40 Chapter 40 – Rewards with side effects
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Tione's thoughts were naturally unknown to Aston.
If he knew, he would surely be overjoyed.
After all, the reason he entrusted Tione and the others to enter the Lower Floors together was entirely based on the prospect of them becoming teammates.
With the Team Function, Aston could gain 70% of the experience points from the monsters Tione and the others killed.
Because of this, Aston leveled up five times in one day during yesterday's exploration and was about to reach six times.
This was a huge gain for him, but Tione seemed to have a different perspective, which was somewhat amusing.
After a 'simple' breakfast, the group resumed their exploration.
Today's progress went deeper; they passed through the 29th and 30th Floors without lingering too long and directly entered the 31st Floor.
Even so, during the journey, Aston continued to level up.
"Ding!! Experience points full. Host level up. Current level: 22."
"Ding!! Congratulations, host, on leveling up. Rewarding host with one Divine Blood Elixir!!!"
Hearing the system's announcement, Aston's eyes widened, but he quickly regained composure.
Aston hadn't expected the Divine Blood Elixir, which was just removed from the system store, to become a reward.
"With this, the scars on Hephaestus's face can be healed."
"However, even though I have this elixir that can completely heal her scars, it doesn't mean I'll give her this precious gift."
"After all, Hephaestus hasn't done anything to deserve such a valuable gift from me." Calming down, Aston silently contemplated.
Although Hephaestus promised to forge a very luxurious and high-grade elixir for him, in the end, that armor couldn't compare to the Divine Blood Elixir.
It was worth noting that the Divine Blood Elixir was a sacred medicine that could even heal god-level wounds.
Aston could, at most, make the most potent healing elixir for Hephaestus. The rest was up to fate.
If Hephaestus could offer a reward close to that of the Divine Blood Elixir, Aston wouldn't mind giving it to her.
However, that was highly unlikely.
Should Aston tell Hephaestus that he possesses an elixir that can unquestionably heal the scar on her face and ask her for a similar reward?
If Hephaestus can't produce it, it would complicate their relationship with Hestia.
Shaking his head slightly, Aston decided that no one should know about the Divine Blood Elixir.
Not even Hestia, unless she gets injured. Aston would absolutely not use it otherwise.
Besides, with the Absolute Defense magical tool he gifted Hestia, she was practically invulnerable in the Lower World.
Soon, the group entered the 31st Floor.
The prompt sounds in Aston's mind started ringing frequently again.
"Ding!! Your teammate Tione killed a werewolf, and you gained 380 experience points!!!"
"Ding!! Your teammate Tiona killed a skeleton sheep, and you gained 390 experience points!!!"
"Ding!! Your teammate Ais killed a barbarian, and you gained 400 experience points!!!"
"Ding!! Your teammate Ryuu killed an elite lizardman, and you gained 360 experience points!!!"
"Ding!! Killed a barbarian and gained 570 experience points!!!"
"Ding!! Consecutive use of the Sharingan, gained 40 Sharingan experience points!!!"
"Ding!!..."
"Ding!! Experience points full. Host level up. Current level: 23."
"Ding!! Congratulations, host, on leveling up. Rewarding host with the Crystal of Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic!!!"
"Uh, the Crystal of Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic. It seems that I can obtain the magic of Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic after fusion." Listening to the system's announcement, Aston's expression stiffened. The first image that came to his mind was not the powerful magic of Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic but a certain stubborn golden-haired figure lying flat on a tool, soul exiting the body.
Aston swore that he would never use this. With the current Upgrade System, even without fusing this thing, he could rapidly enhance his strength.
For example, right now, with Aston's level reaching this point, he could easily annihilate level 3 monsters in the Lower Floors.
His current strength was at the level of a normal level 4 adventurer.
Once fused with the Crystal of Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic, Aston would gain an additional weakness, an inability to stand on any means of transportation without feeling dizzy.
Aston didn't want to inexplicably acquire such a fatal weakness.
He decided that this thing should be used later when Hestia's Familia recruited new members.
After all, upon signing the Faction Card, the newly joined members would be absolutely their own people. Letting their own people use it would be beneficial, and incidentally, it could develop an absolutely powerful adventurer for Hestia Familia.
No Dragon Slayer Mage is weak.
After deciding on the destination of the Crystal of Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic, Aston once again joined the battlefield.
"Ding!! Your teammate Tione killed..."
"Ding!! Your teammate Tiona killed..."
"Ding!! Your teammate Ais killed..."
"Ding!! Your teammate Ryuu killed..."
"Ding!! Your..."
"Ding!! Experience points full. Host level up. Current level: 24."
"Ding!! Congratulations, host, on leveling up. Rewarding host with the Heal-Heal Fruit!!!"
In just over three hours, Aston's level once again increased.
Looking at this reward, which also had side effects, Aston sighed slightly and, along with Tione and the others, set out on the journey back.
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