Chapter Summaries

After half a month of intensive training, Leo reached the limits of his Lv.1 abilities and asked Loki to update his status. He advanced to Lv.2 with the Mage Development Ability, while Loki rushed to tell the Loki Familia about his extraordinary status.

• Leo trained daily with Ais and explored the Dungeon with Lefiya, building up his abilities and earning large sums from his spoils.
• Leo asked Loki to update his status, revealing that all five abilities had exceeded their normal limits, reaching SS and SSS ranks.
• Leo decided he was ready to advance to Lv.2, and Loki told him he had triggered Hunter, Abnormal Resistance, and Mage as Development Abilities.
• Leo chose Mage, giving up the chance to acquire Hunter, which could only be obtained at Lv.2.
• Loki completed Leo's level-up, resetting his basic abilities to 10 while retaining Mage at rank 1.
• Leo left to test his new level in the Dungeon, while Loki raced to Finn's office and threw the Loki Familia into an uproar.

Loki and the leaders of the Loki Familia discovered that Leo’s ability scores had surpassed the known limit, with ranks of SS and SSS. They decided to keep that discovery secret while reporting his Level 2 promotion honestly, knowing the news of his unprecedented growth would soon spread.

• Loki excitedly told Finn, Riveria, and Gareth that Leo’s ability scores had reached the unheard-of ranks of SS and SSS.
• Finn, Riveria, and Gareth accepted that Leo’s ordinary appearance had concealed extraordinary potential and credited Ais with bringing him into the Familia.
• Finn, Riveria, and Gareth warned that Leo’s ability-score breakthrough had to remain secret because it could attract dangerous attention from factions and gods.
• Loki suggested falsifying Leo’s level to avoid publicity, but Finn explained that the Guild would discover the lie and could punish the Familia.
• Finn concluded that they had to report Leo’s Level 2 honestly, making his record-setting growth likely to become public knowledge.

Ais, Tiona, Tione, and Lefiya arrived after Loki’s shouting caused a commotion, and Finn and Riveria told them that Leo had reached Level 2. They left the girls stunned by his unprecedented progress, while Riveria warned that the news would soon spread and attract attention to him.

• Ais, Tiona, Tione, and Lefiya entered the office after Loki’s shouting drew the Familia’s attention.
• Loki left to calm the Familia, and Finn sent Gareth to help contain the commotion.
• Finn and Riveria told the girls that Leo had leveled up to Level 2 just twenty-seven days after receiving his Blessing.
• Ais, Tiona, Tione, and Lefiya reacted with disbelief as they compared Leo’s progress with Ais’s record-breaking advancement.
• Riveria said the Familia would report Leo’s level to the Guild and warned the girls that he would draw considerable attention.

Leo woke to find the Loki Familia celebrating his record-breaking rise to Lv.2 in less than a month, then went to meet Ais in the courtyard. Ais challenged him to spar at full strength, and they charged at each other.

• Leo was mobbed by Loki Familia members, who learned from Raul that he had reached Lv.2 in less than a month and broken Ais's record.
• Leo could not explain his rapid growth without revealing his special skill, while his Familia companions celebrated his achievement.
• Gareth dispersed the crowd and told Leo that Ais was waiting for him in the courtyard.
• Leo noticed Ais was distracted as she practiced, and she challenged him to show his full strength.
• Leo agreed to stop holding back, and he and Ais charged at each other.

Leo sparred with Ais after reaching Lv.2, showing exceptional speed and steadily adapting to his new strength, while Ais kept him at bay by gradually increasing her own power. Ais asked how he had grown so quickly, and Leo began his answer by telling her she could not raise her status as fast as he had.

• Leo rushed Ais and launched a relentless barrage of attacks, but she blocked every strike and counterattacked.
• As the spar continued, Leo’s speed and coordination improved while he adapted to the strength he had gained after leveling up.
• Ais recognized that Leo had just reached Lv.2 and was already stronger than ordinary newly advanced adventurers, while continuing to suppress him as a Lv.5.
• After their exchange paused, Ais asked about Leo’s former abilities and whether he had a skill; Leo confirmed he had a skill but said it did not directly increase his strength.
• Ais pressed Leo to explain his rapid growth, and he told her there was no way for her to raise her status as quickly as he had.

Leo told Ais that an undecipherable skill explained his rapid growth and urged her to draw on her own hidden potential rather than imitate others. As Leo comforted her by stroking her hair, Loki Familia members spied on them, and several grew jealous or furious.

• Leo told Ais that his special skill was likely the reason he had grown so quickly and asked her to keep it secret.
• Leo reassured Ais that she had extraordinary potential and should face herself to uncover and control the power hidden within her.
• Ais promised not to tell anyone and silently listened as Leo stroked her hair.
• Tiona, Tione, and other women secretly watched Leo and Ais from an aerial corridor, excitedly gossiping when Leo touched Ais's head.
• Male Familia members angrily discussed targeting Leo, while Lefiya cursed him for touching Ais.

After Leo reached Lv.2 in less than a month, his diligence inspired the Loki Familia to work harder, while Loki and the founding elders reflected on their past and the dangers facing Orario. Leo and Lefiya entered the Dungeon to test his new strength, unaware that a graceful woman watched them from high above Babel Tower.

• Leo gathered his equipment and left for the Dungeon with Lefiya, prompting the Loki Familia members to admire his diligence and follow his example.
• Lefiya went to the library to study magic, while Ais shut herself in her room and pondered what lay hidden in her heart.
• Loki, Finn, Riveria, and Gareth discussed Leo's rapid growth and remembered the sacrifices that had brought the Loki Familia to prominence.
• Loki hoped Leo would grow quickly enough to become a source of hope for the Familia and the Lower World.
• Leo and Lefiya headed to the twelfth floor so he could test his strength after leveling up, and Leo sensed someone watching from above.
• A graceful woman watched Leo and Lefiya from a luxurious room high above Babel Tower and smiled at his perceptiveness.

Leo tested his new Level 2 strength and Mage Development Ability while fighting Orcs on the Dungeon’s 12th Floor. His enhanced magic and control exceeded his expectations, leaving him considering a descent to the lower floors.

• Leo used his improved speed and swordsmanship to cut down several Orcs while dodging their clubs.
• Leo cast [Meteor Dance] through a Mage-enhanced magic circle, annihilating many Orcs and shocking Lefiya.
• Leo fired unchanted meteors to pursue and destroy the fleeing Orcs.
• Leo discovered he could freely steer and halt his meteors, recognizing their potential for tracking attacks and other uses.
• Leo judged his magic powerful enough to rival an ordinary Level 3 Mage and considered going down to the lower floors.

Leo decided to take Lefiya to the 13th floor despite the danger and their party’s lack of a third member, reasoning that his versatility and her healing could compensate. After fighting through the 12th floor, they reached the entrance to the middle floors and descended together.

• Leo told Lefiya that he wanted to go to the 13th floor, and she warned him that the middle floors were far more dangerous than the upper floors.
• Lefiya suggested finding another teammate, but Leo argued that his magic-swordsman skills and her healing made the two-person party capable of entering the 13th floor.
• Lefiya accepted Leo’s plan, and they followed the map toward the passage while Leo dispatched the 12th-floor monsters in their way.
• Leo and Lefiya reached the cavern entrance to the middle floors, where Lefiya identified the passage leading to the 13th floor.
• Leo and Lefiya entered the dark passage and followed its slope down toward the middle floors.

Leo and Lefiya entered the 13th Floor’s Cave Labyrinth, where dangerous passages and swarming Level 2 monsters made the first Middle Floor far deadlier than the Upper Floors. As Leo became surrounded by Unicorn Rabbits, Lefiya tried to draw them toward a cavern chamber, but Hellhounds were waiting at its entrance and unleashed flames.

• Lefiya explained that the Cave Labyrinth’s vertical holes could drop adventurers onto lower floors, and that parties should fight in spacious cavern chambers rather than narrow passages.
• Leo and Lefiya encountered a group of Unicorn Rabbits, which attacked with stone axes and powerful blows.
• Leo deflected the rabbits’ thrown axes and swiftly killed more than ten of them as additional Unicorn Rabbits poured into the passage.
• The growing swarm restricted Leo’s movement and surrounded him, prompting Lefiya to run toward the cavern chamber and call him after her.
• Leo warned Lefiya that Hellhounds were waiting at the chamber entrance, and the monsters roared and breathed flames toward them.

Leo and Lefiya fought through the middle floors, where Lefiya shielded them from Hellhound fire and Leo destroyed the monster swarm with his magic. After earning 475,000 Valis, they argued over how to divide the money, and Lefiya pointed out that Leo needed to buy a better weapon.

• Lefiya used Leo’s small shield to charge through a Hellhound’s flames, knock the beasts aside, and open a path into the cavern, though the shield and her body were scorched.
• Leo entered the cavern with Lefiya and used Meteor Dance to repel the Unicorn Rabbits and kill the Hellhounds before they could breathe fire.
• Leo and Lefiya emerged from Babel Tower’s exchange station with 475,000 Valis, far more than they had previously earned in a day.
• Lefiya gave Leo most of the money according to their usual split, but Leo objected because she had fought and healed him throughout the expedition.
• Lefiya insisted Leo needed the larger share because he was a newcomer saving money, then pointed out that his damaged sword could no longer handle the battles.

After struggling against middle-floor monsters, Leo accepted money from Lefiya to replace his worn-out sword and resolved to grow strong enough to protect her and Ais. Back at Twilight Manor, Bete Loga confronted him over reaching Lv.2, and Leo remained focused on becoming much stronger.

• Leo realized his small straight sword had worn down against the 13th-floor monsters and needed an upgrade.
• Lefiya offered Leo money for better equipment, and he accepted after she warned that Ais would give him her savings if she learned he was short on money.
• Leo resolved to change the outcome of a future danger threatening Lefiya, believing he needed to reach at least Lv.5 or Lv.6.
• Leo and Lefiya returned to Twilight Manor, where he found the headquarters unusually quiet and learned several Familia members had gone to the Dungeon.
• Bete Loga stopped Leo in the corridor and mocked his rapid rise to Lv.2, calling him a nobody and telling him to leave the Familia.
• Leo let Bete leave without reacting, remaining convinced that he was still weak and had to keep growing stronger.

After the Guild announced that Leo Eligos had reached Lv.2 less than a month after receiving his Falna, Orario erupted in disbelief and excitement. As his fame and rumors about his relationship with Ais spread, Leo stayed low-key and focused on his growth and new weapon.

• The Guild confirmed that Leo Eligos of the Loki Familia had reached Lv.2 less than a month after registering as an adventurer, and the news shocked the crowds at Pantheon Hall.
• Adventurers and gods debated whether the record was genuine, then concluded the Loki Familia had no reason to fabricate it and began clamoring for information about Leo.
• Loki drove away gods trying to poach Leo, while Finn, Riveria, and Gareth instructed familia members to guard his privacy and warn him to be careful outside.
• News of Leo spread throughout Orario, followed by stories that Ais had found him in the Dungeon and appeared unusually close to him.
• Leo avoided crowds by wearing a hooded cloak and leaving loot handling to Lefiya, while focusing on his growth and new weapon.

After his sword broke, Leo decided to hunt a Young Dragon for materials to forge a replacement and leave enough money to buy a magic wand. With Lefiya guiding him through secluded areas of the upper floors, he found one and prepared to fight it.

• Leo’s small straight sword shattered while he blocked a Hard-Armored Rat, forcing him and Lefiya to leave the thirteenth floor.
• Leo explained that he wanted to provide his own forging materials so he could afford both a sword and a magic wand.
• Leo told Lefiya he wanted materials from a Young Dragon, and she agreed to help him search the eleventh and twelfth floors.
• Lefiya used her map to guide Leo through secluded areas until they found a Young Dragon in the fog.
• The Young Dragon charged at Leo, who summoned a magic circle beneath his feet and prepared to attack.

After Loki updated Leo’s status, she found that his abilities had risen at an extraordinary rate since he reached Lv.2. Learning that the Loki Familia might depart on an expedition within half a month, Leo considered how to reach Lv.3 in time to join them.

• Leo returned to Twilight Manor at night and visited Loki to ask for a reliable blacksmith familia.
• Loki updated Leo’s status and saw that his abilities had gained around 2,700 points of proficiency in roughly five days.
• Leo explained that the relentless battles on the middle floors had accelerated his growth, though Loki remained baffled by his progress.
• Loki told Leo that the Loki Familia was preparing for an expedition that could begin within half a month.
• Leo realized he needed to reach Lv.3 to join the expedition and silently decided to plan carefully.

Loki arranged for Leo to receive a finely crafted sword and an enchanted staff from the Hephaestus Familia, using her bargaining skills to buy both at a steep discount. Leo left with new equipment and the prospect of earning a title at the next Denatus if he reached Level 3.

• Leo gave Loki his savings and a Young Dragon's fang, and she told him to return the following night.
• Leo skipped the Dungeon for a day, but Gareth put him to work with the support staff as the Familia prepared for its expedition.
• Loki gave Leo a sword made with his fang and Adamantite, explaining that she had negotiated its price down to 1.8 million Valis.
• Loki also gave Leo an Emerald Staff and returned 20,000 Valis after buying the sword and staff for 3.8 million Valis total.
• Loki said Leo could reach Level 3 before the next Denatus and promised to secure him an impressive title.

After updating his status and equipping new weapons, Leo explored the 15th Floor with Lefiya and easily slaughtered Hellhounds. Their progress stopped when a Minotaur attacked, and Leo blasted it with greatly amplified magic, leaving its fate uncertain.

• Leo revealed that Loki had updated his status, greatly increasing his abilities and allowing him to fight comfortably on the 15th Floor.
• Leo praised his new silver sword, named it the Dragon Fang Sword, and explained that it could serve him for several levels.
• A Minotaur emerged in the passage and charged at Leo, frightening Lefiya and putting Leo on guard.
• Leo cast [Meteor Dance] through his emerald-green staff and sent the Minotaur crashing into the wall with a powerful meteor.
• Leo and Lefiya saw the Minotaur lying bloodied and torn apart in the rubble, but could not tell whether it was alive or dead.

Leo and Lefiya pushed through the 17th Floor while the Loki Familia prepared for its expedition, and Leo’s rapid growth brought his Lv.2 abilities to their limits. After his latest status update, Leo told Loki that he would pursue a great feat by challenging the floor boss Goliath.

• Leo and Lefiya descended to the 17th Floor and struggled against packs of Minotaurs, relying on Leo’s spells and Lefiya’s healing.
• Leo’s status improved several days later, making the Minotaur packs less difficult to fight.
• The Loki Familia prepared for its expedition while Leo and Lefiya continued exploring the Dungeon without being assigned chores.
• Leo received his final Lv.2 status update, reaching the limits of his abilities and raising his Mage developmental ability to H.
• Loki urged Leo to consider a great feat, and Leo named the 17th Floor’s Goliath as his target.

Leo asked Loki to let him challenge Goliath, the Floor Boss of the seventeenth floor, to earn a great deed and level up. Loki worried that the Lv.2 Leo would die, but he argued his abilities and magic could let him fight Goliath; the chapter ended with Loki considering his request as Leo waited for her decision.

• Leo told Loki that he wanted to challenge Goliath, prompting her to panic at the prospect of a Lv.2 taking on a Floor Boss.
• Loki explained that Goliath was a Lv.4 ultra-large monster and that even Ottar had not openly succeeded in soloing a Floor Boss.
• Leo argued that his exceptional status values left him without worthy opponents in the middle floors and that his magic could damage Goliath.
• Leo offered to bring magic potions to sustain his Mind, while Loki paced the Divine Room and weighed whether to approve the dangerous plan.
• Leo waited for Loki’s decision, wanting to return to the safe floor and show his former self how far he had come.

Leo visited Ais to ask her to accompany him while he challenged the Floor Boss Goliath, and she agreed to protect him and witness the battle. The story left them preparing to face Goliath together.

• Loki agreed to let Leo challenge Goliath on the condition that he take Ais as backup.
• Leo visited Ais in her room and told her he wanted to challenge Goliath because he had reached the limit of his current abilities.
• Ais was surprised by how quickly Leo had grown and wondered how close his strength had come to hers.
• Leo explained that Loki had approved the challenge and asked him to bring Ais.
• Ais agreed to go with Leo, both to protect him and to see how he fought Goliath.