"You want to join us?" Aster asked once more, as if to confirm.
Lizandrea turned to face him, her expression unchanging, before nodding her head.
"Yes. Seeing how coordinated the four of you were, I believe it'll be to my benefit if I join your party." She explained. "And having only one tank is problematic, especially when you're fighting a boss. Having a backup tank is the mainstream."
"..."
Aster, of course, understood that having two tanks alternate when facing a boss was the standard. And of course, he had no problems with adding Liz to their party. However, what worried him was the one on her "back."
'The Dragonseal Family would most likely look for information about her party mbers. They would definitely find information about .'
He wasn't sure if that was a bad thing or not, so he first had to ask the Mayor's view on this. Just as he was about to refuse her offer temporarily to give him ti to think, his holo-tablet started to vibrate.
"Huh?"
He quickly checked it, only to see a missed call and a ssage. The na on both the caller and sender was... "Mayor Magnus?"
Curious, he opened the ssage, only to see a short ssage saying:
~~~
There's no problem with the Dragonseal Family. You can take her in; I'll talk to them about you to smooth things out. 👍
~~~
Aster quickly put his phone down and looked around, checking for anyone suspicious. After all, the content of the mayor's ssage was as if he were sitting with them at the table! 'Wiretap? Did he install sothing like that on my holo-phone, perhaps?!'
Of course, his doubts remained unanswered. It made him feel a little disgruntled, as if he were playing to the mayor's tune.
"... I see no problems." Aster sighed, facing Lizandrea once more. "Welco to our party."
Hearing his positive response, the dragonkin woman heaved a sigh of relief before sitting properly on her chair. "I thought you'd reject for a mont there. Anyway, thanks! I'll make sure you don't regret this decision!"
"Yeah, no problem."
Aster felt a little shocked that she figured out his initial intentions. 'This woman's too sharp!' he admitted.
Taking advantage of the location, they quickly finished registering her as a new mber. Aster was feeling awe as he just gained two mbers in consecutive days!
Zena didn't take long, as she didn't want to miss the festivities. In just three minutes, she returned with their adventurer's cards, with the party nas updated.
"Right, before I forget..."
Aster flipped his card, adding the newly gained point to his CON stat. Finally, he reached the average value for a normal person's CON! With a satisfied grin, he checked the values of his Adventurer's Card.
[
Na: Aster Mistral
Age: 2518
Race: Human
Purity: 100%
Level: 6
Party mbers: Cassandra Bright, Kali Norma, Celestinya Zirroth, Lizandrea Von Dragonseal (Empty) (Empty) (Empty)
]
[
Strength: 5
Dexterity: 10
Constitution: 8
Intelligence: 15
Wisdom: 16
Charisma: 12
Luck: 0
]
His level was rising fast, but their speed at conquering floors was still too slow. It can't be helped, however, as their priority was gaining levels and proper equipnt first before challenging the higher floors.
'If we continue at this pace, I doubt we'll reach the 1000th floor within five years.'
If they take their average ti to conquer a floor as 1 week, they would need 20 years to reach the top floor!
'To speed up our progress, I need to get stronger... or gather more mbers and make a perfectly balanced party!'
Currently, the party composition is: two tanks, one healer, one scout, and one support or semi-mage. To make a balanced party, they would next need a mage, a porter, and a backline fighter. Aster wondered when they would be able to find a good one, though.
'At worst, I can just post another recruitnt offer. With the number of girls increasing, adding a guy shouldn't be a problem now.'
"...ter. Aster?"
"Eh?"
After hearing his na called, he snapped back to reality. Turning to his side, Lizandrea was looking at him with a smile. "Were you thinking about sothing? Anyway, do you want to see my stats? I think you'd need that to understand my abilities more."
"Oh, sorry. I was lost in thought." Aster scratched his head.
"But are you sure about showing your stats? How can you trust that much when we haven't even known each other for long?"
"It's fine, it's fine. I don't have anything that would be troubling to be seen, after all." Lizandrea added with a handso smile. "Then, here."
"Okay..."
[
Na: Lizandrea Von Dragonseal
Age: 20
Race: Dragonkin
Purity: 30%
Level: 6
Party mbers: Aster Mistral, Cassandra Bright, Kali Norma, Celestinya Zirroth (Empty) (Empty) (Empty)]
[
Strength: 11
Dexterity: 10
Constitution: 25
Intelligence: 3
Wisdom: 3
Charisma: 15
Luck: 0
]
"..."
Aster rubbed his eyes before looking at her stats again. However, the values didn't change at all.
"What a perfect example of min-maxing!"
With a CON value of 25, she's practically a walking wall! It's doubtful if monsters from the second floor, other than bosses, would even be able to injure her! Hearing Aster's comnt, Lizandrea scratched her cheeks awkwardly.
"A-Ahahaha... As you can see, since I increased my constitution first, my strength is a little low. I'm making up for it using equipnt, but this should have its limits too."
'Low?' Aster cursed. 'I have 5 strength, goddamnit! And you call 11 LOW?!'
He felt his fragile heart crack a little from her casual comnt. Of course, it was nothing but his manly pride in suffering. Anyway, he didn't let his thoughts appear on his face as he returned her card.
"With this much CON, you'd be perfect for our main tank. I'm counting on you, Lizandrea!"
Aster extended a hand, waiting for a handshake. Lizandrea folded her wings as if feeling shy before grabbing his hand.
"Just like during the battle earlier, calling Liz is fine." She said, permitting Aster to call her using her pet na. "And I'm also looking forward to working with you, Star."
"Yesh~! Welco sho zha parshee~!"
Without the two's notice, a drunken rabbit jumped to Liz's back. The poor dragonkin looked panicked, unsure of what to do, while their leader simply watched as they started frolicking.
After Aster returned to his seat, he took a swig of his juice... but realized that the taste was different.
His vision quickly turned blurry, and his mory was cut off from that mont. The reason Aster refused to drink was because he was soone who would get drunk with a single sip of beer!
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