Gensokyo Population Revitalization Plan

For example, members of Hephaestus's family are likely to have the development ability of "Blacksmith" when they are promoted to Lv.2.

Mu Huai clearly remembered that one of the development abilities was "Luck", an extremely effective passive skill. No one could refuse to make their luck better, as this was an ability that could turn the tide of battle in a critical moment.

The conditions for developing the ability of luck are not explicitly stated in the animation, but according to analysis, one should try more actions such as taking chances and actually gaining benefits, which makes Mu Huai a little embarrassed.

这就好比让米斯达在4月4日，4点44分44秒对着自己脑袋连开4枪，纯粹是在找死。

If he had been lucky, he wouldn't have spent all his resources playing the game and still not been able to get the ship girl he wanted, and he wouldn't have been labeled a "lucky guy" by his group friends and had the seal Kaguya jump on his face every day.

"The decision to upgrade or not is mine anyway, so I'd better get the Great Achievement first..."

Mu Huai shook his head to put aside the unnecessary thoughts and continued to concentrate on conquering the floors.

When he reached the 17th floor, the torch hanging next to the entrance to the 18th floor told him that Goliath had been killed and entered a two-week regeneration period.

"It was a wasted trip... At least I got the Orichalcum steel, so I didn't return empty-handed."

The depressed Mu Huai hurried back amid Xiaonin's strange "kakaka" laughter. On the 16th floor, he unexpectedly met a group of sneaky adventurers. Driven by curiosity, he concealed his breath and followed them quietly.

At the same time, a slender figure hidden in a cloak was rushing to the 16th floor. The occasional strands of green hair floating out of the hood and the pointed ears that appeared from time to time all indicated that she was an elf.

14

Chapter 14: Heresy and playing hard to get.

"Are you sure you saw that monster running this way?"

"Of course, I have the ability 'Hunter'. How could I possibly make a tracking error?"

"Hehe... Last time, that birdman heretic was valued at 80 faris, but unfortunately, something unexpected happened during the transaction. Not only did the item die, but the buyer was also killed. I'm afraid that Rat, blinded by money, killed the person and ran away with the money."

"I don't know what's so rare about this monster that it can be sold for 80."

"That depends on the quality of the item. The birdman from last time had a human head and a bird body, with breasts and a butt, and it was a female. She could definitely be sold to those perverts with unique fetishes for a high price.

If it's like the goblins, I wouldn't bother to tie them up and just kill them, thinking I have low abilities."

"makes sense."

Perhaps because they often moved around this floor, the five adventurers, dressed in cryptic attire, were not very vigilant when tracking the monsters. Instead, they chatted and laughed about things related to their work.

Mu Huai followed them and listened to the general content. He also learned that the special monster locked in the cage was called "heretic".

[So, these people should be considered poachers. Master, do you want to take action?]

[Although we haven't figured out how they transported the monsters to Orario, as long as we kill the other four and keep the leader, we should be able to get a lot of information.]

After making up his mind, Mu Huai took out the ebony and white ivory, turned on the time acceleration gun, pointed the muzzle at the four people's heads and pulled the trigger.

In order to ensure that they died immediately to build momentum for his debut, he shot each of them twice in the heart.

“TIME OUT!”

The heads of the companions who were talking and laughing just a second ago suddenly exploded, and bone fragments mixed with white brain matter and blood hit the leader like dense raindrops. He seemed to be completely frightened by this sudden accident and stood there motionless.

Then, a cold weapon was pressed against his neck from behind. The sharp blade exuded a strong smell of death. Mu Huai pinched his throat and asked in a gloomy and hoarse voice: "Are you poachers?"

"No, no, we are just ordinary adventurers!"

"Would ordinary adventurers capture and sell heretics?"

Mu Huai shook the kitchen knife in his hand slightly, leaving a shallow wound on his neck. The slight stinging sensation and the oozing blood made the poacher leader realize that if he lied again, his life would definitely be lost here, so he quickly begged for mercy.

"I'm telling you! I'm telling you everything! Don't kill me!!"

"Tell me everything you know, and I won't kill you."

"Ming, I understand!"

After interrogating the poacher leader using the classic method of asking once, confirming once, and asking again, Xiaonin reached out from Mu Huai's shadow, grasped Ebony's right hand, and fired several shots at his heart.

Before he could say "It's not me who kills you, but Xiaonin", dozens of streams of light rushed towards Mu Huai's location, as if someone was using magic to attack from a long distance.

Xiaonin stuck his upper body out from the shadows, and the twin guns in his hands spewed out flames that exploded the magic missiles in the air one by one, which made Mu Huai secretly smack his lips in amazement.

[Your shooting skills are so good? ]

【Please call me Shinobi Takashi from now on! 】

The sneak attack failed. A slender figure wrapped in a cloak slowly emerged from the distant shadows. Her cyan eyes, pure as glass, were filled with rage. She lowered her voice and asked, "Did you kill these people?"

"Indeed, they were planning to capture monsters and transport them to Orario to sell. As an adventurer, it's only natural for me to eliminate this threat. But you... attacked without a word. Are you one of their accomplices?"

"I am not a companion of these beasts."

Liuliang was furious at Mu Huai's guess. She followed the clues she found to hunt down the remnants who had framed her family for destruction, but she didn't expect that her enemy was dealt with by someone else first, and she was suspected of being the enemy's companion.

On impulse, she drew out the two small swords from her waist and charged towards Mu Huai with a speed that she was proud of. She wanted to teach this self-righteous adventurer a lesson.

[Master, this looks like an elf. How about breaking her limbs first, then locking her up and training her to become your own personal ball of fluff?]

[I don't have such a strong taste. I didn't sense any murderous intent from her. I think she's just a clueless elf. I'll just teach her a lesson and let her go. If she really has murderous intentions towards me, I'll just chop her into fertilizer along with these poachers.]

As a Lv.4 adventurer, Liu's speed when exerting all her strength is beyond the reach of the naked eye. A normal Lv.1 adventurer would probably be knocked unconscious by her in a single encounter.

Unfortunately, the person she encountered was Mu Huai, a monster trained by Feng Jianyouxiang. He didn't even need to use his sight to catch the other party's trace. He instinctively grasped the red blade sword and swung it towards the empty space behind him.

"Qiang!"

The sound of metal clashing echoed in the cave. Liu widened her eyes in disbelief. She found it hard to believe that her attack was blocked by Mu Huai who didn't even turn his head.

Even though she couldn't update her abilities after losing her main god, she was once a rising star along with the sword lady from Loki's clan. How could her attack trajectory be so easily predicted?

Unconvinced, she retreated like lightning, and then launched a series of swift attacks at Mu Huai from different directions, but he easily blocked them all by standing still.

"It's boring to just stand there and get beaten. It's my turn to attack."

Hearing this, Liu's heart was filled with alarm. He immediately put the two small swords back on his waist, then drew out the wooden sword and began to chant magic: "The forest and sky that are now far away, the infinite night sky inlaid with countless stars..."

“START UP!”

Liu was halfway through chanting when he felt the scenery in front of him suddenly change. The next second, Mu Huai had somehow tied his hands behind his back and pressed them against the wall. With two crisp slaps, a burning pain accompanied by humiliation was transmitted from his buttocks to his brain.

Not only was her skin touched, but she was even forcibly spanked!

As an elf, Liu would only allow someone she identified with to touch her, but Mu Huai was obviously not one of them. He even made extremely insulting gestures, which really irritated her.

"I'm Hayate Liang, a wanted criminal on the union's blacklist. How dare you treat me like this!?"

Unexpectedly, Mu Huai didn't show any fear at all. Instead, he asked with a confused look on his face: "Who is that? Are you bluffing?"

"you!"

Liu's lungs nearly exploded at his answer, and her chest heaved violently against the wall.

She was actually subdued by a new adventurer?

"Forget it, you don't look like a bad person, so I'll let you go this time."

Mu Huai loosened his hands and took a few steps back. Liu turned around like lightning, drew out his small sword and held it across his body. The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and finally she chose to slowly retreat into the darkness.

[He clearly recognized who she was, but is the master playing hard to get?]

[Guessed correctly, Gryffindor deducts 50 points.]

15

Chapter 15: Forge new weapons.

The unexpected meeting with Liuliang was just a small episode. Mu Huai only knew that she was a waitress for the rich hostess on the surface, but was actually a Lv.4 adventurer.

He went to the 15th floor and took the mine elevator back to the ground. At that time, the sun had just climbed to the center of the Orario sky. The midday sun was particularly dazzling. It only took half a day to go back and forth. It was obvious that the mine elevator saved him a lot of time.

Under Xiaonin's constant urging, Mu Huai decided to go to Hephaestus's clan to ask the god of forging for help in forging weapons. If she was unwilling to forge it herself, then this matter could only be postponed temporarily.

Orichalcum is a rare metal that can be used to forge the ultimate holy garment. Naturally, you can't just find a blacksmith to make weapons for you. Doing so would be a sheer waste of resources.

Perhaps because of the relationship with Hestia, Mu Huai was able to meet Hephaestus very easily without having to go through a complicated application process.

In the scorching red room, Hephaestus sat on a chair and looked at Mu Huai with her red eye. She was surprised that Hestia would accept clothes given by a man and even wear them to show off to her.

"If you're looking for Hestia, she and that little human named Lily just left ten minutes ago."

"Of course not. I want you to help me make a weapon."

Hephaestus shook her head and chuckled. "I rarely help others forge equipment myself, especially since you're only Level 1. Even if I forge a powerful weapon, I won't be able to fully unleash its power."

Mu Huai reached into his cloak, but actually reached into the storage space, and took out a piece of Orichalcum steel with scarlet patterns, which looked slightly different from the previous one, and placed it on Hephaestus's desk.

"Orichalcum... No... It doesn't have this strange pattern... Where did you find this ingot?!"

One glance and Hephaestus stood up in shock. Even though she couldn't call out the name of the metal ingot in front of her, as the goddess of forging, she could still sense the special energy contained in this metal ingot and its hardness that was comparable to that of Orichalcum steel.

"This is my personal secret, Goddess Hephaestus. I believe you are the only one in all of Orario who can forge a metal ingot like this into a weapon."

As the god of forging, Hephaestus also has her own pride. A metal ingot that has never been seen before and even has the characteristics of Orichalcum steel is indeed worthy of her effort, not to mention that Mu Huai's just-right flattery really benefits her a lot.

"I've accepted the forging commission. In consideration of this metal ingot, I'll give you a 50% discount on the forging fee, charging you 50 million faris. Do you have any specific requirements?"

Mu Huai took out the design of the demon sword Xindu that Xiaonin had drawn earlier from his pocket, as well as a purse containing 50 million faris and handed it to Hephaestus: "Just make it like this."

"A two-meter-long katana?"

Hephaestus looked at the blueprint and suddenly frowned. "With your current level 1 and the floor you're on, you're completely unable to perform this move, right?"

"Don't worry, I'll be heading to the deeper levels soon."

"That's right. You were able to defeat Lv. 3 adventurers before you became an adventurer. The previous floors are just numbers to you. Come back in a week to claim them."

Mu Huai bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Goddess Hephaestus, for helping me forge weapons."

"If you can get this special ore in the future, I can still help you craft equipment at a 50% discount."

"I see."

After completing the transaction, Mu Huai said goodbye to Hephaestus and walked on the way home.

After being enchanted by Shinobu, the piece of Orichalcum steel became [Orichalcum Steel of the Demon of Sin]. According to her, only in this way can she create a weapon that belongs only to her.

Mu Huai had no objection to this. After all, Xiaonin's weapon was his weapon, and it could be filled into the Phantom Sword. When the types and number of weapons in the Phantom Sword reached a certain level, a more powerful attack method could be activated.

If these weapons did not have to have certain special features, he would really like to try putting in the knives that he used for different cooking purposes. Maybe he could unlock an interesting ability like "Infinite Knife Making".

When they got home, as soon as Mu Huai opened the door, Lily cheered and jumped into his arms.

"Master Mu Huai, where have you been?"

"I took a quick trip to the 17th floor of the dungeon, but unfortunately, there was a torch hanging at the entrance to the cave. Goliath had been defeated and it would take two weeks for him to be resurrected."

"What!?"

Lily's rosy face turned pale with fright in an instant. She quickly reached out to lift his clothes to check if there were any scars on his body. You know, starting from the 13th floor of the dungeon, it has been called the "initial dead line" by many adventurers.

This is because the monsters here are not only more cunning than those before the 12th floor, but also use magic-like long-range attacks, causing the casualty rate of the adventurer team who just entered the 13th floor to soar.

The Adventurer's Guild specifically issued an announcement to remind adventurer teams that starting from this level, they would be suitable for Lv.2 adventurers. However, Mu Huai went to the 17th floor alone as a Lv.1, which was definitely a life-threatening move no matter how one looked at it.

Hestia put her hands on both sides of her thighs, raised her palms and ran to the entrance happily, but when she saw Lily openly taking advantage of Mu Huai, her smile froze.

"Lily-kun, Mu Huai-kun...what are you...doing?"

"Lady Hestia, please come and help Lily!"

What help? Should I help you hold Mu Huai's hand?

"He went to the 17th floor alone. Lily needs to check if he has any injuries!"

"17th floor!!!!!"

Hestia let out a deafening scream, then knocked Mu Huai and Lily to the ground like a calf.

Three hours later, Lily and Hestia, who were anxious and angry, finally stopped preaching to Mu Huai and forbade Mu Huai to explore the dungeon in the next week. He was not allowed to explore the dungeon alone in the future and had to be accompanied by Lily.

"Lily-kun, we gods can't enter the dungeon, so the job of keeping an eye on Mu Huai is up to you!"

"Don't worry, Lady Hestia. Lily promises to complete the mission!"

"I'm back safe and sound, why are you so angry?"

"You are not allowed to talk!!" X2.

It took Hestia half a day to calm down her excitement. The reason why she was angry was not because Mu Huai went to the 17th floor, but because of his attitude of taking risks without even telling her.

But at night, she tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep, thinking that her angry appearance during the day might have left a bad impression on Mu Huai. The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became.