What Slúthr was missing, Finn did not ask.
This topic obviously involved the domain of the gods, not something a mere Pallum like himself should arbitrarily pry into.
After confirming that Levi's clone was indeed a Spirit, he clapped his hands.
"Now, let us rearrange the composition of the expedition team."
In the past, when the Loki Familia explored the Dungeon, although they wouldn't dispatch every single member, the total number would still reach one-third or even half of their forces.
However, the vast majority of them, due to insufficient Falna Level and strength, would stop upon reaching the 28th Floor or the 38th Floor—the Safe Floors.
Only the units composed of the backbone forces and executives would continue to penetrate deeper into the Lower Floors.
But this time, the situation was obviously different.
The 49th Floor, or to be precise, the Labyrinth beyond the 51st Floor, was a place where let alone ordinary Lv.3 or Lv.4 adventurers, even First-Class Adventurers would lose their lives on the spot if they slackened even slightly.
Therefore, after thinking for a moment, Finn excluded the vast majority of members from this expedition team, leaving only himself, Riveria, Gareth, Ais, Bete, Tione, Tiona, and Lefiya, who was there as Riveria's substitute.
As for the Supporter, in the past few expeditions, Finn had assigned the 'High Novice' Raul to the role. However, when signing the contract, Levi had mentioned that he would assist in picking up materials and Magic Stones.
Thus, the Loki Familia saved on the supplies required for yet another expedition member.
Riveria calculated the expenses on a piece of parchment.
She soon reached an astonishing conclusion: "Even including the 300 million Valis to be paid to the Hestia Familia after the expedition ends, the total cost is nearly one-third less than usual. If our luck is a bit better during the three days of the expedition and we get enough material drops or rare materials, not only will we not lose money, but there is a high probability we will make a profit!"
"Oh?" Finn revealed an expression of surprise.
The reason he was willing to sign the party-service contract with Levi was indeed partly due to the desire to continue deep into the Dungeon, but more so, it was actually to obtain the special protection the other party had mentioned.
Exchanging 300 million Valis for a significant increase in the Ability Stats of all the Loki Familia's high-level executives and backbone forces; no matter how one thought about it, it wasn't a loss.
Now, if they could even earn back the expenses, then...
Finn habitually bit his thumb.
He felt that the Loki Familia might need to reach a deeper level of cooperation with the Hestia Familia, or rather, with Levi.
...
The next day, in the morning.
Levi controlled the clone he had named 'Slúthr' to appear on time at the main entrance of Twilight Manor.
The high-level executives and backbone members of the Loki Familia were already ready and waiting.
"One, two, three... a total of eight people?" The golden-haired Spirit girl's lips curled up slightly. "It looks like, Captain Finn, you are still somewhat uneasy about my abilities~"
"You worry too much, Lady Slúthr." Finn also wore a polite, fake smile on his face. "The potential ability of the monsters beyond the 49th Floor has reached Lv.5. Out of responsibility as the Captain, it is impossible for me to bring all the children of the family along during our first exploration."
"True enough." Slúthr nodded, skipping over the current topic. She glanced around, seeing that the few people present were all ready, she did not hesitate. raising her right hand, she quickly drew a few Primordial Runes, while whispering softly, "The next part might be a bit bumpy, so please bear with it, everyone."
Two seconds after her voice fell, a white and blue magic circle suddenly appeared beneath her feet, covering all eight members of the Loki Familia.
In the next instant, except for the bystander God Loki, everyone present vanished from their spots as if erased by an eraser.
The red-haired, squinty-eyed Goddess opened her eyes slightly, an expression of surprise flashing across her face.
"Writing that possesses power... Magic letters..." She obviously realized something, but precisely because of that, she couldn't help but stomp her feet and beat her chest. "What kind of luck does that little shrimp have? To even encounter this kind of super rare card! Why wasn't it me who met the Hero King first?! Or is it that men just like those two lumps of meat? Wu wu wu, damn it! I—I can still grow too!"
On the other side.
Through several short-distance transfers, taking less than a minute in total, the Loki Familia group had already stepped onto the land of the 49th Floor of the Labyrinth, aided by Levi's 'Space Displaced' Magecraft.
Looking at the familiar scenery around him, even though he had anticipated it, Finn couldn't help but reveal a helpless, wry smile.
"Lady Slúthr, the Magic you have mastered, in a certain aspect, has completely broken the conventions of the exploration-type Familias in Orario."
Although the others didn't speak, they also cast complex gazes one after another.
Being watched by the backbone and executives of the Loki Familia, Slúthr showed not the slightest bit of timidity.
Upon hearing this, she smiled indifferently: "But there aren't many adventurers and Familias in Orario who can penetrate as deep as the 49th Floor originally, are there?"
"That is also true." Finn heard the subtext in her words.
There were only two choices for the party service: one was to go down to the 37th Floor, and the other was to go down to the 49th Floor.
Leaving aside the former, regarding the latter, probably only the Loki Familia and the Freya Familia in the entire Orario were qualified—or rather, capable—of enjoying it.
The so-called 49th Floor party service, in a certain sense, was actually an exclusive package for the Loki Familia.
Thinking of it this way, 300 million Valis didn't seem like much anymore.
Thoughts flickered in his mind; Finn took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled.
"Everyone, we will head to the 50th Floor to set up camp first. Afterward, we will go down to the 51st Floor to train for two days, and on the last day, we will try to break the record for the number of floors reached in a Loki Familia expedition."
"Yes!"
Seeing that no one had any objections, Finn turned his head to look at the golden-haired Spirit girl beside him.
"For the next three days, I will trouble you to provide support."
"You are too polite; this is my job to begin with."
As a veteran exploration-type faction, the Loki Familia's coordination while inside the Dungeon was extremely tacit.
It took them less than three hours in total to break through the 49th Floor. After that, they spent another two hours completing the camp construction. Then, under the blessing of various auxiliary abilities provided by Slúthr, they began a training session they wouldn't have dared to think of in the past.
Slúthr was Levi's clone; except for 'Noble Phantasm · End Fantasy · Maiden Descent', she inherited all of the main body's skills and Magic.
Among them, naturally, was the 'Dress of Heaven' Possession state, or rather, 'Noble Phantasm · Heaven's Feel (Fragment)'.
When the vanguards of the Loki Familia began to exchange blows with the monsters, they only heard the sound of chanting coming from behind them: "White Grail, sing!"
In the next instant, accompanied by the spreading overflow of azure seawater beneath their feet, everyone's stamina and vitality began to recover at a high speed that completely defied all logic.
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