avoiding unnecessary battles and wasting time at the beginning.
If he steps in, using those rank magic spells in this world with some alarming effects, most of the issues during the clan's expedition could be overcome.
But can he step in?
At least, in Reiger's view, it's best not to intervene casually in such matters.
The reason is simple; the clan's expedition and adventure are not just for honor and success but also for gaining more substantial strength.
Imagine if Reiger solves all the problems, then how would the adventurers experience adventure?
And without adventures, how would they accumulate experience points and even the grand achievements of advanced experience points?
Even if Reiger opens the [Portal] to the 58th floor and sends the clan members there, avoiding unnecessary battles and time wastage at the forefront, what would be the ultimate result?
Clearly, the low-level members of the clan would lose numerous opportunities for adventures and potential experience accumulation, therefore standing still on the spot.
Including the likes of Bert, Theona, Theone, and other first-tier adventurer leaders, if Reiger uses his seemingly omnipotent magic abilities to solve their problems, successfully reaching the 59th floor, their wishes to catch up with Ais, Reiger, and level up to Lv.6 would be completely shattered.
If it turns out that way, fearing that not only would Reiger not be thanked by them, but he might also be resented.
This point, when Reiger demonstrated the forbidden-level magic of [Wonder Hammer] with level ascension effects yesterday, Finn and others also reminded him.
"This magic is powerful, but unless necessary, you better use it sparingly in normal times."
"Exactly, forcibly enhanced power through magic might overcome all difficulties, but it will take away the potential that should be yours."
"Originally, adventures that could achieve grand achievements, if you resolved them easily with level ascension, the advanced experience points you should gain might sharply decrease."
Finn, Grace, and Revilia, with their years of experience and keen insight, discovered the true downside of [Wonder Hammer].
The true downside of this magic is not about its duration or cooldown time but its ability to deprive those needing adventure of the possibility of becoming stronger.
Reiger naturally understands this downside the best.
He is now self-restricted for accumulating advanced experience points and achieving remarkable achievements; if it weren't for excessively high levels and overly strong power, why would it be so?
Therefore, Reiger naturally accepted Finn and others' advice wholeheartedly, nodding in agreement.
By the same token, he also cannot take away possibilities from the clan's companions.
Given this, Reiger decided to remain uninvolved in the expedition affairs; even if he has ways to easily resolve various issues, making the clan's expedition smoother, he still chooses not to interfere, letting Finn and others handle these complexities.
Conversely, Reiger pulled out a large sack and handed it to Finn.
"What is this?"
Finn was puzzled for a while, then opened the sack and saw the contents inside.
"Pff!" Loki glanced curiously, then spurted out water, exclaiming: "Where did so many jewels and treasures come from!?"