Chapter 65

The face Loki had after she updated Finn was priceless not due to my own efforts or even his own but the sheer sour face as she realized Hestia had something over her as she helplessly muttered. "Finn it's time for you to level up and not only that but you got a new skill..."

The Hestia Familia basically went to other side of the room to give them a bit of privacy as Loki and Finn discussed what development ability he should take as well as what ability it was so I even with my enhanced hearing as a level three still didnt let me get all the details, but I knew his skill basically buffed all Pallums or otherwise small people.

Soon enough Loki finished updating Finn's Falna and as he turned into a level seven the thought of whether a half dozen level sevens boosted by Haruhime to level nine could kill the One Eyed Black Dragon, crossed my mind but soon was dismissed as the people would only have the approximate stats of that level and not the most important skills that would come from leveling up and their adventures.

"Alright I can't deny in any way that we owe a huge favor for this little adventure so if you guys need help with anything and I do mean anything call on us. Even if is to intervene in a War Game, but honestly such a favor may not mean much to you guys with your current strength." Loki shrugged helplessly.

She was pretty spot on as besides the Loki Familia itself we were already well enough the second strongest Familia within Orario with me and Bell both able to tangle with level fives and me with level sixes if they didnt have some fire resistance method.

Hestia treated Loki's favor with more sincerity than I thought I would see with their prior rivalries as she nodded with all due respect. "We thank you for the boon Loki. Now I assume you wish to take your children back home and debrief everything that has happened over the last week?"

All the mortals who went on the trip all shared a look of confusion at the whole week bit but a quick explanation about how we were gone for a whole month soon was revealed. Loki then explained how time stretches differently between realms, like here in Genkai compared to Tenkai, which has a day to a year ratio, in comparison to LOTR's one to four day's ratio was much easier to deal with.

Seeing the Loki Familia leaving as they loaded up their gear and prepared to leave, I called out to the group. "So, I assume the rest has also leveled up? If so, early congratulation's for when you get back."

Riveria, Bete and the twins nodded in their affirmations that they were ready to level up, with Ais lightly bowing to me as she spoke. "Thank you dearly for this opportunity for me to gain more strength so easily."

"It is the result of your own efforts on our quest." I shrugged feeling Hestia giving me an evil eye so I didnt bother complimenting her any more than necessary.

After a month of traveling in the wild I was pent up and didnt want any interruptions for when I tried to vent on Freya Hestia and Haruhime, I would have also added Lili to that list, but she looks to be already half asleep as it was.

Loki's Familia soon managed to stagger out of the church and as much as I wanted to throw the girls over my shoulders and head downstairs it was probably for the best, I took the rest of the day easy, especially seeing as Bell's head was drooping up and down repeatedly as he tried to fight off the exhaustion of the harsh marches in the tunnels of Moria and the resulting battle within.

"Hestia let's get all our Falna's updated so we can all take a rest from our battles."

Ryuu obviously had to wait to go see Astrea tomorrow to get her falna updated though she spent most of her time guarding the Fellowship members unlike me and Bell who went out of our way to seek battles and the same went for Aisha.

Hestia first went for Bell as he was obviously close to falling asleep, so she wanted to knock him out of the way before we all went downstairs, and we could update the female members of the Familia in relative privacy as Lili Aisha and Haruhime certainly didnt care much about me seeing their bare back and it's not like their falna was kept private from me as the captain I was informed of their stat changes and such.

Jake Barris

Level 3

Strength 975 S

Endurance 834 A

Dexterity 875 A

Agility 932 S

Magic 1178 SS

Sadly, there was no new skill or magic, but I just needed to farm in the dungeon for another couple week's at most probably and I will have my stats nice and filled out for my next level up.

"Good job on the stat gains people. Although it was a bit slower than the stats you would have gained in the dungeon. The most important thing is that you guys had such an interesting adventure, and I could see it helping you all later in life." Hestia said wisely and it was kinda true as I would have certainly grown more stat wise if I stayed in the dungeon but not to mention the Balrog and lake watcher corpse, the huge slabs of mithril armor and chainmail I managed to snag made the whole trip worth it.