“Upgrade.”
Shigatani Miko and the others exchanged glances, nodding slightly.
S-Rank, already the top adventurers.
To reach SS, even SSS, they'd need to be overpowered or spend years grinding.
As young ladies, they didn't want to spend years in the dungeon grinding monsters, it was too boring.
“Miko, you go first.”
Entering the house, they unlocked their Blessings and operated the upgrade. “Miko, your development paths are Swordsman and Hunter, which one do you choose?”
Shigatani Miko: “Ruri, what do you think?”
“Hunter.” Ruri pondered, “This development path only appears at Level 2, then it disappears. Plus, it has a bonus for the ability values of monsters you've defeated before. So, if you beat a Spirit and gained one point, with this path, you'll get more points, like an experience boost.”
“Ugh…” Shigatani Miko recalled the scene in the anime world and felt uneasy. “We’re going back, let’s just pick this.”
With Ruri's operation, Shigatani Miko upgraded.
Shigatani Miko
Lv. 2
Strength: I0 Endurance: I0 Dexterity: I0 Agility: I0 Magic: I0 Hunter: I
Magic: N/A
Skills: N/A
It's worth noting that after upgrading, all information on the Blessing returns to I0. It doesn't mean the previous strength disappears, it transforms into the power of physical and mental evolution, enhancing essence, foundation, strength, and other elements. Subsequent upgrades will build upon this foundation.
Each level-up is like a rebirth, becoming stronger.
This is why many adventurers in DanMachi believe that reaching Level 10 is comparable to gods.
After the explanation, Shigatani Miko cleaned up and went outside to adapt to her upgraded strength.
After upgrading, capacity increases, naturally increasing strength.
In the DanMachi original, Bell felt nothing when he leveled up, which contradicts the subsequent plot.
Because with every Blessing update, every upgrade, Bell’s growth was very noticeable, the combat power difference was considerable.
Enemies he couldn’t defeat before, he could easily handle after upgrading.
This overwhelming increase in power wouldn't be unnoticeable.
Of course, it might be because the protagonist was a hero in his past life, and this increase in power was insignificant to him, like a powerful person reborn.
“Maru Sil, your development paths are Magus and Hunter, which do you choose?”
“Magus.”
In a moment, all five had completed their upgrades.
As for Faren and Maru Sil’s upgrade achievements, they had been completed during Ruri's research on dragon blood and long-lived species these past few days.
Faren
Lv. 2
Strength: I0 Endurance: I0 Dexterity: I0 Agility: I0 Magic: I0 Mystery: I
Yurikawa Hana
Lv. 2
Strength: I0 Endurance: I0 Dexterity: I0 Agility: I0 Magic: I0 Hunter: I
Kato Megumi
Lv. 2
Strength: I0 Endurance: I0 Dexterity: I0 Agility: I0 Magic: I0 Luck: I
The five gathered in the courtyard, each showing their skills.
Boom!
Magical explosions and sword flashes erupted.
Thankfully, the courtyard was large enough, and there was magic to restore it after destruction, otherwise, the beautiful manor would have turned into ruins.
Faren marveled, “After upgrading, using various magic is much smoother!”
Shigatani Miko: “Not bad, now I can cast swordsmanship while applying various buffs to myself.”
Maru Sil, Yurikawa Hana, and Kato Megumi joined the discussion, full of joy.
Leos: “Zilchak, do you think we can become the眷族 of a god?”
Zilchak rolled her eyes: “Leos, you’re asking me? Shouldn’t you be asking the god?”
As she spoke, Ruri walked out with a smile.
“Of course, you can.” Ruri said, “Come, I'll give you blessings, you can upgrade too.”
After granting the three Blessings, they rushed excitedly to the dungeon to adventure.
Ruri, with Faren, strolled through the town.
“These are the three main ingredients for making stamina potions, five copper coins, a fair price.” Faren introduced, as they reached a stall.
Ruri had already seen the potion crafting book given by Maru Sil, and naturally recognized the ingredients, so he asked, “How much is a stamina potion?”
Faren: “Five silver coins.”
In this world, ten copper coins equal one silver, and ten silver equal one gold.
That means the stamina potion has a profit margin of around nine times.
Faren saw Ruri's thoughts and explained, “Ruri, making potions isn't easy, it's not bad for a regular potion maker to have a three percent success rate.”
Ruri nodded: “Shopkeeper, how many herbs do you have?”
“Fifty sets.”
“Take them all.”
Ruri was rich and extravagant, directly starting a shopping spree. When he returned to the manor, he had a huge pile of herbs.
These herbs could be used to make mental strength, stamina, magic, and injury recovery potions, a complete set.
Among them, the main ingredients for mental strength and magic recovery potions were the most expensive, a set would cost one silver, and the finished product could even be sold for one gold.
In this world, magic users are also quite expensive to maintain.
In addition, Ruri also bought herbs for extracting the properties of dragon scales and bones.
“Faren, come help me!”
“Alright.”
Entering the workshop, Ruri used extraction magic to extract the essence of various herbs, then used blending magic to fuse them into various medicines.
With Faren's help, within two hours, all the herbs were transformed into potions.
Stamina Potion: 300
Injury Recovery Potion: 280
Magic Potion: 400
Mental Strength Potion: 200
Property Extraction Potion: 50
“Faren, sell these potions tomorrow, and buy more herbs, we're going to start making a fortune.”
The one hundred percent success rate, the profit margin was terrifying.
The original cost of 89 gold coins, could be easily sold for 890 gold coins, making fewer potions would be a disservice to oneself.
Faren nodded: “Okay. If it's not enough, we can also post a purchase task for adventurers.”
Ruri nodded slightly: “You take care of it. By the way, take out the dragon scale, I want to try extracting it.”
Faren nodded and went to the storeroom, using wind magic to lift a dragon scale the size of a door, bringing it outside.
Ruri used wind magic to wrap the dragon scale, then poured a property extraction potion onto it.
Undeniably, with magic, the complex extraction process became much simpler.
The combination of the magician and blacksmith professions did indeed have a synergistic effect.
As the potion fell, the dragon scale began to erode, eventually turning to dust, leaving only a mass of brilliant red liquid floating in the air, the property extracted from the dragon scale.
He retrieved steel and the red dragon heart he bought in the market that day, ignited the dragon fire, and in a moment, the steel melted into liquid.
Ruri poured the extracted liquid into it, and the molten iron underwent a strange transformation, becoming even more crimson, and even had small dragon scales appearing on the surface.
Faren marveled: “So amazing, is this the god’s forging technique?”
As she spoke, Ruri used wind magic to wrap the molten iron, stretching it into a long sword, then solidifying it.