The following day, in the Loki familia home, the Twilight manor, Loki familia was rapidly spinning up their training, and dungeon hunting schedules. They were almost never seen doing anything aside from preparing for the eventual war game with the Astraea familia. And of course, while it may have been unfair to them, everything currently cost more than it normally would, and magic crystals were worth significantly less than normal.
As a result, their margins were running tight. Though, to be fair, they were hardly the only ones struggling to recover from the massive conflict just a few days ago… Every familia with the exception of, the guild, Hathor, Ganesha, Hephaestus, and Astraea were currently suffering from a lack of resources.
Of those; Astraea wasn't suffering purely due to having substantial savings in their familia fund, Hephaestus had substantial funds to work with as well, Ganesha was doing well purely due to their deal with Hathor familia… A 100 billion valis went a long way in maintaining their readiness.
Hathor familia, however, was so wealthy at the beginning, that the concept of them having any difficulty with finances now, was just a joke. They even offered substantially low interest loans out to all of the familia who participated in fighting against Evilus. They single handedly started spinning the wheel of the economy once more after it had ground to a halt… That was simply just how much wealth they possessed.
The guild on the other hand, spared no expense in getting the factories repaired and operational again. Even going as far as to rezone the entire city around their magical item factories, allowing them to clear the rubble from nearby destroyed buildings, and expand the scale of each factory.
It took a whole 2 days for the first factory to come back online, and get to work again though… The biggest reason was because of the lack of personnel. So many people died in Orario, the majority of them were those who'd been regular citizens, and thus they had jobs related to the everyday person, or, in other words, average jobs. As one might imagine, finding and relocating workers who had the requisite knowledge of how to work the factories, at every level… It was a challenging task.
Even so, the first factory, having been just repaired, began producing items at a much faster pace than before, every single worker motivated by the desire for normalcy again. However, not everyone can recover that fast, and there would be the occasional moment where someone would just slow down, step aside, and cry… Most of the time, into the arms of a sweet old lady, or they'd find like minded people to share their pain with… So many relationships formed…
For the citizens who didn't have anyone to help them, they would take their money, and make use of the red light district's services to feel good, even if only for the day or night… This ended up in completely refunding the red light district in a matter of just a few weeks, the third fastest recovery of any district, by far.
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Hathor familia training grounds, Astraea familia was training to work in the young Bell, and Meda into their rotation and battle strategy. Al was also using this to get some vital training of his own, fighting the level 6 Alise in single combat was a hell of an experience for him.
"You really do fight like a novice." Alise said, with a tilt of the head, to an oblivious Al. "It's weird, why aren't you fighting at your full strength? You really have a lot of extra power in store, yet you don't use it…"
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Al asked.
"Well, have you ever seen anyone else's status sheet? To see how their basic abilities stack up against yours?"
"No, well, maybe once, or twice?"
"Well, there's something you should know, all levels are based on the relative average adventurer, with no skills, or Development abilities. And in the case of mages, they get whatever would be their equivalent."
"So?"
"So, what that means is, I can make a direct comparison to just how strong I really am, even in a fight against someone else, of the same level. My very real abilities as a new level 6 are actually that of a level a relatively new level 7. When adding my other things into the mix, it's a whole lot higher."
"What's that mean for me?"
Shurry came forward with a status sheet and handed it to Al. I put some work into this damned thing, hope he appreciates it.
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Bell Cranel
Hestia Familia
Level : 6
STR : 1319 + 1091 + 1088 + 1127 + 1379 = 6004
VIT : 1451 + 1019 + 1029 + 1126 + 1501 = 6126
DEX : 1264 + 1098 + 1094 + 1131 + 1383 = 5970
AGI : 1321 + 1337 + 1302 + 1477 + 1442 = 6879
MAG: 1371 + 1001 + 883 + 1009 + 1251 = 5515
Adjust, for 5 level boosts: + 1500 to all stats.
STR : 6004 + 1500 = 7504 or Approximately Level 7
VIT : 6126 + 1500 = 7626 or Approximately Pseudo Level 8
DEX : 5970 + 1500 = 7470 or Approximately Level 7
AGI : 6879 + 1500 = 8379 or Approximately Level 8
MAG: 5515 + 1500 = 7015 or Approximately Level 7
Overall Rating: Level 7 - Pseudo Level 8
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"Huh? What's all of this?"
"That is where your base truly lies, yet, you're hardly even bothering to fight a level befitting it. In other words, your power has far exceeded your ability to utilize. The excess power you don't know how to use properly is barely managing to make up for your utter lack of combat knowledge. You constantly wait… When you should be faster, and stronger than basically anybody here with the exceptions of our level 7s and above. Hell, you should be able to give Bokhoir and Nernatti a good run for their money… Yet you can't even match Alise, it's crazy just how weak you really are."
"Hey! I resent that, Shurry!"
"I'm not calling you weak, Alise. Just that Nernatti, and Bokhoir are definitely still above you, for now that is."
"Pfft, I was just teasing… Still good to hear you have such high thoughts of me."
"Please, don't get any ideas like Neze."
"Pfft, no, I think I'll settle for being the world's best aunt! So go and have as many puppies as you can, Okay! I'll take care of getting the novice up to speed. And then later I'll make sure I beat up those Loki familia guys for you!"
Alise said, smiling as she starting to push Shurry away.
"Alright, I trust you. Let me know when he's ready to show me what he's really got. I'm eager to see it."
Shurry chuckled, and left to go help others out… Specifically the young Bell, and Meda.
"Miss Alise…"
"Hmm?"
"Is what's really written on this paper the truth? Do I really have this much power?"
"Yes, you do. You should cherish that status sheet as much as you possibly can, Al. Shurry's not been wrong about how to properly analyze the strength of everyone around him. He's even accurately guessed my status every time I've had an update… Well, after he reached level 6 anyway."
"You love him don't you?"
"I do, he's my closest male friend. I just wonder, if he remembers a promise we all made when we were kids?"
"What was that?"
"Oh, nothing serious, just that we should take a bath together with everyone once in a while. Like we used to do when we were kids."
"Huh?" Al got embarrassed.
"What? If you keep worrying about nudity, it might get you killed in the future. Best to learn when and where your urges are allowed to show, and control them."
"Uh… I- I- Guess that makes sense."
"Let's get you stronger first. Then we can work on that other issue…"
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