Chapter 69 Tentacles are us.

Chapter 69 Tentacles are us.

The next day after relaxing with my girls and frankly resetting from the long expedition I got back into the grind as I went outside and dropped all the Mithril I gathered from the armor and just the trace amounts I was able to strip from what I could reach in the walls of Moria.

I stared at the frankly larger than I could have hoped pile of the fantasy metal and I was a bit lost as to what I could do with it other than just infusing it into my own gear but honestly, I needed my physical body's abilities to grow and not rely as much on the magical items pure combat capability. Like instead of trying to make another powerful weapon I should try to make another fountain that infinitely produces high quality elixirs at the cost of adding some water every once in a while.

Or in other words I need something that could help me grow naturally or to change my body itself to become greater.

Like this Balrog for example... I had a strong suspicion if I were to fuse it with the Heart of the Mountain or with enough Divine material, I would get a demigod core or something that I could fuse within my body. I honestly considered trying it, but Balrog's are very much an evil entity so I would not want any divinity built off it otherwise who knows how it could screw with my personality.

Also, I couldn't get any truly divine remains down here in Genkai due to the way they have to seal their power and when they die, they literally turn into a massive pillar of light that destroys all remains of them.

"Sooo Jake what you gonna do with all this metal?" Lili asked me as I was helplessly pondering that very same question.

"I think I should make a little of it into a weapon and then sell said weapon to Hephestus for a load of drop items I could use to fuse into our gear and make other stuff." I thought aloud. Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

lili then poked a problem into my idea. "But that weapon would only be a mithril alloy unless you actually know how to forge?"

I could only throw all the fantasy metal back into my space ring as I exhaled heavily in thought. 'Honestly we just don't have the infrastructure to make use of all the things I can and will fuse... Could I get some Sci Fi fabricator that can make stuff after I shove stuff into it?'

Now as for the Lake Watcher... Yeah after confirming with Gandalf during the march through Moria that the monster was literally an eldritch monster from beyond the world or even was there before the native gods brought about Humans and Elves as that lake connects and is able to make portals into the stars every few decades, I also had no plans on eating it, but I was very interested in seeing if I could get some space manipulation abilities off it by fusing it with a necklace or something my armor's environmental control abilities are too important to possibly lose.

Thats just my mortal lifetime and not including the extra lifespan my Falna may add.

Still either way it's not as good as becoming a cultivator, but I would be able to go to those universes at some point, when I felt safe enough to travel to such a place and not be struck by heavenly lightning for being an intruder or whatever.

"Jake! Lili said you became a tentacle monster and was going to molest us all. Is that true?" Hestia called boredly from downstairs' and I could almost see the deadpan expression she was wearing.

I couldn't help but snicker at the thought of that expression.

"Yeah, I'm coming down to lay eggs in your ears or something." I yelled back and I could hear her snort as well as what I thought to be Freya tittering in the background.

I think its best if I kept my newfound lifespan increasing object to myself as this world has a history of gods being petty shits and although I highly doubt Freya or Hestia would destroy or actually be able to destroy this in their current forms. I still didnt want to take any chances of them blabbing about it and gods knows what coming out the woodwork to steal such a thing away from me.

I would have loved to get going into the dungeon, but Ryuu and Bell were out in the city doing their own things.

Well, more like Bell is being smothered by Eina after going missing for a week as she has been thinking about following up on the offer Riveria once made to her, to join the Loki Familia like her mother was to help watch out for Bell.

In either case after me and Bell hit our fourth level, we would probably end up working with Loki's group more anyway to maximize our reach into the dungeon as trying to secure a campsite even on the 'safe' floors wasn't something half a dozen people could maintain against the wandering monster's.

I decided to go out to see if I could meet with Hephaestus and discuss if we could trade some of the mithril for a large shipment of monster drops or other treasures. Actually, with all the fantasy stuff here already I wonder if I could get magical herbs or something off of Demeter, but I was warned to stay away from her as she has apparently become a bit baby crazy with the news of Freya becoming pregnant.