Melen
It was time to go on the Melen mission. Freya gave Bell a final update and the typical stimulating kiss on the cheek. The week of training did a lot of good. Bell was an advanced level 2 now who fought like an advanced level 3.
level 2
strength: 597
endurance: 712
agility: 736
dexterity: 583
magic: 684
skill: argonaut
magic: firebolt
development ability: luck
Bell and Allen then met up with the Loki girls to head towards Melen. To be honest, Allen hated being the babysitter, but he was going to obey Freya, and he also understood why it was so important to protect Bell.
After the two left the Freya home, Freya and Ottar had some serious plans. They were going to start Haruhime's training. With that special magic, they wanted to get a better understanding of the level boosting and what the limits were. They also wanted Haruhime to advance in her stats so she would not have to be kept in a metal box on the battlefield.
At the city gates, Bell and Allen met up with the Loki girls, and apparently Goddess Loki would also be going on the mission. Bell was sort of confused about the naughty look on the goddess...
Nevertheless, the large group headed out for Melen. After they arrived, Loki had Bell and Allen go around town to check for reports of monsters. Loki would then take the girls to check on the underwater entrance to the dungeon.
- In Melen -
While Bell was a bit surprised to be running around in Melen with just Allen, he did not question the instructions. After talk to many locals in the town, everyone indicated that they have not seen the green snake like monster. The two then did a quick check of the sewers and found that the mithril seals were also intact. Having found no clues, Bell and Allen went to look for the rest of their party.
- At a Lake South of Melen -
After talking to Njord, Loki learned of a good location with a lot of privacy. When they arrived at the shores of the lake, Loki opened her luggage with numerous swimsuits for the girls to wear. Turns out the evil goddess had plans to do perverted things to the girls in the secluded location. As Loki lounged on the beach, her eyes locked onto Ais, the twins, Lefiya, Alicia and other gorgeous members. Loki practically was back in heaven, drooling from the side of her mouth. However, when she try to grab a piece or 2, there was no reward and some severe punishment. That was until she found an unsuspecting Lefiya...
Instead of worrying about the mission, the girls were having fun playing in the water. However, everyone quickly learned that Ais could not swim. As Ais sank, Tiona and Tione had to rescue her. While Ais was unconscious lying on the sand, Loki ran towards the blonde beauty hoping to resuscitate her. Unfortunately Bell and Allen had arrived, and Riveria told Bell to perform his mouth-to-mouth task, break Loki's heart. There was no hesitation in Bell, though it was embarrassing with everyone watching. After some serious mouth-to-mouth action, Ais woke up coughing out water...
After Ais recovered thanks to Bell's strong effort, it was time to do their job. The real objective of the trip was to make sure that the underwater entrance to the dungeon was still plugged. The Amazon twins used their diving development ability to inspect the underwater entrance, which was still plugged. However they did find violas nearby but quickly defeated those monsters.
Having verified the presence of the violas, the group became very suspicious of the local townspeople. Why were they hiding the existence of the monsters? Also, where did the monsters come from, as the dungeon seal was intact as were the sewer seal. Thus, they decided to do a very thorough search of the town and nearby areas.
- Back in Melen -
The first item on Loki's agenda was the local guild office.
To their surprise, they were told that they were not aware of snake like monsters. Instead, Rubato, the local head, asked them to deal with the Kali familia, which was causing trouble locally. Running into a dead-end, they split into several groups.
- At Njord's Home -
Loki, Riveria and several junior members went to see Njord. Tiona, Tione, Bell and Allen would check the fishermen areas on the shore. Ais, Lefiya, Alicia and several junior members would perform a very thorough search of Melen.
Loki's group soon discovered that the local guild and Njord were involved in a scheme that used violas to keep the monster population down in the lake. When asked why he would be involved, Njord explained that there was a large number of aquatic monsters eating all of the fish, which made life difficult for fishermen. Apparently a mystery person lend him the violas as long as they could continue to smuggle monsters and other goods. Upon further questioning, Njord revealed that the Ishtar familias was involved as the middlemen between Evilus and Njord.
After Njord's confession, they immediately headed for the fishermen area to meet up with Tione's group.
- At the Pier -
The twins, Bell and Allen searched the fishermen area, and found the Kali familia's ship. Furthermore, Argana and Bache were there with a large group of amazons. Argana and Bache immediately recognized the twins and started to push their buttons. When Argana asked Tione whether she regretted killing Seldas, Tione immediately exploded. While Argana and Tione fought, Bache faced off against Tiona.
At the same time, the remaining amazons saw male prey and went after Allen and Bell. They had no idea what they got themselves into...
- Around Town -
Ais, Lefiya and their group performed a very thorough search of Melen, but they found nothing. Suddenly, they heard that there was a big battle at the pier. Realizing that would be the groups with the twins and Bell, they headed towards the pier at top speed.
- A Few Minutes Later at the Pier -
It turned out that Bell and Allen were fighting with 6 level 3 amazons. Allen had little trouble knocking out his 5 amazons, but he allowed Bell to fight a level 3 opponent. Even though Bell was only an advanced level 2, he was fighting pretty even with the advanced level 3. Not wishing to harm the pretty amazon, Bell went for a knock out. He fired off several firebolts in quick succession, forcing the amazon to jump far away. That bought time for argonaut charging. With a 10 second charge, he hit the amazon really hard in the face with an enhanced punch, rendering her unconscious.
Bell and Allen then headed for the twins. The fight was not going well, as both were getting beaten down.
With Argana almost finished defeating Tione, Allen jumped in with his spear. That excited Argana, who licked her lips for a fight with a worthy male. However, Allen was much more than she bargained for. After a short fight, Argana was defeated handily by Allen.
After Tiona was defeated by Bache, several amazons carried the tied-up Tiona to their boat. Fortunately, Ais arrived and started to battle Bache.
Seeing Tiona was still being carried up to the boat, Bell had to take action. Not wanting to hurt girls, Bell launched a 3 minute charged argonaut firebolt at the boat. The magic blew a huge hole throw the boat, sinking it. Traumatized by Bell's power, the large group of amazons surrendered as they realized they were completely outgunned.
The group then interrogated Kali, who refused to explain what she was doing in Melen. The only information Kali gave was that she had nothing to do with the violas. They did extract a promise not to bother Tiona and Tione, though Kali said that most of the amazons were useless after having been defeated by men. Tired of the stubborn Kali, Allen applied some 'extra' pressure on Kali. That successfully forced Kali to tell them that Ishtar was scary and had a trump card.
Loki then sent Riveria and several members to question Rubato at the local guild office. After some direct questions, he tried to run, but was captured and prevented from disposing of incriminating evidence. Soon, Fels appeared and expressed his disappointment in Rubato.
With the mission completed, they headed back to Orario. Apparently Kali was not aware of Ishtar's demise, but there were still a lot of questions. The biggest question was who is transporting the monsters out of the dungeon. What that evilus? Furthermore, what was Ishtar's trump card? The defeat of the Ishtar familia went quite smoothly, so they do not understand what trump card that they may have missed...
