The awakening of the Byakugan caused 'Mana Operation' to advance into 'High-Order Mana Operation'. This change was something Levi hadn't anticipated at first.
However, after a second thought, he realized the reason.
The magic power in the DanMachi world, for normal people, is invisible and intangible.
But the Byakugan's innate internal vision function, or rather, the act of treating magic power as equivalent to Chakra, helped him 'observe' the magic power within his body.
Visible things and invisible things.
The difficulty of controlling the two is inherently different.
Of course, even if his speculation was wrong, Levi, who had a new skill to grind, didn't actually care that much.
However, just as he intended to continue using Proficiency Increase Tickets to raise the proficiency of 'High-Order Mana Operation' as well, Hestia, who was lying beside him, suddenly spoke up to stop him.
"You are already very tired today; you should rest properly."
The Blue Ribbon said this with a very serious expression.
Clearly, she was genuinely frightened by her lover's appearance just now.
She was worried that he might leave behind hidden ailments by pushing himself too hard.
Levi also understood the principle of striking a balance between work and rest. Upon hearing this, he nodded, held Hestia, and closed his eyes.
That being said, in the following days, he still trained 'High-Order Mana Operation' and the previously acquired 'Ice Element Control' to the max level.
(Image! Image! Image!)
With this, all the prerequisite skills Levi needed to modify his own magic, 'Magic Core (Ice)', were in place.
If it weren't for the fact that he was currently executing a mandatory mission from The Guild, he would definitely have temporarily stopped all matters at hand and even cut off contact with the outside world.
Even so, in the remaining few days, Levi still completed the Magic Crest modification for the section from his right forearm to the lower third of his upper arm.
Consequently, the 'Magic Core' effect on his status panel also began to shift towards the effect of 'Noble Phantasm: Heaven's Feel (Fragment)' under the Dress of Heaven possession state.
From Orario to the Great Tree Sea, if one chose to travel by land, it would take about a month.
Riding a Wyvern would shorten the time to one-third.
The Hestia Familia party arrived at the Great Tree Sea on the 12th day.
After accepting the mandatory mission issued by The Guild, Levi had specifically gone to look up relevant information.
So he was aware that monster riots had been occurring in the Great Tree Sea during this period, and that several adventurer parties who came to investigate had already been wiped out.
Combining this with the content from the movie in his previous life, he could easily guess that the anomaly in the Great Tree Sea was the doing of the sealed Scorpio Antares.
Originally, Levi thought he would help Liliruca, Daphne, and Cassandra accumulate enough Feats for leveling up before running off to solve the opponent.
But after descending to the ground and clearing out six waves totaling 200 giant scorpion monsters within a mere ten minutes, and seeing the Magic Stones dropped from their bodies...
Levi changed his plan directly without any hesitation.
Known Condition 1: A monster riot is occurring in the Great Tree Sea, and the source of the riot comes from Scorpio Antares.
Known Condition 2: If Antares does not die, the monster riot will not stop.
Known Condition 3: Monsters drop Magic Stones and materials, both of which can be converted into Valis Vouchers by throwing them into the exchange shop.
Then, the conclusion was already easy to draw.
Levi took a deep breath, his expression solemn: "Everyone, we might have to stay in the Great Tree Sea for a while."
In his heart, however, he said to the Scorpio that might have already escaped its seal:
'Antares, give me a bit more effort.'
"Let me—see your limits!"
...
"It's so quiet." The young girl Lante looked at the slightly silent surroundings and couldn't help but complain verbally: "Did The Guild really not issue the wrong mission? Why does it feel like there are no problems here in the Great Tree Sea~"
Hearing this, Captain Rethusa knocked on the head of the youngest person in the Familia.
"Do not relax your vigilance."
Lante stuck out her tongue. She was actually guarding the surroundings properly, but hadn't she not seen any monsters yet?
"Look at Lady Artemis, isn't she also very relaxed?"
"If there really were monsters nearby, Lady Artemis would have rushed out long ago."
Listening to Lante's rebuttal, Rethusa actually felt somewhat helpless as well.
She had persuaded her patron deity many times before, asking her to hide in the safe rear area as much as possible.
Emotionally speaking, everyone in the Artemis Familia had been by the Goddess's side since they were very young, so naturally, they didn't wish to see her encounter danger.
Rationally speaking, the continued existence of the patron deity was also related to whether the Falna system would be locked.
If Lady Artemis were suddenly sent back to Tenkai, then the members of the Familia who were in the middle of combat would likely not be able to escape, and would inevitably lose their lives on the spot.
However, gods are mostly eternal and unchanging.
Even though Artemis promised not to be impulsive every time, when a battle actually occurred, she would always rush to the front line.
Over time, Rethusa gave up.
Everyone in the Familia had even mastered a technique of judging whether danger existed in the surroundings by observing the Goddess's expression.
Not long after Lante's words fell.
The group saw Artemis shoot out like an arrow with a whoosh.
Since this wasn't the first time, realizing what had happened, they immediately moved their feet, closely following behind Lady Goddess.
At the same time, they had to spare part of their attention to carefully guard against the situation around them.
As a Familia specifically responsible for affairs outside Orario, the members of the Artemis group naturally had strength, but their Falna levels were not high.
As the Captain, Rethusa was Lv.3, Lante was Lv.2, and the other girls were mostly Lv.2 or Lv.1.
However, under normal circumstances, this level of combat power was already sufficient to walk on the continent.
The true 'monsters' and 'geniuses' were basically all locked inside Orario; unless a major crisis occurred, they were not allowed to leave at all.
But immediately after, this group of girls, the oldest of whom was no more than 25 years old, followed Artemis quickly to a certain open area, only to see a scene that could be called bizarre, or even horrifying.
Inside the withered forest that looked as if its essence had been sucked dry, a layer of pitch-black liquid was actually flowing on the ground.
Dozens of giant scorpion monsters had just run out from the Elsoth Ruins, and in the next instant, that pitch-black liquid rose abruptly, wrapping them entirely without exception.
Following that, there were bursts of thunderous roars.
Accompanied by the monsters' wails and their transformation into black ash, Magic Stones dropped onto the water surface one by one, being pushed and delivered to the periphery.
Finally, they were picked up by two girls waiting there.
"!!!" xn
Lante was bold and didn't know what fear was. At this moment, she actually walked forward and bent down, wanting to observe the black liquid at close range.
Then, a voice of stoppage rang out in everyone's ears.
"Dangerous! Step back!"
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