Chapter 679 Hephaestus

Chapter 679 "Hephaestus"

The largest and most powerful blacksmith faction in the city, the Hephaestus Familia.

The technology and level of this clan in forging need no further explanation. Since Finn plans to find a blacksmith faction to cooperate with, it is only natural that he would think of them.

However, there is another important reason why Finn wants to cooperate with the Hephaestus Familia.

That is, as a large faction with many high-level blacksmiths, the blacksmiths of the Hephaestus Familia not only have superb forging skills, but also have higher combat capabilities than ordinary high-level adventurers.

There is no way. If you want to become a senior blacksmith, you must learn the development ability of "forging". If you want to learn the development ability, the necessary condition is to upgrade.

Under such circumstances, many blacksmiths with superb blacksmithing skills are actually excellent combatants. For example, Tsubaki, as the strongest blacksmith in the city, is a Level 5 first-level adventurer.

Finn judged from this aspect and believed that even if the members of the Hephaestus Familia went on an expedition to the depths with his own family, they would not easily encounter accidents and accidents, let alone hold them back.

That's why Finn designated this faction.

Li Ge was well aware of these considerations.

After all, Finn made the same choice in the original book.

"…………"

Li Ge thought for a while, but in the end he didn't say anything about this decision.

In fact, if you just want weapons, want to deal with those worm-type monsters, and deal with that troublesome corrosive liquid, Li Ge now has many ways.

He can use the structural magic of Akasha Continent to make weapons. With his current magical attainments, even if the weapons he makes cannot reach the level of first-level weapons, they will definitely not be inferior to second-level weapons.

He can also use magic to strengthen and bless the weapons of Finn and others, and even make their weapons magical. Not only will they not be corroded by the corrosive liquid, but they will also increase their power.

He can also apply protective magic to everyone, so that even if they face female-sized monsters and worm-shaped monsters, they don't have to worry about the corrosive fluid splashed out when the monsters self-destruct, and they don't have to worry about being injured.

He can even open the [Transportation Gate] and teleport all his companions to the 58th floor in one go, avoiding unnecessary battles and waste of time in the early stage.

As long as he is willing to take action and use the rank magic that has somewhat terrifying effects in this world, most of the problems faced by the family during the expedition can be solved.

But can he take action?

At least, in Li Ge's opinion, it would be best for him not to get involved in this kind of thing casually.

The reason is very simple. The expeditions and adventures of the family members are not only to gain honor and success, but also to gain greater strength.

Just think about it, if Li Ge solves all the problems, how can the adventurers still take risks?

And if they can't take risks, how can they accumulate experience points or even achieve great achievements in high-level experience points?

Even if Li Ge opens the [Transportation Gate] to the 58th floor and sends his companions there to avoid unnecessary battles and waste of time in the early stage, what will be the final result?

Obviously, the low-level members of the Familia will lose a lot of adventure opportunities and accumulated experience points, and thus stand still.

Including Bert, Tiona, Tione and other first-level adventurer cadres, if Li Ge uses his almighty magic ability to solve the problems they encounter and successfully reaches the 59th floor, then they want to pursue Climb Aisi, catch up with Li Ge, and your desire to reach Level 6 will be completely shattered.

If that happens, I'm afraid that not only will Li Ge not be thanked by them, but he might even be blamed by them.

On this point, Finn and others also reminded him yesterday when Li Ge displayed [Ten Thousand Treasure Hammer], a foul-level magic that has the effect of level upgrading.

"Although this magic is powerful, you'd better use it sparingly if it's not necessary."

"That's right, using magic to forcibly increase the power, even if it can overcome all difficulties, it will take away the possibilities that you should have."

"If you can easily solve the adventure that could have enabled you to achieve great achievements through level upgrading, the high-level experience you deserve will be drastically reduced."

Finn, Grace, and Riveria relied on their years of experience and keen insight to discover the real drawbacks of the [Ten Thousand Treasure Hammer].

The real drawback of this magic is not the time limit, let alone the cooling time, but that it takes away the possibility of becoming stronger from those who need to take risks.

Li Ge naturally knows this drawback best.

He is now limiting himself in order to accumulate high-level experience points and achieve great achievements. If the level is not too high and the strength is too strong, why is this?

Therefore, Li Ge naturally did not care about the small and lost the big. He accepted Finn and others' advice and nodded in agreement.

In the same way, he cannot take away the possibility from his companions now.

In view of this, Li Ge decided to sit back and watch the expedition. Even if he could easily solve various problems and make the expedition easier for his family, he was not prepared to intervene and let Finn and others do these roundabout and troublesome things.

In contrast, Li Ge took out a large sack and handed it to Finn.

"This is?"

Finn was confused for a while, then opened the sack and saw what was inside.

"Pfft!" Loki glanced curiously, then spit out his saliva and shouted, "Where did so many gems and gold and silver treasures come from!?"

Yes, the sack is filled with all kinds of gems and gold and silver treasures, making the inside of the sack emit bursts of dazzling light.

"This is the reward given by the mysterious magician who entrusted me and Aisi to go to the 24th floor to solve the problem of monster increase last time." Li Ge smiled slightly and said: "I only took away two magic books, and the remaining The next one was given to Ais, and the rest are here."

"Ais and I have discussed that these things will be given to the family members to use as funds needed during the expedition."

"The losses caused by the failure of the last expedition were not small. This time we have to prepare so many magic swords and weapons with indestructible properties. Selling these things should be able to fill some of the financial gaps, right?"

Needless to say, weapons with indestructible attributes are extremely expensive. The minimum price of each piece must be more than 10 million mana, let alone a first-class product intended for first-level adventurers. It costs less to say It takes nearly 100 million francs to buy one, but the family is prepared to buy one for almost all the cadres. Doesn't it cost nearly 1 billion francs?

As a special weapon capable of instantaneous magic bombardment, the magic sword is also not cheap. One sword costs millions of mana. If it is of good quality and powerful, it is a high-end item that can threaten even first-level adventurers. , if it doesn’t sell for more than tens of millions of Farley, it will definitely be a fire sale at a loss, but this thing is still a consumable with limited use, and Finn is obviously planning to buy it in large quantities, which will cost hundreds of millions of Farley.

In addition to other supplies, let alone the most effective and highest-quality elixir, the retail price of this thing among the Dean Kate family is 500,000 manali a bottle. During the expedition, Luo When the basic dependents buy this stuff, they basically buy it in bundles...

To sum up, it is impossible for the Loki Familia not to spend billions of mana on purchasing materials and equipment for this expedition.

By the way, the main weapons used by Finn, Grace, Bert and others in the last expedition were also dissolved. If they were to be rebuilt, it would probably cost another amount of money.

However, this is a weapon for personal use. Usually it is not prepared by the family members, but by the person himself, so it does not need to be included in the financial loss of the expedition.

However, even so, if the Loki Familia, which suffered huge losses in the last expedition, still has to prepare so many supplies and waste so much money in this expedition, then the family assets accumulated so far may be completely defeated. Even carrying huge debts.

So, when Li Ge went to Ais with the commission reward, Ais said that she could just give them to Finn to fund the expedition.

"Oh! This is really helpful!"

Understanding this, Loki danced with joy.

"Great, great, we thought we were going to sell collectibles this time, but this has solved our urgent need!"

Next to him, Finn also smiled and put away the sack filled with precious stones, gold and silver without any hesitation.

"The people in the guild are still rich. They took out such a huge treasure as soon as they asked for it. I have never seen them be so generous when issuing entrustments in the past."

These words are quite meaningful.

"Hmph, which one of those guys in the guild is not extremely rich?" Loki snatched the sack, picked up a gem and played with it, while grinning and saying: "That is the only producer of magic stone products, a monopoly We have lost all the official organizations of the magic stone business, and we lack everything but money.”

"Forget it, let's not talk about them." Finn shook his head, turned around, and said to Rige: "Since you are going to the Hephaestus Familia, then come with us."

"good."

Li Ge naturally had no objection.

At that moment, Yi Shen and the two left the family's base camp together and headed to Northeast Street.

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As the manufacturing hub of magic stone products that Orario is proud of, Northeast Street is still as it was when Li Ge came here. Due to the prosperity of the manufacturing industry, it has the atmosphere of a standard man's factory in broad daylight.

Li Ge, Finn, and Loki walked on the street, chatting while walking, and soon they came to Chun's workshop.

Here, a person arrived early and was waiting for Li Ge and others.

"Hey! Feifei! Let's eat!"

As soon as he saw that person, Loki immediately raised his hands, stretched his limbs, and greeted him vigorously.

"Long time no see, Loki."

The man also turned his head and looked here.

She has brightly colored short red hair, and her appearance is more heroic than beautiful. She wears an eyepatch large enough to cover the right half of her face, and the remaining eye is the same fiery red as her hair color. , as if burning with flames, taking people's breath away.

"Long time no greetings, Goddess Hephaestus."

Finn bowed respectfully to the other party.

This red-haired woman with one eye is the main god of the Hephaestus Familia, the largest blacksmith faction in the city.

She is the goddess of forging.

She is the goddess of fire.

She is Hephaestus.

"Meet the goddess Hephaestus."

After confirming that the other party was the person (god) he was looking for, Li Ge also bowed.

"Huh?" Goddess Hephaestus looked at Li Ge. With her only exposed left eye, she looked at Li Ge for a while, and then she seemed to see something and said, "Could you be the most powerful magician in the city?" Swordsman, the new monster that the Loki family is proud of, that Lige Brighaut, right?"

The other party actually saw Li Ge's identity at a glance.

"You recognized it so quickly? Feifei!"

Loki smiled, as if he was very proud.

"Because Chun mentioned him to me." Hephaestus smiled brightly, her smile still full of heroism, and said: "This is the child who made the leader of my family full of praise and even gave him the greatest masterpiece of his life. , I’ve wanted to meet you for a long time.”

"That's just right." Loki put his hands in his pockets and said in a formal tone: "This kid seems to have something to do with you, Feifei. If you don't mind, you can chat with him later."

"Do you have anything to do with me?" Hephaestus was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Do you have something to do with me?"

"Well, I'll let him talk to you later." Loki waved his hand and asked casually: "Let's talk about business first, okay? Boy Lige?"

"Of course." Li Ge said with a faint smile: "Let's talk about the expedition first. You can talk about my affairs at any time."

"Okay." Hephaestus could only nod and said, "Let's go in first, Chun is already waiting inside."

With that said, the group of people walked into the workshop together under the leadership of Hephaestus.

Chun's workshop is still the same as before, it looks very messy and disorderly.

Chun himself was just like last time, staying in the forge deep in the workshop, hammering a piece of metal hard.

"Chun, we're here."

Finn called her, and she came back to her senses and found a group of people standing outside the forge.

However, the city's strongest forger first focused his attention on Li Ge, who was casually standing aside, and rushed over.

"You kid, you finally came to my side!"

As soon as he came up, Chun said this in an extremely annoyed tone.

"...I didn't offend you, did I?"

Listening to Chun's tone and seeing Chun's attitude, Li Ge was also a little stunned.

"That's not true." Chun still looked annoyed, even glaring at Li Ge and said: "But since you took away my greatest masterpiece from my place, for nearly two months, you didn't even have it. Come here and show your face, do you know how anxious I am?"

"It's okay if you just bring the sword over and let me help you sharpen it and maintain it!"

"That's the best weapon I've worked so hard to build. At least let me see how it's being used!"

Chun actually lost his temper for such a reason, which made Finn and Loki look at each other for a while.

"Chun, you..."

Hephaestus also held her forehead and sighed.

"Well……"

Li Ge was speechless.

Is that the reason?

All I can say is that he is worthy of being a blacksmith.