DanMachi: Starting with a Sword Soul Template

Chapter 155: The Sword Princess's Team-Up Request

"By the time your Dungeon expedition ends, I should be able to finish forging the remaining sixteen armaments.

So, next, you need to give me some of your blood infused with your power."

Liam nodded in understanding. Since he needed to infuse a full sixteen armaments, the amount of blood required was quite large.

Based on about fifty to one hundred milliliters per weapon, he would need to provide a total of one thousand two hundred milliliters of blood.

Coupled with the fact that he had recently infused eight weapons with his blood, his body was already somewhat overdrawn.

Waves of fatigue washed over his heart. He suppressed his discomfort and left the Goibniu Familia's home base.

Tomorrow was the day of the compulsory Familia expedition. Liam, carrying the black sword case on his back, happened to run into Anna on his way back to the Familia home.

Anna's eyes lit up. Upon seeing Liam, she immediately stepped forward.

She bowed deeply to Liam, "Thank you so much for being willing to take me in."

Liam waved his hand, "It's not really taking you in, just a normal employment relationship. From now on, you are an employee of our Familia.

So, you must sever ties with your parents."

Out of concern for Anna, Liam had directly bought a shop next to the Grand Casino.

Then he let Anna sell flowers inside. Compared to the original location, this place was clearly much livelier.

To avoid a repeat of past events, Liam directly arranged for Anna's residence and workplace to be within the Grand Casino's sphere of influence.

This was a place where idle people absolutely could not approach. Plus, Liam had spread the story of her parents' past actions.

Presumably, her gambler father's reputation was now completely ruined.

If, even like this, that gambler father continued to gamble, and even came to harass Anna.

Then, perhaps there would be one more rotten corpse in some gutter.

Although it was a bit extreme, for Anna's kind of原生 (original/toxic) family, completely cutting ties was the most important thing.

"That you are willing to take me in is already very good. I dare not ask for more."

Anna's feelings for Liam were only gratitude. She knew the status gap between herself and Liam.

So she only thought about earning more money for Mr. Liam. As long as things could continue like this, she was very satisfied.

Liam rubbed the young woman's head, "I still prefer your previous playful and cute look."

"Is that so? But if I maintain my previous look, more than one girl will be jealous."

Anna smiled and stuck out her tongue. Her already beautiful face became even more charming.

If she wore a purple miniskirt...

Liam immediately straightened out his thoughts.

Because there were still many things to deal with later, and he still needed to sleep for a while to replenish his stamina, so after a few words of idle chat, he said goodbye to Anna.

...

Loki Familia Home Base

Sword Princess Ais Wallenstein was standing in front of Loki, "I want to go assist Liam..."

Loki approached Ais with a wicked smile. It was just that every time she wanted to take liberties, she was easily dodged by the other party.

"Oh, right. I also remember that Liam's Familia has to go to the 36th floor this time.

This floor number is indeed too much for them."

Sword Princess Ais shook her head, "If it's just Liam's individual force, he can completely reach it.

But they are an entire team. The other parts are too weak."

"Little Ais, what are you talking about? Isn't the current Liam only Lv3?"

Loki looked at Ais with a puzzled expression. What did she mean, Liam's force alone could reach the 37th floor?

"Liam alone defeated the siege of more than two thousand Lv2 adventurers.

He even defeated the siege of me and Shakti, a hundred adventurers of at least Lv3."

"What? How could this be?"

Loki had never thought things would turn out like this. She had only not paid attention to Orario's news for a while. How did such a big change happen?

"Is that guy Liam really still Lv3? How on earth did he do it? How can he have such great power?"

Looking at Ais's expressionless face, she knew Ais wouldn't lie about such things.

"Since that's the case, then shall we go on a joint expedition with him? Coincidentally, we also have to go on a Familia expedition!"

Hearing Loki say this, Sword Princess Ais breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Loki gave the word, even if it was just Ais herself, it would be fine. At least she could observe Liam's secret to becoming stronger at a closer distance.

But things were not so easily achieved.

Loki soon heard news from other members of the Familia. The armaments of the other members still needed further adjustment...

Every high-level Familia expedition required very sufficient preparation.

"Please let me go alone to join Liam's Familia expedition?"

Ais bowed deeply to Loki, then stood up, her eyes filled with a serious expression.

Loki sighed, "Little Ais, many times, improving ability scores is not that easy.

However, if you strongly request to conduct a joint operation, I will explain it to Hestia.

I think she will agree.

Beautiful, powerful, reliable Sword Princess Ais. I think no Familia would refuse to team up."

Loki was also a little worried about Ais. There was nothing wrong with pursuing great strength.

But, Ais's own ability score improvement had recently hit a bottleneck.

To improve further, she needed to sublimate her own strength and her own realm.

That is to say, she needed an epiphany.

But an epiphany, how could it be done just by wanting to?

Perhaps, this contact with Liam, the team-up between the two sides, could let Ais learn a little something?

And so, Sword Princess Ais packed her luggage and went directly towards Liam's home base at The Hearthfire Manor.

Just happened to run into Liam who had just returned to the base.

Ais bowed to Liam, "Liam, I want to join your Familia expedition. Please approve my team-up request."

Liam was a little surprised. Ais would actually propose a team-up request at this time.

He thought the other party must also be under great psychological pressure.

Liam thought for a moment. He thought the other party wanted to know why he could improve his strength so quickly.

But, this was Liam's core secret.

Could he tell her that he had a Sword Soul template, and that it could be combined with his adventurer level to greatly improve his strength?

How could he say such a thing?

Then he could only use another explanation.

"Actually, the reason I can improve my strength so quickly is just because I have a special talent... Sword Soul Power.

A very cruel fact is that talent is a very important part.

Of course, if it's you, your upper limit will definitely not stop at Lv5."

From Ais Wallenstein's face, no other expression could be seen:

"Then I'll be staying here for today? We'll set off together tomorrow?"

Liam nodded, "I'll inform everyone first."

As the captain, he did have the right to accept team-up requests from other Familia members, but after accepting, he still had to inform the Familia members.

However, if it was Sword Princess Ais's team-up request, he thought the resistance would be very small.

Hestia was sulking in her room, "This time it's Sword Princess Ais~!

Why, why is Liam so popular with women!"

She angrily pounded her pillow with her small white hands, and finally sighed helplessly. "Forget it, at least Ais's strength is very good. This compulsory Familia expedition still needs Ais's power very much!"

First, the many female members in the Familia, then Anna, Ryuu Lion, and also Ais...

As for those she didn't know about yet, there were probably even more!

Really too much!

...

Liam woke up from his dream. Now was just the early morning of the last day.

After the Familia expedition ended, he thought the total time spent would not be less than one or twenty days.

So, after coming up, he could once again get the remaining sixteen highest-grade First-Grade indestructible armaments.

Just thinking about it was exciting.

Washing up, eating.

Although his body was still a little anemic, his stamina had been completely restored.

With Liam's current physical fitness, carrying the Seven Sins sword case on a compulsory Familia expedition was completely no problem.

And, the sword case itself was forged from the highest-grade materials.

So when carrying the sword case, the safety of his back could also be effectively guaranteed.

Liam proactively came before Goddess Hestia, "Lady Goddess, please update my ability scores for me."

Hestia nodded happily, "Leave it to me! But, Liam, you absolutely must not force yourself."

"I will. I'm definitely not the type of reckless brute who disregards the consequences."

Liam lay face down on the sofa, bare-chested.

Goddess Hestia sat on the other party, pricked her finger with a silver needle, and then dripped the blood onto it.

Subsequently, a burst of light flashed...

A moment later, Liam stood up, picked up the cowhide paper, and carefully sized it up.

Liam Moon

Lv3

Strength: A860 → S903 | Endurance: A801 → S908 | Dexterity: A880 → A996 | Agility: A844 → A886 | Magic: A875 → A898

Development Ability: Sword Soul

Magic: Warlord's Fervor

Skills: Sword Soul Power, Homicidal Intent Perception, Abnormal Resistance

Great Feat: During a Dungeon expedition, single-handedly and easily killed the 27th-floor lord—the two-headed dragon Amphisbaena.

...

Sizing up his own ability scores, Liam was pleasantly surprised to find that his strength and endurance had both improved by a level.

It seemed that because of the high-intensity forging, his own ability scores had undergone a transformation.

This was undoubtedly very good news.

Around nine in the morning, after eating breakfast, and thoroughly washing up and tidying up, the members gathered together.

The current lineup on Liam's side was as follows:

Hestia Familia: Liam Moon, Yamato Mikoto, Cassandra Ilion, Daphne Lauros

Loki Familia: Ais Wallenstein

Although Ais was a temporary team-up, the scale of Liam's squad was indeed gradually getting larger.

Saying goodbye to Goddess Hestia, Liam came before the group.

"The primary goal this time is to go to the thirty-sixth floor of the Dungeon. If, when we reach the thirty-sixth floor,

our condition and supplies are still relatively abundant, then I will try to lead everyone to the thirty-seventh floor."

Thirty-seventh floor...

Cassandra's eyes widened, and her heart became a little flustered.

That was the thirty-seventh floor. It was said that on that floor, there was a floor lord even more terrifying than the two-headed dragon!

Now, apart from Liam, everyone else had a backpack prepared.

Inside were naturally supplies like water and food.

As the Dungeon gradually deepened, the supplies and preparations needed for each Familia expedition would become more and more cumbersome and heavy.

And, this time, it was the combat personnel that had increased. The logistics problem became even more severe.

Rather than choosing to increase Lili's burden, it was better for everyone to bear a small part from the beginning.

"Then are there any other questions? If not, we are about to set off."

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Liam took the lead and walked towards the Dungeon entrance.

The members of the Hestia Familia present, apart from Liam, had all added new First-Grade armaments for their armor and weapons.

Although it would be more expensive, facing the benefits gifted by Liam, no one had any reason to refuse.

Higher-grade armaments meant better life-saving ability.

As long as they were normal adventurers, no one would refuse to upgrade their own armaments.

As for Liam, his current armor was sufficient.

The borrowed armaments had also been returned by him, and the related fees paid.

After seeing Liam and his group head to the Dungeon, the surrounding adventurers all showed looks of admiration.

"So envious. Is this the adventurer team led by Liam?"

"Look! Even Sword Princess Ais has joined them for a joint expedition?"

"I also want to ride on their coattails. Damn it!"

The surrounding adventurers, one by one, showed looks of envy, jealousy, and hatred. Their eyes couldn't help but become moist, wanting to cry.

Liam glanced at these adventurers. He didn't have a disgusted expression.

As long as which adventurers didn't come to harass them, that was fine.

Of course, if any of these adventurers had ill intentions, as long as he sensed their killing intent.

He wouldn't mind following them directly and finding a dark corner to deal with them.

"Then is it still the previous model? For the first one or twenty floors, we all pass through quickly?"

Liam's words were clearly taking care of Ais, this new temporary teammate.

"Okay!"

Everyone nodded.

And so Liam, without hesitation, came to the very front of the team. His right hand pressed a certain position on the sword case behind him.

Immediately after, the Sloth katana popped halfway out of its scabbard, and was caught by Liam in his hand.

Just eight weapons plus the sword case was already a bit troublesome to carry.

Twenty-four weapons, just how was he supposed to carry them?

He couldn't possibly just swallow them all with his mouth and store them in his stomach, right?

Soon, the group arrived at the first floor of the Dungeon.

In the narrow Dungeon tunnel, Liam trotted forward.

Any approaching monster was easily dealt with by Liam.

The members behind Liam immediately followed. Lili's ability scores had also grown. Even carrying a heavy backpack, the materials and magic stones dropped on the ground were efficiently picked up by her.

Liam continued to use Selfless Sword Aura for long-range attacks. He glanced at Lili.

A strange illusion spontaneously arose in his heart. Lili was like an enlarged version of a pet that automatically picks up dropped items.

Comparing her cute appearance with a pet in the Dungeon, he found them to be surprisingly similar.

And so the corners of Liam's mouth couldn't help but rise. He didn't say this thought out loud.

He just quickened his pace of advance, continuing to follow the shortest path forward...

(End of this chapter)

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