Chapter 15.


Normal POV.

After introducing herself, Mikoto reached her hand out and which Bell gladly took with both of his hands.

He still couldn't believe that his guess was right, that the girl in front of hims was actually an adventurer working as a part-time waitress.

But seeing her in her adventurer gear really made him realize just how attractive and cool she is.

She had a red Kimono on top but only her right sleeve was worn, she also has a white sleeveless shirt that is fit in her form showing her curves.

She also has a similar sword to him but the difference is hers is a straight one and a little shorter compared to his or Kaguya's.

On the bottom, she has a mixed color outfit consisting of purple and red Obi and red Hakama while her hair is tied the same way he first saw her except that the tie she is using right now is replaced by a flower looking hair ornament.

"You're amazing Bell-san, even after living here in Orario for almost a decade now. You are the first ever adventurer to level up twice a day not to mention for such a short amount of time after your first day." Mikoto scooted a little closer while waiting for them to arrive at their designated floor.

"I-I guess... It's just a little overwhelming since ever since my rank up was announced, every single Familia in Orario started to want me in their numbers. Even the ones that rejected me back then when I first arrived here." Bell wore a solemn look before smiling again.

"Well, they wasted such a good opportunity to recruit a small member like you. I'm sure none of those Familia expected this." The samurai girl grinned before noticing that they've already arrived at their destination.

"By the way, which way are you? The armor and accessories shop or the weapon shop?"

"I'll go to the armory, since I don't have any adventure gear. I think I need a good one for today since I'm going somewhere a little dangerous with someone I know."

"Then shall we go together? I'm also headed there since I need to pick up my friend's gear."

The two of them walked through the hallway while glancing at the different types of equipment.

At first, Bell was surprised by how ridiculously pricey they were for looking so lame and plain but when he noticed what type of materials they are made of, he started to understand why.

Even though they look so lame.

"I can understand your thoughts about that, those things might have a price tag but they are actually only for display, to show how high the qualities of their equipment are." Mikoto made a comment.

"Oh Mikoto, are you here to pick up your member's gear?" they arrived at the shop where Mikoto was headed and got greeted by a woman with an eye patch.

To say that she was a bombshell was an understatement, her figure is comparable to his mother's but before he could have any weird thoughts, he erased those "memories" to his head.

But that doesn't mean that he could just forget those especially with her standing in front of him with only a white bandage covering her top and chest.

"Ah Tsubaki-san, is it already finished?" Mikoto greeted her normally.

"Yeah, I was actually about to ship it to your home before your arrival. By the way, are you the ridiculous adventurer that everyone is talking about? Your appearance might deceive my eye but my instinct as a fighter tells me the opposite. I like you." The cyclops gave him a grin.

"Yes that's him, his name is Bell Cranel." Mikoto introduced him.

"Hello, I'm still new here and this is actually my first time buying equipment. Please take care of me."

"Hehe is that so? But you already have one of my works, guess Finn gave you that?" The half dwarf pointed at his Katana.

"Yes, he said I could take a weapon if I like it and I chose this sword. When I saw this for the first time, I already knew she was the one." He said as he slowly unsheathed the sword and marveled at its blade that shines like silver.

"We match." Her smile only grew wider when she pulled out the exact same sword that Bell has.

"That sword is the same as mine. I wonder if we are a couple now HAHAHA!"

Bell knew that she was just joking and laughed together with her and Mikoto, after that he asked her to guide him around because he's looking for a gear that would fit him and that wouldn't look as lame as the ones they display.

"Then I can show you a secret place that only top ranking adventurers knew. Since you are already as strong as a first class despite being level 3, I think it's only appropriate to receive one from our premium stash."

The three of them went inside the store and headed towards the counter, after rearranging the swords at the wall a secret lift was discovered and Tsubaki took the two of them to a lower floor where they saw a tall man with a fiery red hair.

"Welf, I've brought some customers!" Tsubaki greeted.

"Really? Do they know me? And they better not be an elf." The man said before turning his head away from his forge.

"Hello, I'm here to buy equipment." Bell simply stated.

"I see, are you here for weapons? or gears?"

"Gears."

"Alright, I have some here that would fit your size but I can do a little adjustment to them if you want to or if you feel a little uncomfortable."

The Black Smith opened a huge cabinet that housed many adventurer gears that all fit to Bell, as he eyed every single one of them. His gaze lingered into a single gear that consisted of a simple black coat with gold patterns and sleevless under shirt.

"Oh, you have good eyes. This one is actually one of my best works, It's a little pricey though but I think I can give you a little discount. Wanna test it out?"

Bell took the unusual but nice looking gear and went to the dressing room while Mikoto and the others waited for him outside.

A few seconds later, he came out wearing the full gear and holding his katana in his left hand and the first to react was Tsubaki.

"Oho! You look badass Bell Cranel! This is the first time I saw someone wear something like that and still look cool!"

Bell wore a sleeveless undershirt that reaches towards his middle neck and has a large black coat on top of it. It is a long sleeved one with a black color and gold patterned designs. Though it might look like a normal set of clothes, the red haired smith said that it was made from the rarest material any adventurer could find.

"That coat is made from the Black Goliath's hide. It never spawns to the 18th floor unless 1 condition is met. Though it won't happen again I guess, anyway this is the finest one I have in my shelf. It weighs as much as a heavy full armor but has more durability and is a good piece of gear that doesn't show it's defensive capabilities."

Bell tried to move his arms slightly but felt a very weird sensation, as if his body's weight increased but then it clicked inside his head that it's not his body but the clothes he's wearing.

"It looks like you noticed. Anyway, I know you're busy so I'll just send someone in your home to hand over the contract for the gear, since it's price is a little higher than any other I'll let you pay it maybe once or twice a month. You can take it with you now and go for a spin in the dungeon." The red haired man grinned before turning his head to Tsubaki and nodding to her.

"Tsubaki bringing you to me must mean you're really special, anyway I'm Welf Crozzo. It's nice to meet you Bell Cranel, I wonder what type of nickname you'll receive in the upcoming Denatus today."

After thanking the black smith, Bell left the shop with Mikoto and left the cyclops alone with him.

"Are you going to explore the dungeon today?" Mikoto asked with a smile.

"Yes, I'm actually going to accompany someone to the deep floors. She's also from the far east like you, I bet you'll be surprised to see her in the dungeon." Bell laughed lightly as he recalled his first time meeting him inside the dungeon.

"Then can I accompany you later? I actually became interested since we're from the same homeland."

"Sure! I was actually going to meet her right now on the 18th floor, shall we go?"

The two of them exited the shop and went down to the dungeon immediately but...


"Um... Bell? Why do we have this huge party again?" Mei asked.

"Well... It just sort of happened..." The white haired boy sweat dropped.

"This party is strong enough to go on an expedition down to the 49th floor."

After entering the dungeon, Bell met various of his acquaintances and friends on the way and at the 18th floor.

He first met Hange picking up some magic stones and drop item at the 3rd floor.

Then Alise, Kaguya and Ryu who were on their way to the middle floors.

Then Alicia accompanied by Line and Aki.

Then Shakti and his sister that Bell didn't know until now, Ardee Varma.

And finally, the high elf princess Riveria Ljos Alf who's resting on the 18th floor.

"We can leave if you want some time alone with Bell Cranel." Riveria said to Mei apologetically.

"No it's fine lady Riveria. I don't mind, I'm actually glad because this will make teaching a lot easier since we can relax a little bit more on the deep floors."

"Yeah! You know how the saying goes, "The more, the merrier!!" Hange placed her right arm on Line's shoulders while doing a peace sign.

"Yeah, it's much more enjoyable to explore with your friends right Lionn?" Alise smiled towards the blonde elf who returned with her own.

"Well, we just happen to have some free time and decided to come down for a change." Shakti said simply.

"Wow, so you are the rookie that everyone is talking about? It's a pleasure to meet you!" Ardee reached out her hand which Bell gladly shook.

"It's my pleasure to meet you too, miss Ardee."

"This is quite a nice harem you've got Bell" Kaguya eyed him but her comment made the orange haired elf blush.

"W-what are you saying Yamato Rindo?! That's so shameless!!" She said with a tomato red face.

"Ehehehe..." Bell watched their group talk and laughed with each other with Mei and Mikoto beside him.

"It's always lively wherever you go Bell." Mei smiled.

"I didn't think that the person you are accompanying today would be Mei, Bell-san."

"Do you know each other Mikoto-san?"

"Yes, she was actually my guild advisor too. Anyway, what a party we have here... A level 2 healer(Line), one level 3(Bell), five level 4(Alicia, Ryu, Hange, Ardee, Aki), four level 5(Mikoto, Shakti, Alise, Kaguya), and one level 6(Riveria). It feels like we're going on an Expedition, not to mention Mei-dono. She's easily the most powerful out of all of us here. I bet we can go to the 50th floor today if we push it a little." Mikoto pondered.

"Really? Now that you mention it, everyone here is pretty strong. I wonder if we can beat Freya Familia with this party in the War Game."

"I don't think it'll be easy but with your abnormal strength, it's not that impossible." Riveria said as she went towards their direction.

"If there's nothing left to do here, shall we head down?"

The party left the safety point. Everyone who crossed them cowered in fear because of how strong their group is, even those who want to pick a fight with Bell didn't dare to since Riveria is with him.

They arrived quickly at the 37th floor where they stayed close together with Riveria in the center of their formation. After explaining everything all things Bell needs to know, he easily adapted to the situation.

"Listen Bell, these deep floors always have poor visibility unlike the upper and middle floors where crystals are scattered around to light up the path. Monsters are also much more powerful, deadly and intelligent down here. They also posses some deadly poisons especislly the weapons they weild so be extra careful in the future, everything is fine right now because of the somewhat super party we formed but in the future where you won't know who'll accompany you down here, you have to be extra careful." Mei stated.

"We're almost at the colosseum huh?" Riveria commented as she saw the familiar path they always use when exploring this floor.

"What is the colloseum?" Bell being a first timer asked the princess what it is.

"the Colosseum is as stated, a colosseum located in the middle of this floor at the other side of the throne room if you walked around it. The only difference it has with the Colosseum of Ganesha Familia is that the fighters inside are not human against monsters but monsters against monsters. And it's not a one on one, it's a royal rumble."

"Really?"

"Yeah and this is where your second adventure will take place."

Everyone's eyes widened in realization of what Riveria said.

"You will send Bell inside alone Riveria-san?" Aki asked.

"Yes, but if things take a different turn then we all go in and eliminate every single monster alright? Finn actually wants him to reach level 4 atleast before the war game, that's why I'm suggesting this. Besides, I believe he'll be fine alone. His mother even stated that the way he is right now, he can fight Udaeus and win." Riveria smiled proudly.

"I'll try. Besides, this whole War Game fiasco started because of me so it's only natural that I end this myself. I'll clear the colosseum and fight Udaeus after, I have to gain as much experience and level as possible since the battle will begin this sunday."

The party walked around the whole floor to find the entrance to the monster colosseum, as soon as it came to view. Bell steeled his resolve and gripped his sword tighter and projected an image of his dear mother inside his head.

"Go Bell. We'll keep watch on you but please if things get out of hand, we'll storm inside." Mei assured the boy before he stepped inside and challenged the countless monsters in front of him.


Denatus.

"Now that we've finished talking about who's going to defend and who's going to attack, let's start out giving titles to adventurers who leveled up." The host of the day, Astrea said gracefully as she handed down the basic information for adventurers who leveled up.

"I know everyone of you is looking forward to a certain rookie adventurer but let us not forget about some outstanding veteran adventurers who ranked up before him. First is Hermes' captain, Asfi Al Andromeda. Her former title is Alchemist and I think it really suits her. Do you guys have any suggestions?" The goddess of justice looked around the room.

"I have one!" A god clad in white greek clothes spoke.

"I Apollo shall give he-"

"Shut it Apollo, you're trash when it comes to naming." The god of light Surya interrupted him.

All the other gods except for Astrea agreed to him because all of the names he tried to give to adventurers so far have been lame as hell.

"How 'bout Four-Eyed Genius!?" Loki joked which earned a scowl from Hermes.

The gods started to think about it and found it funny much to the messenger god's dismay but somehow, a friend of him saved his precious captain from an ugly name.

"Isn't that kind of improper? I mean she's one of the heroes who helped us in the uprising of Evilus 10 years ago so shouldn't we give her an honorable name?" Takemikazuchi, the god of martial arts garnered everyone's attention.

"Then do you have a suggestion Take?"

"How about Azure Princess? Considering that she's a former princess of a kingdom and she's also pretty. Not to mention the color of her eyes and hair match or at least close to Azure." Hermes sighed in relief. He thought he was going to get back at him for trolling Mikoto's first title before.

"Does anyone have any objections?" Seeing that no one was against it, she finally wrote it down and made it her Official Title.

"Alright, next is from Takemikazuchi Familia. Nozomi Kujo. This is her first time receiving a title, I have a suggestion for her."

When the male gods heard that she has a suggestion, everyone suddenly sat properly and listened intently to her.

After all, she rarely gives one.

"Hansha, which means Reflection. I based it on her magic ability to absorb her opponent's magic before firing it back to them with a doubled power." Takemikazuchi smiled because they already talked about it yesterday and he said he liked it.

"No objections? Thank you everyone. Then..."

The Denatus went on smoothly unlike all the other ones they held before, the chaos was nowhere to be seen. Especially the male gods who were still trying to appeal to the host goddess.

"Lastly, the one all of us have been waiting for including me. The rookie adventurer who broke all the previous records like nothing and was the only adventurer to level up twice in a single day. From Loki Familia, Bell Cranel."

Everyone looked at the picture of the boy with curiosity, many gods recognized him because some of them threw him out and rejected him when he was looking to join them when he first arrived at the city one month ago.

"I have one! How about White Flash?" The god of Sun and Fire Shamash suggested with hopeful eyes as he thought it suited his appearance and accomplishments.

"Nice one Shamash! I'll treat you to a whole jar of Soma whine later!" Loki gave her a grin and a thumbs up.

"Nice as always Shamash but I have one too if you don't mind. How about Child of Light?" The gods nodded their heads when they heard another good nickname from Surya.

"How about you Asrtea? Do you have any suggestions? You knew him already since he stayed at your place before." Loki opened her eyes and smiled at her friend.

"I actually have one. But I already like the one Surya gave him, it does have a nice ring to it considering his origin as the child of a Hera Familia and Zeus Familia members."

"But I think it's too early for him to receive that title. Maybe when he reaches level 6, but for now. Give him something that suits his position as a rookie." Freya finally spoke.

"I hate to agree with this slut but she's right. It's too early to give him such a grand name." Loki added.

Meanwhile, Hephaestus, Hermes, Miach and Take were discussing the matter themselves.

"What do you think? Hephaestus? A nickname for a rookie who broke all records." Hermes grinned.

"Don't ask me." The red haired goddess dismissed.

"How about you Takemikazuchi?"

"I also don't have one for him, Surya and Shamash already said it."

"Miach?"

"I don't have one. But I can guess that Astrea will give him something good, and it will have some sort of connection to her concept of 'Justice'."

The four of them looked back to the host who was about to give the super rookie a nickname.

"Actually, I have two nicknames for him but I can't decide which is better. 'White Comet' or 'Rising Star', I don't know which suits him better." The goddess of justice held her cheeks in embarrassment that the gods found to be way too adorable.

But the two nicknames were the real deal.

White Comet is just like him. A pure white adventurer from the stars who came to the scene and crashed like a giant Meteor and made a name for himself in an instant and destroyed the competition for the record holder.

But so is the Rising Star. An adventurer who got sent to the bottomless pit but rose up to the heavens with blinding speed and light.

"Ooh... That's a difficult choice..." The gods commented.

"How about we cast our votes?"

Everyone agreed with the suggestion and started to write down which of the two is better.

But the score was so close that it came into a tie before the final vote.

"White Comet has 19 and Rising Star has 19 as well. The last vote will decide which of these two nicknames will be bestowed upon Bell Cranel."

Every gods gulped as Astrea slowly unfolded the final sheet of paper containing the vote.

Loki was just smiling at the corner because it's a win-win situation for her and for Bell.

"Alright, the final and official title of Bell Cranel is..."


A/N: Hi, I'm sorry for the huge delay.

I actually had it all ready to go last time but I don't like the outcome so I scratched it and rewrote everything.

Anyway, thanks for waiting. That's it for now. Bye!