"Well, let's not talk about anything else for now, Bell. Let's update your stats."
Having a God update your status is a crucial step. Updating a Familia member's status provides a clearer picture of their growth in strength. Naturally, it's also a necessary means of getting stronger. The most important part is the update that comes with leveling up.
If an Adventurer has gained enough experience to level up but doesn't have their status updated by their Familia God, their level will never increase. The stats they've pushed to their limits at that level can't be improved further unless the update is done. That's why status updates are essential—and incredibly important—for any Adventurer.
For most large Familias, you usually have to make an appointment with the Familia God for a status update. But Hestia Familia only has one member—Bell—so there's no need to book anything. The update is all his.
Bell took off his shirt and turned his back to his goddess.
Hestia gently pricked her finger with a needle, then drew a vertical line down Bell's back with her bloodied fingertip. The tattoo on Bell's back, the mark of the "Hestia Familia," began to glow, revealing Bell's current parameters.
[Name: Bell Cranel
Lv.1
Attributes:
Strength: G284
Endurance: F304
Dexterity: E421
Agility: E474
Magic: F346
Magic:
"Four-Dimensional Space": Storage
Skills:
"Personal Training": Early Bloomer
"Heaven's Luck": High Luck]
"This is just one day's growth!?"
Even though Hestia knew Bell had the rare skill "Early Bloomer," which guaranteed rapid growth, this level of progress in a single day was far beyond what she'd imagined. In all of Orario, the fastest anyone had ever reached Lv.2 took over a year. That included accumulating high-level experience and steadily training their attributes.
But Bell had gone from I0 to these numbers in just a day. In one single day, he had achieved what would take others half a year—or even several years—to accomplish. In that moment, Hestia once again realized just how exceptional the "Early Bloomer" skill truly was.
Her gaze shifted downward, locking onto the new skill that appeared in the update. The name "Heaven's Luck," along with the words "High Luck," stood out clearly. Skills related to luck were considered to be on par with "Early Bloomer"—both were among the rarest of rare. And yet, Bell had both.
Seeing this, Hestia began to question the gods themselves. Back when she used to freeload at Hephaestus's place, she had never once heard of such rare skills showing up in Orario. If you counted Bell's innate spatial magic too, then he truly had started with a special-type magic and two rare-type skills.
'Did I save the world in a past life or something? Why would someone like Bell-kun join my Familia?'
Hestia couldn't help but wonder if she'd done some kind of good deed in the past. Starting out with a Familia member who had three special traits was just too much. She had no doubt that if Bell's abilities were ever exposed, the gods would immediately swarm him—he was far too extraordinary.
'But now that things have come this far, I absolutely can't let Bell-kun be taken away by another god.'
Snatching away members from other Familias was something nearly every god would do, and there were just too many to guard against. However, as long as Bell's existence stayed hidden from the other gods, it wouldn't be much of a problem. Hestia had already made up her mind: she would never let any other god find out about Bell's stats.
Once the update was complete, Hestia pressed the glowing light of Bell's status back into the tattoo on his back. Normally, she would transcribe the update for him to see, but given the current situation, leaving a physical record might bring unwanted trouble. So she decided to skip the transcription and opted to explain things out loud instead.
"Bell-kun, your update is finished."
"Got it."
Hearing that, Bell put his clothes back on. When he turned around and didn't see the usual status sheet, he immediately understood why. He'd grown too quickly in a single day. Leaving a record of that could easily become a liability.
Hestia took a moment to steady herself. Witnessing Bell's growth firsthand had really shaken her. She needed time to calm down too—any more shock and she might've been too stunned to speak.
"Ahem. Bell-kun, your growth today went far beyond what I ever imagined. Every stat saw a massive increase. Your lowest attribute is already nearing 300, and your highest even broke 400. For most Adventurers, even a year or two of effort might not get them that far."
"If you keep growing at this pace, you might hit the upper limit of Lv.1 within a month. But crossing that boundary won't be easy. You'll need to face much greater challenges—without collecting advanced experience, you won't be able to level up."
Ordinary attribute gains required steady accumulation over time. Only when at least one stat reached a minimum of D rank and enough advanced experience had been earned would an Adventurer qualify for a level-up.
For most, building up their stats was the most time-consuming part of the process. But for Bell, who had managed to push two attributes past 400 in just one day, this wasn't the bottleneck. The real hurdle was advanced experience.
That kind of experience came only from defeating monsters stronger than yourself. But the Upper Floors didn't have any opponents that strong. So once Bell reached a certain level of growth, his next step would be to break into the Middle Floors. Otherwise, he'd never gather the experience needed to level up.
"Bell-kun, don't worry about all those complicated things just yet. For now, your focus should be on maxing out your attributes. Once that's done, start taking on monsters stronger than you. I'll figure something out from there."
For Hestia, this wasn't entirely unmanageable. All she had to do was ask that annoying Loki for a favor. Knowing her, if Hestia so much as bowed her head, Loki would be all too happy to help just to see her humbled.
Bell glanced at Hestia's reluctant expression and instantly understood what that "solution" entailed. Considering which gods she was closest to, he quickly put the pieces together—Lady Hestia was planning to ask Loki for help.