"Nonsense!"
Riveria's reprimand rang out.
After learning what happened from Finn, Riveria was uncharacteristically angry.
"Ais! Do you even know what the Colosseum represents?!"
"It's one of the biggest anomalies in the Dungeon in recent decades! The characteristic of infinitely refreshing monsters alone makes it dangerous enough!"
"Going to fight in the Colosseum, instead of conserving stamina and retreating, you fought for eight consecutive days, pushing yourself to the limit! Do you want to die?!"
"..."
Ais silently lowered her head.
The reason this battle lasted eight days was indeed her fault.
[Only when facing death can you still activate Hamon, then you are considered to have mastered it.]
Keeping Cain's words from a few days ago in mind, she didn't relax for a moment in the Colosseum, pushing herself to the limit.
Then, with her stamina at rock bottom, she continued to fight monsters for two more days.
Riveria wasn't wrong when she said Ais was committing suicide.
Because in the last two days, she was fighting the monsters purely on willpower.
Ais: "I'm sorry."
"You shouldn't be apologizing to me, but to Lefiya."
If she hadn't been providing long-range magical support, you would be the one lying in bed.
Seeing Ais's obediently apologetic expression, the anger in Riveria's heart dissipated somewhat.
In fact, a large part of her anger was due to Ais disregarding the consequences in her pursuit of strength, implicating her companions.
"Tione, Tiona, you two also have problems this time."
After scolding Ais, Riveria's gaze turned to the two people beside her.
"It's one thing for Ais to lack common sense, but why were you two joining in the foolishness?"
Tiona: "Well... we got a bit carried away fighting. Plus, Cain and I were constantly rotating in battle, so we weren't too tired."
Tione: "After fighting for more than three days, things got a bit blurry, and everyone else's condition was always good…"
Tione's explanation grew softer and softer, eventually disappearing completely.
In fact, she, like Tiona, had gotten a bit carried away with fighting and ignored the surrounding situation.
"Sorry, Captain, Riveria, this was indeed my fault."
"You… sigh, never mind."
Seeing Tione and the others' good attitude in admitting their mistakes, Riveria sighed and stopped reprimanding them.
"Anyway, it's good that you all came back. Don't do such dangerous things again next time."
"That's right, if you get hurt, Ais my dear, I'll be heartbroken."
Loki chimed in from the side.
With her words, the reflection meeting officially came to an end.
"Speaking of which, Ais my dear, how's your Breathing Technique coming along?"
"With such a huge price paid, you should have almost mastered it, right?"
"I've mastered it."
Ais raised her palm, and a surging Hamon energy rose from her palm.
During eight days of high-intensity combat, Ais constantly maintained her breathing rhythm.
Through deadly battles and arduous training, she successfully integrated the Hamon Breathing Technique into her instincts.
In the terms of the Demon Slayer world, her Hamon had reached the State of Constant Flow.
She specially adjusted her breathing rhythm; otherwise, whether eating or sleeping, she would continuously activate Hamon..
"Loki, I want to update my Falna."
"Alright."
Loki nodded in agreement.
As a goddess, she could tell that Hamon was a very special Breathing Technique.
Having completely mastered Hamon in a deathmatch, Ais might undergo some changes.
Thinking of this, Loki even lost the idea of harassing Ais. After taking her back to the room, she immediately took out a silver needle and began to update the Falna.
"Done, here you go."
After a while, Loki handed a piece of paper covered in writing to the maiden.
[Aiz Wallenstein—LV5]
[Strength: D541→D557]
[Endurance: D540→D567]
[Dexterity: A819→A846]
[Agility: A821→A835]
[Magic: A887→S902]
[Skills: Avenger, Battle Continuation]
[Battle Continuation: When one reaches their limit, all ability values slightly increase, and stamina recovery rate greatly increases]
"Congratulations, Ais."
Loki's voice came from the side: "Although this adventure was a bit risky, it seems to have paid off. You gained a new skill."
"...Mm."
Ais felt a bit heavy-hearted.
Gaining a new skill after learning Hamon was indeed good news for her.
However, more than the change in skills, she was more concerned about the increase in her ability values.
Too little.
Fighting continuously for eight days in the Colosseum, the number of monsters that died by her hand was countless.
Combined with the dangers encountered during this process, an increase of only 73 points in ability values was truly abnormal.
At this moment, Ais felt a bottleneck.
Not a bottleneck after reaching a certain realm in martial arts, but a bottleneck named Ais.
Three years after breaking through to LV5, Ais clearly realized that she had reached her limit.
To rapidly increase her ability values as before, she had to break through the bottleneck to LV6.
"Loki, how many more deeds do I need?"
"Hmm~ it's almost there. You gained quite a few deeds on this Dungeon trip. If you're lucky, you'll have enough after the next expedition."
"I understand."
Ais tossed the paper into the brazier.
The Loki Familia's next expedition was in a few days.
If all went well, she could break through to LV6 before the end of next month.
...
[Cain—LV2]
[Strength: E426→SSS1157]
[Endurance: E421→SSS1106]
[Dexterity: E471→SSS1191]
[Agility: E475→SSS1197]
[Magic: E421→SSS1131]
[Development Ability: Swordsman I→Swordsman H]
[Magic: Current Propulsion, State of Selflessness]
[Skills: Unity, Minds Eye, Song of Courage]
"Although I've seen it many times, it still seems exaggerated every time I look at it."
On the empty bed, Hestia handed the newly updated ability values to Cain.
"In just over ten days, your ability values increased by a total of 3568 points, and your development ability also went from I to H. How did you do it?"
"Just fight more monsters."
Cain replied calmly.
Although he didn't fight continuously for eight days like Ais, he also killed a large number of monsters, so it's quite reasonable for his ability values to increase this much, right?
Cain: "It's a pity I didn't awaken any new skills. I thought I might get one or two more."
Hestia: "What are you thinking? Skills aren't like cabbages by the roadside. Without the resolve to die and undergoing a fundamental transformation, it's impossible to awaken new skills."
Cain: "True, then let's level up."
Tossing the paper into the fire, Cain lay back down on the bed.
The deeds required for the level up had already been gathered more than ten days ago.
Now that all his ability values had reached SSS rank, there was no need to pursue perfection excessively.
Leveling up sooner would allow him to start gathering deeds for the next level and grinding ability values earlier.
Hestia naturally agreed with this.
Returning to the bed with Cain, she raised her small hands and began applying the status update to his body.
A dozen seconds later, she reached the final step before the level-up ceremony.
"Tennis, Magic, Spirit Healing, Abnormal Status Resistance...."
"Cain, Which one do you want to choose?"
"Magic."
Cain gave his answer.
He had decided long ago which ability to pick for this level-up.
Magic could amplify magical effects, further increasing his output capability.
With the two development abilities of Magic and Swordsman, plus the help of Raikiri, he could hold his own even against a Level 6 enemy.
Once Cain consumed the demon king potion later, he would be able to compensate for his defensive shortcomings and become a balanced hexagonal warrior with maxed-out offense and defense.
On the other side, Hestia immediately locked in Magic after hearing Cain's choice.
Divine blood slid from her fingertips, and the Falna on Cain's back underwent a change.
"Congratulations, Cain."
A few seconds later, the Falna settled down, and Hestia announced with a joyful face.
"You are now Level 3."
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