Being a Burden
Bell, Ottar and their group brought the invisible Wiene into the dungeon. With Bell as the vanguard and Ottar protecting Wiene and Haruhime, they quickly reached the mid-levels. At that point, Ottar became the vanguard to save time with Bell protecting Wiene and Haruhime. Thus, they reached the 18th floor in less than 4 hours.
After a short break on the 18th floor, they headed for the 20th floor following a map from Fels. There were a lot of monsters today, but level 2 monsters had no chance against Ottar. Even a large horde of them. They soon reached the location on the map, which was on a far off secluded location on the floor. Hearing some singing, they found a hidden passageway. Following the passageway, they found a room with a spring. Still following the singing and noise, they found a large cavern. Suddenly, they were attacked by many monsters.
None of the monsters had a chance against Ottar, and soon they learned to stay away from Ottar. However, a tough red lizardman attacked Bell, who was shielding Haruhime and the invisible Wiene. With all the attacks, the Hades Hat fell off. At that point, the monsters seem to focus on attacking Bell and the now-visible Wiene. Trying to protect Wiene, Bell used a 3 second charge punch that slammed the lizardman against the wall.
Looking at the lizardman flatten on the wall, the monsters all laughed and started to talk in human language. They thanked Bell for protecting Wiene, and were genuinely surprised to see such action by a human. They shook Bell's hand but all were scared of Ottar because they realized how incredibly strong he was. The lizardman introduced himself as Lyd, and the Harpy was introduced as Ray. However, Gros the gargoyle was not so friendly.
The Xenos threw a party for the Freya members and Wiene, despite it being the early morning hours. After the feast, it was time to return to the surface due to the Knossos situation. Wiene was very sad and cling to Haruhime and Bell. However, the Xenos told Wiene that it is not safe for her in the surface world and she also would be a huge burden to Bell and the Freya familia. Deciding to protect Bell and her friends, she agreed to stay, but only if Bell, Haruhime, Welf and Lili would visit her regularly. After the agreement was made, the group headed back up to the surface even though they were exhausted.
By the time they got out of the dungeon, it was morning. Fortunately, Bell cancelled training with Ais for the day, so he was able to go home to sleep.
However, the two spies appeared to have followed them back to the surface...
- That Evening -
The sirens sounded at the Babel and all over the city. Apparently Rivira had been attacked and destroyed by monsters. The dungeon has been closed off. All familias were ordered to await orders from the Guild. The Ganesha familia was put in charge of guarding the dungeon entrance. No one would be allowed to go inside the dungeon.
As a precaution, Freya gave Bell an update showing a small improvement from the trip:
level 4
strength: 141
endurance: 130
agility: 155
dexterity: 119
magic: 168
skill: argonaut, ox slayer
magic: firebolt
development ability: luck, abnormal resistance, escape