Hey guys! This is the remastered version of my as expected, living in a world with gods is hard.
I might not be able to update for a couple of weeks due to my midterms. See you guys soon!
"One beer, please." Life is hard especially if you are suddenly transported to another world. While having a powerful magical ability is nice and all, it still won't be of much use to powerful opponents. Especially in a world where demigods, in a way, are mingling with regular people.
"Oh, back from the Dungeon already?" A massive woman with brown hair tied to a ponytail said with a smile.
"Yeah, had my partner go home first. We went to the fourth floor a few hours ago."
"Fourth floor? It's only been a week." A young woman around my age with short brown hair and cat ears on top of her head announced in a loud voice.
"I had to drag the kid away, he wanted to explore more and I have no doubts that he would drag me here tomorrow," I said as I removed the black trench coat with purple embroidery that I wore and put it on my lap, leaving me on my shirt.
"Leave him be." The gigantic woman said, glaring at the girl. "You have a shift, you know."
I could only smile at how fast that girl moved.
"That's an annoying thing." The woman said as she looked at me, or rather, the necklace I wore with a simple purple ring as a pendant. "I won't ask why you have that thing, but don't bring any trouble to my restaurant."
"No worries, It's just insurance against the forces of chaos." The ring was simple yet it had a special enchantment, it basically masks my presence and makes me unnoticeable by my presence alone. If someone, say... a deity, decided to look for me, they would see nothing as it hid me from their view but there was a limit... If they see me on the street then they would see me but never through magical means and even if they did, it will be hard as it also allows me to 'merge' my presence to the surroundings and making me hard to detect.
A sublimation of my overpowered skill, or rather, a portion of it. My skill was simple, while I already had it before, it only surfaced once I received this Falna from Hestia, the greek goddess of the hearth. Nice woman, but very clingy to Bell, thank God.
My skill basically allows me to change into four different classes from an MMORPG I used to play and have been playing for 9 years just before I died, which was around a month and a half ago. Those four classes are based on the four class archetypes such as the Fighter, Light Mage, Dark Mage, and Rogue. This ring can be likened to the manifestation of the nature of my Rogue class, the Dragonsoul Shinobi. Basically, with my Rogue class archetype on, I was a ninja. Not like the chakra-wielding Naruto ninjas, but ninjas nonetheless.
While I can tone down the effectiveness of the ring, I prefer using it to deter Bell's presence as much as I could. After all, I am his familiar... I wonder how did that happen? According to the anime, Bell only received magic due to the Grimoire he found in this restaurant.
"Here," A soft hand that belonged to a girl. She belonged to a fairy tale, an Elf with blonde hair, Ryuu Lyon. On her hand was a tankard of my current order.
"Thank you," Without thinking about anything, I took the tankard of beer and for a split second, I felt like I touched her hand but moved my hand to hold the tankard completely. The problem I have that I needed to overcome the most is Freya. IF Ais saves Bell in the dungeon, then Freya would spot him the next day. While only knowing about the events in the anime, I could not risk Bell's life. The kid was too nice and it would be a shame if he were to die.
Wait... why didn't Ryuu move yet? What are you doing Bell's future Waifu!? Go away and let me be a cool brooding nerd!
"Something wrong?" Our eyes met and I could not help but feel a shiver up my spine. It was like she was looking at some sort of monster that she needed to dissect or something! Oh yeah, my ring also has the ability to basically render me a faceless figure to others outside of my Familia.
"Nothing," And with that, she left. Thank goodness, I will live another day.
"Here! On the house!" With those words, a huge plate of pasta was put in front of me. That was a lot of pasta, but why?
"Thanks," The only problem I have is Freya. She is the best person to have as a backer if Bell decides to challenge the dungeon but he would only grow more with Hestia.
Decisions, Decisions.
The mead was good, not like soda.
No, I will just let fate run its course. It would be detrimental if I... no, I'm already past that point. Since Bell is back in the church already, I can do some research.
"Mia, compared to the first ten floors, how tough are the middle floors?" I asked and I could immediately feel how she focused on me.
"The monsters spawn faster and are more dangerous. The monster Rex is on the 17th floor. Why... you better not."
Finishing my pasta, I fished out a sack of coins and slammed it on the table. "If I don't come back, that covers my tab." Walking towards the door, I stared at Syr Flova, Or should I call her...
"Syr," I called out and I could see how she paused and looked at me curiously, similar to a child looking at a new toy. But knowing who she really was... I raised my hand and aimed it at her like a finger gun. And Just to tease her a bit... "You're pretty good!"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean what I said," Opening the door and giving the owner a two-finger salute, I head on my merry way toward the Dungeon. Armed with the standard issue dagger as well as a pouch filled with needles and potions, I made my way into the dungeon.
That is a big guy! Around 7 meters and a humanoid to boot! Reaching inside the rogue archetype class I have, I pulled out several throwing knives tipped with shadows. It took me several hours to reach her on foot but compared to this guy...
Raising my hand, I call out the sword I have decided to use. A longsword as red as blood. The burning Blade. While it is a sword, it deals 15% damage to all monsters I fight.
This should be fun.
"Strange," A blonde male looking like a child said. "The Goliath should have spawned here."
"Maybe someone took care of it, Captain." A dark-skinned girl said as she focused on the blonde.
"Maybe." Noticing something, the child-like male looked at a white-haired male dressed in a jacket with a scrunched-up nose. "Bete?"
"It stinks!" He shouted as he covered his nose. "Someone used poison here!"
"Poison? At a floor boss?" A green-haired woman dressed in robes said as she looked at a blonde-haired young woman. "Ais?"
"Needles," She said, showing them a bloodstained needle tinted with shadows. "Knives." She continued and pointed at the wall with what seemed to be a knife pinning a mass of flesh on the wall.
Before they could continue their observations, numerous minotaurs formed all around them. sadly one of them managed to get pricked by a bloodstained needle before it collapsed, writhing in agony and frothing in the mouth.
At the same time, Bell Cranel ran away from a minotaur while screaming in fright.
'Suffering strengthens character, Bell.' The voice of his familiar said inside his mind.
'Save me!'
'I told you not to go down to the fifth floor, this is your punishment.'
'Ren!'
Despite how close he is to his contractor, Bell's familiar did not move, instead, he waited.
"Unleashed streak of light, bow limbs of the holy tree. You are an expert of the bow. Shoot, sniper of the fairies. Penetrate, arrow of absolute accuracy." A ray of light eradicated the monster in front of Bell Cranel, leaving him a quivering mess while leaning on a wall.
"Are you okay, human?"
The contractor
I'm sorry I did not listen!
Behind me, a massive monster ran after me as I swerved through the numerous twists and turns of the dungeon. Why was this happening?! I never should have ignored his warnings!
I could feel my partner, familiar, near me. He was near where I am and hidden in the shadows but why is he not helping me?
'Suffering strengthens character, Bell,' My familiar said through our mental link.
Save me!
'I told you not to go down to the fifth floor, this is your punishment.'
I tripped! Oh no!
'That's enough.' The familiar told him and he was expecting his familiar to pop out from the middle of nowhere-
"Unleashed streak of light, bow limbs of the holy tree. You are an expert of the bow. Shoot, sniper of the fairies. Penetrate, arrow of absolute accuracy." A beautiful voice echoed throughout the fifth floor and before I knew it, the monster was gone! It was disintegrated by a flash of light. Magic?!
"Are you okay, human?" A beautiful young woman appeared in front of my eyes and before I knew it, I could feel my cheeks heat up. She was beautiful and it was like I just walked right into a scene from a book.
Huh? Looking to my side, I could see how the right side of my jacket was drenched in blood and a monster from the 5th floor was already dead. Looking to the side, I could not help but stare in shock.
If the elf was from a fairy tale then this one was a princess with golden hair.
The familiar,
Okay... why did Lesbian elf save Bell?! It was supposed to be Ais who did so... Oh no! I messed up! I shouldn't have killed that Goliath!
A familiar high-pitched scream echoed through the fifth floor.
Well, there he goes!
Well, things just went to a whole new level.
"Are you okay?" Before I knew it, Ais Wallenstein was already in front of me. How!? I was hidden in the shadows!
"You can see me?"
"Yes,"
"Thank you for saving Bell," I told her, I could at least remedy this even if Hestia becomes pissed at me.
"Bell?"
"That's his name. I am his familiar, while I could have saved him from the Minotaur and the monsters, I was letting them chase him as punishment."
"I see."
"Bell Cranel is his name and his advisor is a half-elf named Eina Tulle." With those words, I left as soon as I could towards Bell. Tomorrow would be quite a headache.
if you guys are confused, basically our mc over here has a cheat skill.
His cheat skill allows him to use four classes from each of the archetypes of an MMORPG.
It's AQworlds, one of my favorite games and I have been playing it for years.
1. Rogue Archetype: Dragonsoul Shinobi
2. Dark Mage Archetype: ?
3. Light Mage Archetype:?
4. Fighter Archetype: ?
The fighter archetype is the tank, the dark mage and Rogue are the DPS, while the Light mage is the support
Bell Harem: Ais,
Ren Harem: ?