Taking Advantage
At that point, the monster then turned its attention back to the injured pallum. Fortunately, Tione arrived, followed by Tiona, Bell and Ottar soon after. Seeing Ais injured, Bell was furious and the grand bell immediately started ringing. As Bell charged, Tione used a potion on Finn while Tiona went to assist the few small Xenos carry Lefiya to safety. That left Bell and Ottar to deal with the monster.
The monster assessed the situation and decided Ottar was the much bigger threat. Thus it focused its attack on Ottar, who took on the monster while Bell continued to charge.
Once Finn started to recover a bit, he immediately warned Bell and Ottar about the monster. Meantime Tione tried to princess carry Finn back, but sadly he wanted to stay.
Finn "The monster's armor reflects magic. Bell, whatever you do, do not use an argonaut firebolt on it"
Hearing the warning, Bell decided to instead cast firebolt on his blades before applying argonaut charging to increase their power.
At that point, Ottar was clearly winning being stronger and faster. While the monster could attack with both arms, legs and its vicious tail, Ottar was able to get in several good deep cuts.
Realizing Ottar is far too strong, the monster decided to escape. However, Bell stood in its way with 2 flaming blades that were now glowing brilliant white. Despite the grand bell and the dangerous looking blades, the monster believed that Bell was the easier path for its escape. It slashed at Bell, who countered with a slash with one of his glowing blades. Bell's slash broke through, cutting off one of the monster's arms with the impact sending the monster into the air back towards Ottar. Ottar then sent the monster back towards Bell with a slash with his huge sword that chopped off the monster's tail. While the monster was still up in the air from the rebound, Bell leaped high into the air and slashed down at it with the other glowing blade. That slash chopped off the monster's other arm and shattered its body. To make sure the job was done, Ottar and Bell hacked the monster to pieces, which soon turned to dust.
The victorious group then headed to the 10th floor to check on the injured. At that point, Riveria was feeling a lot better and Bete just woke back up. Still, with Lefiya and Ais still out cold, they did not want to test their victory. Thus, the entire group headed back up the dungeon with Bell princess carrying Ais and Tiona doing the same with Lefiya. Bell was still very worried about Ais, but she actually quietly woke up about half way back up to the surface...
- At the Cafe near the Babel -
After several hours of waiting, the 3 gods were happy to see them safely returned. The 3 gods could easily tell that Ais was no longer unconscious, but they decided to allow the girl take advantage of the situation...
The first issue discussed was the condition of Alicia and Ray. Turned out that Alicia and Ray were both treated by Airmid, who was able to cure them of the wounds from the cursed weapons. Both were now recovering at a secluded section of the Twilight Manor.
When the topic shifted to the Knossos mission, they all agreed that the Knossos operation still need to proceed. However the hope was that the operation had gotten easier with so much of Evilus destroyed. Though after the huge battles, they decided to give themselves a few days to recover and prepare for the mission. Also the Dionysus familia and the Hephaestus familia will be assisting.
Regarding the Xenos, even though the first collaboration was successful, everyone agreed that the overall matter needs to be negotiated. However, they also agreed that it could wait until after the Knossos mission was completed. Plus, they were all glad to hear that the Xenos agreed to take part in the Knossos mission.
Finally, when the conversation turned to the strange monster that defeated so many 1st class Loki adventurers, Fels informed them that the monster was called juggernaut, and it only appears when the dungeon is heavily damaged.
- That Evening -
Freya gave Bell an update and was surprised ...