Turning the impossible to possible is either very ambitious or foolish. The impossible is impossible because it's been put that way, you simply can't make it possible through any means.
It's a Foolish Dream which only great heroes can wish to conquer.
The room in which our young hero awakened in was casual yet soothing. He was in the Twilight Manor, within one of the many rooms in it. He had passed out from blood loss, but nobody stopped him. His desire to win just screamed at everyone to let him be and keep fighting. They listened to his wishes and now he's here, in a bed, attempting to recover from his injuries.
"Aren't you something." The goddess suddenly spoke, popping out of nowhere in Bell's eyes.
"What about joining the Familia, goddess Loki. I didn't almost die for no reason." joked Bell.
"Yeah yeah. You're in, definitely, but you should probably help Ais figure out her emotions right now. I don't know why she is constantly asking for you. You didn't charm her or anything, right?"
"I didn't, I was simply voicing out my heart's desire. I'll talk to her and see what's wrong I guess."
"Alright, but you want my Falna right? It'll help with recovering faster so we might as well do it right now while your up."
A blessing from the gods is a great power in which an entire system is put in place. Excelia is the resource or thing used in order to go up this system. An excessive amount of this Excelia can lead to a level up/rank up in one's status. Basic abilities track your Excelia through points, ranging from 0I to 999S. There is a higher rank system for basic abilities, but nobody has really been able to experience it besides 1001SS. It is recommended to push all your abilities to 999S because the points collected from said level will help out in the other levels. Of course, nobody really does this because leveling up means becoming around 2-3 times stronger in return.
In order to further help out the mortal who is blessed, they get magic, skills, and development abilities depending on their need for it. A level 2 or 3 adventurer usually gets these 3 added to their status, but in some rare cases, a level 1 can have skills and magic. Development abilities are earned after level 2.
This basic knowledge of the Falna will prove to be useful when I attempt to explain the crazy stuff Bell will do.
Bell Cranel
Level: 1
Strength 0I
Endurance 0I
Dexterity 0I
Agility 0I
Magic 0I
Magic
Golden Light - A short chant magic that summons a golden laser against enemies. Can be used for an extended period depending on the user's mind.
Skills
Foolish Dreams - Immense boost in abilities when the user desires to complete the impossible. A strong growth effect activates when the user follows his dreams. As a side effect, user becomes immune to most god's abilities.
"Nice, really nice, REALLY NICE." said Loki, while reading down the status of Bell.
"What? I'm burning like hell on my back right now, but your going on about it being nice back there."
"1 magic and 1 skill. Haven't experienced that in a bit from a level 1. Lefiya was the last person who did this before you." explained Loki, while giving Bell his status sheet.
"Fast growth? That's the only thing catching my eye because I've never heard about this."
"Me either kid, it seems to be very rare."
As Loki explained to Bell of the concepts of everything, the young hero walked to where Ais seemingly asked for him. He didn't know why, but he really felt that she wanted to talk about heroes or something. I mean, that's the only thing he said to her so it's strange if she asked for something else.
"Hello?" said Bell, entering Ais' room. "Isn't this room bland. I guess it makes sense." commented Bell, looking around the room which didn't have much.
"Why did you go so far?" she suddenly said.
"What do you mean? I only bled out and passed out. It wasn't much compared to what I went through to get here." he answered, slightly sarcastic.
"It's not time for jokes, Bell, why did you go so far if the path ahead was impossible?"
"I don't know, because I'm an aspiring hero? I mean, if a hero doesn't do the impossible, how else will he be titled one?"
"Isn't there a reason though? You knew you were at a disadvantage, but why keep going without a purpose for winning? You still would've joined anyways." she argued, as Bell sat down on a table she had.
"I'll give you an answer if you really want it. The Black Dragon killed my grandpa, and it was the final straw to me becoming an aspiring hero. He left me off with a sword he found within the Laikros ruins, but I still don't know why he gave it to me. I'm only here to kill the Black Dragon for my grandpa and those that died with him." he said, reminiscing of the Black Dragon's attack on his home village.
"I also lost my father too. But why aren't you driven by revenge and anger? It killed your family, and yet you don't seem to be worried about it." Ais asked, while slightly having some anger in her voice.
"Why should I? I'm going to kill it and give it hell where it did to others. Revenge isn't my cup of tea, I'd rather save the world than ever do that." the young hero answered, having already figured out Ais' problems.
The silence was loud to say the least. Ais was put into thought as she questioned her resolve. She wanted to save her mother, but for what? This guy isn't even slightly worried about his grandpa dying, so why?
"You know, ever since I listened to the stories of heroes, I always wanted to be like them. Strong, powerful, and a symbol of hope. Than that Black Dragon came around and took that from them. It killed them all for the sake of it, without remorse or reason. Even with that, I still want to be them. My heart yearns for it, so why shouldn't I listen? I could choose to be a dark edgy, I like revenge type of guy, but being a hero is way cooler." ranted Bell, attempting to destroy the strong silence.
"Will you be a hero? I've always contemplated that question, Bell. I thought I could never become one because of how revenge driven I am, but is it really possible?" she suddenly asked, having thought of Bell's philosophy on heroes.
"Look at Argonaut. Who's stopping you? If a clown could do it, than so can a kid from some village or some girl that had a bad upbringing."
After this talk of heroes, the day went normal. Sure, Loki had put him in debt for destroying Liza's spear, but besides that, the day was normal. I'm just kidding, what type of story would this be if it was normal. Words had spread of a foolish man who defeated the Sword Princess, or Kenki. That's some news nobody would expect, a random person defeated a first class adventurer? And he was unblessed at that? This is some bullshit to the average adventurer. There egos were hurt so much that Bell had accidently made enemies through jealousy.
Of course, Freya heard of the news and was even more entranced by the person's heroic abilities. Only problem is that she can't see him anymore and would need a different method of spotting him.
Once Bell had somewhat recovered, he visited Tsubaki to ask more questions about his sword. Why is it so damn powerful to the point it could go through a level 3 with ease?
"It's the Ascalon sword, what did you expect? We already tested it out, and it easily cut through some thick durandal." answered Tsubaki, trying to reassure Bell.
"That still doesn't explain why I could defeat people with ease. Like there has to be some weakness to the sword, it wouldn't make sense if it cuts through everything." argued Bell, quite annoyed at just how sharp the sword is at times.
"The only weakness I can see it having is that it could accidently kill people. Also, it could also be weakened by the wielder's purity supposedly. I don't see the purity within you, but what am I to question it." she explained, having researched the sword after their meeting.
"So, it's a sword of purity? I'm not that pure right? I literally went through hell in the Dragon Valley and you expect me to believe that?"
"I don't know, ask the sword. The blacksmith should've left a note or something within it to explain it's requirements. Actually, I got an idea, let me try and inspect it." reasoned Tsubaki, also trying to figure out the swords mysterious properties.
With a slight sadness, Bell gave Tsubaki the Ascalon sword. She had learnt her lesson and decided to not touch it with her hands, and instead used some other items. It handled damage pretty well, at the dismay of Bell. It's sharpness was already tested, but as an extra measure, Tsubaki used other swords to slash at it. Of course, the swords were cut up easily, but the Ascalon sword seemed to chip for some reason.
"What? Isn't this sword meant to be durable? Why is it chipping from that if it cuts so easily?"
"What if I grip it again? We're really just beating it up without me grabbing it, so let's see what happens."
As soon as Bell grabbed the sword again, it regenerated the pieces it lost. It also seemed to absorb other materials in the process.
"Now this is a breakthrough. A regenerating sword at the wielder's touch? This sword is sort of indestructible now." said Tsubaki, witnessing the healing.
"So, it's only weakness is not being with me? And also being destructible without me? It seems I found an unexpected new friend."
"Do you have no friends or something? Why did you call it your friend if it simply wants a pure wielder."
"Come on, let me have my fun, but I really don't have friends the more I think about it. I'll fix that to prove you wrong now." said Bell, noticing the truth behind her words.
"Sure, but if you have anymore questions about the sword, visit me. I like this sword, but it sucks I can't really touch it without you here."
With the knowledge of the sword he wields, Bell decided to use another weapon instead while going to the dungeon. The young hero's poor swordsmanship was for nothing if he has a sword that cuts through everything. It was a love/hate relationship with the Ascalon sword. His armor on the other hand didn't seem special, but Bell had expected that.
The sword he got was from the Loki Familia. The exact same sword they gave him with the duel with Ais. He actually liked it since it was overall basic but indestructible. Due to how skilled Bell has become over the years, his swordsmanship allowed the weapon to flourish within the dungeon.
The falna allowed Bell to survive most attacks and handle poison and fire more easily. He's comparable to a level 5 at this point, but this simply allowed resistance to the dangers of the dungeon. Floors 1-28 were very easy to go through until he arrived at floor 29. The monsters seemed to be capable of overwhelming a level 4 in numbers, but Bell was simply too much of an oddity. The only monsters that could really stop him were violas and Viscum. They were plant monsters that are comparable to a level 4 and even level 5. Violas are easier to kill, but there numbers are high. The Viscum is practically a floor boss as they have smells which can give level 5s trouble. Floor 30 is the point where many level 4s can't go further due to their status or abilities. Bell went to floor 30 with a new monster, Bloodsarus, appearing.
The sword he borrowed, which is really just stealing, was working well in these floors. It wasn't sharp as hell to the point every enemy was easy to kill, rather it allowed actual swordsmanship to shine through. Each slash felt real rather than a slash that goes through everything like air. Zeus taught him swordsmanship, so he yearned for that feeling of challenge where a sword hits it's target with effort rather than as a lazy action.
The young hero smiled through it all, because he finally got to use his skills from training. It may have been ages ago, but Bell really did want to become a hero who knew this type of combat. The floors were still quite deadly though as sometimes Bell would be hit on his shoulder pieces and even his legs. It hurt like hell, but Bell already accepted this fact when entering such deep floors. His endurance was low to say the least, he never really had to fight when being damaged. His abilities grew while his endurance staggered.
It's a skill issue basically. Too fast and too strong to even be hit. This is the other reason why Bell uses a basic sword, so that his endurance stat would actually go up.
The 35th floor is where Bell stopped his rampage. He had gotten tired for once, and had been in the dungeon for over 9 hours. The final objective was to reach the surface, but that's if he can get through a viscum.
He always had the Ascalon sword on him, but he was contemplating on whether or not to use it against a powerful monster. He concluded that his endurance and resistance to attacks was too low, so he slashed the viscum up with ease. He felt quite sad at the thought of a wasted grand battle, but he really needed to make it back to the surface.
"Ottar, are you sure he's here?" asked Allen, standing by the powerful adventurer. "It's been 9 hours and our goddess keeps telling us to find him by any means."
"The dungeon is the only logical place." the towering boar replied.
It was already night, and possibly even morning. Bell had been in the dungeon since the evening, and didn't seem to come back. Of course, Loki was worried, but she never felt any connection be lost. Nonetheless, she sent Ais to him since she wasn't doing much.
The young hero reached Rivira by this point. Ais was about to arrive to, but with several unexpected visitors. His skill was the only thing saving him when descending. There were so many monsters that Bell all of a sudden desired to do the impossible which was to kill every monster he saw while going up. This is quite tedious, but Bell used the Ascalon sword to make it easier. It's foolish enough that his skill just accepted it's fate and gave him a boost in basic abilities. It's already been 3 hours again, but Bell finally approached the safe floor after a long time.
Rivira was a city within the safe floor. It was, of course, run by fellow adventurers, but the costs were stupid when visiting there. 1 million valis for a basic sword was inevitable to some while 100,000 valis for a perfume was common. Overall, if your a rich successful adventurer, you'd be able to live here without consequence. Bell was not one of these rich adventurers, so his stay there was unpleasant to say the least.
Ais soon entered the scene as she tried to find Bell.
Ottar and Allen also entered the scene in order to bring their goddesses wishes to light.
"Ais?! Oh yeah, I forgot to get back before the next day, anyways . . ."
"Loki was worried, so I was sent to bring you back. What took you so long?" she asked, actually worried for once.
"I got carried away and decided to kill every monster I saw while going down floors. I mean, it wasn't that impossible to do but it was worth it to me." explained Bell, making Ais face palm due to his stupidity.
"Whatever, we just need to report back to our goddess before she sends an entire search crew out for us."
The two walked out before being met by a spear next to them on the ground. Ais knew this spear belonged to Allen, after all, they fought many times before. The duo of the Freya Familia soon showed themselves as Allen picked up his sword.
"Our goddess wishes to speak with you." spoke Ottar, loud enough for the two to hear clearly.
"Which one? I mean there's like 100 of them." joked Bell, not even knowing the two as much.
"Freya, how do you not know that, idiot?" answered Allen, somewhat hurt by the comment.
"Yeah yeah, I already knew. I'll speak with your goddess. I mean, it's not like I have a choice."
Ais used Ariel suddenly and Bell was gifted it's abilities. They ran away knowing a level 7 could easily beat them up, especially if it's an adventurer who had experience dueling the Zeus Familia.
The real question is how did Bell even expect this? Well, the two had been on him for the past couple of days. He literally felt their strong gaze, which seemed to come from Allen rather than Ottar. This strong gaze was enough for Bell to know he's a target of some Familia. Not like he really cares, but this is the Freya Familia. The two are level 6 and level 7 so Bell is already hopeless until Ais is put into the picture. Her wind makes them go so damn fast that even Ottar would have to put some effort into chasing them. Allen was of course, swiftly behind them seeing that he's also very fast.
"Ais, I'm going to use my magic to stun them a bit. Carry me when I'm mind down alright!"
"Uh, sure." she replied, as the two Freya Familia members chased them.
"Allen, use your magic." Ottar ordered to Allen, who sometimes straight up ignores him.
The cat person actually listened for once and used his magic. In return, Bell shot several golden beams at his face. They weren't effective at damage, but they sure as hell proved to be annoying when blinding a level 6. They were at floor 5 at this point and had been at it for only 10 minutes. They are high ranked adventurers after all (excluding Bell).
In the young hero's mind, he's basically screaming in happiness that Ais was the one who came to bring him back. They would've had to fight if it were another person, but this was a great coincidence, almost like he's the main character or something. The sun shined over the horizon as the 4 left the dungeon. Allen was undoubtedly angered at Bell's magic because it was literally the perfect counter to his unimaginable speed. Ottar was just slow but still held on as a level 7.
"Ais, I think I'm done for, but please take care of me while I'm mind down." said the young hero, before sending out one last golden beam at the two.
Ais took him into her hands before immediately bolting to the Twilight Manor. The Freya Familia simply had to accept there fates as chasing the sword princess would prove to be fatal in causing a conflict between the two rival Familias. The damage has already been done anyways, so Loki would see what Freya is on about with her children later on.
"Ais! Wait, is that the human?" said Lefiya, just recently waking up from her sleep.
"Yes. I was sent to bring him back." she nonchalantly responded.
Bell was once again lucky. His grandpa somehow knew the ruins of Laikros, and now he escaped first class adventurers with a person whose magic literally boosts speed. It's almost like a certain development ability was about to form, anyways, we reach the next day where Bell has recovered from his mind down and is greeted by multiple questions.
"Did you use Ais? Why did the Freya Familia want you? Why did you waste your time killing every enemy from every floor? That causes several problems within the dungeon you know. How did you even run away without Allen Fromel touching you?"
"Alright, goddess, I literally just escaped the Freya Familia with Ais. She used her magic to make us faster and I used my magic to bully Allen's eyes." answered Bell, not wanting to get into specifics seeing that his mind isn't doing well.
"So you did use Ais. Your getting punished. Another 1 million valis debt it will be." said Loki, completely ignoring the other details.
And so Bell became another 1 million valis in debt, adding to a total of 55.949.230 valis in debt to the Loki Familia.
"What? I literally just got hunted by the Freya Familia and you worry more about Ais? Your about to make me cry goddess." replied Bell, faking a tear.
"Duh, but your going to go to Finn's office in a bit to explain yourself."
Loki is not a good goddess if your a male. You could be the most good looking guy and she would actually have you kicked out because you might steal her girls instead. The gods truly were down bad.
Ais was in Finn's office, explaining her situation.
"It's quite the lucky situation that we sent you Ais. I never thought that the Freya Familia would actually bother stealing one of our members. Do you know why though?" Finn asked.
"Freya wanted to talk with him." she answered.
"Really? This will be problematic for us."
"Hey, captain." suddenly entered Bell, not even knocking before entering.
"Hello, Bell Cranel, you should probably knock beforehand." greeted back Finn, slightly stunned at his entrance.
"Sorry, but Loki said to come here for some explanations."
With this, the events if yesterday are told to Finn. The captain had been busy as if recently, but this conflict could prove to be another headache. Finn's thumb ached at the thought of Freya charming Bell in order to get him into her Familia. It's happened countless times before, but never to their Familia. Freya really only stole children from those of weaker Familias, but it seems that Freya really wants some trouble with Bell.
"Having 2 problems to solve gives me a headache. Your telling me that Freya might have her eyes set on you?" he asked.
"With how I learned about them, It's likely true. All I can really do is level up and hope Freya won't go too far to get me." the young hero replied, remembering his talks with Zeus about the goddess of love.
"Ais, did you notice anything else?" asked Finn, wishing to learn more of how dire the situation can be.
"Allen also warned me that Freya will do anything to get Bell." she answered, further reinforcing Freya's want for the young hero.
"We already have to deal with abnormalities in the dungeon, and now this? All I order of you two is to be careful and don't let yourselves be vulnerable again." complained Finn, while saying the only logical thing to the two.
The problem with all this is that Freya is literally as powerful as them. Her charm can easily conquer their minds and do whatever she wants with them. It's just that Bell never really told them of his skill. Oh well, only time will tell of what happens next with the Freya Familia.
"Hey, where's the Ascalon Sword? Don't tell me someone actually stole it." said a man, whose aura is malicious yet powerful.
"We don't know. Argonaut's armor was also gone, it's as if someone knew of this place and simply took the stuff as if it were free." replied a woman, also baffled at the missing items.
"Oh my goodness. We needed that sword in order to make the Black Dragon wake up."
"The red cape is also gone." added on another voice from a man.
"Whoever stole these items were either from us, or that damn old god, Zeus. I'm certain he couldn't find a child who could wield that weapon, so all we need to do is get it back." explained the powerful man, while preparing to find the trails of said wielder.
The man looked at a trail which was cut with a sword. The trees and bushes seemed to be cut easily which makes no sense. The Ascalon Sword is the only weapon capable of doing that.
"I guess we have more trouble than expected. It seems to be headed Northwest, where Orario is."
It's been several weeks. Bell had already leveled up plenty of times because of how prior experience works. He was level 3 by now, and was honestly breaking the limits. He almost leveled up twice, but instead broke the limit of 999S due to excessive amounts Excelia. This type of growth would only last a month though seeing that his prior strength was only that of a level 5.
With this small time update, we are brought to the dungeon where a mission was put in place by the Loki Familia. On floor 37 of the dungeon, it seems that the remaining members of Evilus had used the colosseum as some sort of secret base. The Loki Familia are to investigate the base and figure out what the evil group are doing. The only problem is that floor 28 seems to be overrun by level 4-5 monsters. Mostly those from floors 37 and above.
The guild had issued this mission in which most members participated by Loki and Finn's discretion. Bell was of course in this expedition due to his level and max floor being floor 35. He would mostly act as a supporter, but the expedition would soon reveal what Evilus has planned for the bunch. After all, how could they not know their coming?
"Finn, it's been reported that monsters from the colosseum had reached floor 18 already. The guild is urging us to go right now." informed Rivieria, as they are standing in front of the dungeon.
"Good timing, we just got everything ready. Let's go now, we'll have to push the monsters back to the colosseum."
Practically every executive and level 3-4 was there. It would be easy to push back the monsters, but the colosseum is where things might get tough. The only information the guild told them is that the monsters were numbered at thousands according to Rivira.
"Ais and Bete, go ahead and see if the Goliath is there. Slay it when your there if you want." ordered Finn, approaching floor 16.
This is still an expedition after all, they had a lot of people so speed wasn't exactly the best at the moment. Ais and Bete were their fastest members by far and are level 6 in comparison to the level 4 monster rex. It spawned at floor 17, and could prove to be troublesome if not killed on the way.
"Mord, where's the Loki Familia?! The Spartoi are slowly taking over the city and we can't keep defending!" asked a distressed adventurer.
"I heard the Goliath respawn, they should come soon!" answered Mord, having heard the Goliath spawn on floor 17.
Everybody else heard it, of course, it's so loud that even a warzone between adventurers and monsters can't mute it. Rivira had been put into chaos as most of the adventurers down here were only level 2 or 3. The monsters were estimated to be level 3 and 4 which makes the situation even worse. Most were Spartoi, but there were the occasional Barbarian monsters and Loupe Garou monsters in the bunch.
"We got the Sword Princess and Vanargand on the floor. It seems the Loki Familia has finally arrived."
Just as the adventurer informed everyone of their arrival, they came out of floor 17 into the safe zone. They immediately got into action as Finn already told them of the plan. They would first eliminate all monsters within the city and slowly push them back with a lot of magic. It's not like they could could every single one with just swords and spears. Tiona and Tione proved to be effective against the monsters and went on a rampage in the city. The other adventurers watched on as they also tried to help out with the remaining monsters.
"Defend the mages, we're going to floor 19 in order to clear all the other monsters from the colosseum." ordered Finn, as the other level 3s and level 4s walked across the chaos.
Evilus is definitely planning something. They forced their arrival by sending monsters of floor 37 to them. Finn had a bad feeling that they would split them up somehow. Once Finn and Riveria had made it to floor 19, they were met with an endless amount of monsters. Lefiya and Alicia had begun chanting as the rest fought. Bell brought his Ascalon sword just in case, but Bell felt as if he would for sure need it. The Spartoi and Barbarians were killed with ease, but theirs just so many. Finn has wondered how they even got these many monsters in the first place. It's almost impossible to see these many within the colosseum, but questions will soon be answered on floor 37.
Back on floor 18, the executives including Gareth, had cleared the city and slowly cleared the entire floor. Monsters seemed to have stopped flowing from the 19th floor. That's until a huge monster suddenly came from the floor. It was similar to Udaeus in terms of similarity, but it was way larger and wielded a massive sword that seemed to be a longsword. If such a monster exists, than why hasn't anyone found it? And is it more powerful than the Udaeus at level 6?
"Kiddos, we got a problem. That monster seems to be stronger than the Udaeus, and it's not stopping it's charge to us." informed Gareth, to the other executives.
"What are we waiting for than? Let's kill it before it destroys Rivira for the 335th time." spoke out Tiona, wanting the excitement of killing a strong opponent for once.
The large monster soon spawned in several Spartoi from the ground and threw several spears at the bunch. It's strength was almost too much and it's endurance seemed to be high. Ais and Tiona figured this out after trying to cut up the large Spartoi monster with their weapons. It proved to be highly resistant to their attacks and overpowered them with ease.
"Ugh, guys, I think it's a level 7 monster! We couldn't even scratch it with our swords!" yelled out Tiona, having been pushed back by the large monster.
"Hmm, what if we surround it and try to find a weak spot? It's similar to the Udaeus, so they should be the exact same." recommended Tione, remembering the usual tactics of slaying the monster rex.
With this new monster came live knowledge. The monster didn't seem to have any weak spots until Ais found one on it's spine. She informed the others of this weak spot before being pushed back again by the monster. Gareth soon came rushing in on it's back as he used his Grand Axe to injure the monster with great strength. Bete and Tiona distracted it as Gareth went straight through it's spine with incredible strength. The monster roared in pain as it attempted to recover. Tione soon joined in as she used her knives with the Durandal attribute in order to further damage the monster. The only problem was that the monster regenerated soon after by getting smaller.
"It seems to be able to regenerate, but it got smaller in the process." noticed Tione, as she backed off from the abnormal monster.
"So we just beat it up constantly right? We should hurry because the folks on floor 19 might need us soon."
The rest of the Loki Familia had mostly defended rather than pushed back the army of monsters. Lefiya and Alicia hadn't been able to kill them all even with the other mages. They heard the commotion from floor 18 and soon had more monsters approach them from behind. They were at a stalemate, until Bell asked Finn for a request.
"Captain, can I use my new magic? It has a massive range but can take a bit to produce." requested Bell, wishing to cast his own powerful magic.
"We could try that, but are you sure your even able to cast it? Nonetheless even chant it?"
"It's not that long of a chant, but the casting part may be troublesome."
"I'll allow you to try it. Just don't kill us all in the process."
Even though floor 19 was very large and open, the Loki Familia struggled to even touch the environment of the floor. There were simply too many monsters and they didn't have a large range on magic. Lefiya had used up most of her mind and couldn't use one for a while. Finn just accepted Bell's offer since what else can they do?
"Thundering Death!"
The entire floor was soon covered by clouds and rain. The magic soon produced a crap ton of lightning around the floor as it reached the ground. The thunder seemed to actually eliminate the monsters with ease and even spread once they had been killed. This chain reaction of lightning proved to be effective at eliminating entire armies of monsters. Bell got this magic after killing so many monsters and actually training his mind. This magic was meant to make Bell stop killing every monster on every floor for some Excelia or challenge. It made Bell stand in awe at the sight of the magic.
"What? Who casted that." asked Lefiya, watching the chaotic thunders roar within the floor.
"I did, hopefully it wasn't too much."
The storm soon ended as every monster in sight were either burnt to a crisp or deleted by the sheer power of the thunder.
"Nice going Bell, we need to go further though, so let's not keep our guard down." Finn said. "It seems that we have company though."
In front of them stood another large monster. This time it was a completely different type of monster. It was a dragon with wings twice the size of its body. It easily put the formation of the Familia to shame as it soared over them with great force.
"Damn it, split up, the monster is too big yet too powerful and we can't just let it kill us all here." ordered Finn, as the Familia moved while attacking the large monster.
Spears and small magic attacks didn't seem to do anything to the large red dragon. It was simply too thick in its skin and had scales which could rival the Black Dragon's. With such a similarity, Bell knew what had to be done. His sword was literally meant for it, to wound a dragon whose scales are more durable than Durandal.
"Finn, can you somehow send me flying towards the dragon?" asked Bell, making Finn look at him like his some type of fool.
"What are you talking about. Are you asking for a death wish?" replied Finn, not seeing the reason for doing something as idiotic as that.
"Hear me out, you know how my sword is stupidly sharp right? What if I went straight through the dragon with my sword? It was made to slay dragons after all." explained Bell, attempting to make Finn see through the plan.
"You are yet again so damn foolish, but we'll give it a try. It doesn't seem to be going down anytime soon, and everything we throw at it can't damage it." replied Finn, finally giving in as all there attempts to harm the dragon were futile.
Now, in order to throw an adventurer like a bullet towards a flying target, you either need someone whose really strong or an insane amount of strength and agility within your legs to do this. Finn decided on getting Gareth to throw him, but the convincing will prove to be difficult.
Speaking of Gareth and the other executives, they've finally killed the large Spartoi after Tiona got knocked out by it. The rest were on the urge of passing out as well, but Gareth picked them up and went to floor 19. Gareth spotted Finn and Riveria on the opposite sides and decided to split up with the others. Tiona and Tione went with Riveria while Bete and Ais went with him to Finn.
"What the hell happened over there. We also seem to have some problems with this dragon that breathes fire and is practically made of Durandal." said Finn, spotting the conditions of the executives.
"We fought an abnormal Udaeus type of monster that regenerated. It took a lot of being beat up to kill it." explained Gareth, as he saw the incredibly large dragon before them.
"Oh, yeah, I wanted to ask you if you could throw Bell at the thing. It may sound idiotic, but the kid said it himself to do it. We can't exactly damage the dragon because of it's strong scales and flying advantage."
"Sure." Gareth replied, with no questions asked.
"What? Really? Do you hate the boy or something?" asked Finn, confused on just how easy it was to convince him.
"That kid is just an idiot who somehow gets the job done." answered Gareth, remembering his stupid actions when faced with the impossible.
With this agreement in place, we go back to the battlefield where Riveria and several other elf mages stand. They've tried using every magic possible and Riveria couldn't exactly kill it with her strongest magic due to it's size and flying ability. Tione and Tiona were in the back, recovering, as Tiona finally waked up with Tione at her side.
"Woah! A big dragon!" she said.
"You just woke up and only saw that?" Tione noted.
Just as Tione said that, a large noise could be heard as someone was sent flying towards the dragon. Nobody really expected much until it suddenly fell down. Bell went through both of the wings while exiting out it's side belly. He had tried to hold on soon afterwards, but the force of being thrown didn't allow him to. He soon reached the dungeon walls and tried to only exert the force into his sword. It was a good idea until his sword went through the dungeon walls and slit it open.
"That boy is just so foolish sometimes. At least it worked, let's get to killing the dragon while the rest recover." said Gareth, charging into the fallen dragon who can't fly anymore, but can still fight.
Riveria in the end decided to use her magic and obliterated it. Bell was the unfortunate soul who had to take a great deal of damage in order to weaken it, but his efforts proved to be worth it.
Orario's walls were meant to keep in all the monsters of the dungeon, but in the current times it's meant to protect Orario from intruders. The only problem with these walls is that there tall but easy to go over with the right items.
"The Ascalon sword should be around here. Probably even in the dungeon, but we need to join this group called Evilus in order to enter it without problem." spoke the mysterious man from last time. "They supposedly want to cause chaos and death, but we can easily join them by voicing our desires to wake up the Black Dragon."
"Are you sure this person can actually wield it though. Your the only person who's supposed to." asked a woman.
"I'm sure that person can. I don't know how, but he got my sword in his possession somehow." answered the man. "I need to get that sword back by any means. It's the only thing I need to make the Black Dragon my own."
The group of mysterious people had to use the Ascalon Sword. They even had someone capable of wielding it, but Bell stole it out of nowhere. There plans were to join Evilus, but what will happen next?
The Loki Familia reached floor 28 where another wave of monsters came out like last time. Floors 20-27 were mostly peaceful and easy to traverse through because of the scarce amount of monsters. Floor 28 seemed to be the endpoint of this as when they approached floor 29, there were still more enemies.
"Ugh, Riveria, when are we gonna get to floor 37? We've already killed like a million enemies." complained Tiona. "It's endless at this point and we're just wasting our time."
"Finn said that there going to prepare a large charge. We're just trying to defend the floor while we get ready for a big push." reassured Tiona, who with Ais had killed countless enemies at this point.
Finn had planned to stop at this floor in order to get everything together. They've reached the lower floors and there seems to be even more monsters again. Evilus is either trying to save time or forcing them to go lower to figure out the problem. Finn knew how they worked, there a smart group of evil gods after all. They've defeated them once, so why wouldn't they be able to again?
The next day soon arrived as everyone was healed up and energized for the deeper floors. Finn told them all that they could use anything beyond this point to eliminate any monster in sight at the caution of Riveria and Gareth. This was basically another way to say, 'kill everything in sight.'
"Alright, we've made it to floor 30 after all that hell. Riveria, could you use your mages to clear out the path ahead?"
It was a very slow process to go further down. The Familia had some trouble with floor 29, but slowly cleared it after a long time. It wasn't even that the monsters were high leveled, but rather there's just so many. Ais and Tiona had the time of there lives but that still couldn't put a dent into the monsters ahead. It seemed to calm down after floor 30 though.
"Alright, Loki Familia. We've finally made it to the colosseum, and what's ahead may prove to be dangerous. The overall plan for investigating the abnormalities occurring is to figure out a way to enter the colosseum. Evilus put a base in there and we have to enter it in order to figure out why so many monsters are spawning." Finn declared, using his commander skill to speak to everyone there. The colosseum was right in front of them, but the dark atmosphere and close walls made it look farther away.
Once the Loki Familia entered the colosseum, they immediately got there answers. Some sort of red orb was in the middle of the site and produced monsters at an unbelievable rate. The dungeon didn't spawn monsters anywhere else but there for some reason. Finn was made to believe that orb somehow manipulated monster spawn rates at the cost of other monsters not being able to spawn as often. Spartoi were the main monsters used by this red orb.
"Seems that red orb is our objective. Lets go."
To give a clear idea on just how many monsters are spawning, every 3 seconds around 2-4 Spartoi spawn from the red orb's vicinity. It glowed brightly and was defended by the very monsters it spawned by force. Ais cleared the monsters spawning while Finn and Gareth went in to destroy the red orb. It was pretty easy to destroy it, but it exploded in a light of red. All of a sudden, the colosseum seemed to open itself up as a bright light came out from said entrance.
"Our adventure begins."
Author's Note:
As you can tell, I'm trying to make some stuff up of my own. Don't mind the fact that I threw Bell against a dragon or the part where millions of monsters came in waves.
Right now, I'm trying to create a big bad in order to spice up the story. I mean, who wants a Bell who just grinds there life out until they reach level 10 billion? Also, I need some time to figure out what I'll do with the big bad and how to create monsters with some originality.
Also, I forgot to say that this is my first fanfiction, so if you don't like it, just don't read it. I'm just trying to figure out my talent and improve it. One thing I do care about is making the story interesting.
Thanks for reading!