Declaimer! I Do not own Danmachi or any of its characters! All I own is my OC

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"Monsters"

It was weird you know, being woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of glass braking. Even in my sleep addled mind, I grabbed the katana from its perch on my desk (Yeah, I'm a weeb, sue me.) and pulled the blade from the sheath. Now I lived in a small 6th floor apartment so to me, it was quite strange that someone would try to break into my house through the window.

So I stealthily made my way through the going room for room looking for whatever had broken window.

"You'll do nicely." The voice coming from behind me startled me, and will deny all claims that I screamed like when I spun around. On reflex I also took a swing at whoever was behind me. "Whoa there young one."

The figure, which nimbly dodged out of the way of my strike, was an old man. "What the hell?" was my only response as I stared at him with wide eyes as he stroked his grey beard. Dropping the scabbard I was now gripping my sword with both hands. "Who the hell are you and how did you get in here?"

The old man ignored me. "You shouldn't be dropping that now." He pointed at the scabbard. "you'll be needing it soon enough."

I looked at him in confusion before I was blinded by a white light. Instinctively I closed my eyes and shielded them with my one arm. It didn't help much as I could still see spots when the light died down. Then I noticed something strange. On my arm was some form of gauntlet. It looked like it was made of a dark grey metal and a dark blue almost purple coloured fabric. Looking at my other arm I noticed that there was one as well.

My sword was also sheathed in its scabbard which was being held in my hand. 'When did that happen?' I also noticed that my clothes have changed as well. (1)

Looking up I saw the old man still there smiling at me with his eyes closed. I took a step towards him, my hand tightening around the sword in my right hand, but he raised his hand palm towards me. "Are you ready to go on an adventure?" he questioned me with a large smile on his face. A bright light began emitting from his body causing me to shield my eyes again. "Now remember, Dungeons are dangerous places!"

Wait, dungeons? "What dungeons? Old man what the hell is going on!?" At the point I was basically yelling at him and I heard him chuckle.

"Don't worry so much. You'll understand soon." Then suddenly I felt myself falling.

'Did this bastard make a hole in m floor' as soon as the thought entered my mind my body made contact with the gold hard ground. Blinking away the spots from my eyes I was surprised that I did not see a hole above me, but what appeared to be a cave ceiling. My eyes widened when the old man's voice sounded in my head.

"Now remember, Dungeons are dangerous places!"

I slowly sat up and looked around. Next to me was my sword taking it in hand I felt a lot more comfortable. I continued to look around. "I'm in some underground cavern?" The walls seemed to be a light blue colour with small lights near the ceiling. "This looks familiar." Ignoring it for now I slowly made my way back to my feet and slowly stretched my limbs. "Everything seems to be in working condition at least." I nodded to myself and looked between the two different directions and with a shrug started making my way down the tunnel.

My short walk was interrupted when I hear the sound of bare feet hitting the stone floor. 'There are others in here?' The tunnel seemed to widening into a larger room so I slowly made my way forward. I was not prepared for what I saw. It barely reached my waist in height, its skin was a sickly green colour with large beady eyes. All it wore was a brown loin cloth and it had a small wooden club in its hand.

I stared at it with wide eyes "A goblin?" It must have heard me because it suddenly looked straight at me.

"Keheheheh"

it screeched and started running at me with its club raised above its head. It didn't take a genius to know what it was intending to do. My grip tightened as my left hand came to rest on the hilt of katana. I turned my body sideways and bent my legs slightly. Settling into a stance that I, to my great shame, have practiced before. "I'll have to time this right." Once it was close enough, the goblin launched itself at me. Once it was in the air I stepped forward and instantly drew my blade and swung with all my strength.

The goblin, being in the air, had no way to defend itself from the cold steel as it bit into its undefended chest. The force of my blow caused it to spin in the air before it made contact with the ground, hard. Looking at my sword I noticed the black blood that coated my blade giving me a good indication that I had done some pretty good damage to it. I returned my attention to the goblin who was struggling to get back up to its feet.

Once it was standing once more it roared out in range and began sprinting at me again, and once again I was fine with waiting for it to come to me. The goblin finally reached me and swung it's club at my legs. I reacted by placing my blade in front of it and guided it away from me. With years of watching parries done in games and anime, I flowed with the motion of my parry bring my blade up as the goblin stumbled and sung down. The sound of steel cutting flesh filled my ears as my blade easily cut through the neck of the goblin.

Black blood squirted from the creature's neck as its body collapsed and its head rolled away. I was quite startled when both the head and the body exploded into black dust leaving behind a small purple crystal. I slowly picked it up and examined it. My eyes went wide as I recognised it. "No way! That bastard brought me to another world!?"

My rant was interrupted by two more goblins bursting out of the walls. "Well shit. I wasn't expecting that." The two looked exactly the same as the one I had just killed and both were wielding wooden clubs. The two wasted no time in their attempt to kill me in one or other gruesome manner. I quickly stuffed the stone into a small satchel that was on my hip

Both lunged at me at the same time and I simply stepped out of the way while turning with them as they passed me. "No sense of tactics I see." I raised my sword as I turned and impaled the nearest goblin through the back. Its skin doing nothing to stop blade and It exploded into black dust a few seconds later leaving the small stone on the ground.

"And then there was only one." A force full swing of my blade cleaned it of most of the blood that was on it and with a nice flourish, I sheathed it at took up my stance again. Staring the goblin in the eyes I felt a small smirk form on my face. "Come at me bro!" Hearing my voice spurred it into action as it charged at me screeching all the way.

Since it was already so close, I didn't give it a chance to jump at me as I pulled my sword free and swung it horizontally. With a spray of blood the goblin's head came flying off and nearly hitting me because of the momentum.

"That's gross." The goblin exploded into black dust allowing me to collect the stones and stash them.

I waited a few seconds before sheathing my sword again as it appears that no more monsters will spawn. Looking at the tunnel at the far end of the room I sighed. "Well, onwards and upwards Edgar!" I shook my head. "Here's to hoping it's a quiet journey." My wish was not granted.

I didn't even make it past ten minutes before I was attacked again. This time, it wasn't goblins but Kobods. They are humanoid creatures that are around the average human height with red fur and dog-like heads. Some of them wielded stone knives while others used clubs. Currently I was facing four of them.

I was forced to move back as one of the Kobold's swung its knife at me. I retaliated by opening up a large gash on its leg with my sword. I couldn't celebrate as I was forced to block a wooden club aiming to cave my skull in.

Stepping forward and ducking beneath its second swing I turned my sword so that the blade was horizontal and buried it into the Kobold's stomach causing it to cry out in pain. With my right hand, that was still holding the sheath, I hit the back of my sword pushing it and disembowelling the creature. With the blade free I quickly raised it as the creature fell to its knees and swung down separating its head from its body.

It exploded into black dust a few seconds later but I paid it no attention as I refocused on the remaining three. One of which was hanging back now. 'Must be the one I injured' with a yell one charged me as I readied my blade. Once it was close enough It brought down its club in a clumsy overhead swing.

I simply stepped to the side dodging its attack before placing my blade against its throat. I applied a little bit of pressure and pulled the blade towards me Cutting open its throat. Black blood began flowing down its chest as its hands flew up to try and stop the bleeding.

I ignored the gurgling sound it made as it collapsed to the ground in favour of charging the two remaining Kobolds. Upon reaching the still healthy Kobold I began with a simple overhead strike. It jumped to the side to avoid it but I didn't relent as I followed up a horizontal slash aiming for its stomach. The kobold jumped backwards but it didn't completely escape as it now sported a small cut that was bleeding slightly.

My instincts screamed at me and I listened. I stepped to the side as the injured Kobold attempted to stab me in the back. Its momentum taking it past me but I wasn't going to let this golden opportunity pass so I dropped the scabbard and grabbed its shoulder with my now free hand and pulled it towards me and in the same time I thrust my blade forward.

The forged steel easily pierced the creature's skin and organs and was now sticking out of its chest. I had angled the blade in such a way that it entered where a human's kidneys would have been and ended up going through the right lung. Black blood dripped from the blade as I pulled it free while pushing the body forward.

Thud

The body fell to the ground and burst into black dust. The last Kobold roared at me in rage and charged. Meeting its charge I parried its strike and punched it in the face causing it to stagger back. Gripping my sword with two hands, I swung at the arm that was holding the club. Flesh met steel as its arm dropped to the ground.

The Kobold staggered back and I reversed the direction of my blade, this time swinging it upwards cutting through its abdomen and chest. It was dead before it hit the ground. I was about to pick up the magic stones when something grabbed my ankle. I looked down and saw that the Kobold whose throat I had cut was still alive. Its one hand was holding its throat while the other was gripping my ankle.

I pulled my leg free from its grasp and reversed my grip on my sword and plunged it into the creature's skull killing it instantly. With a flick of my wrist I removed the blood from my blade and went to pick up the scabbard. Once I had sheathed my sword I collected the magic stones the monsters had dropped.

Scanning the area for more monsters, I luckily found none. With a nod I began making my way down the tunnel again.

I was attacked 12 more times before I made it to the stairs that went up to the previous floor. My satchel had grown a little bit heavier due to the amount of Magic stones I had collected from the monsters I killed. With a sigh of relieve I began to traverse the stone steps that would take me closer to the surface and exit.

5 Hours later

I was annoyed and happy at the same time. Annoyed because these stupid monsters kept attacking me and I was running out of space to put the damn stones, but I was also happy because I could feel myself getting stronger and faster with every monster I killed. As an added bonus I was also getting richer with every monster that I was killing.

I looked around after climbing my third set of stairs. "If my calculations are correct, then I must be on the first floor now." Pulling the hood of my outfit over my messy hair I began to make my way through the first floor of the dungeon.

"Strange." I looked around as I walked. "This is the first floor, and yet there is no one here." I stroked my chin. "Now that I think about it, I didn't see anyone on the lower floors either."

A short while later I came to a wide hallway. "Ah, this must be the Beginning Road." I looked around as I made my way through and it wasn't long before I reached the end of the road and the staircase that would see me out of the dungeon.

The large spiral staircase was lined with small crystals giving off a constant glow that lit the way. It was quite a long trek but soon it soon came to an end as I stepped foot on the basement level of the Tower Babel. "Finally!" With new purpose I strode forward towards the door that would lead me to the ground floor and I felt excitement bubble inside my chest.

I looked around in awe as I strode through the golden halls. "This place is beautiful!" I couldn't help but admire the craftsmanship that went into constructing it. It also didn't take me long to find the exit.

When I actually exited the building it was dark outside. "Well this kind of sucks." I looked around for a bit. "I wonder if the guild would still be open."

"It should be if you hurry."

A voice suddenly coming from behind me nearly gave me a heart attack. "Shit!" I spun around and glared at the one who spoke.

The man was tall and muscular with rust coloured hair and eyes along with a pair of boar ears. He wears a dark blue sleeveless top with a collar like part, grey pants, and brown and grey shoes "Shit, its Ottar." I chuckled nervously as the captain of the Freya Familia loomed over me. What? The man was ridiculously tall.

The man chuckled at my actions. "I did not mean to startle you."

I sighed. "It's okay. I should have been paying attention to my surroundings." The large man nodded. "Well I have to run." I waved at him causing him to just nod again as I started to run down the street hopefully in the right direction.

I was panting by the time I made it to the guild building. Thankfully the doors where still open. Entering the building I spotted a familiar brown haired half-elf. I could tell that she was busy with something as I made my over to her while removing my hood. Stopping in front of her counter I spoke. "Good evening ma'am."

A soft gasp escaped her lips as she suddenly looked up at me. "a-ah, good evening Sir." She stammered causing me to chuckle.

"I didn't mean to startle you." I copied Ottar's words shamelessly as I smiled at her causing her to blush slightly.

"I-it's okay." She straightened her back and looked me in the eye. "How can I help you this evening?"

"I'd like to register as an adventure."

Her eyes slightly widened. "I see." She reached into one of the drawers at the counter and pulled out a few sheets of paper.

I eyed the papers. "Probably registration and consent forms."

"Please follow me." Her tone turned to a more serious note before she motioned me to follower her into one of the private rooms. Opening the door, she allowed me to enter before entering herself and closing the door. She sat down on one of the couches and indicated me to do the same.

Taking a seat on the opposite couch, we stared at each other before she coughed. "Before you can be registered there are a few forms that must be filled in." I nodded at her as I already knew. "First, my name is Eina Tulle." She extended her hand.

I smiled at her, stood up and shook her hand. "I'm Damien White, nice to meet you." I returned to my seat as she wrote it down on the form.

"How old are you now?"

"19" I replied without hesitation.

She quickly glanced up at me before writing it down.

"Which Familia do you belong to?"

Damn. "Currently none. I was planning to start looking for one in the morning." She looked at me with a stern expression I raised my hands to try and calm her. "Don't worry, I won't enter the dungeon again without joining one."

She almost calmed down before we both noticed my slip up. "Again!? What do you mean again!?"

Crap. "I may have gone exploring before coming here." Her glare intensified.

"How far did you get?"

"I was on floor four." I whispered.

"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" Now she sounded angry.

I felt like crawling into a hole. "I was down to floor four."

It was quiet, too quiet. "What were you thinking!?" there it is. "Do you have any idea how dangerous the dungeon can be!?"

"Well yeah, actually I can." I refrained from saying that loudly otherwise I feel like she might hit me with something. "I'm sorry!"

She sighed loudly as she massaged her temples before glaring at me again. "You will not enter the dungeon again until you join a Familia, do I make myself clear?" I could only nod. She huffed and relaxed. "I don't want you to die." She spoke quietly but I still heard her. With another sigh she began asking me more questions.

20 minutes later we were finished. "Remember to in from me when you have joined a Familia."

I nodded. "Miss Eina, where can I turn in my Magic Stones?"

"EH? You have some?" I nodded and lifted my sword.

"It's not like I was defenceless while I was down there. I actually managed to kill quite a few monsters." I lifted up the rather heavy bag of Magic stones for her to inspect.

Her eyes widened in shock as she stared at the bag. "There must be over 200 stones in there!" She looked up at me.

"They weren't really hard to kill."

My reply caused her to groan. "Follow me." We left the room and returned to her counter. "Empty it here."

Removing the bag I opened it and flipped it upside down. The Stones fell out and formed a rather large heap in the drawer which she took to the back. It took a few minutes but she finally came back with a large sack of coins. "There were a total of 231 stones, but they were from low level monsters, so its 150 valis per stone totalling up to 34,650 valis"

I smiled. "That's actually a decent haul."

She nodded. "It's actually very, very good. Most parties of level 1 adventures only earn around 25,000 a day. For a rookie going in solo this is actually astounding." She handed me the coins and I stuffed it into my bag.

"Well, I think it's time I get out of your hair. I still need to find a place to spend the night."

She looked at me for a few seconds before speaking. "I may know of a place and it's not that far from here."

"Thank you. I would appreciate it if you can give me directions." She complied and directed me to a nearby inn called Labyrinthia. Once I arrived there I booked a room for 500 valis a day.

The room itself wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either. It had a bath, a bed and a dresser with a small table and a few chairs. All in all it was quite nice. Taking a quick bath I decided to turn in for the night as the events of the day caught up with me leaving me feeling tired. Lying in the bed I glanced out of the window. "Here's to hoping that tomorrow will be better. " Sleep claimed me quickly after that.

8 hours later

Knock! knock! knock!

A soft knock on the door woke me from my sleep. Looking out of my window I could see the bright blue sky outside. With a groan I got out of bed and dressed myself. Grabbing my sword I opened the door to see one of the staff members of the inn waiting for me.

"Breakfast is ready sir." After she spoke she turned around and walked away, no doubt waking up other patrons as well.

Breakfast was a quiet affair with a plate of scrambled eggs, bread and a nice piece of meat with a glass of water to wash it down. I ate in silence and thanked the staff before taking my leave to explore the city.

Much later

"I have to say, this city is beautiful." Exploring the city had actually been fun but now it was time to find myself a Familia. Sadly for me, the street was quite empty except for a small stand selling some form of fried potato.

Behind the stand was a young woman. By only looking at her I would guess that she was around 18 years old. Her hair was long and black and tied twin tails which reached down to her thighs and was tied with hair accessories that feature blue and white petals along with bell shaped ornaments.. She wore a white mini dress with a blue ribbon around her neck and one tied under her breasts around her arms, and a pair of white gloves while her feet were bare.

My eyes widened as I recognised her. "Hold on a second! Isn't she supposed to be a like, a small girl!?" pushing down my shock I approached her stand. She must have heard me approach because she suddenly looked up and straight at me.

Her blue eyes met my brown as my breath hitched. "Beautiful." It was a whisper but I was sure she heard me because her cheeks suddenly turned bright red and she looked away and mumbled something. I blushed as I moved closer to her stand.

"Thank you." She mumbled.

"I smiled at her. "I just said the first thing that came into my mind." She blushed again as I continued while pointing at the food on her stand. "I'd like one of these please."

Her blush faded as she smiled brightly at me. "That will be 80 valis please!" I smiled back at her and shifted my sword to my left hand and reached into my satchel into my satchel to retrieve the required coins.

I missed her eyes widening when she saw my sword. "Are you by chance an adventurer?" She questioned after I handed over the money.

"Yes, I registered yesterday so I'm out hunting for a Familia to join. My name is Damien White"

Her face brightened. "I am the goddess Hestia! Would you like to join my Familia?"

Memories flashed in my mind as I remembered to tough time they had because of their low rank and members. I closed my eyes and nodded. "Sure, why not?" I opened my eyes to see her jumping up and down and throwing her hands into the air causing her breasts to bounce each time she did. I blushed as I stared at her.

"Finally!" she ran around her stall and grabbed my one hand. "Welcome to the Hestia Familia!" She dragged me through the city and into an abandoned church.

"It looks rather creepy." Once we were downstairs however, it looked kind of cosy.

My thoughts where interrupted by her voice. "Take of your shirt and lie down on your stomach." I nodded and removed the top part of my shirt and got onto the bed. As my back was turned to her so I missed the massive blush that she was now sporting.

I felt her get on the bed after me and sit on my lower back. She softly hissed in pain and I felt something warm land on my back and spread throughout my body. It felt like my body was wrapped in a warm blanked.

I heard her gasp in shock and looked back at her. "What's wrong?" Her eyes snapped up to me.

Y-your stats! They are so high!" She jumped off of the bed allowing me to sit up before handing me a sheet of paper.

Damien White

Level 2

•Strength: F 410 (1420)

•Endurance: H 201 (1201)

•Dexterity: F 443 (1443)

•Agility: F 490 (1490)

•Magic: H 250 (1250)

Skill
Flash Step

Developmental Skills
Swordsman

My eyes widened as I recognised the first skill I looked up at her. "Well it's a good start I think?" She just stared at me with a shocked look causing me to chuckle. "If you keep your mouth open like that a fly might make its home there." She snapped her mouth shut before she pouted at me causing me to blush. "Cute."

She blushed "W-well, It will be easier for you in the dungeon at least."

I crossed my arms and nodded. "I know, the first four floors were fairly easy."

Her mouth hung open. "Y-y-you were there already?" I nodded. "How? How did you do it?"

I shrugged. "I ate a good breakfast every day?" we stared at each other before we both started laughing. After calming down she suddenly hugged me and buried her head in the crook in neck.

"Please be careful." Her voice was barely above audible and wavering. "I don't want to be alone again."

I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her closer. "I promise, I'll be careful when I go to the dungeon." I could feel her nodding as we stayed like that for a short while before she yawned. She pushed me backwards making me fall down onto the again and with my arms still wrapped around her she came down with me.

"Hestia?" She didn't reply and only tightened her grip causing me to sigh. "Typical anime character." A small smile formed on my lips as I kissed the top of her head. "Goodnight my goddess." Thanks to my position I completely missed the massive blush that had formed when I had kissed her.

With a sigh I closed my eyes. "Tomorrow is the start of my new life here." With that last thought I drifted off to sleep.

FIN

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