They're Coming For Me?

Bell's short swords were nothing special, just two ordinary enchanted short swords that looked rather unremarkable. In contrast, Haruhime's Kagura bell was much more exquisite.

Forging Bell's weapon took half an hour, but forging the Kagura bell in Haruhime's hand took an hour and a half. The main problem was the bells themselves, which Li Yu had to hand-rub together.

The bell was also inlaid with several good Magic Stone and had a lot of amplification runes added to it, all for auxiliary purposes.

Furthermore, this Kagura bell is connected to a long ribbon, which is used to transmit magical power, essentially serving as the staff's shaft.

When Haruhime received the Kagura Bell, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes. As she took it, she also heard a crisp sound.

"Thank you, Lord Li Yu!" Haruhime bowed to Li Yu, her face full of joy, her shrine maiden attire swaying as she did so.

Foxes truly possess an innate allure; Yukiko's milky white skin was dazzling. After silently withdrawing his gaze, Li Yu said, "Demonstrate your True Magic to me tomorrow, and I'll see if I can learn it."

Hearing Li Yu say this, Haruhime was taken aback for a moment, then nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, Lord Li Yu, I will definitely show you my best side."

"It's already been shown," Li Yu thought to himself, inwardly scoffing. "What does it mean to show Li Yu the best side?"

"Let's get ready to eat." After handing the weapons to the two men, Li Yu went to get the food. Seeing this, the two men quickly put their weapons away and then continued to help with the meal.

After the group finished their meal, they all went back to their rooms without looking back. Li Yu did the same. He first went back to his room to take a shower, and then prepared to integrate the various True Magic he had mastered.

Lightness Technique —this could be perfectly integrated with Flight Magic, and then Ariel could be incorporated as well? With this thought in mind, Li Yu quickly began to operate it.

These three are actually quite similar. The auxiliary function of Ariel can be directly separated and then merged with Flight Magic and Lightness Technique. In the future, it may even be able to merge with other similar True Magic.

After a few quick actions, Li Yu obtained a brand new True Magic. After pondering for a moment, Li Yu named it.

"Let's call it Wind Spirit Possession. It's an auxiliary True Magic that combines Lightness Technique, Flight Magic, and Ariel. It allows me to fly and reduce my body weight, making me as agile as the wind!" After naming his True Magic, Li Yu immediately changed his character panel.

He's not even going to continue acting anymore. He'll probably be completely dumbfounded when Hestia updates him next time, right?

After finishing the first one, Li Yu started working on the second one. This time, Li Yu directly fused the three Perception Technique, Spatial Perception, Life Sense into Spatial Perception, and then created a True Magic called Spatial Perception on his panel. However, this thing was actually a talent.

Next, Li Yu combined all the elemental True Magic together, Lightning Strike, Fimbulwinter, Revival Wind, Winter Descends, and Thunder Descent, and created an Elemental Dominion.

If there are any other elemental True Magic later, he can just incorporate them. Looking at the True Magic he had created, Li Yu nodded in satisfaction.

With renewed vigor, Li Yu continued to integrate other True Magic, such as Protection Magic and spatial barriers, to create a Dimensional Barrier.

Healing Magic, group healing, and other healing True Magic have been combined into one, and the name is simply "Healing True Magic" —a straightforward and simple name.

The Piercing Magic Bullet is fused with the Piercing Magic Cannon and called Penetrating True Magic. Then, True Magic such as Life-Binding Phantasm Veil Breath are fused together and called the Shield of Sighs.

Finally, all the True Magic taught by Natsuki-chan, such as Space Teleportation, Space Lockdown, and Weapon Storage, were combined into a single spell called Space Magic, including the storage True Magic she herself created.

After finishing all this, Li Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief. His attribute panel was now much cleaner.

Currently, the only True Magic available is Wind Spirit Possession, Spatial Perception, Elemental Dominion, Dimensional Barrier, Healing True Magic, Penetrating True Magic, Shield of Sighs, Space Magic, Calming Magic, Purification Magic, and Shadow Sneak.

Li Yu has integrated all the others together, just like his Mastery of All Weapons. The True Magic he is showing now is all fused together, and if there is more in the future, he can just fuse it in again.

"But what should these levels be considered? Shouldn't they be considered levelless? And even if I were willing to teach, there aren't many people who can learn!" Li Yu checked his panel and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

These True Magic were now truly marked with his True Magic, becoming entirely his own. As for his talents, he would leave that aside for now, since everyone's talents were different.

Or rather, these talents were actually integrated with Kenkeiko from the beginning, and Li Yu didn't need to pay attention to them at all.

Li Yu thought to himself, hoping that Hestia wouldn't be too shocked by the completely changed attribute panel. He glanced at the night outside the window and realized that it was already late at night.

He didn't stay up all night anymore, but closed his eyes and entered a meditative state. Nothing happened that night, and when he woke up the next day, Li Yu was once again full of energy.

Meditation is indeed a wonderful thing. No matter how late you go to bed, a little meditation can restore your energy. Even someone like Li Yu, who has superhuman recovery abilities, doesn't need meditation at all.

After coming downstairs, Li Yu had breakfast and then got busy. The others brought over their armor and weapons one after another. Li Yu's next task was to repair their armor and upgrade their weapons.

While Li Yu was busy, the others also began their new day's training one after another. Today's instructor was Shizuka Hiratsuka, who directly taught everyone the Tempest Kick, Finger Pistol, and Moonwalk techniques that she had previously learned from Li Yu.

This thing alone would keep them busy learning for a long time. Li Yu was busy hammering away in the workshop, while Hestia left home to visit her best friend.

When she returned, she brought Tsubaki with her, along with some members of the Hephaestus Familia.

Hestia, beaming with excitement, led these people to Li Yu and said, "Li Yu, I've brought back some helpers for you! Hephaestus has agreed to form an alliance with us and is even willing to lend us some people."

As soon as she returned, she told Li Yu the good news. In this way, Li Yu wouldn't have to keep working on it alone; someone could help Li Yu.

Li Yu was somewhat surprised to hear about Hestia and see the people she brought in. Hephaestus really gone all out? She even sent Chun along. Or did she have some other plan?

Thinking about this, Li Yu was a little puzzled. Hestia didn't intend to hide anything, but instead stepped forward and told Hephaestus what she was thinking: she hoped that her people would come to the Hestia Familia to learn True Magic.

Like Ais and the others, in return, they are willing to do anything for everyone while they are here, whether it's repairing equipment or forging equipment.

It's like lending these people directly to the Hestia Familia —a bunch of artisans who can forge equipment and repair armor. It's quite a favor, especially Tsubaki, who is currently recognized as the strongest blacksmith in Orario.

Unexpectedly, the other side actually sent her over as well. They really went all out. It seems that the other side is also well aware of the changes to come, which is why they sent their own commander over as well.

"Hello, Mr. Li Yu, it's nice to see you again. Please take care of us from now on. If there's anything we can do for you, please don't hesitate to let us know." After Hestia finished speaking, Chun walked up to Li Yu and greeted him in a very natural and generous manner.

Seeing this, Li Yu nodded and said, "In that case, I'd like to ask you for a favor. Please repair those armor pieces. Miss Chun, could you please help me? I need to upgrade everyone's weapons."

Li Yu didn't stand on ceremony with them and immediately started making arrangements. Hearing this, everyone nodded without saying anything. After glancing at the situation and materials inside, they got to work.

Chun looked at the weapons that were to be upgraded with curiosity, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes, and then she couldn't help but ask, "These weapons... were forged by Mr. Li Yu?"

With just a glance, she could discern the quality of these weapons. Although they weren't magic swords or anything like that, their potential was limitless; could they be further enhanced with various materials?

This line of thinking... is simply outrageous. These weapons are practically in the rough stage, not fully formed yet, but they are already usable. Chun was incredibly shocked when she discovered this.

"That's right, it seems you've already figured it out. Next, I'm going to add some materials to improve their quality, so can you do it?" Li Yu asked Chun.

They were all taught by the same master, so she could tell that Li Yu wasn't surprised at all. He should also know how to improve the quality, since these were basic skills.

"Yes, leave it to me. But do you want to add any enchantment attributes? I feel like it can add some attributes?" Chun quickly got into the swing of things and started communicating with Li Yu.

In response to Chun's question, Li Yu shook his head and said, "No need for now. We can upgrade it little by little. If we need to add more later, we can add them separately. The materials are over there; I've already taken care of them."

There's no need to add enchantments for now, since Li Yu isn't in a hurry and there will be plenty of opportunities to do so later. Right now, all that's needed is to improve the quality.

Upon hearing Li Yu's words, Chun stopped talking and immediately got to work, helping Li Yu upgrade everyone's weapons.

The others began repairing the damaged equipment. The equipment that Li Yu and the others were using was actually forged by these women, so repairing it was naturally very simple.

With these people joining in, Li Yu's workload was greatly reduced. They repaired all the armor in just a few hours, and then everyone joined in to help Li Yu strengthen the weapons.

It was simply a matter of incorporating some materials into the weapon, which was very simple for the Hephaestus Familia. As a result, Li Yu completed his work in just one day.

After dinner, Li Yu said to everyone, "Your equipment is all repaired. Go get it over there later."

Hearing Li Yu say this, everyone's eyes lit up. That was wonderful! Having someone join them really made a difference.

After telling everyone to wait while they went to get their equipment, Li Yu looked at Chun and the others and said, "Starting tomorrow, you'll be learning with us. We don't have any weapons to forge right now."

Li Yu was well aware of the purpose of these people's arrival, so he didn't hesitate and directly let them join the team. He would need to trouble these people with equipment repairs in the future.

Upon hearing this, Chun hurriedly nodded in agreement. After all, everyone's purpose in coming here was to learn the True Magic of this other world. The Loki Familia had already taken the lead and started learning, so they naturally couldn't fall behind.

The next day arrived in the blink of an eye. With nothing to do, Li Yu decided to learn Haruhime's True Magic, and Li Yu also planned to take this opportunity to see if he could learn some advanced True Magic.

There are still quite a few Space Magic waiting for Li Yu to learn from Nangong Natsuki. Even if he temporarily breaks through to the Fifth Tier, he'll still be at the Fifth Tier. Learning some True Magic shouldn't be a problem, right?

Li Yu found Haruhime, who was quietly practicing True Magic, and explained his purpose. He had told her about this a while ago, but he had forgotten about it yesterday because Li Yu was busy upgrading his weapon.

Since Li Yu had some free time today, he could finally learn something. After learning Li Yu's purpose, Haruhime stopped practicing and began to explain her True Magic abilities.

"Lord Li Yu, my True Magic is called the Uchide no Kozuchi. Its effect is to increase the level of others, but this True Magic can only be used on others and cannot be used on myself, and its effect only lasts for ten minutes." Haruhime explained the details of her True Magic.

Hearing this, Li Yu nodded. Haruhime was only at level 1, and her True Magic was still in its initial stage. Furthermore, she had not yet awakened the Kunou True Magic, so her True Magic was somewhat limited.

It's not very useful until you awaken to the Kunou and can apply the True Magic Uchide no Kozuchi to nine people. Only then can it truly take off. Forcibly raising other people's levels is incredibly powerful, far more effective than adding any buffs.

In the world of DanMachi, each upgrade brings tremendous improvements, so Li Yu should learn this True Magic. Even if it only affects others, can't Li Yu modify it after learning it?

"Show me how to use it." Li Yu didn't hesitate and said this directly to Haruhime, asking her to demonstrate the True Magic first.

Haruhime nodded in agreement. She took her magical artifact in her hand and began to chant. "Grow bigger, with all your power and action, countless treasures and countless wishes! When the bell tolls, I pray for glory and dreams!"

As Haruhime chanted, a force acted upon Li Yu, and in the next moment, Li Yu's strength surged, and his power completely entered the Fifth Tier.

Feeling the changes in himself, a look of surprise flashed in Li Yu's eyes. Power surged forth, and his magic power and recovery abilities were enhanced incomparably in an instant.

"That's incredible True Magic!" The boost is so huge, it can be used as a trump card. Imagine being forced to level up while fighting you—aren't you scared?

Next, Li Yu pretended to understand the principles of the True Magic with Haruhime, and then showed Haruhime his learning progress, clearing the True Magic's name. After that, Li Yu said goodbye to Haruhime and told her to continue practicing on her own.

Li Yu, on the other hand, began to study how to apply this True Magic to himself. Although Li Yu had not yet learned the Kunou True Magic, Li Yu already had his own way of using it. Modifying it to be something he could use on himself was relatively simple for him.

After learning the True Magic, Li Yu fiddled with it for a while and quickly modified its True Magic. Once he finished, Li Yu nodded in satisfaction.

With an extra trump card, he won't panic no matter what kind of enemy he faces. Learning this True Magic is like having a natural +1 level boost!

"Li Yu, Li Yu, if you're free now, would you like to come with me to the Gods ' Ball? Some annoying guy is back and he's throwing a banquet and invited me." Just as Li Yu was in a great mood because of the extra trump card, Hestia ran over.

Upon hearing Hestia's sudden words, Li Yu's eyes flashed with surprise as he asked, "You annoying guy? Then why did you participate?"

The only annoying guy Hestia mentioned could be that god named Apollo, right? Thinking this, a hint of surprise flashed in Li Yu's eyes. He's back at this time?

"Because it's hard to refuse. Freya invited me, and all the gods were invited. I couldn't just refuse. I was also welcomed with a banquet when I came back before," Hestia said, somewhat annoyed.

Hearing this, Li Yu raised an eyebrow and looked at Hestia with some doubt, asking, "They allow members of their Familia to participate?"

Li Yu sensed something fishy was going on. The Hestia Familia combined with the Apollo Familia —interesting. Were they planning to make a move against him?

Li Yu hadn't forgotten Freya's glances those times, so should he take Apollo along while he was back?

Actually, it wasn't Hestia who was invited; it should have been Li Yu, right? It's just that Li Yu and Hestia had never met before and didn't know each other at all, so they used this method to try and get Li Yu involved as well.

"Yes, those guys are also very curious about people from other worlds, so they asked me to bring you along."

Hestia's words completely confirmed Li Yu's conjecture.