The Epic Story of the Heroic Spirit of Emiya Giant Warrior

"If you want to learn, I can teach you."

In fact, Weimiya had a good impression of the cute and innocent Ais. Even if Ais had only briefly mentioned wanting to learn, he would have agreed.

However, at that time, the relationship between the Loki Familia and the Hephaestus Familia was not so close. Neither Finn nor Riveria thought such impolite words could be easily spoken.

Ais suddenly shouted excitedly, her voice full of longing and admiration.

"Alright, master it is."

He felt helpless in his heart, but he did not refuse.

Goddess Hephaestus asked.

Weimiya pondered for a moment. Since he started adventuring in the dungeon, he had mostly acted alone.

But now, as he leveled up to Lv.3, the previous areas, except for the Labyrinth King Goliath, posed little real threat to him.

Weimiya nodded, agreeing with the goddess's statement.

"However, if you plan to enter the area after the nineteenth floor alone..."

From the nineteenth floor onwards, the danger of the dungeon increases sharply.

"The difficulty of the middle levels is a big jump. Theoretically, a team of Lv.2 adventurers can protect themselves in that area."

The monsters in the middle levels are not only more powerful, but also have a special mechanism called "vertical pitfalls." Any adventurer who is careless may fall into deeper floors—such as the twenty-fifth to twenty-seventh floors.

Because Ais can't swim.

Goddess Hephaestus: "In the lower and deep levels, the comparison of strength between monsters and adventurers is no longer the only key factor."

The goddess's meaning was clear: she didn't want Weimiya to explore alone anymore. Having reached Lv.3, it was time for him to join or form his own team.

After all, the Loki Familia already had a lot of cooperative experience with him, and if he was in the team, especially during expeditions, the Loki Familia's combat power would be even stronger.

As for how to form his own team, Weimiya already had some ideas.

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Chapter 1: The Wealthy [Aristocratic Cat]

Time returned to seven days ago.

The reason was simple—Riveria fainted immediately after wearing the crown he gave her, and he was obviously responsible for this.

Although Alicia, Lefiya, and several other members firmly believed in Weimiya, the other elf girls clearly harbored hostility towards him—and while hostile, they also felt a deep fear.

As for Lefiya, she was young, simple-minded, and it was not surprising to admire a strong person of similar age.

But who would have thought that even the usually calm and wise Lady Riveria, the spiritual pillar of the elves, would fall at his hands (literally).

His rumors had already spread widely throughout the Loki Familia.

To the point that now, as long as the elves thought about being enemies with him, they seemed to feel the pressure emanating from Weimiya, a feeling that made them feel timid.

The elf girls in the Familia were already trembling and nervous. If this continued, they might really collapse.

And more importantly—once Riveria woke up, knowing that the goddess had dealt with Weimiya without permission, she would definitely not let her off easily.

That elven princess was not easy to mess with when she was strict. Little Ais was the best example.

Therefore, the elf girls' hostility subsided—now, only fear remained.

Although Weimiya was said to be "detained" by the Loki Familia, in reality, the people of the Loki Familia were quite polite and friendly to him.

However, in any case, Riveria had fainted. With such a thing happening, from the Loki Familia's standpoint, they really couldn't let Weimiya leave easily.

The Loki Familia had long planned to ask Weimiya to forge a sword for Ais.

To ensure that this sword was perfectly suited to Ais's fighting style, they hoped that Weimiya could first understand her fighting style and personal habits in order to create the most suitable weapon for her.

She secretly complained in her heart: "What time is it, and you're still using [Sword Princess] as an excuse? Do you really think I don't understand anything? It must be because of Riveria."

Hephaestus felt a little jealous, but also amused: "Alas, Riveria, your ability to endure is too poor."

It could only be said that the goddess's guess was right, but not entirely.

Thus, the Loki Familia got their wish and kept Weimiya.

After Riveria fell unconscious, Weimiya took the initiative to offer to help take care of her.

Naturally, Goddess Loki was firmly opposed to this.

However, her opposition was ultimately ineffective. Because [Hero] Finn agreed to Weimiya's proposal.

As for why Finn stood on Weimiya's side—intuition. The [Hero]'s intuition was always extremely reliable, and many crises had been averted thanks to his intuition.

The day was divided into three shifts, with Weimiya responsible for one of them, and the other times were taken care of by members of the Loki Familia in shifts.

On the first day, Finn arranged for the cautious [Aristocratic Cat] Anakit Autumn, also known as Angie, to take care of Riveria with Weimiya.

The two sat in Riveria's room. Riveria, lying on the bed, had been changed into clean clothes by the elven adventurers arranged by Loki and was resting quietly.

Angie: "I bought a lot of the swords you made before, and now the price of those equipment has increased by at least five times."

The day Alicia took the [Ice Scardi], adventurers from the Loki Familia rushed to the Hephaestus Familia's specialty store and bought all the swords signed by Weimiya.

As Angie said, she made a lot of money by buying a large number of swords forged by Weimiya.

However, just because they had Weimiya's signature, their price in the weapon trading market was炒 (chǎo) to a staggering height.

Especially the weapons he forged in his early years, those swords whose quality was not as good as his later, more skilled works, were more likely to be炒 (chǎo) at a high price because of their rarity.

"It's because of the previous dungeon riot."

Angie explained: "At that time, a large number of monsters from the deep levels涌 (yǒng) up to the first few levels of the dungeon."

For the vast majority of adventurers, this was undoubtedly a terrible disaster. More than half of the adventurers had never even set foot in the lower levels of the dungeon, let alone the deep levels.

Angie continued.

When Riveria was away, Lefiya, who used [Fairy Ring] to copy [High-Grade Victory Sword], was the Loki Familia's most powerful mage.

The adventurers of the Loki Familia were assigned to different areas by the [Hero] to clear high-threat monsters. They adopted the strategy of "gathering monsters and concentrating firepower."

They didn't stop until Lefiya's mental strength was completely exhausted.

"After that battle, Lefiya's exaggerated firepower and Alicia's performance in controlling the ice giant made them the focus of attention for adventurers from various familias."

[Ice Scardi] entered the eyes of many adventurers, and the reputation of Weimiya Shirou, as its forger, was also pushed to a new height.

What she didn't expect was that this accidental event would come so quickly.

Wei Gong agreed to Aisi's request to learn his swordsmanship almost without hesitation.

However, before that, he might first confirm with the goddess Hephaestus, and the goddess would most likely not mind such a thing.

As for Aisi's previous fabrication of identity, even disguising herself as Riviria, it was probably caused by a variety of complex reasons.

"Mas, Master!"

"Master?"

Wei Gong was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly. This "Master" made him feel as if he had suddenly grown a generation older.

"Speaking of which, Shirou, what are you planning to do to explore the dungeon next?"

At Lv.1, his activity range was mainly before the twelfth floor; after being promoted to Lv.2, he expanded the exploration range to the thirteenth to seventeenth floors.

The goddess Hephaestus seemed to understand this and continued: "Your strength has improved a lot, but the monsters before the seventeenth floor have almost no training effect for you."

The goddess Hephaestus's tone became slightly serious: "That would be too dangerous."

Hephaestus continued to analyze: "But at the same time, first-level adventurers may lose their lives if they are not careful."

The Labyrinth Lone King, the Twin-Headed Dragon Amphibana, dwells there.

This is also the reason why Riviria did not allow Aisi to enter the nineteenth floor—although the Twin-Headed Dragon, as a dragon monster, is indeed restrained by Aisi's [Avenger Princess] skill, even so, [Sword Princess] still cannot defeat this monster.

"The real danger is not individual monsters, but the dungeon itself. Traps, environmental changes, and even sudden labyrinth anomalies can all pose a threat to the lives of adventurers. In these places, teamwork is absolutely necessary."

If he were to consider joining another person's team, the easiest choice would obviously be the Loki Familia. It seems that Riviria and her companions would definitely welcome his joining.

Besides, on the Freya Familia side, he actually got along well with the [Black and White Knight], but he wasn't very familiar with the others.

After Riviria fell into a coma, Wei Gong was "detained" by the Loki Familia.

The members of the Loki Familia were very uneasy about this, especially the elves who worshiped Riviria, and their emotions seemed particularly tense.

Arya, Lefiya, and Liu, these elven women, are fine.

The elves felt that Sister Arya had been the "Disciplinary Committee Member" for too long, and her personality was too serious, so she was easily attracted to the [Elf Hunter], who had a "strong contrast" with her.

As for Liu, she is a "useless fairy", and it seems reasonable that she would be easily captured by a young man, which is not a big surprise.

[Elf Hunter]

But now, in the eyes of the elves, this unofficial title seems to be becoming more and more real.

Just as the situation was tense, Loki finally came forward to explain the situation to everyone, explaining Riviria's situation.

Although Loki was full of unhappiness in her heart and couldn't wait to kick out the [Elf Hunter] who had snatched away her beloved elven sisters, the goddess also knew that doing so was not feasible.

Loki couldn't help but imagine Riviria's cold face holding a magic wand in her mind. The more she thought about it, the more she couldn't help but shudder.

Loki honestly told the Familia members that there was nothing wrong with Riviria's body. It was because the power of the crown had entered some special state, which was not a bad thing, but beneficial to her.

Like [Hero] Finn, he felt from the beginning that Riviria was fine—if his vice-captain had really had an accident, his thumb would not have reacted at all.

However, Finn's approach was very cautious. He tried his best to have friendly negotiations with the goddess Hephaestus—hoping that Wei Gong could stay in the Loki Familia for a period of time. The reason given was that he hoped he could get along with Aisi.

Although the reason given by the Loki Familia sounded reasonable, the Hephaestus Familia reluctantly accepted it, but the goddess Hephaestus did not fully believe it.

In the goddess's opinion, all of this was Riviria's arrangement—the elven princess vice-captain must want to spend more time with Wei Gong, so she found such a high-sounding reason to keep him.

She simply didn't dare to think about what the elven princess and the young man who had a close relationship with her would do in the next few days.

But in any case, Hephaestus still generously allowed the Loki Familia's request to temporarily keep Wei Gong at the residence.

Although the goddess Loki had already judged that Riviria was fine, Wei Gong still felt that this matter was caused by him and wanted to do something for Riviria.

In the Loki Familia, although Loki is the goddess, the decision of the captain Finn carries more weight when it does not involve major events related to the life and death of the Familia.

Although Loki was full of complaints about this, she couldn't change the situation. So, she could only propose a compromise: two people in a group to take care of Riviria, that is to say, whenever Wei Gong is in charge, there must be another person next to him.

"Speaking of which, I should thank you, Wei Gong-kun."

An Qi broke the silence in the room.

Wei Gong looked at An Qi in confusion: "Thank me?"

An Qi smiled softly: "Yes, thanks to you, I made a lot of money."

"Oh? What's going on?"

"Before...ah, those weapons were bought by senior An Qi."

Wei Gong suddenly realized.

The goddess Hephaestus told Wei Gong about this, but did not say who specifically did it.

An Qi: "Because of this investment, my current assets now exceed those of many first-level adventurers."

Those swords were not like [Higanbana], [Swallow Returns], or [Ice of Skadi] that were prototype Noble Phantasms, and were not even first-level weapons.

This is not a very surprising thing either.

The price premium of the weapons forged by [One-Eyed Giant] Tsubaki is far greater than the difference in quality compared to the same models from other high-level blacksmiths.

Wei Gong is now also enjoying similar treatment, and is even better in some aspects. Because the number of his works in circulation is extremely small, most of them are only test products from his practice.

Deep-level monsters with potential abilities reaching Lv.4 or even Lv.5 at every turn are simply a nightmare for them.

"In that battle, the most outstanding ones were undoubtedly Lefiya and Arya."

As for Arya, the Ice Giant she controlled played an especially powerful role in the gatekeeper battle.

Arya took Lefiya around, using the Ice Giant to build a defense and protect Lefiya, giving her enough time to chant.

Lefiya used powerful magical firepower to destroy batch after batch of monsters, while Arya used the Ice Giant to protect Lefiya until the last moment.

An Qi's eyes flickered slightly, and she continued: "And the sword in Arya's hand is obviously not an ordinary weapon."

In fact, An Qi's initial collection of weapons forged by Wei Gong was originally just intended to wait until his reputation gradually grew, and the value of these weapons would naturally increase.

And the first person to think of this idea was actually [Extraordinary Husband] Raul, who keenly realized Wei Gong's potential.