43 Dissapointement.
[Congratulations! Daily quest completed.]
Objective: Reach the 44th floor
Rewards: - 10 stats points.
- 2X Premium skill Gacha token.
Although I was certainly happy and fine with the way this little trip turned out, there was a part of me that did not like it.
It was the part of me that wanted to improve, the part of me that wanted to be the best...
The descent from the 42nd to the 44th was underwhelming, for the lack of a better word.
'Why did the system mislead me like this?' I asked in my mind. It never did that... I wasn't given any rewards for no reason.
You could perhaps say that it did that to encourage me to go past my fears and ventured forward.
'But my system isn't like that.'
I never got the impression that the system was sentient— it was as passive as can be.
'I just hope I'm overthinking things.' I paused for seconds.
A shiver ran down my spine.' I don't want some voice constantly yapping in my voice. No, thank you.'
I never understood the appeal of such a thing. Who would like someone nagging him daily?
I started to miss Hephie… I want to go out. Nonetheless, there was still a part of me that wanted to stay in the dungeon.
Naturally, I was not unaware of the changes that seemed to happen to me... I have no idea if it is for the better or worse.
I had no idea if I loved this slow-going change, but I didn't hate it. The search for strength is something I was always in tune with, but I hope to not overdo it.
Turning into some hopeless battle maniac is not on my to-do list.
'I would just be shooting cannons from my glass house, considering what I preached to little Aiz about.' I shook my head. 'We don't want Mama Riveria to curse me for being a bad influence, do we?'
I hummed.' Or, maybe we do?'
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I popped into Hephi's workshop, and there was someone I didn't expect to see next to her.
[Loki-Lv?]
"Hello there. I see you have a guest." I casually said, as if I didn't just pop into existence.
Likewise, I drew closer to Hephie, my sweetie.
Hephie just facepalmed, grabbed her nose bridge and sighed "Really, Ken?"
She put her arms on her hips. "First of all, where the hell have you been these last three days? You know how worried I was??!"
"You can't just up and disappear like that, Ken."
I widened my eyes, '3 Days?! But that shouldn't be possible. I only had 2 quests.'
My reaction seemed to worry her even further... She, however, chose not to go into details considering the company we have at the moment.
That said company was apparently still processing the fact that I just suddenly popped into their supposedly private conversation.
"Earth to Loki, are you with us?" I said, waving my hand across her face.
That seemed to do the trick, and she focused back on me. I could see she wanted to say something, but Hephie was having none of that, it seems.
"And what did I just hear from Loki?! You not only escorted her." She paused. "You even went into their Familia's HQ ALONE." She continued with even more fervour." AND... AND you had the audacity to challenge their star and from what I hear, humiliate her in the process."
"Do you realise how much trouble that could have caused? As a matter of fact, it's causing trouble this instant" she gestured at Loki.
I looked disappointed at the so-called guest, "Loki, you actually ratted me out?" I shook my head, "I thought we had at least established a bro code." I said in a low voice.
Not only that, but I used every possible magic available to me for enhancing my performance.
Much to my surprise, she actually looked like she felt bad for a second. She scratched her neck, and laughed sheepishly, but then caught herself in the middle of the act.
She screamed, "What are ye saying, ya jerk."
"Tsk. I had you for a moment there." I said with fake annoyance. But, she wasn't in the mood for laughs it seems.
"Get a dose of your own medicine, Loki. You see how it feels for other people..." Hephie however, seemed to appreciate my effort. I blew a kiss at her, and she just rolled her eyes with a small smile.
'Bae always got my back.' I nodded assuredly.
The goddess of trickery looked at Hephie and me, and said "Are we not going to talk bout ya just appeared into existence."
Frankly, I have to praise her composure. Had it been me, I would have straight-up assumed it was an attack. Much like I did with what Hermes tried to pull up.
Alas, I wasn't about to answer questions like a robot.
"Nah, I don't want to talk about it with someone that snitches." I shook my head.
"I don't think it really matters, Ken... Everyone and their dead mother are talking about you. Remind me why you did that again?"
"Come on, sweetie. I couldn't refuse that adorable munchkin when she asked me for a spar. I mean, the only reason I entered is because of her." I informed her.
She looked strangely at me for a few seconds." NO, ken! Just no." She looked me straight in the eyes.
It took a few more seconds to understand what she meant... Did she think I'm into little Aiz?
" Hephie, what the fuck!"
I grimaced looking at the flat Loki, "What kind of bullshit did you tell her?"
The goddess of trickery seemed to find our little charade very much amusing.
"Hahaha" She started rolling on the floor laughing, holding her stomach.
'Man, I really want to punch her right now.' I seriously thought about smacking her but decided that it wouldn't be worth it in the end.
''Come on, Hephie. We already talked about this.'' I drew close to her. "I think my tastes are rather clear..."
"Professionals have standards..." I muttered below my breath.
She didn't seem that convinced, it seems like we would be having a more thorough talk later. I've been dropping hints like crazy.
I'm sure she knows it by now, but we need to have a proper talk about the entire harem thing.
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[Akagi Ken]
Level:4
HP: 4660-->4980
MP: 2330-->2490
STR: 120-->122
VIT: 121-->123
DEX: 122-->124
WIS: 121-->123
Unallocated Stat points: 142
Valis: ~10mil
-Strength: EX1060-->EX1224
-Endurance: EX1140-->EX1324
-Dexterity: EX1260-->EX1420
-Agility: EX1260-->EX1420
-Magic: EX1106-->EX1380
Skills: Gamers Mind - Gamers Body - Instinct - Mind's Eye (True) - Mage - Mystery- MasterSmith- One-Handed Sword Mastery - Rejuvenation - Shapeshifting - Mixing- HeadPatting.
Magic: Ele magic - Non-Ele magic - Inventory- Space-Time magic.
[MasterSwordsman: Lv4-->Lv5.]
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