Bet with Bete

As the 3 left they still had time before the supposed feast that Loki was planning, so they split up because Ais wanted time to think about something and Tione did not want to look at the hammer that had bested her so easily.

Stella decided to head to the guild to see if they had that data for the experiment she was conducting. Upon making it to the guild she went up to the counter garnering a few odd looks with the huge hammer she was carrying with such ease.

"Hello, Stella is it?" Eina didn't get a proper talk with the adventurer she would be handling. "You ran off before you could meet me, your dungeon handler, my name is Eina. It is good to actually meet you this time."

"Oh we have dungeon handlers as adventurers, what do you do?" Stella remembered that she did indeed run off after getting her adventurer license.

"Yes all adventurers have a handler that helps inform them about the dungeon, we provide information about monsters in the dungeon along with maps for the floors."Eina explained

"Oh that's neat, I came here for an unrelated matter though, are there records for the abilities of an adventurer that just gained falna?"Stella asked

"Yes we have some old books with that data I'm sure, why did you ask?"Eina had never been asked this question before.

"I'm currently running an experiment about how excelia and in tandem the falna system functions because I can't find anything conclusive about how it works."Stella was stoked, hopefully, the data would prove her point.

"That is true, there isn't all that much good information about how it all works."Eina was surprised that someone was curious about it, normally everyone is just focused on getting stronger and making money.

Eina went behind the counter and grabbed some files they had on hand about starting adventurers' abilities and anything else she could find about falna or excelia and returned to Stella.

"Here you go this is all I could find about starting adventurers, excelia, and falna If you discover something interesting the guild will pay for it depending on the value of the data."Eina secretly hoped that she would find something, there weren't that many adventurers that went above level 2.

"Thank you, Eina!"Stella was happy about this trip and hopefully, she would find something.

Stella had a small amount of valis on her from when Loki first gave her some, so she decided to go and find a notebook she could write her findings in.

After buying the small notebook she sat down and started reading the notes that Eina had given her. It started to get dark out and she remembered the feast that was being hosted for the familia's successful return.

Stella saw the familia and joined up with them, heading with them to the Hostess of Fertility. Stella on the other hand was still thinking about the data she had been reading.

"Hey, Stella where did the big hammer go?"Tione asked as she could no longer see the infuriating hammer with her.

"Oh I put it in my bag, I was getting too many weird looks carrying it around."Stella stated

"Hammer? I don't think I gave you enough valis for a weapon."Loki stated the other familia members were curious about what Tione was talking about.

Stella seeing the questioning eyes of the familia members, decided to pull the hammer out of her bag. She quickly ducked into an alleyway pulled the hammer out and walked out resting part of the handle on her shoulder.

"Where did you get that?"Loki was impressed by how easy Stella made carrying that look.

Stella then explained how she got it, by saying that nobody could move it except her so they let her have it.

"Really? Nobody but you can move it?"Tiona was skeptical but seeing Tione and Ais nodding she believed it.

"No way a weakling like you could be the only one to be able to lift it."Bete was not buying it.

"Ok then be my guest, lift the hammer and I'll serve you for life- no scratch that if you can even make it budge then I'll serve you."Stella was very confident, she then proceeded to remove the flow of vis.

"But if you can't move it then you have to do any one request of mine."

"OK brat, you're on!"Bete saw the smug face on her face and would prove her wrong.

Bete approached the hammer with everyone surrounding Bete the hammer and Stella. As he tried to lift the hammer, he felt it was much heavier than it looked. He started to really try putting all of his effort into trying to move the hammer.

"Dang all that bark but no bite."Stella was happy to knock Bete down a peg, he was strong yes but he shouldn't be so rude just because people are weaker than him.

"You did something to the hammer didn't you!"Bete was angry and surprised, angry that he couldn't even move the hammer, but surprised because she wasn't lying about being the only person to be able to lift it.

"Sorta yea, it is my hammer so of course, I should be the only person able to use it."Stella proceeded to pick the hammer up with one hand and sling it over her shoulder, all while holding a smug grin.

"Fine you win, what's the request."Bete was fuming but he held his deals.

"My request is-

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The fabled cliffhanger, it's a shame you get the next chapter right after I post this one. Suggestions and power stones are always welcome!