Broken magic stat

---Pov Zoe---.

"It should be here."

After parting from Mark, I headed for the guild, which was where Hestia was currently staying, since our house had been destroyed.

Upon entering, as usual people's gaze focused on me, but I ignored them and headed toward the counter of Enia, who had just finished serving an adventurer.

"It's nice to see you again Zoe, I heard from your goddess and the others that you have been training throughout this week." -She said with a gentle smile.

"I did what I could, do you know if Hestia is here?"

"She is upstairs with the other members of your Familia."

"Members?"

I was confused that she was speaking in the plural when it was just me and Bell the members of the Hestia Familia.

"You'll understand once you see upstairs."

Seeing how mysteriously she smiled, I decided to let my curiosity carry me and went upstairs. There was a long hallway with several doors on either side, but the one Eina pointed out to me was the one at the end.

'Knock' 'knock'

"It's Zoe."

It took only a moment before the door opened and I felt a weight collide with my chest.

"Zoe!"

"Lili! are you all right, they didn't do anything to you did they?"

As soon as I realized it was Lili, I checked every nook and cranny of her body to see that she was all right, only then was I able to breathe a sigh of relief before holding her in my arms again.

" 'Cough' we're here too." -Hestia said with a sigh.

Looking up, I could see Hestia, Welf, and Yamato of the Takemikazuchi Familia all gathered in the room.

(A little later)

"I didn't think you would find a way to save Lili."

Even though I had decided to trust Hestia, I found it hard to believe that she could come up with anything, especially saving someone.

"Am I or am I not the best goddess of them all." -Hestia said proudly, crossing her arms.

"Her grand plan was simply to break through inside the residence of the Soma Familia." -Welf said, shaking his head wearily.

"Right, if it weren't for the fact that the Soma god decided to ignore it, our situation would be pretty bad." -Lili agreed.

"The important thing is that everything went well." -She said with a satisfied thumbs up.

'Sigh.' (all)

It seemed I wasn't the only one speechless, but it was time to get to the most important part of the talk.

"So how will the War Game unfold?"

Looking at how their faces darkened at my question, it didn't look like it was very good.

"It will be 'the last one wins,' Hermes drew just the worst." -Hestia said with irritation.

"What does it consist of?" -I asked.

"The rules are simple, a full clash against the two Families and you can win the two ways. Defeat all the members of the opposing Familia, or, after three days the Familia with the most remaining members will win." -Lili explained.

The situation was worse than expected and it was easy to see the reason why. We were 2 against 100, one part of which was level 2 and one of them was level 3. moreover, while we had to fight relentlessly to have any chance of victory they only needed to stay on the defensive to win.

"Isn't that a little too disadvantageous?" -I could understand everything, but this was too much.

"You can say that, but the choice was purely coincidental, but it is also true that the other gods found the situation too unfavorable for us, so we were able to put pressure on Apollo for giving us help... even so, he only allowed us to bring in a person of the same level as the Familia captain." -She said huffing irritably

I could see where Hestia's irritation was coming from, interacting with a god so mean-spirited that he wouldn't even compromise would test a person's patience not to hit him in the face.

"Is there at least some good news?" -At this point, anything would do.

"Fufufu, let me introduce you to the new members of the Familia." -Said Hestia energetically, pointing to the others.

"Are you sure guys?" - I looked at the others surprised at this.

"Since I no longer have connections with the Soma Familia, I am happy to be part of the Hestia Familia." -Lili said, smiling.

"Like I can abandon my friends when they need me." -Welf said with a laugh.

"I want to repay you for forgiving us through the wrong my Familia and I did to you on the 14th floor, and if joining the Hestia Familia can help, I am more than willing to do so." -Yamato said with a sincere bow.

"I will be in your care then. By the way, is Bell not back yet?"

"Knowing him, he will train until the last second before returning." -Hestia said, shaking her head.

"But the situation hasn't changed yet, even if there are five of us plus outside help, it will still be difficult to make it against Apollo Familia." -Yamato reminded.

"Regarding that, I have a proposal." -Lili said as she raised her hand, drawing everyone's attention.

...

"Do you think it's okay?"

She asked with some uncertainty, but like me, it seemed the others were speechless about what she had come up with.

(Author: for some characters such as Yamato or Haruhime, I will use the Japanese suffixes, otherwise it would be difficult for me to emphasize their way of speaking.)

"...Lili-dono only yesterday afternoon it was revealed what kind of War Game it would be, yet you have already managed to think of such a plan. I can't help but respect you." -Yamato said reverently.

"Since I'm not much for strength, it's the least I can do." -Said Lili embarrassed by the praise.

"So tonight we will start the plan." -I confirmed.

"Yes, and given who the target is, we don't need to be gentle." -Lili said, smiling.

"Well, he started all this, so my fits could be a little heavy." -I also smiled back.

"Is it just me or are their smiles a little scary?" -Yamato asked.

"They may look sweet and cute, but they have a strong sense of revenge, better not to go against them when they are in that state."

Said Welf in a whisper, but I could hear him more than well, and it was not true that I was vindictive; I simply reciprocated twice as much wrong as I received from others.

'Looks like I'm going to have a pleasant evening today.' -My mood improved at the idea.

"Zoe, shall we improve your status?" -Hestia asked full of enthusiasm.

"Of course." -I nodded.

"Then we'll leave you alone." -Lili said, walking out together with Yamato and Welf.

Now alone, I sat on a chair and took off my shirt revealing my back. I had to say that at first, it was rather embarrassing to expose myself so much to Hestia, but in time I got used to it and it wasn't as strange as before.

"Let's see what you got." -Hestia said with anticipation.

"About that, I don't know how much my magic has grown, but try not to be too surprised."

Although I couldn't read the value, I could sense that my reserves had increased dramatically from before, so I had better warn her so that she would not be too shocked.

"Between you and Bell, I find it hard to be surprised anymore. So let's see your magic... huh? EHHHH!?"

'Haaaa, I even warned her.' -Her cry was such that it almost stunned my ear.

"Z-Zoe you need to see this!"

I heard her quickly grab a piece of paper and then attach it to my back, and as soon as the values were copied she handed it to me.

(Author: improvement within two months)

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[NAME]: Zoe Elpis

[AGE]: 18

[LV]: 2

[BASIC ABILITIES]:

Strength: I 90 -> H 180(310)

Endurance: I 80 -> H 130 (300)

Dexterity: H 100 -> G 280 (700)

Agility: H 100 -> G 250 (700)

Magic: H 150 -> SSS 1900 [400 + 1500] (1800)

[DEVELOPMENT ABILITIES]:

Alchemy (G)

Abnormal resistance (I)

[MAGIC]:

-Word magic: using words and imagination, it is possible to cast a spell. It has a high rate of falna consumption.

[SKILLS]:

-Eye of truth:

(passive) ability to read inner thoughts.

-Void:

(activate) absorb the magical power from the stones of slain monsters and make it yours.

(activates) the magical power absorbed can be used to enhance a magic, but as a result, you will lose the stat increase.

(stones lv2: 4/4)

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"...A greater value than I expected."

Words were not enough to describe what I was feeling. Absorbing four level-two magic stones, increased my magic of 1500, and adding up the other values, it was around 3700, a standard that referred to the best level-four mages.

"Is something wrong Hestia?"

When I finally managed to calm down, I noticed how Hestia looked thoughtful as her face frowned.

"There's a strange thing I noticed, although I can understand the reason behind the growth of your magic, stats like agility and dexterity are growing relatively fast compared to normal... Well, better this way, the chances of victory have only increased, hahaha!"

I almost fell out of my chair at the goddess's behavior, she went from being thoughtful to completely disinterested in the topic, since she was more comfortable this way.

'After this War Game thing is over, I need to discuss a few things with my mother.' -I thought, with Hestia's laughter still filling the room.