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Thank Hestia for Mermaid Blood.
And Typhon.
If it weren't for that, neither Lili, nor Hestia would have been able to move after how long and intensely we went at it this morning.
The sun had already set before we made to the dungeon today.
"This is great!" Lili laughed as she lifted a Kobold up with one hand, before smashing it into the rocky wall of the dungeon. It yelped in pain, trying to claw at her, lashing out with both legs, but despite the height difference, she almost casually stepped to the side of it, kicking it in the knee and knocking it off balance, before lashing it with the dagger she was carrying and burying it in the back of the kobolds neck.
It gurgled, before falling flat on its face as Lili ripped the dagger from its neck, dead.
"I never imagined I could ever be this strong!" she giddily exclaimed, even as she kicked the corpse over and cut into its chest with her dagger to retrieve its magic stone.
I didn't think she'd get this strong, so quickly either.
I really wasn't expecting that skill of hers at all, not that I'm complaining mind you. It was good to see Lili so happy actually.
Before, there was a weight on her shoulders I'd noticed. And she was always looking over her shoulder.
That was the kind of damage the Soma Familia had done to her, after all their abuse.
But between what I did yesterday to the Soma familia, and this skill of hers. It was like…well, I'm not sure how to describe it other than she just seemed so much more free now.
That anger, hate and flat out rage was still there. And, I might have made a little boo boo earlier when I told her about the whole connection she had with Finn, that made her anger even worse.
But, the happiness seemed to have come in equal measure.
So I don't regret it.
We were on the fourth floor currently, so Lili could test out her stat increases. And so far, she'd had no trouble at all even with me leaving all the fighting to her.
Which made sense honestly, her stats were pretty damn high for a level one. She didn't have a single stat below D now, heck her agility and magic were both B tier now. And that wasn't even taking into account her skill gave her a passive stat increase at all times. And then gave her even more the closer she was to me. And then even more the angrier she got.
'I could probably get her a level up tonight if I wanted.' I thought idly. I'm fairly certain I understand the mechanics for levelling up now.
The falna didn't discriminate when it came to levelling up I've come to learn. For instance, despite the fact I'd have no trouble at all defeating a standard level three right now. Because I'm level two, and a level two defeating a level three is considered impressive, I would be able to level up.
Granted, I'm already eligible to level up to level three. I'm planning on holding off for a few days though.
When it came to the mechanics for levelling up. Your strength did not matter, only your level and your accomplishment.
So if say, we went down to the tenth floor, and found an Infant Dragon, and Lili defeated it, she would level up without a doubt I'm sure.
"I still don't get why my status went up so much just from getting the skill," Lili mused as she approached me a moment later, clutching the kobolds magic stone in her bloodied hand, handing it to me, "But, Lili isn't complaining at all. It's incredible how strong I feel right now. Before, I would have struggled to beat a Kobold alone on the first floor, but now I can easily beat one here on the fourth floor." she beamed happily.
I tossed the magic stone over my shoulder, where it sunk into my shadow out of view, "I'm pretty sure it's explained in the first line of your skill," I replied, placing my hand on her head and rubbing her head, "Rage and hatred transformed into devotion, right? the Bloodfury Spear made you stronger in your past life, the angrier you got as you developed it. All the anger and hate you've built up over the unfair shit that happened to you in your life, got transformed into raw stats."
She cocked her head, "You think?" she asked.
"Well that, or your stats just went up from awakening it," I shrugged, "I told you, when you awakened the Bloodfury Spear in your past life, you jumped straight to as strong as level six right? And you've more or less awakened it again, only this time most of the potential you had with it is gone, so the strength increase is tiny compared to what it would have been with the real thing."
Lili scowled, "Because of Braver." she spat.
"Yep, cuz of him." I shrugged. There was a lot more to the reason why Dim took her power in the past mind you. But, I don't feel the need to make explanations for it. The truth of the matter was, no matter the excuses, Finn had stolen Lili's potential and power in their past lives.
And was the entire reason why he'd gotten as far as he did in this life, and had powerful spells like Tir Na Nog and Hell Finegas in this life.
Hell the only reason the Loki familia had gotten as far as they had, was because the familia was full of reincarnated nepo babies.
Lili worked her jaw for a moment, before huffing, "I prefer the first guess then," she replied, looking up at me, "Especially since it says its transformed into devotion. It means I got the boosts thanks to you, and nothing to do with Braver."
"I was a catalyst at best," I told her in reply, "It came from all the hardships you went through. You earned them in the first place."
"Caelan really knows how to flatter huh?" Lili grinned up at me, "Enemy of all women."