Chapter 58

Chapter 59: What do I do when I suddenly become half a celebrity?

At the same time, Ize “finally” returned to his room and was finally able to get some rest as he wished.

Completely sprawled out on the bed like a dried fish, indulging in the softness of the mattress.

Now, Ize’s personal quarters had many more facilities that he had added himself compared to when he first started.

Like the solid wood desk added during the development of magic for convenience, and the small bookshelf with trinkets.

Things like the bed and wardrobe had also been upgraded long ago.

All decorated according to Ize’s own preferences.

Although after such decoration, there was hardly any space left in the room, in Ize’s view, this should be called fulfilling?

However, his leisurely state didn’t last long, and soon he remembered something and got up from the bed.

“Ah, right… I still have to take this opportunity to find Loki and update my ability values. Otherwise, after this period, I won’t have time for several days.”

After the expedition, many members within the Familia would line up to find Loki for updates.

This could also be considered a tradition of expeditions, each time Loki experiences both joy and pain.

The joy comes from seeing her children’s strength increase.

The pain is from bleeding heavily these next few days……

Crossing the aerial corridor of Twilight Manor to the Central Tower, based on Loki’s habits, Ize guessed she had a high possibility of slacking off in the meeting room of the Central Tower at this moment.

If not, then she would be secretly drinking in her Divine Room.

With these two targets, Ize went to the meeting room first since it was closer～

“Come in.”

After Ize knocked on the meeting room door, someone inside responded.

“Sorry for disturbing…”

Entering the meeting room where only two people were present, one was Finn who was reviewing some unknown documents, and the other was Loki, just as Ize expected, slacking off here.

“It’s Ize, hasn’t seen you in a while. It seems you’ve improved greatly during this time?”

“Haven’t seen you in a while, Leader. Congratulations on the successful expedition. As for my improvement… indeed, a little bit～”

Facing Finn who smiled and greeted him, Ize returned the smile.

This expedition was very fruitful.

This was the information Ize found out from the returning expedition members.

He was quite surprised when he first heard it. After all, in his impression, the Loki Familia suffered from several consecutive expedition failures, which is why even such a large Familia usually lived frugally.

But soon Ize realized.

The timeline he was currently in was relatively early, it probably hadn’t reached that time yet.

In general, the Loki Familia’s strength ranks at the top of Orario, so it’s normal for their expeditions to yield abundant rewards.

“A little bit?”

Finn shook his head and chuckled.

If Ize’s improvement was considered “a little,” then it completely overturned his definition of the word.

It might as well be what Loki often says, “a billion bits”……

“Alright, stop talking about that. Ize-chan, you came to see me this time, right? Want to update your ability values?”

Without letting the two continue their idle chatter, Loki suddenly took over the conversation, her face wearing an expression of already seeing through everything.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Ize nodded nonchalantly.

But… chan?

His eye twitched involuntarily; it seemed like Loki had randomly given him another nickname…

After saying goodbye to Finn, who was still struggling with official duties, Ize followed Loki to her Divine Room.

Still closing the doors tightly, drawing the curtains shut, and then…

“Shall we begin?”

The crimson goddess squinted her eyes, rubbing her hands together eagerly, giving off an excited vibe.

“Uh…”

Why does this dialogue feel strangely familiar?

“I wonder how much your ability values will improve this time. Wasn’t it you who defeated the Wyvern? I’ve heard these past two days that it’s gone crazy at the Guild Headquarters.”

“That was indeed me, but ‘gone crazy’ refers to what?”

“Rumors, rumors! Isn’t that something the kids are quite obsessed with? These past two days, rumors have spread that an upper-level adventurer, whose identity no one remembers, single-handedly defeated the Wyvern and can use meteor summoning magic. Hehe, congratulations, you’re famous now～”

“This…”

Upon hearing Loki’s words, Ize was also taken aback.

He had unknowingly become half a celebrity?

The reason it’s “half” is because those people don’t even know his name; they just know what he looks like.

Moreover, many people are somewhat skeptical.

Except for the adventurers who witnessed his battle firsthand, others more or less have doubts.

However, this kind of celebrated feat will still be announced by the Guild after his level-up, it’s part of the process.

Then the entire Orario will know about his cross-tier conquest.

That’s when he’ll truly become famous～

“Well, the ability value update is complete, as expected, you can level up…”

The process of updating ability values went smoothly, with divine texts unique to deities floating behind Ize.

Loki carefully scanned each divine text that appeared, not missing a single detail, and recorded them.

[Adventurer Name]: Ize Alward

[Level]: Lv.1 (Upgrade conditions met)

[Ability Values]: Strength: SS1008→SS1233 | Endurance: SS1006→SS1133 | Dexterity: SS1001→SS1252 | Agility: SS1001→SS1261 | Magic Power: SSS1999

[Development Ability]: None

[Magic]:

“Silver Starfall”

“Stellar Magic”

“Earth Magic”

[Skills]:

“Celestial Favor”

“Heart of the Earth”

……

……

The additional developmental magic remains unchanged with “Wall Rising to Immense Heights”, “Starfall”, “Celestial Movement of All Things”, and “Starry Prison”.

The main changes are in the ability values, and the obvious upgrade notation.

Ize’s cross-tier defeat of the enhanced species is undoubtedly a great achievement, and the previously lacking conditions have now been met.

If desired, Loki could immediately promote Ize to Lv.2.

Looking at the sheepskin paper recording the ability values alongside Ize, Loki became slightly more serious.

Has he broken through the limit of ability values and maintained this rate of improvement?

A single update exceeding eight hundred in combined ability values…

That skill, “Celestial Favor”, might actually be underestimated by her.

“Can I level up?”

“Yeah, you can level up.”

Loki replied.

Looking at the prominent upgrade note on the sheepskin paper, Ize wasn’t too surprised.

Didn’t expect this before coming, did you?

Glancing at the increase in ability values again…

“After a while, Loki. I should be able to max out the other four ability values without taking too long.”

“Oh～ We’re looking forward to that time～～”

Following Ize’s choice, Loki locked the divine blessings behind him using a special method.

Soon, the locking was complete, and Ize picked up the shirt placed beside him and slipped it on.

“Loki, I’ll be going for now… Hmm!? What are you doing? Don’t do anything rash!”

Just as he wanted to say goodbye to Loki, he turned around and saw Loki wielding a kitchen knife she pulled out from somewhere, waving it around near herself.