Subarashī Sekai ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō Ka?
素晴らしい世界 に出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか?
Bell and the group had bargained more than what they could handle by staying too long in the dungeon. The spawn rates of the monsters went through the roof the more they stayed, and the amount of monsters made it quite hard to move around as a group. "Fall back!" Bell cried out, "We need to get out of here quick!"
"Bell-sama! We're getting surrounded really fast!" Lili replied as she reloaded her crossbow and fired at the monsters in front of her. "The exit is blocked by an army of false-orcs! We can't go through!" False-orcs, a smaller breed of orc that like to hunt in very large groups, are a newly emerged monster species in the dungeon.
"Lil' Lili's right! We've got no choice but to head the other way!" Welf said as he swung his sword around, slicing a group of goblins in half.
"Firebolt!" Bell chanted as a flaming, red projectile shot out from his palm, completely obliterating a group of monsters. "Now! Let's get moving!"
The group began their retreat and started heading the opposite direction. A large army of monsters started chasing after the three, destroying trees and boulders that were in the way. The roars of the monsters echoed against the walls of the dungeon. The group ran as fast as they could. Bell and Lili used ranged attacks when they could to hold off the monsters.
"W-we're trapped!" Lili cried out. The group was blocked by large pillars of stone. There were no crevices large enough for them to pass through. They were caught between a rock, and a hard situation.
"I-I guess this is it, Bell. Lil' Lili."
"D-don't say things like that! We'll get out of this somehow! Right, Bell-sama?"
"Right.. We can't end things here." Bell held out his arm, ready to cast Firebolt, and his other arm had the Hestia Knife unsheathed. "We have to hold out for as long as we can."
"O Black Crimson spirits of mighty flame
I call upon thee to lend me thine hellish power
Fuel the burning furnace of vengeance within me
Let all those ignorant of the power of the gods tremble in fear..."
"Bell-sama, look! Up there!" Suddenly, a large, crimson, magic circle hovered over the massive army of goblins and false-orcs that had cornerd Bell and the others. Smaller magic circles started appearing over the initial one, glowing brighter each second
"Let divine judgement fall upon my enemies
and bring them back to the soil from whence they came!
I beseech thee, grant me the strength to overcome everything!
Appear as a brilliant, crimson light and burn everything before me!
The monsters stopped their advance and looked up at the crimson spectacle in the sky. "Watch out!" Bell had the feeling that something crazy was about to happen, so he quickly dragged Welf and Lili behind a large enough boulder to hide from whatever was going to happen next.
"I am destruction incarnate!
Explosion!"
A beam of destructive energy emerged from the center of the magic circle, causing a massive explosion beneath. All the monsters were completely obliterated, not a single one remained. Not even a carcass was in sight. A large crater several feet deep can be seen nearby. Whoever cast that spell was surely a talented mage and adventurer.
"Over there!" Welf pointed out to a nearby cliff. On top of that cliff stood an adventurer that appeared to be a young girl. She had shoulder-length dark-brown hair and wore a witch's hat, a cloak, and an eyepatch. In her hand was a long, wooden staff with a crimson orb on the very top. The girl appeared to be of Bell's age.
"So she's the one who cast that spell?" Bell wondered to himself. Not long after that, the unknown female adventurer fell to her knees and collapsed, alarming the group. "We gotta help her before the monsters start spawning again!" Bell said to the two, to which they nodded.
Quickly, they ran up to the cliff where the female adventurer stood. There she was, face buried into the ground and unconscious. Bell moved closer to the girl and checked if she was still breathing. "We gotta get her outta here. Let's get moving before we get into any more trouble." Bell said as he lifted the girl in his arms while Welf took hold of the staff.
The trio brought the female adventurer back to the Hestia Familia's base. Bell laid her gently unto the couch and had Hestia take a look at her. "Just by looking at her I can tell she's very magically gifted. I'd take a look at her stats but.. I don't want to invade her privacy. Especially when she's passed out like this. It would also be rude to her Familia." Hestia said.
"That's another thing, Hestia-sama." Lili chimed in. "I don't think I've ever seen her before. I've asked around town and no one seems to know who this girl is."
Everyone was silent in thought on what course of action to take. "She did save us so we can't just leave her be." Bell suggested. "I think we should at least let her take shelter here until she wakes up. We can ask her questions when she comes to."
"Agreed. I am curious as to who this girl could be, with all that magic power she has." Hestia said, taking a much closer look at the mystery adventurer's face. "She better not go after my Bell-kun, though!"
After a day's worth of rest, the adventurer finally came to, her eyes wandering about. "W-where am I..?" She asked herself quietly.
"Oh, you're finally awake!" Bell said, getting up from his seat across the couch. "How do you feel? Are you hurt anywhere?" He asked her as he poured water into a glass.
"I-I'm fine. More importantly, where am I? And who are you?" She replied.
"Oh I forgot to introduce myself. My name's Bell. Bell Cranel. And you're at the Hestia Familia's base. You saved us earlier back in the dungeon but we saw you collapse. So we decided to bring you here." Bell got on his knees and bowed to her, "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be here today, so thank you very much!"
"No need to bow! I-It's a little embarrassing." The girl said to the white-haired boy, blushing, "Thank you for bringing me here. I'm sure the monsters there would've had their way with me just laying there."
"It's the least we can do for the one who saved us." Bell replied as he handed the glass of water to the girl. "So what's your name? And what Familia are you from?"
The girl took the glass from him and took a sip from it before replying "I am Megumin of the Crimson Magic Clan. And well.. I'm not a part of any Familia."
"Crimson Magic Clan? I don't think I've ever heard of a clan like that before." Bell said to himself.
"Well, you wouldn't, really. Cause I'm not from this world."
"What?"
A/N: I was inspired by this meme I saw and the gears started turning. Lemme know what you think in a review and lemme know if I should continue this :)
