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Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka?
DanMashi: Dungeon wa, Mashin ga Hīrō ni Naru Koto ga Dekimasu
Chapter 1: Dungeon.
Dark, silent, and a hostile sensation, was what emanated from the depths of this dark pit, the sounds of scavenging beasts and monsters that no other living being has ever known, ravaged every corner of the endless caverns and passages. From the stalactites small water drops fell into small puddles, the sound was relaxing, but some of those drops fell on a certain person's face.
There it was, thrown on the floor the body of a young man, well-formed and trained body with an strange choose for clothes, striking colors, the drops of water slowly made him react, frowning, irritated, the young man slowly opened his eyes to feel the cold of the water on his face, and for the incredible shock of his surroundings! He stepped back and cornered the wall with a muffled cry of surprise, as he saw around him nothing but rocks, darkness and small parts that still shone from the natural light that came from the highest parts of the cavern. The frightened young man tried to regain his composure trying to locate himself; without success, he had no choice but to explore the area he is in.
Where am I?
How did I get here?
What is here?
What time is it?
Young man interrogating himself likewise unsuccessfully to find a logical answer, looking around, there seemed no escape line since it looked like it was a solid cave, except for small holes in the rocky sky which came natural light.
The rocky sky was 200 meters, and the walls of the cave were rock solid; for any normal person this would be a situation that would be impossible to escape or leave.
Fortunately…
He was NOT a normal person.
"If there is anything Rex Salazar is known for. It is to break any obstacles in his way" the young black-blue haired boy exclaimed as a bright blue lights with circuits-like patterns shone in his arms and as such a massive amount of metal and iron gushed creating rapidly a pair of hands shaped mallets, made of iron with color palette of orange, black and gray.
Rex looked around, searching for the perfect place to start drilling.
"Just this morning, I'm making coffee in Providencia's cafeteria and the next thing I see is the scene of an RPG kinda game. This cave is huge" Rex looked through the walls a hollow wall to make their way out, while recapitulated his steps before arriving here.
"Hm. Let's see. Wake up, kitchen, coffee, sit at the table; I open my eyes in a random place I do not know ... I can't think of anyone else other than Breach. After all this time, this is the first thing she decides to do" he speaks with himself.
"THERE IS NO POINT IN HIDDING! I KNOW YOU HERE SOMEWHERE BREACH!"
The only answer he heard were the echoes of his paranoid screams, Rex gave up on having contact with the four arms EVO girl, so he set out to find a way out.
"Ha~, screw it, time to work" with that said, the gears inside his mechanic hammer-like hands connected and started spinning at high speed, thus his mallets quickly became a powerful drill.
Rex impacted the drill against the wall that looked the hollowest, meaning that it must lead to an exit, the young EVO continued his way to reach another part of the cave, which was incredibly spacious and empty, unlike the previous one that was more like a heavenly rest room.
This new room...
... it felt hostile ...
"I have that feeling of "This was a bad idea" again" expecting the worst he armed himself again with his Smack Hands.
It was calm ... maybe ... too calm.
A small drop of sweat ran down Rex's cheek ... the drop slowly fell, until it made contact with the floor, an almost inaudible splash.
ROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAR!
GGGRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAWWWWW!
WRRRRROOOOOOAAAAAAAAA!
KIKIKIKIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHRRRRRGGGG
THE ROOM'S WALLS WERE GIVING BIRTH TO A SWORM OF BEASTS AND MONSTERS!
Mythical creatures out of control. Minotaurs, Cyclops, Manticore, chimeras, centaurs, harpies, Ogres, Orcs, Giant Scorpions, Titans, Dragons. Each monster surrounded our hero, waiting for each other's first move.
Rex, without blinking an eye, nor surprise, nor fear. Seeing himself surrounded, he slowly adjusted his glasses whose lens reflected the horde in front of him, the monsters roared at seeing him so calm, he clenched his robotic fists tightly, while the blue lines covered his torso and legs. He took up combat stance, screaming from the depths of his chest.
"COME ON!"
And the Horde did so.
They charged against each other in an epic and brutal battle.
The Underground Dungeon.
The only world from which monsters are born, divided into different floors, nobody can define its breadth and depth, that is the unknown information, the unknown experience and the unknown danger. A place full of various opportunities. And those who turn to the unknown, the people who defy it are called [Adventurers].
"RAISE YOUR SHIELDS!"
At the command of their captain, the soldiers faced with hordes of Minotaurs value by sheer brute force, determined to win and not die.
[Underground Dungeon. 49th Floor]
[Moytura]
{Great Desert}
"VANGUARD DON'T LET THE FORMATION COLLAPSE! REARGUARD CONTINUE THE COUNTERATTACK!" the Captain ordered his soldiers, an army of human and demi-human, such as half human cat and rabbit, whose characteristics are similar in tails and ears. An army of fantasy, archers, mages, archers, knights, all united against a horde of Minotaurs.
"TIONE! TIONA! SUPPORT THE LEFT SIDE QUICKLY!"
On the battlefield, the pair of twin tanned skin girls had heard their captain's orders.
"Ah-eh ... no matter how much energy I have, it's not enough!" the youngest twin complained.
"Stop mumbling and move!" scolded her sister.
"HEY! THE MONSTERS HAVE REACHED THE FRONT! YOU PAIR OF SACRIFECE SISTERS!" shouted angrily their half beast mate.
"We know! We know!" two sisters threw themselves against the group of Minotaurs smoothly, the captain saw his soldiers proudly.
"C-Captaaaaain ~ ... isn't this situation looking a bit bad?" fearful cried one of the soldiers to the side of their leader, seemed on the verge of wetting.
The Captain, surprisingly enough, was a guy with the physical appearance of complete child, resembling a boy of perhaps twelve or 13 years, maybe less. But it certainly looks can be deceiving.
"We are the prideful explorers of the dungeon, the elite of the "Loki Familia" shouldn't we be used to this kind of fights?"
/Loki Familia/
~Captain~
[Finn Deimne]
Indeed, this blond man with blue eyes and childlike appearance was the famous captain of one of the largest and most prestigious adventurers familia and is here as one of the greatest adventurers.
*Despite saying that ...* Finn saw the endless hordes of Minotaurs to the front, it became very dangerous, his comrades were still fighting fiercely protecting the boundary lines.
*The spell singing is not yet ready ...* turned to see your 2nd to command a beautiful green-haired elf, who was reciting a chant.
{In an instant. The great flames will be released}
{The flames of the War of inevitable Destruction}
{The horn that signals the beginning of the War cries strongly}
Beautiful woman continued singing while the magic seal shining brightly beneath his feet, the magical aura enveloped her body.
/Loki Familia/
~First Class Adventurer~
[Riveria Rios Alfir]
*Please could you make it a little faster?* he thought a bit comical, seeing that she being the greatest magic caster, still have to take so long for a spell on a large scale.
On the other side of the battlefield, a small elf was about to be attacked by one of the minotaur best.
"LEFIYA!" the young one warned by the cry saw several adventurers tried to fend the beast, only to be wiped out with brute force, the minotaur watching the free passage approached the little elf who was now alone and frightened, the minotaur drooled by just seeing it.
The beast lunged at her though in the blink of an eye the minotaur was cut into pieces.
"Aiz-san!" the little one saw her savior was none other than the [Sword Princess] herself.
"That ... about that. Wait a minute! Where are you going!" Lefiya did not have time to thank her as Aiz immediately went on the attack, dismembering Minotaurs in the blink of an eye.
In a few moves at high speed, he was able to sever Aiz a large group of Minotaurs smoothly, leaving surprised to the rest of the adventurers who could see the amazing display of skill.
"Am... Amazing"
"So, this is the Princess of the Sword. Among the small number of first-class adventures, she is still crowned as the strongest. The Sword Princess, Aiz Wallenstein ..." the other adventurers saw the swordswoman glide across the battlefield as her natural habitat.
"The youngest and most talented member of the Loki Familia!"
While soldiers looked stunned, Aiz's mind went thoughts that surprised even more.
* ... It's not enough; I am still far from being strong enough!* He thought as his sword went through hundreds of Minotaurs at the same time.
*Even stronger yet. I want to become the strongest. Reaching the farthest peak* the sword princess threw herself in the air to another large group of Minotaurs, but just as she cut off the first monster's head. A shout from Finn was heard across the battlefield.
"AIZ COME BACK!" the blonde girl turned to see Riveria whose magic power overflowed bestially, while Finn motioned for her to immediately leave.
{The Art of Enchantment of the Flames of Hell}
{Sweep Through Everything And Open The Curtains Of Chaos In War}
{BURN THROUGH ALL SURTR'S SWORDS! MY NAME IS ALFIR!}
Aiz with a great leap came out of the range of the magic seal that expanded through the entire horde of minotaurs, the magic seals lit up in crimson red, with a powerful explosion, fire eruptions, fire geysers were fired devastating the minotaur army in seconds, clearing the entire battlefield, Aiz witnessed the unfolding of power with a nonchalant expression.
Once Aiz landed on the field again, she contemplated a little more the area devastated by Riveria's magical attack, it was simply a dead and empty plain without life, simply incredible.
"Aiz ..." the aforementioned turned to see his captain Finn put his hand on her shoulder with a smile suspiciously friendly.
[Underground dungeon. 50th Floor]
[Camp]
Aiz was sitting with her legs together, slightly bowed as she prepared to listen to the sermon from her superiors.
"You know why you were cited, Aiz?" Finn asked.
"Yes" the young adventurer replied.
"Then I will go straight to the point. Why you disobeyed the order to keep the front lines?" everyone was willing to hear her answer, however, the look in her eyes told them she was unsure or afraid of how they would react themselves.
"Aiz, you are very strong. Despite that, you are still part of the team. Regardless of whether they are correct or incorrect actions, they still affect the members of lower ranks, do you understand?" Finn continued his sermon, the blonde adventurer was still looking downcast, so the veteran adventurer decided to ask a heavy question.
"Do you feel limited in your current position?" Finn asked dead-serious, expecting a reaction from Aiz, who was taken by surprise by said question, then looked askance at the veterans in embarrassment.
"Yes, I'm sorry" he replied ruefully, waiting for the next scolding.
"Don't say that, Finn. Aiz just wanted to reduce the burden carried by the Vanguard" another First-Class Adventurer, Gareth Landrock stood up for defending the young girl.
"In that case, I, who was doing the magic spell so busily, also had some guilt" Reveria also defended her little protege.
Finn scratched his cheek watching how his two fellow veterans gave up for defending their little Aiz, Fin had no more than to give the final sermon.
"Aiz. This is the dungeon. We don't know what could happen. Lefiya and the other members also are unable to fight like you. Please remember that"
"... I, I understand ..." she nodded.
"If that's the case. Make pace and go prepare your tent" Finn dismissed her with a warm smile.
Aiz walked through the camp carrying her tent, looking for a place to set it up, or so it seemed, since she has only been walking randomly around thinking what his captain said.
["Do you feel limited in your current position?"]
"He has seen through me. I know this is the dungeon. I know I should protect my teammates. I should not be reckless. Although I ... I know…" Aiz looked toward the heights of the hill, looked deep into the highest forest cave.
【But I cannot stop】
"No matter how or where. I'll keep aiming to becoming the strongest"
After a meeting with Lefiya, Tione and Tiona and a cooking contest where Tiona emerged victorious, the group of adventurer girls went to the meeting squadron to discuss the mission that was entrusted to the Loki Familia apart from exploring the unfinished floor number 59th.
The Familia Executives members gathered at the campfire to hear the orders of his captain Finn had to say.
"Well then, let us resolve an agreement for the future. The "goal" of the expedition is to "discover and explore the unfinished floor." That hasn't changed. But first, before reaching the 59th floor mission, we need to end a [Adventurer Quest]"
The "Adventurer Quest" refers to missions that are given by guilds, gods that are the heads of other Familias, businessmen, or other even other adventurers. When the group accepts the Quest, it must be completed and as compensation, they will receive a reward from the applicant, be it certain amounts of cash, rare items or high-quality raw materials. The Applicants identity can vary significantly.
"Our Adventures Quest is a "searching" type... if I recall it was requested by the "Dian Cecht Familia"?" Tiona mention his captain.
"The goal is to collect a lot of [Spring Water] on the 51st floor ["Cadmus's Spring"]. But the amount of [Spring Water] can be collected in spring is very low. In order for the quest to be completed, is using a small amount of resources and time" Finn explained. "For them, the group will be divided into two teams of adventurers. Using a small number of elites of the head respectively in two areas"
That way Finn gave adventurers groups to complete the search in the shortest amount of time possible.
Group A.
Lefiya, Tione, Tiona and Aiz.
Group B.
Finn, Gareth, Bete and a peculiarity.
"Eh?! Me? But why me and not Lady Riveria?" Lefiya wonder shocked at seeing her superior was not forming part of any of the two groups, which she answered her with a stoically manner.
"My duty is to look after our camp and grant protection. In addition, Lefiya, remember that someday you will be my successor, go and gain experience from this quest. Please join in my place"
Meanwhile Tione, she only complained about how she couldn't be beside his beloved captain.
"The name [Cadmus's Spring] is just as it sounds. There is a powerful dragon that has turn the floor into its base there. It's the most powerful dragon discovered, yet. Besides the Boss Floor (class boss) of course" Finn explained to the group of adventurer girls.
"However, since you are the ones we are talking about, I trust that you all will return completely safe and unscratched from that" Finn acknowledged, increasing the confidence of the girls, who were excited for their mission and prepared themselves instantly with a loud "Yes, sir!" towards their captain.
What our adventurers didn't know, is that something dark, sinister and metallic, is already furrowing the deepest abysses ... of the Dungeon
And making its way…towards the surface
"I-I ... I'm extremely sorry! I ... at the end I did nothing ..." Lefiya cried seeing their companions had exterminated the rest of the monsters before she even reaches half of her magic spell.
"Are you okay, Lefiya? If you can't do it, then let it be for this time, these things tent to happen, you know?" Tiona tried to encourage her.
"But my skills are only delaying all of you"
Tione joined the conversation to encourage the little elf girl.
"Calm down Lefiya, with your magical fire-power you are able to kill all the monsters on this floor. Have more confidence in yourself!"
"Yes! If you give your all, then every single one of those monsters will die in an instant!"
Aiz looked at the two amazons' girls, trying to get up her friend's confidence, but she couldn't help thinking one thing about it.
* .. if Lefiya is a rear magic caster who specializes in [Area of Effect] Magical Spell Attacks. That means her responsibilities are different from ours. She may be the weakest of us in hand to hand combat and short range, but if we compare ourselves with her firepower. She is more powerful than the three of us combined. Just now, letting the monsters get close to her was our mistake* the Sword Princess slowly made her way to join the pep talk.
"Aiz?" Tiona was surprised seeing the calm and quiet Aiz Wallenstein came to speak for herself.
- [I am sorry…] -
- [Don't be sad] -
- [It's Okay, Lefiya is strong] -
Aiz literally considered her options as it this were dating game simulator, thinking what she should say to encourage her little companion.
*What should I choose? * she asked herself to make matters worse.
"I'm sorry, I'm complaining a lot! I will go to collect [Magic Stones]" Lefiya immediately excused herself going to the monster's corpses leaving her companions, especially Aiz, worried.
"Wait Lefiya, collecting the stones is work for pairs!" Tione went to help her.
So, the Amazons sisters gave her a few tips for talking more fully with her emotions to go with the little elf, ["If you need to say something, just say loud"] it is what Tiona said.
"Time to start" Lefiya put her gloves on while inspecting the inert body of one of the Rihno Beast, although she complained about how gross and it felt weird while searching for the magic stone.
The [Magic Stone] is a mineral that is obtained by killing the monsters from the underground dungeon. Magic Stones are the [core] of the monsters. Once they lose it, their bodies turn into ashes. It's the monsters' life source.
And for the adventurers, these are an important source of income. They can exchange them for gold in the Adventurers Management Organization (Guild) or other Familia. Although there are times where monsters don't turn completely into ashes, some of them left something behind after dying, we call that something, [Loot]. It is also another source of income.
"Lefiya ... aren't you ... overworking yourself?" Aiz asked her worried, seeing her friend carry a net case 4 times bigger than her own body, full of Rihnos horns.
"N-No ... p-problem!" exclaimed the elf girl exhausted to be overwhelmed by the weight of the horns.
"If ... If I'm not useful in battle, the least I can carry all this loot. I will do the best I can with this"
But her legs were already giving up.
BAM!
"KYA!" finally, she succumbed to her body weight and dropped all together with her body.
"You're okay Lefiya!" Aiz ran to help her, however, her friend was left prostrate on the ground, with a strong air of defeat around her.
"I'm fine. Completely fine, it's not good if I can't even do this by myself. Because I want to become stronger, together ... I even made a promise with Aiz-san. But I can't protect myself, if Tione-san hadn't been there…then I…" she lamented facing the floor, giving a sad and defeated look.
"I'm just a nuisance. I don't even have the talent and qualities to be with Aiz-san and the others. If I can't even do this" a tearful face, Lefiya pity herself for her "lack" of aptitude with her position as adventurer and as a sorceress.
Aiz listened to each word silently, trying to find the words to confront her depressed friend.
"That's…true. I can understand that, because I had that experience. I was completely useless in battle and had to rely on the help of others. No matter what I did, my efforts were for nothing" said fact strongly startled Lefiya, pulling her out of her depressive trance, looking at her partner with a startled expression.
"You're talking about yourself, Aiz-san?!" she exclaimed
"Yes, it was when I first joined [Loki Familia]. I was probably seven years old"
"SEVEN YEARS OLD?!" Lefiya was overheard when hearing this fact that she could not help imagining what it would be like to have joined the "Loki Family" when Aiz was still a novice, this fantasy led to imagine a "Loli" version of Aiz herself.
[ "Lefiya ... Onee-chan?"]
"Lefiya? Is something wrong?" Aiz asked why she seemed to be skyrocketing, the young elf left her fantasies with a blush that reach her ears.
"NOTHING! NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING"
Similarly, Aiz continued her story.
"At that time, I was like Lefiya. I couldn't do anything but carry the spoils collected by other senior members. Also bear their baggage, everyone. Then I slept for 3 days "
"No one tried to stop you?"
"Finn said it was a lesson. Riveria also was angry. I learned that in the Dungeon on should not make an effort, you only have to do what you can do "advise Aiz
"What Lefiya can do is different from us, we will protect you from the monsters. So, we just ... we ... "Aiz slowly stutter that more could be said, however, had in mind very clear words that gave Tiona.
["If you need to say something, just say it loud!"]
"I… no matter how many times, we will protect Lefiya, so next time, Lefiya will help us when we are in trouble. That is what it means to be comrades, to be a [Familia]"
The blonde elf cried, touched and flushed, nodding slowly.
"YOU ARE RIGHT, AIZ!"
Tiona and Tione to the duo jumped excited after her motivational speech.
Thus, the squad of waifus; ehem! Sorry, adventurers, put an end to Lefiya's emotional conflicts and low confidence, to focus on their current quest, get water spring Cadmus.
And nothing would stand in their way.
Literally 5 minutes after
"I am so sorry! I can't believe I dropped the map!" Lefiya regret again, seeing her current situation, lost in the Dungeon, the worst fate an adventurer can face.
"It's Okay, it's okay" Tione comforted her.
"But where should we go? Isn't this the 51st floor? I don't think we've that lost at all" Tiona said.
After several attempts to recreate an alternative route, Tione trying to recreate the map using her powerful memory, only to end up doing a detailed picture of Captain Finn, Aiz failing to use a pep talk and Lefiya desperately trying to get back where they came to find the map.
There was only one person.
Tiona stated "If it's about finding the location of Hot Springs, I know where they are" her group of friends, who, had their own opinions, were pretty unsure about her.
"I don't want to rely on your memory" coldly replied her sister.
" Tiona, it's okay if you can do what you can in the dungeon" Aiz cheered her.
"I believe in you, but ..." Lefiya embarrassed try to find better words.
This only hurt the pride of the Amazon girl.
"Hump, how mean. I didn't mean that, they just have to listen" she put her hand to her ear, the others followed her example, taking advantage of the silence. They could hear the echo of drops falling, now the group had a guide, so they made their way guided by the echo.
"We're close" Tiona said.
"The Dungeon being this quiet is pretty helpful" said Aiz
"Isn't it a bit too silent? Not to mention, monsters are no longer spawning" commented Lefiya worried that everything has been so calm.
"And we don't know the way back"
Aiz made a sign.
"We can worry about finding our way back later. First, we have to get the Spring Water. We should put our attention in the fight against Cadmus" the group stopped when they saw the great opening in the wall of the corridor, which led to a hall, obviously, the area where the water is and also the dragon.
"Cadmus is the strongest monster, aside from the floor's boss, right?" asked Lefiya.
"Cadmus is like the bodyguard of the Hot Springs" Aiz said.
" So, we can't just sneak in and out?!" whined the little elf.
"Anyway, first we have to defeat the Dragon Cadmus" Tiona wanting to enter first.
The group slowly approached the entrance while Tione explained the plan.
"We will use the same method. Aiz, Tiona and I will draw Cadmus attention and keep him busy, while Lefiya conjures up the magic spell for a powerful attack. When he starts traying to run away, we surround it and struck the final blow"
"Lefiya, we count on you!" encourage the Amazon girls.
"Oh, H-Hai!"
.
.
.
.
Something was not right ...
"Weird…" and Aiz was the first to step forward in the group directly to the entrance of the Dragon Cadmus' lair, gaining instant concern of her team.
"This very quiet"
"Wait a minute!"
"Aiz?!"
The group entered a gigantic hall, lair of the Dragon Cadmus and the Hot Spring Water, a giant room-cave worthy of being called the battleground for a monster.
But there it was ... just a huge pile of dust and ashes.
"What happened here?"
"Stinks"
"This is…!"
"WHAT REMAINS FROM THE DRAGON CADMUS!" Tione look exalted the mountains of ashes produced by the dragon's corpse, watching what used to be the strongest dragon.
"It was defeated by other adventurers?" Lefiya was afraid to ask to see such a beast defeated.
"The number of groups of adventurers who have managed to reach the deeper floors can be count with one hand. But I did not hear of any other Familia that had manage to surpass our expeditions explained Tione, reviewing the remains of the pile of dust. "... And the loot is still here" she said as she pulled what would be a fabric or leather from the ash piles.
"... Uwaaah! [Cadmus's Skin]?! ISN'T THAT LIKE AN EXTREMELY RARE ITEM?!" Tiona shout surprised at seeing so many valuable leather skin coming out of the pile.
"There is no adventurer who would just leave such item like this"
The atmosphere turned slightly hostile.
"Something came here, it even was able to kill the mighty Dragon Cadmus, something other than an adventurer" theorize Tione on par with her companions with arms at hand, and a worried expression, reviewed around, only to find nothing.
"I have a bad feeling"
BRRRRRRRRRR!
And at the same time Tione exclaimed, a strong earthquake shook the place, surprising the adventurers.
"THE EARTH IS SHAKING?!" Tiona shout frightened from the strong movement.
"QUICK, WE MUST GET OUT OF THE CAVE! TAKE THE WATER!" Tione ordered the others to leave the place.
Just coming out of the cave, the earthquake ended, leaving the adventurers agitated.
"It's the first time the Dungeon trembles like this, even when a floor's boss is born, the earth doesn't shake that much" commented Tiona.
"Yes, today are happening too many strange things"
Aiz began to collect magic stones that were on the floor.
"You put the Magic Stones to mark our way?" Lefiya asked.
"Yes"
"Hey, Tione? What do you think manage to kill Cadmus?" Tiona asked her sister.
"Despite what you may think, normally it could have been another monster who did this" she replied.
"A monster that is able to defeat the mighty dragon Cadmus?" her younger sister wonder.
"A floor boss should not spawn here, so, based on the monsters on this floor, including a group of them would not be able to achieve something as to beat Cadmus" Tione still theorizing that could have killed the dragon.
Aiz sat thinking, remembering the words that her Goddess Loki had said a while ago.
*It is true, we do not know the existence of such a monster*
In the words of their own goddess. "[Remember Aiz, {"That"} is something every adventurer should avoid and treat with respect]."
*An Irregular* Aiz thought of the existence of a never-before-seen creature capable of wiping out the mighty Dragon.
Something dangerous was soaring through the Dungeon.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Out of nowhere! A desperate cry full of pain flooded the halls of the Dungeon, startling the adventurers' group, for the voice crying for help, was none other than one of their companions.
"That was?!"
"Raul's voice?!"
The girls rushed to help their friend in the direction where they hear his cry.
"Here!"
As they continued to cross the Dungeon, leaving one of the halls and passing through another of the great tunnels, they were surprised to see how from the other side their other companions, Bete, Gareth carrying Raul who was injured and Finn, they came running, being chased by a creature never before. They saw it, its physical appearance alluding to an insect type, Caterpillar class.
"CAPTAIN!"
Tiona was first launched her weapon, a huge double-edged sword made of Adamantite great weight and strength.
"STOP IT! TIONA!" warned his captain, but it was too late, both had made contact, the caterpillar monster shot a green liquid of its mouth, however, Tiona completely dodged and landing a critical hit on the monsters, a powerful cut splitting it in half.
"DON'T TOUCH ITS BODY FLUID" Finn shouted, but it was too late, the sword was entirely within the body of the creature
"Huh?"
And in a matter of seconds, an eruption of the green liquid shot out, Tiona withdrew her sword and quickly got away, but it was too late, the mighty sword was melted instantly.
"It's melting?! He melted my weapon!" Tiona saw his gun was turned into a puddle of slime metal.
*A new species?! No, compared to that, this is. A huge bomb filled with acid* Aiz thought seeing the new monster.
"That bastard! What the hell he did to my weapon?!" Tiona shouted ready to avenge her equipment.
"STUPID WOMAN! JUST RUN, THERE ARE A LOT MORE INCOMING!" Bete shouted at par the rest ran, confusing Tiona whose response was a "huh?"; just as she saw in the distance.
AN ARMY OF THE NEW CREATURES WERE RACING AT FULL SPEED TOWARDS THEM!
"UUUUUWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Tiona ran with her tail between her legs to the side of her teammates as she shouted.
"What the hell are those things! Seriously, what the hell! " Tiona still running in terror.
"I do not know; we were suddenly attacked by them. After we defeated the mighty Dragon Cadmus and picked the thermal water, we fight against it. We lost our weapons and weren't able to defend ourselves, so we escaped" explained Finn.
"Those things caused the earthquake from a while ago? Are you hurt, Captain? " Tione asked worried.
"No, we're fine, but Raul was touched by the corrosive acid, if we don't treat soon it'll be bad. As for what you said, we feel that Earthquake, when we were already fighting against those things, I don't think they caused it" Finn finished his story as a group of other monsters were engulfed by the new species.
"WAH?! They also attack other monsters?!" Tione said shocked.
"Whether we or other monsters, this new species attacks anything that is closer to them, not to mention that seems to attack the monsters first" explained Finn.
"We also collect this" Tiona handed him the remains of the Dragon.
"Yeah, this confirms it, this new species is strong enough to kill the mighty dragon Cadmus" Finn was worried about seeing the new information, these creatures can be problematic.
"Finn. Can we defeat them?" Aiz asked.
"The attacks are effective, but for each attack, we must sacrifice a weapon. It is expensive, if it is against a group of them, there is nothing we can do" was his response, after reaching a conclusion.
"But if it comes to magic, it is another matter. If we got time for a casting spell and release a powerful attack to eliminate all the monsters at once ..." in turn he said, everyone's gaze remained in Lefiya, who, confused, alone could put a fearful expression.
"Eh?"
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Another powerful earthquake shook the heroes as they made their way, shocked, another huge group of these creatures shot out in front of them.
"THEY ARE COMING FROM THE FRONT!"
"EVERYONE, TAKE THE WAY TO THE RIGHT!" the captain ordered followed by his subordinates.
The others followed Finn's order, trying to evade the new monsters, until they reached a gigantic room, obviously, it was a battle arena, the Dungeon, although a mystery is still known for inadvertently setting traps, the Dungeon is alive and constantly repairing itself and giving birth to infinite monsters.
The sinister trap of the Dungeon, which puts lost adventurers into the abyss of despair. The massive production of monsters.
[MONSTER PARTY!]
THE WALLS WERE GIVING BIRTH AN ARMY OF RIHNOS!
"Bete, Gareth, Tiona! Protect Raul and the others repel monsters!" the experienced adventurer ordered.
"Lefiya, you're the key to this victory. We need that spell, as soon as possible" the little elf nodded nervously.
*Someone like me ...* she hesitated.
"It's Okay, Lefiya" she looked up at Aiz.
"We'll protect you no matter how many times. Just do what you can do" smiled Aiz, giving her the encouragement, she needed, the sword princess launched into combat.
Lefiya saw each of her companions gave their maximum effort for her to be able to change the course of battle, it was her responsibility, and to fulfill her part, no matter what.
"I'll be completely devoted! To do the things only I can!" Start the magic circle, beginning the chant.
"{To the Arrogant Warriors of the Forest}"
"{Raise your Bows towards the Reavers}"
"{The screams that their companions call, charge your arrows}"
*Everyone is risking their lives. So, if I don't have a bit protection, that's fine ... I'll put all my concentration and everything I have into my magic!*
"{Illuminate the Decorations, the Forest Lights}"
*Because they trust me. They will come to protect me!*
"{Like a torrential rain, they burn the barbarians completely}"
*So…*
*So the next time ... I'M GOING TO HELP YOU, AIZ-SAN! *
*THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FAMILIA!*
"FIRE!"
*THIS IS ALL MY POWER!*
"{FUSILLADE FALARICA}"
The energy sphere that formed above Lefiya convulsed and fired a burst of magic lightning spires, penetrating and killing all the monsters in the area, like an artillery cannon, cleaned the place quickly and successfully, a brutal sight, caused by a cute and kind elven maiden.
"Lefiya! As expected, you can really do it! One attack, just one attack! Lefiya you're amazing!"" Tiona congratulating excited and rubbed his head, embarrassed the girl elf.
"I ... I put all my willpower in that ... so ... awawawawa" she slowly collapsed.
"It was very powerful there is no doubt ... damn, my fur was burned a little" Bete add to seeing the mighty display of magic.
"Kuhahaha! She has already reached this degree, on the contrary, it is very reassuring" Gareth river to the see the incredible development of small Lefiya.
While the Amazons congratulated the little elf, a person slowly joined the group.
"Aiz-san ..."
She showed her a relaxed smile.
"... Thank you, Lefiya"
She flushed, with a tearful face but smiling, nodded to her friend.
"Yes!" she smiled tenderly.
However, among all the happiness, Finn saw himself deep in thought, worried.
"Is something wrong, Captain?" Tione asked.
"Before entering this room, the monsters came from the front, and the road that connects the 50th floor, is the road that connects to the main camp" explained worried.
"…Can it be?!" Tione understood what he was getting his Captain conjecture.
"Gather Aiz and the others ... and return to the camp as quickly as possible"
Once the group arrived at the exit leading to the camp on the 50th floor they were greeted by a horrible sight. An endless army of those monster's acid, made their way quickly leaving a march of destruction.
"The camp ... is ...!"
"[Tempest]"
*[Awake]*
"Aiz No, wait!" Finn shouted, but it was too late.
"[Ariel]"
Aiz activated her special ability that allows her to use the attributes of the wind to increase her capabilities of strength, speed and defense, making them almost perfect.
*No ... I can't stop her* was the last thing Finn thought before starting the race to save the camp.
"TIONE, TIONA, BETE! FOLLOW ME! " He ordered his companions, who with a cry of conviction were side by side with their captain
"We will expel all those monsters!"
The place was infested, there would even be millions of those things, and just kept appearing more. The front squad of soldiers Family Loki did his best to defend the front, but their shields and armor was melting every second that held these creatures.
Riveria Rivers Alfir effort to command the defenses as much as I could, but regardless of the efforts of all together could contain these monsters.
"AAAAHHH! My ... My leg ... "
"IT'S NOT GOOD; WE CAN'T GET TIME FOR SPELL CAST!"
"THEY'RE COMING! DON'T YOU HAVE MORE SHIELDS?!"
"HELP ME! I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING! MY EYES! NNNAAAAAAH! "
"The blood doesn't stop ... Give me more medicine!"
Things got worse. The soldiers screamed for their fatal injuries, despair and the vision of a stalemate were becoming clearer and Riveria began to feel their despair.
But! When everything was dark, a powerful wind shear opened a path of hope for soldiers and most Elf. The Sword Princess made her arrival with the rest of the Elite warriors of the Loki Familia.
"AIZ WALLENSTEIN!"
"Just in time!"
The blonde swordsman seeing the wounds on his colleagues with a view worried change to a bold, set out to kill all the monsters.
*I will not let you hurt my Familia anymore*
She followed his companions to combat, slowly clearing the way with monsters.
But…
Something was not right ...
"Hey Aiz, how about my power?! [WIND JUDGMENT!]" Asked Bete with a big smile and confident using his item that gives him a special ability, [Floss Wirth], his boots made of Mithril steel, a special material that allows it to absorb magical effects and turn them into special attacks.
Yet it was completely ignored, which enraged him enough and began to kill more monsters out of frustration.
"I'M GOING TO KICK ALL THOSE BASTARDS TO DEATH!"
The Elite adventurers of Loki Familia ruthlessly eradicated the new monsters, each fell after another, all seemed well and fine.
Until something happened, something that will remain in the memory of each of the members of the Loki Familia for their entire life.
BBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
An earthquake of higher power, greater than the previous two, made its way, cracking much of the center of the 50th Floor, almost where the fight of the elite adventurers against the new species took place, all shocked tried to make their way, regrouping, seeing the rarity of the new phenomenon that was developing.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
"WHAT THE HELL?!" exclaimed Bete to see huge cracks began to create a circular center, as if something huge was emerging from the lower floors.
"So, this was the cause of these earthquakes, everyone be careful, the creatures also seem to react and is regrouping on the other side of the epicenter!" Finn command while the crack began to fall apart, creating a huge hole.
"How is the spell going, Riveria?" Gareth asked his companion.
"The Earthquake interrupt me during half of it, I have to start from scratch. But because the creatures were grouped the other side of the crater, it will give me enough time to finish when the battle begins again" the veteran inform its teammates while she formed a new magic circle.
"I don't like this. It's just my intuition, but, I am just having a really bad feeling" Tiona said when she saw the newly formed crater, it is supposed to lead directly to the 51st floor, but, it looked very dark, anyone could hardly see anything, as if the crater not only made way for the next floor, but for many even deeper floors.
"Likewise, these earthquakes are something that does not usually happen here. Everyone get ready! The new species has not moved either, they almost seem paralyzed, something must be close" said Finn to later bite his thumb, something bad was going to happen, we had to be ready.
/flutter/
ROOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRR!
They all looked up, astonished, before the creature that emerged from the crater, a Red Flame Dragon, a creature that is said is above all other species of Dragons, a body covered in hardened armored scales, and a fire breath that is said it could melt even mountains. A legendary beast like no other.
But…
That it was not what leave them with a cold sweat down their bodies.
"What is that…?" for the first time in his life as an adventurer, captain of the Loki Familia, and as a son of this mother earth. Finn Deimne felt pressure.
"What in goddess's name..."
"... Is that thing..."
The Amazons sisters were having an even worse time, just seeing that in front of them, they felt insignificant.
"Shit ..." Bete Loga, despite coming from a superior and powerful race, that filled himself a great pride in their strength and determination, he felt overwhelmed.
"Oh, My Goddesses..." Lefiya Viridis in her entire life since she left her village, since her inception as an adventurer in the Loki Familia, thought she had seen everything. But her naivety protected her too much, seeing such a scenario, she felt absolute despair.
"Something like that ... under our feet ... in Orario ..." Riveria, a veteran magic caster, someone who experienced hundreds of battles, someone who has been in the dungeon for far too long, she never ever hoped to find what she is witnessing right now, she felt doubts.
"…" Aiz Wallenstein known as "The Sword Princess" the Elite of the Loki Familia, the most famous rookie who has reached level 5 in only 3 years, known for her unerring technique and power with the sword, with each encounter ending in victory regardless of the opponent. She who still seek to surpass herself and be stronger...
She felt…WEAK.
What lay before them?
GROOOOOAAAAAAARRR! GRWAR! GAAAARAARRRAA!
The Mighty Red Dragon, moving desperately, was not here to cause destruction, he was running away, from what, exactly?
A colossal arm, made of iron and steel, came out of the large crater, from the dark abyss, and as if was in slow motion, the metallic had grabbed the Red Dragon's head as if it was nothing but a ball, the Dragon threw flames of fire and stirred violently to escape.
CRACK!
He couldn't make it.
SPLASH!
An almost muffled explosion, a red splash, an unpleasant sound that made the adventurers tremble, the Imposing Red Dragon became akin to what would be a tick full of blood when someone burst it, the remains fell to the ground and the dragon's body turn into ashes, while the rest from the giant's body, so to speak, emerged from the crater.
(Pacific Rim OST – Main Theme)
Adventurers saw the Iron Titan emerged from the crater and remained on solid ground in all its terrifying glory, if they had to guess, the titan would at the least be 100m tall, maybe more, his body armor being mostly orange with blach and gray tones and eyes bright blue, he seemed not yet to have grasped their presence, for his vision remained attached to the army of the new species before him.
[ANALYSIS…]
:PROCESSING:
_HOSTILE LIFE FORM CONFIRM_
_ENABLING METHODS OF SUPPRESSOR FORCE FOR ENEMIES ON A LARGE SCALE_
He talked…
The giant announced his voice, the adventurers sweated increasingly seeing that their encounter with this thing was increasingly rare and, in a sense, horrifying.
"W-What the hell is that thing?" Tiona finally broke the silence.
"I don't know. But I hope is friendly ..." said her sister.
"W-Well, if he was able to speak ... God that do sounds weird ... Ahem! If he is able to speak, it may be reasonable ..." commented Finn, after all the Giant turned his back completely, focusing on the creatures.
_POLLING THE AREA..._
[PROCESSING DATA]
*RESULTS*
_CARBON-BASED LIFE FORMS, AKA, HUMAN CIVILIANS NOTIFIED IN THE AREA, LARGE SCALE EXPLOSIVE BALLISTIC ARMAMENT DISARMED. ENABLING USE OF HIGH PRECISION INFANTRY BALLISTIC ARMAMENT_
[REQUIREMENTS: ACCEPTED]
_BALLISTIC ARTILLERY ACTIVATED, SUPPRESSING FIRE, IN T MINUS 5 SECONDS_
While adventurers spoke daily, they were put on alert when they heard loud noises coming from the giant. Their faces turned blue, when they saw the giant's shoulders were transformed, his arms and certain areas of its hips.
¨Five¨
"A-And what is that thing doing now?" Lefiya wonder shocked and scared by the sudden change.
"Not only that, the new species stopped fooling around and began to go straight to that thing" Bete to mention seeing the insect monsters attacking in droves a few meters from the Giant.
"I have a bad feeling about this" Finn looked at the giant, then meet with Riveira, also calling Lefiya come with hm.
¨Four¨
"I think it looks pretty cool ... every part of him is made of metal, I wonder how he moves and how he changes parts of his body that way," Tiona mention a fan of fiction and fantasy stories.
"Only you would think this thing is cool" Tione taunted, her sister pouted annoyed.
¨Three¨
Large metal chains carrying small cylinders with pointed ends were loaded into those large tubes of his arms and shoulders, clicking sounds and other things they never heard were being created by that enormous giant, however, that did not stop the passage of the monsters.
"THAT THING IS GOING TO STAY THERE AS IF IT WAS FROZEN OR WHAT?!" Bete enraged cry, and think that thing made him squirm his tail, now he feels ashamed of himself for being intimidated by such a piece of scrap, at the least so he thought.
"I think it's for the best, at least it will be bait so that Riveria-san can summon a spell chant to finish them both" Tione said.
¨Two¨
Finn had a meeting with each of the wizards of the expedition, including Lefiya and Riveria, putting together a plan that could clear the way if his prediction is correct.
"If both sides, the irregular giant and new species begin a fight with each other, it will be our opportunity to take advantage. We need everyone to join forces and create a spell powerful enough to help us eradicate both threats" explained Finn to his fellow magicians.
"If so, an Ice Storm Spell could cover enough ground to affect both the giant as the army of monster's caterpillar, but won't be quick. If your prediction that both sides enter into combat is correct, we could have enough time to finish the chant. Are you sure about this, Finn?" Riveira responded to what the captain nodded.
"I cannot think of a better positive scenario, this bet is an all or nothing gambit"
Lefiya swallowed, again, her insecurity left her trembling, until a reassuring hand rested on her shoulder.
"Lefiya ...we are in this together. Do not fear" Riveira encourage his disciple, who breathe deep, thanks to his words, could ease a little.
¨One¨
"Well, now we just ..."
RATATATATATA!
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
TATATATATATATATATA!
BRATATATATATATATATATATATA!
/LOUD HIGH-CALIBER GUNSHOTS NOISES/
They could swear their ears were bleeding, but they couldn't focus on that pain right now, not with the slaughter they were witnessing, whatever it was that the Giant was doing with those cylinders on his arms and shoulders, whatever it was, that fire and smoke coming out of them.
The Caterpillar monsters were slaughtered in masse by an invisible force that they didn't understand, but could almost see small incandescent sparks traveling at high speeds, hitting the body of the creatures, perforating or making them explode by the force of the impact.
"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING NOW?! WHAT IS THAT LOUD NOISE?!" Tiona immediately covered her ears, she could not take it anymore.
"YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING IT WORSE, YOU STUPID WOMAN?! NNNNNNGGGG! " Bete hit the ground in pain, his Beast-Man hearing sense was driving him crazy, he almost felt like his brain was going to explode.
Each adventurer had his own reaction to the rumble breaks eardrums, and although Aiz could also feel that her ears might bleed, she didn't want to take her eyes off the action being taken by the giant to face the enemy.
*Magic? No, I didn't hear a chant nor see a magic circle at all, also, he let those artifacts on his body finish up the monsters, but how?* Aiz thought when she saw the army of the new species falling one after another at great speed, while the Giant continued its rain of "fire" without mercy.
"A terrifying method without a doubt. Being killed by a force that is difficult to see with the naked eye, travels with great speed and pierces your body to the touch. I am glad that he is focused on destroying the new creatures" Finn commented when he saw the terrible slaughter.
"CAPTAIN, THE CHANT IS ALMOST AT HALF!" one of the sorceress' bodyguard informed.
"Roger! How's it going? …!?" Finn turned to check the status of the situation, only to be greeted by an intimidating scenario, the caterpillar monster army had been brutally eradicated, there could have been at least millions of those things, the giant's attack lasted no more than a minute, but that was not what kept him quiet.
The giant had kneeled and was now staring at his group, not blinking, did that thing even blink? Those bright blue eyes, almost seemed to directly staring at their souls.
...
_SCANNING THE CIVILIANS' STATUS_
[TABULATING RESULTS]
_TABULATION COMPLETED_
*RESULTS*
_(40%) SUFFERING SERIOUS BURNS FROM CONTACT WITH ACID WASTE; (30%) MUSCLE WEAR AND DEHYDRATION; (10%) SERIOUSLY INJURED; (5%) IN A STATE OF INCOSCIENCE; (5%) REMAINING ... IN STATE OF SHOCK_
_THIS PARAMETERS ARE ACCEPTABLE, EXECUTING THE EVACUATION PROCESS_
Wounded? State of shock? ¿Tabula-what-thing-now? Adventurers absolutely understood nothing of what the Giant said, and they spoke the same language, yet his vocabulary was strange and the echo in his voice made it more difficult to understand. One thing they were sure. That giant metal hand approaching them didn't seem too friendly at all.
"EVERYONE! STAND BACK, GROUP UP AND PREPARE FOR THE FIGHT! THE CHANT MUST BE FINISHED OR WE ARE DEAD!" Finn ordered; all the members came out of their stupor to follow their Captain's orders.
"ARE WE REALLY GONNA FIGHT THAT THING?! I don't know if I should say that's cool or terrifying" Tiona said.
"FINE BY ME! THAT PILE OF STEEL SCRAP IS GONNA PAY FOR HURTING MY EARDRUMS!" Bete shout enraged launched first, using his agility as a man-beast climb the giant's hand, running down his arm pointing to reach his face.
"NNNNRRRRRAAAAAAAAAHG!" with all his might, Bete delivered a powerful kick to the giant's face, he did not flinch, the rest of the squad carried his arrows and fired a rain at the giant, the arrows split into pieces upon contact with his armored ironclad.
"As I guessed, his body is too hard, even the corrosive liquid of the new species seems to ineffective against it" Finn analyzed when seeing the null damage that the giant received.
"Aiz ..." the captain caught the attention of the Princess, who looked from a high position.
"We need to buy time to finish the spell. Do your best" command, an effort to which she nodded silently, using [Ariel] flying at full speed toward the giant, which still had not moved.
_CIVILIANS ARE RESISTING_
[CALCULATING COURSES OF ACTION]
[DELIMITED OPTIONS]
_SEARCHING…_
"Hmn!"
SLASH
A sudden rain of cuts fell on the giant, this time, making him pay attention to his surroundings, his sensors allowed him to identify a female in light armor, magenta eyes and blonde hair, moving at high speed using the impulse of a mysterious wind on her body, she carried a thin but highly sharp and resistant sword, as she was leaving small cut marks on his body.
_ARMED CIVILIAN _
_PREPARING TO SUPPRESS_
The giant propelled himself into the air, reaching unthinkable heights, drastically increasing the distance between him and Aiz, the swordswoman flipped, to balance and calculate her fall, positioning herself on a stone wall, preparing for her decisive attack, the giant transformed one of his arms on a giant orange curved blade.
_DEFENSE PROTOCOL: ACTIVATED_
"[Ariel "Wind"]" Aiz activated her magic too, taking it to the limit.
"[Maximum performance]" the gusts of wind intensified completely, concentrating on a single point, his sword. Aiz was ready to deploy her most powerful attack, even if Finn told her that distracting him was enough, since her attacks couldn't harm him.
She had a bad taste in her mouth. She wanted to know how strong he is, and that giant was a way to demonstrate if he really has strived to reach the strength he is looking for, this is the point where he will decide to take his training to the limit, if to beat these new monsters he refers.
"{Aiz-tan, if you want to become stronger, let me tell you something. If you scream or say the name of your final attack, this will become more powerful}"
An old conversation with Loki, even If Loki was drunk and possibly joking, Aiz took it very literally, and although it is hard to believe, really does boosts her confidence.
"[Lil' Rafaga]"
FLASH!
A tenth of a second, Aiz had already collided with the Giant with a powerful and penetrating sword rapier, which could pierce and leave holes in any giant beast or mountains, his companions who were taken by surprise by Aiz's actions, covered themselves seeing the stunning flash caused by both pieces of metal, drawing sparks ...
But…
_STOP RESISTING_
The iron giant was only moved backwards by the powerful impulse, but Aiz could see, her rapier had only left a small hole and cracks, the impulse of her wind ability was losing strength, apart, the blocked impact put a great weight on her shoulder and wrist, she had no choice but to give in and take distance again, returning with her team, the collision between the two forces raised a curtain of dust due to the impulse of Aiz
His fellow adventurers worried to see how the giant was still standing, left them concerned, and there was still no view of Aiz
"So… that wasn't enough either…" Tiona watched as the titan unfaced.
"Aiz ..." Finn frowned in frustration, he knew it was dangerous, he knew that for Aiz, this was one of her opportunities to test her strength, yet he gave her free will to go on her own.
"CAPTAIN THE CHANT IS READY!" the subordinate reported from the top of the mountain where the sorcerers gathered power.
/FUSH!/
Hearing the sound of the magic winds, Finn and the others saw Aiz return completely intact, glad they immediately gathered.
"Sorry… it didn't work… I…" she tried to apologize, but she only received a little rub on her head, being Finn the one trying to calm her down.
"It's okay, I was the one who sent you. But you did your part perfectly, now with the chant ready. We can put things in our favor"
"Good job, Aiz" Finn gave him a thumbs up, Aiz wanted to smile embarrassed, but, this time he just nodded, seeing that his strongest attack was almost ineffective against the irregular giant, left him with a bad taste in his mouth that he didn't I wanted to speak for now.
"Aiz ... it's okay, you did your best" the blonde turned to see the Amazon sisters giving her warm smiles and a thumbs up.
"Let's get this over with to go home. I miss the hot watered baths, hehehe" Tiona laughed awkwardly.
"Everythings ready. We have to withdraw; we are in the red zone for the ice storm. We have to evacuate and ..."
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Another tremor shook adventurers, wondering what happens now.
_HOSTILE LIFE FORM APPROACHING_
[CALCULATING THREAT LEVEL]
[...]
_BIG_
Out of nowhere, another caterpillar monster appeared, but this was not like the others, it was huge, maybe a little smaller than the other giant, but that does not mean that it wasn't gigantic.
"ANOTHER ONE?!" Tiona screamed again to see how nothing but misfortunes happened to them today.
"That must also have come from the lower floors," said Tione as the rest of the team began to withdraw.
"EVERYONE! EVACUATE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE! LET BOTH MONSTERS FIGHT! WE MUST GET OUT OF THE SPELL ZONE!" Finn ordered to withdraw the troops, each member carrying his wounded partner, retreating as quickly as possible.
"..."
Aiz looked at both colossal creatures.
Both staring at each other.
/GRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!/
The monster roared.
The Giant Robot's eyes shined, as his mechanical body start moving.
They start the fight, the metallic giant used his sword to slice off part of the caterpillar's body, while it threw its acidic liquids and a kind of explosive dust, once again, the giant did not seem to suffer damage, but it was getting slower.
[NANITE ENERGY AT 15% AND DECAYING]
_REDIRECTING ENERGY RESERVES TO EMERGENCY ESCAPE FUNCTIONS_
"... Nanite Energy?" Aiz could hear something that caught her attention from the giant, who used a kick to create distance between him and the creature, his shoulders transformed you into big cannons.
_SUPPRESSIVE HEAVY ARTILLERY: LOADED AND READY_
/CLICK!/
_FIRE!_
/BANG! BOOM!/
The incandescent shells blew apart large parts of the caterpillar monster, which started firing large amounts of acid randomly, eventually using its blade, he decapitated the creature, and using the cannons on his shoulder, he blew up its head, the creature's remains fell, and the giant kneeled on the ground, Aiz could see that the giant was tired.
*Even you have a limit ...* she thought seeing him exhausted. She also had strange feeling, witnessing the fight. She couldn't quite describe it. But it was something about watching this iron giant fighting a giant monster, that make her, so excited having goosebumps.
*Seeing giant monsters fighting is…amazing*
She gets it. Giant Robots are…A Man's Romance.
"Aiz come on, Riveira and the others are about to shoot!" Tione and Tiona took her by both hands and led her out of the place, Aiz only had one last view of the giant, before the massive magic circle was projected under her feet and icicles of ice fell from the sky. The mysterious giant pointed his fist at the sky.
[5% ... EJECTION STARTED]
FLOWSH!
The giant fired one of his fists with a force and speed that pierced the top of the 50th floor, possibly reaching the upper floors, the actions behind this were unknown to Aiz ... although perhaps someday she will know it.
The last thing she saw was the Ice Storm spell freeze and destroy the remains of the giant that was already motionless.
In another location.
"HAH!"
SLASH
GROAAR!
A rookie adventurer who had made their way to the 5th floor in his first crossroads to the dungeon, killed one of the monsters, the adventurer felt full of confidence and adrenaline.
He picked up the magic stone from the remains of the corpse of the monster wolf beast, with a bright, excited and full of dreams and goals smile. This adventurer of snow-white hair and scarlet red eyes, many would say it looks like a rabbit, and sometimes have said.
"Haha, I'm sure this will fill my Goddess with pride. Well done, me" this adventure full of excitement went to the next location, exploring the 5th floor.
"Do not let them get away! Who knows what would happen if a herd of Minotaurs reaches the upper floors? Especially for rookie adventurers" Riveira said, seeing as Tione, Tiona and Bete were toying around killing the bovine beasts like that, causing them to flee terrified and disoriented.
"..." Aiz looked worried, going as fast as possible to finish them.
An unidentified metal object was making its way to the upper floors at high speed, though its momentum was losing power as it pierced another floor.
"Lalalala ~ ..." the adventurer sang happily while exploring the dungeon, was his first day and he was excited.
"Aiz where are you?! Damn it, I lost her again!" Bete cursed when he saw that she was completely ahead, while he was on the 15th floor.
The Sword Princess had already reached the 10th floor where the last 5 minotaurs had escaped.
The object had already drilled the 10th floor space, losing power, using the second resource, I use a drill function to drill through the floors faster and faster risking to lose fuel exponentially.
The happy adventurer, still exploring the Dungeon innocently after finishing with another low-level creature and collecting the mineral, with a confident smile and a happy expression, continued his way through the floor ...
Until…
ROOOOOAAAAARRR!
"Huh?" the not-so-happy rookie saw how a huge minotaur out of who knows where, was rampaging towards him.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHG!" the adventurer start running as fucking fast as possible.
SLASH!
Aiz had killed the last minotaur that was at the entrance between the 6th and 5th floors, until she heard a loud cry for help coming from the 5th floor, she hurried, using her wind's boosts to get there as fast as possible.
The metal object had already pierced the layer of the 6th floor and was halfway to reach the 5th floor, with almost no momentum, only making room with the power of the drill to carry it what little it has left.
"UWAAAAAAAAAAHHHH the adventurer managed to dodge once again luckily the attack of the Minotaur, but for his bad luck, he was cornered, full of fear, he could only watch as the monster get closer to him with murderous intents.
*I'm about to die ...!* He thought scared ... or so it seems.
SLASH!
In the blink of an eye, the novice adventurer had been covered with minotaur blood, as the beast was cut to pieces, in shock, he only saw a blond flash, before him, was a beautiful woman in armor carrying a sword.
"..."
"Are you…okay?" she asked bewildered at seeing that rookie adventurer hasn't said a word.
"Ah ... Ah ..." he was speechless.
Aiz stayed in the air for a moment too, because barely seeing him, for a few seconds she seemed to see an old memory in front of her, but when she returned, she realized that the rookie adventurer was still spacing around.
She approached him and leaned in a little so he could hear her better.
"Etto ... ... Can you stand?" the poor boy remained blank.
Aiz did not know what to do, however, something took not only her out of her trance but the rookie adventurer as well.
CRASH!
Suddenly a metal object pierced the floor just a few meters from them, apparently, it seemed like a metal fist, Aiz widened her gaze strongly, the novice adventurer also fell to the floor in surprise.
*That's ...!* She remembered that the iron giant had shot his hand toward the surface, she took her sword, though trembling, thinking the worst outcome to happen.
...
Or so she thought.
(JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders OST - Calm Sightseeing)
BAM!
One of the metal "fingers" was kicked and smashed so to speak, the perpetrator slowly came out of the metal hand, completely reeling.
"Ay wey! Aaaaah! Ay nanita! Dear God I swear to you I will not do this again! Aaaauuuuch whenever I return to normal from my EVO Form, I always end up with this hangover! Ala verga! Que buen madrazo me di" He fell to the ground after wobbling for a while, leaving the Sword Princess especially confused, now taking a better view of him.
Seemed to be nothing more than a teenager, possibly the same age as them, 1,80m(5'9 feet-tall) in height, although his choice of clothes were rare for what would be her standards, he wore white t-shirt with strange logos, over that he had an orange leather jacket, in his hands he wore blue gloves with orange sleeves, and some rare pants with matching black boots with blue lines as design, blue-black hair and brown glasses with coffee.
"What up? Who are you guys...? " He looked up at the people in front of him ... one was an albino covered in blood and the other a cute blonde girl ... who for some reason, ringed some bells on his head, about seeing her before somewhere.
Carefully, the young dark-haired man got up, though staggering.
"Name's Rex, mucho gusto" He extended his friendly hand without hesitation and with a friendly smile. Aiz stood firm, even If he didn't want to hurt her, but she had her doubts, although she didn't feel any hostile intention on his part.
"What? Don't you know you gotta shake up hands after someone greets you? Not even a hive five? Dats cool then, Hum? Hey, you okay?"
Aiz saw the young black-haired man walk towards the other little adventurer who was still gawking. I think the boy is not very smart, or was still in shock.
Rex began to snap his fingers to see if he reacts.
"Ah ... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" wordlessly, the rookie adventurer ran in terror leaving the other two teenagers with flat faces question.
"What's his problem? Hey ... You think it's my breath?" Rex asked Aiz, she said nothing, she was not going to answer his question.
"Wow ... talking about the life of the party. I bet you get invited to karaoke often" joked the dark-haired boy, again, did not get any reaction from her at all.
*Tough crown, huh?*
Not long afterwards, a laughter was heard, both teenagers turned to see a wolf boy laughing his ass off.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AS EXPECTED FROM THE SWORD PRINCESS, AIZ WALLENSTEIN! EVEN A ROOKIE ADVENTURER WOULD RUN AWAY SHITTING HIS PANTS IN FEAR, JUST FROM SEEING YOU! BWAAHAHAHAHA!" Bete was laughing his ass off.
Rex raised an eyebrow at the sight of the type collapse of laughter for no apparent reason, Aiz pouted, slightly annoyed by the comment.
"So ... your name is Aiz? Cute name, must be foreign, hey, you know how I can get out of here?" Rex wonder, at this point Aiz felt she had enough for today, so quietly she pointed the same direction that rookie adventurer from before went.
"Oh, thanks. Maybe that guy from a while ago can help me, he looked like a weirdo but seemed unoccupied, I'll leave you guys do your stuff. Thank you señorita, see ya!" with that said, the teenager went straight in the route to the surface.
Bete who wiped tears from his laughter, went straight to Aiz, who was inspecting the remains of the device from which the boy came from.
"Hey And who was that guy anyway? The one with the cool orange jacket" he got to admit, that jacket looked that kind of good stuff and looked of high quality.
"Here ... he came…from here" she was pointing the steel hand remaining in the area, to their surprise it began to fall apart, slowly losing its color and turning into scrap.
"What the hell?" Bete showed a more serious face.
"I think that man could be connected to the giant we face not long ago. We must talk to the captain and the others" she got up when she saw that there was nothing more to inspect to return with the others.
Rex had finally come to the surface, to his surprise, it was daylight and a very bright one too, also it didn't cost him at all spotting the white-haired boy, what can I tell ya, it is impossible not to see him when he's covered with blood, Rex made his way without noticing he was coming out grom a huge coliseum, and the place which he came from was a huge hole, without a doubt the place where he end was not a normal one, much less one he known.
*I beginning to think ...that I'm really far from home* thought emphasizing "really" and "far" to the view that there were only normal people, there were other creatures, like men half-beast, reptiles, ¿Elves? something Rex was right and he knew it.
"HEY! CHICO BAUTIZADO! WAIT FOR ME!" the rookie adventurer who had to face the apparently idiot "know the love of his life" came out of his stupor to meet an interesting character.
"Hey? Are you perhaps referring to me, Mister?" Rex told what answer with a charismatic attitude
"No, señor no. Just Rex. Look, turns out I'm a little lost, and you're let's say, the closest guy I know, well, we barely known back there not that long ago, but I can say that you could help. Can you?" he said. The rookie adventurer was taught not to deal with strangers this friendly, but something told him that this guy was anything but bad.
"Of course! In fact, I was just about to head towards the guild right now! " He smiled back ... but Rex was no longer smiling.
"Guild?"
"Hm, don't know about the Adventurers' Guild? Every person who works in the Dungeon are members of Familia of Adventurers, didn't your God or goddess tell you anything about it?"
Rex was still confused.
"Adventurers? Goddess?"
"Huh?"
"Eh?"
Now both were confused, the young dark-haired grabbed his forehead trying to process what was happening.
"Maybe if ... you start from the beginning, please?" asked the dark-haired teen, because he really felt that the situation he is in right now, was a complete mindfuck.
"Of course, Sir, where do want me to start?" asked the albino covered in cow blood.
"The basics. My name is Rex Salazar, nice to meet'cha, and you are? " he extended his hand as a greeting.
"Oh well. My name is Bell Cranel. Gladly to meet too Mr. Rex" Bell shake his hand excited.
"Bájale with the Mr. Just call me Rex so ... where are we?"
Wonder, baffling, more albino who knew so much about this guy, but something was clear.
*My Goddess, I think we might have a new member* smiled thinking that their little Familia could start growing.
THE END! I HOPE YOU LIKE IT! CAUSE I MIGHT DROP A NEW CHAPTER SOMETIME SOON.
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