Seeing that the other party agreed to the third clause of the contract he proposed, Levi also chose to quit while he was ahead.
He did not continue to add unfair clauses such as 'If you voluntarily reveal your identity during the contract period, your working hours will be doubled or the ransom doubled'.
Instead, he added a few small benefits.
For example, accommodation, food, and potion costs are completely free during the work period, and the Familia will organize several outings for group meals every month, etc.
After both sides finished discussing, the parchment in front of Levi was filled with Common Tongue and Hieroglyphs. Below each line of Hieroglyphs, a blank space was inexplicably left.
After signing 'Levi Bright' after 'Party A:', he handed the pen and paper to the other side.
Alise simply scanned the content on the parchment and signed her name with a few swishes.
Gojouno Kaguya checked it more carefully: "What does the last line you wrote mean: 'The contract is set; oath-breakers shall suffer the penalty of broken oaths'?"
Levi replied with a smile: "It means exactly what it says literally."
"This contract can currently only be considered a verbal agreement witnessed by Hestia. It does not possess actual binding effects in itself. The reason we can sit here and talk calmly is that I provide the magical power for you two to exist, but in the future, well, it's hard to say."
Gojouno Kaguya: "..."
She had many retorts she wanted to say, but on second thought, since she didn't intend to violate the contract, she didn't continue to dwell on this topic.
She also signed her own name.
"Well then, happy cooperation."
Levi stood up and extended his hand toward the two maidens.
Alise and Gojouno Kaguya also mimicked his action and extended their right arms.
After shaking hands with each other, Levi said: "For the time being, you two might need to be roommates for a while and live in the same bedroom. However, this issue will be solved before long. The new headquarters..."
As he spoke, he looked at the twin-tailed Goddess beside him.
Receiving her lover's gaze, Hestia added: "About a week ago, the land for the new headquarters was already fully purchased using the money you gave me. Afterwards, I also used my relationship with Hephaestus to find craftsmen from the Goibniu Familia, asking them to speed up the construction of the new headquarters."
"According to the current construction schedule, it is estimated that in another two weeks, the residential part of the new headquarters will be completed. At that time, everyone will be allocated a bedroom."
"The construction of the work area will take a bit longer because many facilities need to be added, but it shouldn't take more than a month."
Alise and Gojouno Kaguya actually didn't mind living together.
However, the two women wouldn't choose to refuse having a relatively independent bedroom.
As for the wait before that...
"Kaguya, please take care of me during this time~"
"You too. Don't steal my blanket when sleeping."
...
Because the basement soundproofing was relatively poor.
Levi didn't act differently than usual; after returning from the Dungeon, he stuck together with Hestia.
Waking up early the next day, he first made breakfast for everyone at the base, then went up alone to the dilapidated church located on the surface.
Then he clicked open his inventory and took out the two 'Skill Star-Up Cards' obtained after killing the Two-Headed Dragon.
[Main Quest 2: Challenge and defeat the 37th Floor Boss, Udaeus. Mission Reward: Skill Star-Up Card x3.]
For the first Star-Up Card, Levi planned to consume it on 'Mana Burst · Ice'.
To this end, he subsequently spent 60,000, 70,000, 140,000, 70,000, and 60,000 Valis in turn, drawing five 3-star Grimoires from the DanMachi card pool, plus two Designated Development Ability Activation Tickets.
[Luck H → Luck G (Pity Count -15, Base probability of corresponding item after designation UP +30%)]
The magic 'Mana Burst' was not advancing for the first time. Just that one time, after 'Mana Burst' reached 4-star (-) and starred up to become 'Mana Burst · Ice', the proficiency had once regressed to 'Master'.
It was Levi who used up over 300 Proficiency Increase Tickets in one breath to restore it to max level.
But this time...
After the five Grimoires turned into fuel and fully merged into his body, he actually suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest.
Immediately following that, a burning sensation similar to inheriting a Magic Crest appeared, replacing the pain. And with the passage of time, it gradually spread to the entire left chest.
Levi was still very confident in his Gacha system, so he wasn't too panicked. He just adjusted his breathing while waiting for the magic's star-up to end.
About ten minutes later, the situation in the area where the burning sensation first appeared began to improve significantly.
Then the surrounding circle, and the circle around that...
Once the last bit of abnormality in his left chest disappeared:
[Mana Burst · Ice: 5-Star (-) → Mana Core · Ice: 6-Star (-)]
[No Chant]
[Permanent Passive: All Ability Parameters except Magic massively increased (+1000), Mana recovery massively increased]
[Other effects unchanged]
"!!!"
Sensing the changes within his body, even though Levi was mentally prepared and understood that the newly generated 6-star magic would be quite powerful, he still couldn't help but have his pupils shrink twice upon seeing the skill introduction on the character panel.
Compared to Mana Burst, Mana Core only had one extra line of effects. But this line of effects marked a stable increase of one level in his base combat power!
If actively activated, it could further increase the four physical attributes by 2000 points each!
It comes back to that saying: in the world of DanMachi, an adventurer's battle is a battle of their total ability values.
If the ability values meet the standard, then fighting above one's level can naturally be easily achieved.
Conversely, if one levels up immediately after every ability value only reaches D or C, the first one or two levels are fine, but by Lv3 or Lv4, it is very likely that one will need to expend a lot of effort just to defeat monsters of the same level.
Having heard from Hephaestus last night that he was being targeted by Freya, and that the other side had dispatched several Familia members as external aid to support Apollo, although Levi didn't think he would be defeated in the War Game, he ultimately still had a shred of worry in his heart.
Winning against Apollo never equated to winning against Freya.
If the other side disregarded their reputation and commanded the Familia to personally enter the fray, then the previous Levi would most likely have only been able to choose to pick up Hestia and run out of Orario.
After all, even holding the trump card 'Orion Class Card', Levi considered himself only able to barely fight to a draw with Ottar.
However, the other side has helpers.
Lv6 'Allen', 'Hedin', 'Hogni'.
Lv5, the 'Gulliver Brothers' who can contend with Lv6 under cooperative combat.
And a large bunch of Lv4s, Lv3s...
Levi had the confidence to easily defeat or even annihilate any single one of these guys. But united together, the chance of victory on his side would infinitely approach zero.
Fortunately, perhaps the Development Ability 'Luck', which just leveled up, exerted its power in secret, or perhaps the advancement direction of Mana Burst was fixed from the very beginning.
Finally, after consuming five Grimoires plus one Skill Star-Up Card.
Levi obtained the right to say 'No' to Orario's strongest Familia to a certain extent.
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