Danmachi : Start With Terraria Calamity Mod! Chapter 37 37: A Man Can Change Greatly in a Single Day

"Update your status?"

Hearing Drake's request, Hephaestus put down her forging hamr in confusion.

"Didn't you only update it the day before yesterday?"

To her, the Monsterphilia had only happened recently.

But on Drake's side, he had already spent several days in Terraria and Tokonosu City.

Generally speaking, familia mbers updated their status once every month or every few months.

Most mbers of the Hephaestus Familia did not explore the Dungeon much. They made a living through forging, so their status updates were even less frequent.

Sotis, updating once every year or two was perfectly normal.

Moreover, after reaching Level 2, the speed at which one's status increased would also slow down.

So familia mbers spent their entire lives stuck at Level 2.

"It was Ais's suggestion."

Drake brought up the Sword Princess's na, shifting the topic.

"Ais… Oh, the 'Sword Princess' from the Loki Familia?"

Since she had already heard about Drake and Ais from Tsubaki before, Hephaestus was not too surprised.

"Then co here. It won't take much ti anyway."

Following her usual practice, Hephaestus used her golden divine blood to carve "sacred text" onto Drake's back.

"You didn't gain any new skills this ti, but…"

Seeing the status values slowly erging on Drake's back, now showing an unbelievable new appearance, Hephaestus revealed a startled expression.

Even her arm, which could easily swing a heavy iron hamr, could not help trembling at this mont.

'Too fast.'

A growth speed so shocking that even a god found it hard to believe.

For Hephaestus, she had witnessed countless familia mbers receive Falna.

But nobody had ever been like Drake.

Less than a week after receiving the Falna, both his basic abilities and accumulated achievents had already reached the threshold of Level 2!

The [Status] on children's backs should not be "like this."

This was not growth.

This was a leap!

If every adventurer had the sa growth speed as Drake, then the mainstream level among adventurers would not be the current Level 2.

It would be high levels like Level 4 or Level 5.

What exactly was the reason he had grown so quickly?

Was it because he had forged that "magic sword," one even she herself found worthy of praise?

Or… was there so other factor?

"Goddess?"

Perhaps noticing Hephaestus's surprise, Drake turned his head slightly and looked up at her.

"Sorry, I spaced out."

The red-haired goddess ca back to her senses and revealed a gentle smile.

"Can you tell why you want to beco stronger?"

That question filled Drake with confusion.

'Beco stronger… Did that need a reason?'

"Of course it's so I can beco soone qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with a 'god.'"

Drake answered without hesitation.

Ever since obtaining the system, he had set a "small goal" for himself.

For now, he would clear Terraria and gain power comparable to the gods… or enough combat strength to "slay a god."

"…Is that so?"

Drake's answer made Hephaestus pause.

A faint blush appeared on her beautiful face, which had been tempered by countless fires of the forge.

"You don't need to push yourself too hard."

"As far as I know… the gods of Orario do not mind the status of their partners."

"Oh? Goddess, are you already considering what happens after we beco partners?"

Seeing the aningful smile on Drake's face, Hephaestus only then realized she had accidentally spoken her subconscious thoughts aloud.

"I only heard that from rumors!"

Hephaestus shoved the paper with his status values into Drake's hands and pushed him out.

After Drake left, she finally let out a breath and thought to herself that this child managed to bring her quite a surprise every ti he ca.

Soon, the goddess seed to think of sothing else and sighed heavily.

"Sigh… Leveling up too quickly isn't necessarily a good thing either."

"If those gods who love watching drama find out, the next 'Banquet of the Gods' will probably attract a lot of trouble."

For the first ti, Hephaestus felt a headache because a mber of her familia was too outstanding!

....

After teasing his goddess, Drake returned to Terraria and happened to run into Lili, who was harvesting crops.

Rather than crops, it was more accurate to say she was using the Staff of Regrowth to harvest herbs and seeds from planter boxes.

The herbs in Terraria could be found all over the world.

Different bios also had corresponding types of herbs.

Each type of herb would "bloom" once certain specific conditions were fulfilled.

Only when harvested at that ti could one obtain both the herb material and a random number of seeds.

Generally speaking, each successful harvest could yield one to three seeds.

When using the Staff of Regrowth, however, the yield could rise to a maximum of five seeds, while also increasing the amount of herbs obtained.

Among all the herbs, the ones with the most difficult blooming conditions were Deathweed and Waterleaf.

The forr required a Blood Moon or full moon night to bloom.

The latter only blood when it was raining.

However, while holding the Staff of Regrowth, one could ignore the blooming conditions and harvest both materials and seeds from fully grown herbs.

When Lili saw Drake return, she did not even have ti to put the harvested materials back into the chest.

She imdiately trotted over to greet him.

"How many materials have we accumulated already?"

Drake casually patted Lili's little head and asked.

"Mm… we've harvested around fifty of each kind of herb."

He had not known until he asked, but once Lili reported the number, Drake was startled.

There were seven types of herbs in total. Added together, that ant more than three hundred plants…

'It had only been a few days. How were there already this many?!'

Even with the Staff of Regrowth, this number was sowhat astonishing.

Drake could now understand how Hephaestus had felt when she saw his status values.

But after thinking about it for a mont, and then recalling Lili's behavior over the past few days, Drake understood.

"You worked hard."

Lili must have been coming over every so often to check the state of the planter boxes.

As long as any herbs had matured, she would imdiately harvest them and replant them in ti.

She had not waited for all the herbs to mature before harvesting them together just to save effort.

The forr thod could indeed obtain more materials, but it was also very ti-consuming.

If Drake were the one doing it himself, he would definitely choose the latter thod for convenience.

"Hehe… As long as I can help Master, that's enough."

After receiving Drake's praise, Lili happily narrowed her eyes.

Although her body was tired, her heart was extrely happy.

In the past, she had no choice.

Now, she wanted to do everything she could to repay Drake.

As a reward, Drake agreed to Lili's small request—letting her rest with her head on his lap.

"I never thought there would co a day when I'd be providing lap-pillow service too."

Looking at the prum girl whose little face was filled with satisfaction, Drake's expression softened as well.

Then, he took the accumulated herbal materials from the chest beside him and began making potions.