- Madness -
Seeing that he was discover, Dix used his curse Phobetor Daedalus on the group of Xenos to force them to attack Bell and Fels. As the Xenos went crazy, Ottar suddenly revealed himself in front of Bell and Fels. Single-handedly, Ottar held off the the Xenos without seriously injuring any of them. Seeing the level 7 Ottar, Dix ran in fear into the next room, with Bell and Fels chasing after him knowing that they need to defeat him to release the curse.
With Bell and Fels chasing Dix, some of the Xenos chased after them. However, Fels was able to hold off those Xenos to allow Bell to deal with Dix. As Bell chased down Dix, they started to fight. Even though Dix was a level 5, Bell was actually pushing him back. As they continue to run and fight, Bell saw that they had enter a room where Wiene was held. Really angry, Bell use a 5 second charge argonaut punch against Dix, which caused the curse to be released. The impact of the punch did a lot of damage. However, what Bell did not realized was that Dix had to release the curse to regain his level 5 status in order to better absorb the damage.
Desperate, Dix removed Wiene's red stone on her forehead, forcing Wiene to take her original form. Confused, Wiene started to attack Bell, but suddenly realized who Bell was even as a monster and started to calm down. Seeing that his trick was not working, Dix used his curse to send Wiene flying up the Knossos chasing what she thought was Bell.
Dix "Better go chase your friend. She is not going to survive on the surface with that form." then threw the red stone down another path.
Bell had no choice but chase Wiene up the stairs towards the surface. The Xenos, who were released from the curse, saw what happened with Wiene so they also followed Bell up the stairs to assist. Fels first went after the red stone and then also headed up the stairs. Ottar seemed to have disappeared...
Seeing that his trick worked, Dix escaped using another hallway, but was cut in half by a large black minotaur Xenos...
- In the Daedalius Street Area -
After some time, Wiene in the vouvire form stormed out of a Knossos entrance area. Shortly after, Bell, other Xenos and Fels followed.
Members of the Loki familia who were patrolling the area immediately engaged Wiene. As they were going to attack her, Bell intervened.
Bell "Stop, that is my kill"
Shocked Loki member "What? Are you serious?"
As the Loki members continued to attack Wiene, Bell stopped them with firebolt. That brought time for Wiene to get away with Bell following. Instantly the Loki members were furious and reported to Finn. Residents of the Daedalius area were also shocked with Bell's behavior. However, they then became preoccupied by the large number of Xenos who came spilling out of the entrance area.
As the Loki members fought with the Xenos, the Loki executives were arriving on the scene. With the arrival of the amazon twins, Lyd and Gros were having a tough time. But then the black minotaur arrived and proceeded to use its howl to knocked back most adventurers. By then Gareth also arrived, but he was also unable to contain the minotaur Xenos. That allowed the other Xenos to run off. At that point, the combined efforts of the Loki executives were starting to push back the minotaur, but then it took out a magic sword. Even after Bete absorb much of the electricity attack, the Loki executives were temporarily unable to fight. Suddenly Ais did a surprise attack on the minotaur and cut off its arm. However, even without one arm, the minotaur was able to overpower Ais. When Finn and Gareth jumped in to help, a smoke screen and a supersonic attack by Ray brought time for the Xenos including the minotaur to escape.
A short while after, the Loki familia regrouped to discuss their next steps. They wanted to go inside the Knossos, but Freya had the key. Meanwhile the citizens were furious with Bell who helped the Xenos.
- The Next Morning -
Things have stabilized a bit as the Xenos stayed out of sight. The Xenos themselves were hiding in several areas in the city, mostly in abandoned buildings in the Daedalius area.
Bell's reputation though was ruined by the incident that destroyed a section of the Daedalius area, and the citizens saw with their own eyes that Bell protected the Xenos from the Loki familia.
Each of the main players were analyzing and deciding their next moves.
- At the guild -
The guild blamed the event all on Ikelos familia, which was already destroyed in the incident. Eina was devastated when she heard about what Bell did, and she refused to believe it until she talks to Bell...
However, the Xenos were still stuck in the surface world. Ouranos and Fels were trying to figure out a way to get the Xenos back into the dungeon without being caught by the Loki familia. Fels was in touch with most of the Xenos groups, except Asterius the minotaur was at some unknown location by himself.
- At the Twilight Manor -
Finn, Riveria and Gareth were busy coordinating multiple teams which were combing the city for any sign of the monsters. They also station personnel at the dungeon entrance and the Daedalius area where the Xenos came out of.
Knowing that Bell was involved, they suspected the Freya familia would be backing him. The problem is that Freya had the only key to get in the Knossos.
At the same time, they made the logical connection behind the guild's actions and the invading monsters. What they could not understand is why anyone would protect the monsters. But it seemed the guild, Ganesha familia and the Freya familia were all colluding on the matter.
Ais was horrified by the news that her boyfriend helped the monsters, and she could not understand how that could be possible. She wanted to talk to him, but was forbidden to do so.
- At the Hermes Home -
Hermes was visibly scheming while Asfi worried. Hermes was certainly not going to allow some talking monsters to affect the reputation of the hero who will move the age...
- At the Folkvangr -
Freya was also notified of Bell's reputation taking a big hit, and she was not about to allow that. As a start, until further notice, Bell was not allowed to leave Folkvangr without Freya accompanying him. Such an order was highly unusual, particularly with Freya who avoids the public as much as she does. Fortunately, Ottar was able to procure 3 Hades Hats...
In the meantime, Ottar was gathering intelligence from their spies around the city, roughly learning where the Xenos were hiding. They were also in touch with Fels, who was able to communicate with some of the Xenos.
The plan was to allow the Xenos to lay low for a few days so that the Loki familia would be less vigilant. When the time comes, they would then sneak the Xenos back to the dungeon or the Knossos...