After the entire incident with the Silverback, Bell was about to be dragged off by Hestia since Rose was hugging him tightly (accidentally) pressing his face into her very large chest.

Now both him and Rose were heading to the guild building to drop off the crystal and the monster drops along with file the report on his sword that broke because it had a crack inside it and to get his money from saving Rose in the dungeon.

Rose was standing right next to Bell, shoulder to shoulder and touching every once and a while, with her tail gently touching his back.

"I'm glad your ok Bell and not to injured" she said looking at him.

"Yeah I got kinda lucky with that and my old teacher teaching me the basics" he said with a sad smile as he remembered her.

Rose rose a eyebrow and her ear twitched "you had a teacher?".

"Mhm.. a traveling adventurer, my grandpa hired her to train me for 2 weeks, which she did, but she could only teach me the basics of using my weapons, strategies and tactics" said Bell.

She saw how happy he was when talking about her and smiled "I'm guessing she meant a lot to you given your smile".

"Mhm.. she helped me out so much and if it wasn't for her then I probably wouldn't have survived that fight, along with you giving me some tips, so thank you Rose, you saved my life" he said.

A blush formed on her cheeks and her tail began to wag faster as she smiled "its no problem, I was just doing what I could to help you" she said before she decided to ask him something "so tell me about her?".

"Well" a blush formed on his cheeks "she was a very beautiful high Elf with long white hair and bright blue eyes, she carried a very large eastern styled long sword. She was a bit of an airhead at times but overall very nice and uhhh..." his blush grew even more.

She looked at him wondering what he was gonna say next.

"She was my... first crush as much as I hate to say it.." said Bell.

Rose couldn't help but snort and cover her mouth with her hand "I'm not laughing at you..." she said between giggles "and you don't have anything to be ashamed of, lot's of kids get crushes on people..." her hand then trailed over her wolf ear "I'm guessing you have a bit of thing for elves given your eyes sneaked at every elf woman".

Bell looked away blushing "I-I... I do have a thing for elves... but that doesn't mean I don't like anyone else, like you for example, your the most beautiful werewolf I've ever seen" said Bell.

Rose's eyes widened and her ears twtiched and her tail started to wag like crazy as she smiled warmly "your playing a dangerous game Bell~" she said as her eyes gained a hunger in them that made a slight shiver go up Bells spine.

"Bell, Rose!" Said a voice catching them both slightly off guard.

Before them was Eina who just exited the guild building and was holding a small stack of papers in her hand "what are you two doing here after everything?".

"Bell is here to collect his reward for saving me and get his valis from the monster drops and crystal, then lastly file a report of a defective weapon to the Hephaestus Familia" said Rose in her professional tone.

"Oh well follow me and I'll help you with all of that" she said gesturing for them to follow her, once up to her desk she had Bell sign some papers before she handed him a bag of valis.

"For saving Rose, the guild has awarded you 300K Valis" said Eina.

Bells jaw dropped to the ground... he's made a lot of valis thanks to his high luck, but hearing he made that much... him and Hestia will finally be able to pay off Miach and lord Take... that only left Hephaestus and a bunch of shops... worth literal millions... (with him being completely unaware of the new 470 million debt added for his sword).

"T-t-thats so much.." he said shocked.

"Well Rose is one of our most important staff members here so they determined this would be the best price for a reward" Eina said before gesturing for Bell to get closer. "Plus I 'convinced' my boss to make it that high".

"Huh... why would you do that for me Ms Eina?" Said Bell confused.

"Because he only wanted to pay you 30K... greedy fat pig..." she muttered.

Rose and a couple guild members walking by all nodded their heads in agreement, Royman was well known for being extremely greedy and racist to every single race, even his own unless they were a pure blooded elf from the Alfs Royal Forest where the High and remaining Light elves lived.

"I..I see... but this is still so much.. how can I ever repay you" he said looking her in her gem green eyes, which made her cheeks heat up and the tips of her ears turn red.

Rose saw this and only smiled, she will have to talk to her and Bell later.

"Don't do anything to dangerous again.. I don't know if my heart can take it and you may end up giving me gray hairs" said Eina.

"But your really young, plus to beautiful to get them this soon" said Bell automatically, but once his brain registered what he said, his face went nuclear and he cursed his grandfather for teaching him all these nice lines to say to woman. He didn't want to seem like a womanizer or creep.

Einas face went very red and she smiled "well Bell if I didn't know any better, I'd say your hitting on me" she said.

Bell began to try and deny it, but this only made him look cuter to the two woman.

"Ok, enough teasing around, go over to the drop off box and drop your magic stones and monster drops" said Eina "me and Rose will finalize your other paperwork so you can go to the Hephaestus Familia and get compensated for a defective weapon".

Bell nodded his head and walked off, as he did Rose looked at Eina and then spoke in a very serious tone about a subject not meant for that.

"I don't mind sharing, he also has a thing for elves".

"HuuuuUUUUUUUUHHHH!".

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Bell and Rose along with now Eina were heading to the Hephaestus's office to file the complaint given the nature of this, though for some reason Eina refused to look Bell in the eyes as she kept blushing.

They continued to walk through the floor with first grade adventurer gear that ranged from 15 million valis, all the way up to 200 million, given the talent, skill and resources needed to make weapons that can survive fighting floor monsters down on floor 50 and high level adventurers.

"I hope to one day be able to buy weapons and gear this good... but until then, this armor will do" he said with a smile.

"It only takes time Bell, but for the speed your going at... you may end up changing everything.." said Eina speaking for the first time since he dropped off his crystals and monster drops.

"I hope so Eina and thank you" he said with a smile.

Eina looked away blushing as the words Rose said rang in her head again.

Rose giggled at seeing how flustered she was, she didn't know why she was so embarrassed, it isn't uncommon for beastfolk or Elves to be a bit more open to relationships with multiple lovers. This was especially true with Werewolves and Elven royalty, where the leader or strongest members would be allowed to have multiple lovers.

"Oh come on, it won't be that bad, I'll only be gone for a week" said a woman with has brown skin, long black hair, red eyes, and wears an eyepatch on her left eye. She has a well-endowed chest which she keeps in a sarashi, and wears a red hakama and sandals.

"No Tsubaki, you need to finish the order for the Loki Familia before this expedition to floor 59 tomorrow, how would you feel if your Smith didn't finish the order you paid a fortune for" said a beautiful woman with a lone crimson eye and red hair reaching to the neck. She has a rather sharp face and slender body with an eyepatch over her right eye.

"And Hestia get back to work, you are late" said Hephaestus in a tired tone as she looked at said Goddess who grumbled and started to walk away.

Hephaestus was about to continue when she saw two guild members and an Adventurer in armor she instantly recognized since she saw Welf make this and it sat in the shop for over 3 months, until it was bought just the other day.

"Hello? Can I help you" she said looking at the three.

"Um hello, my name is Bell Cranel, I'm looking for goddess Hephaestus so I can file a complaint over a defective weapon" he said.

"Oh?" Hephaestus said with her eyebrow raising, it was very rare to get this, but when they did come in, she took them very seriously. Adventurers lives depended on them. Plus she just made this teen a stupidly powerful short sword, so she doubted it was about that weapon, meaning it was from one of her children "so what is this complaint?".

"Um I'm supposed to give this to Goddess Hephaestus or her captain of the Familia Tsubaki" said Bell unaware he was talking to said Goddess.

"Bell this is Goddess Hephaestus" said Rose.

He blinked twice before looking at Eina, who just nodded her head and was trying not to reprimand him for not showing respect to a Goddess.

looked a bit confused. "Goddess.... Hephaestus..." he was taken aback by the smile on the redhead's face. "I am sorry?"

"Yep, that's me. Are you disappointed Bell?" She said in a light teasing tone.

"No, not at all. I am just surprised. I thought a smithing goddess would have huge muscles like Mamma Mia." He pictured the giant dwarf in his head hammering a weapon at a forge. "I thought you might be a goddess of beauty given how beautiful you are" he said rubbing the back of his head, while cursing his grandfather for all these lessons that makes him say things before he realizes it.

Hephaestus had to cover her huge smile with her hand. Hestia had enough. "You dense playboy rabbit. Stop trying to seduce every woman you see!!! You only need me!!" She growled and was about to pounce on him but Tsubaki grabbed the collar of her shirt stopping her.

"I wasn't" His face went pale, hoping Eina and Rose didn't get the wrong idea.

Eina had a very tiny pout while Rose...

"Does he have a thing for goddesses? At this rate for how I see him act, I'm actually gonna have to talk to him about starting a harem, since I can already see the woman come for him" she thought completely unbothered by the thought. To her, as long as Bell loved her just as much as everyone else, she didn't really care how many lovers he got.

"Hestia knock it off. Bell's telling the truth. Thank you, Bell, for the compliment but I am the smithing goddess Hephaestus. Hestia got lucky finding you. You also found one of my children's equipment, he's been struggling to sell that for months and I bet he's very happy to know it's been bought".

"I found him first" Hestia pouted as jealousy flooded Into her, especially when she realized who was with him and she remembered how Bell told her, his dream Is to be a adventurer and start a family and if he could choose, he'd love for it to be a elf. Bell was hers and he didn't need anyone else, heck she just bought him a 475 million vallis short sword to prove her love for him.

"And I ain't gonna steal him, so knock it off" Hephaestus said "or else..".

Hestia immediately shut up, she was already in extremely heavy debt to her... she didn't want to make her friend angry.

"Good, now get back to work, I have to talk to your child to see what this complaint is about" she said.

Grumbling and sending one last pout at Bell before glaring at the two woman near him, she walked off.

"Now what's this complaint 'bout" she said.

Bell reached into his backpack and pulled out the broken sword he used against the Silverback, that broke tha KS to the crack Inside it.

Hephaestus looked at the blade and once her eye landed on said crack, it narrowed in anger. This crack could only be formed during the folding process of the blade and would be very noticeable as it folded.

"Tsubaki go and find the person who made this weapon, then send them to my office so I can figure out why then punish said person" she said with a dark glare.

"Ya got it goddess" she said taking the blade and walking off, happy since she got some time away from her forge.

"Don't forget your order either!".

"Damnit...".

"Now onto how to compensate you" she said looking at him.

"W-what n-n-no that's not needed, I'm alive and healthy" said Bell waving his arms around.

Hephaestus looked him over to see how to repay him, but his armor was fine, besides a couple dents from his fight, his short spear just needed to be re grinded to be fixed. Then her eyes caught something, the gauntlet shield he has, it had an almost unnoticeable crack in it from the heavy blow of the Silverback, given the shield was only meant for the first 7 floors and not any deeper.

"Zidril!" Yelled out Hephaestus.

"Coming!! Yelled a female voice in the distance.

"I will have one of my mid tear smith's make ya a new gauntlet shield as compensation, this one should be good enough to last you till floor 20, so you'll be fine for a couple years" she said.

Bell wanted to protest but then all three woman glared at him and he just gave up.

"You called for me goddess?" Said a woman walking up to her. She stood around Einas height, just being a couple inches shorter than Bell. She had wheat colored skin, long elven ears and long white hair that was pulled Into a ponytail, with her bangs covering her forehead and sides of her face and pale red eyes. Her long elf ears, white hair and dark skin meant she was a pure blooded dark elf, which was very rare to see out of the dark forests of the elven kingdom. She wore shin length leather boots and tight high socks, she also had a pair of very short; shorts and a crop top that exposed most of her stomach and made her large chest stick out. The last things she had was a long brown cloak and a quiver and bow strapped to her back.

"Yes I did Zidril, I need you to make Bell something, since someone in our Familia Is making defective weapons and selling them to adventurers" said Hephaestus.

Her eyes went wide before they narrowed in anger.

"Don't worry, I'll have the little shit who did this pay for Bells equipment that your gonna make him" she said before gesturing to his gauntlet shield "make a better version of that for him and use whatever you want, but it has to survive monsters from floor 20 at the bare minimum".

"Ok goddess" she said before walking up to Bell and grabbing his hand, dragging him away "Come on let's go cutie I gotta make you a shield".

Bell blushed from this and Hephaestus just let out a small chuckle seeing this, Zidril was always on the look for a possible boyfriend or mate that wouldn't be intimidated by her being a dark elf, because of this, she was very forward whenever she was slightly interested.

She continued to lead Bell for a couple minutes until they arrived at her own personal workshop/shop, where she made and sold all her armor, gear and weapons.

It was a decent sized room with one other door in it, the walls were covered in sets of armor, swords, spears, maces and bows. They all had a elvish style to each of them and from one look, Bell could tell they were expensive.

"So tell me cutie, what kind of shield do you want or do you just want another small one like you have?" She asked looking at him with a tiny grin.

"Ummm I-I'd personally like another shield like this.. but um... if it's possible could it be based off a elf shield?" He said embarrassed.

She smirked and nodded her head "Sure thing cutie I can do that for you" she said taking his shield gauntlet off him and looking it over. "Hmm yeah this is very weak, so I'll make you something much stronger, just come back tomorrow and it'll be ready for you".

"Um ok... and thank you so much for this" he said bowing his head.

Zidril gained a tiny blush as she looked at him, she also saw that he had a crossbow which means he knows how to shoot, so maybe he will be worth her time and business.

"Well then see ya tomorrow Bell~" she said flirtatiously as she watched him blush and walk away "hm he's cute, maybe he will be my future mate, I mean not once did he look at my chest like most other men, plus he's really cute". After she said this, she walked to the other room that had her forge and smithing gear, grabbing a large ingot she weighted it and began to get to work to make him a shield.

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It was the next day and Bell got off the couch with a sore back, it was broken and it was doing he'll to his back from sleeping on it. Standing up he did some quick stretches before he started to get his gear on before he began his walk to Babel tower to get his shield before going into the dungeon.

As he continued to walk, he saw the Hostess Of Fertility and standing outside of it was Ryuu, who was sweeping the front of the restaurant again.

"Good morning Ms Ryuu" said Bell with a smile as he waved at her.

Looking up, she saw him and had a tiny smile on her face "Hello Mr Cranel, how are you?" She asked him.

"Oh I'm doing well, I'm heading to Babel tower to get my new shield" he said with a smile.

"That's good to hear, just remember don't be overly reliant on it, since everything can break given time" she said.

"Right, besides I only got one that covers my left forearm since I'm more of a speed fighter" he said.

She nodded her head at that, she herself was a speed and Agility fighter and didn't rely on defense, she just dodged her opponents.

He was about to say something, but his stomach growled very loudly. His face went very red at that and was about to excuse himself when she spoke.

"Did you not eat anything?" She asked him.

"Um no... me and my goddess don't have a kitchen so I can't cook anything... plus all my money... went to paying off her debts..." he said getting more and more depressed by the second.

Ryuu looked at him sadly, she then remembered something. Syr made him food one time... she was still surprised he survived given it almost sent herself to the hospital and she was a level 4.

"Well Mr Cranel if you have some valis on you, I can make you something, you'd just have to pay for the Ingredients so Mama Mia doesn't get mad... plus it'd save you from Syrs cooking" she said while whispering the last part.

"Umm... I have some Valis but it's ok, you don't have to, I don't wanna be a bother" he said.

"It's no problem, let me just ask Mama Mia, follow me" she said before walking inside.

Sighing in defeat he followed and was completely unaware that his very high luck was playing a big part in this along with everything else.

After explaining the situation, Bell handed Mama Mia the valis and Ryuu went into the kitchen and started to make him something for lunch.

Mia looked at Bell as he nervously sat in the chair trying to not look embarrassed and ashamed.

"So kid you hitting on my elf?" She said.

Bells face went nuclear and he shook his head "w-what n-n-no, she's way to pretty for me" he said.

Smirking a bit, she decided to continue to tease him "so you got a thing for elves huh? I noticed the other night that you kept looking at her along with those three elves in the Loki Familia. Though the most surprising part is that it wasn't in a perverted way".

Bell meekly nodded his head "y-yeah... I-I think elven woman are the most beautiful in the world.." he said.

After he said that, he was completely unaware a certain elven waitress with very keen ears heared him and subconsciously looked over at him for a moment before going back to making his meal.

"Hahaha, ya got decent taste kid, so tell me are ya gonna keep eating here?" She said.

"I-I will... as long as.. that doesn't happen again.." he said referring to the night that Bete humiliated him.

"Nah you should be fine, just make sure you order a lot, your too skinny and need some meat on your bones" she said.

Bell nodded his head "i-its kinda hard.. when almost all my money goes to my medicine, my goddesses debt and my gear along with buying our meals..." he said before remembering he needed to take his medicine.

Reaching into his hip pouch he pulled out said vial and popped the cork and quickly downed it.

"Strange looking medicine.. what is it?" She asked curiously.

"It's... something I need..." he said not wanting to go into what it was.

Shrugging her shoulders, she let it be, wasn't her business.

"Here you are Bell" said Ryuu handing him a lunch box.

Blushing lightly he took it from her and bowed his head "Thank you again Ms Ryuu I really appreciate it".

Smiling lightly she shook her head "it's no problem at all, plus you won't have to worry about food poisoning from Syrs cooking" she said.

Mia and the other waitresses all shivered, especially Anya. Syrs cooking put almost all of them in the hospital.

"T-that would explain why my stomach hurt so much that day.. I had to drink a health potion for it to go away" said Bell.

"Yeah her cooking is horrible, now get out of here kid, your eating here tonight, whether you like it or not" said Mia.

"R-right and thank you again for the meal and letting me see your smile" he said before running off.

Ryuu felt her ears burn at the genuine compliment.

"Aww our nyaa elf has a nnyoyfriend" said Anya "I'm jealous, he was really cute and nice nya".

"He also has a nice butt" said Chole with a blush "if only I could get a harem of him".

Ryuus innocent elf mind couldn't handle it anymore and she walked off heading for the back to get away from them and to force her blush down.

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Bell was now in the dungeon on floor 7 (without Einas permission) with his brand new gauntlet shield thanks to Zidril. She said she mixed a bit of minator horn along with killer ant exoskeleton to make it strong but light enough for him to use until he reaches floor 20. She explained after that floor, this shield won't be able to handle the punishment from stronger monsters.

He was of course very thankful for her but had to run away when she started to get very flirtatious with him.

Shaking his head, he turned his head to see 3 killer ants and a group of war shadows heading to him.

Taking a deep breath he readied himself and pulled out his mini crossbow and shot a single bolt at a killer ant, hitting the eye, killing it instantly.

The War Shadow let out a screech before it charged forward with great speed at Bell.

Quickly pulling out a throwing knife from his waist belt, he threw it, hitting its leg before he pulled out his sword and dashed forward cutting its head off.

The other monsters moved in and Bell dodged a slash from another War shadow, before he rolled forward and drove his sword into the skull of a Killer Ant. He then pulled out his short spear and hurled it at a Iron Tusk which appeared, it was a boar with hide as strong as Iron and tusks made out of iron.

It made contact and scraped the hide and making its head move to the side from the force.

Bell then felt a strange tingle thanks to that feeling of being watched all day, he spun and brought his shield up blocking the attack from the killer ant stopping it in its tracks, before he drove his sword into it's head killing it.

A pair of blades came at him and slashed him, but thanks to his armor he only got shallow cuts along the openings of his armor on his right arm.

Gritting his teeth in pain, he ducked under another slash and grabbed the war shadows wrist startling the monster, he then twisted his body before kicking its head and ripping the monsters arm off.

The monster screamed in pain and the arm didn't dissappear, Bell used its finger blades as a cleaver and used his body weight and strength to drive it into the charging Iron Tusk piercing its skin and hitting its core.

The Iron Tusk disappeared and Bell turned to only see more monsters appear to kill him.

"Teacher... thank you for your training... if it wasn't for you.. I wouldn't be surving... and I won't die now nor anytime soon.. not until I keep my promise to you and beat you in a fight and I accomplish my dreams" thought Bell before he charged at the monsters.

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3 hours later.

The Loki Familia was heading through the upper floors down to floor 18 to leave the weaker members, they had the weaker members in the front to gain experience, but they all had veteran members that were stronger, right behind them just in case something happened.

One of the groups that separated from the main group consisted of Riveria, Ais, Alicia and Lefiya. They were all taking a different route given Ais tended to get carried away and killed any monster she saw since she wanted to protect those weaker than her.

"Ms Riveria why did you decide to take this path instead of our usual one when we separate?" Asked Alicia.

Lefiya looked at her princess as well with a raised eyebrow as well. She has golden yellow hair, round dark blue eyes, and pointy ears. She is wearing a rosette pink cape on top of a white shirt and pink corset dress, with a purple bow hanging at the collar. In her hand was her staff that she uses for her magic.

"When we were walking I heard a couple adventurers complaining about a high level adventurer killing all the monsters, so I think it'd be a good idea for us to talk to said person to not hunt on lower level adventurers floors" said Riveria. She is tall high elf with jade-colored hair tied in a ponytail that reaches to her waist, same color eyes, and Elf ears. She wears a green outfit with yellow borders, a white cloak over it, a black belt, a yellow sash, black leggings, and long brown boots.

"That does make sense, don't you agree Ais?" Said Lefiya as she looked at said blonde.

"Mmm" she said as she munched on her potato snack.

"Ais I know you love those, but did you really need to buy 43 of them" said Alicia looking at her.

Riveria sighed, Ais and her love for potato snacks will never cease to amaze her.

"We aren't going to here for a week... I bought as many as I could" she said simply.

They all continued to walk until they came upon a very interesting sight.

A teen with snow white hair and red eyes was sitting on the ground eating a packed lunch while near him was lots of monster drops and a couple crystals that weren't picked up yet.

"Man... Ms Ryuu is a amazing cook" he said to himself as he ate the grilled chicken she made him. She also added two more chicken breasts, a small salad and some cut up apples.

He continued to eat, until he heard a noise and saw a killer ant spawn from the wall, he pulled his crossbow up and shot it in the head killing it and making it give another monster drop.

"I might need to cut today's adventure short... I don't know if I even have enough room for all of this" he said to himself.

"Excuse me" said a voice to his right.

Jumping slightly, he turned his head and blushed upon seeing 3 extremely beautiful elven woman, especially the one with green hair, she was on par with Ryuu for beauty. The next one that really caught his eyes was Ais, his face instantly got redder upon seeing his crush.

"Y-y-yes?.." he said nervously.

"Are you the high level who's been taking all the kills on the upper floors?" Riveria asked.

"I'm stealing all the kills? All these monsters just keep spawning near me and I kill them" said Bell "also I'm only a level 1".

"So where's the rest of your party then?" Said Riveria.

"Umm... I don't have one..." said Bell.

"You can't be serious" said Lefiya "their is no way you could kill this many unless your a high level or have a party" said Lefiya.

"I-It's true.. I don't have a party given the high amount of debt I'm in, plus no one wants to work with me" said Bell.

They were all silent as they stared at him to see if he was lying, but they all stopped when Ais spoke.

"I recognize you... your the one I saved from the minator and I saw you run away in the Hostess Of Fertility" said Ais.

Riveria looked at him for a moment longer before her eyes widened as she remembered him from the Hostess.

Bell himself, looked away in sadness at those memories.

"Um Ais I don't think it's a good idea to remind him of those events" said Alicia.

Ais looked confused before she saw Bells sad face and realized she might've hurt him by reminding him of that.

"Sorry about her" said Riveria "but anyways.. how are you a level 1 and fighting off all these monsters without support?" She asked.

"Um.. I have a good sense of survival and my teacher taught me well, but I still have much to learn" said Bell.

She looked at him and let a tiny smile appear on her face "so how long have you been an Adventurer?".

"Um.. a little over a month now".

"That's a lie" said Lefiya "their is no way you could only be an Adventurer for a month and be this deep in the floors".

Ais looked at him slightly wide eyed, he made it this far and was doing this good... how is he getting strong thus fast.

"Um I'm telling the truth.. y-you can even ask my advisor Ms Eina.. she'd tell you the same t-thing" he said nervously.

Riveria nodded her head and made a mental note to do just that "well it was nice talking to you Bell, but we have to go, we are on a expedition".

Her and the others started to walk away and Bell took a deep breath and spoke "I wish all of you good luck on it".

Riveria smiled along with Alicia as they kept walking.

"Well.. he was quite nice, though if he was telling the truth.. how is he crawling down here so fast?" Said Alicia.

"I still think the human was lying... plus he kept looking at you three and blushing.. especially Ms Ais..." she growled out.

"Lefiya enough, it's not uncommon for guys or some girls to do the same the first time they see us, besides he's in a different family so it's not likely we'll be seeing him much" said Riveria.

She grumbled but didn't say anything else.