The Kiss

The kiss was not as repulsive as Lefiya expected...

In fact, the kiss was kind of nice as Bell's lips were soft and he smelled good. Furthermore, the feeling from her first kiss was kind of otherworldly, causing her eyes to roll around and around in circles. With her head spinning, she suddenly realized that she was starting to actually enjoy it. That was simply unacceptable. Lefiya really wanted to give Bell a piece of her mind about stealing Ais, but instead she gave Bell her first kiss, and it was a big wet one right on the lips. What was worse, she was starting to really sink into the kiss.

With the last vestige of her elf pride, Lefiya pulled herself back from the deep kiss.

Tomato-red Bell, the 'victim', was too shocked to move.

Ais was speechless, as were the amazon twins.

Bete, rolling his eyes, had nothing to say. Finn and Riveria had pained looks. Gareth closed his eyes. Raul cringed and looked away. Tsubaki licked her lips, a few times. Ottar remained stoic while Freya looked amused though deeply pained inside. Asfi blushed and looked down. Even Hermes was at a lost for words except two short chuckles with the unanticipated entertainment.

In a strange way, the kiss did have a calming effect on Lefiya. It was as if Bell's pureness cleansed away her black mood. With the black mood diminished, Lefiya looked meekly around and noticed everyone's jaws dropped to the ground. No one knew what to say...

Thankfully, Gareth finally broke the silence "Well, that was a good stress relief, hahaha"

Finn "Alright, ladies, harem king, everyone, we got a job to do. Let's head out!"

In spite of the elf eruption, the merry group headed down the dungeon.

With Bell next to Lefiya and Riveria in the same formation, it was awkward indeed. Ais and Tiona were up in the vanguard, but they did not know what to say to each other. It was awkward all the way around.

Despite the strange morale, the group quickly reached the 50th floor, as colosseums simply became a great way for the affected to take out their frustrations. The lower level members would set up a base camp while the members of the attack group would tried to relax before the major operation.

According to their plan, Freya, Hermes, Asfi, the Gulliver brothers and the junior Loki and Hephaestus members would stay in the base camp while the attack group would descend to the 59th floor the next day.

After an awkward lunch, a teary Lefiya apologized to her sisters.

Lefiya in tears "I am so sorry. I just got frustrated and lost control"

Ais "That is fine Lefiya. I did not realize you even know Bell"

Lefiya "I do not. I was just frustrated that you would only pay attention to him"

Ais "Lefiya, I will always protect you. So would Tiona and Tione. While I have feelings for Bell, that does not change how I feel about my sisters"

Tiona "You are a silly one but you got to kiss argonaut!", as Ais bashed her on the head with her scabbard.

With that said and done, there was a group hug between the 4 sisters.

Bell heard what was said, but he did not know what to think about the crazy elf. So he wisely kept his distance for the rest of the evening.

Finn and Ottar did advise Bell on what to expect on the trip to the 59th floor. In particular, which monsters and the types of attacks. They also explained the strategy to hold Bell back from the battles in order to keep the cannon primed. Bell was not to get involved unless it is a matter of life or death. Ideally, he would save whatever energy he had for parasitized monsters. The first class adventurers should be able to take care of everything else.

- The Next Morning -

The attack group was ready, and Riveria activated veil breathe. After the protective spell was applied, they headed down to the 51st floor. Ais, Tiona, Tione and Bete were upfront. Bell, Lefiya and Riveria were in the middle with Ottar and Allen guarding them. Bringing up the rear were Finn, Gareth, Raul and Tsubaki.

The 51st floor had lots of powerful monsters including black rhinos and virgas. But the group was ready. They quickly raced to the 52nd floor, cutting through the monsters like butter. However, the valgang dragons detected their new prey and started firing fireballs all the way from the 58th floor. Dodging the fireballs with Finn's special ability, they moved forward as fast as they could.

As they hurried forward, a giant spider tried to capture an unsuspecting Lefiya. Fortunately, Bell saw the spider webbing heading for Lefiya and pushed her out of harm. However Bell instead got himself caught by the webbing. As he was drawn towards the monster, Bell killed it with 10 firebolts in quick succession. However, Bell fell towards a vertical hole that was just formed by a dragon's fireball. Seeing this, Ottar and Allen jumped in after Bell. Ais quickly activated ariel and followed, as did Tiona and Tione.

Riveria "So much for our plan..."

Finn "Bete, stay with us. They have enough manpower down there, but let's get down there as fast as we can", signaling everyone to move again.

Being saved by a rookie, Lefiya was sick to her stomach again. She was scared, but that was just too much to take. Deciding she could be more useful below as a mage, Lefiya took a deep breathe and also jumped in after Bell...