Dungeon – Floor 37
"Phew~ finally made it through."
Inside the White Palace, located between the First Ring Wall and the Second Ring Wall, Renjiro (Aether) and Lumine stood near the rocky turn of a corridor, both panting heavily.
Beside them, Xiao held his spear ready, he had contributed the most power just now.
They really had no choice. The second teleportation anchor Lumine set earlier was located on Floor 39.
That place was the first safe zone of the Deep Floors, monsters wouldn't spawn there, and any foreign items brought in wouldn't be "digested" by the Dungeon's self-repair system.
Perfect as Renjiro's personal transit base.
However,
The location best suited for grinding EXP, the "Endless Chalice" Arena, was on Floor 37 inside the White Palace.
To reach it, they needed to climb up from Floor 39, then cross the Throne Room, where the Floor Boss Udaeus was stationed.
That… was not something one could just casually do.
Honestly, if Xiao didn't have instant teleportation, they would've been stuck here permanently.
Even after Renjiro's main body reached Lv.2, the Traveler twins still couldn't properly see Udaeus's movements.
The giant was dozens of meters tall, yet every time that massive skeletal frame moved,
BOOM!
Even a basic swing produced a sonic crack.
A monster with potential rating Lv.6 was absolutely not something Renjiro could handle right now.
But if the whole team could raise their Genshin character levels, weapons, and slap on a bunch of powerful Artifacts…
"Well, let's just hope that once I reach the peak of my Second Growth Stage, defeating Udaeus can count as my achievement for reaching Lv.3."
Probability… extremely low.
For now, even if Renjiro gave everything he had, he still couldn't win.
Fortunately, Udaeus didn't have a lower body, meaning he barely moved.
Otherwise, Xiao teleporting the group past the entire Throne Room would've been way too risky.
Of course, there are solutions.
"Once I summon Mona, she can teleport teammates. She'll definitely shine in situations like this."
Outside the First Ring Wall, Renjiro glanced back at the still-rampaging Udaeus inside the Throne Room.
Speaking of which,
Four hours had passed since his main body visited Freya at Babel Tower for his Status Update.
Meaning,
The time for his first triple ten-pull was almost here.
The reason it took so long was partly because the Deep Floors were simply difficult to traverse, especially when moving up instead of down.
The other reason…
He and his beautiful goddess big sis had promised to celebrate his Lv.2 with grilled skewers and late-night drinks.
No way he was backing out of that.
And now that his main body gained the Development Ability: Synthesis, his available cooking repertoire had expanded enormously.
As long as the ingredients were ready, he could cook all 1-Star Genshin dishes…
Including seven different revival food items, all of which were completely broken.
Needless to say,
For both emotional and practical reasons, Freya had helped Renjiro a lot, even gifting him a nearly irreplaceable High Grimoire.
She originally thought Renjiro would lose to the Amphisbaena and that it would be worth gambling on awakening a new magic ability. If that failed, they could continue raising his Basic Abilities until a better chance came.
She genuinely did everything she could for her "little brother".
And because Renjiro's Falna came from Freya,
If she got ambushed and forcibly sent back to the heavens, that would be a crisis.
So the second revival dish, Egg Toast, was bound to Freya.
(The first one, Grilled Meat Skewer, was already bound to Renjiro's main body.)
As for the remaining dishes…
Obviously he needed to taste-test them together with Freya.
It was a celebration, after all, having only Grilled Meat Skewers and Mushroom Chicken Skewers would be way too plain.
After Lumine showed off her cooking skills, and Freya finally went to bed, Renjiro (Aether) and his lovable idiot little sister teleported away from the top of Babel.
Then, another no-sleep EXP grinding arc began.
The monsters in the Deep Floors truly gave absurd amounts of experience.
Just passing through Floor 38, the entire party reached Lv.21.
But there was one annoying limitation:
The spell Genshin Descent only consumed mana when a Genshin avatar was physically manifested, but the party slots in the background menu had a cap.
Meaning Renjiro, who had seven Genshin avatars, must temporarily bench one from receiving EXP.
Fortunately, EXP gain was shared evenly, not divided, so the loss was negligible.
Given their current strength was roughly equivalent to Lv.3 adventurers, Renjiro decided to prioritize raising the levels of three avatars first, so battles would be more efficient.
Since at night, thanks to Starry Abyss mana regeneration, he could maintain three avatars on the field,
The priority list was:
Xiao
Diona
Ningguang
Originally, it was Xiao, Diona, and Xingqiu.
But Ningguang was… special, the only avatar with an independent consciousness.
Also, her utility was extremely high.
Those who know, know.
Currently,
Xiao, Diona, and Ningguang had all reached Level 22.
And Renjiro had plenty of saved magic stones.
Now that his main body was Lv.2, the weapon level cap rose to Lv.40.
So,
He dumped all magic stones into upgrading.
Lv.40 Genshin weapons were honestly imba.
For example, Xiao's 3-Star weapon White Tassel,
At Lv.20, it gave +94 ATK.
At Lv.40, it gave +169 ATK.
And the CRIT Rate sub-stat went from +9% to +13.1%.
Renjiro's Traveler's Handy Sword and Lumine's Refinement Rank 5 Dawnblade also received similar power jumps.
Definitely what you'd call an upgrade from peashooter to artillery.
Now all that remained was for the users to get stronger too,
"Oh, 4 o'clock."
"Time to pull. Time to pull!"
Renjiro (Aether) and Lumine huddled together, while Xiao kept watch.
Soon,
Shortbow ×1
Sharpshooter's Oath ×1
[Millennial…
"Warrior's Spear!!!"
Renjiro's eyes lit up and he high-fived Lumine.
"Nice~!"
Their first 4-Star weapon, acquired.
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