Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube

The sky gradually brightened.

As the morning sunlight illuminated the Maze City Orario, turning the whole city golden, adventurers appeared from various streets, walking towards the Babel Tower's central plaza while continuously discussing one thing.

"The Loki Clan seems to have returned from their expedition?"

"Yes, the guild has already confirmed the news."

"I heard they successfully reached an unexplored floor this time, conquering the 59th floor."

"That's amazing."

"The 59th floor, huh? People like us wouldn't even dare to imagine stepping into such deep levels."

"Finally, besides the Zeus Clan and Hera Clan, someone in Orario has reached the 59th floor again."

"I really want to know what kind of adventures they experienced on such a floor."

This topic was not only discussed among adventurers but also fervently among ordinary citizens.

And this day marked the seventh day since the Loki Clan's campaign to conquer the 59th floor ended.

Just yesterday, they had returned to the surface, back to the clan's headquarters — the Twilight Manor.

No one knew what they experienced in the underground city, nor did anyone know the life-and-death struggles they went through or the legendary feats they accomplished. People could only eagerly discuss, speculate about the Loki Clan's adventure, and continue to pay attention, curiously waiting for them to reappear in the citizens' view.

Unfortunately, until the sun hung high in the sky, the Twilight Manor remained sparsely populated and quiet, with only the members staying back at the clan headquarters, who had not joined the expedition, waking up early to organize the supplies, equipment, and spoils the expedition team brought back.

As for the expedition members who returned yesterday, without exception, they all crashed into bed, sleeping so deeply they were dead to the world.

They had no choice; they were really too tired.

Nearly half a month of expedition, fighting monsters in the sunless underground city all the while, made every member who participated feel utterly exhausted in body and mind.

Especially those who took part in conquering the 59th floor, even after finishing the conquest and resting for a night at the camp on the 50th floor, still felt not fully recovered.

The mental fatigue in particular was overwhelming, making everyone who participated in the conquest shout they couldn't take it, even the usually energetic Theona felt the same.

Who would blame them when they battled the strengthened faerie clone for an entire day and night?

The seemingly endless cycle of nearing death, then being healed, only to near death again was a relentless, never-ending death struggle. The fact that everyone managed to hold out in the end was really something remarkable.

Evidence of this was when the faerie clone was defeated, everyone cheered loudly. Whether it was top-tier adventurers like Ais and Finn or supporters like Rephia and Raul, all collapsed unconscious on the spot. It was Reiger who carried everyone back to the camp on the 50th floor, or they might have fainted directly on the 59th floor.

The other members, though not undergoing the extremely harsh and terrifying death battle like the main team, also did not dare relax and kept holding on.

Therefore, when yesterday the expedition returned and the members went back to headquarters, including Reiger, everyone immediately went to sleep, accidentally oversleeping.

It wasn't until the sun hung high at noon that the expedition members began to wake up one after another, making the headquarters lively again.

To accommodate the returning members, today's breakfast time was deliberately postponed until everyone had woken up before starting officially.

The breakfast was extremely lavish, featuring not only delicious vegetables and roasted meat but also steaming salty soup and fragrant white bread, plus grilled fish, greatly stimulating everyone's taste buds, causing the expedition members, including the officers, to gather in the dining room for a hearty meal.

After breakfast, as per usual practice, the members, one by one, needed to handle the spoils brought back from the expedition.

However, this time, the Loki who rarely appeared in the dining room cheerfully threw out a comment, changing everyone's schedule.

"Let's update the ability scores first!"

As always, the keen-eyed deity seemed to have sensed the extraordinary nature of this expedition's experience for everyone.

"I have a feeling there will be great gains this time!"

Thus, regardless of the ones who stayed back, the expedition group members followed the deity's command after breakfast and headed to the divine hall on the top floor of the central tower, queuing up at the entrance.

Then, this day, Loki's ecstatic shouts echoed repeatedly throughout the clan's headquarters.

"Raul, Angel level up to Lv.5——!"

"Bert, Theona, Theone level up to Lv.6——!"

"Finn, Revilia, Grace level up to Lv.7 ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah——!"

Yes!

The gains from this expedition were indeed incredibly massive!

Apart from Ais, who had recently leveled up, all the experienced officers of the Loki Clan leveled up!

Even Raul and Angel both leveled up to Lv.5, officially becoming first-class adventurers!

Of course, the greatest achievement undoubtedly belongs to Finn, Revilia, and Grace, the three leaders who have brought the familia to where it is today.

After a day and night of deadly battle on the 59th floor, having vanquished the fairy clone enhanced by Reiger, they finally, as Reiger had hoped, broke free from the fate of treading water as depicted in the original work and officially leveled up.

Lv.7!

Only one such existence was in all of Orario, and from this day onward, three more joined at once!

As soon as this news spread, the entire world was in an uproar!

Orario went mad!

The world went mad!

Naturally, the entire Loki Familia also went mad!

The cheers resonating in the familia's main base never ceased from beginning to end, lingering until long after... long after...

...

Dusk Mansion, top floor of the central tower, outside the divine chamber.

Amidst the noisy and cheering corridor, Theona joyfully leaped in front of Ais, hugging the golden-haired, golden-eyed girl with a blooming smile.

"Ais, Ais! Did you see that? I'm Lv.6 now too!"

The Amazon girl seemed utterly delighted, clinging to Ais, rendering Ais a bit embarrassed, yet also empathetic, as she showed a small smile to Theona.

"Congratulations, Theona."

"Mm-hmm! Now I've caught up with you again, Ais! Hee hee hee!"

The two girls exchanged smiles there, prompting the surrounding crowd to offer applause and congratulations to Theona for reaching a new stage.

The same scene unfolded with Theone and Bert as well.

Theone and Angel huddled together, checking each other's achievements, barely containing their good spirits while accepting the congratulations from the surrounding members.

Bert and Raul stayed together, one rarely showing a grin of delight, the other so excited that he cheered loudly, making the nearby canine-man Kaos look on with envy.

"I-I leveled up too! Mr. Reiger!"

Rephia was the first to run to Reiger to report her achievement, her joyful expression leaving Alicia, a fellow elf, with a complicated look.

Among those who participated in the conquest of the 59th floor, aside from Reiger, who had not yet updated his power parameters, and Ais, who had just recently leveled up, this elder elf sister was the only one who had not leveled up. Even Raul and Angel, who had been of the same level and party, had leveled up, which seemed to leave her particularly unwilling.

"Congratulations, Rephia."

Reiger congratulated the elven girl for her delight, observing Rephia's flushed cheeks from excitement, while giving a gentle smile, and seemed to recall something, prompting him to ask her a question.

"By the way, what was your 'Magic Power' before you leveled up?"

Reiger was quite concerned about this issue.

As it was, in her past upgrades, Rephia's 'Magic Power' had risen to the S stage, and coupled with her innate talent as a naturally magical species, this had resulted in her boasting an astonishing magic power and firepower, second only to Revilia.

Bert even used the nickname "Magic Power Idiot" to describe Rephia, indicating how strong Rephia's magic power was.

Because of this reason, during this point in the original work, although Rephia had achieved deeds enough to rise to Lv.4, she chose not to level up because her 'Magic Power' hadn't been maxed out. Instead, she opted to remain at Lv.3, continuing to train her 'Magic Power' parameter until it reached the S stage again, only then did she choose to upgrade.

Now, Rephia had chosen to level up, which made Reiger somewhat worried that she might have advanced to Lv.4 without maxing out her 'Magic Power'.

If that were the case, it would be too wasteful.

Although a few stages of power parameters compared to the upgrade's inherent performance enhancement seem insignificant, once accumulated over time, these latent powers could certainly lead to significant improvement.

Take Reiger, for example, who maxed all his ability parameters to the SSS stage before leveling up each time. While the advantage wasn't evident at first, once reaching Lv.4 and combining with a few combat specialization development abilities, it allowed him to reach the highest level of existence in his grade right after leveling up. Once capability values were maxed out, he could even challenge higher levels solely with his power values, fully illustrating the importance of accumulation.

Rephia naturally could not be compared to Reiger, who could practice basic ability parameters to the SSS stage, but if she could elevate her most critical 'Magic Power' parameter to the S stage before each upgrade, then when she eventually becomes a first-class adventurer, she might be able to catch up with Revilia and officially become her successor, turning into the city's second strongest magic guide.

Therefore, Reiger was quite worried, worried that Rephia had chosen to level up without maxing out 'Magic Power'.

Fortunately, his worry was unnecessary.

"'Magic Power' before leveling up? It was S!"

Rephia answered Reiger's question with a bright smile.

"The 'Magic Power' increase this time was substantial, even Loki was surprised!"

Upon hearing this, Reiger was relieved.