Levi was, by nature, a person who listened to advice.
Of course, the main reason was that Hephaestus had lived for tens of millions of years longer than him. In terms of vision and horizon, he could not catch up to her even if he spurred his horse.
However, if he really intended to use the first High-Rank Skill Star-Up Card on the subsequent advancement skill of 'High-Rank Magic Manipulation', he would need to prepare yet another Skill Star-Up Card.
To put it more bluntly, he had to go and pick a fight with Udaeus on the 37th Floor and emerge victorious.
'I wonder if the Pitch-black monster version of Udaeus can be used to complete Main Mission 2.'
After temporarily bidding farewell to the two Goddesses, Levi took out the 'Valkyrie' and 'Dress of Heaven' Class Cards, activating the Heroic Spirit Possession state.
In the next instant, six Fairy clones manifested around him.
One of the clones, controlled by Levi, teleported directly into the Dungeon. Over the next few days, she would continue to delve deeper until reaching the 50th Floor, leaving behind several Teleport Rune Stones along the way.
The other five clones scattered outwards, utilizing the 'Territory Creation' magecraft inscribed in the Ainsworth Crests to begin the renovation of the Hestia Familia's new resident grounds.
Levi now possessed strength in the upper tier of Lv.6 in his base state. After activating two Heroic Spirit Class Cards simultaneously and coordinating with the 'Magic Core', he could easily defeat Ottar.
In a certain sense, as an adventurer, he had actually already reached the absolute apex of Orario.
If this were any other supernatural world where great power belonged solely to oneself, the surrounding area might have long since taken the surname Bright.
However, no matter how powerful an adventurer was, they were far from being opponents of the Gods of the DanMachi world.
The latter merely needed to release their Divine Might to easily instill fear in all living beings in the Lower World, except for monsters, subsequently causing them to lose their fighting capacity.
Although Levi possessed six pieces of soul equipment, plus the increase in Abnormal Resistance provided by 'Cold Edge Martial Arts', allowing him to mitigate the influence of Divine Might to the greatest extent, that was merely all it was—it did not mean he truly had no fear of the Gods.
Fortunately, while in the Lower World, those Gods of Amusement and Evil Gods could not employ their Divine Power due to the rules established by the Gods.
And once the seal was lifted, they would be sent back to Tenkai within a short period.
In other words, if a scene of hostility with these guys truly occurred in the future, he only needed to withstand one or two strikes from the opponent without dying. Subsequently, because they released their Divine Power, the former would naturally be sent back to Tenkai.
Levi now mastered 'Space Displaced', so his life-preservation ability was actually quite decent.
But no one had ever seen the specific strength of a God in a state of unleashed Divine Power. It was never wrong to keep a few more backup plans.
However, the 'Territory Creation' of the new resident grounds was not an easy task in itself.
In a mere day's time, even with five helpers, Levi had only completed less than three percent of the Primordial Rune inscriptions.
Even so, the environment within the Hestia Familia resident grounds had clearly undergone some subtle changes.
According to Alise, Daphne, and the others, the air had become fresher, and the fluidity when using magic had also slightly improved.
The actual situation was that Levi had molded an 'Artificial Ley Line' within the grounds.
—'Ley Line' is a concept from the Type-Moon world; it is the key to the storage, flow, and conversion of the External Grand Source magical energy.
But in the DanMachi world, similar things did not exist. The 'Magic Elements' corresponding to the Type-Moon world's Grand Source magical energy existed directly in the air.
Because he had used nearly twenty thousand Proficiency Increase Tickets (equivalent to studying sleeplessly for 5000+ years), Levi's attainment in Primordial Runes was actually already very high.
Placed in the Type-Moon world, it would be enough to be called a 'Grand Magus'.
To create a real Ley Line out of nothing might still be somewhat difficult for him at present.
But using the inherent characteristics of materials dropped by monsters he had obtained previously to simulate a 'Magic Element Gathering' effect similar to a Ley Line was not a difficult task.
And with enough Magic Elements, one could naturally refine Mana.
It was just that currently, there was no vessel to store it, so it naturally dissipated into the air.
This, in turn, increased the concentration of Mana within the resident grounds, making the release of magic easier.
...
The next day, morning.
After eating breakfast, led by Hestia, Levi, Alise, and Gojouno Kaguya arrived at the Astrea Familia's resident grounds—the Astrea Familia's resident grounds.
Compared to the prosperous appearance of the Astrea Familia a few years ago, the current Justice Familia resident grounds looked a bit dilapidated, even though the weeds on the ground had been carefully cleared once, as Astrea and her dependents had just returned.
When Levi returned from the Labyrinth yesterday, he had submitted a visiting card in the name of the Hestia Familia.
At this moment, seeing a young girl standing at the entrance of the Astrea Familia's resident grounds—probably a new dependent recruited by Goddess Astrea in recent years—he took a few steps forward:
"Hello, I am Levi Bright, Captain of the Hestia Familia. I have come to visit today with Goddess Hestia. Please inform Lady Astrea."
Hearing his words, the girl with a side ponytail nodded, a trace of curiosity about the 'Hero King' on her face as she said:
"Please, follow me."
They passed through the rusty iron gate and the slightly desolate courtyard.
Before long, the group of five arrived at the villa hall of the Astrea Familia's resident grounds.
Because a friend from Tenkai was visiting, Astrea had been sitting on the sofa waiting for quite some time.
At this moment, seeing the main door being pushed open, she immediately stood up with a smile.
"Hestia, long time no..."
The Goddess presiding over Justice did not say the final word "see".
Because her gaze at this moment had been captivated by Alise and Gojouno Kaguya, who were a step behind Hestia and Levi, their faces mostly obscured under masks and hoods.
"!!!!"
It had been mentioned before that the 'Cognitive Obstruction' effect formed by the combination of Runes had a very low effect on Gods.
Not to mention, Astrea was the Main God of Alise and Gojouno Kaguya; both parties had lived together day and night for an unknown number of days.
In front of this Goddess, a casual movement or even a look from the two of them was enough to expose their true identities.
Seeing that the other party had obviously noticed something, Alise and Gojouno Kaguya did not harbor any wishful thinking—they had come today specifically to acknowledge Lady Astrea—and successively removed their disguises, complex smiles appearing more or less on their faces.
"Lady Astrea, long time no see."
The brown-haired Goddess fell silent upon hearing this, and then threw a glare sharp as a knife at her good friend from Tenkai.
"Hestia, can you translate for me, what is meant by 'fright'?"
Although she was smiling at this moment, anyone could see that the Goddess of Justice was angry.
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