Laws of Ability Value Growth

[Name]: Falan

[Level]: lv.1

[Ability Values]

Strength: h100→h101

Endurance: i90→i93

Dexterity: i87→i88

Agility: i89→i90

Magic: h101→g250

[Development Abilities]:

[Magic]: Life Magic

After some time, Soma updated Falan's ability values.

Seeing the pale-faced young man sprawled on the floor, Soma said, "Mana depletion doesn't feel good, does it?"

"Mhm, so that's what mana depletion is called? It really does feel awful."

"By the way, Lord Soma, why did my mana suddenly increase so much?"

If the increases in his other ability values were merely a drizzle of two or three points,

then his Magic had jumped directly from h101 to g250.

He had neither fought in the Dungeon nor gained more ability values than he normally would in a full day of adventuring.

Falan's first instinct was to suspect that there had been some kind of bug in the update.

"As for that, it can only mean you're the mana-oriented type of adventurer."

"Simply put, you're excellent at increasing your mana, and you're well suited to becoming a Mage."

"Is it because I used 'Magic' enough times over the past day that my mana value increased this much?"

"Mhm, mhm." Soma nodded without denying it. "That's very possible. After all, a Blessing gives adventurers the chance to break past their limits. Whether during adventures or in everyday life, whatever you train more will see its corresponding ability value grow faster."

"Has that already been categorized?" Falan could not help feeling somewhat helpless.

If what Soma said was true, then his bug-like increase had been brought about by mana depletion.

"Then, Lord Soma, are we just going to wait here?"

"Mhm, mhm. Otherwise, why did I have you put away the Divine Wine I brewed?"

"???" What else would a god of wine do if not brew Divine Wine?

"Ahem, Lord Soma, you're not brewing Divine Wine anymore?"

"I'm not. Once you start going into the Dungeon, I'll have plenty of time to brew wine."

"This is also a good opportunity to tell you more of the things adventurers ought to know."

"Uh... won't the Adventurer Guild's advisers tell me all that?"

"Mhm, I know. But given the current situation, I can only be the one to tell you."

"First, you know about the distribution of monsters in the Dungeon, right?"

Falan silently nodded. The Adventurer Guild's records were quite comprehensive.

At the very least, he had copied down the general distribution of monsters on the upper floors.

"Don't memorize that. Forget it."

"???"

"First, what I want to tell you is that the Dungeon is alive. Although its monsters are created, they are alive as well. To feed those monsters, every floor of the Dungeon contains multiple 'Food Storage' areas."

"These are the monsters' 'dining halls.' They cause monsters to migrate at certain times. Sometimes, monsters from other floors that cannot compete for food will even run up to the Food Storage areas on higher floors to eat."

"So my reminder to you is this: you may look at those monster distribution records, but you cannot trust them completely. Especially under certain abnormal circumstances, trusting the information you think you know too much can get you killed horribly."

Soma continued, "Besides that, in the Dungeon, what you need to worry about most is not monsters, but other adventurers."

"For example, those who see that you're alone and vulnerable and want to rob you of everything you earned that day; those who maliciously lure monsters toward you; and even the Evils that enjoy slaughtering living beings. In short, when you see other adventurers in the Dungeon, keep as far away from them as possible unless you know them very well."

"..." Was this the foundation of an old Familia? Their understanding of the Dungeon was more practical than the Guild's books.

"Lord Soma, is there anything else you need to tell me?"

"That is basically everything worth reminding you about. There are other things, such as the Lone King of the Maze, but you're only active on the upper floors right now. Especially during this period, you probably won't even be able to enter the Dungeon, so I won't tell you about that yet."

"Then next, should I consume mana every day to raise my Magic? Stay here until I can enter the Dungeon again?"

"You can, but it would be better not to. We're in a residential district right now. Using mana too frequently will easily draw attention. If possible, it would be best for you to stay quietly at home for a few days."

"Then, Lord Soma, what about you these next few days?"

"I'll go to the Adventurer Guild and speak with Uranus first. Your magic is simply too unusual."

A single Life Magic could be divided into the high-capacity spatial storage magic 'Backpack,' the matter-erasing 'Elimination' based on equivalent exchange, 'Recover,' which could replace craftsmen in restoring durability, and the enemy-tracking 'Mark.'

Even though only 'Backpack' had been exposed so far, Soma could already imagine the frenzy among Orario's Familias.

If the fact that this Life Magic contained four different functions within a single spell were accidentally exposed,

then even if Soma intended to vouch for him at the Divine Assembly as a god, He did not dare claim He could protect him.

At a time like this, He could only seek out Orario's most powerful and publicly recognized neutral god—

Uranus, the power behind the Adventurer Guild and one of the gods who established the rules for gods descending to the lower world, to make a ruling.