Danma: Danganronpa, but Monster Hunter!

"I have a feeling this is something Loki would actually do..."

Sighing, Lieyan tried hard to avoid looking at the chaotic scene around him.

"I'll go over there first and change into casual clothes."

"Okay, go ahead, I'll tidy up the room."

Loki, showing no shame whatsoever, waved his hand and began tidying up on his own. But to be honest, it was less about tidying up and more about simply moving things around; for example, the books that were on the bed were now on the floor…

Chanting an incantation, Flame opened the portal, grabbed the bundle, and plunged inside. A short while later, the portal reopened, and Flame, dressed in smart casual clothes, returned to Loki's room.

Meanwhile, Loki cleared a space on the bed and placed a round stool in front of it, along with a full set of utensils.

Flame sat on a round stool, his back to Loki, and effortlessly took off his shirt, revealing his muscular physique.

Loki pressed his bleeding finger against Flame's back, skillfully unlocking the door as he said, "Actually, I feel that since this is your first adventure, there's no need to come to me so quickly to update your stats."

Blazing Flame closed his eyes, feeling the warmth of the divine blood spreading across his back.

“You’re right, but actually my purpose today wasn’t just to update my ability values, but to confirm one thing: I went to the thirteenth floor today.”

"Thirteenth floor?! You reached the thirteenth floor on your first visit to the dungeon?"

Loki's hand trembled, and his unlocking motion veered off course. Ignoring the fact that his previous efforts were now wasted, and knowing he'd have to prick his finger again to release more divine blood, Loki's eyes widened in utter astonishment.

To be honest, Loki had anticipated that Flame would do well on his first visit to the dungeon, but he didn't expect him to reach the middle level in one go. Even though you have high-level adventurers as your backup, you're being a bit too reckless!

"Well, the monsters on the upper levels posed no threat to me, not even a warm-up, so I asked Raul to take me to the middle level. I only returned after hunting the three-headed hellhound there. My purpose this time was to confirm the extent of my attribute growth in order to decide which level I should venture to next."

"So that's how it is... Wait, you also killed the three-headed hellhound?! Alone? Raul didn't intervene?"

"Correct."

"What about the magic stones and dropped items?"

"I've given the magic stone to Grandpa Daowen for research; the dropped items are here."

Flame opened his palm, showing Loki the gleaming white tooth. Loki's divine eye scanned it and he knew it was a genuine item dropped by Cerberus. Flame then added...

"I didn't hand over the materials from the Hellhound to the guild. I only handed over the monster magic stones and dropped items from the upper dungeons. But even if I had handed over the Hellhound magic stones, no one would have thought that I hunted them myself."

"...That's not necessarily true. Putting aside the others, there's that old guy who's in charge of the guild, hmph."

Loki grunted twice, then grabbed a silver needle from the side and used it again before continuing his unlocking work.

“I understand what you mean. You’re worried that the monsters at higher levels won’t allow you to accumulate experience, which is why you came to me.”

"It's good if you understand."

"Hey! You really have no respect for us at all! But whatever, none of the other kids have this. Alright, unlocked successfully, let me take a look..."

Loki rolled his eyes, then turned his attention to the ability stats.

When upgrading the male members' abilities, Loki doesn't use many fancy tricks; he usually goes straight to the point, resolving the issue as quickly as possible to save time for teasing the female members.

Of course, the female members also took corresponding countermeasures, such as gathering together to update Loki's power level within a day, or simply using physical force.

"First, I have some good news to tell you,"

Loki's gaze first fell on the ability stats that Flame was concerned about. After noticing the changes, a smile appeared on Loki's lips: "Your ability stats have improved, and the improvement is quite good. I'll copy down the data for you later, and you can see for yourself."

Hearing this, Lieyan felt a little relieved. As long as there was growth, that was good. With a goal in mind, the rest was just grinding. In this respect, dungeons were much better than hunting in Monster Hunter World, because dungeon monsters kept respawning, allowing for endless grinding.

I just don't know how much my abilities have actually grown.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Bad News, Just a Little Bit

"Okay, turn around now."

Loki continued his unfinished work, dripping divine blood and extracting experience from the ripples on the back of the flames. After confirming that the sacred characters of the ability values ​​engraved on the ripples of the flames had faded, he used the experience as material to update the ability values ​​and re-engraved them on the flames' body. Then he locked the information again, making the ability values ​​disappear, before taking the parchment to copy the ability values.

"Here, here you go."

Loki reached out, his arm bulging like a mountain, and handed over a summary of the abilities. Considering that Flame hadn't yet begun learning a common language, Loki, who had incidentally learned the numbers used by Fire Village on his way to the other world, simply translated the ability values ​​into the Fire Village version so that Flame could understand them too.

Flame took the parchment, about to say that he couldn't read the common script, but when his eyes fell on the fiery script on the parchment, he felt a slight warmth in his heart.

There are only three lines of text on this parchment. The first line is crooked, but it should be his name. The second line contains the number 1, which should represent his level. The third line has more numbers, a total of five, which should be his ability value if nothing goes wrong.

Blazing Flame narrowed his eyes slightly, watching his abilities grow.

烈焰

LV1

力量：I，0→5耐久：I，0→2灵巧：I，0→3敏捷：I，0→1魔力：I，0→1

In the world of DanMachi, abilities are divided into ten stages: S, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I. Before each ability value, there is often text representing that stage, which visually shows the level and changes in the ability value.

Among these five basic ability items, there is also the concept of proficiency, which is the number after the current stage. In fact, it is the amount of attribute value that can be converted from the experience accumulated by the god's familiar and used by the familiar itself.

This number will not disappear as the divine beings' families reach higher levels of power; instead, it will continue to accumulate.

0-99 is I, 100-199 is H, and so on, 900-999 is S.

These ability levels will only be hidden when adventurers level up, but they don't disappear; rather, they become hidden values ​​that form the foundation for the next stage of self-growth.

"The ability stats are so low..."

As he watched the numbers change on the parchment, Flame frowned slightly.

Although he was already mentally prepared, the fact that his overall attributes only increased by twelve points was, to be honest, not very satisfactory.

However, the low growth data also reflects some information that Blaze was not originally certain about.

Based on this data, Blaze can basically conclude that the monsters on the upper levels, whether they are the goblins on the first level or the shadow warriors on the sixth level, will not grant him any attribute growth after being killed.

That makes sense, the upgrade rule in the DanMachi world is that 'defeating a lot of weak monsters doesn't really help increase your stats'.

Furthermore, analyzing the magnitude of this data increase, it's uncertain whether the three hellhounds he killed in the middle level resulted in any attribute growth. There's a possibility the growth was negligible, or perhaps it was almost nonexistent, similar to the growth from the upper-level monsters. However, Blaze seems more inclined towards the former.

As for why the Hellhounds provide negligible experience, the higher-level monsters offer no experience at all, while the Flame provides a twelve-point ability boost...

Flame believes that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the reason his strength and durability attributes have increased is because of the heavy armor he's wearing, a mix of Rock Dragon and Barroth armor...

Carrying heavy loads is an excellent way to train strength and endurance, and the weight of the heavy armor worn by the Rock Dragon and Barroth is considered a burden even for Blaze, let alone the fact that Blaze is also carrying a Charge Blade.

……

I guess I still need to delve deeper into the dungeon to improve my attributes. Next time I'll try going even deeper.

"How do you feel about your growth?"

Loki, holding his bent leg, asked with a grin,

"To be honest, I'm not very satisfied, but I've confirmed my idea, so the next step is to conduct the next level of experiments."

Blazing Flame spoke the truth.

"You must act within your capabilities. You are the hope for our clan to become the true number one in Orario. We don't want anything to happen to you."

"Yes."

"It's dinner time, let's go eat."

"it is good."

Several long tables were set in the huge dining room. Following Loki's policy of "everyone should eat together," everyone would dine together only after the patrolling members of the Familia had returned. Therefore, those who arrived at the dining room before mealtime usually split into various small groups to chat about topics of interest.

Things like which Hephaestus weapon shop had new items, or what heroic deeds they'd accomplished while exploring dungeons—in short, everything was harmonious and joyful.

However, once Lieyan arrived at the restaurant, the conversation inexplicably shifted to him.

"I heard that Mr. Blazing Flame is that apothecary? That new recovery potion is really effective!"

"That's right! This morning, Mr. Flame also distributed some other potions to everyone, there were many kinds! I got a potion that can eliminate the smell on my body, so I also got a sniffer mouse drop item. What about you guys?"

"Sniffing rats? You mean those super rare ones that can be made into potions that enhance the sense of smell? I'm so envious, I only got recovery potions..."

"I was allocated a potion that can increase defense, but I haven't been able to use it yet..."

"The powdered medicine I was given is very useful. Just sprinkle it on your wounds and they will heal. It's much more convenient than recovery medicine, and it's also easier to carry!"

"And I!"

"Look, everyone's talking about you and your potion."

Just as Flame was feeling somewhat embarrassed, Finn walked over, smiling, and said...

"I only benefited from the convenience of the raw materials, it's nothing to mention."

"Everyone cares about your potion, and that's enough. How was your first adventure?"

"I feel... okay. My stats haven't improved much, but we've found the reason. We'll just have to conduct more experiments to rule out other possibilities."

"That's fine."

Finn didn't press the matter of Blaze too much. After these two days of interaction, he had come to understand that Blaze was a very measured person in important matters, who would do his best to be safe, and who was also easygoing and approachable in private. He believed that Blaze had his own sense of proportion when it came to adventure.

"Oh, by the way, do you remember Loki saying he'd find you a teacher to learn the Common Language?"

"of course."

"The teacher has now been chosen."

"Really?" Flame perked up immediately. "These past few days, everyone in the Familia seems quite busy. Who did Loki find to take the time to teach me Common?"

"it's me."

As soon as Flame finished speaking, a voice rang in his ears, and a tall, slender elven beauty with emerald hair approached, a smile playing on her lips.

“I, Riveria Leos Alf, will teach you the Common Language and the Divine Script.”

Chapter Twenty-Four: Night, the Tutor

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

"Please come in."

On a night when the stars and moon were rising, there was a knock on the door of one of the rooms in the tower.

Inside the room, Rivera continued speaking, as she gently gathered a strand of emerald hair with her delicate hand, letting it fall over her slender shoulders and cascade down her chest.

Lieyan pushed open the door and entered, a hint of amazement flashing in his eyes.