The Epic Story of the Heroic Spirit of Emiya Giant Warrior

“【Sword King】，giving a Lv.2 adventurer such a title is a complete disregard for my【Sword Princess】!”

【Sword Princess】is a title that perfectly suits Ais's temperament, a point that all gods fully acknowledge. It would be strange if Ais were no longer the【Sword Princess】one day.

Loki picked up a bottle of red wine and began to drink it frantically.

Loki lunged towards Sword Princess, but little Ais nimbly dodged Loki's sudden attack.

“I think it's okay.”

Ais said softly, thinking to herself, "In the realm of swords, I am inferior to Emiya…"

Riveria couldn't help but shake her head.

Riveria was puzzled: “Why?”

“Because, 【Sword King】is the father of 【Sword Princess】, and as everyone knows, you are Ais's mother…”

“Emiya is going to be my father? And Riveria is my mother…?”

“Don't listen to Loki's nonsense!”

Ais nodded, then looked up at Riveria, a flash of inspiration in her mind: "—If Emiya is my father, wouldn't I be able to learn his swordsmanship legitimately?”

Fortunately, little Ais is fierce but not foolish. She wouldn't dare say anything. Until now, Riveria still doesn't know that Ais once used her name to "swindle and deceive" outside.

This title.”

Riveria asked: “Aricia and Lefiya, what about their titles?”

“How is it, sounds good, right~”

The goddess raised a thumb, proudly seeking credit from the elven princess.

“Oh my, with veteran adventurers leveling up one after another, and potential newcomers joining, my Loki Familia is truly thriving!”

Riveria nodded.

Immediately seeing that her vice-captain was preoccupied, Loki tilted her head and asked.

Riveria rubbed Ais's head: “As for Aricia, Finn and I also plan to promote her to executive and transfer her to the first team.”

“Finn and I hope to take this opportunity to break the previous record in the next expedition and reach deeper floors.”

So far, the Loki Familia's dungeon expedition record is the forty-ninth floor, which is also the floor where the Labyrinth Lone King resides.

Not only that, but Balor's attack power has also reached the limit of Lv.7—it has two eyes, one of which is always closed, and you can't see its eyeball. Once this closed eye is opened, even first-class adventurers will die immediately if hit by its gaze.

In addition, Balor also possesses the【Monster Summoning】ability that almost pushed the adventurers into desperation during the Black Goliath subjugation battle. Balor is not a lone Labyrinth Lone King; the forty-ninth floor will generate a large number of powerful beast-man monsters, Fomor, to fight alongside it.

Before the Loki Familia's new generation,【Sword Princess】Ais Wallenstein and【Direwolf】Bete, became first-class adventurers, Finn never had complete certainty.

However, Finn would not choose to do so without a perfect plan to subjugate Balor. The reason is simple—finding a time when Balor is not present to bypass the Labyrinth Lone King and enter the fiftieth floor is not difficult, but what if Balor is blocking the passage when returning from the fiftieth floor?

Until recently, the Loki Familia's【Wrath Serpent】and【Great Cleaver】Sylvia sisters, 【Direwolf】Bete, 【Sword Princess】Ais Wallenstein, and【Pure Garden】Aricia successively leveled up to Lv.5, Finn and Riveria knew that the time had come.

Riveria rolled her eyes at the goddess, then couldn't help but sigh.

“What, our Familia only has 400 million Valis left in its account?! ! ! ”

If some gods or captains of small Familias knew Loki and Riveria's current emotions, they would probably be jealous to the point of crying, because 400 million Valis is likely to be a huge sum of money that ordinary Familias will never be able to access in their entire lives.

Loki found this a little hard to believe.

Under normal circumstances, the Loki Familia's expedition revenue is about 1 billion to 1.2 billion Valis. The expedition Loki mentioned took place five months ago.

“First of all, that wasn't the expedition before last time, but the expedition before the one before last.”

Riveria corrected Loki's statement.

“During the expedition before last time, we had very bad luck. Many of the high-level monsters we subjugated did not yield any drops, and in the end, we barely broke even.”

Little Ais, who was tiptoeing, sneakily, secretly, cautiously walking towards the door of the room, stopped in place.

“Because someone impulsively chased and killed an augmented dragon monster, the last expedition was a complete loss.”

“Ugh… Even so, the Familia's remaining savings shouldn't be this little.”

Riveria explained patiently: “Moreover, the average expedition income of about 1 billion only deducts the initial costs, and does not calculate the subsequent costs.”

These initial costs have been taken into account when calculating expedition income, but there are also follow-up costs that are equally high—repair costs for weapons and equipment, medical expenses for injured members, and so on.

“There are also the taxes paid to the Guild every year. Our Familia's level is too high, so the taxes we have to bear are almost the highest of all Familias.”

Obviously, Riveria has accumulated a lot of pressure and resentment due to the Familia's financial problems.

“It is our Familia's incentive policy to have the Familia pay for a first-class weapon for first-class adventurers who have leveled up to Lv.5.”

Riveria pulled out a stack of bills: “The cost of making weapons for Tione, Tiona, and Bete averages over 100 million Valis!”

“Aricia also needs to forge a new weapon. Aricia is a magic swordsman. If we want to forge a first-class weapon with magical properties for her, it will probably cost at least 150 million Valis.”

You must know that Riveria and her competitors are the Freya Familia, the Ganesha Familia, the Ishtar Familia, and the Dian Cecht Familia, all of whom are incredibly wealthy, especially the latter two who run the pleasure district and the hospital.

Riveria smiled at Loki: “Would you like to take a look, our beloved goddess?”

Cold sweat broke out on Loki's back in an instant: “The, the bills don't need to be looked at, right… Who in our Familia would do such a thing, ah, it must be that kid Raul…”

“Go, Riveria Mama!”

Loki shouted.

“Do you want to come along, Ais?”

Riveria asked.

If Riveria found out what she had done before, she would be finished. Ais quickly shook her head, her little head shaking like a rattle drum.

“I want to, go to the dungeon.”

Ais found a suitable reason.

Ais nodded obediently.

“It's getting late, go to sleep quickly, Ais, and Goddess too.”

Riveria said: “Ais's body is still developing, don't stay up late.”

Ais Wallenstein, a Level 5 first-class adventurer of the Loki Familia, is known as the Sword Princess, meaning the Princess of the Sword.

This title has followed Ais since she reached Level 2, and even now that she has leveled up to Level 5, Ais's title remains unchanged.

"That nymphomaniac goddess clearly knew this but still suggested the title of Sword King!"

"In a gathering of those idiot gods, no one could stop the Goddess of Beauty... Waaah, Ais, I'm so sorry."

The red-haired goddess collapsed face-down on the ground, while Riveria helplessly facepalmed.

"It's just a title, Loki. There's no need for you to get so worked up about it."

Loki sat up, wiped the blood from her nose, and looked at Riveria seriously: "No, Riveria, you're the one who needs to care the most."

"Boom—"

Riveria punched the disrespectful goddess, embedding her in the wall.

Ais opened her mouth wide, her small face filled with shock.

Riveria gritted her teeth and rubbed Ais's head: "It's just a title, don't think too much about it."

Riveria, I acknowledge you as my mother. For the sake of my swordsmanship, could you sacrifice yourself a little...?

Ais Wallenstein, age thirteen—if Riveria knew what little Ais was thinking, this would probably be the only ending.

"Speaking of which, Loki, you've been complaining about Sword King ever since you got back."

Loki struggled to get up: "Ais and Alicia's titles haven't changed; they're still Sword Princess and Garden of Purity. Lefiya's title has been confirmed as Thousand Elf."

"An elf who can use thousands of spells, Thousand Elf... it's fitting."

"What are you thinking about, Riveria?"

"Although Ais only recently leveled up to Level 5, her situation is special. In the dungeon, she can be considered a Level 6 combatant."

Simply put, due to the leveling up of two important members of the Familia, the combat strength of the Loki Familia's expeditionary force has greatly increased.

"And we want to try to defeat the floor boss of the 49th floor, the Evil Eye Demon Balor, head-on."

The Evil Eye Demon Balor has a potential ability value of Level 7. Like the floor bosses in the previous areas, it possesses extremely high-level strength and durability. Balor's body is even larger than the giant Goliath, with durability reaching Level 8.

Among the Loki Familia, the only one who could possibly be hit by Balor's death ray and not die immediately is the Level 6 heavy warrior, Gareth, the Heavy Warrior.

In fact, if they forced the issue, the Loki Familia, with three Level 6 members, might not be unable to kill Balor, but Finn, the captain, is pursuing a perfect subjugation without any casualties.

Another way is to bypass Balor. Unlike the giant Goliath, Balor will not block the entrance from the 49th to the 50th floor but will instead wander in the vast wilderness of the 49th floor.

The probability seems low, but if this happens, it will be the end of the entire party.

Therefore, Finn will not act rashly until he is sure that he can defeat Balor, and the Loki Familia's expedition record has been stuck on the 49th floor for a long time without any progress.

"If we could buy the magic sword that Hephaestus recently developed, whose power has broken historical records, our chances would be even greater..."

Riveria said in a melancholy tone: "Finn wants me to find a way, but the bidding is about to start tomorrow..."

Loki asked in confusion: "Then just buy it. It's just a bid. Doesn't our Loki Familia have money?"

75

Chapter 75: The Loki Familia's Financial Crisis.

Looking at the account book presented by Riveria, the goddess Loki could no longer remain calm.

However, the goddess and vice-captain of the Loki Familia's first reaction to this astronomical amount of money was: It's completely insufficient!

"How could there be so little left? Wasn't our harvest from the last expedition very rich?"

The expedition was very smooth. They encountered rare and high-value monsters multiple times during the adventure and were fortunate enough to harvest dropped items.

In the end, the revenue from one expedition reached 1.5 billion Valis, and Tione Hiryute, Tiona Hiryute and Bete Loga all leveled up in that expedition, becoming Level 5 first-class adventurers.

"As for the last expedition... Ais, where are you going?"

"Come back."

"Yes."

Ais scurried back to Riveria's side.

Riveria rubbed Ais's head with a sneer.

Little Ais: Trembling, not daring to move.

Loki was still unwilling.

"The revenue from the expedition does not all go into the Familia's public account. Each participating member must be divided according to their proportion."

The Loki Familia's successful expedition revenue is very rich, but at the same time, the costs are also very astonishing. At least twenty high-level panaceas, worth 500,000 Valis each, need to be prepared for the first and second armies; each mage needs to carry at least three mental secret medicines, worth 100,000 to 200,000 Valis each; and dozens of magic swords, worth millions or tens of millions each, may need to be consumed...

Riveria couldn't help but complain.

Among the three giants of the Loki Familia, Captain Finn, as the Familia's leader, is mainly responsible for strategic planning and legion command while coordinating and managing Familia affairs; executive Gareth's job is to cultivate and train new Familia members; and Vice-Captain Riveria is responsible for managing the Familia's finances.

"Waaah."

Loki supported her forehead, not daring to look at the bill in Riveria's hand.

Continuously creating advanced armaments for newly promoted first-class adventurers is the main source of the Loki Familia's financial problems. Although it can be considered a happy trouble, it has indeed caused the Familia's current economic crisis.

Riveria said quietly.

After deducting this expense, the Loki Familia only has 250 million Valis left in its account. Even if the preliminary expenses for the next expedition are not considered, this amount of money may not be enough to buy the Magic Sword Spiral Sword from the Hephaestus Familia.

"Speaking of which, I also have a batch of bills here, which are for someone buying wine and various useless things in the name of the Familia, as well as the expenses for holding banquets."

Riveria stared at Loki.

Loki obediently stood next to Ais and lowered her head: "I'm sorry."

"Sigh."

Riveria sighed helplessly: "In short, I will participate in the bidding transaction tomorrow. As for whether I can buy the magic sword... I will do my best."

Ais was also very interested in the "magic sword that broke historical records." She wanted to nod, but suddenly realized that if she went to the Hephaestus Familia with Riveria, she might encounter Welf.

"Okay, then."

Riveria did not suspect anything: "Be careful alone. You are only allowed to be in the upper and middle levels, and you are not allowed to enter the lower levels."