Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Expedition Preparations
Loki sat on her bed, looking at the paper in her hand, her eyes filled with satisfaction.
"How is it? Is the growth speed fast?"
Sensing Loki's joy, Shirou, now dressed, turned around and asked with a smile.
"Of course! You're the child in my Familia that I worry about the least."
"Whether it's the growth of your abilities or your mental fortitude, you can be said to be the best member of my Loki Familia."
Handing the paper to Shirou, Loki sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at her child with satisfaction. To maintain the dignity of his patron goddess, Shirou did not use his Independent Action ability to update his Status independently. Unless it was an emergency, Shirou would not use it. Of course, this was only limited to this world.
Looking at the paper in his hand, Shirou was also looking forward to his growth.
[Name]: Shirou Emiya
[Level]: LV.4
[Stats]:
Strength: S967
Endurance: A985
Dexterity: S932
Agility: S913
Magic: SS1069
[Development Abilities]: Forging F, Magic E H, Archer G
[Magic]:
[Skills]:
"Three S's, one A, and one SS, huh?" Looking at his basic stats, Shirou nodded in satisfaction. Although no new skills or magic had appeared, Shirou was not greedy. His current skills and magic were already sufficient. Although there were still two slots in his magic section, Shirou was not in a hurry to acquire new magic, even though he still had Grimoires in his possession.
"Are my stats close to their limit? In that case, during the expedition, my stats should reach their limit." Looking at his basic stats, Shirou suddenly said to Loki, "Loki, you've seen my stats. They'll probably reach their limit during the expedition. Before entering the 59th floor, I want to complete my level up. I need your permission for this."
Hearing Shirou's words, Loki frowned, then relaxed.
"Ah, I permit you to level up on your own when the time comes."
Loki stood up from the bed, walked to Shirou's side, patted his shoulder, and said seriously, "I'm entrusting everyone to your care."
"Understood!" Although Loki claimed to forbid Shirou from updating his basic stats independently, that was only because this ability directly undermined Loki's dignity as a goddess.
One must know that in this era where gods live on the surface and cannot use any divine power, their most direct connection to their Familia members is through the update of Divine Blessings. Therefore, an ability like Independent Action, which allows one to update Divine Blessings independently, can, in a sense, be called the most blasphemous ability to the gods in this world.
But Loki didn't care about this; even forbidding the use of this ability was just to save her last bit of face. But that was all. For example, when Shirou faced Revis's threat, he could only improve his response ability by enhancing his stats. At that time, Loki had no objection to this. After all, in her eyes, her child's life was much more important than her face.
This was also why Shirou respected her so much and was willing to obey her commands. Besides being the benefactor who granted him Divine Blessings, it was also her indulgence of her children. And this time was no different. The path to the 59th floor was full of dangers, especially the 59th floor, enveloped in various conspiracies, making it unimaginable what truly existed there.
Therefore, in such an environment, as a powerhouse capable of fighting above his level, every increase in Shirou's level was a huge boost to his strength. This would also make his existence even more important. Perhaps because of this, he could protect a few more people from harm. Therefore, before asking this question, Shirou already knew the answer. He was simply informing Loki of this matter.
"Don't worry, Loki, I will definitely bring everyone back safely, after going to the 59th floor!"
"Ah, I'll leave it to you then."
Walking out of the God's Room, Shirou looked at the sparsely populated queue outside the God's Room and couldn't help but sigh at Loki's tragic fate tomorrow night. Because of the recent level-ups of Ais and Shirou, everyone in the Loki Familia was desperately training.
Frequent training meant frequent status updates. So much so that every night, there was a queue outside the God's Room. But Shirou knew that this was not the peak period for status updates. The real peak period would be tomorrow night, the night before the expedition. That would be the climax of status updates.
Loki had anticipated this long ago and had already informed everyone to come and update their stats early, not to wait until the last day. But it was clear that almost no one followed this command. Loki probably no longer resisted and was preparing to accept the forced fate.
Walking in the corridor within the Loki Familia compound, Shirou, who was about to return to his room, suddenly heard the voices of several people discussing.
"You mean Ottar the Strong appeared in the Middle Floors?"
"That's right, I heard he was hunting monsters near the 17th floor, right, Ryu?"
"Yes, that's right."
Hearing their description, Shirou knew that Ottar was preparing adventure targets for Bell. Due to Shirou's presence, Ais had not had too intimate contact with Bell, which meant that Goddess Freya did not send Allen to threaten Ais and her group. But even so, the trials Freya prepared for Bell were inescapable.
Shirou was not sure if the enhanced Bell could defeat the Minotar. Honestly, in the original story, Bell's victory over the Minotar was truly a miracle-like legend. Otherwise, the members of the Loki Familia would not have been so inspired by him. The Minotar he fought was not an ordinary Minotar, but one trained by Otta, equipped with a weapon.
It is well known that an adventurer's strength is composed of three elements: stats, equipment, and combat skills. In terms of stats, the Minotar completely overwhelmed Bell, as the Minotar was a top-tier existence even among LV.2s. At the same time, he was equipped with a greatsword prepared by Otta for him. As for combat experience, just as Ais trained Bell, Otta was also training the Minotar at that time. So in this regard, the two could be said to be equally matched. If Bell truly had any advantage, it was his instantaneous magic, Firebolt.
Therefore, being able to defeat the opponent despite being inferior in various aspects to the Minotar was the reason Bell could inspire the members of the Loki Familia.
Otherwise, for them, defeating a monster with a higher level than themselves, when their own stats were top-tier, would truly not be a difficult task. After all, they far surpassed monsters in both equipment and combat experience.
"Is there any situation?"
"Ah, it's Mr. Gareth."
Looking at Raul, who was reporting to Gareth because of his arrival, Shirou smiled and waved to everyone who saw him, then withdrew his gaze and returned to his room. After all, this matter would not affect their expedition. It would even add a beneficial buff. Why would Shirou refuse such an advantage!
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