Chapter 67

Chapter 68: Don’t stare so intensely at me…..

Hm?

I sense murderous intent!!!

This was the first feeling Izay had as he politely knocked on the door of the Twilight Manor’s reception room and stepped inside.

“RUA!!!”

“Izay! How dare you mess with my Ais like that! Prepare yourself!!!”

A vermilion figure darted towards Izay faster than any Level 1 adventurer.

But it was useless.

Having sensed something amiss upon entering, Izay had already sidestepped, evading the flying tackle aimed at him.

KLANG————

With a sharp sound of forehead meeting door, everyone in the room couldn’t help but look toward the source of the noise.

But they only spared a fleeting glance at the deity sprawled limply on the floor before quickly looking away.

This scene was nothing out of the ordinary to them.

Nothing else, just habit.

“You’re back, Izay. Did the morning exploration go smoothly?”

Finn smiled as he looked over at him.

“Exploration?”

Izay blinked, then shook his head.

“I didn’t explore the dungeon this morning… I just wandered around the city.”

Upon hearing this, it was Finn’s turn to be surprised. The Halfling Tribe Leader’s lips curved into an awkward smile.

He’d been misled by habitual adventurer thinking.

After all, when adventurers rush out early in the morning, they usually head to the dungeon.

Not always, but at least nine times out of ten.

Finn had assumed Izay would be no different, but it turned out he’d made a mistake in judgment.

However, after chuckling lightly twice, Finn moved past the topic.

“Let’s get to the main issue, Izay. Could you tell us about that magic you used on Ais and the others today?”

“Hmm, certainly.”

Izay nodded readily, having anticipated this point before coming.

For a moment, all eyes were on Izay, who recounted what he’d already explained to Ais and the others.

It could no longer be called conjecture, as Ais and the others had already confirmed Izay’s theory to be viable.

Of course, to clear up any doubts, Izay elaborated slightly on his magic.

“In other words, with your magic as support, we can break through our ability value bottlenecks?”

After hearing Izay’s explanation, Loki, who had somehow adjusted her state, appeared behind him to ask.

“It’s not about breaking through ability value bottlenecks, Loki.”

“First, we need to clarify one point: while part of the reason for the appearance of bottlenecks is due to individual factors, more often than not, it’s because of external conditions limiting us.”

“The strength of our opponents and the difficulty of battle situations – I believe these are the reasons why everyone’s ability values have been hard to improve. Simply put, our opponents are too weak while we ourselves are too strong.”

Izay patiently explained his understanding to Loki.

Loki and he viewed this matter from somewhat different angles.

The “bottleneck” Loki spoke of partially attributed it to everyone’s talent limitations, but Izay didn’t see it that way.

Wasn’t every single person here exceptionally talented?

Take Ais, for example. Was her talent lacking?

In terms of personal talent, Ais reached Level 6 at sixteen.

In terms of racial talent, Ais had fairy blood in her veins.

Would that be considered lacking?

It could rival Ota of the Freya Familia.

Yet why did Ais encounter a bottleneck?

Izay attributed it to external factors.

When Ota leveled up to Levels 6 and 7, it involved the Zeus Hera Familia. Even if he personally thought those weren’t fair victories, the fact remained that some big shots gave him experience boosts.

Meanwhile, unless Ais went on expeditions, she could only train in the lower levels. That’s where the gap came from.

Faced with this situation, Izay couldn’t decide the strength of his opponents, so he could only address the difficulty of battle situations.

His magic happened to be able to provide such assistance.

None of the people present were fools who lacked the ability to think.

Even if they might not fully understand Izay’s theory, as long as they realized that Izay could help them accelerate their ability value growth, that was enough.

Instantly, Izay became akin to a little lamb, while the room was filled with a pack of red-eyed wolves.

“H-hem hem… don’t stare so intensely at me… I get shy…”

The little lamb took two steps back, but it was futile. The wolves insisted on squeezing something out of him today.

In the end, aside from four people resting on the sofa and Loki as the deity, everyone under Finn received an experience card for ‘Starry Prison’.

Including the second tier members like Raul, Anna Keti, Alisia, Cruz, and other Level 4s, who were also called over to boost Izay’s performance.

Though Izay himself didn’t want this kind of performance…

The topic of Izay’s magic temporarily concluded, everyone dispersed after receiving their experience cards.

Even the most diligent Finn gave himself half a day off to familiarize himself with Izay’s magic.

After all, in the future, they would definitely explore the dungeon in this suppressed state, so they needed to get used to the feeling beforehand…

Starting from that day, besides eating, sleeping, and clearing dungeons, Izay gained a new daily task.

– Giving buffs for training to the Familia’s main members.

Once per day for each person, and Finn even paid him a salary of ten million Valis per month.

“It’s a great job — Izay’s own words”

…………

The next day, morning.

Following the agreement with Mama Elf, Izay arrived at the Familia library early in the morning.

Since yesterday was Loki’s designated relaxation day, the previously agreed-upon magic knowledge lessons began today.

Knock-knock-knock.

“Come in.”

After gently knocking twice on the library door, a crisp response came from inside, and Izay entered.

Still the same familiar large space with neatly arranged books, but today there was a different sight within.

At the far end of the library, young fairy Refia was earnestly studying a thick book.

By her side, Riviria sat flipping through a hardcover book, occasionally answering her questions.

“Good morning, Mr. Izay.”

“Good morning, Refia.”

Apparently, Riviria had already informed Refia about Izay’s visit, as she greeted him with a smile without any surprise.

Izay responded to the little fairy and greeted Riviria accordingly.

“Good morning, Teacher Riviria~”

“Mm, good morning.”

Riviria nodded lightly, then closed the hardcover book in her hands.

“Izay has arrived, so Refia, please study on your own for a bit. I’ll take him to find some suitable books for him to learn from.”

“Okay…”

Refia obediently nodded, and Riviria subtly gestured for Izay to follow her.