The next day, around noon.
Levi opened his eyes, feeling a fair, smooth thigh draped across his stomach.
He carefully extricated himself from Hestia's embrace. While heading to the kitchen to prepare lunch, he changed the specified rate-up item in the Level 3 Genshin Pool to the Mid-Tier Artifact Voucher.
Then, 7m, 8m, 14m, 14m—a total of 43 million Valis were consumed.
In exchange, he obtained another four Mid-Tier Artifact Vouchers, plus a 'Primordial Jade Cutter' and a 'Forest Ranger's Path · Magic Grimoire'.
Ignoring the magic grimoire for now as he couldn't use it yet, the newly acquired sword could be equipped immediately:
[Primordial Jade Cutter][Indestructible][Attack Massively Increased][Endurance Massively Increased][Attack receives a bonus reinforcement proportional to the equipper's Endurance stat.]
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Next, Levi took out the Artifact Voucher he drew yesterday, along with the four he just obtained. Without hesitation, he used them all in one go.
As for the artifact set type, after thinking for a moment, he chose 'Tenacity of the Millelith'.
[Tenacity of the Millelith Set · 5-Star][Indestructible][Soul Equipment][Flower of Accolades / Ceremonial War-Plume / Orichalceous Time-Dial / Noble's Pledging Vessel / General's Ancient Helm: Endurance / Strength / Dexterity / Agility / Magic Massively Increased][2-Piece Set Effect: Endurance Massively Increased][4-Piece Set Effect: After a Magic or Active Skill hits an opponent, Strength is Massively Increased and Shield Strength is Massively Increased for a short duration. This effect cannot stack.]
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With this, the gacha session after reaching Level 3 came to a complete close.
Levi glanced at his inventory and found that he only had around 65 million Valis left. However, the number of 1-Star, 2-Star, 3-Star, and 4-Star Ability Stat Tickets had reached 121, 197, 562, and 69 respectively.
The Skill Proficiency Tickets were even more exaggerated: 194 of the 10-day version and 11,374 of the 100-day version. As long as he didn't learn skills recklessly, he would basically never run out of proficiency tickets.
Levi flipped the frying pan, turning over the fried egg with crispy edges, while simultaneously burning the Ability Stat Tickets in his inventory one by one.
As per the old rule, he went in order from low level to high level.
By the time he brought brunch to Hestia, who had been waiting for a short while, the Ability Values section on his status panel had become:
[Strength: SSS1599 (+500/SSS1599)][Endurance: SSS1599 (+1500/SSS1599)](Jade Cutter 500, Millelith Flower 500, 2-Piece Set Effect 500)[Dexterity: SSS1599 (+500/SSS1599)][Agility: SSS1599 (+500/SSS1599)][Magic: SSS1599 (+500/SSS1599)]
"1599..."
Looking at the Hieroglyphs revealed before her, Hestia's mouth twitched.
"Divine wisdom tells me that if you want to obtain enough Excellia to level up, challenging an opponent of Level 5 or higher is currently the only way."
Actually, Levi planned to do just that without the goddess needing to explain.
His current stats, not counting the accumulation from Level 2 and before, but just calculating the current level, had already clearly exceeded the limits of Level 3.
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It would probably even be considered quite impressive among Level 4s.
Counting 'Mana Burst', a magic that could enhance all abilities except Magic or limit-break a single ability, plus the four magics mastered through 'Constellation Resonance', if he really encountered a Level 5, with preparation against an unsuspecting opponent, he could absolutely achieve victory as the underdog.
However...
Ordinary Level 5 monsters were located after the 49th Floor of the Dungeon.
Levi definitely couldn't get there alone right now. Even counting Tsubaki, it would only change the number of casualties from one to two.
As for the Floor Boss on the 27th Floor—the two-headed dragon 'Amphisbaena'—with potential ability reaching Level 5 and aquatic combat capability reaching Level 6, it would be suitable for Levi to challenge.
But about two weeks ago, the Loki Familia, returning from an expedition, had killed it. Normally, it would take another two weeks for the dungeon to respawn it.