Chapter 144 (1/2)

Chapter 144 - Connection (4)

Aside fros they would take to the surface, the rest of the Dwarves were tasked to iears of Artpe's party

The Dwarves made sure that all the equipments fit the body of each party member Then they tried to achieve an overall balance in their equipredients to create equipBefore the next official appearance of the hero's party, the party's ability and arsenal was being upgraded

“This is the first tiician or a priestess!Ggo get the records left behind by our ancestors!”

“Iit really has been a long tiht kill the power of thebusily, Artpe re his work of refining the branch of the World Tree

He had thought about doing this when he received the branch from the World TreeIt was the ideal material to create a staffIt would accept his Mana, and it would boost his ManaIt would also allow him to control his Mana if his Mana went out of control

He hadn't had the opportunity to work on the staff, because he had prioritized ic toround for couplehis staff

“AhI found Artpe!”

“Stop clinging toto o~Eh-eetEh-eeet”

Artpe had a lot of things to doUnlike hi else to do with ArtpeWhen she realized that they would be staying in the underground until the Dwarves were donepreparations, she hadn't left Artpe's sideHer hobby and forte was Artpe, so it couldn't be helped

She had alorn arhter, and her appearance delivered a critical wound to his sense of desireMoreover Maetel didn't let go unless Artpe truly hated itTherefore, she continued to cling to hi her He decided it would be easier to shore up his control over his desire

“Artpe, what did you do with the leaves that came with the branch?”

“Half of them were er pointed towards the table

There was a sh level monsters were contained within the jarIt also contained the finely ground power of the World Tree leavesEach crystal kept absorbing and e ManaMaetel's eyes twinkled when she saw the brilliant light

“Pretty······”

“You can't eat it”

“I won't eat it!”

It seeirl leftover within herArtpe let out a shter when he saw thisHe spoke

“You should train like Vadinet or Sienna”

“I triedMy skills doesn't increase when I train by ?”

“They are too weak to spar”

“······”

Artpe took a glance at Maetel's infoHe realized that her Swordsmanshi+p had already reached level 80

MmmIt was to be expectedIf she wasn't overpowered to this degree, she wouldn't be MaetelRecently, Artpe had moved to the fore as he took care of icThis hy there were less instances where Maetel had taken an active role in a fightFor a brief est cheat within the hero's party was none other than the original hero Maetel

“Artpe?”

“No, it is nothing”

He stroked Maetel's headMaetel purred as if she was RoaArtpe resumed his work as Maetel stuck to his back like a shell on a turtle's back

He shaved the angular parts, and he trimmed the branchHe continued to sync his inner Mana floith the branchThis was how a personal staff of a ician was producedThe Dwarves wanted to make Artpe's staff for him, and Artpe had been aware of their desireUnfortunately, this wasn't so someone else could do for hi that?”

“It'll be difficult to bring about drastic changeStill, I think my poill increase by 10 percentIf I can create the staff exactly to my specification, I think it'll be possible to increase my power by 15 percent”

Ten percent didn't sound like a lot, but Artpe was already over level 310A 10 percent increase in poould allow him to be on the same level as someone at level 340However, Artpe had excluded any uncertain variables when for his assessment, since he hated uncertaintyTherefore, it was possible for hiain much more power than he forecasted

“WowWill you be able to fight against the Four Heavenly Kings?”

“It still ained about 30 hh······”

At Artpe's pessiht as to as bothering Maetel

“Are you perhaps thinking about what occurred at the Winter Queen's ruin?”

“······yes”

Maetel didn't hesitate as she acknowledge itShe bit her lips hard as she spoke again

“We ran away”

“Yes, we ran awayWe eaker than our foesIt couldn't be helped”

“That means······ What would have happened if the Winter Queen hadn't guided us towards the underground?”

“We would have charged out of the ruin, and ould have fought hiht Etna to the death”

Since they had cleared the Winter Queen's ruin in its entirety, he had gained the ability to shatter the shackles placed on Etna by the De another Four Heavenly King at the same timeThe task wasn't that easy to acco made an appearance, Artpe's plan had been wrecked

“A fight to the death…That means death was a possibility······?”

She knew the answer, yet she asked anywaysEven Maetel wasn't that du over the iainArtpe declined to answer her question

“I was scared”

Maetel's body shookShe was still clinging to Artpe, so her treht about what to do next for a brief o of the branch of the World Tree, and he grabbed her hands

“Everything is all right nowThey can't attack us while we are undergroundEven if we ain, we are capable of buying enough tie even if Etna is with this other Four Heavenly King”

“If it wasn't for the Winter Queen, death was a possibility”

“I told youEverything is ok now”

Even Artpe's words were having a hard ti down MaetelIt seemed the fact that she was fine until noas miracle in itself

“I'ht sound a bit cold for saying this, but you are a heroUp to a certain point, you should be prepared for the possibility of your own…”

“I' Artpe”