Bell was in a part of the poor district that had a wide open area in it, hardly anyone was around, and more than anything, it was free of anyone to look at them, so Athena and bell were in a place they could practice without issue, Bell then wondered, what did Oranio look like, he found the city amazing, there were many tall buildings within the walls, but also river canals, small farms within the walls, lot's of parks with many trees, Bell even heard there was a part of oranio called Melen on the southwest side of the cities area on the shoreline is the city's fishing district and a beach, Bell only wondered what Oranio looked like all over, though seeing the poor district, he knew not everywhere was sunshine and rainbows, but then came to another realization and confronted Athena about it.

Bell:" should I really be given lessons like this for free, I feel bad if I get special treatment like this since it's not fair to everyone else"

Athena:" kind, well mannered, and humble, no wonder Hestia choose you to be in her Familia... truth be told, it is special treatment, but think of this more as an investment than anything I will do anything to make sure my family is both safe and happy, and Hestia would be quite upset if you end up dead because you were not strong enough, so think of this more as me investing into you so you don't make her cry, that's my payment here, and for that reason, it's more than enough... (cold, condescending tone) certainly better than teaching those scumbag's who namely come cause they want to stare at my chest or impress women they plan to seduce"

Bell:" oh... okay, so how do I use Ki"

Athena:" first, One must be able to use a breathing technique known as Total Concentration Breathing an advanced and esoteric breathing technique where a user is able to breathe in the Mana from their surrounding area and use that to enhance your body by having it flow throughout your body as well as learning to maintain a constant state of Total Concentration Breathing while using Ki, even subconsciously, after you do that, we'll move on to the next step, so sit, and breath, concentrate and feel the Mana flow through your body"

Bell then attempted to do this, focusing and breathing in and out, taking deep breaths and long exhales as he tried to sense the Mana as best he could, after about 5 minutes, he was able to sell something tingle in his body, something warm and almost liquid spreading through his body, similar to filling a water jug and the water splashes around inside it, Athena took note of Bell's body starting to gather Mana and told him the second part of the training.

Athena's thoughts:" impressive, most take hours, days, and even weeks to get this step done, and he did so in 5 minutes, he must be a natural with Ki, rare to find since some cannot master it no matter how hard they try, such as how Ais tries to master it even though she can't even use it due to her Avenger skill... no, let's focus on the task at hand, now then"

Athena:" now, you need to knead your inner Mana to connect the inner magical and physical energies to be able to enhance your body by letting Mana flow throughout your body like a stream and river, relaxing your body to a point of having almost no stiffness or soreness anywhere and being able to feel the Man flow through you... this step makes some people pee themselves, so if you feel especially warming your hips... that's not Mana"

Bell ignored the one comment, but still felt a little scared about wetting himself in front of a woman, let alone a goddess and he didn't want to show such a shamefully side to him, also, he knew that the gods were somewhat mischievous and loved to gossip by what little he saw, so he wanted to avoid becoming the topic of the gods to laugh at and then focused on connecting the inner and physical energy in his body, making sure to remove all restraints and also not pee himself, it took half an hour, but he finally felt it, pain, stiffness, soreness, all of it was gone, and Athena looked in pride, and was proud Bell didn't pee himself, seeing he was ready, she moved on to the last step he had to learn.

Athena:" good good, you're doing great, keep it up, keep it up, now for the last step, now I need you to be able to focus your mind and imagine the Mana flowing through you, and think of a trigger for it, and a way of maintaining it, like a running river throughout your body, so what could you think as a trigger as you concentrate, and how will it flow"

Bell then followed Athena's instructions and concentrated, he tried to think of a trigger, and then he thought of something, an arrow, the trigger is the release of the hand holding the arrow in the bow as it's drawn, and the consistent maintained is the arrow traveling, unhindered by wind or gravity, and upon this, Bell felt a burst of Mana through his body, he felt stronger than before, and more energized, he felt the tingle it had, and the mana circulating as well, it felt good, and upon feeling the mana flow throughout his body disappear as soon as it arrived, Bell then passed out, apparently, what Athena didn't tell Bell was for those who first use Ki have all of their Mana gathered in their body act sort of like an internal Mana bomb to make the Mana flow in their body, while it causes no real physical damage, Bell did lose all his mana in an instant, causing an instantaneous Mind Down, and upon passing out and falling.

Athena's thought's:" ALREADY- oh wait-"

Athena again was surprised by his rate of learning, though she pushed this aside to catch Bell from Falling to the ground and pick him up, she planned to set him in a makeshift bed she prepared beforehand expecting this, though Bell quickly regained consciousness, and upon waking up, he found Athena carrying him, but in his position, he was embarrassed, Athena carried him from under his arm to hold onto his body strudily but in a hurry from where she caught him, so his head was next to her breast and even pressing on them, and upon Bell waking up, Athena jumped in surprise as Bell waking up, usually, anyone who get's all their mana gone should suffer from Mind down for at least half an hour before they are able to even come close to waking up, and even then, they are droopy and tired, Bell however was different, either from his many times pushing past his exhaustion on his hunts with his team for years, his time staying awake for day's in the blacksmith forge as a blacksmiths apprentice, his regeneration Development Ability also being able to aid in his bodies metal damage such as fatigue or exhaustion, or all of those factors combined, Bell woke up in about 15 seconds from his mind down and caught Athena off guard, and because Athena was so focused on how in the mortal world Bell waking up so fast, she tripped because of this, falling, Bell indeed broke her fall, but this came at the cost of Bell hitting the back of his head in solid cement blocks from the steps, though Athena's breast were in Bell's face due to the position, so Bell also has some soft pillows to comfort his face at least.

Athena:" BELL, YOUR UP, I didn't think you would wake up so fast... Bell"

Athena then saw Bell was unconscious (again) from the hit in the back of his head this time, and by looking at the injury, she also saw that it regenerated as the damage was regrowing due to it only really being a small cut at most, now seeing firsthand his Development ability, Regeneration.

Athena's thoughts:" by the look's of things, his Regeneration is at H rank... you got a good one Hestia"

Athena knew that this one skill made Bell a valuable member of Hestia's Familia, she also knew 2 more rank's up, and any damage to his body from the dungeon's acid combined with using Ki would regenerate faster than it can damage him, as well as make most any acid based attacks utterly useless against him, thus, she knew Bell would now have no problems with the dungeon as it stood now, so she waited for him to wake up and upon Bell waking up again after 2 minutes from his concussion, which is gone already, he unconsciously used Ki as well, which Athena noticed and was proud of, so now she had nothing to teach Bell about using Ki, so she sent Bell on his way as she then asked him one favor.

Athena:" please don't tell Hestia who you learned ki from, she would be angry if I was sticking my nose in her business even if it's for her own good"

Bell:" okay... so I won't say a word about it... though Hestia scares me so-"

Athena:" oh no, I get it, but please, bare with it, I don't want to be chewed out by her, she chews people out for hours on end, and you're not allowed to get up"

Bell was scared, he then commented to Athena about using him as a sacrificial lamb for her as Athena then ran off leaving Bell alone saying something important came up and left Bell to his own, he then headed home and meet a Hestia who figured out he was able to use Ki now, and for hours on end, was chewed out by her to tell her who taught him how to use Ki, but Bell was keeping his promise to Athena and kept his mouth shut, like with that one rare skill he had, he kept his mouth shut as his only way to "Lie", Hestia secretly cursed herself for not picking a beastfolk race for her mortal form to smell out who it was, and at the same time, Athena was hiding in her closet as one of her members find's her there and are confused.

Alise:" umm, goddess, why are you hiding in your closet like this"

Kaguya:" fascinating, it's like a little girl hiding from her mother who's about to scold her"

Lyra:" did lady Athena screw up again and is hiding from people to avoid punishment again"

Athena:" WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR GODDESS... I am hiding in case someone tells on me for something I did for their own good"

Kaguya:" normally when people say that, they're just making an excuse to butt into someone's business where it's not to be had"

the other 2 nodded their heads in agreement as Athena then threw some shirts in their faces as she then get's out of the closet and dusted herself off to present herself more elegantly.

Athena:" listen, even if it is none of my business, it is concerning about someone's life is indeed on the line, even with Regeneration, they are still at risk"

Alise:"... they have the development ability Regeneration"

Athena:" curse my big mouth... (sigh) that information doesn't leave this room, but they are the only member of the Hestia Familia and only became an adventurer recently, and I taught him Ki so he'd stand a chance in the dungeon"

Ryuu:" goddess... do you think he'll be fine"

Athena:" he's a good kid with good manners and a good head on his shoulders, plus, with Regeneration, he should be able to handle himself for now, at the very least, he'll be fine by tomorrow time from any injury he gets, plus, he was a hunter in his village, he's better off than most with no combat experience, but still"

then the door opened to reveal an elf with sky-blue eyes and long golden blonde entered noticing the noise in the room.

Ryuu:" is everything okay"

Athena:" everything is fine Ryuu, is there anything you need"

Ryuu:" yes, I want to update my status"

then as the others exited to give Ryuu privacy, Athena bit her thumb and dropped blood on Ryuu's hand to update her Dunamis and upon drawing a long across the card, the blood changed the words before Athena looked with enthusiasm and then showed Ryuu the results.

Athena:" congratulation, my level 6, you did it after 7 years"

author's notes

I'm fusing Melen and Oranio into one to make it that much larger since Oranio as I stated before is large, though to clarify, it's actually larger than the cannon Oranio, and to add more to the story, and no, oranio is not a circle, it's built more like a version of New york but far smaller with lot's more greenery and way smaller buildings aside from the Familia's with +1000 members

I plan to make Athena a love interest of Bell's as well in a similar fashion to Artemis namely because then we can call Bell the "Virgin Goddess Lay- Slayer... layer" don't judge me unless you disagree with the notion

Ki will be a key part of the story as it will help decide a different kind of power scaling in Danmachi, I felt that with Haruhimes Uchide no Kozuchi, there should be other means of leveling up, some good without side effects, and some that can and will cost someone their life

for the comment on Ais, I have plan's for her and her skill Avenger to be far more... costly than it is worth to her and those around her, warning, there will likely be a large change to her compared to the original, and as I'm adding detailed sex scenes in this story and plan for many characters, including bell don't worry, Ais herself will also go through something like that for a certain reason, so if you don't want to read about Ais having sex with someone other than Bell, stop reading now, but please recommend to those who don't mind and don't leave negative comments for that alone please

the Athena Familia is all alive, due to Bell's interference with Evilus, they survived, they have PTSD but they are still kicking, so look forward, and if you're asking about them being love interest as well, I haven't decided yet, but I will still progress my story as planned

yes, I had Ryuu level 5, turn 6, in this story, I felt she would have been level 6 by the events of episode 1 if not for certain circumstances, and yes, I'm making a story where if Zald and Alfia didn't help evilus thing's work out better, while I can't say for sure, I am interpreting that this will happen and is in no way to discredit the cannon of the story, but I feel this open's up a lot more than before

and yes, I plan to add Sword Oratoria in here as well, I just need to work it in somehow, but I will favor Bell as a POV more than anyone else, so if some things sound off for the Sword Oratoria side, it's because it's likely in Bell's perspective