A strange situation had arisen, where Mark was looking at Aiz strangely, and Aiz was trying to look away. When Mark was ready to ask her what she was doing, Bell began to wake up.
"...Mom?" Bell asked confusedly.
"I'm not your mom." -Aiz told to Bell, shifting her gaze to him.
"... A mirage?" Bell asked, still stunned.
"I'm not even an illusion." -Aiz replied, but this time slightly offended.
By then, Bell's brain had begun to work and when he noticed the position he was in and Mark trying to hold back his laughter, his face went from pale white to tomato red in seconds.
"I-I... AAAAAAAA!" -The reality was too hard for the boy to accept, so he ran away, leaving Aiz petrified.
"Pft hahahahahaha!" -Mark who was behind, could no longer restrain himself and burst out laughing.
For the first time since he had come into this world, he was laughing from the bottom of his heart, but how could he not. He could only imagine what Bell was feeling after what he said to the girl he was interested in.
Hearing Mark laugh out loud, a streak of anger appeared on Aiz's forehead.
"It's so funny?" -She said irritably.
"Haaa I haven't laughed that much in who knows how long. Anyway, for your question, it was extremely comical as a thing. " -Said Mark, finally managing to stop laughing.
"Hmpf" - Turning around, Aiz began to walk away in anger, but as she walked away, the anger was slowly replaced by despondency.
'Am I that scary?' - She thought dejected.
"So, why was the princess of the Loki Familia acting as a pillow for an unconscious Bell?" -Mark asked curiously.
"Bell? You know that boy! " -Aiz asked, regaining her energy.
"…Yes, we met a couple of times. His name is Bell Cranel. " -Said Mark, as he slowly walked away. He didn't like it when people were too close.
"So you know why he's afraid of me?" -She asked, getting even closer while memorizing the name of the boy.
"I bet you don't know the meaning of personal space, do you? You don't need to get that close." -Mark said irritably.
"Oh sorry." -Said Aiz, embarrassed by her behavior, as she moved.
"Anyway, he is not scared. He probably doesn't know how to interact with you... even if his reaction has exceeded my expectations. " -Said Mark with a shrug.
"Therefore-"
"Before you can ask another question, now it's my turn." -Said Mark, while he stopped her with his hand.
"How come your armor is damaged, have you run into problems down there?" -Mark asked seriously.
While he found the situation between her and Bell amusing, he was more interested in knowing the status of the dungeon.
"Nothing. The damage you see on my armor is due to the fight with Udaeus. " -Aiz said, although it was clear that she was more focused on talking about Bell.
'Udaeus?'
[It is the boss of the 37th floor, it is considered a level 6]
'Hoo, it's surprising, it means that Aiz now has the strength to go against level 6 monsters. It seems that the Loki Familia will soon have a new level 6.' - Mark thought with interest, looking at the size of Aiz's aura.
"Now that I have answered you, can I ask a question?" -Aiz asked, to which Mark replied with a nod.
"What can I do to keep him from escaping? I would like to apologize for what I did. " -Aiz asked with expectation.
"Did you do something bad to him? " - Mark asked confused.
"It was my fault that he had to face a minotaur despite being a level 1, and I also smeared him with the blood of the monster."
"I see... well you're faster than him, so next time block his way and immediately say sorry, this is the end of the story." -Said Mark simply.
"Thanks for the advice" -Aiz told him with a smile.
'Not that mine was much of an advice.' - Mark thought, shaking his head.
Later they resumed walking in silence, since neither of them could be defined as a chat partner, also during the climb they did not meet any monsters, due to the presence radiated from Aiz.
Arriving at the entrance to the dungeon, Mark greeted her, as she had to go to the guild to exchange the stones. Initially, Aiz wanted to accompany him, as thanks for the advice, but when she saw Mark's strong denial, she could only give up.
'Luckily I managed to get her to give up, the very idea of hanging out with Aiz would have caused everyone to look at me.' - Mark thought wearily, as he kept a lot of money tied to his life.
Since he had begun to explore the 11th and 12th floors and because of his inexpensive life, he had managed to set aside 800,000 valis, which he intended to increase, to buy a hook that could be stronger.
After a short walk, he came to the walls where he had been training lately and took a deep breath.
"Well, let's get started. 'Golem heart' activated. "
What Mark wanted to do today was modify the spells while he was under the effect of the ability. Thanks to his ability to control electricity and manipulate the Falna, he could create any magic he could think of, but Mark tended to be a perfectionist. He wanted to improve as much as possible the ones he had now, after all, what was the point of having 100 spells if he could cast only 10?
For this, he started to summon the magic circles one at a time and the amazing thing was that he was directly modifying them. His mind worked at such speed that he didn't need to waste time with calculations and analyzes.
[Host, corruption occurred
Hearing the familiar phrase by now, he deactivated the ability but nodded satisfied with the results obtained. 'Electric dart' became more powerful and its casting speed was almost instantaneous, 'electric explosion' increased its destructive power, as it was not possible to increase the speed with which it traveled, finally 'electric javelin' speeded up time launch, but with the cost of decreasing its size.
"I think from now on I will only change the spells when I have 'golem heart' active. What I got in 10 minutes, I would have needed a night or more. " - Mark thought carefully.
Having finished his training, he decided to return to the Loki Familia.
Walking through the streets, he enjoyed the nocturnal charm that the city had, it was fun to see how people rejoiced at a good hunt or complained that they got nothing while drinking in the pubs.
The streets began to calm down, only when he got to the high-class districts, but when he got to the villa, he saw that it was very busy.
"Obviously if Aiz has arrived, the others must have arrived too." - Mark said to himself as he entered.
On his way to the shower area, he greeted the various members he met but didn't start any conversations, as he wanted to take a shower and study some more of the books Riveria gave him.
When he finished taking a hot shower, he put on his most comfortable clothes and headed to his room, where he got her books. Since the Loki Familia had left, he would have studied in his room, but now that they had returned, the corridor had become noisy for Mark's liking, so he headed for a living room which was quite internally in the villa.
Now alone, he began reading the various information and taking notes. He intended to create a new kind of magic, similar to Aiz's. He would have the Falna circulate on the sword and then turn it into electricity and every time he swung, an arc of electricity was shot. It was easy to say, but he had to analyze many factors and one of these was that the weapon had to resist magic.
"Haaa, it's going to take me some more time." - He said, as he stretched his body when he heard a scream that rang throughout the villa.
"Level 6 !!"
"It seems that the challenge with Udaeus has paid off, but soon it will be my turn too." -Mark said to himself as he visualized his status.
(O stands for magic circle)
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[NAME]: Mark Tormeto
[AGE]: 18
[LV]: 1
[BASIC ABILITIES]:
Strength: D 550 -> S 990
Endurance: E 480 -> A 850
Dexterity: E 470 -> S 900
Agility: D 580 -> SS 1000
Magic: D 500 -> SS 1100
[DEVELOPMENT ABILITIES]:
Falna perception (B)
Falna manipulation (E)->(C)
Monster percepetion (F)->(E)
[MAGIC]:
-electricity control: allows control over electric mana.
-electric dart O
-elettric esplosion O
- elettric javelin O
-electric web
-flashbang O
SKILLS:
-Golem heart:
(active) Turns off your human side and increases your statistics by 50(corruption risk) (when used in conjunction with 'limit break' double corruption) (Statistics increases by 50 every 5% of corruption) (corruption 4%).
(passive) Makes it easier to distinguish the nature of people.
-Limit break (lv1):
(active) doubles the gains but you will suffer double the pain (it can only be activated before fighting if deactivated it will negate any kind of gain).
-Intent:
(active) you can convey your intent to others whether it is bloodlust or courage.
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"What monstrous improvements." -Commented Mark.
[This is normal host. These days you have pushed your potential to the maximum by challenging yourself and these are the results obtained.]
"I understand that part, but wasn't the limit S?" -Mark asked confusedly. The Guide told him the upper limit was S, three of his stats were much bigger.
[Thanks to your growth factor for two, it appears that you have broken known limits, but there are limits that your body cannot overcome.]
"If I ever get to that point, I'll have to destroy those limits. I want to level up to my peak. " -Said Mark with a confident smile, as he headed to his room, not knowing that those words of his would be realized sooner than he imagined.
Meanwhile, on the 12th floor, the infant dragon, if it can still be called that, opened his eyes after a long period of sleep. Its body was so hot that the grass under it started to burn and though slowly, it lifted its mighty body off the ground.
'ROOOOAARR!'
With its monstrous roar, the monster let everyone know that a new king had been born.