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READERS! I am happy to announce I've finished porting the entire current story to this website as well. From here on out expect updates around every 3-4 days on average and 7 days as a worst case scenario, but my average is around once every 3-4 days so yeah!

Now, I may have lied about this chapter's length, but I'm making it shorter so I can rewrite if the need arises. As I am doing a POV experiment/practice/change whatever! So read the next note! As it is important!

IMPORTANT: As a result of the existent POV problem the story current has (I heard your feedback people!), I'm attempting on writing and handling the POV's differently for this chapter as an experiment and practice. it's critical that you give me feedback in how this chapter is written, in terms of the POV. Does it affect the comedy (most important) and the way the story is told in a better or worse way? Of course depending on the answer, I'll either continue with this new style or return to the previous one. As such though, it'll take longer to write chapters, as the previous POV handling was the easiest for me to write. So I'd appreciate feedback on this chapter as soon as possible! So the changes will affect future chapters! Thank you! Of course, if the chapter is really poorly received due to the new style, I'll rewrite it.

As always reviews, feedback, comments, ideas and suggestions would really boost my motivation and capability to write you guys a story you would enjoy! And...

Thank you for reading, truly! and most importantly... Enjoy!

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-The Dungeon-

-Middle Floors-

-14th Floor-

Back on the scene, proceeding Bell's shout of desperation towards Merlin and his subsequent refusal. Absolute silence fills the room, only bewildered and confused looks thrown at Bell from the Ishtar Familia.

A hopeless sensation fills the Hestia Familia at their last hope being snuffed out, as they cannot chastise or argue with the incomprehensible dragon in the current circumstance.

As the Ishtar Familia collect themselves from their bewilderment, confirming that the situation has not changed after Bell's desperate shout of a "Merlin" getting them out of there. Phyrne speaks her mind.

"Kekeke, is there supposed to be something there?" Phyrne cackles ominously, pointing at where the collective eyes of the Hestia Familia are directed at... Bell's right shoulder. A suspicious and yet amused look in her eyes.

At Phyrne's observant and perhaps obvious claim, They gulp loudly. A great secret of the Hestia Familia but a moment from being revealed.

""Yeah! What are you looking at! Tell us! You're not escaping anyway~!"" Their distressed reaction at Phyrne's observation does not go unnoticed by the other ambushers. A predator's amusement emanating from them. Confident that the Hestia Famila has no way to get away from them.

Both parties firmly aware of the sheer overwhelming difference between a First rate adventurer party and a Second rate adventurer party. The Hestia Familia exchange concerned and panic filled glances at each other, thinking of ways to divert attention from the troublesome dragon as well as to mitigate and avoid direct combat.

Merlin offers a solution, whether it is a viable one remains to be seen.

"Quick! Tell them that I'm your imaginary mentor figure! That, due to lacking a proper father figure in your life I'm your psyche's solution! Or... just tell them you forgot your pills..." Merlin comes to the rescue? Of the Hestia Familia, ordering Bell to give an absurd and rather unbelievable excuse. His tone and satisfied smirk radiating cruel amusement at the situation they found themselves in.

At his claim, Bell lacking any amusement on his face, threw a momentary glare back at Merlin.

'Can't believe I just have to hand out the answers to these kids, really making me work so hard... Have they no shame?! Whatever! In my endless benevolence I shall grant Bell... The ultimate response!' Merlin thought to himself in frustration, but ultimately, agreeing to throw Bell and the others a bone.

"Gah! Fine! Appeal to their nobler motives!" He relents and gives a proper? response.

"Here, an example: "Oh dearie! Does your heart not hurt at murdering a young boy of 14 in a underground labyrinth? How cruel! What would your parents think? Would they be proud?! I'm still a virgin! Let me live!" Merlin mockingly and proudly hands out the "obvious" and diplomatic solution, shit eating grin firmly in place.

They stand corrected, this was even worse. Although the idea is solid, the execution? Not so much.

At hearing his solution, The Hestia Familia, collectively conclude, as per usual, the dragon proves useless. Even at such a critical time.

'He had no intention of helping us in the first place...' Is the conclusion they collectively reached, a conclusion that, granted, should of been obvious from his initial disagreement. This only further drilled in their hopelessness and fueled his amusement.

"Guess I'll find out myself!" Aisha yells out as she jumps into action at the Hestia Familia's silence to the former question, reinitiating the dreaded combat.

*Swish*

Bell dodges to the side instinctively at the fast dash of Aisha. In slow motion it can be seen she is targeting his right shoulder, As he dodges, Aisha's hand in a grabbing motion phases through Merlin. As their movement continues they separate a decent distance away. At that Bell realizes what she's trying to figure out.

"Take me out to dinner before you grab me so forcefully~!" Merlin responds to Aisha's grab with a suggestive purr, that, for her sake, is better left unheard by her.

'She's trying to find Sensei!' Bell realizes in a panic, eyes widening accordingly.

During his thoughts, Aisha flexes her arm and fist in confusion, not sensing anything being grabbed during her attack.

"Hmm, there's nothing there? No matter, guess we'll find out after we capture you. We've got ways to get you to talk." Aisha comments as she turns to meet Bell's ruby eyes coldly, reinstating the current primary goal for her and the rest of the ambushers.

'Capture? They must have a goal in mind...' Lili thought to herself analytically, sensing a possible way out of this debacle.

"Stop! What do you want Ishtar Familia? We can solve this with conversation, there is no need to fight." At the realization of a probable goal to their ambush, Lili attempts to reason with the attackers. Knowing full well that they have no chance of escape, let alone winning in combat. Her arms raised in a surrendering gesture as she steps between Bell and Aisha, a patient and feigned calm tone in her words.

At Lili's attempt of diplomacy, hope rekindles in the eyes of the Hestia Familia members, 'perhaps we can leave in peace?' being the line of thought they all had as of that moment.

"Kekeke, we want to capture Little Rookie!" Phyrne answers Lili's question with glee, no concern whatsoever at revealing their goal, confident in achieving it.

At that, Lili's calm façade cracks slightly. Regardless, she continues her attempt at diplomacy.

"Why do you want to capture him? Is there a way for us all to leave in peace? Is it valis you want? is it a debt? Name your price!" Lili questions with escalating panic and frustration, the cracks in her façade enough to shatter it's image, nervous sweat on her face.

Before anyone from the ambushers side can respond, the jester in the form of a dragon shatters the atmosphere. At least in the perspective of the Hestia Familia, by answering Lili's question in place of Phyrne?

"Here, I can guess what the Shrek and Kermit love child would trade Bell for. And I quote! *Ahem* "Kekeke! Instead of Little rookie, I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda. If you can't get me that, Were taking Little rookie with us! KEKEKEKEKE!" *Cough* *Cough* Something like that! Jeez, how does she laugh like that? It's hard to imitate nor understand you anime characters, I swear..." Merlin begins with amusement, as he continues with a, quite accurate imitation of Phyrne's speech patterns and voice, finishing it off with mumbling nonsense.

Once again adding nothing beneficial to the predicament.

Lili endeavors to ignore him and tries to reinstate her poker face. As the rest of the Hestia Familia endeavors to do the same in accordance to the dire situation.

"Kekeke, No, Little rookie is ours! Kekeke!" Phyrne-san refuses the attempt at reaching an agreement as she moves into motion.

*Swish* *BAM* in a surprising feat of speed, she appears in front of Lili and throws a powerful gut punch, sending her to the dungeon wall, making it crack.

"LILI-SAN!" Bell shouts in concern, barely able to react to the strike, only seeing it's dreadful result, a knocked out and bloody Lili-san imbedded in the wall.

At the sudden and opening attack, the rest of the amazonesses get into motion.

"Bell! Move aside!" Welf yells at Bell whilst he pulls out a icy blue sword. Bell reacts with a nod as he runs behind Welf as the amazonesses run towards them.

"I made this just in case something happens! HRAGGGH!" He says as he purposefully slashes the obvious Crozzo magic sword and a wave of ice freeze a majority of the Amazonesses feet.

Bell, at the clear opportunity grabs and carries the unconscious Lili easily on his back.

"Run! Now!" Welf yells out to the rest of Hestia Familia as he breaks out into a run at the opportunity. They wordlessly agree and join him on the run.

"He's that Crozzo swordsmith from the Wargame!" One of the amazonesses warns and mentions the obvious, frustration in her tone at the hunt being interrupted.

However, the ice fails to deter the others for long, especially Phyrne and the "Glowing" Aisha. As they move with greater speed, narrowing the distance between them and their prey.

"That's enough playing with the food Phyrne... Get serious, there might be more witnesses at this rate." Aisha commands dangerously as she runs side by side with Phryne, sending her an ugly glare.

"Kekeke! I know! I know! But the thrill of the hunt is too much fun!" Phyrne answers Aisha offhandedly, agreeing with her and placing more strength in her step, a greater speed now than before. Now interested in finishing things up.

"Mikoto! Can you cast magic on time to cave in the passage as we turn the corner?" Welf questions Mikoto with false calm. Attempting and failing to calm down his own voice, a hopeless and unfair situation on this scale has never been experienced by any of them.

"I'm sorry Welf-dono! I won't be able to do it on time! We must run and hope we can find other witnesses!" Mikoto-san apologizes to Welf-dono, her tone mirroring Welf's fearful one.

"Damn it..." He grits his teeth as he grumbles the vocalization of his feelings.

"A fair warning my poor victims! The froggy is fast approaching! What'll you do?" Merlin warns us of the obvious casually, as we turn a corner to a different passage. Keeping pace in our run.

'They can't keep up with me...' Bell thinks to himself in frustration and worry, having to slow down to keep his pace equal with the rest of the Familia. At their current pace, it is inevitable that they would get caught and be forced into a losing fight.

"We bloody know! What can we do?!" Welf meets Merlin's warning with frustration and distress. Not pausing in the panic and adrenaline fueled sprint.

With that, Merlin's face flashes with a hint of concern and pity. A moment later, a lightbulb appears in his mind's eye with a brilliant solution to their predicament. That he just can't wait to tell them!

"Emiya Shirou! As this is a closed space, I'd suggest using your reality marble, "Unlimited Blade Works" to turn the tables! They can't survive an onslaught of noble phantasms!" Merlin suggests passionately, with excitement and confidence. Assured of his solution to the problem. Nodding his draconic head dumbly.

"WHAT ARE YOU EVEN ON ABOU-" *BAM* Welf responds to Merlin's absurd suggestion with sheer fury, fueled further by his distress. However, before being able to complete his sentence, a powerful kick hits him square in the jaw. Knocking him to the nearest wall at bullet speed. Much like what happened to Lili.

""WELF-SAN/DONO!"" Mikoto and Bell yell out with equal concern and fear, as 2 out of 4 of the Familia member's are knocked out cold. Staring at the bloody and broken jaw of Welf-san.

"Yikes! Guess he wont be kissing his girlfriend for the next few weeks huh?" Merlin comments with a grimace, that switches to pity mixed with amusement at Welf's broken jaw.

Mikoto and Bell, having no emotional capacity right now to deal with the Dragon's filthy and tactless statements, focus on what's in front of them.

The assailant, the one who kicked Welf out cold was non other than the very same "Glowing" Aisha. As she stopped for a second to let Phyrne join her side by side.

As the two duos stare down at each other, the weaker duo more apprehensive in comparison to the lax and gleeful respectively, other duo.

"Bell-dono, it has been an honor to fight alongside you..." Mikoto forces a confident smile as she enters a combat stance, having no choice in the matter and says her final words.

"Likewise Mikoto-san, Let's do this!" Bell mirrors Mikoto's expression and they exchange warm looks in their eyes. As they bond over their perhaps last moments in this world. At the very least Mikoto, as Bell seems to be their capture target. He gets into position as well, Hestia Knife drawn and ready.

"How can you be flirting with Mizoto in the middle of such circumstances? I really don't get it. I'm afraid as morally questionable as your would be assailants may be. I doubt they'd let you procreate in the middle of them attacking you, so there really is no point to this! Maybe the question here is more along the lines of; "Is it wrong to try and pick up girls in a dungeon?". And well, my answer to that would be a resounding "Yes, it is wrong". I've seen it happen many times. Around a 70% chance of death at an attempt like that. Keep relationships out of dangerous business! She'll just backstab you later on when you find some treasure or whatever! Especially if it's Mizoto!" Merlin goes into an absurd tangent, utterly perplexed by Mikoto's and Bell's bonding given the current situation. Throwing them a bewildered look as if he just discovered that they were aliens.

"Speaking of Mizoto! Why the hell are they attacking you? Aren't you deep in the shady businesses? They should be aware of who you are? Unless... You do your business with a different identity and or mask, that you don't have here... Genius! My compliments indeed! *Clap* *Clap*" Merlin further continues his absurd tangent, still convinced Mikoto is deeply involved in some shady businesses and practices. A deranged Dragon clapping his hands in awe.

As Merlin was going on his tangent, the duo of Level *4* and Level 5 moved to complete their mission with fervor and purpose. Not holding back.

*Ching* Mikoto's katana clashes with the scimitar of Aisha.

*Bang* Bell's knife meets Phyrne's fist, which is, to his shock, unharmed by the sharp knife.

*Swish* A large fist flies at absurd speeds towards Bell's face, as he senses it and dodges it accordingly. Attempting to counter with a slash at Phyrne's face.

However, he fails as she dodges with impressive agility, considering her size and appears inches away from him in a burst of speed, proceeding to grab his head and...

*BOOM* Smashing it on the ground, knocking a few teeth out and him out cold. Bell's body dropping on the ground like a puppet who's strings have been cut. Laying on the ground unconscious.

"Hmm, not an unexpected result. Seems like stick training has yet to take enough of an effect to help him survive such an overwhelming opponent! Although, were he to not have any stick training, the initial fist strike he dodged would of probably put him straight to dreamland. So at least, that's progress? Right?" Merlin comments analytically as he floats above the knocked out body of Bell, a little disappointed at Bell's underwhelming performance, even if it's against a significantly superior opponent.

Leaving Mikoto the only wide awake individual left from the Hestia Familia, still clashing swords with Aisha.

"Looks like the toad finished it first. Let's finish this up as well." Aisha commented as the swords continue to grit, a wicked and manic grin appears on Aisha's face as she pushes her scimitar and overpowers Mikoto, *BAM* kicking her face, and making her fall back.

*Spit* Mikoto spits blood and a broken tooth at the powerful kick, as she reenters combat stance stoically.

"Impressive! What level are you?" Aisha praises Mikoto at enduring the powerful kick and at her resolve.

"Yamato Mikoto, Level 2" She answers, introducing herself to what could be, her final fight.

"Aisha Belka, Level 3" Aisha goes with Mikoto's flow and introduces herself as well with a smile. As she dashes to reinitiate combat with Mikoto and put an end to the duel.

However,

*BANG* A powerful punch lands itself on Mikoto's head, knocking her unconscious, rather dishonorably.

"Phyrne! What are you doing?! What did you steal my prey!?" Aisha shouts scandalized at Phyrne's "Prey steal", pointing her scimitar threateningly at the toad. A frown firmly placed on Aisha's face.

"Kekeke! You were taking too long! Weren't you the one who told me we should hurry and finish this, Aisha? Kekekek!" The toad responds, rather reasonably, with a disturbing and as per usual gleeful cackle.

Before it could escalate to friendly fire, the rest of the previously partially frozen Amazons arrive at the scene of the knocked out Hestia Familia and the power duo that are mere moments from a fight.

"Aww, done already? We wanted to have some fun with them as well!" Responded one of the many battle-crazed Amazons, in disappointment.

"Grab them all and take them back with us." Aisha ordered offhandedly as she went back into her business mode, pointing at the knocked out bodies that are layed out on the floor and wall respectively.

"Phyrne, Remember, Ishtar-sama wants Little Rookie for herself. You can have him later, so don't make this any harder for us than it has to." Aisha warns Phyrne meeting her eyes with Phyrne's, as she noticed Phyrne gluing her eyes on Bell's knocked out body for a moment too long. A cold and dangerous tone of voice in her words, that transitioned into a tired one at the end of her sentence.

As they talked and the other Amazons grabbed the unconscious bodies of the Hestia Familia, a robed figure, with a rather familiar bushy blonde tail notices the ones who have been knocked out. Specifically 2 people.

'No... They were the targets?" The robed figure whispered to herself in guilt and shame. A shake of her head that preceeds the formation of resolve to make things right and correct her mistakes.

However one Semi-member of the Hestia Familia was still wide awake, and carefully? observing the situation as he was unnoticeably floating in front of all the "enemies".

"That was rather embarrassing, though granted, they were outclassed in every single way. The real question is... Can they escape from this situation? As it seems they're not killing them, they are capturing them. I'll just wait and see, I'd really rather not use a boon this early in the game. That's a pretty pathetic track record. But, as the kidnappers are of the prostitution niche, there is the danger of this turning from an Ecchi story to a Hentai story. And that! Is unacceptable! So, regrettably, if this kidnapping goes super wrong, I'll have to use a boon. Although, I'm praying Bell's innate and built in plot armor magically allows him to escape the situation, as he is after all, a Anime Main Character! What about the other characters you ask? Don't care!" Merlin analyzes aloud, as no one can hear him, thinking through his own future course of action. Ranting about the taboo of this story? transforming into a graphic and rough Hentai from a humble and sweet Ecchi one.

"Ah! The sacrifices I make so the reader can enjoy a good story without fucked up shit like reverse ugly bastard! No way I'm letting the froggy thing touch Bell! What a hero I am! Damn I love myself! Author write this down! Now! This shit's golden!" Merlin arrogantly and smugly commands the author? To write all this shit down. Which as you can see, the author has already done.

"*Ahem* Back to business! Now, guess I'll follow them? Should I immerse myself in the experience? Close my eyes and stick myself to Bell so I also awaken at a locked jail cell or something? Decisions, Decisions..." Merlin considered his current options, as he, for his own amusement only, wants to immerse himself in the experience? Experience of what?

"Yup! Night Night Time! Setting a custom timer to wake up when the kid wakes up... And... Done! Good night people!" Merlin, made the decision of "immersing" himself in the experience as he proudly announced it to the crowd of absolutely no one, waving at the camera? like the deranged creature he is. Proceeding to stick himself to Bell's unconscious body, and falling asleep voluntarily, unlike Bell.

To be Continued!

-Author Note Start-

Although you may have expected a detailed and long fight scene, in my eyes, the Hestia Familia had absolutely no chance of survival against the Ishtar Familia, Although I may be overestimating the sheer difference between a level 3 and level 5, that's the depiction I'm going for! But regardless, the fight scenes that I did incorporate, I'd love to hear about them! Did I do them well? not good? bad? horrid? Anything helps!

Thank for reading and this chapter is extremely important in terms of deciding the writing style from here on out, whether it stays like this new style. Or I go back to my old one. Again, I don't mind either. it all depends on how you guys rather read it! So feedback welcome and advised! Conclusively this is a shorter chapter so I know whether to rewrite this one or not.

Again, comments, reviews, ideas, suggestions etc... would provide me more motivation to write and would be a good way to show your appreciation! I'll be happy and thankful to receive them! Constructive criticism would be the most appreciated as I wont be able to improve without knowing what my mistakes are! Goodbye for now my lovely readers, have a fantastic rest of the week/day!

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