Finishing up for the night, Jaune teleported out of the dungeon but not to the Hestia mansion. He has gathered countless monster drops and plans to sell them to the guild. However, there were a few that Jaune did not intend to sell. Drops that were useful in making weapons or armors.
Arriving at the guild, Jaune looked for Eina, who was away. Therefore, he had to pick the available receptionist/advisor, which happens to be Rose. He sighed. Rose was not a fan of him or anyone she perceived as weak. He can't blame her since his stats are sealed.
Jaune approached her and said, "Rose. It's good to see you again."
Rose looked at Jaune with a weird look. She felt he looked different, not because he didn't have his usual Fox ears. No, it is because he had this Godly glow to him. She shook her head and said, "I already told you I do not want to be your advisor."
Jaune shook his head, saying, "I'm not here for that. Remember, I already have Eina as my advisor. I'm here to sell the drops I got from the dungeon and all the monster cores I collected."
Hearing that Jaune was not looking for an advisor, Rose became more approachable to a certain extent. She said, "Place the cores on the counter, including any drop you got."
She did not see Jaune carrying any bag. As a result, she thought he old had a handful of drops.
Jaune removed the [Bag of Holding] from his item box and dropped all its content on the counter, shocking Rose and everyone in the guild.
Shocked wouldn't even begin to describe what Rose and anyone in the surrounding area was feeling. There have to be at least thousands of cores that were taken out. But that was not the most shocking. What Rose said would shock everyone.
Examining the cores, Rose exclaimed, saying, "These are monster cores from the deeper floor! Where did you get them?"
Jaune replied, "Uhm…From floor 30 to the 50th floor."
Rose was shocked. She said, "That's impossible! A level 1 can barely go to the third floor! How can you say you've gotten monster core on the 50th floor? Please be truthful about where you got the monster core."
Jaune gave her a blank look, saying, "Are you insinuating that I stole this monster core? Because I have witnesses that saw me on the 30th floor. She introduced herself as Tiona Hiryute."
In the dungeon, Tiona sneezed. She noticed something that happened earlier. She asked her companions, "Hey, did he mention his name?"
Tione, Tiona's twin sister, asked, "Whom are you talking about?"
Tiona replied, "The guy I had a spar with! I don't think he introduced himself…Now that I think about it, I did not introduce myself. So, how did he know what name was?"
Tione said, "Are you sure you did not introduce yourself?"
Tiona nodded, saying, "I'm sure! I was so excited to have a spar with him that I forgot to introduce myself."
Finn said, "Knowing our names should not be that surprising. Being the main force of the Loki Familia, we are well known in Orario."
Tiona said, "That is not true. Yes, we are the Loki Familia's main force, but our nickname is well known, not our real name. For example, Ais, people know her as the Sword Princess. Or, Riveria as Nine Hells."
Finn said, "That is true. Now, you got me curious about how he knew your name. Maybe he knows all of our names."
Bete said, "Ha! He is probably some shitty stalker!"
As expected, Bete was, again, attacked by nature. He still hasn't fully learned his lesson.
As Rose calculated the amount to be given to Jaune for compensation for the monster core, she couldn't help but stare at the young man. She could not see any feasible way for him to enter the 30th floor of the dungeon. She sighed and let it be.
After calculating everything, Rose said, "Your total has been 300,000,000 Valis. For being a Level 1, you are quite rich."
Jaune smiled. Rose was quite rude earlier, but she was still quite professional in the end. He said, "Thanks for your help."
Jaune took his money and headed back to the Hestia Manor. He wanted to use the Weapons Fusion Ticket.
[Beep! You have conquered the 40th and 50th floors. Rewards are being given]
Jaune said, "You have been active for a while. How come I did not get any rewards from conquering the dungeon floor of the Dreamscape?"
[Beep! The Dreamscape already rewards you with every kill. No additional rewards are rewarded]
[Flying Mushroom: A mushroom with the blessing of wind. It flies through the air by spinning its umbrella at high speed and runs away when approached. Consuming it would give you a temporary ability to fly]
[Purification: The highest-ranking magic against Demons/Devil/Darkness/Etc. When using this magic, a magic circle appears, and all Demons/Devil/Darkness/Etc in that area vanishes. Depending on the user's strength and mana capacity, its radius gets bigger]
[Creation (Max): The power of the God of Creation resides in you as a skill. This is the highest level of production skill. It consumes materials and energy to create new items. Items created with this skill are given special effects and have a much higher quality than normal. The higher the skill rank and knowledge, the wider the range of items you can create with less energy and material requirements]
Jaune saw that he got three items. He asked, "Why did I get three rewards? Shouldn't I only get two since I conquered 40 and 50?"
[Beep! The third reward is for arriving at the middle section of the dungeon. If you can reach floor 100, you will also get an extra reward]
Jaune smiled and skipped back to the Hestia Mansion. Today was a good day.
Hestia's face was that of the screaming painting when she updated Jaune's stats. She saw a skill that was meant for a God in his status. She said, "H-How do you have the power of the God of Creation? It should be impossible for anyone to have that skill. It was the power that brought for this world and everything that resides in it…And your stats increased so much that you should have already blown yourself up due to excess Excelia."
Jaune asked, "What are the limit for the stats?"
Hestia said, "Normally, the highest for each stat is 999, nothing more. Others have different means to get past that. However, it is unheard of for someone to go past 7000 in each stat."
Jaune chuckled. Even with the ability [Gluttony], he was still getting Excelia. This was such a cheat since for every 100 stats of Excelia, he would get 1 stat point for his Dreamscape status.
Jaune said, "Where are the others? They should have been back by now."
Hestia replied, "They went out for dinner since you weren't back yet. They invited me, but I told them I wanted to wait for you."
Jaune patted her head. She is lovely. He said, "Since they went out for dinner, how about I whip us something to eat?"
Hestia nodded. She has not tasted Jaune's cooking, but with the other's reaction to not being able to eat his food, it should be quite tasty.
Jaune entered the kitchen and started cooking. He was singing as he did.
The door of the mansion was opened. In came Ruby and the others. They tried different restaurants and pubs, but none of them were as good as Jaune's cooking.
Yang said, "Can you guys smell that?"
Weiss said, "It seems Jaune is back and cooking something."
Ruby said, "Do you think he made some for us?"
Nora said, "Of course! Jaune knows us. I bet he knew we would return hungry since we would not be satisfied with the food outside."
Out of nowhere, Jaune said, "Indeed! I knew you guys would return hungry after Hestia told me you went out for dinner. Just wait a few more minutes, and it will be ready."
Everyone was glad Jaune decided to cook tonight. They felt miserable last night when they couldn't eat his cooking.
Jaune said, "How is the dungeon dive going?"
Ruby said, "It's going great! It is much easier since we have our Aura, unlike the Dreamscape, where we have no protection."
Nora nodded and said, "Our group is doing well as well. Amber is a strategist but sometimes forgets that she is in a team. Other than that, she is great."
Amber said, "Please forgive me. When I work alongside Jaune, I can work well with him, but when it comes to others, I forget I have a team."
With a teasing smirk, Nora said, "Don't sweat it, sister! You're one of us now."
Amber nodded, not noticing the implications of Nora's words at first. She said, "I-I'm sorry! W-What do you mean I'm one of you now?"
Still, with her teasing smirk, Nora said, "You know what I mean." She even moved her eyebrow up and down.
Amber looked down. She did not want to show her face as she was embarrassed by being found out. She thought she was being subtle about it. After all, Jaune did not say anything.
