After chatting with Director Ken for a while, Ren Isana took out the items he had prepared and said, "This is the forging technique from that world's God of Forging, a medical book given to me by the God of Healing, along with some books and a text translation chart I brought back from that world."
Hearing Ren Isana's words, a flash of surprise crossed Director Ken's eyes. He nodded, and Ren Isana continued, "Besides that, there are a few magic spells, specifically three that can bring a revolution to the Pharmacist profession."
Mentioning this, Ren Isana's expression turned incredibly serious. He explained the three magic spells for processing medicinal ingredients that Miach had taught him. As he listened to Ren Isana's explanation, Director Ken's expression grew increasingly solemn as well.
[Medicine Extraction], [Medicine Fusion], [Medicine Separation]. After hearing the introduction to these three spells, Director Ken knew exactly what kind of changes the appearance of such magic would bring to the Pharmacist profession in this world.
"The strategic significance of these three spells is massive, not to mention the knowledge you brought back. Just name whatever you want this time, and I'll fight to get it for you!" Director Ken directly asked about Ren Isana's demands.
The things he brought back were simply too important. Even though a slight accident occurred with the events that followed, it didn't matter. Ren Isana had already overfulfilled his mission.
"No rush. There's one more thing—the corpse of a god." After saying that, Ren Isana brought out Apollo's corpse. This body was the main event. After all, when Natsuki Minamiya found out Ren Isana wanted to take the corpse with him, she supported his decision without a second thought, which meant a god's corpse was incredibly important.
Looking at Apollo's corpse, shock flashed through Director Ken's eyes. He stared at the body and slowly said, "Keep this corpse safe yourself. It will be useful to you in the future!"
He didn't ask for the corpse; instead, he told Ren Isana to keep it. A god's corpse wouldn't rot even if left unburied inside a storage space, so Ren Isana could just store it like any other item.
Hearing Director Ken say this, Ren Isana paused in surprise. He wasn't going to confiscate it, but was letting him keep it? What was this about? It was quite puzzling. Ren Isana had assumed the authorities here would have a demand for a god's corpse, but now he was being told to keep it himself?
Seeing Ren Isana's expression, Director Ken slowly explained, "Just put it away. Don't give it to anyone else in the future. You'll understand when the time comes. It will only bring you benefits, no harm. You can collect the god's blood, especially the blood from the heart, but you must ensure the rest of the body remains intact."
Ren Isana fell somewhat silent upon hearing Director Ken's words. Things were different from what he had imagined. However, since that was the case, Ren Isana didn't dwell on it too much and proceeded to store the corpse away. He was actually quite curious about what use this corpse would have in the future.
"Do you need me to provide some magic spells? I learned quite a few in that world." Since the god's corpse was being left to him, Ren Isana simply asked about this matter.
"If it's magic related to healing or forging, then naturally, the more the better. But forget about the rest; just keep them for yourself." Director Ken looked at the kid with some amusement.
He rejected Ren Isana's offer to hand over other magic spells. The magic Ren Isana learned in that world should be kept for himself. As for others who wanted them? They could go to that world and learn it themselves!
Hearing Director Ken's words, Ren Isana nodded and didn't say anything more. Director Ken then continued, "Let's talk about what you want this time. Just the few pharmacological spells and the two techniques you provided are enough for you to exchange for anything you want."
"Then I want four Spatial Rings. They don't need to be top-tier. And can I get some special materials?" Since Director Ken brought up the reward again, Ren Isana didn't hold back and directly stated his request.
As for why he asked for four? Naturally, it was to keep one to replace the fake Spatial Ring he currently had on hand. Once he got it, he just needed to change its appearance a bit.
"Spatial Rings? That's no problem. As for the materials, what kind do you want?" Director Ken was a bit surprised that Ren Isana wanted Spatial Rings, but he didn't pry. Perhaps he was asking for someone else.
After all, Ren Isana wasn't short on money right now. Director Ken knew this very well. Baoshutang had given Ren Isana a substantial cut of the profits, and there would be even more to come. Since the potion Ren Isana created was currently selling like hotcakes, it was impossible that he was getting the rings to sell them.
"A material that can change shape when injected with Magic Power or True Qi. I need it to forge a weapon. I wonder if our world has something like that?" Ren Isana didn't know much about the top-tier materials in this world.
After all, he had never come into contact with them. If it were the DanMachi world, Ren Isana would know, but for this world, he had to ask Director Ken. If there was such a thing, that would be perfect. If not, he would just have to figure out another way in the future.
Hearing Ren Isana's words, Director Ken pondered for a moment before slowly saying, "Yes, there is. That kind of material is very precious and extremely rare. If you need it, I'll arrange it for you."
"Great, thank you, Director Ken!" Hearing that it actually existed, a flash of pleasant surprise crossed Ren Isana's eyes. With this, combining his two weapons into one was finally sorted. Thinking of this, Ren Isana felt delighted.
"But you should mentally prepare yourself. You might not be able to get too much of that material. I can only try my best to secure about two kilograms for you," Director Ken reminded him at the end.
That stuff was even more expensive than Spatial Rings. After Ren Isana exchanged for four Spatial Rings, his remaining contribution could at most be traded for two kilograms of the material, and likely no more than that.
Ren Isana's eyes immediately lit up upon hearing this. Two kilograms was more than enough; there might even be some left over. After all, Ren Isana only wanted to fuse his two weapons together. The required material wasn't much, as the main body would still be made from the materials of his own weapons.
After absorbing the divine blood, the materials of the two weapons in Ren Isana's hands had already undergone a complete transformation. When the time came to get those materials, he just needed to add some divine blood and integrate it into the two weapons.
"Then go back to class. Just come by again tomorrow morning." Director Ken told Ren Isana to come back tomorrow. He was going to hand these things over shortly and have the higher-ups send the requested items over.
"Alright, I'll take my leave then." Ren Isana nodded, feeling somewhat surprised. Was the speed really going to be that fast this time? To think he could get the items by tomorrow.
After saying goodbye to Director Ken, Ren Isana left and headed to his classroom. By this time, his classmates had already arrived. Ren Isana also noticed that the classroom had been cleaned, including his own desk, which had been wiped down and still had some water stains on it.
"Is it done?" Seeing Ren Isana arrive, Asuna hurriedly asked. Were things on his end all sorted out? Was he able to get the Spatial Rings?
"It's all sorted. We can get the items tomorrow." Ren Isana gave her a reassuring answer, which immediately made her and Yukino breathe a sigh of relief, smiles appearing on their faces.
"Sorry for the trouble. Once we see how big they are, I'll give you the money." As long as they could get the goods, there was no problem. After all, this was something money couldn't necessarily buy. They were only able to get this opportunity by riding on Ren Isana's coattails.
Money had to be spent, and a favor had to be acknowledged. The two of them now owed Ren Isana a massive favor. The group chatted idly for a while until the class bell rang. Hearing the familiar sound, everyone stopped talking.
Not long after, Rina-sensei walked in from outside the classroom. She slowly said, "You'll have self-study for the next period. Official classes won't start until tomorrow because the teachers instructing you are temporarily unavailable."
Shizuka Hiratsuka hadn't returned, and Jin-sensei was leading other classes. Since she taught cultural studies, letting them have self-study was fine. Everyone could review what they had learned in the other world.
After saying this, Rina-sensei left directly. Besides this class, she was also in charge of other classes that needed to be taught.
After she left, everyone was dumbfounded. Sora couldn't help but complain, "Good grief, we go out for a trip and come back, and now all our teachers are gone?"
"Theoretically speaking, we're already considered graduated, so it doesn't matter whether we have classes or not. Not to mention the college entrance exams are about to start soon. The teachers don't have time to deal with us." Leo sighed. There was nothing they could do about it.
Who told them to come back so suddenly? The school was probably caught off guard too, so it was normal that no teachers had been arranged.
"Class Rep, why don't you give us a lecture and teach us magic!" Sora's gaze turned to Ren Isana. If the teachers weren't around, they could just look for the Class Rep. Ren Isana could teach everyone anyway.
"Go practice on your own. Now that we're back, I need to make a breakthrough!" However, Ren Isana refused. Since there was nothing to do, he might as well break through to the next level of strength.
He hadn't gotten around to it over the weekend because he was busy organizing the things to hand over to Director Ken. Now that he had time, it was the perfect opportunity to break through.
As soon as he said this, the people in the class all turned their gazes toward him. Sora asked with a bewildered face, "Wait, what? Class Rep, you can break through? Weren't you still 11% short?"
She remembered that the last time Ren Isana updated his status, his Excelia bar was at 89%, right? And now he was about to break through?
Did everyone miss something? And now Ren Isana's Excelia was full?
Also, Hestia wasn't here, so how was he going to update his status? His words undoubtedly confused everyone; they didn't quite understand what was going on.
Yukino Yukinoshita also turned her head to look at Ren Isana at this moment. She was also very confused. Ren Isana was going to break through? Was this a joke? She had painstakingly broken through to Tier 4, and now Ren Isana was about to break through to Tier 5?
"What... exactly did you do? How did you suddenly get enough Excelia?" After calming down, Yukino looked at Ren Isana with a serious face. When he said he was going to break through, Yukino understood.
Everyone being suddenly forced to return this time must have been caused by something Ren Isana did. She hadn't thought much about it before, but now that Yukino thought about it carefully, she immediately felt there were many suspicious points.
"Yeah, yeah, Class Rep, what did you do? Natsuki Minamiya and the others probably knew about it early on, right? And that's why we had that so-called drill, which was actually just telling us to pack our things and run!" Sora's tone was very certain.
After all, no one was an idiot. This series of events was just too coincidental. Now that Ren Isana said he was going to break through, no matter how you looked at it, it was caused by Ren Isana secretly doing something major.
"It's nothing, I just killed a perverted god, that's all." Ren Isana casually stated this terrifying fact. However, the classmates were completely dumbfounded when they heard his words.
*Hiss!!* All forty-one students in the class collectively gasped. Except for Asuna, who already knew, everyone revealed expressions of absolute shock. They simply couldn't believe what they were hearing.
Ren Isana killed a perverted god? Thinking of this, everyone finally understood why Natsuki Minamiya had teleported them all back. At this moment, everything clicked for everyone.
Ren Isana didn't elaborate on the specifics. After finishing his flex, he closed his eyes, and the aura on his body suddenly released. He began to break through his level.
Naturally, Ren Isana wasn't breaking through using the DanMachi method, but rather the method of their own world. This was also to confirm something for everyone: whether it was possible to break through without updating their status boards.
Feeling the aura erupting from Ren Isana, everyone held their breath and stared at him with expectant gazes. Just as everyone was fantasizing about what major event would happen next, the aura on Ren Isana's body suddenly retracted.
It was as if nothing had happened at all. This scene left everyone looking bewildered. At this moment, Ren Isana slowly opened his eyes. He looked up at Yukino Yukinoshita and the rest of the class, who were all staring at him.
"Breakthrough complete. Why are you all looking at me?" Ren Isana felt his current condition and was extremely satisfied in his heart. *So this is Tier 5. As expected, after slaying a god, I can break through on my own.*
He didn't need Hestia's update. After returning to this world, the rules of the DanMachi world no longer applied to Ren Isana. Getting stronger still followed the rules of this world.
*You think the rules of one world can govern us locals?* Ren Isana was very satisfied at this moment, but the people in the class were all dumbfounded. They looked at Ren Isana in disbelief.
Yukino Yukinoshita opened her mouth and couldn't help but ask, "You really broke through? You didn't need an update? You broke through just like that, so easily?"
She couldn't quite believe it. Was breaking through really that simple? It was just done like that? Was this a joke? Yukino Yukinoshita's brain was buzzing at this moment.
"What else did you expect? When you broke through before, wasn't it while you were getting beaten up by me? Don't tell me you thought there would be some kind of heaven-and-earth phenomenon or something?" Ren Isana looked at Yukino speechlessly.
There were no flashy special effects; a breakthrough was just a breakthrough. He wasn't faking it. Thinking this, Ren Isana continued, "Things like updating are no longer needed. We've returned to our own world now, so naturally, we follow the rules of our world."
Ren Isana explained the current situation to everyone. Hearing this, Sora immediately couldn't help but ask, "Then are our status boards useless now? Will we not be able to gain Excelia from killing monsters in the future?"
If that were the case, they would truly be losing a method to quickly get stronger, which was undoubtedly regrettable. Many people in the class quite liked a place like the Dungeon where they could level up by fighting monsters.
"We probably won't lose it. After all, our world has a Dungeon too, doesn't it? And it's also possible that our status boards won't need updating in the future." Ren Isana shook his head. He sensed his own status board; after breaking through, it didn't matter whether it was updated or not—the divine blood automatically strengthened him.
In other words, if everyone killed monsters in the Dungeon in the future, they would be able to directly gain Excelia. The progress bar would also increase, and it would be a real-time increase, just like gaining Excelia in a game.
Following Ren Isana's explanation, everyone's eyes immediately lit up. If that was the case, it was truly a good thing. Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but say at this time, "It's equivalent to the divine blood in our bodies taking effect. Then, if one day the divine blood runs out, will this effect disappear?"
Possessing [Body Control], Yukino Yukinoshita was very clear about the condition of the divine blood in her body. During previous updates, quite a bit of that divine blood had disappeared, only to be restored by Hestia's power. Updating the status board was equivalent to replenishing what was lost.
And now, without Hestia's updates, would their attribute boards disappear one day in the future? After all, the divine blood in their bodies would be used up sooner or later.
"Maybe, but it doesn't matter. Natsuki Minamiya and the others haven't returned yet. When they do, they might even bring Hestia over. There's no need to worry about these problems; the current situation is a good thing." Ren Isana nodded, agreeing with Yukino's words.
When Natsuki Minamiya returned, she would probably bring Hestia back with her. Even if Natsuki Minamiya didn't bring her, Hestia would likely clamor to tag along.
Hearing this, everyone immediately felt it made sense, so they set their minds at ease. Sora, however, said with some regret, "I was planning to learn a few more magic spells and moves before fighting the Class Rep again. Now it looks like there's no hope."
Originally, everyone was at Tier 4. She had planned to finish learning her skills and then go gang up on Ren Isana again. But in the blink of an eye, Ren Isana had broken through? She hadn't even finished learning her skills yet, how was she supposed to play this?
Ren Isana was immediately amused upon hearing this and promptly said, "How about right now? It's a self-study class anyway, so why don't we just have a match?"
As he said this, Ren Isana was also itching for a fight. Hearing Ren Isana say this, everyone rolled their eyes. They definitely didn't want to. A difference of one tier was an insurmountable chasm.
If he were at Tier 4, everyone might still have a chance to fight Ren Isana. After all, they would all be on the same level, so there would be at least a glimmer of hope. But now that Ren Isana had broken through, the difference in strength wasn't just a tiny bit!!