"Hestia will you stop" said Hephaestus staring at her friend who was Infront of her groveling with her forehead pressed against the floor.

"Not until you make my Bell a weapon... he's working so hard and I'm a horrible goddess" said Hestia.

"You do realize my rates are more than you can afford right? It'd take you a couple thousand years to pay this debt off if I did make you something" she said looking at her friend.

"I don't care... I don't care if it takes me the rest of time or if I have to work myself to the bone every single day to pay it off... I'm willing to do it.. so please make Bell a weapon" she said. "I see him work himself so hard to pay for both of us and his medication... I can't keep seeing him coming back half alive... I want to give him something that will help him on his journey to becoming a hero".

Hephaestus looked at her and a smile appeared on her face seeing how much her friend has grown "you really have changed... alright Hestia I'll make him a weapon".

Hestia looked at her with pure genuine happiness and tried to hug her, but she tripped and Hephaestus caught her before she hit the floor "but your gonna pay me back every single Valis no matter how long it takes".

"I told you I understand and will pay for it... and thank you Hephaestus...".

Hephaestus let her friend go and walked towards the wall where she had her tools on it "so what kind of weapon does he use?".

"Well he usually uses a short sword" Hestia said before seeing that Hephaestus removed her hammer from the wall "Wow are you gonna hammer it out yourself".

"Well duh, also your gonna be helping me with making it" she said as she walked to a different wall and opened a secret compartment showing her personal forge.

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The next morning Bell walked towards a wall and removed a secret panel from the stone wall, he then reached in and pulled out a wrapped parcel, it was something his grandfather gave him and he said that it belonged to his father before he passed. Unwrapping it, he saw a long wooden pipe with engravings on the wood, showing thunder clouds with lightning coming off them.

Reaching for the wrappings, he pulled out some of the tobacco and began to fill it, as he got ready to use it.

Hestia didn't like that he would occasionally use it, but she wouldn't do anything to the pipe, it held a lot of sentimental value and she knew, Bell would never forgive her, if she did something to it. Because of that she made a rule that he can't smoke in her presence, which he said was fine since he will only use it when stressed out.

Finishing packing it, he lit up the pipe and it took a couple seconds of him puffing it before it got going, once it did, he took a long drag enjoying the flavor, before he blew it out.

He could feel all the stress from the past couple days fade away as he did this, especially the new stress of having transformed in the dungeon.

He took a small puff and wished he knew someone to smoke pipes with that he could talk to, preferably a beautiful Elf.

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"Achoo" Riveria suddenly sneezed while in the Loki Familia library "why did I sneeze? I know I'm not sick".

"Maybe your future husband is talking or thinking about you" said Tiona giggling.

Riveria scoffed at that, In her 99 years of life she's never met anyone she likes and doesn't see that changing anytime soon. Especially with the suiters her father keeps trying to force her to marry.

"Please if I was to find someone like that, they'd have to be brave, kind, decently smart, ok with spending time reading, strong enough to keep my father away and love me for me and not because I'm a elven princess" said Riveria.

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Feeling the urge to sneeze, Bell shook his head to make it go away and he took another puff, he was about to relax more when he remembered something really important.

He forgot to pay the Hostess Of Fertility the other night.

"...........CRRRRAAAAAP!!!!!!!!".

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Ryuu was having one of her normal days, she woke up after a decent night's sleep and ate a decent breakfast, afterwards, she took her daily walk before coming back and taking a quick bath before getting dressed in her work outfit. Once that was done, she started to put the chairs down on the floor, before she went outside and began to sweep the front entrance. As she did this, she was mentally preparing herself for the day ahead and how Syr won't be with them, since she'll be leaving in about 30 minutes to head to Monsterphelia which will officially begin in 2 hours.

Suddenly her Adventurer senses went off and she turned to see a dust cloud heading towards her, she reached for her knife strapped to her leg but stopped when she faintly recognized the white hair.

"Mr Cra-" she was cut off when he came to a screeching halt before her panting.

"I.... sorry..." he said panting as he tried to regain his breath.

"For what?" She asked honestly confused.

"I... ran out the other night... and forgot to pay..." he said.

"Oh, don't worry Mama Mia isn't angry at you, just go inside and explain the situation and pay her, you should be fine afterwards" she said.

Her hands were suddenly clasped by his, which startled her "Thank you Ms Ryuu, how can I ever repay you" he said looking at her like she was his hero.

Gaining a feignt blush she looked away "that's not necessary Mr Cranel, you being a customer is more than enough" she said.

"Ok but once again thank you so much Ms Ryuu I really appreciate it" he said before he let her hand go and walked inside to pay Mama Mia back for the other day.

While he left, Ryuu looked down at her hand, lost in thought "why... didn't him holding my hand bother me?" She thought.

Meanwhile inside, Bell handed Mama Mia a bag of Valis that he owed her "I'm so sorry about the other day.. I had every intention of paying b-" he was cut off when she patted his shoulder.

"It's fine kid, Syr and Ryuu explained it to me, if they didn't then I would've hunted you down to get that damn money" she said glaring at him.

"Eeeehhhh" Bell looked down slightly nervous at her glare "Well I gotta go and get new gear!, bye everyone" He said before running off.

He went to run off, when he ran out the door and saw Ryuu sweeping the entrance still "see you later Ms Ryuu"

She looked up at him and gave him a very tiny smile "see you later as well Mr Cranel".

Bell didn't know why but when he saw her smile, the next words just spilled out "you should smile more, it makes you look more beautiful" he said with a genuine warm smile before he ran off to get a new sword and armor, along with restocking his supplies.

For the second time today, she found herself blushing at something Bell did, she felt bad because Syr has shown a interest in him, yet here she is blushing at something Bell did.

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Bells first stop was the Blue Pharmacy to restock his potions, he felt bad about having to use almost all the money he made the other night and what was left of the70 thousand he made thanks to lots of rare drops, to do this, but all of his gear was destroyed and he had no other choice. This left him thankfully more than his usual budget allowed, he had a little over 35,000 valis.

Stepping inside he looked around before his eyes spotted Naaza looking at him with a warm smile.

Naaza has long brown hair, purple eyes, dog ears, and a tail. She wears a skirt from which her tail sticks out and a peculiar shirt with asymmetric sleeves, with the left being short and the right being long enough to cover her entire arm, in addition to a glove on her right hand.

"Hello Bell, you here to buy some more potions?" She asked him slightly surprised since he was just here 5 days ago.

"Mhm... I uhhh.. well it's not that importa-" he stopped when he saw her normal happy care free eyes narrow as she glared at him. "I might have almost died a couple times and... spent a whole night in the dungeon..".

Hearing this, she sighed "please be careful Bell, you can't just throw your life around like that.." her hand gently grabbed her right arm as a pained look crossed her face "or else you something bad will happen".

"... if that's the price to pay to achieve my dreams and make sure everyone I care for is happy then I'll do it without hesitation, even if it costs me my life" said Bell.

Her eyes went wide as she looked at him, his own eyes were a raging inferno showing that he was dead serious about what he said and that he really wouldn't hesitate to cripple himself or die to make sure everyone he cared for was happy.

"That's very heroic of you, but still dangerous and stupid. How do you think everyone would feel if you died?" She asked him.

"...I know they'd feel bad and miss me... but my answer won't change, I won't hesitate to put my life on the line to save others"

She looked at him and let out another sigh, he really wanted to be a hero and nothing would stop him "Alright well what can I get you for potions?".

"My usual, but a extra healing and stamina potion please" he said.

Nodding her head, she turned and walked into the back to grab his potions, where they were all kept safe, so no one would be able to steal them if she or Miach weren't looking.

For Bell, he looked around the shop and saw lots of different herbs, plants, certain potions that weren't valuable enough to steal, his eyes then wandered to a small ilse that showed more woman's products in the form of potions. Then down a different he saw something that made his face go red. The potions or herbs and plants in this one weren't meant for more... intimate stuff.

"Ok Bell I got your potions" she said entering the room carrying 3 minor healing potions, 2 stamina and one normal potion "your total will be.. 2500 valis, but given your a regular and are allied with us, I'll knock off 20%".

"W-what I co-" her eyes hardened again "...ok".

Her smile returned as she handed him the potions and he put them in his leg holsters, he then pulled out his bag and counted the money before paying her.

"Thank you for your business Bell, hope to see ya again" she said with a small smile as she waved him goodbye.

"Same here, goodbye Naa- wait one last thing" he said suddenly.

Raising a eyebrow she waited for him to continue.

"Umm I am planning to get a mini crossbow if I have enough valis after I buy the rest of my stuff, I was wondering if you'd be able to train me how to shoot if I do, I'll pay of course" Bell said. He was still very poor given the medicine he has to buy plus paying off all of Hestias debts... he still didn't know how she got so much.

So many zeroes...

Naaza looked at him wide eyed and for the first time in a couple days, her tail began to wag in excitement, she's never trained anyone how to shoot before, not even when Miach had a couple other members before they went into debt.

Her ears perked up and she smiled widely "I'd love to teach you, let me know if you do get it and I'll set up the day" she said with her tail waging in excitement.

"Great, thank you so much and I'll be sure to let you know if I do" he said before finally leaving and heading to Babel tower.

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Bell got off the elevator after spending the last half a hour shopping for gear, he got really lucky and managed to buy some light armor made by someone named Welf Crozzo. Bell then bought a brand new short sword instead of the usual chipped and worn ones, he also went a bought a short spear and lastly a mini crossbow with a couple bolts. The last item he did buy was a gauntlet shield, it was thicker than his light armor and it covered the entire upper part of his left forearm down to his wrist leaving enough room for him to move his hand with no restrictions.

After buying all of this, he was sadly only left with 100 valis given the new gear and having to buy two weapons.

Bell was about to start walking to Monsterphelia when someone tapped on his shoulder, turning his head he saw that it was Rose standing before him in civilian clothing. This consisted of a black dress that went a little past her knees and hugged her body in all the right spots while showing a very modest amount of her cleavage.

Her normal passive face changed into a warm smile as she saw him "Hello Bell, I see you got new gear and weapons" she said looking at his new armor, shield, sword and short spear "you look really good".

"Um yeah, it costed a bit but with this new gear I will be able to last longer in the dungeon and even go deeper to earn more valis" he said.

"That is a good investment, most young adventurous don't do that and it isn't until usually around a year that they figure out investing in better gear that it will help them in the long run" said Rose.

"That's sad to hear.. but um not to sound rude but what are you doing here?" Said Bell.

"Well I just finished collecting my valis from the guild as compensation for what happened to me the other day, speaking of which have you gotten yours?" She asked.

"Um no.. I just went to Babel tower to buy new gear and now I'm heading to Monsterphelia" said Bell.

Her smile widened a bit seeing this as a chance to get closer and her tail wagged in excitement "Well how about we go to Monsterphelia together then afterwards I take you to the guild and we get your valis for saving me from those monsters" she said.

"Sure, this will be my first time going to Monsterphelia since I've only been here a little over a month" he said with a chuckle.

Rose smiled and gestured for him to follow her which he did, though he did notice something. Her tail never stopped wagging showing that she was happy from what his grandfather told him about beastfolk.

Then again he's told him lots of things... mainly about woman for each species from humans to elves, high elves, dwarves, amazoness, Renards, werewolves, cat people and Chienthrope.

His grandfather left nothing out on each of these species and how to woo them or how they act when they are in love or how to get them to love him.

Bell let out a sigh at the memory of his grandfather and his need to teach him how to make a harem. Though he did help him a lot by telling him which gods to avoid at all costs.

But then something else came to his mind, how did his grandfather know Hermes, since if it wasn't for that then he would've had to rent a place out or sleep in the streets when he came here to Orario.

"Bell do you want anything to eat?" Said Rose pulling him out of his thoughts.

"Hm? Oh don't worry I'm ok" he said with a smile but his stomach growled a bit making him blush.

She let out a tiny giggle before leading him to a potato puff booth and ordering some for herself and him.

"Oh you didn't have to d-" "I wanted to, you saved my life and I wanted to pay you back" she said cutting him off.

"I... thank you" he said before eating his potato puff.

Rose smiled more, she honestly couldn't believe that Bell was making her smile so much, it's been a long time since she's smiled anywhere near this much.

"So tell me Bell, how's being a adventurer?" She asked him.

"It's really good, thanks for asking" Bell said "thanks to Ms Eina for teaching about the upper floors I can prepare for any threats I'll face which is very helpful, plus help from the Miach familia".

"That's good, I'd recommend trying to get a supporter to help you down in the dungeon, you may be able to fight and have some bags to carry magic stones, but you can only carry so many and be able to fight at peak condition" said Rose.

"I would but me and my Familia is in a lot of debt so I can't afford one, hence why I bought the mini crossbow, to give me medium to long range fighting capabilities" said Bell gesturing to it.

"Well that does make some sense, but I'd still recommend getting one soon since they help like I mentioned, plus help watch your back" she said.

"I'll be sure to once we get more financially stable" Bell said with a warm smile.

Rose smiled more and took a step closer to him as they walked to the arena, her werewolf instincts have already claimed him as a possible mate and she's gonna see if he can be her mate.

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Freya was watching the many people of Gekai, the children. Humans, animal people, dwarves, elves. A few adventurers were sprinkled in among the colors of these different races.

Freya thoroughly scanned them with her sharp eyes.

She faintly heard footsteps closing in and then the door handle twisted telling her that the one that she was waiting for was going to enter the room now. Freya stopped the examination and turned to greet the newcomers.

"Yo! Sorry to keep ya waiting!" Said Loki entering the room with her guard Ais.

"Not at all. I just got here myself". Freya smiled under her hood at Loki.

The newcomer's hair was a subdued shade of red, the hue of an evening sky. It was tied back into a small ponytail. Her shirt and pants were worn out and faded. If Freya had not known her, she might have thought this person was male given her Androgyne body.

"Haven't had breaky yet, mind if I grab a bite?" She said walking towards her chair.

"Do as you please" said Freya with a smile, looking at her 'friend'.

Loki pulled up a chair across from Freya and sat down. Freya continued to smile her usual smile, not reacting to Loki at all. The two of them had an air about them, like friends yet rivals who had known each other for a very long time, even though they have a rivalry to remain at the top with Loki trying to get stronger than her.

"So tell me Freya, what'd ya invite me here for?" Said Loki looking over the menu and pointing on the menu for the waitress to get it for her.

"Just wanted to chat, It's been a while Loki, after all the last time we did talk like this was back when Zeus and Hera were still here".

"Lyin' through yer teeth ain't such a good idea since I've known you the longest besides my brother and father" said Loki.

She sent a smirk at Freya who was still smiling under her hood. She matched Freya's tone to the letter. The 'old friends' aura was gone.

A waitress was unlucky enough to come back with Lokis order at that very moment. Stuck between two lightning rods, she stood silent and motionless at the head of the table as if she had been chained down. Gulping down the nervousness, she put it down at the table before scampering off as fast as she could.

"I'll ask ya again, why?" Said Loki with a smile.

"I don't understand. What's the matter, Loki? Dont you like it not knowing everything?" Said Freya playing innocent and coy.

"Come on, just answer the question" she said with a bit more of a edge.

The room became a lot more tense and the air was thick with tension, enough that Ais's hand subconsciously drifted slightly closer to her sword just in case.

"Ya been strange recently for the last month.., ya claim not to be interested in the party, but poke yer head in at the last second. Say yer there for information? Ya don' care about that, ya never have... so.. what are ya scheming?"

"Scheming...? Why do you make it sound so evil?" She said with a slightly bigger smile as she looked at Loki. Out of all the gods she's met and dealt with, only her, Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Poseiden, Astrea, Hades, Athena, Thor and lastly Odin could figure out her schemes. Especially Odin... he was the only that all the other gods feared and never tried to outwit or betray... he was the god of gods, not even Zeus could stand up to him.

"Shut ya mouth".

Loki followed it with saying that strange things happened when Freya acted like this. She went on to say that if someone got in her way, she'd end it herself no matter who she had to face. Loki didn't blink, her red eyes adding weight to her words.

Freya didn't back down either, instead smiling more as she met Loki's eyes with her own. The look on Loki's face could have killed some high level adventurers, but Freya took it head-on, smiling. Invisible sparks flew; the pressure of their conversation filled the room even more now, the café emptied of everyone in no time flat.

Glaring at her for a couple more seconds Loki sighed and relented, leaning back in her chair, she just stared at Freya "It's a man isn't it?".

Freya didn't answer, just kept smiling as she looked down.

Loki took it as an yes, She let out a deep, long sigh. She had seen this too many times already "So... Ya got an eye for a child already in another Familia, I take it?, can't ya just let these children stay in their own Familia?".

All of the gods and goddesses knew about Freya's "habits" when it came to men or some woman. Once a male or woman of Gekai caught her eye, she made a move, her beauty was powerful enough to make her target her own. She'd do that or she would use her charm to entrap them for her. Exactly how many men or woman had fallen under her spell, no one knew, but everyone knew it was many, though from what they all heard, it didn't go very far, since she always said they weren't worthy enough for that privilege.

Loki reasoned that Freya's target was most likely not in her own Familia. Therefore, the reason she came to the party in the first place was to figure out whose Familia the target was in. Obviously going after someone already in another Familia, to take them away from it, would not go over well, the god of the other Familia would not sit by and do nothing.

Freya didn't try to deny Loki's words.

"Jeez, woman. Is that all ya think about? Ya'll go after anyone, young or old?" Said Loki crossing her arms and looking at her.

"How rude, I do have standards you know, if they don't meet them, then thats it" said Freya with a smirk.

"Leaving out all the bumbling idiots on Tenkai you pull fast ones on once they prove useless?" She said with an annoyed look.

"They have their uses. I'm quite skilled at getting money out of them" she answered simply.

"That may be true.. but something seems different now... normally you would've been more in the open and would've already made a move to capture whoever it is. Yet your taking your time.. why is that?" Loki asked looking at Freya right in the eye.

"He's... special... he's weak compared to so many other adventurers yet grows fast, also easily manipulated but is not stupid.. he's willing to stand up to foes much stronger than him even if it means he'll die. He is someone who simply passed my gaze by near chance... his soul is pure and clear" said Freya.

Loki was about to say something but Freya continued, but this time with anger in her voice.

"Well.. completely pure most of the time... someone.. cursed him and now with it; it will haunt him for as long as he lived unless he kills the one who did it..." she said as her eyes darkened.

"It's rare to see you get this angry... so you say he's cursed.. what do you mean by that" said Loki.

"Let's put it this way... If I was to tell you and All or Orario found out... well I won't say anything for his own safety" she said.

After Freya said that, Ais caught sight of someone with bright white hair walking through the crowed with a woman with red hair and wolf ears on her head.

"Forgive me Loki but I have to go" said Freya standing up.

"Huh wh-" "we shall meet again" Freya said cutting her off and walking away.

"That was weird... hey she left me with the check!!" Said Loki in annoyance.

Ais still didn't say anything and continued to stare at the street below.

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"So the Ganesha Familia is completely in charge of Monsterphelia and has been doing thus for about 13 years now?" Said Bell looking up at Rose given the slight height difference between him and the mature werewolf.

"Yes, they started to capture certain monsters from the first floor, all the way down to floor 37, though with floors that deep, they hire the Loki Familia or other deep floor familias" said Rose.

"Wow... so what are the deep floors like? I haven't heard anything about them during my short time here" Asked Bell.

"...they are a living hell.. during my time of working for the guild... I've seen so many adventurers go down to the deep floor, to never return. The only familias in Orarios history that can go that deep or deeper and come back alive each time can be counted on both hands and still have fingers left over" said Rose.

"I see... so in other words... I need to get even stronger if I want to delve that deep" said Bell with determination.

Rose looked at him and saw the Fire in his eyes.. it was the same kind she saw when he saved her from those would be rapists. The job part of her told her to cut off her connection to him since it knew he will die... but her werewolf side told her to support him and be one of his pillars.

Bell was slightly caught off guard when Rose slightly leaned against him while they got closer to the arena.

"Um Ms Rose?" He said looking at her slightly.

"Just Rose... and I'm showing my support for you.. just please be careful Bell, I've seen to many young adventurers perish because they jumped in to deep or got to cocky" she said.

"I will I promise" he said with a smile.

"That's all I can ask for; for now" she said.

"BELL!" Yelled a voice he instantly recognized and looked up seeing his goddess running towards him with something large wrapped in cloth on her back"

"Goddess?" He said.

Hestia ran up to Bell and she was about to say something when she noticed the red haired werewolf that was right next to him, leaning on him slightly.

"Who is she!" She yelled as Hestia shot forward like a missle and grabbed him "Bell! Why are you with another woman when you have me!!".

"G-goddess I'm sorry but Rose asked me to join her for Monsterphelia, she was always telling me about it" said Bell.

Hestia narrowed her eyes and looked at Rose and saw the look in her eyes as she looked at Bell before her. She was interested in her Bell.

"Well fine but I'm not leaving your side for the rest of the day!" She said while wrapping her arms around Bells arm and squeezing it between her breast as she sent Rose a cocky smirk.

Rose's eyes narrowed and she felt jealousy well up in her chest, she wanted to do that herself but didn't, she was to mature to do it in public since they weren't together... in private would be a completely different story though. Unless they were together, then she wouldn't care at all if people saw her hugging and holding him.

Before they could do anything, they heard a massive explosion and they turned to see people running and screaming in fear. None of them knew why, but soon they did.

A massive Silverback rounded the corner and it looked around the area before it saw Bell, Hestia and Rose. But it's eyes were more trained on Hestia and it remembered it's masters orders.

"Chase the one with the same aura as me she has black hair tied in twin tails".

The Silverback let out a loud roar and charged at them while swining its chain down at Hestia.

Bell moved in immediately and pulled out his short sword deflecting the strike while pushing both Hetia and Rose out of the way.

The chain cracked into the ground creating a small crater from the sheer force of the blow, the Silverback growled and swung it's fist again at Hestia but Bell once again deflected the strike to save his goddess.

He then grabbed both woman and jumped away from the monster.

"Goddess what's going on!?" He said in fear as the Silverback started to chase them to kill Hestia.

"I don't know Bell but we need to get out of here" she said.

"Right!" He put Rose in a princess carry while Hestia was on his back, much to her annoyance and jealousy.

It was Rose's turn, she wrapped her arms around Bells neck and gave her a cocky smirk.

Bell jumped out of the way of a strike and landed on a wall before jumping down to the other side and continuing to sprint as fast as he could to get away with his two companions.

"Bell do you know anything about Silverbacks?" Said Rose suddenly.

"Um no, I haven't gone deep enough in the dungeon for them to spawn so Ms Eina hasn't taught me about them" said Bell.

"Well in that case I'll tell you what I know since it might help us in this situation" she said looking behind them seeing said monster climb the wall and racing at them. "They have incredible strength and are decently fast, they also have a very good sense of smell and can track when needed to. They are the brightest monsters, but they are smart enoughto use crude weapons when needed, also they can get confused easily. You'd have a small group of high level 1 or decently seasoned level 2 to defeat it effectively, so I'd recommend we head towards Babel tower where most adventurers are" said Rose.

"R-" he felt his adeventurer senses go off and he jumped to the side, to dodge a cart being thrown at them "I don't think I'll be able to do that Rose".

Trying to run faster, he ran down a narrow alley before turning where he remembered that this road has walls with secret entrances in case a invading army attacks Orario.

He was about to head to it when he had to jump again to dodge another cart being thrown at them.

"Rose, Goddess I'm gonna put you two down, get out of here and I'll buy you as much time as I can" said Bell.

"What? No Bell we aren-" Hestia was cut off when Bell shoved her and Rose through a wall with a secret door and shut it.

"I have to protect them... just like Ms Ais would..." he thought to himself staring down the Silverback.

He pulled his short spear from his left leg and took out his already ready small crossbow and shot it at the silverbacks face with it nailing the creature in the shoulder since it moved at the last second.

Letting out a roar, it charged at Bell and smashed its fist at the ground to try and kill him, but Bell raised his gauntlet shield which took most of the blow, it sent him flying backwards where he slid on the ground, he tensed his muscles and jumped to the side and pulled out his short sword. Bell charged forward with his blade and tried to land an attack on the Silverback to buy his companions time, but he had to bring it up to block the chain heading towards him.

The chain shattered the sword as if it was nothing.

"What?... that blade should've been able to handle that strike.." he thought but his eyes saw something at the last second. A crack inside the blade meaning it was defective.

The chain smashed into him sending him through a wall where he coughed up blood from the blow.

Painfully looking up he saw the Silverback heading towards him "at least I bought Rose and Goddess time to get away" he thought as he tried to force his body to stand up.

Getting to his feet, he saw that the Silverback was standing high above him and raised its arm to kill him.

"I won't go down that easily... I still have to be a hero.. and kill that God so no one else has to live with this curse!" He said tightening his grip on his short spear.

"Bell!" Yelled Hestia.

The Silverback turned its head and covered its face as a rock came at its face that was thrown by Rose.

"Goddess, Rose what are you doing here!?" He said in shock.

"We couldn't leave you alone to die Bell" Hestia said.

The Silverback saw Hestia and it smiled before heading towards her to kill her.

Seeing this, Bell ran as fast as he could and used the broken part of his short sword snd stabbed it into the Silverbacks calf making it scream in pain and anger. It turned to try and hit Bell, but he dashed under its legs and used hurled the short spear into it's eye making it howel even louder in pain.

"Come on we need to leave now!" He said taking their hands and running as fast as they could.

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Ais slashed a oger in half before she spun and shot forward killing a Kobold.

"Hehehe good job Ais, I knew you could do it lickety split" said Loki picking up the magic stones and heading towards Ais "I'm so happy I might have to give myself a reward" she reached for Ais's butt but she walked away making her slip and fall.

"Do you have anymore missing monsters for me to kill?" Asked Ais walking up to Eina.

"Um that's all except for the Silverback, it's the only one missing" said Eina.

"Hey I think I saw someone with white hair carrying a red haired werewolf and a God while being chased by it on Daedalus Street" said someone.

Then a loud roar was heard in the distance and a cloud of smoke rising up.

Seeing and hearing this, Ais took off in that direction, leaving everyone behind.

"HEY Ais wait up!" Yelled Loki.

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*huff huff huff* "that thing won't stop chasing us... also I lost my weapons.. well spear I lost, my sword broke because of a crack" said Bell.

"What? That's a defective weapon!" Said Rose with narrowed eyes "Bell when we make it out of this tell me who sold you that weapon and I will make sure your more than compensated for something that illegal".

"I'm not trying to sound like I've lost all faith since I haven't, but what makes you think, we'll make it out of here? I lost both my weapons and that Silverback will find us soon" said Bell.

"Because" she said taking his hand in her own and had a warm smile "your a hero and my hero, you will save us like you saved me before".

Those words hit Bell hard as he stared at her wide eyed.

"Don't worry Bell I have something right here to help you kill that monster" Hestia said unwrapping the cloth she was carrying, when she finished it showed a all black one sided short sword, it had engravings and a small guard, the grip was only big enough for it to be one handed.

"Goddess... where did you get this?" He said in shock looking at the sword.

"That doesn't matter, I had it made just for you Bell, now take it and let's update your status and awaken the blade" she said.

He looked at it before her and nodded his head.

"Hey you, what your about to s-" "is controversial and Familia only business, don't worry I won't say anything" Rose said cutting off Hestia as she looked at Bell.

Hestia recognized the look in her eyes but didn't say anything, they didn't have time for that right now.

Nodding her head, she lifted up Bells shirt while noticing that Rose's cheeks went slightly red and her tail wagged even in this situation.

Hestia pricked her finger and let a single drop of blood hit his back making his status show, which shocked both woman.

Bell Cranel

LV 1

Strength: H 120 ► D 527

Endurance: I 42►F 381

Dexterity: H139 ► F 332

Agility: H 125 ► C 613

Luck: B

Magic: 30

Magic

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Skill

Liaris Freeze.

[Single-Minded Pursuit]

Rapid Growth.

Continued desire results in continued growth. The Stronger the desire results in stronger growth.

Gods Curse.

L***********.

Bells status all but exploded in growth at a rate that shouldn't be possible, but thankfully for him and Hestia, his curses name was still covered.

Hestias eyes then caught onto the fact he now has magic.. just no spells yet.

"Oh my gods" said Rose in absolute shock, in all her years she's never seen or heard of anything like this or even read anything like this. But the thing that caught her eyes the most was the thing called gods Curse, the curses actual name was hidden, but whatever it is must be serious to cover it up even when the status is open.

"Remember what I said werewolf, not a word or else..." said Hestia before she whispered quietly enough that only her wolf ears picked up on it "you will start a war across all over Orario for him".

Rose nodded her head "you have my word that I won't say anything" she said "I swear this on my werewolf honor".

"Good".

"AAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" The Silverback let out a massive wall as it jumped off the wall staring at them.

"Ok Bell go kill that monster" said Hestia.

"Right" he said about to stand up to use his new sword that felt alive, but was stopped by Rose grabbing his sleeve "Rose?".

She leaned forward and kissed his cheek before pulling back and ignoring the look of horror on Hestias face "Good luck and be safe please".

Bells face went nuclear but he nodded his head and shot off heading for the Silverback.

As he ran, he spotted his spear still lodged in its left eye, probably from it getting stuck in the bone of the monster.

It saw Bell and let out another roar before trying to attack but Bell swung his sword and cut the chain in half like nothing, he then moved faster than before and dodged a swipe. Using that to his advantage, he slashed the Silverbacks hand off making it howl in pain, but it couldn't dwell on that long as Bell cut it behind his right knee cap, making it fall to the ground.

"I'm faster and stronger than before.. but I have to move master in order to reach Ais's level!" He thought moving for the head to cut it off.

Seeing him come at him, the Silverback swung his other arm, but Bell used his new strength along with unknowingly drawing slightly on the curse, to deflect it with a kick to the ground. Bell then stabbed its wrist and twisted it, making the hand useless.

Letting out another roar, it tried to bite Bell, but he jumped high in the air while also ripping his spear out, he then grabbed a rope above him to slingshot himself down.

The Silverback looked up but it couldn't do anything before Bell shot down while lunging his spear into it's other eye blinding it. He then brought his sword and cut the monster from its head down to the ground.

After a second it exploded in black smoke and dropping the remaining restraints on its body and its magic stone.

Bell was breathing slightly harder, but couldn't stop himself from smiling as he saw that he killed the Silverback, a monster meant for a group of high level 1 or 1 seasoned level 2.

"You did it kid!".

"You saved us!".

"That fight was amazing!!".

"This kid will be a rising star!".

Bell looked around and saw that all the people who lived here, were cheering for him, he couldn't help but smile shyly.

"Good job Bell!" Said Hestia running to him, but she was beat.

Rose wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly, with his face being pressed into her large chest.

"I'm happy your ok" she said smiling.

"LET MY BELL GO!!!".

"No".

"GRRRRR".

While Hestia started to yell at the werewolf, in the back Ais saw the whole fight and couldn't help but smile seeing that the teen she saved just a couple days ago already jumped this far. Putting her sword away, she turned and walked away.

Meanwhile on a roof a cloaked figure was standing on one of the roofs and watched the entire thing from start to finish.

"You did so well my Odr~ you've grown so much and your soul is so much brighter... I can't wait to see how much stronger you become" said Freya with a smile before she left heading back home.