Authors Note1: Hey sorry for the delay.
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"Phew...that was something..."
Bell hung the last of his clothes over a branch, luckily there was a small stream here where he could wash his clothes. After taking care of his clothes, Bell walked to the small lake, he had washed himself before in the stream,
but he wanted to relax a bit in the water. The temperature of the water was very pleasant, even in the middle of the shallow lake he could sit without diving. After submerging to his shoulders, Bell leaned his head back and let pass in review what had happened so far.
My first deep expedition.
He had seen so many things on this day, so much he had to tell his Familia when he returned.
Someday we will come down here on our Familia.
His wish to see these wonders and get stronger, was as strong as never before.
And when I return...I will become a father...
He couldn´t help but grin.
Tomorrow we will rest said Mr. Finn, and the day after tomorrow...we are going !
For a while Bell lost himself in his thoughts and looked at the far-off ceiling of the cave, he even saw a few small clouds, it was so high. Bell heard some light water splashing but didn´t reacted to it.
"Bell?"
Huh?
He turned his head down and saw...Ais...walking into the water without a towel, but covering her chest and crotch with her hands. More surprised than embarrassed, Bell closed his eyes but kept his face turned into her direction.
"Oh eh Ais...is it your turn? S-Sorry I will go out."
"No it´s okay...Lefiya, his eyes are closed you can come."
"E-Excuse me..." Lefiya sounded not as calm as Ais.
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After calming down from nearly dying, Lefiya went with Ais to the nearby stream to wash their clothes, and got a bit happy to see the prospect of going bathing with her. But as they walked to the shallow lake, she saw a very familiar white haired head.
She immediately wrapped her towel tighter around her, but Ais, unlike her...took off hers.
"M-Ms. A-Ais! B-B-Bell is there! He will see you!"
But Ais only smiled calmly. "It´s okay Lefiya, Bell isn´t the type to peek."
As they arrived at the shore, Ais called out to him.
"Lefiya, you can let your towel here, Bell has his eyes closed and won´t peek."
In the past it would be impossible for Lefiya, but now she simply followed Ais and together they walked into the middle of the lake to Bell.
"If you two want I can leave."
"N-No...it´s okay." Lefiya sat down nervous, but took her hands away as she saw Bell´s calm face with still closed eyes.
I´m taking a bath with Ms. Ais...and Bell...
Ais splashed water over her shoulders and stretched her arms, a sight that Lefiya really enjoyed. Bell on the other hand...Lefiya had never seen him up close like that, and naked on top.
He is really handsome...
But she only glanced as far down as his chest.
"You really did well, Bell." Ais smiled warmly.
"Y-Yes, you saved me!"
"Thanks you two."
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"Lefiya, are you okay? I mean after all that happened." Bell looked worried to her.
"Yeah, thanks to you, you saved my life. B-But..." She blushed heavily. "P-Please don´t misunderstand the kiss...I only wanted to thank you, I didn´t mean anyhting else with it."
"It´s okay, I´m just happy that I made it in time. It would be a shame if someone as beautiful and lovely as you would get hurt."
Lefiya blushed stronger. Aah...why does he say things like that so naturally...
Bell´s face wandered to Ais. "Ais?"
"Y-Yes?"
"I was really amazed when I saw what you did to save Mr. Gareth, that was incredible."
"Oh ahm thanks, but that was nothing special really."
"Did you two manage to get that blood out of your clothes?"
Lefiya ran her fingers through the water. "Yes, it was good that it didn´t dried yet. But I never want to make that experience again."
"Say Lefiya...there is something I wanted to ask you." Bell turned his face towards her, eyes still closed.
"Yes?"
"How was it for you, the first time you went into the dungeon deep? I already asked Ais that, but I would like to hear your thoughts...if that is okay with you."
"The first time hmmm.." The young elf leaned her head back and tapped her chin. "It was really scary."
Ais got up for a moment and sat down cross-legged this time, she also looked at Lefiya. "Scary?"
"Yes...I was really frightened. All those monsters...the unknown environment. Also..."
"Yes?"
"I didn´t really trusted my own skills back then, even with the whole party around me...I was scared."
"But you have overcome your fears, that is admirable. I was always amazed how hard you worked Lefiya, Ais told me so much. And I saw much more of you these past two weeks."
Lefiya couldn´t help but smile, her heart fluttered a bit by his praises. "Thank...you...but you also worked hard."
"I think we all did."
They chatted for a while longer, about their dungeon experiences, the past day and other things. Lefiya would have never imagined to take a bath together with Bell someday, and that it was fun.
Still...Bell made them flustered as he got up. "So you two, I will leave first."
He thought they had their eyes closed like him, but they were open. Lefiya shreeked...Ais gulped heavily.
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When they walked to the camp, it was already build and they had started to cook.
"Hey Argonaut, the captain wants to talk to you." A expedition member pointed to the big tent in the middle.
"Okay, thank you."
Ais and Lefiya wished him goodbye as they walked to the tents that were meant for the women.
"Excuse me."
"Come in, Bell Cranel."
The inside of the big tent looked the same as the last time Bell was in it, back then on the 18th Floor.
"You wanted to talk to me?"
"Yes, don´t worry it won´t take long. I talked with Gareth and Riveria to get their opinion, you did a really good job today. How you saved Lefiya twice, your idea with covering her ears and how you did during the fight, I´m impressed."
What Finn didn´t said, they were more than impressed by Bell´s strength, seeing a level seven in action for real was something else. The only thing that didn´t let Bell use his full potential was that he was still unused to the deep levels and moving in a big party.
"Oh ahm...th-thank you, but I just did my best like everyone else."
So strong and yet so modest.
After a short talk Bell left the tent and put his stuff in the tent he would share with some members of the Familia. Men and women were divided by gender, they should stay concentrated during an expedition.
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And finally...after the expedition had dinner Bell returned to the tent, the individual areas were separated by sheets. When he lied down Bell took Fairy´s Dawn into his hand and waited...after a while he felt something.
Badumm...
Badumm...
He whispered as he felt Ryuu´s heartbeat. "Ryuu...I´m okay...good night, my love."
His smile only widened as he felt something...not one heartbeat...but two.
Good night...my daughter.
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On the surface Ryuu smiled in relief as she held the hilt of Justice Lumina in her hand, feeling Bell´s calm heartbeat.
"Bell...good night."
Those two would sleep every night like this, even when they were separated like that, the other was still close to them.
In their mind, Bell was hugging Ryuu from behind as they fell asleep.
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The following day Bell discovered how the camp life went on, no training or fighting monsters on this Floor was allowed, their job was to rest this day, tomorrow they would dive down. Rumors were that the next safe point would be the 65th Floor. Of course they could camp and sleep on other Floors, they just had to damage the area around them and using guards, something the Loki Familia was used to.
And Bell discovered something else...Gareth who also slepped in the same tent as him, snored...loud.
For some reason that Bell couldn´t explain, some Loki Familia members glared at him as he sat with Lefiya, Ais and Tiona together while they had breakfast.
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"Nngh..." Ryuu pressed her arms into her back and arched her back, being heavily pregnant was not easy.
"Ryuu, let me do that, please sit down."
"Ah...thank you mother, I will not contradict you."
With a sigh Ryuu sat down on the couch, she had tried to wipe away some dust with a fan but even simple things like that were too much for her now. With Bell gone, Astrea helped her with her bath or just washing, at first Ryuu was a bit embarrassed being washed by her goddes. But Astrea told her it was a joy to take care of her daughter...and grand-daughter. She was really loving when she washed Ryuu´s belly and every part that Ryuu couldn´t reach anymore. Even Hestia offered that to her,
but her mother was more than enough. Astrea used all the time of her day to take care of her daughter, the feeling in her heart was...just so sweet, she wanted to see her first grand-child.
"Ryuu do you want some tea?"
"Yes please, thank you."
When she heard noises from the kitchen that were accompanied by tea making, Ryuu smiled and gently stroked her belly.
"I sing to you now...from a distant life...deep down in the forest...and the willow green..."
Tears came to Astrea´s eyes as she heard Ryuu singing, she used her mother tongue for that...elvish was just a beautiful language. Not one day passed since Ryuu entered the 9th month when she didn't sing to her daughter. The old elven midwife told her that was very important, like that her daughter would recognize her mothers voice, so Ryuu sung for her, not only in elvish but the human language too.
Recognize the voice of her mother haaaaa... She was just so happy when she thought about it.
Every night she dreamed about sitting on her bed or a chair, her small daughter in her arms and Bell at her side, she wished for nothing more.
Sometimes it felt like her heart would burst from happiness, Astrea felt the same whenever she put her hand gently on Ryuu´s belly and felt the small bumps against her hand.
"Ehehe..."
It had become too exhausting to go to the pub now, so her friends came to visit her. Sometimes during the break or on their day off, Syr came every day to visit her. One or two times Syr bathed together with her and Astrea, she was the only one beside Bell and her goddess who had ever seen Ryuu naked, her eyes got big every time she saw Ryuu´s belly. It was not only the joy of her best friend becoming a mother, somehow the whole thing about her pregnancy was a joy for Syr.
When she helped washing her, Syr was so gentle as if she feared she could break Ryuu.
She had gently stroked Ryuu´s belly. "Ehe...hello little one...I hope she will recognize my voice too."
"I´m pretty sure."
"Now little one, your Mama is waiting for you."
"Her...Mama...*hic*.." Ryuu sobbed.
"Ryuu?!" Syr looked at her worried.
"It´s okay...I´m just so happy."
Whenever Syr talked about Ryuu soon becoming a mother, she saw her soul orb glistening, she didn´t do that to tease her...but as a goddess of fertility she was happy with the current situation. And then this small soul orb inside Ryuu´s, it pulsated with Ryuu´s hearbeat and had grown bigger since Syr saw it for the first time, it had a lighter green color than Ryuu´s, maybe because the baby in her belly was a half-elf.
My first niece...Teehee! May there be many more little Ryuu´s and Bell´s.
Syr giggled as she heard Ryuu´s stomach growl a bit. "Ryuu, are you hungry?"
"Yes..."
"What do you want to eat?"
"Sour cucumber with chocolate cream ..."
"...Eh?"
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"Kiiiiiiii!"
The large monster turned to dust as Bell rammed the Hestia Knife in it´s head, they had entered the labyrinth that led down to the deeper Floors and made good progress. Since the hallways were narrower and the ceiling was lower, both small vanguard teams fought side by side at the head of the group, also Bete had joined them. For now those five were equal in striking down monsters, Bell wasn´t used to these monsters and Ais couldn´t use her full flexibility. But they remained focused and were careful not to stray too far from the group.
These Floors will become a problem for my Familia...
It was not because of the labyrinth or the low ceiling...but because of some monsters. Spiders...lots and lots of spiders...and scorpions.
And...
Ryuu really couldn´t stand spiders...
Bell rememberred very well how he had discovered that.
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"KYAAAA!"
Bell heard Ryuu screaming in their room and he pushed the door open.
"Ryuu?!"
Inside he saw her pull back, her face contorted with fear.
"Ryuu?! What´s wrong?" Bell had never seen his lovely wife like this, her face grew more and more pale.
"Th-Th-There!" With a shaky hand she pointed into a corner of the room.
"Huh?" Bell followed her finger.
And saw...a small brown spider.
That´s all?
"Ryuu? That´s just a spi-"
"Don´t say it´s name!" Ryuu was on the verge of tears as she jumped onto their bed, pushing herself against the wall and putting her pillow in front of her like a shield.
She squeezed her eyes. "Please Bell...make it go away!"
Bell was amazed, that proud, strong elven warrior...cowered in fear because of a small spider.
Calmly he opened the window wide and used two pieces of paper to catch the spider, letting it crawl into the nearby tree.
After closing the window he turned around. "Done."
"Weally?" Ryuu was hard to understand, she had pressed her face into her pillow.
"Yes, it´s gone."
Ryuu raised her head, she had tears in her eyes. "Thank you..."
Bell sat down on the bed next to her, Ryuu threw away her pillow and pressed her face onto his chest. "Bell...thank you...so much...my hero."
Smiling, Bell carressed the back of his sobbing wife, she needed ten minutes and lots and lots of cuddling and kisses on her forehead to calm down again.
On that day he had discovered a surprisingly cute side of her that he didn´t knew about. Also like that Bell got promoted to the number one insect and spider exterminator of the Mansion...and the pub.
A few days later he would fight an truly epic battle against some...cockroaches, rescuing Syr and Ahnya who protected the passed out Ryuu in the basement of the pub...she had seen how the big one opened it´s wings...
After defeating the pests, Bell carried Ryuu heroic in his arms out of the basement, Syr and Ahnya running ahead of them.
Ryuu´s biggest weakness wasn´t Bell...but insects and spiders.
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"Mou Argo! You don´t need to save me, I can fight on my own!" Tiona pouted and whirled around her weapon as she jumped onto the next monster.
Bell just couldn´t fight his habit about protecting women, he knew how strong they are and respected them...but that was just his nature. The hallway in front of them was crowded with monsters,
black rhinos, Deformis spiders, venom scorpions and thunder snakes alike, so many that they hindered each other.
"Fall back!" Finn´s shout came from behind.
Instantly all five of them turned around, jumped to the side and ducked down.
"ARCS RAY!"
Rays of light shot from Lefiya´s wand down the hallway, the monsters had no chance to escape, not even six of them survived that magic spell and those were soon taken care of.
Lefiya was in an excellent mood, she had spent the previous day together with Bell, Tiona and Ais, strolling around the 50th Floor but not too far away from the camp, chatting and looking around. Later the four of them had taken a bath together while Bell had closed his eyes again. She just felt relaxed in that small group, and since they would protect her from everything...especially Bell, it was her job to help and protect them too.
In the quiet moments after the fight, the expedition moved forward, picking up the magic stones on their way. Deep down in the dungeon like here, monsters spawned faster than on the higher Floors but not endless. Also the Loki Familia had enough experience about the way here so they moved fast forward.
Down and down and down they moved and hacked their way through monster swarm after swarm. .
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They took their last break in a truly hellish environment, the 58th Floor was just one giant vast room, natural pillars of dark stone filled the cave and there were dragons everywhere. After they made their way through it they stopped at the entrance to the staircase to the 59th Floor. Bell felt a chill as cold air came out of it.
The expedition changed into the white cloaks that gave them protection from the fierce cold in front of them. Bell knew about the monsters that awaited them but not how the Floor looked, he had asked them not to tell him.
"Captain, we will then return and wait at the base-camp."
"Alright, stay safe on your way back, we will return in about a week."
The biggest part of the expedition left and returned to the higher Floors.
"Aren´t they coming with us?" Bell looked to Lefiya who sat next to him.
"No, we explored the next Floor as a whole expedition, but from this point on it is too dangerous for anyone under level five."
For the first time they went down Lefiya was the exception to the rule, but meanwhile she had climbed to level five. Actually there was another exception, Raul...but...he wasn´t there anymore.
Anakity had left the expedition party ever since she became pregnant and after she gave birth to her son, she would never again set a foot into the dungeon, so she became a non-combatant member of the Familia.
Finn would lead the now smaller expedition, together with Gareth, Riveria, Ais, Tiona, Tione, Bete, Tsubaki, Lefiya, Bell and a supporter from the Loki Familia who had reached level five, the enormous backpack he carried was no joke, at least twice as big as Lily´s.
So eleven people would go to explore the unknown Floors behind the "Glacier Territory" or how they called it "The icy hell". When they came here for the first time the Glacier Territory looked nothing like it was supposed too, but it had returned to it´s normale state.
"What will we do about food? Do we have enough rations?"
Ais joined the two and crouched down in front of them. "We will find some food on the 59th Floor and the 60th Floor, also water. We will fill up everything before going down on the 61st and further."
"We have even found a place where we can rest and sleep on the 61st Floor, but I won´t tell you how it looks since you want to see it yourself." Lefiya giggled.
The one who seemed to be the most excited was Tsubaki. "Oooooh I can´t wait, I want some new dropp-items to see what I can make out of them."
She played with one of her weapons and was grinning like a child.
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Bell noticed something, one after the other the member of the smaller expedition went with a bundle behind a big rock, the women made the start, guarded by female members as they changed into the clothes that were meant for the next Floors. Tiona, Tione and Tsubaki wouldn´t had a problem changing just there...but the others had a problem with that.
He would just use a cloak since he was used to fight like that, but the others had order made clothes for that.
Bell´s eyes widened as he saw Ais and Lefiya returning, the young elf wore a very beautiful white dress that covered most of her body...in addition, a cute bobble hat with extra long earmuffs.
I want to see Ryuu in that!
"Lefiya you look really pretty in that dress!"
"Mmmhh!" Not prepared for his comment, Lefiya got deep red and felt happy.
Ais outfit didn´t looked much different, but her skirt was longer to cover her thighs, she wore shoulder guards, and her back was covered.
Riveria had demanded that Ais´ outfit should cover more of her skin in that cold environment, otherwise she could chill her kidneys, and since Bell would form a team with her, it wasn´t good to show too much skin.
Something that Ais agreed on, she got shy and embarrassed when Bell saw her skin.
"That really suits you, Ais."
She too got slightly red.
Some of the women of the Familia glared at Bell, because they thought he wanted to flirt with their princess and cute little elf.
But what really caught his eye was Riveria.
She wore an elegant long white and green dress, that reached down to her ankles, together with large lined boots, in addition a winter jacket with hood with fur collar. A pair of fur gloves protected her hands. Riveria looked every bit like the elven princess that she was.
"Beautiful..." Bell looked almost enchanted.
"Bell Cranel?" Riveria turned his face to him as she heard him mumble.
Many women...and Lefiya...glared at him.
"Ms. Riveria, you look so beautiful in that dress."
A light smile came to her lips. "You are very polite Bell Cranel, thank you."
He came a step closer and looked at her dress.
The killing intent behind him rose.
"May I ask...where did you get this dress made?"
Riveria chuckled lightly. "Let me guess...you want one for Lyon?"
His voice sounded like he was dreaming with open eyes. "Yes...I want to see her in that...she will look absolutely stunning..."
Oooooh...
The women of the expedition breathed a sigh of relief, he didn´t tried to flirt with Riveria, but was interested in the dress for his wife.
Still Lefiya pouted. Dummy brother...he didn´t complimented me like that...
Yes, Lefiya Virdis saw Bell like her brother...she didn´t knew where that came from.
"I will give you the address when we return, in the shop they also make winter clothes for babies."
"Ooh!" Bell only got more excited, after all it was late autumn...
"While I understand that you are interested in the dress, please don´t look at me like that."
"Oh, s-sorry."
Walking with Ryuu and ***** through the wintry Orario...
Some of the women reacted to the word "baby", especially a certain amazoness. Finn felt a shudder running down his spine, even more since he promised Tione he would wait for her...
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In the living room of the Heart Mansion.
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"Kchoo!" Ryuu let out a cute sneeze and rubbed her nose.
"Ryuu? You won´t get sick on me?!" Astrea looked worried.
"No..I...maybe Bell thinks about me?"
Well...Bell was always thinking about Ryuu.
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They watched the rest of the expedition returning the way they came here, even without their strongest members, they were strong enough to return to the 50th Floor.
One last time they checked their equipment.
"Everyone ready?"
Finn waited for everyone to answer before turning to the tunnel that would lead them down.
"Alright then, let´s go."
They followed the way through the tunnel, the heat behind them gradually gave way to the cold in front. The tunnel was called a staircase since it let down, but it was more a spiral that led down and down. Soon snowflakes drifted through the air and it got colder.
Their breath was in clouds in front of their mouths. After a last turn of the tunnel, they came out down on the 59th Floor. Bell was speechless.
Never before had he seen such a beautiful scenery, this was easily one of the most beautiful Floors in the whole dungeon. The tunnel exit was high up on a rock wall, with a path that led down in serpentines, so it had an incredible view of the area.
It was a beautiful winter landscape. Gentle hills and small mountains, all of them snowed in, adorned the landscape, he saw coniferous forests and individual trees, huge areas consisted of frozen lakes or rivers, some with frozen cracks, others perfectly clean.
The Floor was vast in size, at least three times of Orario. Clouds drifted over the cave ceiling, that somehow looked like a clear winter sky, only a few snowflakes were in the air and he couldn´t see the other end of the Floor. From high up they saw a few monsters walking around...some of them bigger than the trees.
"What a sight..." Bell looked around amazed. "So beautiful..."
Finn waited for a few moments so that Bell could take in the sight in front of him, they could understand him, it had moved them too the first time they saw it. But he wasn´t the only one that enjoyed the view, the Loki Familia had seen it a few times by now, but it was amazing everytime again.
Ais stopped next to Bell and looked at him smiling. "You like it?"
"Yeah...it so beautiful..."
They heard a little rumble and saw an avalanche going down from a small mountain in the distance, as pretty as the sight was, it was on of the dangers of that Floor.
"Okay everyone, into formation and onward, we have a long way ahead of us."
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"Grooooooo!"
Bell ducked under the swinging arm of the huge monsters in front of him, jumped forward and slashed with the Hestia Knife. His opponent was covered in white fur from toe to the horned head, the smallest one of the pack that attacked them was about two meters tall.
He had read about this things, they were called "Yeti". Each of their arms ended in long claws that were strong enough to destroy his armor with a good hit. They suddenly burst out of a snowdrift and pounced on the group, there was no panic, just quick reaction. Normally they were divided in vanguard, middle and rearguard, but attacks on this Floor came from every direction and that suddenly. So Bell and Ais walked in the front, Tiona and Tione at the left flank, Bete and Gareth at the right, Finn and Tsubaki behind the group, Riveria, Lefiya and the supporter in the middle.
About ten Yeti´s came out of the snowdrift to their left, at once the defence of the left flank, front and rear encountered them, the right flank stayed on their side. For now the mages didn´t used spells and observed the surroundings, the supporter had loaded his heavy repertier crossbow and kept looking behind them.
One Yeti on it´s own was a bulky, strong creature that had about the strength of an level five adventurer, but their biggest strength was their huge number...and their warcries.
"Snow wolves!"
Attracted by the war cries of the Yeti's, a pack of snow wolves approached from the other side, they were almost impossible to see with their fur color, but Bete had smelled them and the elves heard them.
Now Lefiya started to chant, it was rare that only two attacks came at the same time on these Floors. Riveria kept observing, since they only had two spellcaster, they had to manage their magical resources.
Lefiya raised her staff. "Proud Warriors...Archers of the deep forest..."
Over the last years Lefiya had gotten pretty strong, not only due to her level rising, but she had gotten stronger mentally, she didn´t panicked anymore and it was visible for everyone what a strong mage she had become.
"Behind us!"
"From the front!"
More wolves and Yeti´s ran towards them from every direction.
And the pack in the front was lead by an Alpha Yeti.
"Bell! This is yours!"
"Understood!"
Following Finn´s order, Bell moved to the front. In every direction they were surrounded by monsters and more kept coming. The situation was dangerous, but still one of the easiest encounter on this Floor.
The strength of the monsters wasn´t what made them dangerous, nor their number. These two factors were something to worry about, but what made them really dangerous was...teamwork. Not one monster attacked an adventurer on it´s own, they tried to get the attention and counted on the other monsters to attack together with them.
Only a few monster types on this Floor fought alone...and they had absolutely no need to work with anyone.
If they would only use their bodies and weapons they would lose this fight, but the Loki Familia had a secret weapon in their middle, Lefiya.
Magic circles formed around the young elf as she continued her chant, the impetuous attack of the monsters didn´t scared her, she was protected.
Light shone from the tip of her staff and her eyes.
"Magic incoming!" Riveria yelled from the middle.
All of them were prepared and waited for the right moment.
"Fusilade Fallarica!"
Dozens of golden magical arrows appearead from the magic circles around Lefiya and shot...into every direction at once.
She had gotten really skilled, now the "Thousand Elf" wasn´t only capable of firing her magic into one direction but bombarding the area around her. Some of the monsters had time to scream in pain or anger before they were destroyed, smoke and dust filled the area and they kept a ring around their middle. With one exception, Bell.
He didn´t fell back when Lefiya used her magic, he knew where she was aiming at and his target was too far away for her close range bombardment.
The alpha Yeti stopped briefly when a white creature jumped out of the smoke in front of him, white fur on head, red eyes and covered in a white cloak. Before it noticed that this wasn´t a rabbit type monster, his vision changed...and he saw his own body...without a head, one second before he turned to ash.
Immediately Bell returned to the group and they took care of the last monsters, through his feet he felt the ground shaking, an uneasy feeling overcame him.
Particles of light started to gather around Bell´s hand.
"Ah Beeeeell!" Lefiya waved happily smiling as she saw him returning.
The ground rumbled before he reached the ring around the middle.
"SCATTER!"
Finn didn´t even needed to order them, they all knew what would happen now. Running into every direction the group split up as the ground burst open and a giant creature appeared from the hole.
It was a giant worm-like creature, armored over and over with thick scales, two gigantic mandibles loomed in front of the mouth, a long strip of fur ran from head to tail.
A marrow eater.
Nearly immune against normal attacks due to the thick scales and capable of using a special howl attack.
"Grooo-"
"FIREBOLT!"
Bell had expected this monster to show up, just as he got teached. So he had charged his magic in advance and waited for the howl attack that this creature used as soon as it appeared.
The white electrical fireball shot right into the opening maw and detonated the head of the worm.
Bell Cranel had just killed a monster that a level six adventurer would have problems with, like it was nothing.
"Good reaction, Bell Cranel." Riveria smiled.
"Woaaah! Argo that was amazing!"
"Bell, good work."
Bete clicked his tongue. "Pff...show-off."
Bell grinned happily, he was very excited about this Floor.
After collecting the magic stones...and a dropp item in form of one of the worms mandibles for a very happy Tsubaki, they returned to their formation and walked again.
This is going to be so exciting!
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In the Heart Mansion, Ryuu sat on the couch and drank some tea while she stroked her belly.
Bell, stay safe my love.
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Authors Note2: And on we go, soon we will discover why they call this place the "Icy Hell".