Chapter Two ~:

It had been six months since I arrived at this world. Becoming an adventurer who has no desire to work with a famiala had developed me into somewhat of an oddity. To the surprise of many, each time I returned from the hunt, the lower I have descended into the underworld that the tower of babel was built upon.

The morning had come I rolled in my bed from the single room apartment I rent from the old dwarf woman. My noise twitched as the smell of cooked meat. I yawned and stretched before getting up as I did, I used some life magic (which I'd managed to learn when I bought a grimoire from the old bookstore.)

Just enough Icy cold water materialized and then filled the wash basin sloshing around as I began to get undress. When I was done getting undressed, I walked over to the basin. The first thing I did was submerge my face several times before letting out a long breath.

Once I found that I was fully alert and awake, I retrieved a piece of fabric from [item box], dipped the cloth into the water and then begun washing myself. I couldn't help thinking about visiting the bath house tonight as I was only going to descend to forest level to herb hunt to make a few potions and pills.

After washing up I waved my hand. A chantless vaporize the remain liquid in the basin before retrieving a fresh set of clothing from the [item box] and getting dressed. I than went downstairs and saw the land lady she was busy preparing breakfast. I found myself smiling; she was a former adventure and had lost her husband twenty-two years prior to my arrival this was also the reason she retired as she no longer had the heart to descend after she lost him when he sacrifice himself to allow her to escape.

She still made her living and rent out the extra rooms to solo adventures, but she never spoke to any of us about our familias or if we were going alone as some of her renters had their own business and didn't always want to go back to the bases.

She look up and saw me, her old wrinkled face gave a smile that told me she was beautiful in her younger years even as a dwarf. But my thoughts were interrupted when she said "Stop gawking go take a seat the breakfast is almost ready."

"Sorry, Miss."

"I assume you're going back down even if you just got back last night…boy aren't you afraid you might sprout horns or fangs become a monster with the amount of time you spend in there?"

I smiled as I sat at the long wooden table lifting the mug before me it had a dark liquid that looked like coffee but was far from it (but it still woke me up a little more.)

As I swallowed my mouthful of liquid from my mug the old lady Taru slipped a wood plate/bowl (its slight concaved shape allowing it to be used for either purpose.)

In the plate sat a few slices of bacon or more appropriately monster meat as there were no pigs except for the monster, sausages and four fried eggs along with toasted bread.

I dug in the food tasted like heaven, as did most of my meals (unless I did it for myself when I was in the underground or was a sack lunch of compressed biscuits and rations.

I spread some jam on the toast as a few other walked in we never spoke but we recognized each other. Like me they sat in their spots and Taru served them like she did me; some ate faster and other slower, while I ate at a pace that allowed me to enjoy the food.

As I watched my fellow borders getting up to leave, they handed Taru a small palm size pouch, explaining that it was two percent of their dungeon dives rewards from the group they were in. This was given so she could keep the serves rate at this, and many didn't care as it was just two percent as we all knew she needed help and she worked for it.

And also, this was her home. Even if she cooked our meals and clean up after many of us, she was a servant and anyone who though she was longed for this place as many of her border were only too happy to clean a person like that up.

As I thought that I scooped the last bite into my mouth and chewed it before swallowing it before getting up I took out a pouch from a pocket and handed it to Taru like the one before me had done I than said, "Will you still feed me if I sprout horns and fangs?"

As I said this Taru's face went blank followed by laughing. "Well, sure I'll just keep your a bowl next to your kennel!"

I raised my eye brow and said," oh so generous, you our truly a saint. I'll be out for the next three days so your work load should settle a little but like I said before if I don't come back in month go into the room sell the things you can and hold on the things anything young ones might be able to use."

She nodded and I saw the pain etched on her old face as this was part of my ritual before I left on any of my journeys (along with asking her if she needs any extra valis when I was out, she could find my secret stash under the five floorboards in my room next to the desk in the room where wash basin sat.)

With this said I went to leave I grabbed my leather satchel and made my way towards the tower and as I walked through the streets I threw a few items I bought on my way there; {Apples X 8, Oranges X8, Monster meat jerky X 10, Reptile monster skewers coated in a sauces close to a BBQ type and Compressed biscuits packs X 20} with my food portion bought I ducked into alley and empty the satchel into the [Item Box] before return on my walk towards the tower but I did continue to look at the stalls.

[Three hour later ~ Second level of the Dungeon]

I was sitting on a rock sipping on my water skin as I relaxed after the fighting several horned rabbits, I had got two horns and several crystals. I had also taken out a biscuit and was chewing on it as I put the drops into the [Item Box.] I then took another large swallow of water before storing the skin in the same way.

I got up from the rock, before lifting up the katana I had created using a large amount of monster crystals as unlike normal blacksmiths in this world I had a golden finger called 'Sword Creation Forge' and with this I was able to smelt the monster crystals into ingot followed by forging that into a shimmering black katana that had a ghostly oni scribe across the blade along with a lotus.

Once I finished doing this, I began to descend the staircase heading to the third floor of the dungeon as I got to the floor, I heard clashing of weapons but no roars or any other monster noises, so I decide to investigate as that was the way for the next staircase.

As I got to the place, I saw a sight it was two groups it looked like the larger had ambushed the other on their way out as two of the ambush look way more hurt than just from the ambush if I didn't hear the leader of the ambusher say "let capture them and sell them to love market and maybe we can have a little fun with the girls."

The vein above my right eye twitched and I then decide to do something I breathed in and out as I was going to use the ambusher as a bunch of lab rats black flames began to swarm my katana as I gathered my ki as I prepared to use a sword style called 'sword of darkness flame' I than prepared to strike them down. My speed began to build with each step and soon I seem to become a blur as I crossed the distance several monsters became ash as black flames whip up around them but I didn't slow down if anything I went even faster my eyes locked on my targets.