Blood Warlock in Danmachi

"Woah that was closer than I thought " spoke Sanguinius casually while laying on the ground of the Eighteenth Floor, the muscles in his legs spasming constantly along with some of the veins in his legs breaking apart and soaking his legs in Blood

"DONT..EVER... DO....THAT... AGAIN!" exclaimed Welf in anger after being forcibly dragged into that situation by Sanguinius

Nodding his heaqd and apologizing to Welf, Sanguinius promises that they will only try to go back after the Goliath has been killed and defeated by someone else, causing Welf to reluctantly accept his apology due to him knowing that he ultimately cannot safely go back to the surface without him

"But hey look around you isn't it worthwhile that we get to see the beautiful scenery of the eighteenth Floor now instead of later" says Sanguinius while pointing to the landscape around them consisting of large green Forests and crystal blue Lakes unbecoming of whats expected of the dungeon

The ceiling of the Floor is covered mostly in bright blue crystals that bear resemblance to the sky and white crystals that take the place of the sun

Admiring the scenery while bandaging up his legs Sanguinius and Welf eventually leave to Rivira, an adventurer made village residing on the eighteenth Floor, it stands on a cliff 200 meters above the surface with a lake below it

As they slowly get closer to Rivira while moving up the cliff they earn a nod of acknowledgment from the guards stationed there which signals to them that they are allowed into the village

Looking around the village they see an Inn and pub along with some other village amenities, the wood making the village up is torn and ruffed up in some parts showing how many monster attacks its has withstood in its time 

Sanguinius askes around Rivira about when the next expedition to kill the Goliath will be held which earns him the information that the Loki Familia will head out to kill the Goliath in a week from now, meaning that he and Welf cannot go back to the surface until then 

Welf hearing this accepts it gladly, feeling like staying here for a week is better than going through the Sanguinius Express again

Booking 2 rooms in the local inn they temporally separate with Welf looking to set up shop in Rivira and Sanguinius leaving to do the only thing he enjoys the most

Sanguinius sits down on the Branche of a tree in a forest some distance away from Rivira his mind pondering on how he can grow even stronger and how to perfect his Blood Redistribution 

When using the skill against the Goliath he intentionally outputted more power than his legs could handle which gave him enough power to go past the Goliath but at the cost of his own legs

Thinking back he ponders on a possible training method for the skill that doesn't involve just gaining more proficiency or more control

What if instead of intricately controlling the Blood flow so that he doesn't break his body, he can just forge a stronger body that can handle the skill 

By pushing his body using the skill every day, over time he should theoretically gain resistance with his body becoming more durably 

Deciding to not waste any time he activates the skill right away, enhancing his left arm and punching a nearby boulder 

The boulder breaks apart but at the cost of his arm, his Blood vessels breaking apart again along with the skin on his hands

Not being bothered by the pain thanks to his Barbarian philology, Sanguinius heals his arm using a healing potion and switches to his right arm

He repeats the barbaric exercise every day with the hope that his body will adapt by becoming more resistance to the skill

A week later there is noticeably change in his body, his veins becoming even more prominent as if they grew in size along with being covered in scaring that the healing potions couldn't heal

Activating Blood Redistribution to his arms, Sanguinius feels a difference compared to a week ago, if before his Blood was a waterfall being pumped into the small veins in his arms then now its the same waterfall being pumped into veins nearly 50 percent bigger

the veins in his arms now breaking apart after 2 or 3 attacks of a full powered Blood Redistribution which is a lot better than before

This way to master the skill is a lot more dangerous and cruel to the user but in turn gives a greater boost to his power, before he needed to adapt the skill to his body however now his body has adapted to the skill to achieve a higher net outcome

Of course this wouldn't work as well for a human as a Barbarians body is significantly better at adapting to outside stimulus than a normal human 

Stopping his experimentations Sanguinius walks back to Rivira to group back with Welf but encounters a group of thugs harassing Welf 

"Like I said before the eighteenth Floor isn't a place for a level 1 like you, pack up and go back to the surface before we make you" spoke a man with short black hair and a sword at his waist angrily 

Asking Welf he learns that this group of adventurers are people hired by another blacksmith working in Rivira who saw Welf as a threat to his business 

Shaking his head in annoyance he activates Blood Wolfs aura which surprises the adventurers and causes them to freeze "Scram before I make you, we were going to leave today anyway"

Breaking free from the suppression after a while the groups leader mutters something lightly before leaving with his adventures

"Sorry about that, the truth is that the other blacksmith working here is one of the many people in the Hephaestus Familia who despise me and thats probably the reason he targeted me specifically" spoke Welf with a slightly ashamed expression

"Well if you were stronger this wouldn't have happened" leaving it at that Sanguinius makes Welf pack up and start their journey back to the surface 

This time he acts even more cruelly to Welf making him fight monsters that are out of his league in an attempt to make him grow stronger saying that if he doesn't level up to level 2 by the time he's level 3 he will break apart their party

Cutting the Tendons of an Orc and weakening it significantly and making Welf fight it along with other training methods is how Sanguinius goes about training Welf

After a difficult dungeon dive they reach the surface with Welf instantly plopping down on the ground the second their out of the dungeon "Let me get my status updated then go for a drink"

Sanguinius waits patiently in Welfs workshop, using the tools inside to maintain his armor and sharpen his sword

Meanwhile Welf is talking with Hephaestus about his updated status "Welf, how did you grow your strength and dexterity stats by almost a hundred point in just 1 dungeon dive and your highest stat has reached C 600 meaning you can try to level up now"

Putting his hand on his head sheepishly he smiles and says " well it wasn't easy but with the support of my new teammate I could push myself hard against monsters I would usually never fight"

Giving him his status sheet back Hephaestus gives him a concerned look "its good that you got stronger but please stay safe and know your limits, wouldn't want my most talented Blacksmith to die before he makes a weapon that can impress me"

Welf nods to appease his Goddess but inside he feels the need to work even harder until one day he truly gets her acknowledgment with his own strength, 

Going back to his Workshop he tell Sanguinius the good news which earns him a pat on the shoulder " I told you, you would get stronger fighting monsters stronger than you rather than being complacent" 

Welf smiles " I can try to go for a level up now since my stats have reached the required rank"

Sanguinius shakes his head and says that he should try to increase his stats as much as possible before going for a level up even if it is going to take longer that way

Welf is hesitant as this isn't the way most adventures go about it, most adventures try to level up as soon as they can as it isn't worth waiting or delaying their level up for just some small strength gains 

but feeling that the reason Sanguinius is so strong for a level 2 is that he adopts this patient style he changes his mind fully and decides to reach his maximum potential before the level up

"Lets got for a drink at the hostess of fertility" says Welf feeling eager to relax after the dungeon dive