Hey everyone
Yeah, I have been trying to write this chapter, but I am having a hard time writing lately. Maybe the motivation of writing is the issue? Or work? Or both? I am pushing to the best of my abilities, so bare with me on it, as I am trying to find some way to continue on.
I have added a few scenes just on top of my head and did so, for the sake of stretching. I do hope you all enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Danmachi nor the characters
Chapter 19: El Dorado Casino
Revis found her small place to rest, which was given by her mysterious benefactor. She went in and found a small room with a familiar small freeze box. She checked on it and saw it was a cold drink.
She hadn't had a drink in a while and drank a bottle. She sighed and placed the bottle on the table. She laid in the comfortable bed, wondering how long hasn't she slept or rested.
Her eyes closed, feeling tired.
She opened her eyes and saw a beautiful brunette woman with a white dress, looking over the map. She looked up and smiled. "Did you rest well?"
She nodded.
"Good. I would like you to meet our newest member of the familia." She then gestured to a Pallum woman with pink hair, looking confident.
The scene changed where she was bathing and sighing in relief after a long day. She then saw a long blonde haired elf. She smiled "How are you Ryuu?"
She gave a small smile and went in as well.
The scene changed as she saw in disbelief, one of her friends being eaten by the monster. It was a horrid being. She knew she had to make a move to stop it, so she told Ryuu to run for it. She picked up a familiar explosive at hand and ran with a companion of hers.
Both ran and were closed in. She closed her eyes and pressed the trigger.
She sat up as sweat was coming out of her. She was breathing heavily.
"That dream….are they even dreams? Or something else."
Two knocks and a pause, then two more knocks were heard. She sighed. "Enter."
In came her benefactor. The person in question looked concerned "Are you alright?"
"It's….nothing."
"Looks more than nothing. Was it a dream?"
She sighed "Does it matter?"
"It might help you out more."
"Very well…..I dreamt that I was part of a group of women. I was somewhat of the leader of this group and I seem to get along well with them. I was close friends with a blond haired elf….her name was Ryulu or was it Ryuu?" She shook her head "Anyways, the last part was I was running against this creature and detonated a bomb of sorts."
The person looked in sadness. "Could be memories."
"Maybe…." she looked at her own hands "Is it even possible I might have suffered some sort of…memory loss?"
"It could be. You must have survived an incident or at least brought back from the dead in a manner of speaking. It's uncertain how. Your case is pretty unique though."
She mumbled something.
"I know of the other girl as well, but at the moment your case is interesting. Memories that were of that of someone that was with a familia member only to sacrifice herself to save a life. The other one, she was able to keep her memories intact."
All she could do was look at the person.
"Now, is there something going on?"
"Yes. Loki is snooping around one of the entrances of our base. They know they will try to get in there and are planning to spring a trap."
"That's a problem. But if you were to tell me how the trap is, we may be able to minimize the problem for the Loki familia, and you will keep Ais a bit of….distraction."
She raised her eyebrow "What kind?"
"Well, first tell me the trap and I will tell you how it might e countered."
She nodded and began to explain it, as soon as the person took out a map. She circled each area and what would happen.
It was going to be a long while, before she could rest again
Near the Industry, Orario
Lilli managed to land on the top of the building and was in relief. She was given a task and agreed to it, for a good reason. She now had to wait.
She recalled how this went up in flames after the big catastrophe years back. Now it is running again and is a place of work. It also helps that the places are still open late at night, for those that prefer working at night.
She had to admit, her lover was a genius at using it to improve lives.
She then stopped thinking for a moment and felt something was off. She grabbed one of her throwing knives and threw it at the location.
However the person caught it and was impressed "Not bad, Ms. Arde."
She was surprised to see a familiar Pallum "Mr. Diemne?" a part of her assumed it would be a subordinate, but it wasn't the case.
He had the knife in hand and walked toward her "I have to admit, you seem to be pretty good at your level."
She bowed "Lili….thanks you. Master has been teaching Lilli a lot."
"I can see that."
He then gave her the knife back and she placed it away.
"So tell me, Ms. Arde, how has he been treating you?"
She gave a serene smile "Master Bell is an amazing man. Lilli is treated kindly and has been great with one another."
"How great?" He grew curious.
She giggled "Master Bell and his kisses. His hugs~"
He never realized how serious the relationship was, but nonetheless he had to respect it. He thought the relationship might have just ended there, but he keep his distance. "That's good to hear."
She nodded "Lilli does have a message for you, sir."
"Oh? What kind of message?"
"Here" she gave him a letter "The message is inside. Good luck." She then ran and allowed the darkness to absorb her.
He had to admit, she had style. He then left to show it to the others.
Twilight Manor
Loki finished reading it "Welp, the plan sounds far better than what we can come up with, but it is still a risk."
Finn nodded in agreement "It is. We just have to wait then and have everyone prepared."
"Yeah. So we basically, we just have to wait for the message to go and then hit it hard. Got it."
Riveria had some reservation on this mission, but it is needed to get it done. Garrett could think about how to prepare defenses against the initial and last part of the traps. It shouldn't be that difficult.
Loki thought about who was responsible for all of this. In her time, it kept going from one person to another. Whoever this Enyo was, was a few steps ahead. However, it seems her Mr. Rabbit is keeping up evenly. Or was it Bellerophon doing it? She could never know.
In another part of the room, Anakitty was brushing her hair. She couldn't stop thinking about him. Has she fallen for him? Has her heart belonged to him, instead of Raul?
That is something that she herself is struggling to think about, when he meets her familia.
Lefiya noticed her attitude changing as of late and went over to her. She seemed to be in better spirits, and not how she was. "Hey."
She smiled over her "Hey Lefiya. How are you?"
"I've been good. Just training and getting things done. And you?"
"It has been great." she placed her comb down and looked at her "I have been seeing this amazing guy, who has been helping me out."
This interested the elf greatly."That's great to hear. Which familia is he in?"
She thought about it, and yet he never once mentioned which familia he was from. She replied "He hasn't said it yet, but I tend to forget. He was here just as a visit for business, but he is planning to stay longer." She looked embarassed.
"I see." Lefiya said.
"He is planning to meet with all of us soon. He is curious about the Loki familia and how they really are."
"That's great!" She smiled, "It would be nice meeting someone from another region."
The catgirl giggled and nodded. She never felt this happy before, especially how kind the man is and how he is able to heal her.
"Well, I am going to see Bell for more training before he has to head out. Take care!" She left to train some more.
Aki looked at the mirror and smiled, "Once the date is done with, maybe showing around my familia would be a great idea."
Apollo's Mansion
A red haired god swirled his drink. He wanted to bring another child to his fold. A certain child that belonged to Hestia's familia. A white haired teen that looks like a rabbit. He would have enjoyed getting to 'know' him.
However, one big problem that would prevent him from even trying to obtain him. One that won't ever happen.
That is Freya.
One of his spies saw Freya and Bell together. In fact, the spy in question watched Freya take him to an alley and proceeded to please him. She blushed at how eager they were, in the alley and not being caught. She could have sworn, they were egging her on purpose.
Apollo sighed hearing this and knew getting him is out of the question. Freya would flail him without any hesitation. However, it doesn't stop him from seeing him and getting to know him would slow it down.
He began to plan an invite for a big party event. The invite would be for the gods and their captains only, just for the fun of it all. Yes, that would be perfect and he could show off his captain around, while meeting Bell.
While he was contemplating it, a certain dark haired woman has been having heavy dreams as of late. Dreams of a rabbit fighting a fox, then the rabbit turning on fire to shatter the star into pieces. Then it confronted 7 shadows, with one of them being bigger than the others. A large dragon with the rabbit facing each other off.
She didn't know what it meant, but she wondered who the rabbit was. She had to figure it out.
It also doesn't help that the rabbit, turned into human form, had her pin and had his way with her. She even liked it very much. She begged to be bred by him, and saw other women that she recognized and some haven't, being into this large orgy.
Although she has told her visions to her god, he would dismiss it as a coincidence or nothing at all. It made her sad and tried to tell her friend about some of the visions. Daphne is somewhat skeptical of it, but won't comment any further than that.
She couldn't stop thinking about the man that had his way with her. The way he had her and wouldn't let go until she was satisfied. The dream was pretty intense, as she woke up in a mess.
"I hope that I do meet him."
Next Day
Bell, Ryuu, and Syr arrived in a carriage, to the El Dorado Casino. The building was large with bright lights. Various people, both mortals and gods alike, were going inside of the building, to entertain themselves.
"Really impressive." Syr said.
"I have to agree." Bell then held his hand out and got Syr off first. Then he did the same with Ryuu and he placed his arms around them. "Well, let's get this show on the road."
Syr giggled "Oh my~ Such a brave man~"
Ryuu blushed slightly.
There were numerous stares at the threesome. Some were impressed, some wore envy, and a few intrigued. They watched them go inside.
There they met with one of the servants, a bunny girl with a professional suit on, smiled at them"Welcome to the El Dorado Casino! If you are looking to exchange your chips, it is right over there" she pointed at the numerous cash registers where other workers were trading. "If you are looking for a place to eat and drink, it is right over there." She pointed at a table, were some customers were enjoying eating and drinking. "And the restrooms are over there" She pointed in the direction where two doors were.
Syr went over and smiled "Thank you for showing us where the place is." She turned at two of her lovers. "You both go on ahead, I would like to have a nice chat with her."
Bell nodded "Sure. This way, Ryuu." Both went to find a place to play and look around. They found a place to play and he was playing Blackjack.
He sat and looked at the dealer. "How much is it to play?"
"5000."
He smiled and placed 5000. He was given a few chips and placed two cards. One face up a King, and the other covered.
Bell looked at the others and some didn't had that luck. Bell flipped his cared and had an Ace of Hearts. "21."
The others groaned, but the dealer smirked "Winner for 21."
They played for a while and Bell was getting wins left and right. Bell knew that his Luck stat is the cause of it all. He felt eyes staring at him and looking at his arms for anything, but can't find anything. He knew he wasn't cheating…..sort of. His luck skill is what caused it all.
After a while, more people watched him play and were impressed by his winning streak. Someone, who looked important, came up to Bell and Ryuu and said "Can you come with me over there?" He pointed to an empty poker table. They nodded and took their winnings.
Once they were at the table, the man took out what looked like a gold ticket of sorts. "This would take you to the VIP room. My boss watched ya play and was impressed with how well you are doing. He wanted to invite you for a drink or two and play a game as well."
Bell smiled and nodded "Sure. Let just take a small break before going up there."
"Of course." He then left.
Syr came back and had a smile on her face. She went over and whispered in Bell's ear.
"Agreed. So we stick to the plan and allow Syr to play at this point."
Ryuu nodded, but was skeptical somewhat with the plan. She then felt a hand on her cheek as Syr caressed it "Have faith in me. You will see how well this will turn out."
Her face was red and nodded in agreement.
Although Bell knew he could just turn in his winnings, but he needed them for the plan.
They walked toward the entrance, where a large man was guarding the VIP area. Bell showed the pass and was allowed in with his two ladies.
He saw it looked more luxurious in the area and had a few people playing. He noticed an older gentleman waving at them.
He sat down and was at a Poker table. A few of them were playing, but the one he is interested in is the one he is interested in.
A man who is well dressed with brown hair and a beard looked to be entertained. And standing on his right side was a young woman with flax colored hair and deep blue eyes. She tried to hide her sadness, but those eyes betrayed them.
He sat there, ready to save her life with the plan.
Ryuu, though, recognized the man, and decided to compose herself. She realized he didn't have any recognition for her, which was a good thing. She would be patient on her end, just for the sake of saving the girl.
Syr, or better yet Freya, saw their souls. Tainted, she grew bored. Yet the girl had a nice blue color. She grew attracted to it, and knew she had potential. For now, it isn't that bright, but it is understandable, with her being placed with the man.
"Well now, I have heard things about you. And knowing you are the Record Holder winning makes it more of an interesting game."
Bell nodded "It would be an interesting game, indeed."
To be continued.
A/N: We finally reached where Bell faces off against Ted aka Terry Cervantez. We know how it will end, but considering how much it changed the timeline, it would be interesting how this will play out.
I just checked out the new LN volume of Danmachi and man. What a Wargame. I can't wait until it comes out in Anime form, because it would be a crazy fight. If you read it, you will know what I mean and should be stretched out through the whole season itself. You have no idea how giddy I got for the fight, the surprise entrants, the twist and turns that lead to a great way to end that arc. Plus, we are getting close to the end of the series, as I recall the author wanted to end it in one year in Bell's time.
Would Bell be able to beat the Black Dragon? Maybe, but I have this feeling his Arcana is growing so fast it may or may not kill him. Who knows.
Until then, see ya guys around.
Next time: Syr plays Poker, Casino Mayhem, and a damsel being rescued. Don't miss it.