Drake and Stella could be said to have returned fully loaded when they left the Dungeon. Drake had obtained the Urd-Greatus Sword as he wished.
Of course, Stella had also obtained the feat of single-handedly challenging Urd-Greatus, who had an estimated level of LV6, while wearing suppression wristbands.
All that was left was for her to raise her ability values to the limit so she could level up.
Those dropped materials and magic stones were considered extra harvests.
It was already evening when they left Babel, so Drake and Stella decided to find a place to eat dinner.
Having stayed in the Dungeon for nearly three days, the two had eaten all of the food they had prepared, enough for an expedition team to eat for a week. So the two had ended this training.
Just as the two were looking for a place to eat on the street, three people walked towards them.
After seeing Drake, the three quickly walked over to greet him.
"I heard from Lady Hephaestus that you were back. Really, why didn't you come to say hello!" Welf said with some complaints.
He had heard that Drake had returned before, thinking that he would come to find these old friends first. He hadn't expected that Drake would enter the Dungeon as soon as he returned.
Drake said, "Stop it. It's disgusting to say those kinds of words as soon as we meet! And Bell and Lili, long time no see!"
Bell said with a smile, "Long time no see, Mr. Drake!"
However, Lili saw Stella beside Drake at a glance, saying, "Drake, who is this?"
Drake took Stella's hand, saying, "This is Stella. Our relationship is as you can see. Stella, these are Welf, Bell, and Lili.
Welf is also a member of our Familia. You can consider him an excellent blacksmith!"
Welf immediately flared up, saying loudly, "What do you mean consider! This great one is an excellent blacksmith, alright!"
Stella smiled. Although the two were bickering, she could see that their relationship was very good. This must be the strange friendship of boys!
Drake ignored Welf, continuing to introduce, "Bell is from the Hestia Familia. The goddess Hestia and our Familia's god are friends, so the relationship between our two families has always been good."
Bell scratched his head, saying, "I'm always being taken care of by Mr. Drake! Please take care of me in the future as well, Ms. Stella."
Stella nodded at Bell with a smile. Although they had just met, she could see that he was indeed a good child.
Drake continued to introduce, "This is Lili. She's Bell's supporter. She's a smart and strong little girl."
Lili's face turned red from being praised, quickly saying, "You're praising me too much, Drake!"
Stella also noticed that Lili's heart was entirely tied to the white-haired boy. She was a harmless girl, so she also said with a smile, "Lili is indeed very cute!"
Lili's face became even redder, subconsciously hiding behind Bell.
Bell suddenly said, "That's right, we're going to have a get-together at the Hostess of Fertility. Mr. Drake and Ms. Stella, would you like to come with us?"
Stella subconsciously looked at Drake. She hadn't forgotten what Drake had said, that Syr was a waitress at that store, and she seemed to have designs on him.
Drake nodded at her, indicating that there was no problem.
Hilder and Stella had already met, there was no use in hiding anymore. If that goddess really had some intentions, there was no avoiding it unless they left this world.
So the group went to the Hostess of Fertility.
"Then, for the returning Mr. Drake and Ms. Stella, who has just arrived in Orario, cheers!"
Everyone raised their glasses, clinking them together, then the atmosphere suddenly became lively.
Drake took a sip of wine, saying, "That's right, it's been so long since I've seen you. You should have all grown a lot, right!"
Welf put down his glass, saying, "Of course. I haven't relaxed at all. My ability values have increased a lot compared to before. Even Lili is about to level up."
Drake didn't doubt Welf's words. The members of the main group had very good qualifications, so it was only normal for them to have grown.
Moreover, Drake had learned from Hephaestus before that, after he had left, the incident where the three were presented to the monsters in the original story had still happened.
Although compared to the original story, Welf had leveled up in advance, and there was also the equipment that Drake had given. The three were still chased to the 18th floor, the safe floor, in a sorry state.
Then they had encountered a black Goliath attack, a special species, and had only succeeded in subjugating it with the help of the adventurers on the entire 18th floor.
In addition to the battle against the fallen spirit before, the three had accumulated a lot of "experience points."
Lili rolled her eyes at the showoff Welf, saying, "Bell's growth is what's amazing. He should be able to level up to LV3 soon."
Bell smiled shyly, but he didn't deny it. He was indeed only one step away from gathering LV3 right now.
"Tch!"
"What LV3? Leveling up to LV2 in a month is impossible! He definitely cheated."
"That's right, and he still has the nerve to call himself the fastest rabbit. He's clearly a despicable cheater."
Just as there was a harmonious atmosphere on this side, Drake heard a discordant voice. Looking back, the voice was coming from a group of people sitting in the corner.
Those people were wearing uniform clothing, obviously coming from the same Familia. And there weren't many Familias in all of Orario that had the leisure and ability to equip their members with uniforms.
The style of the uniforms, like military uniforms, was distinctive. Of course, the mark on them directly indicated their identity.
A golden bow and arrow and the sun. That was the mark of the sun god Apollo.
To be honest, with a nickname like , there was no need to describe what Apollo's reputation was like among the gods.
However, it couldn't be denied that the Apollo Familia had absolute strength. Although they couldn't compare to top Familias like Loki, Freya, and Ganesha, the Apollo Familia was also a mid-level Familia with hundreds of combatants.
Its captain was Hyacinth Clío, with the title , a veteran LV3 adventurer.
It was he who led the Apollo Familia to satisfy his main god's desire to bring the adventurers he had taken a fancy to into his possession.
And Drake also saw him in the corner. The captain of the dignified Apollo Familia was actually hiding on the side, letting his subordinates provoke people from other Familias.
No matter how he thought about it, it was a bit abnormal.
Speaking of which, ever since Bell had begun to show his talent in Orario, there had been rumors about him.
Of course, the main reason was because of jealousy. You had to know that ordinary adventurers needed several or even dozens of years of training to level up to LV2.
Even adventurers like Finn and Ottar had stayed at the LV1 stage for a not short amount of time.
Someone like Ais, who had leveled up in a year, was already considered a monster-like genius. Not to mention Bell, who had only used a month.
Who wouldn't hate a player who was cheating like this? However, the reason for hating it was probably that they didn't have the same cheat.
Jealousy was like this. Compared to affirming others' excellence, mediocre people didn't want to admit that they were too bad.
So some adventurers had always suspected that Bell had cheated in order to become famous, falsely reporting the time he had used to level up.
However, after experiencing the battle against the fallen spirit and the black Goliath, two large-scale subjugation battles, more adventurers had also acknowledged Bell's strength. So gradually, some people called him the fastest white rabbit.
It seemed that his title would come from this.
Drake could feel that the Apollo Familia did indeed have some jealousy when they were provoking. But that component was definitely not much... they were deliberately looking for trouble!
Drake immediately remembered the related plot, then looking at Bell with sympathy. Having been taken a fancy to by that two-way plug Apollo, this child was going to suffer.
However, thinking that Apollo had even sent his big house up, suffering a little wasn't much, right!
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