DanMachi: Heroic Epic of Emiya the Great Hero

After the level ascension, all ability values return to the initial I level 0 points. The previous abilities do not disappear but are hidden within the adventurer's body, becoming potential abilities that are not displayed.

Among adventurers of the same level and ability values, those who have accumulated more potential abilities before leveling up are often stronger.

"I never expected that our Hephaestus Familia would now have an adventurer with [Mystery]. Tsubaki would definitely be very jealous of you."

The goddess was unprecedentedly excited, "So far, no one has ever possessed both [Mystery] and [Blacksmith] at the same time. Shirou, you are likely to become a history-maker!"

In a certain magical superpower of this world, there are some who have reached the pinnacle of magical knowledge. They can create some magic books to help those with a magic slot awaken their magic.

This extremely precious magic book, which costs at least hundreds of millions of valis, requires the development abilities [Mystery] and [Magic] to be created.

If the combination of [Mystery] and [Magic] results in a magic book, then what kind of miracle would the combination of [Mystery] and [Blacksmith] create?

'Can this child forge works that surpass mine?', The blacksmith god Hephaestus was deeply moved by such a possibility.

"Besides the development ability [Mystery], Shirou, you have also awakened a skill."

Calming her excitement over [Mystery], Hephaestus continued, "It should be related to your fighting style."

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[Knight of Owner]

— Dominate the weapon in hand and enhance it.

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In another world, this is the Noble Phantasm of Lancelot, the strongest knight of the Round Table known as the "Knight of the Lake" in the legends of ancient Britain.

No matter what kind of weapon or armament, when it falls into Lancelot's hands, it becomes a Noble Phantasm equivalent to D-rank. If the original rank is higher, it retains its original rank under Lancelot's control.

This Noble Phantasm is the manifestation of the story where Lancelot, due to an enemy's strategy, fought without his sword and defeated his opponent with a branch.

Shirou's [Knight of Owner] is considerably weaker compared to the original. He can only dominate and enhance weapons but cannot elevate ordinary weapons to the strength of a Noble Phantasm.

He judged that he might have awakened this skill due to a fighting style similar to Lancelot's exploits.

Shirou often fights in the dungeon without carrying weapons, but unlike Lancelot, who picked up branches to fight, he projects weapons.

'This skill really suits me.'

With [Knight of Owner], his [Unlimited Blade Works] can unleash even greater power.

"Congratulations, Shirou."

Hephaestus's hand gently rested on the boy's shoulder, filled with emotion, "From today, you have officially become a 'high-class adventurer.'"

"It's been less than two months since you became an adventurer, and you've already achieved level ascension, completely breaking [Sword Princess]'s record. Once your body recovers, we must celebrate properly."

However, while feeling joy, Hephaestus also felt a bit of underlying tension.

Reaching Lv.2 in less than two months is an unprecedented short time, surpassing [Sword Princess] Ais's record of one year by more than ten months.

Such a groundbreaking event is completely unprecedented... and the term "unprecedented" is what those entertainment-seeking gods love to hear the most.

Just imagining their lecherous smiles gives Hephaestus a headache.

For the bored gods, Hephaestus couldn't think of a perfect countermeasure, only to deal with things as they come.

Fortunately, the blacksmith god's familia is large and well-established, and goddess Hephaestus has the confidence to protect Shirou, and no familia would dare to provoke the Hephaestus Familia directly.

'The child is too outstanding, this is probably the so-called 'happy trouble'.', Hephaestus sighed.

At the same time—

"Shirou, upgraded to Lv.2?", Under the boy's hospital bed, a useless elf who was stuck there for some reason whispered in surprise.

[A/N: Current timeline: Shirou joined the Hephaestus Familia on the second day of arriving in Orario, received the God's Blessing, then underwent half a month of forging and training before starting to enter the dungeon.

He solo explored the dungeon for three weeks (during which he encountered Ais twice), then entered the dungeon with Ryuu, Alicia, and Lefiya, encountering the "Malice of the Dungeon."

He woke up seven days after returning, updated his ability values, and leveled up to Lv.2. It's been about a month and a half since the story began

To explain why Ryuu was hiding under Shirou's hospital bed, we need to start seven days ago.]

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Seven days ago, the adventurers who successfully defeated the Black Goliath returned to the surface with the help of the Loki Familia, and all survived without any casualties.

Among them, Shirou and Aisha were the most severely injured.

Aisha had more than a dozen bones broken all over her body by the Lv.5 Black Goliath's two attacks, plus internal injuries and a concussion from the severe impact. If she weren't an Amazon known for her strong vitality, but a human, elf, or dwarf, she might not have survived until the Loki Familia's rescue.

Shirou, while severely injured, also fell into a state of mental exhaustion due to excessive mana consumption. Fortunately, Riveria, as a mage, had the habit of carrying mental elixirs, otherwise Shirou's coma would have lasted longer than seven days.

Ryuu and Alicia's injuries were much lighter, mostly moderate injuries that didn't affect walking, and their mana was almost depleted, but not enough to cause a coma.

As for Lefiya and Haruhime, the two girls were not attacked by monsters. Lefiya's injuries were from her own mana going out of control, and she only attacked once and cast a few healing spells for the injured adventurers after the battle. Haruhime only secretly cast a strengthening spell once.

Haruhime deliberately chanted softly when Lefiya wasn't paying attention, so except for Shirou and Haruhime, no one else realized she had used [Uchide no Kozuchi].

To treat the wounded, Riveria immediately cast the healing spell [Sacred Sky].

Lefiya's healing spell was learned from Riveria through [Fairy Ring], but even with the same spell, the effects are naturally vastly different when used by Lv.2 Lefiya or Lv.6 Nine Hells.

Ryuu, Alicia, and Lefiya's minor injuries were directly healed, and Shirou and Aisha were also out of danger, but although Riveria can use healing magic, she is not a professional healer, so deeper treatment and recovery had to be left to professionals.

The first-class adventurers of the Loki Familia carried the wounded to the surface, sent them to the Dian Cecht Familia hospital, and had the Dian Cecht Familia notify the familias of the injured.

That night, Alicia updated her abilities and leveled up to Lv.5. In the early morning, Alicia quietly left the Loki Familia's base, Twilight Manor, and sneaked into the hospital.

Then, she ran into Ryuu, who had also sneaked into the hospital, at the door of Shirou's ward.

To compete for the right to care for the injured boy, the two elf girls had a confrontation, resulting in Alicia, who had leveled up to Lv.5, winning overwhelmingly.

When both were at Lv.4, Ryuu was slightly stronger, but after Alicia's level ascension, the pressure of a first-class adventurer became evident.

Moreover, Alicia not only surpassed Ryuu in level but also triggered a skill.

[Elf Bond]

When fighting alongside a "specific target" or teammates with "bond" skills, all abilities are enhanced.

Ryuu and Alicia clashed outside the door, and Shirou, separated from them by just a wall, as the "specific target," activated Alicia's skill.

Having ascended to Lv.5 and gained an enhancement in all abilities, Alicia easily subdued Ryuu.

Alicia: "Hehehe, now I'm a Lv.5 first-class adventurer, a mere Lv.4 ant is no match for me."

Ryuu, knocked down by Alicia, could only watch as the curvaceous elf girl entered the boy's ward.

The elf girl's condescending gaze seemed to say: 'This is the victor's prize, "beautiful boys" are only for the strong!'

Ryuu, as the loser, could only shed tears of humiliation.

However, the resilient elf girl wouldn't give up so easily. Ryuu returned during the day, bringing reinforcements.

She pulled Syr out of the tavern, and with Syr present, Alicia, not wanting to leave a bad impression on the girl, had to seal her combat abilities.

However, Syr ended up scolding both Ryuu and Alicia, as the two elf girls clearly couldn't take care of the injured, even changing bandages was beyond them. Leaving Shirou in their care, he might not recover for a month.

The task of caring for the injured was taken over by Airmid, and the rivalry between the elf girls shifted from physical combat to verbal combat, that is, trading insults.

However, even in verbal combat, Ryuu was no match for Alicia. Ryuu's natural lack of eloquence was one thing, but Alicia had mastered the essence of verbal attacks—relentlessly targeting the opponent's weakest point.

No matter what Ryuu said, Alicia only needed to attack Ryuu's figure to instantly break the young elf girl's defense.

Elf women are mostly slender, and Lefiya's development is already above average, while Ryuu is on the slimmer side.

Alicia, on the other hand, is the opposite, her figure is extremely rare among elves, being quite voluptuous.

What used to be a nuisance for elf women, hindering movement and bouncing when shooting arrows, has now become a super weapon that Ryuu absolutely cannot resist.

Alicia's complete suppression of Ryuu continued until Ryuu learned the skill of precision strike"from the female staff at the tavern.

Ryuu: "A slender figure is a symbol of the noble character of the elf race, Alicia, your criminal figure only proves that your heart is extremely lewd."

Lies don't hurt, the truth is the sharpest blade.

Alicia was broken, she angrily pressed Ryuu down and beat her up, teaching her junior the lesson that the "weapon of criticism cannot replace the criticism of weapons" through action.

Ryuu stuck to the truth: "The more you resort to violence, the more broken you are, and the more it proves you are the "lewd elf"!"

In the end, there was no winner in the rivalry between the two elf girls, because Airmid stepped in.

"The hospital is not a place for you to go crazy, you two 'perverted elves,' get out of here!"

The hospital is the domain of healers, and here, even a Lv.5 first-class adventurer cannot defy Airmid.

Airmid kicked Ryuu and Alicia out of the Dian Cecht Familia hospital and put up a sign at the boy's ward door that read "Perverted elves not allowed."

Back to half an hour ago.

Ryuu once again ignored Airmid's ban and sneaked into the hospital. The elf girl, as a top wanted criminal with an 80 million valis bounty, has limited respect for rules.

She just wanted to gaze at Shirou's sleeping face more. For some reason, Ryuu felt that just looking at him filled her heart with happiness and satisfaction.

Because Airmid suddenly entered the room, Ryuu had to hide under the bed, and after Shirou woke up and the goddess arrived, Ryuu never found the right moment to come out.

Ryuu was very nervous inside; if discovered, the title of "perverted elf" might really stick.

Fortunately, no one expected an elf girl to be hiding under the bed, and Ryuu safely waited until Goddess Hephaestus left, and Shirou, lying down again, gradually calmed his breathing, presumably falling asleep.

Ryuu carefully crawled out from under the bed, and just then— Creak!

The door was pushed open again.

The elf girl quickly retreated back under.

Through the gap under the bed sheet, Ryuu saw familiar brown boots and black tights.

Further up was a noticeably wider, voluptuous rear, and in contrast, a slender waist.

'Alicia!!'

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The golden-haired elf girl carefully pushed the door open and quietly entered.

Airmid's work is very busy, avoiding her isn't difficult, and the "perverted elves not allowed" sign at the door was decisively ignored by the elf girl.

Alicia slowly closed the door and quietly walked to the boy's bedside.

"Shirou, still asleep?", Alicia gazed at the boy's face, her heart somewhat stirred.

'Gulp, to think that I, a pure elf, would feel shaken, truly the 'Elf Slayer.''

Alicia had already concluded that the boy must possess a skill targeting elves, otherwise it would be impossible to explain the changes in her body.

Just recalling the moment when their lips touched made her feel hot all over, her legs weak, and her body tingling as if struck by electricity.

The only way to alleviate it was to imagine Lady Riveria's dignified face, only her loyalty to Riveria could sober her up.

Alicia: 'A 'curse,' without a doubt, I have been cursed.'

Although she had already had Riveria and Airmid diagnose her, both the city's strongest mage "Nine Hells" and the city's top healer stated that Alicia was not under any curse.

But Alicia only thought, 'The 'curse' must be too powerful, and too hidden for even Lady Riveria to detect!'

Only this could explain it, otherwise, could it really be that she is a lewd elf?

Alicia: 'Impossible, absolutely impossible!'

'I am a pure and righteous elf following Lady Riveria, I absolutely cannot be a lewd elf.'

'So, it's all the 'Elf Slayer's' fault, it's because he cast a 'curse' on me.'

'However, the 'Elf Slayer's' power is too strong, even the 'God's Blessing' can be tainted, leaving a mark within it.'

'I can no longer resist...'

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