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Chapter 2: Dungeon crawling is fun, if you survive
My eyes slowly opened as my brain slowly booted. "That was probably the best night's sleep I've ever had." My arms tightened around the goddess that was still asleep on top of me. "She's so light." I smiled softly as a soft snore escaped her mouth. Deciding that it was probably time to get up I began to poke her in the side.
At first nothing happened but then she giggled. "Damniaaan, stop it!" she mumbled sleepily. I however did not obey her as I poked her again. "5 more minutes." I sighed before an idea pooped into my head.
"We have to get up." I relied as I lifted my head slightly and kissed the top of her head. She lifted her head and looked at me. I almost burst out laughing when I saw that her face was glowing red. "I really need to get up though. I promised my advisor I would report to her when I joined a Familia."
Hestia reluctantly nodded and let go of me however my one arm still held her tightly against me. "I don't really want to let go." My mind was in turmoil. I've never been one to get attached to others, yet here I was refusing to let go of a woman I've barely known for a day. "Am, am I in love with her? This quickly?" I stared deep into her crystal blue eyes. "I'll have to figure this out." With a deep sigh and a lot of will power I managed to remove my arm to allow her to roll off of me as I sat up.
"I haven't slept that well in a long time." I heard her mumble just loud enough so that I could hear it but I didn't respond.
Clearing my throat I pointed at the shower. "You can go first." She blushed and nodded before standing up and making her way to the small bathroom and closing the door. With a groan I fell back down onto the bed with my arm covering my eyes. "I wonder how I'm not freaking out right now?" I lowered my arm and looked around. "I mean, I got kidnapped, teleported to another world, dropped in a dungeon and now I'm in love with a goddess." Closing my eyes I rested my head on the bed and inhaled. "It still smells like her."
I must have dozed because I was woken by a delicate hand shaking me away. Slowly opening my eyes I saw Hestia standing next to the bed with a smile and a blush on her face. Without speaking I stood up and made my way into the bathroom to prepare for the day.
Three hours later
It took me and hour and a half to walk Hestia to her stand where she hugged me and sent me off. It took me another 30 minutes to arrive at the guild where I met with my advisor, Eina Tulle, before making my way to the dungeon.
So here I am, walking down the well-crafted spiral stairs that leads to the dungeon. The light blue walls telling me that I had officially entered the dungeon. It only took me three minutes to find my first monster. "It seems like the goblins love me." Crawling from three different holes in the wall was three goblins all armed with wooden clubs. Gripping my sword I focused my mind on the very familiar skill I had gained Flash step.
Everything seemed to move in slow-motion as I moved. To the goblins I looked like I simply disappeared before reappearing behind their comrade blade drawn and coated with black blood. With a spray of blood, the goblin leading the charge splint in two diagonally. Flicking my wrist to remove the blood I sheathed my sword again, before assuming my stance. I ignored the black dust as I focused on the two goblins before me.
Taking a single step forward I appeared in front of the goblin. It had no time to react save for the widening of its eyes before my sword was free of its scabbard and singing through the air once more. I activated my skill again to escape the spray of blood that left the now headless goblins neck.
Vanishing once more, I appeared behind the last goblin and stabbed it in the back. The last two exploded into dust leaving behind their crystals. With a flick of my wrist, the blood flew from my blade and splattered on the ground. Sheathing my sword I quickly picked up the three stones before moving on.
The first four floors where easy to clear and after reaching the stairs leading down to the fifth floor I took a little break. Once I was done resting I took the steps down.
The walls began to change to a light green colour as I finally reached the bottom. I started to wonder down the passage before a cam to a rather large room. Seeing nothing I made my way deeper but once I reached the centre the walls around me started to crack as rather large red ants broke through.
"Crap, I'm surrounded." The little bastards had boxed me in. All in all I counted 15 of them some larger than others. "Well, let's mop you up!" with a yell I activated my skill again. I grit my teeth as I pushed it to its maximum.
I appeared in front of the first monster with my sword in reverse grip above my head and plunged it downwards. The forged steel easily piercing the monsters natural armour but I didn't wait around for anything to happen as I reversed the grip on the hilt and my sword free before disappearing in a burst of speed.
Appearing next to another ant, I removed its head from its body with a single swing and once again blurred away. Ignoring the clicking noises the ants were making I moved on to my next target. Steel flashed through the air as I cut its head in half horizontally. Instincts screaming at me caused me to roll to the side as one of the ants pounced on my previous position. With a yell I thrust my blade forward piercing its head. "Tch, I really need some range attacks." Vanishing in another flash step to avoid another ant I brought my blade down on its head killing it instantly.
"Since flash step is from bleach, I wonder if I can get some spells for it?" I mumbled as I cut the head off of another ant. Soon the last ant fell an I was left panting in the middle of the room with nothing but dust and 15 magic stones.
"That" Pant pant "was a workout." Wiping the sweat from my forehead I sheathed my sword and collected my stones. "I hate ants."
Before I could leave the room, however, I heard another monster spawn. "Please don't be more ants." My whish was granted by I wasn't sure if it was better. In the room was what could only be described as a living shadow. "Shit, war shadow." The creature was completely black save for its giant red eye. It had two long arms each with three very sharp looking claws. Still feeling a bit drained from the repeated use of the flash step I drew my sword not willing to risk a mind down in a situation like this.
The creature didn't waste time as it charged me. I ducked beneath its first swing but was forced to block its other arm immediately after. Recovering quickly I swung my scabbard at it forcing it to block the blow. I quickly followed up my attack with an upwards cut with my sword catching the shadow at the elbow relieving it of one of its arms.
A burning sensation in my abdomen caused me to look down. There was a small cut. I looked back at the war shadow, which seemed pleased with itself. "You little shit!" I flung myself at the creature bringing my scabbard down on its head. My speed completely catching it of guard as it crashed into what I assumed was a skull staggering it. I followed up with my blade as it opened a deep cut on its stomach.
I stepped to the side to avoid its remaining claw before bludgeoning it in the gut with the scabbard causing it to stumble back. It lunged at me again but I knocked its claw away with the sheath and swung my blade upwards again. Its second arm fell to the ground with a wet plop. I brought my blade to my right shoulder and followed up with a backhanded swing cutting off its head in two.
I watched with a sigh as it exploded into black dust. Collecting its crystal, I decided it was probably better to rest before continuing.
With Hestia
"I don't understand this." The goddess thought to herself. "Why am I feeling like this? It felt so right when he held me." She shook her head. "I don't even know him that well!"
A second voice joined her in her internal conversation. "Do you need too?" She was taken aback at the question.
"Of course! A relationship can't be built if the people involved don't know each other!"
"So you do want a relationship with him?"
"I-" Hestia froze. "Yes? No? I don't know! This is all new to me!"
"Then take it slow! It's clear that he is interested in you as well if those little kisses where any indication."
Hestia blushed before regaining herself. "Who are you by the way?"
The voice sighed. "I'm you dummy. Why else would I be in your head?"
"Good point!" She ignored the huff of her inner voice. "So, what do you suggest I do?"
"Get to know him, obviously. Then? You see where it goes." Hestia nodded. The day didn't seems so bleak anymore and she actually looked forward to going home.
With Damian
Blocking a goblins club with my scabbard, I quickly stabbed it in the chest before spinning out of the way of dagger wielded by a Kobold. It seems that the lower you go, the more variety there is in monsters. "The spawn rate has also increased." I noticed that the further I went in, the quicker the monsters came out. It didn't really bother me as I continued to dispatch the current group of monsters.
Activating my personal skill again, I vanished only to reappear behind a group of goblins. Blood sprayed into the air as they fell to the ground dead with a multitude of wounds. Spinning around I blocked the claws of a war shadow before striking it in the face with my scabbard stunning it. One quick swipe later and it exploded into dust.
Looking at the remaining group of monsters I took a deep breath. "Next!" I vanished again and appeared between them. Spinning in a circle, flesh met steel and steel won. Quite easily I might add. Death claimed them quickly allowing me to collect their stones, no pun intended.
"I think floor seven is a good as place as any to stop." Nodding to myself I turned around and started my trek out of the dungeon. It was hard work I tell you, but fun as hell.
The journey back was just as monster filled as it was when I came down. By the time I reached the exit of the dungeon, my satchel was basically overflowing with Magic stones. I looked down at it. "I need to either get a bigger bag, or more than one. Or I should leave the crystals on the upper floors and just pick up the better ones?" I shrugged and started walking up the spiral stairs that led out of the dungeon and made my way towards the guild building. The sun was already low in the sky telling me that it was probably around 5pm.
Entering the set of double doors I searched for my advisor. Spotting her at the same counter she was using in the morning I made my way over to her. "Miss Tulle." I greeted her. She looked up at me and smiled.
"Damian! It's good to see you!" She smiled before pointing at the chair on the other side of the counter. "Did it go well?" I nodded and placed my satchel on the counter and opening it. She peered inside and nodded. Adjusting her glasses she spoke again. "How far did you go today?"
"I went down to floor seven before returning."
She looked shocked. "I know you're level two, but please, be careful when going further. It only gets more dangerous." I nodded but said nothing. "That being said, you did good work. Let me exchange this for you." I picked up the satchel and emptied it into the tray on her counter. Taking the tray to the back she returned soon after with 3 bags of valis.
"Let's see, there were 152 stones from the first four floors, that's 22,800 valis, and 456 for floor 5 through seven. That totals you up to 136,800 for the second set for a grand total of 159,600 valis."
My eyes widened. That's a crap load of money! Eina seemed to agree with me as she stared at me with her mouth hanging open. "How is that possible? That's a total of 608 monsters!" she questioned and just shrugged. Not really seeing why others can't kill so many monsters.
I stood up and took the bags and placed them in the satchel. "Thank you for your assistance Miss Tule. I think I'll take the next day or two off." She just nodded dumbly. I turned around and sighed as I made my way home. "I've been sighing a lot lately." Shaking my head I continued on my way back to the church until a new idea popped into my head.
Stopping at the market place I bought a few ingredients to cook with. I might be young but my mother made sure that I could look take care of myself if I ever left the nest so to speak. "That happened far sooner than we expected." Shaking my head to clear away the memories that threatened to resurface I started picking up what I needed.
20 minutes later I was happily on my way home with a bag of various ingredients. It was almost completely dark by the time I had reached the church where Hestia and I resided. My spine tingled as I entered the rundown church. "We need to get a better place to live!" with that thought in my mind my pace quickened until I reached the stairs that lead down into the basement.
Reaching the bottom of the stairs, I rested my sword against a nearby wall and placed the bag on the table. It was a modest little underground flat with a small dining/living room that held a round table with four chairs and a worn couch. Connected to it was a small kitchen with a stove in the far corner and a cold box and kitchen counters lining the walls.
Also connected with the living room was a door that leads to the bedroom that only had a large bed and a dresser as well as another door that led to a small on suite bathroom.
"Hestia!" I called out to see if she was home. The sound of bare feet hitting the stone floor alerted me to the rapidly approaching goddess. The bedroom door swung open revealing the youthful goddess. I saw her face light up as a large smile formed on her face when she saw me. "Here we go." Like a train arriving on schedule, the beautiful goddess began to run at me. Taking a stronger stance I prepared myself to catch her as she leapt at me.
The impact of her body against mine caused me to stumble bit as my arms instinctively wrapped around her waist while hers snaked around my neck and she buried her head in my chest.
"You're home." Her voice was barely above a whisper as she hugged me a little tighter causing a small smile to appear on my face as I kissed the top of her head. I ignored the small 'eep' that escaped her as my arms tightened around her pulling her closer to me.
"I'm home." I felt the tension drain from her body as we enjoyed holding each other. It was that truth. I've been with her for barely a day, yet it felt more like home than my previous world. "If I ever find that old bastard I'll have to thank him for bringing me here, right after I shank his ass that is." Chasing the thought away, I sank into the warmth Hestia's body provided. "I don't want to let go." Unknown to me, the same thought was going through the mind of the woman I was holding in my arms.
Growl!
Both our stomachs made themselves known at the same time causing both of us to blush in embarrassment. "I think I need to start with dinner." She nodded into my chest as I reluctantly lessened my grip on her slim waist causing her to look up at me. Seeing her blue eyes gaze at me made my heart skip a beat and I could hear a soft voice in the back of mind telling me to kiss the goddess in front of me. "Not yet." I heard it sigh but it cheered when I brought my lips to her forehead and kissed it softly.
I stepped back causing her to let go of me, this allowed me to see that her face was right red reminding me of a tomato. I chuckled softly when she glared at me.
Dinner was prepared in silence as was our meal. After cleaning the dishes I sat down on the couch and leaned my head backwards and closed my eyes letting my thoughts wonder. It presented me with a problem though, as each time my thoughts returned to Hestia. All I could think of was her beautiful blue eye and her perfect smile when she saw me. The memories of her caused a warm feeling to bloom in my chest.
That feeling only increased when I felt a weight settle on my lap and a pair of slender arms wrapping around my neck. Opening my eyes slightly, I only saw a mop of black hair. "Hestia?"
"shhhhhh." She laid her head down on my chest. "Let's just stay like this for a while, okay?" I nodded saliently and held her to my chest. We stayed like this for several minutes before she spoke up again. "Promise me." Her voice was barely above a whisper and it sounded almost like she was pleading.
"Promise you what?" I questioned her even though I was fairly sure what it was she wanted.
"Promise me that you'll never abandon me."
"Thought so." I hugged her a little tighter. "I promise." Her grip around my neck tightened a bit. "I promise I won't leave you. I'll stay by your side as long as you'll have me."
She lifted her head and smiled brightly at me. "Then you will be staying a very long time!"
I placed my forehead against hers. We both blushed at the contact as I spoke. "Then we are in agreement." She laid her head on my chest again as we both felt the tension leave our bodies.
"We should update your status." Her voice was soft but also full of determination. I nodded as be both stood up and made out way to the bedroom. Once there I removed my upper clothing and laid down on my stomach. I felt her sit on my lower back before I felt something land on my back.
I heard her gasp and felt her get off. Flipping myself over I laid on my back as I watched her study the piece of paper in her hand. "Hestia?"
"How?" I tilted my head to the side in confusion. She sighed as she handed me the paper.
Damien White
Level 2
•Strength: S 990 (1990)
•Endurance: C 620 (1503)
•Dexterity: S 1000 (2000)
•Agility: SS 1150 (2150)
•Magic: SS 1200(2200)
Skill
Flash Step
Developmental Skills
Swordsman
"Well damn." I stared at the page with wide eyes before looking back at Hestia.
"What did you do down in the dungeon?" she placed her hands on her hips and glared at me.
"Nothing!" I raised my hands in defence. "I only went down to the Seventh floor." Her eyebrow popped up.
"And?"
"I may have killed a lot of monsters?" I replied shyly.
She looked at me. "How many?"
"Around 700 give or take a few? I got over 100,000 valis?" I could almost see the dollar sign in her eyes as her mouth began to water.
She noticed me staring at her so she shook her head. "F- fine! I'll forgive you this time!"
I laughed and bowed. "Thank you so much." I straightened my back before placing the back of my hand against my forehead and crying out dramatically. "AH! I have such a greedy goddess! She only takes offerings of money!"
She blushed and swatted me on the arm. "D-don't say such things, idiot!" Seeing her flustered only made me laugh more. I quickly grabbed her arm and spun her around and throwing her onto the bed before I started to tickle her.
"Hahaha, -stop it! Hahaha, you can't- haha- do this to me!" I continued my onslaught for a few seconds before stopping and dropping down onto the bed next to her on my back with a smile still on my face as I watched her as she took a number of deep breaths to calm herself.
I stood up. "I need to go take a shower." She just nodded and pouted at me. "Cute!"
I left the bathroom 15 minutes later feeling refreshed. Making my way towards the door then led to the living room I was stopped by her voice. "Where you going?" I turned my head to look at her.
"I'm going to sleep on the couch?" She shook her head and started to blush.
"No, the bed is big enough for both of us." Now I was blushing as well. "Y-your goddess commands it!"
"Very well. If the goddess commands it, this lowly minion shall obey." I crawled onto the bed and laid down on my back. Almost immediately I felt her weight on my arm as she rested her head on my chest.
"Your goddess requires her pillow!" my arm that she was laying on wrapped around her waist and pulled her closer as a small smile formed on my face. She let out a content sigh as she snuggled into my chest causing me to chuckle.
Hestia lifted her head and rested her chin on my chest. Her blue eyes peered into mine as she spoke. "Will you tell me of your home?" My entire body suddenly went stiff and I guess that she noticed. "Sorry." her eyes turned sad. "I didn't mean to pry."
I shook my head as I recovered from the shock. "It's okay. I made my piece with it long ago." I sighed before speaking again. "I never knew my dad. My mom said he died when I was really young. Disease apparently." I closed my eyes trying to fight off the memories. "Mom raised me on her own, working two jobs just to keep the roof over our heads."
"She sounds like a strong woman." Hestia replied in a soft tone.
"Yeah, she was."
"Was?" Hestia felt her heart drop into her stomach.
I nodded. "There was an accident when I was 16 years old. Our house caught fire." I heard her gasp. "My mom managed to get me to safety but the house collapsed with her still inside." I was now fighting to stop the tears from flowing. "They said it was a freak accident, but I'm not so sure."
"What do you mean?"
I sighed. "I read the reports. There was no cause. They couldn't find any form of accelerants or anything."
"You suspect someone caused it?" I nodded at her. "How?"
"I don't know. And I don't think I ever will."
"Why do you think that?"
I opened my eyes and stared at her. "I'm not from around here."
A look of confusion crossed appeared on her face. "Orario?"
I shook my head. "I'm not from this world Hestia." Her eyes widened and if her chin wasn't resting on my on my chest it would surely be hanging open. "You probably figured out that I was new to Orario?" She nodded. "What you don't know is that I was kidnapped from my home in the middle of the night, somehow transported across dimensions and dropped in the fourth floor of the dungeon with nothing but the cloths on my back and the sword I have."
"Why?" Tears formed in her eyes. "Why would someone do that too you?"
I shrugged. "In the end it doesn't matter." I stated.
"DOESN'T MATTER!?" her sudden yell startled me a bit. "How can you say that!?"
"Honestly? My life after my mom's death wasn't all that great." I swallowed the lump that was forming in my throat. "I had no friends, no other family members to go too so I kind of just floated around." I looked her in the eyes. "The reason I said it doesn't matter is because if that old piece of shit didn't do it I would have never met you."
By now Hestia was crying and hugging me tightly. I smiled sadly and just held her close. "So I'll be in your care from now on." She nodded into my chest as she sniffed. Finally managing to calm down she began to ask me questions on the world I came from and we spent most of the night stalking before sleep finally claimed us.
Fin!
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