Loki was glaring at the guest who just entered her home, she couldn't stand him or all the other slaves who follow the whore up in the tower.

"What do you want Hedin?" She said with a glare while Anakitty a level 4 almost 5, sat next to her, being her guard since it was only her, four level 2's and ten level 1's guarding the manor.

"I want you to inform Lady Riveria that after the expedition, I'd like to meet her so we can discuss our marriage, her father has sent a letter approving of our marriage" said Hedin.

Lokis eyes immediately narrowed at that "she's told you over a hundred times she doesn't want to marry you, she has no interest in you, now leave!".

Hedin narrowed his eyes "she must marry me, her father approves of it and only a elf of high nobility like myself or a high elf, but for your familia; you only have one other high elf thats female" he said.

"Riveria can choose who she wants to marry and I'll support it as long as he makes her happy and I know for a fact you won't, now for the last time" Lokis Arcanum then started to leak making Hedin take a step back in fear "Leave.".

"She can't keep running away from this and she will marry me goddess Loki" he said before turning and leaving Twilight manor.

After seeing him leave, Loki let out a sigh and pinched her brow "damn him, that slut and Riverias father".

Loki could still remember how happy Riveria was finally being able to escape the Royal Alf Forest and actually got to see some of the world, before she had more responsibilities given she was the vice captain. Riveria was so happy and even now she's happy and Loki wasn't gonna let anyone take hers or any of her children's happiness.

"Goddess Loki are you ok?" Asked Anakitty looking at her.

"I'm sick and tired of that elf, he's been harrasing Riveria for 30 years now! Hell the fucker even said he'd allow Alicia and some of the other pure blood elves to he his concubines if it'd make Riveria happy!" Said Loki with a scowl.

Anakitty grimaced at that, it was one thing to love someone, but to tell the girl your trying to marry he'd want her friends to be his concubines.. that was way to far for her taste.

Loki sighed again and decided to get a drink, but before she could, she heard a knock on the door "WHAT NOW!?!?!".

Marching to the door with a scowl on her face and Anakitty following just in case, Loki swung the door open and saw a tall elf with elegant looking clothes and long green hair.

"Hello goddess Loki, my name is Arel and I'm a messenger from Larfal Ljos Alf and I have brought gifts for lady Riveria from her father for her soon to he wedding with Hedin of the light elves" he said.

Anakitty didn't think it was possible but she saw Loki somehow get even angrier.

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"Wow.." said Bell getting a better look of floor 18 and he can even see Rivira not to far from him and everyone else.

Following behind him was Zidril who had a small smile on her face while next to her was Ryuu who gave said dark elf a glare.

After the fiasco last night, it took both Finn and Gareth to save Bell from the blood bath between a level 6 and two level 4's. Not only that but normally everyone would've been jealous, but they actually kinda felt bad for Bell because he was stuck in the middle.

Also after that, Riveria talked to Ais to try and understand why she acted like that, since she's never been interested and her answer both answered her question and didn't at the same time.

"He's... strong, plus... warm and I wanna help him" she said simply, not truly understanding how she felt herself... but she did want to.. get closer to him.

Remembering that conversation made Riveria sigh before she heard Tiona speak.

"Come on Argonaut hurry up" said Tiona waving her arm.

She looked over and saw him, but she quickly whipped her head away as the memories of yesterday rushed Into her head, but she forced those feelings in her chest down. A relationship between him would be impossible and every elf in the world would be after his head.

But she did have to ask herself... why did her stomach and chest feel weird about this.

"Umm why does the city look run down?" Asked Bell looking at it.

"Only Adventeruers live here and they aren't exactly known as architects, plus everything here is extremely over priced" said Tione, appearing at his side.

Bell then looked over and saw a backpack that Lily was looking at just out of curiosity and they both froze at what they saw.

"13 thousand valis for this whetstone!?" Said Welf looking at one that was only good enough for 3rd rate weapons.

"20 thousand for this ratty bag!?!?!" Yelled Lily with her eyes incredibly wide. She was very, very thankful that Bell saved her backpack since now she won't have to pay this much.

"If you don't like it, then leave" said the dwarf in a uncaring tone.

Lily gave him a dirty look.

"Yeah things are priced almost seven times what they are actually valued at, hence why most expeditions camp outside of the city as long as they are strong enough to fight off any monsters that might attack them, even though most are pretty docile" said Zidril.

"So there are times where adventurers need to buy thing in the town?" Asked Bell.

"Mhm, though us and Hephaestus Familia always make sure we have about double what we need for expeditions to avoid it. It does weigh us down more, but it has saved us multiple times in the past" said Tiona.

"Always making sure you have extra may seem very annoying since it weighs you down more, but it can save your life when you least expect it" said Riveria still avoiding looking at Bell.

They were about to continue walking, when someone walked right into Bell.

"Oh sorry" said Bell before he recognized the man he ran into, he saw him a while back at the Hostess.

Mord looked down at who he ran into and glared harshly "the fuck are you doing down here?" He said and was about to grab the collar of his shirt, but froze at who he saw with Bell.

The Amazon twins, the sword princess, Nine Hell Princess, the elf from the tavern, and the smithing archer.

Though they didn't dare call Zidril that, given she hated the name and would sooner smash a hammer into your head, then you can say sorry.

"Tch" he lowered his hand and stormed off angry at being made to look stupid again.

"What's his problem?" Said Tione with a glare.

"I think he just has a stick up his ass and can't handle the fact Argonaut made it down here so fast" said Tiona with a giggle.

"It is very impressive that you made it down here" said Zidril walking up to Bell and putting her arm around him with a smile on her face as a small blush grew on her cheeks.

Ryuu's eyes narrowed a bit, but she didn't say anything, these weird feelings she had, she has to push down. She's a cursed elf that doesn't deserve happiness after all she's done.

"Um excuse me" said Mikoto getting everyone's attention and had a slightly red face "um if possible do any of you know anywhere, where I could bath? It's been over a day since I have..." she said with even more embarrassment.

"Oh we were gonna go take a bath, you can join us since I'm sure most of us stink" said Tiona.

Ais heard this and grabbed her tight shirt and pulled the collar a bit, before she started to take small sniffs to see if she did smell and that was why Bell wasn't talking to her.

Bell was about to excuse himself so the girls could bath, when Hermes suddenly appeared and put a arm over his shoulder "Bell can I speak to you?".

"Huh? What for Hermes?" He said with a tiny hint of suspicion given he said it in the same tone that his grandfather uses when he does something perverted.

Hermes immediately recognized the questioning look and made himself look innocent "Hey come on Bell, it's nothing bad I promise, I just want to show you something" he said with a bit of fear in his voice. That glare Bell had was the same one that both his mother and Aunt had... and those woman were terrifying.

Bells eyes just narrowed a bit, but he sighed and hoped that Hermes wasn't planning for him to do something perverted.

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"And here we are" said Hermes with a smile as he sat in a branch.

Bell raised a eyebrow and jumped up with him before he looked forward to see what he was looking at and Bells face instantly went red.

All the girls were naked and bathing, Tiona was swimming in the water while Tione was cleaning her hair. Lily was scrubbing her arms down and in the distance he saw someone with blonde hair, close to the small waterfall. His eyes then caught another figure near Tiona and it was Zidril who was cleaning her wheat colored skin, before her hands went to her long white hair that wasn't in a ponytail.

In normal cases, elves don't bath with others since they don't like to show skin, but Zidril didn't personally care about that, unless it was perverted, then she'd shoot you.

"Now Bell I know your angry, but you have to understand, this is how we guys show our love for woman, now have fun" he said before he pushed him off the tree, before Bell could punch him.

"Aghhh damnit Hermes!" Bell then crashed into the water and quickly stood up glaring at the tree where Hermes was and Bell was already planning on punching him later for this.

"Wow Bell I didn't realize you wanted to see me naked this bad, Rose is gonna be jealous" said Zidril.

Bell whipped his head over and his eyes went wide seeing the dark elf with a smile on her face as she only had her long white hair covering her large breats and a hand covering her lower region.

Zidrils face was red given she saw his eyes roam over her whole body and she did feel pride swell in her chest, seeing that his eyes went to two certain areas, longer. "God's I think I really am gonna fall for him at this rate" she thought to herself.

"Awe Argonaut if you wanted to bath with us, you could've just asked" said Tiona with a grin as she leaned forward a bit with her sister laughing, this made his eyes quickly look at her chest before he snapped his head away, but unknowingly made Tionas heart swell since he actually looked, while lots of guys didnt.

But sadly for Bell he was met by an equally beautiful sight.

Ais was standing near the water fall and had her arms covering her breasts along with lower region and she suddenly felt embarrassed and her cheeks got really hot as she felt his eyes roam her body.

"Master Bell!!" Said Lily embarrassed that he was here.

Bells face was getting redder and redder by the second being surrounded by naked woman and then Tiona made it worse by gently throwing some of her hair to the side, revealing the nipple and not feeling embarrassed in the slightest.

"I'M SORRY!!!" Bell screamed before taking off, running as fast as he could.

Zidril was giggling at that reaction, but in the corner of her eye she saw something that surprised her. Ais reached her hand out like she wanted to stop him.

"Oh I'm gonna tell Rose since I'm definitely gonna throw my hat in this ring.. he's perfect for a husband" she thought to herself, accepting that Bell was the one for her.

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(5 minutes ago)

In a small secluded lake was both Ryuu and Alicia who were bathing together given they didn't want to be seen and Alicia reluctantly needed help given her injuries and Ryuu was here to help.

"Thank you Ryuu" Alicia said feeling Ryuu finish washing her hair.

"It's no problem" she said before going back to bathing herself.

Alicia sighed and sank into the cool water, enjoying the feeling and how it helped numb the pain a bit. She then looked over at Ryuu and was a little curious about her relationship with Bell.

"Ryuu may I ask you something?" She said.

"What is it?" Ryuu asked looking at her with a slightly raised eyebrow.

"...what is your relationship with Bell Cranel?" She asked looking at her.

That actually made Ryuu silent for a moment as she thought about it. She at first just wanted to say he was a nice customer.. she then wanted to say he was close to Syr... yet he was actually closer to herself.

Heck she makes him lunches and even held his hand to wish him well before he came down here.

"He... he's someone important to myself and my friends..." she said but trying to push the feelings down, Bell had Rose. Meanwhile she can't be with anyone or find love given what she's done.

Alicia stared at her for a long moment before asking something else "Ryuu? By chance do you like him?".

Ryuu's face went red but she quickly shook her head "no.. I... I can't like him given what I've done... he deserves to be with someone who will bring him happiness and I won't be able to do that".

Frowning Alicia nodded her head and left it at that, it was obviously something personal.

Both of them were Pulled out of their thoughts when they heard bushes rustling and they saw said man charge through the foliage and crash straight into the water.

Quickly surfacing, Bell shook his head "damnit Hermes!" He said as he stood up but noticed two other presences and turned to only go neon once again.

Ryuu was standing a little ways away, completely naked, showing her beautiful cream colored skin, he then saw her start to actually blush. He then saw Alicia who had paler skin but was equally as beautiful but she had some large healing cuts and burns and she got red in both embarrassment and anger.

"I'M SORRY!!!".

"CRANEL!!!" Yelled Alicia in rage and horror since now she can never get married... he touched her and now saw her naked.

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"So Hermes pushed you off a tree into the lake that the others were swimming and you ran away to avoid further embarrassment" said Ryuu looking at him while trying to remain calm and ignore her hammering heart.

"Yes and I'm so sorry, If there is anything I can do to make up for it, please tell me" said Bell still bowing his head.

Alicia wanted to beat him for seeing her naked, she then marched forward to yell at him, but Bells luck kicked in and she tripped over a trees root.

"Ahh!" She fell forward straight onto Bell, knocking them both to the ground.

"What the he-" she froze realizing her breasts were pressed straight against his face and her anger then embarrassment reached new heights as she shot up and stomped off to hide herself from what just happened.

Bell was still laying on the ground with steam exiting his head as he was passed out from seeing way to much today.

Ryuu watched Alicia leave and she sighed before looking down at Bell and walked towards him and sat down on the ground. She then gently took his head and placed it on her thighs before gently running her hand through his soft hair and had a small smile on her face.

She knows this is wrong and she shouldn't be doing this, but... she just wanted to enjoy the feeling while she still can.

After about 5 minutes of just enjoying the peace and quiet along with playing with his hair, she saw that Bell was starting to wake up.

"Ugh... I had the weirdest dream..." Bell said sitting up.

"If it was what I think it was, then it wasn't a dream Mr Cranel" Ryuu said.

"...oh... I'm so dead..." he said accepting his fate.

"Don't worry you'll be fine, just apologize to her" said Ryuu.

"Oh right, I'm... sorry about earlier.. can I do anything to make it up to you?" He asked looking into her eyes.

Ryuu was silent for a second as she thought about it, before a idea came to her mind "help me at the Hostess and.." she then played with a small strand of her hair as she debated on asking this, but decided to "make me a meal and I'll consider us even".

"I can help but um.. for food I only know a couple things and I'm no where near as good as you" he said.

"That's fine" she said with a tiny smile before she stood up and started to walk "I have to do something, you can leave if you want".

Bell saw her walking away and felt like it'd be best to follow her and comfort her since whatever it was, she was about to do, brought sadness to her. He quickly stood up and began to follow her.

"Oh right I didn't get a chance to say this last night, but thank you for coming down here to save us Ms Ryuu" he said.

"It's nothing.. you are a valued customer and Rose asked me to help save you.... also your a good friend" she said with her chest tightening with her saying friend.

They both then continued to walk in silence as Ryuu was carrying a Bouquet of flowers she picked.

Both of them continued to walk in silence before they arrived at a clearing with a small hill in the middle, that had a bunch of weapons sticking out of it and in the center was a torn flag that was flapping in the gentle breeze.

"What's this?" Asked Bell looking at the hill.

"It's where my Familia was buried... every couple weeks, Ms Mia gives me a couple days off for me to come down here" said Ryuu with a sad expression that Bell couldn't see. "They were all killer in a ambush and I'm the last member of my Familia".

"I'm... I'm so sorry" he said not really knowing what to say.

"It's ok, it's not your fault..." she said still staring at the grave "I want to tell you something Mr Cranel...".

She then took a deep breath before she spoke "I'm black listed from the guild ever since that day... I hunted down and killed those that got my Familia killed. I left no one alive and killed them all, blades, magic, poison, traps, Slitting their throats, nothing was to far for me".

Ryuu then turned and looked at Bells wide eyes and decided she needs to build a wall between them so he doesn't get to close to her.

"As you can see, I'm nothing but a blood thirsty elf and I don't deserve your kindness... so please don't get any closer to me" she said before trying to walk away.

She was about to pass him, when Bell did something she wasn't expecting and pulled her into a hug.

Ryuus eyes went wide at this and at first she wanted to push him away... but it felt good and warmed her hurting heart.

"I know your Gale Wind" he said making her eyes go incredibly wide "I saw a wanted poster a while ago and you looked a lot like her, but I didn't say anything and this story just confirmed it".

"W-why didn't you say anything" she said still being held in a hug.

"Because you avenged your familia from monsters, people who didn't care about who they hurt, just as long as they got valis and more control" said Bell as he let her go and held her hand before he looked into her bright blue eyes. "Your a hero Ryuu, you saved so many people from those monsters and you do deserve happiness and I hope you can find it and I'm more than willing to help you".

Ryuu was silent, but she felt her heart pound in her chest before the feeling of butterflies began to grow in her stomach, her cheeks and ears then started to get red and she quickly turned around.

"Y-your.. very naive" she said looking away and hiding her red face "but.... I admire it and.. thank you Bell..".

"Anytime... Ryuu" he said.

Smiling a bit more, she started to walk away leaving Bell alone to think of everything, but for Ryuu she had her own thoughts she needed to think on and was hoping that talking to Syr once she gets back to the surface will help her figure this out fully since she's never experienced these weird feelings.

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It was later at night and Bell was in the tent he was assigned and was cleaning his pipe, while also trying to forget about some of the things that happened today, but his mind kept going back to it and his conversation with Ryuu.

"Ugh... I can't wait to deck Hermes" he said with a tired sigh.

"You wanna punch Hermes since you saw all us naked? You should thank him" said Tiona with a giggle and startling Bell.

"Ah Ms Tiona did you need something?" He asked looking at her.

"Mhm, I heard your expert of hero stories!" She said with stars in her eyes as she scooched closer with a happy expression before she sat cross legged.

"Um I'm not sure if I'd be a expert, but I know a decent amount given all the books I read" he said.

"Who did the knight of Galadhad try and save?" Tiona suddenly said.

"Oh it was princess Atlas-sama" he said making her smile more.

"Where did the dragon that Georgios defeat live!?" She said leaning a bit closer.

"Silene Lake" said Bell.

Tiona smiled more brightly and leaned closer "what did he use to defeat the dragon!" She asked barely containing her happiness.

"Oh it was a holy sword that looked like a spear and a maidens girdle" said Bell with a smile since he remembered all of this.

Tiona smiled brightly and for the first time in a long time, a happy blush formed on her cheeks as she continued to ask questions.

"Oooh who did Eärendil slay!?" Asked Tiona.

"It was Ancalagon the black, a dragon that brought forth destruction unseen until the time of the one eyed black dragon" said Bell.

Tiona smiled more and scooted a bit closer and both of them spent the next hour talking about hero stories they both knew and at one point, she even had him tell her the story of Argonaut since it was her favorite.

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"THIS IS BULSHIT!" Yelled Mord in anger as he hurled his mug across the room "how the hell did that little shit make it all the way down here?".

"Oh come on Mord aren't ya overreacting?" Said his comrade.

"This also affects you! He made it down here and he's only been a adventurer for what? Like 2 months!! We've been doing this for years!!".

That stung everyone in the bar, this kid just comes out of nowhere and he's somehow already a level 2 and is all the way down here at floor 18.

Then the door opened and a person entered the bar.

"Who are you?" Asked Mord.

"Just someone who'd like your help".

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"HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET TO SEE AIS NAKED!! THAT IS SUCH BULLSHIT!!" Yelled Bete glaring at Bell.

"I-it was a accident, besides go ask Hermes" said Bell pointing to said God.

Everyone looked and all winced, Hermes was laying on the ground holding his gut since Bell finally found him after yesterday and punched him in the stomach a hour ago and he's still laying on the ground.

"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!! YOU STILL GOT TO SEE AIS NAKED!!" Yelled Bete.

Lefiya heard this and rage swelled up in her entire body and she was about to start chanting when Riveria smacked the back of her head, stopping her.

"Lefiya that's enough, it was already explained that Hermes led him to the lake before he pushed him in the lake" said Riveria.

"But lady Riveria, he saw Ms Ais naked and apparently he saw Alicia naked along with that Zidril and that other elf" said Lefiya with a scowl.

"Zidril has shown romantic interest in him so she doesn't mind, as for Ryuu and Ais they don't seem to mind and Alicia... according to Loki she's a tsundere" said Riveria.

Lefiya growled then stomped off angry that he wasn't getting punished.

Letting out a sigh, Riveria realized she'll have to talk to her again, but she was pulled out of her thoughts when someone walked up to her. Turning, she was surprised to see that it was Bell.

"So I hear your all leaving early?" He said looking at her.

"Yes, we are gonna be split into two expeditions where all the lower level members stay behind with the more injured ones, Alicia will also be down here given her injuries are still healing" said Riveria not wanting to look at him since she can still feel the indirect kiss.

"I see.. well I can apologize to her then... any ideas what I can do?" He asked.

Riveria was silent for a moment as she thought of it and spoke "Alicia likes to read books about magic or romance.. she also likes magic stones for her wand and lastly she likes to garden".

Bell nodded his head and began to think how he could do any of that, but he then stopped and grabbed something from his bag and handed it to Riveria.

"I know it's not much but I hope it helps make up for... what happened" he said embarrassed.

Riverias face went red, all the way up to her long ears and she quickly turned away and listened to Bell walk away not wanting to push his luck.

After hearing his foot steps dissappear, she looked at the bag and slowly opened it and was surprised at what she saw. It was a small bag of pipe tobacco.

She looked over and saw him talking to Ais and she smiled warmly and subconsciously held it against her chest "Thank you Bell".

"So your leaving as well" said Bell looking at Ais.

"Yes.. also after you come back, I'd like to keep training you and see how strong you've become" she said.

"I'd like that as well and... good luck" he said with a smile.

Ais tilted her a head a bit, before she smiled "good luck to you as well Bell" she then reached over and gently ran her rough yet soft and delicate fingers through his hair. How they were both of those things, he had no idea, but he wasn't gonna complain since it felt nice.

"Come on Ais we need to get going" said Gareth getting her attention.

"Alright.. goodbye Bell" she said before turning and walking away.

"Goodbye Ais" he said waving to her.

"Aww so your both going after a elven princess and a sword princess" said Zidril with a cheeky grin as she walked up to him.

"Z-zidril!" Said Bell startled "w-what do you mean elven princess" he said confused.

That actually made her blink and realized he actually didn't know that Riveria was the princess of the High Elves, which made her in a way, the princess of all the elves.

"You don't know? She's the princess of the High Elves" said Zidril shocked that he didn't know.

Bells heart stopped when he heard that as he realized that meant... he indirectly kissed her and she slept on his lap.

"Bell?" Said Zidril as she gently poked him, but he just fell over unconscious "... well I did always wanna give him a lap pillow".

After she said that, Ryuu and Ais suddenly felt a twinge of jealousy and Riveria felt a strange pit in her stomach, while up on the surface, Rose couldn't help but giggle as she felt like something else happened again.

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As Rose was smiling more at feeling this happy feeling, she didn't notice Sophie a elf, listening to her conversation with Eina.

"Do you think Bell is ok in the dungeon?" Asked Eina looking at Rose who's been In a sad and depressed state ever since she learned what happened. Though a minute ago she suddenly smiled and giggled.

"I hope so... I don't know what I'll do if I loose him... I already see him as my mate and we only have to mate and I bite his neck, then we'll be mated for life as husband and wife" she said remembering how her mom told her, werewolves marry. They have to make love, then they bite each others neck to leave a mark, to show they are mates or married as most races call it.

"Wow.. that's kinda similar to how we elves marry... we go to a meadow under a full moon and hold each others hands as we admit our love... t-t-then.." Eina started to get red as she wasn't able to finish what the rest of the ritual was.

"It's fine I know what you mean" said Rose with a smile.

Off by the side, Sophie smirked and left to go inform Royman about the relationship Rose had with an adventurer. This will hopefully fire Rose and get herself a promotion she's so badly wanted so she can make more money.

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"Hey Welf where's Lily?" Asked Bell walking up to him.

"Huh.. I'm not sure, last I saw him was in the tent going over supplies we have" he said pointing at it.

"Thanks" he said walking towards it, but stopped when he saw Alicia not far off, reading a small book she had with her.

Gulping down the fear, he slowly started to walk towards her, but didn't get far before her keen ears picked up on him and she turned to look, only to flare at seeing him.

"What do you want?" She said with a glare.

"I'm sorry... I truly am and please tell me how I can make it up to you, I wanna keep training with you and maybe one day be friends with you" he said bowing his head.

She stared at him for a long moment before huffing and turning around "and how will you do that hm?".

"... I'll think of something.. just please give me a chance to make it up to you, that's all I ask" he said hoping she'd let him try to make it up.

Alica glared at him for a moment before she let out a 'hmph' "fine you can have one more chance".

"T-thank you Ms Alicia" he said before taking his leave and leaving her alone to think on how to repay her and to find Lily.

Bell walked up to his tent and opened it and saw that Lily wasn't in here and he was about to look elsewhere, when something caught his eye and it was a piece of paper on the ground. Walking towards it, he picked it up and began to read It and his eyes went wide.

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"Hmhmhmm" Hermes was sitting on the ledge of a cliff overlooking a small area where Mord and a bunch of others were, along with Lily who was tied up.

"I can't believe you'd do this Hermes" said Asfi with a glare.

"Bell needs to learn that not everything is good, he's only seen greed and lust, not envy and wrath, plus this is needed, we need to test him to make sure he becomes the hero the world needs. I'll be content with it, even if I have to step into the darker side of the world" Hermes said.

Asfi sighed and shook her head before she opened her eyes again and saw Bell running towards them with a slight scowl.

Bell soon stopped when he arrived at the group of adventurers and stared at them all with a aura that... made some of them start to get nervous.

"Where is Lily" he said with slightly narrowed eyes.

Mord just chuckled and pointed off to the side where two of his friends were holding her with ropes.

"Bell what are you doing here! Run" Yelled Lily not wanting to see him get hurt or worse.

"I'm here to save you, now let her go" said Bell glaring at Mord.

"No I don't think I will, I've got to teach ya a lesson, you've gotten to cocky and your all the way down here in under 2 months? That ain't right when we have been doing this for years' said Mord angrily. "So let's have a nice little duel! Winner can ask anything of looser, so if I win I get everything you owe".

"And if I win, you let Lily go and leave us alone" said Bell as he pulled out his sword and knife.

"Hahaha fine, but I'm not here to play nice, I'm here to make you SUFFER!!" He then swung his sword down and destroyed a large crystal making Bell cover his eyes to protect them.

"Huh?" He looked really confused that Mord suddenly disappeared, but before he could dwell on that, he heard something and went to turn, but was met with a brutal punch to the face.

"Ugh" Bell shook his head in pain and looked up, but was met with another punch, before he got kicked in the stomach, but his orc hide armor blocked it.

Bell swung his sword to try and hit Mord, but he missed and he immediately got punched again.

"Hahaha whats wrong kid? Not so cocky now, are ya" said one adventurer, before his friend turned around and shouted.

"Shit he has back up!" He said as he raised his arm to block 3 arrows shot by Mikoto.

"Come on let's beat these kids up" Yelled another as he pulled out his sword.

Ouka seeing grabbed his spear from Chigua and started to run faster, before he swung it and knocked a weapon out of the man's hand, he then swung it and smashed it, into his head knocking him out.

Next was Mikoto who cut a shield cleanly in half, then turned the blade around and smashed it into his ribs, knocking the wind out of him.

Welf smirked and was about to pull out his sword, when he saw two mages starting to chant and he raised his arm "Will Of The Wisp!!".

A small condensed blast of air, shot forward and caused the spells from the mages to blow up and blast them away.

"Welf look out!" Yelled Chigusa.

Turning his head, he didn't react in time as a man charged at him and smashed his knee into Welfs chest, knocking him to the ground painfully.

"Stupid little shit" the man said raising his mace, but then a wooden sword smashed into his head, knocking him out cold.

"You should've told me about this sooner" said Ryuu.

She then turned and saw Bell getting beaten up by a invisible fow and her eyes narrowed as she gripped her sword tighter "leave them to me" she said and was about to step forward, when someone else appeared.

"Frozen skies, heavenly rain. White ice that colors the forest, shoot the shameful barbarians. Freeze, binding chains of winter" said Alicia aiming her wand at the group of adventurers and a large wave of ice shards shot out and began to hit most of them, with the spell freezing some in place.

She then stepped forward and the adventurers froze at her glare and then it somehow got worse.

"Spirits of the forest, winds of the land, make my arrow land true and shoot the ones I deem my enemies" said Zidril as she drew a arrow back and shot it, with it piercing a man's leg making him howl in pain.

"Don't you dare ever lay a hand on my future husband" said Zidril as she pulled back another arrow and shot it at another adventurer.

Ryuu heard this and her eyebrow twitched, but she decided to ignore that.

"What!? Why do you want to marry him?" Yelled Alicia staring at her.

"Why are you angry? You got lucky and he touched your boobs" said Zidril bluntly.

Alicia's face went neon in embarrassment and anger "I-I TRIPPED!!!".

"Uh huh... lucky bitch im sure you were angry when my cute Bell put his hands on you".

"I DIDN'T WANT BELL TO TOUCH ME!!!!!!".

"Then why are you so red in the face and you just called him by his name, plus not deny hes cute?".

"AGHHHHHHH!!!".

Ryuu felt her eyebrow twitching and sadly for a nearby adventurer, he had to to take her anger head on and Ryuu punched him off the cliff.

Back with Bell he was punched to the ground and was panting in pain, but then... he felt Mords gaze and he moved and blocked the kick.

"What the hell.." said Mord before he snuck around and was behind Bell, once he was close enough, he raised his arms to land a devastating blow, but Bell felt his eyes again and rolled out of the way. While he was rolling, he extended his leg and almost kicked Mord in the chin.

Bell rolled away and quickly stood back up and stared at where he felt Mords eyes, but as he stared at him... he felt someone else's eyes.. and they felt dark and familiar.

Getting pulled out of his thoughts, he felt Mords eyes again and he moved accordingly. Bell swung his sword down and eaily blocked a strike from from Mord, before he followed in with a move he learned from Ais.

A kick straight to the head that destroyed the device on Mords head and knocked him out.

"Wow.. Ais move really does work" said Bell in awe at seeing that work better than he expected.

"Mr Cra-" Ryuu was cut off when Zidril 'accidentally' stepped on a man's crotch making him scream in pain before zipping past her and hugging Bell.

"Im glad your ok" she said happily as her long elven ears wiggled a bit "I love you".

"EXCUSE ME!!!" Yelled Lily in rage as she started to flail in her bindings.

Ryuus eyes narrowed at that and she subconsciously gripped her sword tighter, while for Alicia, she puffed her cheeks and looked away while making a little "hmph".

Little did she know, Loki was gonna tease her for weeks about being a tsundere.

"Hehehehe bravo Bell br-" said Hermes before he was cut off since he felt Arcanum.

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"Hmmmm you did pretty well my champion" said a large figure looking into a special mirror all gods can use. He then let a large fanged grin spread over his muzzle "time to test and see how strong you are in your cursed form".

He then grabbed the mirror and started to release his Arcanum.

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"AGHHHHHH!!!" Bell suddenly started to scream in pain as he fell out of Zidrils arms and on the ground holding himself in pain as it felt like someone took red hot metal and pressed it into the skin.

"BELL!!!!" Yelled Zidril, Welf, Lily and even Ryuu while Alicia froze at seeing this.

Bell was screaming in pain as the pain grew even more as his curse was trying to activate, but his skill was keeping it locked, making it feel like a war was going on inside his body.

"Talk to me, what's wrong?" Said Zidril not understanding what's happening "Ryuu you know healing magic right!?!?".

"Yes" said Ryuu as quickly walked forward and held her hand out to heal him "The song of a now distant forest. The nostalgic song of life. Please bring the mercy of healing to those that seek you".

The pain died down, but it still burned badly, instead of red hot metal being pressed against his back, it felt like a hot pan being pressed against it.

"Bell is it 'that'" said Hermes walking towards him.

Bell just nodded his head as his skills tried to force the curse down and was slowly succeeding, but only thanks to his strong will to force it down.

"Here, I noticed you don't drink it anymore but this should help" said Hermes holding a bottle of his medicine he used to drink since coming here, but now he didn't need to anymore thanks to his skill.

Taking it from him, Bell downed the potion and felt the effects immediately as the burning pain, died down till it was just warm.

"I... I'm sorry you all had to see th-" Bell was cut off as the dungeon shook violently and it felt... evil.

Looking around they were all confused what was going on, until they looked at the ceiling and saw a giant figure with a skull falling towards them, before the skull took up the entire ceiling and disappeared. it then cracked and shook even more violently as a massive figure fell from it and crashed down on the ground, before it slowly stood up.

Everyone was shocked and horrified to see the 17th floor boss here but... it's skin was black and it felt even stronger.

"The dungeon sensed Arcanum and has now trapped us down here" said Hermes pointing out how dark it was here and that the entrance caved in front the smoke they could see coming from it.

"GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!".

The Black Goliath stood up to it's full height and towered over all but the massive tree and some of the crystals here on the 18th floor. It then let out another roar before a ball of magic gathered infront of its mouth and it shot out exploding a area where some adventurers were.

"Since when does the dungeon have a black goliath!?" Yelled Welf.

"The dungeon is retaliating because of the Arcanum, which I also sensed... it was also when" Hermes eyes went to Bell and his eyes narrowed upon realization. He will have to talk to Ouranos about this and possibly Freya if what he believes is true and she does indeed love Bell as much as he suspects, or even more.

"But lord Hermes your the only God here" said Lily.

"Yet I didn't release my Arcanum, you can ask Asfi and she'd tell you the same thing, plus she would've hit me if I did" he said.

Before they could dwell on that longer, the Black Goliath roared again and began to walk forward destroying everything in its path and riling up all the monsters here.

"What should we do?" Said Welf never seeing a monster that big.

"We fight it and protect everyone" said Bell.

"I agree with Mr Cranel, it's the only sound option, me Zidril and Alica will fight it, Asfi go tell everyone in Rivira that we need all the help we can get, then come join us... something about this monster.. doesn't feel right..." said Ryuu.

"Right I'll try and help anyone near the Goliath, then come and help you" said Bell and he was about to leave, but Zidril stopped him and kissed him, making him go neon while some of the girls looked murderous.

Pulling back from the kiss she smiled "be safe please".

Bell just nodded his head and swore he heard Rose giggling like mad while he also heard... his grandfather.

"RRRROOOOOOMMMMMMMMAAAAAANNNNNNCCCCCCEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!".

Shaking his head to clear of those voices, especially his grandfather's, he ran off to go help the other adventurers.

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"Spirits of the forest, winds of the land, make my arrow land true and shoot the ones I deem my enemies" said Zidril pulling back her arrow, before she released it, pouring more magic into said spell.

After she released the arrow, it immediately hit the black goliath and made its head whip back and howl in both pain and anger as it's right eye was taken by her.

Ryuu sprinted forward and pulled out her wooden sword and slashed its body before jumping back, but as she did, she noticed that the wound was already healing.

"Zidril, Alicia, it can heal, focus on blinding it and preventing it from getting closer!!" Yelled Ryuu.

Alicia nodded and pulled out her wand before she started to chant and once she finished the spell, she aimed it at the Goliaths legs, freezing it in place temporarily while Zidril and Ryuu kept up the attack.

The black goliath looked down towards Ryuu and tried to swipe its hand at her, but she easily dodged it and slashed at the back of its leg, making it start to fall, to only be met with another powerful arrow from Zidril, blowing its lower jaw off.

"GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!" Yelled Bors loudly as he moved back and a bunch of mages got done chanting a spell.

Alicia seeing this held out her wand and began to chant a spell she learned from Riveria. It was nowhere near as powerful as hers, but it should hopefully help defeat the black goliath "Harbinger of the end, the white snow. Blow with the wind before the twilight. Closing light, the freezing land. Blizzard, the three severe winters - my name is Alf".

Her wand glowed and as she pointed it at the monster, ice began to form all over its body making it freeze, before all the other spells began to hit it, making it roar in both pain and anger.

"GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!".

The magic began to freeze it again around its feet and as it collapsed, its left leg ripped off, while it's body then caught on fire burning it as lots of wind magic spells started to coat its entire body, leaving massive cuts all over it.

"EVERYONE ATTACK AND FINISH THE JOB!!!" Yelled Bors.

Lots of adventurers started to charge in, but stopped when they saw the Goliath starting to glow red as all the damage they just did, started to heal and it stood back up as if nothing nothing even affected it.

"This things potential is almost a high level 5... it's like our attacks are doing nothing" said Ryuu who's eyes then saw Bell dashing forward and grabbing a adventurer who was about to get crushed.

After grabbing him, Bell jumped towards the Goliath, but not before hurling the other adventurer away as he flew towards the Goliath.

Pulling out his sword he stabbed it, in its leg and let his own body weigh and gravity pull him down, slicing the leg.

"GGGRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!".

The black goliath lifted its arms above its head in rage and slammed them down on the ground blasting everyone away and as they flew Bell saw Mikoto near him and was about to smash into a tree, so he reached out and grabbed her. He then pulled her towards himself and used his body to protect her.

Smashing into the ground they slid a ways and Bell groaned in pain before he looked up and saw Mikoto ontop of him and was blushing even in this situation.

"Sorry sir Bell!" She squeaked in embarrassment as she jumped backwards and tried to hide her face while her maiden heart was beating hard and fast, having never experienced being held before. Especially never having a man's hands hold her hips.

"It's ok, just glad your ok" said Bell standing up and his eyes widened in horror.

The Black Goliath was releasing multiple magic blasts hitting lots of adventurers and making them easier prey for the other monsters down here.

It's head then turned towards him but he heard Welfs voice in the distance as he yelled his spell and the magic blast in the Goliaths mouth, exploded and made its head turn elsewhere.

Ryuu, Asfi and Zidril landed near Bell before Ryuu spoke "Mr Cranel we need you to take care of those monsters while we hold off the Goliath until the mages are ready again, we will keep hitting it until it finally falls".

"What? But that's f-" "we are aware but it's our only option, now good luck" she said cutting Bell off before they ran off to continue fighting it.

Bell watched them leave and clenched his fists, before he looked back at all the other adventurers who were desperately fighting off Minotaurs, Ligerfangs, Hellhounds and a couple other monsters running around.

Clenching his fist, he started to see white sparkles hover around his right hand while the sound of small bells were heard.

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"Damnit!" Oukas sword broke as he finally killed a minotaur. His body was sore and he was panting hard, but he forced himself up and he looked upon all of the destruction and bodies of adventurers.

"Chigusa give me my shield.." he said standing to his full height.

"W-what? No! You'll die" she said with tears in her eyes.

"I won't stand around doing nothing.. not when everyone else is fighting and dieing.. that's not the kind of man I am, now please Chigusa" he said looking at her and his heart hurting seeing the tears in her eyes.

They were cut off by a massive explosion and they all saw the area where Bors and the other adventurers get destroyed and all the people their get blasted away.

"Please... please come back" she said holding onto his sleeve tightly as she tried to stop crying.

"I can't promise that... but I can promise I will try my best" he said grabbing the shield from her back.

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Lily dodged a magic blast from the Goliath and was carrying a magic sword that the Loki Familia left for the members still down here, she was trying to get it to Bell for him to use it against the Goliath.

But as she was running, she saw the destruction and death and even if she still hated adventurers... they didn't deserve this.

"RYUU WATCH OUT!" She was pulled out of her thoughts when she saw said Elf leave a massive cut on the Goliaths chest but almost got hit.

"We have to he careful, we can't make reckless moves like that" said Asfi.

"For a level 5 monster.. this thing sure doesn't feel like it!" Yelled Alicia.

*CHING*

They all heard the sounds of bells and saw Bell running forward before he stopped and held his right arm up, with white sparkles covering it.

The Goliath heard the bells as well and saw Bell and opened its mouth to kill him.

"BELL MOVE!" Yelled Alicia trying to get up and run, ignoring her still healing wounds.

"FIREBOLT!!!" A electric blue firebolt blasted from his hand and it collided with the blast from the Goliath and overpowered it.

The explosive force was completely redirected back at the Goliath and blew the top of its head off, leaving it from its mouth down.

"Groooah" it then smiled evilly making Bell freeze as a magic blast hit him dead on, blasting him away and upwards.

The Goliath took a massive step forward and swung it's hand to swat Bell away, but Ouka got in the way, thanks to being thrown up here and he used his shield to block the blow, while grabbing Bell to protect him.

Zidril watched in horror as they were both blown away and smashed into the forest with enough force that it would kill anyone who didn't have high endurance. "BELL!!!!!" She Screamed and ran as fast as she could to where he crashed.

The other level 4's joined her and Ryuu was equally as worried about him but it was only thanks to years of keeping her emotions under lock and key, that she didn't openly show it, but if anyone was to look close, they'd see fear in her eyes.

Zidril raced through the woods and finally arrived where Bell was and she saw him laying on the ground unconscious and bleeding pretty badly, but the guy who saved him, was worse off as the girl named Chigusa was crying over his chest while trying to stop the bleeding.

"Bell.." she said in horror, before she gently kneeled down next to him and reached into her pouch and pulled out a healing potion. She then gently lifted his head and poured some of it down his throat and let out a sigh of relief when she saw the wounds heal. She then looked up and saw Chigusa still crying and tossed her the potion, before going back to Bell.

"Please wake up" she said looking down at him.

Ryuu and Alicia soon arrived and they also froze at seeing Bell.

Ryuu moved first and looked over for any injuries to see if she needed to use her healing magic, but thankfully she found none, meaning Zidril must've healed him.

"Is Bell ok" said Lily running in and seeing him laying on the ground.

"Yes.. just unconscious right now" said Zidril.

Ryuu tightened the grip on her sword before she walked over and leaned down, before gently brushed some of the hair out of his face "rest Bell, we'll deal with this".

She then stood up and ran off to go back and join the fight and in her eyes, they had a dark glare as she stared at the Goliath, not seeing that Alicia was following her.

"Come now Bell, no hero is meant to be laying on the ground, you need to stand up. It doesn't matter just how strong you are or how powerful your magic is if you can't get up" said Hermes walking towards him. "You know the importance of being a hero.. after all... isn't that what your grandfather taught you and you promised him you'd be".

"Bell.. a hero is someone who sacrifices himself, he is willing to loose his life for the sake of the ones he loves, he may get a few lumps on the way, but the hero will always rise up above the rabble" said the voice of his grandfather.

"Hold on tight to your wish" said Hermes with a small smile.

"Cry out with all your desire".

"If you do" said Bell starting to wake up and feeling his back burn as small sparkles started to gather around his hand.

"If you do then you'll see that it's what makes a hero shine the brightest" said all three of them at once.

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*Gong*

Bell was slowly walking towards the Black Goliath as he was holding the magic sword that Lily grabbed.

"Let your feelings burn like a fire Bell, cry out with all your desire!" Said his grandfather.

"You must be willing to face the whole world if need be to be a hero, you'll have many enemies on this path, but if you push through... then I believe even you can be a hero" said Beatrix.

*GONG*

The Black Goliath whipped it's head over to see Bell standing still holding a large magic sword and white sparkles floating around it.

*GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG*

Then everyone heard the sound of the bell and the 18th floor shook a tiny bit startling some people.

"GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!" The black goliath tried to move in attack while ordering the monsters to attack Bell.

"I won't let you get near Bell" said Ryuu before she began to chant "In the sky of a now distant forest. Infinite stars scattered in the endless night sky. Respond to my foolish voice, give me now divine protection of starfire. Give the mercy of light to the one that abandoned you. Come, wandering wind, the wandering traveler. Cross the sky and run through the wilderness, run faster than anything else. Imbue the light of stardust and destroy the enemy. LUMINOUS WIND!!!"

Small green orbs appeared around Ryuu as she jumped high into the air and sent them all at the Goliath, making massive cuts form all over its body, but it healed almost as fast as it appeared.

As the blasts of wind were injuring it, Asfi got near its eyes and threw bottles at it that immediately caught fire and started to burn its eyes.

"GRRROOOAAAHHHHHH!!!" It's eyes healed enough for it to see and it quickly swung it's arm out and managed to grab Ryuu before she could move.

"Aghhh!!" She then started to feel her body get crushed by the Goliaths hand and it was only thanks to her level, she was even alive right now.

Mikoto was standing next to Bell to guard him and put her sword before she made small hand gestures to prepare her chant as she held her hands out as if she was putting a container over the Black Goliath. "I respectfully speak to you, my War God that can break through any thing, lead me from the precious heaven. Give my petty body divine power of your grand body. Rescue them light of purification, sword of crushing evil. Sweep sword of suppression, sacred sword of conquest. It arrives here now by my order. Descend from heaven, rule the earth - shinbu tousei".

A tiny clear black spherical ball formed in her hand, while above the Goliath a massive glowing purple and white sword appeared and went through its entire body, before it touched the ground, creating a seal.

Around the Goliath a barrier formed which started to crush it, forcing it to slowly kneel and its body disform as it got crushed on all sides.

"Ughhhhh I.. I can't hold this much longer" said Mikoto as her fingers began to bleed from the force of this and trying to hold a level 5 monster with a healing ability that made it almost a level 6 with that alone. Plus the monsters massive size and strength.

"Hold a couple seconds longer Ms Mikoto" said Lily as she looked over seeing both Alicia and Zidril also chanting.

"Frozen skies, heavenly rain. White ice that colors the forest, shoot the shameful barbarians. Freeze, binding chains of winter" said Alicia aiming her wand at the monster.

"Hear me winds and seas of home, grant me the strength of the ocean and the quickness of wind, allow my strike to land true upon my enemy, giving me the power to vanquish them and protect the ones I love. Arrow of Legolas" said Zidril.

"I... aghhh!" Her body couldn't handle the strain anymore and Mikoto was blasted backwards.

The ice spell hit the black goliath freezing its legs in place once again, making it roar in pain, but that didn't last long as Zidril released her arrow and fell to a knee from the sheer amount of magic that spell acquired and was almost in mind down.

The arrow landed true and the force of the magic caused a explosion on the Goliaths right arm, almost making it get ripped off.

"GGGRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" it screamed in rage once again and tried to move forward but its legs were still stuck, it then saw a man with red hair running towards it.

"GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!" Screamed Welf running as fast as he could while carrying a magic sword he was forced to make by Hephaestus. "KAZUKI!!!".

The magic from the sword was unleased and it hit the Goliath with more force than any of the previous spells that hit it, besides Zidrils last spell and Ryuus Luminous Wind.

The fire died down and the Goliath let out a roar of nothing but pure rage as it, pulled itself out of the hole it was in and was going to kill these annoying insects, but it stopped when it heard the bells again.

*GONG!!*.

The 18th floor shook from the sound of it and Bell pulled his sword back as his body glowed white and wisps of fire along with lightning were gathering around him.

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"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT BELL!!" Yelled Bete while him and the others were on the 5th floor and they could all hear it.

"I don't know.. but something doesn't feel right.. almost as if the dungeon is angry" said Riveria.

*GONG*

Somehow, the bells got louder and made the dungeon itself shake a bit.

The Loki Familia was starting to get worried, wondering what was causing this.

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"Hahaha oh Bell~ my sweet Odr!~" said Freya barely able to contain her happiness at what she was witnessing. She didn't think it could get any more beautiful than this, but it did.

*GONG* she could hear the bells and feel the tower shake just a tiny bit from how high she was and as her eyes landed on Bell. Her knees finally gave at what she saw, his soul was just to beautiful for her to handle anymore.

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Ouranos's eyes snapped open as he felt the dungeon roar in rage, he didn't know what was going on, but all he could do, was sent more prayers into it, to calm it down and hope that it doesn't spawn THAT monster.

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"Z̶E̴U̵S̵!̴!̴!̶!̷!̵" Screamed the dungeon inside the Black Goliaths head" ̴K̸I̸L̵L̵ ̷H̶I̴M̷!̶!̸!̶!̷!̷!̵ " it obliged and roared as it tried to get closer to Bell.

*GONG GONG GONG!!!*

"Whenever you find yourself with the odds stacked against you; you can still he able to win with the small bit of power you have left, that's what we like to call a hero shot" said the voice of Hestia.

Bell shot forward running as fast as he could towards the Goliath as lightning and flames wissped around him. Once close enough, Bell stopped his running and swung the sword with all the force he had.

*BOOOOOOOM*.

A massive flash of light filled the entire floor, blinding everyone for a moment, but once it died down, they couldn't believe what they were seeing.

The Goliaths body was simply gone, from the waist up was gone, revealing the magic stone, but that wasn't the part that truly caught everyone's attention.

It was the massive slash mark on the wall of the 18th floor from Bells attack.

"Oh my goddess.. it's regenerating!" Yelled Welf getting everyone that was near him, attention.

Bell saw this and quickly dashed forward, running as fast as he could towards it, before he reached the ledge and jumped off it the ledge, soaring towards the Goliath, to end this fight as soon as he could.

Getting closer, he pulled out his sword and stabbed the stone, before he actually landed and then he twisted the blade, finally killing the monster.

"He did it..." said Bors "HE DID IT!!!!".

All around the 18th floor cheering and celebrating erupted at the fact, that the monster is finally dead.

"Hahahaha I did it! I saw it with my own eyes! Zeus you said he has potential, but I didn't think it'd be anything like this!! Your grandson truly carries your blessing, infact he's the last hero bequeathed of your familia!!" Said Hermes as his head whipped up. "I can feel the age beginning to move forward!! I'd hoped I'd be able to witness, today in the land of Orario a new chapter in our history begins, the future of these heroes in our lives and beyond our lives!. It is a epic story of our family, woven by our children! IT IS THE FAMILIA MYTH!!!".

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Climbing to the top of the dungeon, they all walked out and Bell looked forward and saw Eina with a large smile on her face as tears were in her eyes, but before he could look much longer, he was tackle hugged by Rose.

All he could see was red from her hair and a bit of white given her left ear was next to his eye.

"I'm back Rose" he said wrapping his arms around her and feeling her tail wag very fast.

"I'm glad your back" she said with tears of happiness as she held him tightly, enjoying with warmth and scent, but her nose did pick up on something else. He smelt a bit like Zidril and she looked up and saw said dark elf.

Now Zidril could approach this in lots of different ways, but she just decided to be blunt and upfront "so your Rose, I guess we are sharing him then".

Complete silence was all that could he heard in the area, while in the back, Mama Mia looked at Syr with a worried expression, but was shocked when she saw her giggling.

If some were to look, they'd see Ryuus eyebrow twtich while Alicia puffed her cheeks a tiny bit and Lily.. she just glared at said dark elf for being so blunt about love and getting him to agree to date her.

"Nya lucky elf getting someone who cute while Anya be beautiful nya" said Anya crossing her arms.

"Ugh.." Mia didn't have enough patience to deal with them or her goddess and whatever is going on in her head to make her be giggling, instead of jealous or angry.

"Oh my Bell~, I didn't think you'd get another woman so soon" Teased Rose with a smile that made Bell feel nervous.

"I'm glad your ok Bell" said Eina popping up and had a smile on her face.

"Glad to see you and know your ok as well, Ms Eina" said Bell.

Pouting a bit, she pinched his cheek "it's just Eina, no Ms I'm not old remember".

"Sowwy".

"BELL!" Yelled Hestia pushing her way through the crowed.

"Goddess Hestia" said Bell seeing her run up to him and stop a foot away before a smile adorned her face "im glad your ok".

"Sorry for worrying you all" he said.

"Your sleeping at my house tonight" said Rose bluntly.

Bell almost chocked on his spit by the sudden order and swore he felt multiple glares of jealousy from other woman near him.

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It was now later in the day, at night time and they were all at the Hostess Of Fertility, along with the executives and a couple other high ranking members of the Loki Familia.

They were all partying and celebrating, even congratulating the rookies along with Alicia, Ryuu and Zidril on defeating a irregular monster, or as they called it a Black Goliath.

"Bell I must admit you did a very good job from what Alicia told me" said Riveria looking at him.

"It was nothing... I just didn't want anyone to get hurt, besides you should be congratulating everyone else, they Madd it possible that I could even do something" said Bell.

Riveria smiled lightly and did something shocking to anyone watching, she reached over and gently ruffled his hair, with her soft delicate fingers and gave him a motherly smile that made his stomach twist.

It didn't help that he saw Rose in the corner of his eye giving a thumbs up.

"You should learn to take a compliment, it'll help you grow" she said before taking her hand away "also thank you for the tobacco.. its honestly better then the one I was using before".

"I'll keep that in mind.. and no problem" he said with a smile.

Riveria nodded her head and was about to go back to her seat when she saw Loki run over.

"Gehehehehe so I heard ya killed a big scary monster" said Loki draping a arm over his shoulder while being extremely drunk "that's hella impressive Bell".

"T-thank you Goddess Loki" he said a bit embarrassed and deciding to take Riverias words to heart.

"Not only that but I hear you now got two girlfriends" she said with a grin.

"Umm I... yeah I do.. and I feel blessed to have either of them and I couldn't be happier" he said with a smile.

"Aww I'm happy we make you happy" said Rose appearing out of nowhere and hugging him tightly while trying to rub her scent all over him so other Demi humans no he's claimed.

"Your so sweet" said Zidril kissing the top of his head.

Mama Mia and other were watching this all and she just shrugged her shoulders, but she did notice that Ryuu looked.. jealous? Hell she even saw Riveria look a bit envious along with that other elf named Alicia near her. But still the most shocking thing for her was the fact that Syr just kept giggling at the whole thing and didn't seem angry at all.

Syr was watching this all and the color of Bells soul was just so beautiful and bright, plus Rose and Zidrils souls looked beautiful as well, sitting next to him and the souls seemingly merging in a way.

Everyone was cut off by a terrified scream.

"AIS DON'T DRINK THAT!!!!!" Yelled Lefiya trying to stop her from drinking some mead, but sadly for everyone it was to late and she took a sip.

Instantly panic set through and tables were flipped and Gareth even used Bete as a human shield infront of the table he had.

Rose and even Zidril hid behind Bell given they both heard the rumors of what a drunk level 5 Ais could do... but now she's a level 6... the Loki Familia might really have to ask Freya to borrow Ottar to stop her this time.

"Mr Cranel stay behind me... this is far more dangerous than the Black Goliath" said Ryuu, standing infront of him

Ais's cheeks instantly went red and her eyes got slightly hazy as she became drunk. Her legs wobbled a bit and she looked around the room "e-enemies!?" She suddenly yelled and was about to pull out her sword, but stopped.

She looked at Bell and blinked before she got a drunk smile "bunny".

"Huh?" Everyone was completely caught off guard as she calmed down, staring at Bell.

"Can that kid now calm down a drunk Ais-puu?" Said Loki in awe.

"I don't know... but I honestly hope so since last time was painful enough" said Riveria holding her side. Those kicks hurt like hell.

"Big bunny" said Ais, stumbling towards him, then hugging him, but given she was drunk, her aim was off and she hugged his head and his face was in her chest.

Loki was about to scream and yell at her, but as if Ais sensed it, she turned around and glared so harshly, it even made Syr feel a shiver of fear go down her spine.

"He's my bunny!" She said before looking down at Bells face "let's goooo I wanna go home!".

Before Bell could really process what was happening, he had a very drunk Ais on his back asking him to take her home, while he had to carry her.

Simply accepting his fate, Bell started to walk.

"Sword Princess sure works fast.. but sorry he's gonna be sleeping with me" said Rose standing up and following.

"Hey get back here he's my boyfriend as well!" Yelled Zidril standing up and running after them.

"...".

"...".

"..... Loki can we keep that kid around... he just did the impossible.." said Gareth.

Loki just couldn't process what was going on and simply nodded her head.

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Meanwhile far outside of Orario, 4 figures were heading towards the famed city, one of them was a goddess who just lost everything and was coming to get help, so she can avenge her Familia.

The other was a beautiful woman who was recalled by her goddess Freya to return since apparently she needed her to return.

The last two were a pair of beautiful elves, returning from the Royal Alf Forest and the younger of the two was one of Lokis children coming home. The other one was her older sister who decided to join her and meet her sisters Familia plus see the famed city of Orario.