. . . I'd rather just not. Don't get me wrong I think it's cute and can't deny it's a huge part of her character but I just cant. . . I will however try to make her character more lively and enthusiastic unless the situation doesn't fit that kind of banter.

XD That's the point, but don't worry, The names of adventurers can change with every level up if the gods want to. It will change in the future.

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Relevant stats will increase since it can be considered training but don't expect agility to increase since it have nothing to do with smithing and endurance would only increase if he does another extremely long session. Also, the stat increases won't be as big as when he's hunting monsters.

Hephaestus initiated the kiss here.

It's not for Bell or Hestia Familia.

Yes it's the Adamantite one. The Divine one is in Hephaestus's office and will not be duplicated or sold.

Bell Cranel, who is in the Hestia Familia, has a knife made my Hephaestus called. . . Hestia Knife. . . I'll let you guess who named it. (Hint: It wasn't Hephaestus.)

It's true that Duel Field is technically not an inherent ability of the spear but it is a magecraft that Achilles developed for use in combination with the spear, meaning he can't use it without it. He basically throws the spear into the ground where it creates a spherical domain where nothing can get in or interfere, not even luck. It also pauses time outside the field while the duel is happening.

I wrote half a chapter, but I didn't have time to finish it. I have a bit of time before bed so I might finish it tonight. If not then I'll upload it tomorrow.

The only Familia members stated in the Hephaestus Familia on the wiki are Tsubaki and Welf. He has already met Tsubaki and I have something planned for Welf. In the future I will also be adding original characters to the Familia to be part of the MC's party but as of this time they are not in the Familia yet.

I already stated in the chapter titled 'Direction' in the Auxiliary Volume that this story is not going to be a harem story.

The reason he goes in alone is because there wasn't enough 'danger' at the time to warrant a reason to send him in with a team. He is indeed very important with the ability to craft divine weapons and his relationship with Hephaestus but he never planned on going into floors beyond his expertise. His strength was already quite high for a beginner and there wasn't any indication that anyone was after him. Now, will he be going into the dungeon alone from now on? No. Now, Hephaestus has confirmation that Freya wants Heine badly. Furthermore, they also now know that the dungeon wants him dead. She'll want to keep him out of it entirely but we both know a little about Heine by now. So don't worry, the team is coming soon. As for the instant weapon mastery, perhaps mastery was a bit of a strong word to use. I never planned on him becoming a god tier expert the moment he picks up a weapon. Knowing how to use the weapon extremely well on it's own and fully understanding the movements required to do so is basically it. But it's still in the end just knowledge. He still has to use them in practice if he wants his body to have that instinct that comes with long time use. If he were to fight someone still starting out with the same weapon then he would most likely win based on understanding alone. On the other hand, lets say he picks up a spear and then fights Finn of the Loki Familia who restricts himself to match him. He would get decimated since like you said, skill is only 70% of the battle. Finn doesn't just know how to use the weapon, he knows how to use it effectively. He has experience that Heine doesn't have when it comes to fighting that lets him read how the opponent moves and lets him move more comfortably. He can focus his mind more on the actual fight than how to properly move his spear to hit the right spot.

Updating a falna requires a process that Hephaestus hasn't taught him yet. Furthermore, I don't think he can reach his own back and look at it to read it. If he could, he would be something else alright. . .

No, they just spent a while cuddling and kissing. I'm not planning on having them do the deed for a while.

That's somewhat my fault for having him make so many weapons in one chapter. In the future, the more amazing and unique weapons will have their own chapters so that I can spend more time on the creation process rather than skimming over all of them. I normally only do 2-3 thousand words per chapter but this one hit 6k so yeah. . .

Well then I guess you'll have to break the bad news to the creator of Danmachi. In the original story Damascus is a rare metal exported by the Steel Mining Country Sharm. In other words It's Damascus Steel but they call it Damascus for short.

Good Idea on the fireball. As for Cruel Sun, it probably wont be for a while since that's way too OP for his current level.

I was hoping the context clues in the paragraphs would be enough but I guess I can see where you're coming from with the multiple POV changes. I purposely wanted the last POV blank to add that surprise factor when you realize it's Freya. I'll state who's POV it is in future chapters but some will be like the last POV in this chapter with Freya.