Chapter 00112: Expedition Invitation!

Loki's gaze swept across Yami's body unscrupulously.

The feeling of malice made the latter shrink his neck subconsciously. The feeling of being targeted by god is not as wonderful as imagined, especially being targeted by the god of tricks.

Even if the other party has sealed her divine power now, but she has lived for hundreds of millions of years anyway, Yami has no confidence to deal with that brain alone, and it is said that the gods cannot use divine power in the lower realm, but who knows if it is true.

If it is not necessary, it is better not to be targeted by the gods.

It may not be the favor of the gods that ushered in like that, but it may be endless troubles.

"Oh, is this the master that Ais-tan is talking about? What a strange face! Hephaestus, is this also a newcomer to your Familia? I have never seen him before."

It sounds very plain, but everyone can hear a feeling of gnashing of teeth.

"It's true that he joined my Familia not long ago, but him becoming the master of Sword Princess or something. I've never heard of such a thing!"

Knowing how much Loki loves Ais, Hephaestus smiled helplessly.

However, nothing too serious should happen. After all, she had heard from Tsubaki that the relationship between the two did not cross the boundary between men and women, so even if the relationship was a little closer, there was no reason for Loki to turn her face. It's also for her sake, so forget it.

The prerequisite is that no substantive relationship really takes place.

"Eh? Are you really a newcomer? Then I'm really curious, why can Ais-tan and Tiona be so willing to worship you as their teacher? Do you have any special skills?"

When she said this, Loki immediately leaned in front of Yami, squinting her eyes and smiling.

However, that gaze full of scrutiny and threats was not as friendly as she seemed on the surface.

Yami can fully believe that if this place is not in Hephaestus Familia, Loki might have ordered his children to take him down long ago.

"Ah!" 

The death stare didn't last too long, and Loki had changed from a domineering look to a humble one squatting on the ground with his head covered.

Riveria, who was still very beautiful today, slowly withdrew her staff, looking very serious.

"That's really rude, Loki."

"What are you doing, mother?"

"Don't call me that!" Riveria's tone was still full of sternness, and then she looked at Hephaestus and Yami at the side, with a faint apology on her face, "I'm really sorry, Hephaestus-sama, Mr. Yami for being rude."

"No, it's too serious, Riveria."

Hephaestus shook her head, "Don't talk about these things, everyone finally got together today, so don't discuss other things, just sit down first, and talk about other things after the banquet is over."

Hearing this sentence, everyone at the scene nodded and sat down at the dining table one after another.

The atmosphere at the scene was a bit weird, although with the restrictions of Riveria, Loki's eyes were slightly restrained, but her eyes were still scanning back and forth on Yami.

Fortunately, although the atmosphere is a bit strange, it is still acceptable.

As time passed, the banquet gradually drew to a close.

Kanae, Shinobu and others started to get busy, cleaning up the messy cups and plates on the dining table, while Goddess Hephaestus invited Loki to sit aside.

"So, can we get down to business now?"

Facing Loki's question, Hephaestus nodded without hesitation, "Of course it's no problem. I've heard the general situation from Tsubaki. If you have any questions, just ask. I believe Yami's character would not do that kind of thing."

"Well, it seems that this little guy is really loved by you."

At this moment, Loki's heart was also full of surprise, and she was a little angry at first, but now it seems that she has to examine the kid in front of her a little bit.

Loki would never believe that the existence that could be recognized by Aiss and Tiona, as their teacher, was just a low-level adventurer.

Perhaps, there is really something special about this guy.

"Yami, please explain it to Loki."

"No problem, Hephaestus-sama."

Naturally, Yami would not disappoint his red-haired goddess.

They saw him take a few steps forward, and told everything about what happened at the 18th floor that day, including walking and running to the waterfall, and then having a misunderstanding with Ais and others, etc.

His expression didn't change at all, not even his heartbeat.

Neither Hephaestus nor Loki felt him lying. There is no way for an adventurer to lie in front of the gods, that is to say, this is the truth.

Hephaestus couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, with a faint smile on her face again.

"How is it? Loki, there shouldn't be any problems now, right?"

"Ah, since it's a misunderstanding, let's forget about it!"

Even if she wanted to trouble Yami, in front of Hephaestus, Loki couldn't make trouble unreasonably, so she could only curl her lips unwillingly and choose to give up.

However, after going back, Ais must definitely sever ties with this guy.

She will never let go of any man who wants to attack her Ais!

"Okay, now that this matter has been resolved, let's talk about the real issue next." Hephaestus took up the tea in front of her, took a sip, raised her eyes and continued to ask: "Coming to my familia like this, there must be something important, right?"

"As expected of you, Hephaestus, I really can't hide anything from you."

After patting his chest-board, Loki's expression also became serious, "But I'm not involved in this matter, let my familia Captain discuss it with you."

"Leave it to me, Loki!"

After hearing this sentence, Finn, who had been silent all this time, walked forward quickly.

The man in front of them is petite and has a good looking face, but he has an extraordinary bearing, and the faint aura on his body makes people dare not underestimate him at all.

This is one of the top adventurers in Orario!

"Excuse me, Hephaestus-sama, in fact, we are here this time because we have a very important matter and want to cooperate with your Familia."

"Oh? We are a craftsman Familia. If there is any big order, we will naturally welcome it. But if I remember correctly, you Loki Familia should cooperate more closely with the Goibniu Familia, so why not go find them?"

There is no intention of sugar coating her words at all as Hephaestus asks the doubts in her heart.

"It's like this. Our Loki Familia is planning to go on an expedition, so we need blacksmiths to enter the dungeon together with us. It may reach a depth of 40 or 50 floors. The Goibniu Familia has an advantage in forging, but the members of the Familia level are not enough, it is very dangerous to follow us so…"

Finn explained the specific situation clearly in a few words.

"It turns out that in terms of adventurer level, other artisan families really can't compare with us," Hephaestus showed a clear expression, and her eyes stayed on Tsubaki and Yami intentionally or unintentionally.

"Well, I have basically handed over to Tsubaki the management matters related to the Familia, so if you have any needs, you should talk to her."

Hephaestus, who didn't want to think too much, finally left the decision to Tsubaki.

Although she is the main god of the Familia, she is not willing to decide on behalf of her children, whether to participate in the expedition of other familia, all of this depends on their own decisions

"So, Miss Tsubaki, what do you think?"

Everyone's eyes turned towards Tsubaki's direction. After the latter pondered for a moment, she scratched her head in a little distress, and the whole person had fallen into deep hesitation.

Although she wants to participate in the expedition, it takes too long to return.

It was at least a week. If something unexpected happened, it might take longer. In comparison, she actually preferred to stay in the station to make equipment.

"Miss Tsubaki, we want to hire craftsmen from the Hephaestus familia to participate in the expedition. During the expedition, they will only be responsible for the maintenance of our equipment. Whether it is the various materials needed during the expedition or your safety issues, we Loki Familia will take full responsibility."

"Of course, regarding the issue of remuneration, we can pay 30% of the precious materials and special drops obtained during the expedition, what do you think?"

"?!!"

Hearing this, Tsubaki's eyes light up instantly.

In Orario, the powerful Familia members whose main job is to conquer dungeons will carry out an 'expedition' on a regular basis.

In the dungeon, which is the main means of profit for adventurers, the lower you go, the greater the danger factor of the monsters that appear, and at the same time, the corresponding rewards are higher

To put it simply, an 'expedition' is an act in which almost all the members of the Familia's main combat force are dispatched to raid the deep dungeon in order to obtain rich rewards.

Of course, there is also a kind of honor in it.

The deeper a certain Familia member enters the dungeon, the stronger the Familia member's strength is, and the Loki Familia member is a large organization that is very keen on this kind of behavior. Compared with other Familia, they prefer to rely on teamwork to advance.

During this period, the consumption of the expedition was enormous.

Although many weapons have the attribute of 'not bad', even if they are not bad, their sharpness will still be damaged after long-term use, so regular maintenance is still required.

This is probably also the reason why the Hephaestus Familia is required to participate.

Although the consumption of the expedition is huge, the rewards are also huge. According to the strength of the Loki Familia, it is absolutely no problem to enter the fourty and fifty floors.

Just doing equipment maintenance work, you can get 30% of the income, no matter how you think about it, it is not a loss! 

What's more, she can also obtain some precious materials, which are difficult for her to obtain alone. She usually needs to spend money to buy them, and she can't enter such a deep floor by herself. Now she can collect a batch of precious materials. The material, no matter how you look at it, is a good deal! 

For a moment, Tsubaki was a little moved.

"What do you think? Hephaestus-sama?"

To be on the safe side, she asked Hephaestus for her opinion.

"I have no objection, you can go if you want, although no one will be able to take care of the Familia after you leave, but I have rested for a long time, so I will take over with reluctance, and you can also take this opportunity to collect some rare materials, I also have some ideas recently, I want to implement them."

"Hehe... Got it, Hephaestus-sama."

Tsubaki suddenly laughed dryly, and quickly agreed.

In the end, it turned out that her hands were itchy so she needed a batch of materials to try?

It really has the style of forging goddess!

But if you look at it this way, it makes sense. 

It is really necessary to collect a batch of forging materials. Although the artisan familia is very profitable, the demand for resources is also very large.

After all, the resources of each member of the Familia need to be allocated reasonably!

"Since you are full of sincerity, Captain Finn, I will not be disrespectful. I agree to the employment of Loki's Familia, but unfortunately, most of the Familia members are absent recently, so I should be the only one who can be responsible for equipment maintenance. "

Now that they have talked about cooperation openly and honestly, then naturally she cannot have reservations.

Hearing this, Finn was obviously taken aback, and the brows on his face were also slightly frowned. Things were a little bit beyond expectations, although Tsubaki's forging technology is the best in the entire Orario.

Second to none, but the equipment loss during the expedition must be huge, can one person really be busy?

"Miss Tsubaki, don't the Hephaestus Familia have any available craftsmen besides you?"

"Yes, there is. Hephaestus-sama has recently recruited a group of fairly good swordsmiths, but their strength is too weak to participate in the expedition at all. The words of those who are temporarily available, besides me, there is probably only this brat Yami~"

"Yami is very talented in forging, but he has never dealt with first-level weapons, but repairing or forging other weapons is still easy."

"Oh?"

As soon as these words came out, not only Finn was pleasantly surprised, but also attracted Loki's attention.

The god of trickery who had calmed down suddenly had an idea in her mind, and the smile on her face became even weirder, like a cunning fox.

"Since there are two craftsmen, there is no problem. At worst, the one-eyed girl will be responsible for the equipment maintenance of Finn and your top-level combat power, and that kid will be responsible for the maintenance of next-level equipment. "

Loki pretended to be serious and made a suggestion from the side, "This kid is so valued by Hephaestus, it's not a problem to think about self-protection, and Finn and the others are here to protect his safety. Naturally, there is no problem, two craftsmen are barely enough, it is better than nothing. "

Very reasonable words made everyone nod their heads.

However, three people at the scene heard the deep meaning in Loki's words.

One is Hephaestus, one is Riveria, and the other is Yami himself.

The two rolled their eyes almost at the same time, but they would not turn their faces at this time. Although Loki's character is very bad, Riveria still wants to give respect to her goddess.

As for Hephaestus and Yami, they don't care even more.

After all, the red-haired goddess is very familiar with Yami who can pull her heartstrings, and the picture of the completely invisible value on the opponent's ability value is still vivid in her mind at this moment.

Even if he participates in the expedition, there is absolutely no problem with self-protection.

Therefore, Loki's conspiracy this time may end in failure!

When the expedition is over, the expression of this guy with a very bad personality must be very interesting. She really want to record that scene!

"So, Yami, what's your opinion?"

Tsubaki turned around and asked Yami for his opinion.

The latter thought for a moment, then nodded lightly, "I am willing to join this expedition, just as the training for Ais and the others has come to an end, now there is such a good opportunity. Naturally, I will not refuse the opportunity to make great achievements, so please take care of me."

"That's really great. The expedition is three days away. During this time, I would like to trouble Miss Tsubaki and Mr Yami to prepare well. We will gather outside the Tower of Babel."

There was a faint smile on Finn's face, but Loki's smile was almost uncontrollable.

Yami chuckled in his heart, ignored this unpredictable goddess, but nodded at the same time as Tsubaki, expressing that he would be well prepared.

Immediately afterwards, the two sides exchanged some details.

In the end, it was because Ais and Tiona stood beside Yami, which attracted Loki's unreasonable troubles, which made the discussion suddenly stop and had to leave.

In the banquet hall, there were only members of Hephaestus's Familia left.

"Yami, are you sure there will be no problem? Judging by your excitement, are you planning to expose your strength?"

"Ah, I was worried about my lack of strength before, but now it is no longer a concern. I have been silent for such a long time, and it is time to come out and do some activities~"