Approaching evening.
El and Miss Eina were preparing to head to the Tower of Babel in the center of the city to purchase some basic "protective gear."
Lunoire had slipped away.
Under the orange sunset, a large number of adventurers who had finished their Dungeon exploration for the day were resting around Central Square or dividing their loot.
"What type of armor is Mr. El accustomed to wearing?"
"Hmm... Cloth armor, I suppose..."
"Huh, is Mr. El a Mage?"
"Not really, I don't know magic."
"Then you can't wear robes!!"
"Umm..."
It was hard to explain.
Mechanics wouldn't appear on the front lines of a battlefield. They usually provided support from the rear by deploying various war machines. Even if they really had to face enemies directly.
They would pilot a massive mecha to do so, so wearing "armor" naturally didn't matter.
"I think this is fine right now. Miss Lunoire is dressed like this too, isn't she?"
"No way!"
Eina was quite strict.
Especially.
Seeing that under El's rather casual purple coat, he was wearing an almost skin-tight black vest with absolutely no protection.
The boy's well-proportioned body couldn't be called overly muscular, but it gave off an unexpected sense of health and vitality.
There were indeed many pockets and trinkets hanging like accessories on his clothes.
But none of that could provide "effective protection"!!
"Miss Lunoire is a veteran adventurer, how could that be the same?! You need to wear more defensive gear to effectively avoid fatal injuries and make it out of the Dungeon alive!"
"OK."
He felt that this Guild Advisor lady was unexpectedly "stubborn."
El didn't mind, though.
After all, Eina was volunteering to work overtime to accompany him to buy defensive gear.
...
"Oh?! There's actually an elevator?"
Stepping onto the elevator in the Tower of Babel next to the Dungeon entrance, El was slightly shocked.
Subsequently.
When the elevator reached the "commercial district" on the fourth floor, El realized again: isn't this just like a shopping mall?!
He had broadened his horizons again!
There was a dazzling array of various shops.
Most of them sold various defensive gear and weapons, or adventure-related items.
Behind the glass walls.
Were displayed many, many things El had never seen before: potions, various rare monster drops, as well as assorted miscellaneous jewelry or small props...
Especially when El followed Eina.
And arrived in front of the shop run by the famous Hephaestus Familia.
"Hephaestus is a renowned forging Familia. Compared to the Goibniu Familia, they mainly accept custom orders for high-end equipment from first-tier adventurers. The Hephaestus Familia has a large number of 'Novice Blacksmiths'."
"Compared to guys outside whose backgrounds are unknown, there is at least a basic quality guarantee here, and the prices won't be too expensive... El-kun, it's over here, we need to go higher up."
The two were currently passing by the main shop of the Hephaestus Familia.
The weapons and equipment in the display window.
Were almost all in the millions or tens of millions range. Naturally, this couldn't be their destination. Through the display window.
They could see that business was seemingly being discussed inside the shop.
Eina caught sight of the Amazon sisters from the Loki Familia, and... Miss Aiz.
She had heard that the Loki Familia had just recently finished their last deep-floor expedition.
So they were probably here to replenish consumed weapons and equipment, as well as sell the rare ores and materials obtained from the deep floors.
The one receiving them was the Captain of the Hephaestus Familia, Miss Tsubaki Collbrande.
Then we should hurry up and leave, we can't disturb them.
Thinking this.
Eina planned to quickly take El away.
Of course she knew that the Demeter Familia definitely wasn't lacking in money.
As the largest production Familia in Orario, perhaps without exception, the Demeter Familia supplied more than half of the entire city's food output.
Their influence couldn't be measured by money.
They were a veritable behemoth supporting the operation of the entire city. Along with the strongest Zeus and Hera Familias, they were once known as the "Pillars of Orario."
If a problem occurred with the Demeter Familia, it was no exaggeration to say that the entire city might fall apart, or at least plunge into severe famine.
But El had only registered as an adventurer today, so there was no need to blindly purchase expensive equipment and items.
However...
"Huh?! This thing can sell for thirty million Valis?!!"
Standing outside the display window, El continued to be shocked.
Mentally converting the golden, axe-like weapon into one million Jagamarukuns, he thought that the one billion debt he owed to a certain well-endowed Goddess didn't seem so out of reach after all.
Sure enough.
No matter what kind of world it was, selling "arms and weapons" was always highly profitable!!
You have to know, after working hard in the Dungeon all day today, he had only earned a little over twenty thousand Valis.
El had originally thought it was quite a lot.
Because this afternoon, when he took a large bag of magic stones back to the Guild to exchange for money, Eina was incredibly shocked.
According to her, average novice adventurers couldn't earn that much money on the 1st to 4th floors at all.
A four-person party exploring the 5th to 9th floors might only earn ten to twenty thousand Valis a day.
As a result, in the face of truly "high-end goods."
That little bit of money was completely insignificant!
"Why can it sell for so much..."
"Because it's a Magic Sword."
Seemingly hearing El's muttering.
A woman's voice suddenly came from the side, startling even Eina, who was standing next to the boy.
"Ah, Lady Tsubaki!"
"Eina, bringing a newcomer to buy equipment again? This one is... Eh? Demeter Familia?"
She was clearly quite surprised.
After all, the Demeter Familia was a production Familia. Its members were either shopkeepers or farmers; there were no adventurers at all.
Now, seeing an adventurer with the Demeter Familia's emblem—the side profile of a beautiful Goddess with woven ears of wheat in her long hair—embroidered on his shoulder.
As the Captain of the Hephaestus Familia, Tsubaki was naturally quite curious too.
Especially.
When she saw the tiny steel sphere floating beside El, Tsubaki's eyes lit up even more!
What is this?!
Compared to others, as a Master Blacksmith, Tsubaki could almost subconsciously feel the "precision" and "superb" craftsmanship it represented.
Leaving aside everything else, just forging steel into such a perfect sphere was definitely not an ordinary skill.
And why could it fly?
Did it rely on magic?
When Tsubaki was discussing business with the folks from the Loki Familia in the shop just now, she had happened to catch a glimpse of it and thought it was quite fascinating.
That's why she came out to take a look.
"A Magic Sword?"
El's words pulled Tsubaki's thoughts back.
"A Magic Sword is a powerful weapon that can unleash magic. It doesn't require incantations; the user only needs to swing it to release the magic sealed within. Of course, the price is that it will shatter after being used multiple times."
"The number of times different Magic Swords can be used also varies. Generally speaking, the more powerful the magic, the fewer times it can be used."
"Ah, this one, the Raikoumaru, was forged by me personally! It's a very powerful Magic Sword!!"
Tsubaki was a little proud.
After all, the power of a Magic Sword was usually related to the level of the blacksmith who forged it. As the Captain of the Hephaestus Familia, she was also the only LV5 Blacksmith in all of Orario, bearing the title [Cyclops].
However, Tsubaki didn't see a surprised expression on El's face at all.
On the contrary.
This tall, white-haired boy seemed unusually calm.
Oh~
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