The Paladin on the Infinite Tour

That was a brilliance that Freya had never seen before. Ever since Exia came to this world and into this Orario the day before yesterday, Freya has been able to see that radiance - compared to Freya Anyone in the family must be more dazzling and beautiful.

Even among the gods, Freya had never seen the light of soul comparable to it, and it almost burned her eyes.

"This is the first time I have such a feeling, Otta." Freya turned her back to the strong man behind her, "I want to get him no matter what the cost, and put him by my side to admire day and night. It feels like your brilliance has become dim and ugly compared to him, and it’s unsightly.”

"I will bring him back for you."

A strong man named Otta, the only lv.7 adventurer in Oraline, responded immediately.

He didn't care about the disparaging words his goddess just said.

"Even if Finn is there to protect him, I will defeat him and bring that boy back."

"...No, no, there is no need to be so anxious just yet, Ota." Freya stopped his actions, "I want to be patient for the time being, although it would be very difficult to hold him in my arms right now. Okay, but if I touch him again when my patience becomes unbearable, it will definitely bring me happiness several times or dozens of times."

"I understand, Lady Freya."

"Yes. By the way, prepare a new set of clothes for me. I will change into them after taking a bath. I can't wear this one today."

Even gods don't like to wear wet clothes.

12. This gun is not that gun

The Freya Familia and the Loki Familia almost started an all-out war - Exia and Finn were not aware of this catastrophic event that almost happened.

After arriving at the equipment shop of the Hephaestus Familia, Exia picked out her first equipment under Finn's guidance.

"Exia, do you have any combat experience?"

"I don't have actual combat experience, but I have received systematic Valkyrie training... Well, actually I have learned complete standard fighting techniques. In addition, I have finished learning the ancestral gun fighting techniques of the Kaslana family, and I have also learned from I learned a set of boxing techniques from a senior."

Exia is indeed a civilian now.

But this does not mean that he does not have any fighting ability. Even if he has lost to Bianca more than three hundred times in a row, it is true, but if we really want to calculate the actual fighting ability, he will not be weaker than Valkyrie, at least he must be B level. It took Valkyrie to knock him down.

Having said that, a B-level Valkyrie is already at a level that can actually step onto the battlefield. To put it bluntly, Exia's level is the lowest level among official Valkyries.

"That's it...that way you don't need to pay special attention to protection, and the choice of armor can be a little easier."

In Finn's original plan, if Alexia was a newcomer who didn't know how to fight, he would have planned to focus on defense. When a newcomer enters the dungeon, protecting his own life is the top priority. Only by saving his own life can he become a Stronger.

Therefore, it is more appropriate to equip armor with sufficient defense at the beginning. As long as it can block one or two more attacks, the adventurer's survival probability will increase, not to mention the defense of the monsters in the previous layers of dungeons. You don't need a particularly good weapon to do damage.

But since Exia has a certain fighting ability...

"Exia, what do you think of this?"

Finn pointed to a piece of thick-looking full-body armor hanging on the side.

"The hardness of the equipment is average, but the attacks of shallow monsters will definitely not be broken in two or three times, unless it is the Minotaur, which is known for its strength. But today we will not go that deep. As Beginner equipment is sufficient.”

"Hmm... If you wear full-body armor, it might be a little inconvenient to move around - the fighting skills I have received are mainly about flexibility and agility, so it might be difficult to perform while wearing full-body armor."

This is also the unified fighting style of the Valkyrie. Facing the huge Honkaimon, humans will never be able to confront it head-on. Wearing heavy armor to fight against it will mean death, so evasion and counterattack are the best ways to fight with Honkaimon in hand-to-hand combat. Prioritize tactics.

Of course, except for Bianca, her strength can completely kill Honkaimon before it attacks her. Exia has seen her break the shell of Honkaimon with one punch more than once, and even A situation where a large Honkaimon was knocked away with one blow.

"This is not a problem. You can just ask the blacksmith to make modifications according to your requirements. Then confirm this one, right?"

"Well, I listen to the leader, you are an expert in this area."

Finn smiled: "It's just a little experience. Everyone comes from the lowest level - what about weapons? What weapons are you good at?"

"I also know a little bit about guns and swordsmanship."

Guns and swords?

Finn came to the weapon rack and took down a gun leaning against the wall: "That's a coincidence. My weapon is also a gun, so I can guide you better."

"Uh... I'm sorry, Captain, I didn't make it clear just now. The gun I'm good at is not this kind of gun."

"no?"

"It's a long-range weapon that can be carried with you. Let me take a look. If there is a similar weapon..." Ixia quickly glanced at the weapon rack, and then took off a crossbow, "--Probably. It’s similar to this kind of crossbow, but it’s more powerful, has a very fast rate of fire, and can fire continuously.”

An enhanced version of the crossbow.

Finn frowned: "For the shallow level, this kind of weapon is indeed enough...then you just use this? The cost of such a crossbow is not small."

"That's right...then it's still a sword."

Even if the family members would reimburse the newcomers, the cost of the crossbows would be enough to add a lot of debt to Ixia's debt. If he didn't know when he would have to repay it, considering the financial situation, it would be better to choose the sword.

(At worst, just use your bare hands. If you have armor, you should be able to do quite a lot of damage with your bare hands.)

"As for a sword, which type do you want to use? A big sword? Or a curved sword?"

"Let me take a look...this is enough."

Alexia took a long sword that was similar in size to the one she used for practice, but a little wider.

A suit of armor that will be modified later, and a relatively wide broadsword - this suit is Exia's initial equipment.

Finn looked at the staff at the counter: "We've made the selection here. Just put the bill directly in the name of Loki's family. In addition, please modify this armor for us. Please ask this person here to speak. .”

"Oh! No problem, then come with me to the forge in the back, kid."

"OK."

Seeing Exia walking into the forge behind with the Hephaestus Familia, Finn came outside first, leaned against the wall and glanced around, then breathed a sigh of relief.

(There are no followers... The Freya family has not taken action. I am fully prepared to lead Exia in guerrilla warfare today. It seems that the goddess Freya is relatively restrained.)

(Having said that, it’s possible that I was afraid of the guild’s punishment, so I still couldn’t let my guard down when I went to the dungeon.)

The dungeon is no better than Orario. It is actually a gray area and the guild cannot control it. If people from the Freya Familia plan to take action in the dungeon, Finn will have to deal with it by himself.

(As long as it's not Otta or Allen, it doesn't matter who comes, but if it's those two... it really poses a problem for me, Loki.)

As the leader of a clan, Finn must put the interests of the entire clan as his top priority. For the overall development and safety of the clan, he sometimes has to make some decisions.

If the Freya Familia is really going to be tough...

(Then I can only offend the goddess Freya.)

The Loki Familia will not give up their own members. If you join the Familia, you are the family of the Familia. Even if Ixia joins the family for less than three days, it will be the same. If you want to steal people from the Loki Familia, you must first obtain the Loki Familia. Only with the consent of everyone in the basic family members.

Not to mention that Loki himself is now demanding to protect Exia, and Finn has no intention of disobeying his god's strict request.

(I hope you can grow up as soon as possible in the future, Exia.)

13.I need more power

In the dungeon, the situation on each level is different.

Starting from the ground and going underground, the lower the level, the more powerful the monsters produced by the dungeon itself. Monsters like goblins on the first to fifth floors can be defeated easily even by non-adventurers. The difference the floor makes is the quantity of output.

Normally, for adventurers who enter the dungeon for the first time, it is enough to fight on the first to third floors. After all, the battle in the dungeon is not simply one-on-one. You must be prepared for attacks from monsters from all directions at all times. The more you do, the more likely you are to get into trouble.

After gradually getting used to fighting monsters on the top floors, and then moving to the lower floors bit by bit, this is the correct way for an adventurer to grow.

However, Exia, who is also a novice adventurer, is on the floor now——

"Drink——————!"

In a dark underground maze.

After deftly dodging a heavy punch that smashed the ground, with a clean shout, Ixia's swift punch directly hit the head of a silver-white giant ape in front of her. It was raised high, and then a sword was stabbed decisively into its open chest.

"boom----!"

The body of the silver giant ape instantly turned into black mist and drifted away, leaving only a crystal clear purple stone on the ground.

This is the magic stone, the hard currency in Orario, the core of every monster, an item that will definitely drop after defeating it. If adventurers want to make money, they must collect this kind of magic stone after defeating the monster and submit it to the guild. In exchange for equivalent Wallis.

"He defeated the silver-backed ape... didn't the monsters on the eleventh floor keep him from fighting for too long?"

Leaning against the wall on the side, Finn smiled helplessly.

The eleventh floor.

This is the floor the two of them are on now, far beyond the reach of novice adventurers.

(Although I knew that he had a certain amount of fighting power, I initially thought that he would reach his limit around the seventh or eighth floor. I didn’t expect to be able to fight all the way here.)

The fighting prowess displayed by Alexia far exceeded Finn's expectations.

In fact, in the battle so far, Finn has never made a move. Whether facing a single monster or facing the siege of multiple monsters, Exia has performed with ease.

Although there will be some stiff spots during the battle, as if she is not used to something after not doing something for a long time, there is no doubt that Finn can be sure that Exia has been used to fighting monsters before.

"Didn't you say that you have no actual combat experience? Exia."

"Captain Finn?" Alexia put the magic stone away, "I don't actually have any experience on the battlefield, but I have experienced various simulated battles."

Valkyrie's special training is not just physical exercise and technical training. Fighting with a simulated image of Honkaimon is also a required course. This is also to prepare Valkyrie in advance to adapt to the battle with Honkaimon. In addition, there are various kinds of training. Such live training.

For example, how to fight in heavy rain, how to act when separated from teammates and injured, how to escape when surrounded by a large number of Honkaimon... Exia has experienced these battles.

"Although it was almost three years ago."

"You haven't fought in three years, so it's no wonder you have some unnatural movements and your body has neglected to exercise."

"Because I have been dealing with affairs there, working as a civilian, and the only opportunity for exercise is to do a little exercise in the gym... Rather than this, Captain Finn, I want to continue to the next level."

The next floor, the twelfth floor.

In the guild's classification, the first to twelfth floors are areas classified as [upper floors]. In theory, they are areas where lv.1 adventurers can fight safely. The twelfth floor is where lv.1 adventurers can fight at any time. A place where only the adventurers who have upgraded to level 2 will go.

No matter how you think about it, that is not the depth that Alexia, who just entered the dungeon today, can go to. As his instructor, rationally speaking, Finn does not want Alexia to go deep like this on the first day.

However, considering the power that Exia has shown, there is nothing wrong with entering the twelfth floor. Judging from how he easily defeated the Silverback Ape just now, it may even be okay to directly enter the middle floor. With Finn Judging by her eyesight, Ixia is at least at level 2.

It is rare to have this kind of power before receiving the favor.

(And...this is definitely not my imagination. Compared with the beginning, Exia's speed and strength have improved a bit when she fought the Silverback Ape.)

Finn understands that this is a kind of growth. With the promotion of God's grace, Ixia's ability has increased significantly - but this is too fast.

Adventurers do not grow by leaps and bounds. Even if their ability values ​​increase at a relatively fast rate in the beginning, they do not improve within a day.

It would be fine if it was skills, but [training from a person without muscles to a muscular man in one day] is simply impossible!

But this happened to Exia.

(Is it conceivable that his potential is extremely huge, and it has been explosively stimulated with the promotion of grace?)

After leaning on the spear and thinking for a while, Finn said: "Okay, let's go down two more floors. Considering that we have to return to the Familia within today, two floors is already the limit, and we have to worry about you. With your physical strength, you have been fighting from the first level to now. I hope you don’t need me to carry you on your way back.”

When Finn said this, Alexia couldn't help laughing.

With Finn's height of just over one meter, carrying him on his back was really funny no matter how you thought about it.

"Speaking of which, Captain, how much debt can I pay off with this bag of magic stones?"

Exia opened her bag and took a look. It was filled with magic stones of different sizes. There were forty or fifty in total, all dropped by the monsters that Exia killed along the way.

Finn made a brief calculation and said with a smile: "It's not even a fraction. The value of upper-level monsters is very low. Even the sword in your hand can't be worth it. Monsters with a certain value must at least reach the middle level." OK."

"Middle level..."

Alexia looked at the dungeon floor beneath her feet.

If possible, he wanted to pay off all the debts within these three months, and he didn't want to have any baggage when he left. Moreover, if the debt cannot be paid off as soon as possible, it will easily turn into a favor debt, which will be troublesome to repay.

In addition, it's not just about paying back money. If the monster gets stronger as it goes down, you can get stronger faster by fighting it.

(Power... If you go to the middle level, you will become stronger and gain more power.)

Alexia clenched her fists slightly.

(I need more, more strength before I go back.)

14. Killing all night long!

The sun sets for a time and the moon rises for a time.

Then the moon sets and the sun rises again.

When the morning sun illuminated the dark Orario, there was the doorway leading to the dungeon.

"Well...uh...ah..."