The day began as any other day. Bell woke up, got ready, ate breakfast, and set out to prep himself for a dungeon trip. He first made his way to the Hostess of Fertility to pick up his usual box lunch. He found Syr waiting outside as she always does.

"Hi Bell!" She called out when she noticed. He greeted her back and waited as she went to go bring the box. As he waited, Ryu stepped outside to greet him as well.

"Hello Mr. Cranel" She said with her normal empty tone.

"Hi Ryu, how's the tavern?" Bell asked.

"It's been good, the normal rowdy adventurers" Ryu replied. By then, Syr came back and noticed them talking.

"Bell, what have you been saying to Ryu?" Syr asked suspiciously.

"Just the state of the tavern" Ryu replied quickly. Syr looked from Ryu to Bell and back. In the end, she just shrugged and gave him his lunch.

"Good luck, and come back to eat okay" Syr said with her signature cute expression. Bell promised and made his way towards the dungeon. When he entered, he made a mental note to not go to the middle floors. He didn't have Welf with him so it would be suicide to go down there alone. Slowly, Bell made his way through the floors of the dungeon. He remembered some important events that happened there. The Minotaur on Floor 5 which caused him to meet Aiz Wallenstein, Floor 9 where he faced that Minotaur and was able to level up. He smirked by how the treacherous Dungeon gave him so many happy experiences.

After some time, he finally reached Floor 11. He decided to stay on the floor and grind monsters. He ran into orcs, silverbacks, hard armoreds, and even an Infant dragon. He was quite surprised how easy it was to take it down. After a few hours, Bell decided it was time to call it a day. The monsters had barely put a scratch on him, though he was getting tired. He collected the last of the magic stones. As he began to leave, he felt as though he was being watched. It wasn't the feeling he had many times. This one felt closer and more dangerous. His eyes swept across the floor. Only the landscape and monsters could be seen. He shrugged it off and resumed to leaving with more caution.

30 Minutes Later…

Bell was already half way through Floor 8. The entire time, he still got that "being watched" feeling. Each time, it seemed to get closer and closer. He was beginning to get nervous and had his hand on his weapon at all times. It had been some time since the last feeling, so he was starting to ease up.

Suddenly, Bell felt something in his mind and he instinctively jumped back. It was a good thing as a second later, an arrow flew past the spot his head was at. It struck the cave wall and stuck in. Bell quickly turned in the direction of the shot. He saw a passage that leads to another part of the floor. Out of its shadows came a man with a bow.

"Quite the reflexes. Not many adventurers can dodge an arrow last second" he said with a hint of annoyance. Bell backed up a little.

"Who are you?" Bell asked with his hand gripping his weapon.

"Oh, we're just the simple adventurers who's gonna rob you of all your valuables" he said with an evil grin. Bell was wondering what he meant by we when he noticed movement. From the other passages came more adventurers. They had different weapons such as a sword, axe, daggers, mace, and a staff. They soon formed a net that blocked any way past them. All of them had the same evil expression as the first guy.

"So what's it gonna be? Are you going to hand over all your things like a good rabbit or will we have to take it by force?" The bow wielder asked with a smug look. Bell quickly tried to think of a strategy. It was impossible to get past them without fighting and he knew he would be outnumbered if tried attacking. He was in a tight spot. The group slowly began to move closer to Bell while raising their weapons, Bell began to back up to keep his distance away from them. If he tried to retreat to the floor below, they would just follow him and make it more difficult to escape. The tension was increasing as the group got closer and closer to Bell.

*tck tck tck*

Suddenly, footsteps could be heard echoing from the passage behind Bell. He and the group looked in confusion. Something seemed off about the steps, almost as if it was too…unnatural.

*tck tck tck tck*

The footsteps got louder and closer. A new tension arose and it filled the room with uncertainty. Then, the source of the sound appeared. It was a woman. She wore a red and yellow outfit that covered and exposed some parts of her body. The outfit seemed to match her red hair. On her back was a longsword that had an ominous look to it. The most peculiar thing about her was her eyes. They were a deep green and they resembled to that of a snake. She herself gave off an aura of a monster of the dungeon. She stopped a few feet away from Bell and looked at everyone in front of her.

"Ugh, more adventurer scum" she said with a disgusted tone. Most of them were too scared to argue back, though one of them was too angry to listen to logic.

"You better watch who you call scum" the axe wielder threatened while pointing his weapon. She simply looked at him with a bored expression.

"Have it your way" she said. Right after she said it, she practically disappeared. The next moment, she was behind the man. Before he could react, she drew her sword and decapitated him. His head flew up and seem to be floating in the air. It soon fell down and hit the ground with a disgusting splat. The lady turned to the rest of the group.

"May as well finish you all off" she said. In a blink of an eye, all of the group was dead and Bell was the only one remaining. He was paralyzed in fear and shock. The woman turned to Bell and walked right up to him.

"It's almost a shame for such an cute and innocent face to die. Almost" she commented as she pointed her sword at Bell. His nerves went into overdrive and he regained his senses. Drawing both dagger, he jumped back to put some distance.

"So you aren't just some wimp" she said before rushing him. She brought her sword down to end it quickly, but was shocked by the result. Instead of the usual smooth swipe that she happened with all adventurers, she felt resistance as he blocked her attack. The boy was only using his black dagger to block. She jumped back and tried analyzing.

"How was he able to do that? It didn't seem like it was because of natural strength. I felt his arm shaking as if it were being pushed to its maximum limit. It may have been the weapon itself for why he could do it. Regardless, I should get rid of it" She thought to herself while staring at the boy.

When she charged at him, Bell brought up the Hestia knife at the last second to block. He wasn't expecting for so much power from the attack. It nearly broke his arm to push back at the sword. Thankfully, the lady jumped back and stood there as though she was thinking.

"This is my chance! I need to get away before she attacks again!" Bell thought as he began to turn. Unfortunately, this not only left him vulnerable but the opportunity was noticed by the red haired woman. She jumped in front of him and slashed at his chest. He didn't have enough time to react, so the attack struck him and left a nasty wound. He was very luck that she missed any important organs and veins. But, she wasn't over yet. She used the momentum from her swing to spin around and punched him right in the chest. While it was a good thing that Bell had his light armor, it did quite little in protecting him. He crashed into the wall at an alarming speed. When the dust cleared, he his entire body was covered in injuries from the impact. His chest plate had a fist sized dent in it that sunk in. He hardly had the energy to move. The lady smirked at his pitiful state.

"This is has just been amusing to me. Playing with my prey is much more interesting than killing them right away" she said with a slight sadistic smile. She slowly began to walk towards him with her sword dragging across the ground. Bell tried to move, but his muscles refused to do so.

"Come on! I have to move! If I don't, I will die and leave too many people behind!" He thought as he kept trying. She was getting closer and was almost upon him, Bell soon realized that there was nothing he could do and was about to give up when he noticed something. His right hand was glowing in a faint light. Little sparkles emitted and little chimes could be heard. He recognized this as his Argonaut skill. The ability to turn the tables with a small bit of power left. Seeing it gave Bell enough motivation to make his next move. Before the lady was upon him, he brought up his right hand. The action confused the lady, just as he wanted it.

"FIREBOLT!" He shouted and a huge white beam of energy shot out his hand and hit his target.

*BOOOM*

The explosion that followed was deafening. The entire floor shook from the force as dust and rocks fell from the ceiling. A particularly large one fell from above Bell and had struck his leg. He cried out in pain, but it was overshadowed by the rumbling. After some time, the shaking and noise stopped enough for Bell to look around. When the smoke cleared up, he saw that his attack had barely done damage. The woman' clothes were slightly burned, but she was still standing with minimal injuries. She did look both surprised and annoyed.

"Persistent, I see. Never knowing when to quit. You are just like Aria" she spat. He wondered who this Aria was.

"I will let you live for now, but you won't survive our next encounter" she said as she turned away, " You may call me Revis". With those final words, she disappeared into the darkness of the dungeon. Bell was now alone and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm just glad to be alive" He said. He tried to get up, but his body ran out of all energy. His vision slowly darkened as he fell back on the ground and passed out.