“I see,” Ishii nodded in understanding. “No wonder the book said to be careful when turning. I thought I was going to hit something.”

"To perform that kind of action, your body must be strong enough," Senju explained to Ishii, who then began to think, "Improving physical strength? It seems I still have to rely on magic. If it weren't for the magic shield from earlier, I would have had a hard time surviving."

“That won’t do. It takes a short time to activate magic, and the effect isn’t continuous,” Senju shook his head. “But the upgrade system here can strengthen the body. All you need to do is upgrade.”

Chapter 388 Nuclear Attack

"I see," Ishii said, slightly intrigued, but her attention wasn't on that right now. She patted the pressure suit, took it off, and focused on the planes flying around on the screen next to her. "Looks like they can't be recovered."

"Well, no one can stop it now," Senju said helplessly, looking at the plane on the screen. It had left the pilot and was still flying around aimlessly in the air for a while, like a headless fly, but it still refused to fall to the ground.

Under their watchful eyes, after a while, the plane seemed to have identified a target on the ground and plunged down.

Then suddenly a beam of light appeared over there, followed by a mushroom cloud, and spaceships several kilometers away felt a jolt.

"What's that?" Senju looked at the spot where the plane crashed with some surprise, while Ishii explained from the side, "That's the nuclear-powered combustion reactor that exploded. We finally made three, and one of them was destroyed in the first experiment."

"Uh," Senju was speechless. "You've gone too far with your research. You've combined technology and fantasy. Look at the bloodstains on her body. Alright, Ishii, take a shower and rest for a bit."

“Okay, we have plenty of time anyway,” Ishii said, leaving the computer and smiling at Senju, extending his hand to him. “Let’s go take a shower together.”

“Let’s go together,” Senju nodded gently, looked at Ishii, and took her hand. But then he noticed the ring on Ishii’s left ring finger, which had a crack. “Looks like this has helped a bit.”

“Well, it’s just this crack,” Ishii seemed a little sullen. Senju slowly took it from him. “It’s alright, it can be fixed in no time.”

After Senju took the ring, she fixed it in no time. Ishii seemed very happy after putting it on, so the two of them went to the bathroom in the spaceship to take a shower together.

While Senju was bathing Ishii, the ground under attack was not very stable. The strong tremors and wind pressure damaged buildings within a radius of more than ten kilometers, and everyone around was blown down. Even the underground city hundreds of miles away felt a slight tremor, although few people noticed it.

However, the army just a few kilometers away suffered a major disaster. Although the tremors and strong winds did not cause any casualties, the previously high morale plummeted after this sudden calamity, and whispers began to circulate among the soldiers.

"Could it be an attack launched by Orario? Such powerful force."

"But it seems like it missed. Luckily it landed far away, otherwise we would have suffered heavy casualties."

"Yes, although all our soldiers are LV1, we still couldn't withstand the attack just now."

"Silence! Do not make a sound! For the sake of the chief god Ares, the Third Knights, follow me to the explosion site to investigate!" It seemed that a general appeared from the side. After he shouted a few times, a group of cavalry followed him toward the explosion site.

Senju and Ishii, who were taking a shower, had no idea that someone would go to investigate the explosion site. They were slowly making their way to Orario in their spaceship, albeit at a very slow speed.

After a passionate encounter, the two lay peacefully in the bathtub, chatting slowly. It was then that Senju realized that Ishii's diamond armor had shattered, and his overall defense had reached its lowest point.

"I see," Senju immediately understood. It must have been the protection above that worked. The two then began to make a new enchanted diamond armor, and did not return to Orario until noon.

Feeling refreshed, Senju watched as Ishii returned to the space with a pile of documents. He then slowly flew his spaceship toward Orario.

However, Orario warmly welcomed Senju. As the spaceship appeared, countless magical attacks suddenly appeared on the high walls surrounding Orario and attacked the spaceship, seemingly trying to destroy this strange 'monster' in one fell swoop.

Seeing the sudden burst of fire and lightning, Senju instinctively put away his spaceship and then plummeted downwards, the attack passing right above his head.

"What on earth happened?" Senju was confused as to why someone was suddenly attacking them, but the mages on the city wall were celebrating. "Although no one reacted when it escaped, it actually came back. Is it just underestimating us, Orario?"

"Exactly, but where did such a huge monster come from? Could it be from the underground city?"

"How is that possible? Monsters that big don't appear until at least the thirtieth floor, and I've never heard of a passage leading directly to the ground from there."

"That's good, but we need to be more vigilant in the future and be careful to guard against these high-speed flying monsters."

After landing on the ground, Qian Shou looked at the towering city wall and shook his head speechlessly. After following the city wall for a while, he found the entrance and quietly flew in using an invisibility potion.

Looking at the unfamiliar buildings around him, Senju slowly started walking. Along the way, he saw members of the guild several times. They seemed to be looking for something, and sometimes they even stopped passersby to ask them questions.

Senju was stopped and questioned several times. He took out his adventurer's badge before he was allowed to pass. He also asked about the location of the Loki Familia's residence, 'Twilight Mansion'.

"That's strange," Senju thought, puzzled. There were many people along the way who hadn't been checked, and he didn't know why. It wasn't until he saw someone who had been let through and was called a 'god' that he realized those who hadn't been checked were all gods.

"This is ridiculous. I should be a god too. Is it because my fame is too low?" Thousand Hands muttered to himself as he slowly walked to the Twilight Mansion. After knocking on the door, Thousand Hands quickly met Loki.

"Oh, you're really in a hurry," Loki said with a grin, looking very confident. "But you've come at just the right time; the grimoire has been found."

“Oh, that’s wonderful,” Thousand Hands said happily, looking at Loki. “Let me see it.”

“Sure, but the spellbook will lose its effect after you’ve read it once, so you can only read the first few pages,” Loki said.

He beckoned to a nearby wizard girl carrying a book, who ran over, handed the book to Loki, and then stepped back.

“After the identification is complete, you can show it to the appropriate child,” Loki patted the green book in his hand, then lowered his voice, “This is Riveria’s treasure; hopefully, she won’t find out.”

“No problem, I trust you,” Senju said, completely unaware that he knew nothing about grimoires. “Then take out the selected items and enchantments.”

“It’s all ready,” Loki clapped his hands. The dwarf Griss, carrying a large axe and a huge shield, walked over from the side. Following the list Loki had given him, Thousand Hands had added effects such as Thorns, Protection, and Fortune to the shield.

The axe, on the other hand, is equipped with attributes such as sharpness, strength, durability, and undead slaying.

Chapter 389 The First Magic

Then came Bert's weapon, and then Senju saw him take out a piece of paper and hand it over.

“Power, Sharpness, Infinity, Protection…” Thousand Hands looked at the attributes above. It was almost a collection of all enchantment attributes. Thousand Hands glanced at Loki beside him and said, “I don’t think there are any enchantment conditions listed.”

“Well, don’t be so stingy. Bert went to great lengths to come up with this,” Loki chuckled as he moved closer to Thousand Hands. “It’s just a matter of using a little bit of divine power, so it won’t hurt to use a little.”

"Tch, you make it sound so easy, why don't you use it yourself?" Thousand Hands looked at Loki speechlessly, while Loki gave an embarrassed fake smile, "Haha, I'm not a god in this area, so I'll leave it to you."

“That’s impossible,” Thousand Hands shook his head. “If I did that, I would consume dozens of times more energy than a normal enchantment, and I would lose a lot of money in this deal.”

"Hey, just use it for a bit," Loki shouted shamelessly. "If all else fails, I'll give you another magic book."

"Hehe," Thousand Hands looked at Loki the Smiling Tiger and refused with all his might, "No way, I would lose billions for such an enchantment."

The three people beside him widened their eyes in surprise. Loki asked in astonishment, "Huh, is it really that expensive? You could buy a lot of useful weapons with that money!"

“Yes,” Senju nodded, “Even for a single enchantment, I feel like I’m losing money now.”

“No, no, you’re not losing out,” Loki gestured. “Magicians are extremely rare items. Think about the magic they bring; it might be very powerful.”

"I hope so," Senju nodded silently. "Anyway, you need to change the effect before I can enchant his equipment."

“Of course,” Loki nodded, then handed Thousand Hands a piece of paper with the effects of Bert’s enchantments written on it: Fire Embrace, Frost Walker, Looting, and Poseidon’s Favor.

"What a strange choice," Thousand Hands muttered, then took out an enchanting book, added attributes to the leg armor, and left with the magic book.

"Does this really work?" Bert asked, looking at the boots that gleamed with purple light. Grace tapped his shield beside him. "If you want to know, come out and practice with me."

“Perfect timing, I’d like to see it too,” Loki said with a grin, while Bert was also very excited. “Let me see the power of the new weapon. If it’s useless, well…”

The three arrived at the training ground and first familiarized themselves with their weapons. However, Bert discovered that his 'Staff of Destruction' seemed to be able to generate fire and frost on its own. After experimenting there for a while, he found that even without external magic, his leg armor would accumulate magic power every minute.

“Tch, this will save a lot,” Bert said, and began to test the weapon’s power. With his flying kick, a large crater of ice and fire appeared on the ground.

“Looks like you’ve gotten used to the new weapon,” Grace praised from the side. “Then I can’t fall behind.”

The two then began practicing with the new weapon, while Loki watched with a smile.

After obtaining the grimoire, Senju immediately rushed back to his home. After running to the bedrock chamber on the second basement level, Senju first copied several grimoires and put them in a box to the side. Then he opened the grimoire titled "Half an Hour, From Apprentice to Advanced Mage".

"Magic is divided into innate and acquired. Innate magic varies depending on each person's aptitude, while acquired magic originates from the various desires in one's heart. These desires are condensed through a magic book, but the quantity is limited..."

As Senju looked at the book in his hands, countless figures seemed to appear in his mind. Gradually, he fell to the ground and fell asleep.

In his dream, he saw many figures, and then he suddenly woke up. He looked at the clock on the side and realized that two hours had passed. He also felt that he seemed to be a little different.

After thinking for a moment, Senju brought up the attribute table and refreshed it. A magic item appeared below: Wood Release. By crossing his fingers, he could convert magic power into plant-based life force. He could activate Wood Release simply by imagining it.

"Not bad, really not bad," Senju thought, looking at the list with great joy. He walked out of the secret room and ran to the ruins in the distance to begin his experiment.

"Wood Release: Advent of the World of Trees!" Senju shouted, and then a forest suddenly appeared in the ruins in front of him, with the trees swaying back and forth, looking very eerie.

However, upon closer inspection, Senju discovered that...

The thickest tree is over a meter in diameter, and the entire forest covers an area of ​​less than 100 meters. If the area is reduced, the power will be even greater.

"Again, Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands," a Buddha several meters tall emerged from the forest, with many long arms moving slowly behind him. Under the control of the thousand hands, it struck the ground around it, and many snakes, insects, rats and ants suffered the poisonous hands of the wooden statue.

"Hmm, it seems about right," Senju said, looking at the huge commotion he had caused. He then tested various ways to use Wood Release, and it seemed to be no different from what he had imagined.

After trying it out, Thousand Hands threw the Buddha statue into his spatial storage as a souvenir, then flew back home, seeing many guild members running towards him along the way.

It was already dusk when Senju got home, and he realized that no one seemed to be home today. Senju was a little speechless, so he thought about finding a maid who could stay here all day, preferably a maid who was very good at fighting like Ryu.

Bored, Thousand Hands went out to look around and went to the 'Abundant Mistress's' place for dinner. After wandering around for a while, he saw Bell looking flustered and searching for something, with a worried expression.

"What's wrong, Bell?" Senju immediately became interested and ran over to ask. Upon hearing the voice, Bell immediately turned around and stammered, "Lord Star God, have you seen my weapon?!"

"Hmm, isn't it right behind you?" Thousand Hands looked at Bell with some confusion. The Holy Sword was clearly on his back, but Bell shook his head quickly. "It's not that. The dagger that the god gave me is missing. I don't know where it fell."

"Oh, it's that one," Senju remembered the glass knife. "Could it have fallen on the road? Let's hurry and look for it along the way. I'll help too."

"Thank you, Lord Star God," Bell shouted and then sprinted forward, while Thousand Hands followed slowly behind, searching the surrounding ground as he went.

However, after searching for a while, the two still couldn't find the dagger. Bell was getting anxious and desperate. "Where did it go? What should we do?"

Chapter 390 The Broken Dagger for Survival

Lily, who had spent the day as a supporter, happily waved the beautiful dagger in her hand. The blade was pure white with red lettering. It looked just like Lord Bell. It was sure to fetch a good price.

Reaching the shop where she often sold stolen goods, she handed the dagger to the goblin there. The old goblin looked at the dagger, which resembled a work of art, thought for a moment, and then took out a piece of paper to test it.

"Crack!" Lily, who had been excitedly watching, suddenly froze. She saw a crack appear on the perfect blade. The goblin immediately returned the dagger. "Looks like it's just a piece of glass. Fifty falies it is."

"What a joke!" Lily picked up the dagger and left. Compared to the longsword, this dagger was no less formidable. It had slain countless monsters without a problem, so how could it cause any issues while cutting paper?

She stormed out of the shop, clutching the dagger tightly in her hand, her anger and resentment almost uncontrollable. But then she noticed two tall figures in front of her. She tightened her clothes and prepared to quietly walk past them.

Ryu and Seele were purchasing a batch of fruit according to the store's needs. On their way back to the store, they saw a small human rushing around. She was emanating a strange emotion, which caught Ryu's attention. Then she noticed the dagger in her hand.

“Wait a minute, you little people over there,” Ryu suddenly stopped and calmly asked Lily, who was running over, “Can I see the dagger you’re holding? It looks like it belongs to my friend.”

"Ryu?" Seele looked at Ryu curiously, while Lily next to her began to tremble. She had a strange sense of fear, but still tried to explain, "Unfortunately, this is already mine. You must have misjudged it."

"Stop lying. It's engraved with sacred characters, and I only know of one such special weapon." Ryu turned around and knocked the dagger out of Lily's hand with a copper coin. The dagger fell to the ground with a crisp sound, but the cracks on it miraculously disappeared.

Lily, enduring the pain in her hand, turned and ran, then knocked someone down at the alley entrance.

Thousand Hands, who was looking around in the back, saw Bell, who had just stopped a moment ago, get into a 'traffic accident'. A girl running at full speed knocked him down, and the two rolled together.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch," Bell rubbed his head where he had bumped it, then looked at the figure in his arms. He recognized the person and exclaimed, "Lily, what are you doing here?"

“Lord Bell,” the short girl looked at the person she had bumped into in a daze, and then a maid named Ryu ran out from the alley next to her, carrying fruit.

After looking at the two of them, Bell suddenly remembered his purpose, stood up, and anxiously shouted, "By the way, have you seen a white dagger with red writing on it? It's about this long..."

"Is this it?" Ryu took out the dagger she had just seen and held it up for Bell to see. Bell looked at his dagger with teary eyes, "My dagger!"

"Ah, thank you so much," Bell said excitedly, gripping the dagger tightly, though it was Ryu's hand in the middle. Judging from his expression, he seemed to be planning to rub it against his face. "Thank you so much."

“Ah,” Seele, who was standing next to him, stared in disbelief, while Ryu, who was standing next to her, was also a little embarrassed. “Mr. Crane, what you’re doing is really bothering me. You should be doing this to Seele.”

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