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DH : [29] Status!
🕑 Added 2024-07-01 04:00:03 +0000 UTCThe house Aiden rented was three stories tall. The ground floor comprised a living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and training room.
The bedrooms were on the second and third floors, with Aiden and Hestia's bedrooms both on the second floor. The two of them made their way upstairs.
In Hestia's room, she began the first update of Aiden's stats. He lay on a soft cushion, lifting his shirt to reveal his fair back adorned with well-defined muscles.
Hestia sat by his side, just like yesterday, holding a slender needle. She gently pricked her finger, allowing a drop of divine blood to fall onto Aiden's back.
Plop.
A drop of crimson tinged with a hint of golden divine blood fell onto Aiden's back, rippling like a drop into a lake, echoing with a soft plop.
In that moment of familiar water sound, Aiden once again felt a warm stream entering his body from the center of his back.
Having watched the anime, Aiden was well aware that in this world, the Falna system, apart from being inherently superior to gods, was useless outside of their respective gods. Each time one updated their abilities, it required a drop of divine blood, and only the gods themselves could perform this task.
This is also one of the reasons why members of the big familias can't update their status every day. After all, a large familia like the Apollo Familia, with the highest level was Lv.3 captain, has hundreds of familia members. Each person needs a drop of divine blood every day, even the physically strong gods can't endure it. Being able to update abilities every day should be considered a rare privilege for small clans.
Of course, that wasn't the main point. The main point was that as long as Aiden needed to update his abilities, he could receive a drop of divine blood every day.
Under the influence or modification of the System, Aiden's Sparda strength seemed to possess a special power targeting divine blood. He could sense that as the divine blood entered his body, the silent Sparda strength suddenly stirred again, absorbing most of the blood's power before falling silent once more, with no cries of "I need more power!" echoing in his mind. The entire process occurred in the blink of an eye.
And the remaining power was just enough for Hestia to use in updating Aiden's abilities, without any waste.
"Why are you so skilled at this? How many times have you done this?" Aiden was somewhat speechless about the fleeting awakening of his Sparda strength.
Meanwhile, a faint azure glow began to appear on Aiden's fair and sturdy back, rippling like waves. A pattern consisting of flames and bells, accompanied by numerous sacred symbols, emerged on Aiden's back... this was the Falna that Aiden had requested to be concealed, only revealing itself upon contact with Hestia's divine blood.
These sacred symbols, intertwined with flames and bells, represent the totem of the Hestia Familia. The flames likely symbolize Hestia's priesthood or divinity; in Greek mythology, Hestia is the goddess of the hearth, the eldest daughter of Cronus and Rhea, the elder sister of the king of the gods, Zeus, and also the oldest of all the fire gods.
Once the totem manifested with the divine blood, these sacred symbols seemed to come to life, pulsating within the azure glow.
With utmost care, Hestia extended her finger, as if manipulating an augmented reality projection, and moved within the sacred symbols. As she slid her fingertip, the sacred symbols changed accordingly.
Of course, Aiden, lacking eyes at the back of his head, was unaware of this. The power bestowed by the Falna functioned more like a strengthening buff than directly affecting Aiden's body.
The sacred numbers continued to fluctuate and pulse until they had released all of the experience points Aiden had accumulated that day.
Finally, a set of entirely new ability values appeared before Hestia.
[Aiden
Lv.1
Strength: I (0) → I (99)
Endurance: I (0) → I (99)
Agility: I (0) → I (99)
Dexterity: I (0) → I (99)
Magic: I (0) → I (0)
Skills:
Inborn Divine Strength: A permanent skill. With divine strength, you naturally possess strength that surpasses others of the same level, along with corresponding physical qualities. The stronger your body, the stronger your strength.
Magic:
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-]
There were no changes in the skill and magic slots; only the basic ability values had increased.
However, when the sacred symbols ceased their pulsation and the new ability values appeared before Hestia, her round, azure eyes involuntarily widened even further.
Stunned by the incredible growth in ability values, Hestia raised her hands and rubbed her eyes vigorously to confirm if she was seeing things.
"Huh?" Hestia couldn't help but exclaim in shock at the astonishing numerical changes before her.
"What's wrong, Hestia?" Hearing Hestia's surprised voice, Aiden's lips curled into a satisfied smile. If his ability values hadn't increased by much, why would it surprise a goddess like Hestia? The only thing unclear now was the specifics of the ability value growth.
Hestia was still immersed in astonishment. Although it was rare for someone to possess skills immediately after receiving the Falna, it was considered standard for many geniuses, and having three magic slots wasn't unheard of either. But the growth in ability values was something entirely new to Hestia. She was torn between being happy and excited, fearing Aiden would become too arrogant if she directly altered the values, yet feeling guilty about not doing so. At the moment, she didn't know how to respond, feeling conflicted.
The total increase in proficiency had reached its limit, which was unheard of, even terrifying.
Although Hestia was giving her familia member the Falna for the first time and boosting their ability values, not knowing the specific circumstances of other familia members' first ability value upgrades, she knew that such an extent of improvement was unprecedented.
When Hestia first descended to the Lower World, she stayed temporarily at her good friend Hephaestus's place.
She had heard several times from Hephaestus Familia members complaining about the slow pace of ability value growth. Typically, they could only increase by barely two digits each time, leaving them with little motivation.
And that was after weeks or even months of training for Hephaestus's familia members.
In the early stages, although adventurers' basic ability values tend to increase quickly and easily, there are limits. Aiden had only received the Falna yesterday, yet the extent of his ability value growth today was already equivalent to dozens of times the normal growth of an adventurer. It was truly mind-boggling.
Although Hestia had a slight premonition that Aiden's ability values would increase significantly today, given his powerful permanent skill, Inborn Divine Strength. this was still far beyond her expectations.
