'What am I still alive please let me die? Please? But I don't want to die. Don't let me die.' Hajimes thoughts were exactly this for the past 4 hours; nothing he can think about, only the never ending pain, his head hurt, his arm was gone, he was thirsty, he was hungry and yet this water was keeping him alive. No. He was keeping himself alive every time he would drink the mysterious water keeping his pain and suffering to go on and on.

6 weeks ago, the start of hell.

"Okay hero's this is it stay close to our knights and don't stray off this is your training!!." A voice boomed out loud this was their captain Meld he was the knight captain and a big brother towards the summoned hero's.

""""""""""""Yes sir!!!!"""""""""""" The classmates all answered enthusiastically.

"Hello nagmou-kun!" Kaori Shirasaki popped up behind Hajime as if she was always there.

"Gah shirasaki-San, why are you there?" Hajime startled and jumped back; he could've sworn that kaori had been in front just a second ago.

"Mouu nagmou-kun is my presence such a terrible thing for you?" Kaori poutted at Hajime. They continued talking to each other until Kaede came along to be with Hajime since she was in his party.

"Hey Ha-Kun let's go, we're about to enter the labyrinth!" Kaede saddled up right next to Hajime and was pulling him." You go to kaori, you have to go with YOUR friends." Kaede smiled gently at Kaori yet her eyes weren't.

"Yes you're right though interrupting OUR conversation is very rude, isn't it?." Kaori also smiled gently but her eyes weren't and something could be faintly seen behind her, it terrified Hajime. Kaori left to go join koukis party and the classmates began to move into the labyrinth.

20 floors later.

"Hahhh!!!!" A blinding light slashed the rat monster apart, killing it almost instantly.

"Kouki, what did I say about using celestial flash!!!" Meld yelled at Kouki, who had destroyed the monster very easily. Kouki started to argue with meld well not argue but justify why he did it. The other classmates, now that there were no monsters, started to relax.

Squelch… squelch

"Hey kid, that's a really nice way of killing those monsters."

"Yeah I agree, nice job kid." Two knights came up to Hajime and complimented him. He had made a pitfall and trapped two monsters in there and killed them with the sword he was given.

"Thanks, I've been trying to figure out ways I can help and so I did this." Hajime accepted the praise and smiled slightly doing so he looked over to….

"Hiyaah!!!." A very cute battle cry as kaede easily dispatched the monsters on her side.

"S-she's really getting at this isn't she?." Hajime looked at his childhood friend, as she had killed so many monsters with her bare fists. Kaede stats were almost as high as the hero kouki amanogawa and her job was a good one as well. Her stats are like this.

Kaede Suzuki.

Age 18

Sex:female

Job artist

Level 18

Strength 156

Vitality 200

Defense 178

Magic 98

Magic defense 98

Agility 180

Skills: Expert martial artist, novice painter, shockwave punch, diamond fists, self healing(low).

Kaede is actually one of the strongest if not strongest heroes summoned along with kouki because of this kouki had tried to get her to join his party but Kaede had refused him coldly saying she'd stay with Hajime. Of course that didn't stop Kouki and he had even told Hajime to stop slowing her down and she'd be better off in his party.

Hajime just ignored him at that time since it was Kaedes' decision not his.

"You're really great, kaede you were always good at martial arts but you're even better now." Hajime praised Kaede with a look of astonishment on his face.

"Ehehe thank you ha-Kun! Kaede, very happy to be praised by Hajime, smiled at him. While also praising Hajime. Captain Meld had told them to round up and Hajime and Kaede moved towards the other classmates.

"Hey what's that?" Hiyama had pointed at a crystal on the ceiling asking very rudely. Everyone's attention was diverted to the crystal as well, they look at it and

"""""""""""""ooooohhh"""""""". The classmates were very excited, after all, the crystal was very beautiful, they looked very amazed.

"That crystal is called a glanz crystal. Glanz Crystals are among the top three jewels used in proposal rings, most nobles in our kingdom use this to propose to women." Captain meld said while also saying " just wait for us to examine if there are any traps in the room."

"How nice." Kaori had said dreamily why also looking at Hajime as if she was asking him to propose to her. Hajime of course didn't see this but someone else did. Hiyama looked very angry but then an idea came to mind and he smiled.

"Heh all we have to do is get it right, then I will get it." Hiyama said loudly and started climbing to get it.

"Hey wait don't grab—" meld was cut off because Hiyama reached it and grabbed it but as someone said, it happened.

Rumble rumble*

The ground started to rumble and a light appeared below them.

" It was a trap!!!!!" Meld yelled as the light began to envelope the students transporting them to somewhere lower.

"Stay close to the knights!!!" Meld's voice boomed out. The students disoriented came back and looked around to see a bridge and a very eerie place that gave them a Terrible feeling

rustle rustle* Noises were made, they immediately looked over only to be even more terrified. After all skeletons were coming out of the ground well not exactly a magic circle was making them come out.

"Roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" They were fixed on the skeletons until a ver loud roar came and there they saw it, a gigantic monster that looked like a bull with two very large horns.

"No way-y." Meld looked shocked because this monster should be on this 65th floor, a monster they weren't ready for.

"Captain meld what's going on?!." Shizuku, quick as always, was the first to gain composure and immediately questions meld, which brought all of the other classmates back to focus.

" This is a monster we're not supposed to be fighting yet. This monster is a behemoth and the others are traum soldiers, we're on the 65th floor higher than anyones ever gone." Meld said dreadfully. The classmates were also shocked, they were not prepared or ready for this but it didn't matter as the monsters didn't care.

"Rhaaa!!" The traum soldiers, uncaring of the students, were rather charged with a bloodlust that scared the students.

"Knights form a circle and protect the hero's!!!!" Melds voiced boomed. He was going to get into position to buy a voice made him stop.

"Celestial flash!!"Kouki yelled and unleashed one his strongest spells he had. He had been charging it this entire time and unleashed it at the behemoth.

scrasshh* The divine wrath had hit the behemoth's head creating a loud sound that echoed on the walls. Everyone stopped as there was a cloud of smoke around the behemoth.

"Nice job Kouki!!" Ryutarou said loudly as he went behind Kouki and praised him for killing the behemoth. Kouki smiled slightly, feeling happy but of course nothing was that simple.

roarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!" The smoke finally disappeared and there it was the behemoth still standing not a scratch on it as it stared at Kouki with a bloodlust so powerful it felt like it could kill normal people. Everyone was shocked and their hope was gone if their strongest hero couldn't do it than who could.

"Tch knights get the hero's to safety, we cannot let the warriors of ehit die!!!!!" Meld gave his orders and the knights followed them rounding up the children and protecting them from the traum soldiers.

"Ahhh!!" A knight had been blindsided as he was making sure the children were moving and his body split into two by the traum soldier making his blood splatter and his body fall toward the hero's. They looked on in hours afraid even though they had been training they couldn't move.

"Kyahh!!" A girl screamed as the traum soldiers ganged up on her and she was unable to do anything but as they were about to stab her the ground split sending the traum soldiers to their death falling down into the abyss, saving the girl. She looked surprised but then Hajime came over to her and held out his hand.

"Come on, we gotta hurry and retreat. All of you are Op as hell so you can't die here to just a measly pile of bones just stay calm." Hajime said confidently to the girl as she grabbed his hand and pushed her along to the other classmates

"We can't, we have to kill this monster and we won't leave you behind meld-San!" Kouki had said to meld who was holding off the monster

"No Kouki, we have to retreat!" Shizuku said, trying to pull Kouki.

"Shizuku-Chan," Kaori said worriedly.

"Heh this isn't the worst time we've done something stupid let's go Kouki!" Ryutarou had his support in Kouki which caused Kouki to ignore shizuku and everyone else and go towards meld until.

"Amanogawa-kun!!!!" Hajime cam running up towards Kouki yelling loudly.

"What are you doing you moron!!! Look behind you for once in your life!!!!" Hajime grabbed kouki and started yelling while pointing at the classmates who were scrambling and scared trying to fight off the traum soldiers.

"But we have to save mel-"

"You idiot, your classmates are struggling because they don't have their leader!!" Hajime finally said, causing Kouki to back up and stiffen, Hajime was usually mature and quiet but now he was yelling and telling Kouki what to do.

"Okay yeah you're right we need to go help them sorry meld-San we're going to have to—". Leave you behind is what Kouki was probably gonna say but then the behemoth launched an attack at them Hajime made a stone wall around himself, kouki, shizuku, kaori and Ryutarou. The shockwave immediately broke the wall but the wall was able to tone down the damage.

Kouki and others were sent flying but they recovered quickly and the behemoth let out a roar blowing all the dust away.

"Dammit we have to buy time." Kouki said while coughing up blood.

"Not like we have a choice!!!" Shizuku and Ryutarou got up and started walking towards the behemoth.

"Kaori heal meld-san!!" Kouki yelled and gave his command to kaori.

"Okay!" Kaori ran over to meld and the other knights and started to chant her spell to heal them.

"O Holy spirit! Bring ruin to all that is evil with thine divine light! By the breath of God, may these clouds of darkness be swept clear, and the world bathed in sanctity! By the mercy of God, may this strike redeem the sins of man! Divine Wrath!" Kouki, after shizuku and Ryutarou had been buying time, unleashed his strongest spell, divine wrath.

"Haah…haaah…., that had to have killed it right?" Kouki said panty heavily.

"That should have been enough... Haah... Haaah..."

Gradually the light began to fade and the dust cleared and there standing was the behemoth. Not a single scratch on it.

The behemoth let out a low growl as if stating that it was pissed off. Dark red mana that was unique to monsters radiated around it and its horn had turned red as it was glaring out Kouki, it let out a bloodlust more powerful than before.

"Run, don't just stand there!!" Meld shouted at Kouki and the others bringing them back they were preparing to run but the behemoth jumped up and launched a horn right into them. Kouki and the others had managed to avoid a direct hit but the shockwaves sent them rolling, covered in wounds.

"Can you guys still move!!" Meld ran over to them while Kaori was healing the other knights and asked them. The only response they could muster were groans. They might not have been hit directly but the shockwaves surely had damaged their internal organs.

Meld had looked up to see Hajime and kaede running over to them.

"Kids get Kouki out of here!" Meld had relayed orders to Hajime and Kaede. However Hajime had thought of a different plan and told meld very quickly.

"You sure you can do it kid?" Meld looked at Hajime and Hajime smiled in response with a look of resolve in his eyes.

"Hey kaede help me get everyone to safety help me with kaori !" Meld said to kaede she was hesitant and wanted to leave either Hajime but seeing hajimes resolve she could only help meld with kaor.

"Wind wall!!" Meld had used his spell slamming the behemoth into the ground. Hajime seeing his chance jumped on the behemoth and the residual heat burned him but he didn't care and transmuted the stone around the behemoth. His sky blue mana swirled around him every time the behemoth tried to move Hajime would reform the stone around it.

"Let's go, we need to get to safety!" Meld said and carried Kouki and Ryutaoru while Kaori and Kaede carried shizuku. Hajime was struggling he was able to keep the behemoth in place but the behemoths strength was fearsome as it was breaking out more and more

Meld and others had reached safety and started to round and kill the traum soldiers. The girl Hajime had saved beforehand had rallied all the other students and they had been making a comeback.

"Wait nagmou-kuns still there!" Kaori started to argue with meld who was trying to get everyone to retreat.

"This is all a part of the kid's plan! We're going to break through the soldiers and set up a defensive line so the mages can bombard it with spells! Of course, that comes after he's out of our line of fire! Then he's going to run back to us while we keep the Behemoth busy with a barrage of spells and we're all retreating together!"

"Fine I'll stay behind with him!"

"No, you can't! Once we've made it to safety, you have to heal Kouki, Kaori!"

But—" Kaori's angry protests were cut short by Meld's next words.

"What you're doing is nothing more than spitting on his resolve!"

"Ah—'' Kaori gave up and started healing Kouki while the others were dealing with the tramu soldiers and were finally able to get to saftey.

Hajimes mana had just run out and he fell down causing the behemoth to rage and flounder around to find who was the pesky pest that had been keeping it. Hajime got up and ran towards meld and the other while they charged up and attacked with fireballs.

Hiyama had always hated Hajime. He loved kaori yet she chose him. He was lower than Hiyama and yet 'why doesn't she look at me even though he's lower than me?' These thoughts were always in his head; it truly went to show how pathetic he was. He remembered that look kaori had on Hajime when they saw the glanz crystal and smiled cruelly.

Hajime was getting closer and the fireballs hit the behemoth causing the bridge to Shake and crumble but that's when he noticed.

' A fireballs going to hit me? Why?' Hajime had processed this and jumped back even though the fireball didn't hit him; it sent him flying back, falling down with the behemoth.'

"Nagmou kun!"

"Ha-Kun!" Hajime could see two girls running with tears in their eyes. Shizuku Held them back and Kouki came over as well, holding them back. Kaede glared hatefully at both of them but meld came in and chopped both kaori and kaede knocking them out and shizuku caught them.

"Sorry I can't let anyone else die" meld had said to them. Time seemed to have slowed down. All the students were pale and everyone could only hear one thing: the scream of Hajime as he was falling down into the dark abyss.