EFB #196 - Section 196
#196 - Section 196
Liu nodded, "Yes. This was bestowed by the God."
Ais envy filled her heart as she calculated, saying, "The Goliath's magic stone is three million valis, the hard skin is ten million valis. Other magic stones are 200,000 valis, making a total of 13.2 million valis."
No one objected, and they put a large pile of money into spatial ring 903 and left the small room.
Ais happily said, "That's amazing! It's been so long since we've earned so much money. Let's go have a feast, shall we?"
Itsukayo Kaguya was speechless, "Didn't we just eat one not long ago?"
Liu said, "We should indeed save a bit. God, are you still there?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Li's figure appeared beside her.
Itsukayo Kaguya huffed, "God was indeed here! Good thing I didn't go take a shower earlier."
Lu Li laughed, "Kaguya-chan is too stingy. It's not like you haven't been seen before during the resurrection."
Itsukayo Kaguya blushed, "God, what are you talking about!"
Ais was shocked, "So God has already seen it?"
Laila facepalmed, "Ais, are you just realizing that now?"
Amidst the joking and playful banter, the group returned to the base of the Lu Li Familia.
However, unlike the deserted atmosphere when they left, the Familia was now very lively, as the members who went to the dungeon to hunt monsters had returned.
"God brought back so many girls again. He's really amazing!" Yuuki Asuna said in shock upon seeing the group.
Frieren widened her eyes, "If I had known, I would have stayed in the Familia to watch Li."
Yanaimi Anzu said, "Unbelievable. This is too outrageous. We were only gone for half a day, how did he bring back so many people? Could they be from other worlds?"
Lu Li was surprised, "Who are you?"
Yanaimi Anzu was dissatisfied and bit Lu Li's arm, "Don't pretend you don't know me, God!"
Lu Li laughed heartily, "Alright, just kidding. Let me introduce you, they are members of the Astraea Familia. Except for Liu, the others died a few years ago and were only resurrected today. So, prepare some more food tonight, we're going to celebrate."
Hestia's eyes lit up, "These are all children of the Astraea Familia."
Lu Li introduced, "This is the Goddess Hestia. She doesn't have a Familia yet and is currently working at my shop."
Liu and Itsukayo Kaguya quickly bowed, "Greetings, Goddess Hestia."
Hestia was unhappy, "Lu Li, you didn't need to say the last part."
Ais laughed, "God and the Goddess are on very good terms!"
Lu Li laughed, "If we weren't, would Hestia be able to freeload here?"
Hestia rolled her eyes, "It's clearly because Lu Li demolished my house, this is compensation."
Yui Yuigahama said, "God said he wanted to rebuild the Familia before, but we didn't know anyone lived here. If we had known, we would have left that area near the church empty."
Hestia: "…"
Don't you dare leave it empty.
Now that I have a big house to live in, who would want to live in the basement?
As they spoke, an enticing aroma wafted out.
Ais had already followed the scent to the kitchen, constantly peeking around and accepting Alice's snacks.
"So delicious, even better than the feast before."
"Kaguya, do you want to eat?"
"Liu…"
Liu and Itsukayo Kaguya pretended not to hear.
Too embarrassing.
You're the captain of the Astraea Familia, what do you look like now?
It wasn't until the dishes were served and the banquet began that they realized they were wrong.
The food was indeed quite delicious, far surpassing all the food they had eaten before.
Aura confidently introduced, "This is the wonderful cuisine of another world, as well as the supreme culinary art bestowed by God. It's naturally delicious."
Linie: "And these ingredients aren't ordinary ingredients, they're monsters."
Ais was shocked, "They're actually monsters?"
Hestia ate heartily, "They're not monsters from our world, don't think about bringing monsters out of the dungeon. These are monsters from other places."
In short, everyone enjoyed the meal immensely.
After dinner.
Lu Li said, "Your weapons are very old. If you need them repaired, you can ask Megumi and the others to fix them. They all know how to repair them."
Itsukayo Kaguya was shocked, "The members of God's Familia know too many things."
Kato Megumi smiled, "That's because God knows too much. Alright, give us your weapons."
Ais asked, "Can we watch the repairs? I'm quite interested in the smithy."
Kato Megumi nodded, "Of course."
Leading the group to the east side of the Familia's base, there was a huge workshop.
The workshop was divided into several sections, with places for alchemy and forging.
Entering the forging workshop, Kato Megumi inputted magic power, and immediately, a furnace in the workshop rose to a high temperature. The energy source was the previously processed Red Dragon's heart.
Kato Megumi looked at Ais's weapon, took out a strand of mithril, and placed it on the Red Dragon's heart. After a moment, the mithril melted.
The molten mithril was guided by Kato Megumi's magic and fell onto Ais's longsword, easily integrating into it. Immediately, the entire sword turned red.
Ais exclaimed, "So magical!"
Kato Megumi also placed the sword on the Red Dragon's heart, burned it for a moment, placed it on the forging table, and hammered it rhythmically.
After a moment.
The sword was cold and gleaming, emitting a dazzling brilliance.
"It's done. Miss Ais, how do you like it?" Kato Megumi handed over the longsword.
Ais grasped the still slightly warm longsword and swung it gently, feeling the sword sing with a hiss, adding even more divine power than before.
Kato Megumi pointed to a piece of scrap steel, and Ais understood, gently slashing, easily cutting the foot-thick steel billet in two, as if cutting not steel but tofu.
"Megumi-chan is so amazing!" Ais's eyes shone, "This sword is even more powerful than my old one!".
285. Goddess Hephaestus Visits, Hestia's Anxiety
Itsukayo Kaguya pondered, "The material Kato-san just added wasn't simple, was it?"
Kato Megumi nodded, "That was mithril."
Liu was shocked, "Mithril? Is that the rare and incredibly magical forging material?"
Kato Megumi nodded, "That's right. However, for our Familia, mithril isn't anything special."
Liu nodded, "No wonder your Familia's shop sells so many mithril weapons."
Itsukayo Kaguya looked at the burning heart and said, "This thing isn't ordinary either, is it?"
Kato Megumi introduced, "This is a Red Dragon's heart. After processing, it can be used as an energy source for forging, which is quite convenient."
Upon hearing this, everyone felt very curious.
Dragons are also a symbol of power in this world.
There are many dragons in the dungeon.
For example, young dragons are known as rookie killers. They are already very weak for them, but they are very powerful monsters for rookies.
There is also the two-headed dragon Amphista, and the final mission Black Dragon.
Although everyone had not heard of the Red Dragon's name, they could sense the magic power in the Red Dragon's heart.
That is magic power that is definitely not lower than Lv.3 level. This is definitely a powerful dragon species.
But they didn't know that the Red Dragon was actually very weak. The heart was strong, but the skills were terrible.
In a short while, everyone's weapons were repaired and became better than before.
Laila praised, "Megumi-chan is really amazing. Not only can weapons be repaired, but even magic wands can be repaired. She's simply omnipotent."
Ais nodded, "Yeah, unlike us, it seems like all we can do is fight."
Kato Megumi smiled, "That's because you've experienced a lot, so you know a lot. Alright, everyone was only resurrected today, so go choose a room and rest."
"That's true," Itsukayo Kaguya nodded, "But there's one thing we must do now. Liu, take out ten million valis and give it to Megumi-chan. We certainly can't not pay for repairing our weapons."
Liu nodded and was about to take out the money.
Kato Megumi waved her hand, "God said this is a gift, don't make things difficult for me."
Itsukayo Kaguya: "But…"
Kato Megumi smiled, "There are no buts. Everyone was just resurrected, and this is when you need money. If you really want to pay, we'll talk about it later."
Itsukayo Kaguya: "Then we'll trouble Megumi."
Kato Megumi extinguished the flames of the Red Dragon's heart, put it into her spatial ring, and led the group to choose rooms.
Because Lu Li was generous and bought enough land, and the Familia's base was a high-rise building with ten floors, there were definitely a lot of rooms.
Even though there were many original Familia members, there were still many rooms left.
"The rooms here are so luxurious," Ais said, her eyes shining as she looked at the extremely lavishly decorated rooms.
Itsukayo Kaguya praised, "It's like a princess's room."
Originally, everyone wanted to choose an ordinary room, but they found that the rooms were all similar and quite luxurious.
Helpless, everyone could only choose a room at random.
"Oh, this quilt is so soft," After choosing a room, Ais was the first to jump on the bed and roll around, cheering.
Laila was speechless, "Captain, be mindful of your image."
Itsukayo Kaguya laughed, "Forget it, Laila, she's like this, let her do what she wants. Anyway, Lu Li isn't an outsider."
Liu nodded gently, "That's true!"
…
That night, everyone slept quite peacefully.
The next day.
Around nine o'clock in the morning, Lu Li was washing up when he heard Aura come to report.
"God, Goddess Hephaestus has come to visit."
Hestia cheered, "Fifi is here!"
Lu Li laughed, "Please invite the Goddess in."
After tidying up, Lu Li and Hestia went to the living room and saw Goddess Hephaestus sitting there, enjoying tea.
Hephaestus, the Greek goddess of fire, forging and masonry, and sculpture, one of the twelve Olympian gods, with a respected status, is by no means an ordinary god.
Goddess Hephaestus was tall and had a head of bright, fiery red short hair. Because it was a formal visit, she wore a black dress and a black top hat, which not only revealed her beautiful figure but also looked very dignified.
The only regret was that she wore a black eye patch over her right eye, which somewhat affected the aesthetics.
Upon seeing Hephaestus, Hestia rushed over like a little rabbit and hugged the goddess's shoulders.
"Fifi, you finally came to see me," Hestia said coquettishly.
Hephaestus said helplessly, "Hestia, God Lu Li is still here, restrain yourself a bit."
Hestia: "What does it matter? Anyway, Lu Li isn't an outsider."
Hephaestus was quite helpless in her heart.