Darkest Slayer

Deep inside a series of turns and interconnected tunnels a chamber filled with buzzing activity, shady people from all kinds of scum have gathered either for questionable businesses, dealings or schemes come about, underground familias come together in an uneasy alliance, Evilus' minions oversee the chamber, reminding them whos in charge,

Ever since the emergence of a black skull masked vigilante capturing too many of their operations in surface they were forced to bend a knee to Evilus and use the underground networks of tunnels and passageways to move unmolested and surely enough it has become the underground world of all things scum and evil,

But now all that is about to change, A lone adventurer strode in the chamber fearlessly, emotionless eyes looked at them briefly as if they were not worth his time, one by one they drew their weapons intent of silencing the intruder, sneering and laughing at 'foolishness' of this brat until it started "chanting"

"what is he doing?"

"is that a chant!?"

"shit! quickly kill HIM!"

Countless shouts and voices echoed in the chamber as they charge against the 'helpless' and at then end the chilling voice that promised death the deafening sound of a snap was all they heard for one last time, and all hell broke lose

A purplish thin pillar of light came out of the Intruder's snap hitting the ceiling and forming a magic circle, what came out of it would haunt them in their deepest 'knightmares' that would follow them into the next lives of these foolish men, a black meteor crashed in the middle of charge already killing the those in front brutally crushing their bodies like plump grape, then the black 'meteor' melted into pool of sludge catching the feet of more than few before black slimy spikes erupted from the sludge, impaling those who was caught instantly killing them, before finally the sludge condensate in the middle that looked like an amalgamation of sludge and bone plates with a single glowing eye ball peeking through the growing mass of horrors

"HEEEIIII!"

"fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"

"NOOO stay AWAY!"

Screamed the now panicking attackers suddenly found themselves as prey to the hulking mass destruction as the first thing 'IT' does is fire a laser across the gathered people and after a short delay explosions rang the chamber gutting the stunned opposition like cattle, gore and meat fly out everywhere, and now the 'Predators' have quickly become 'prey' and attempted to flee the hulking mass of horrors as it started crushing through anything that moves,

"Griffon, Shadow, no one escapes, kill all that flees", cold voice was heard from the Intruder before he dashed and jump towards the overseeing balcony, focused on the pinked haired adversary that radiates 'power',

Manifesting a familiar Mirage edge, the Intruder then made a stance and prepared for a battle unlike any other, His first real challenge since he was reborn,

"your move", Bell taunted readying a stance, but never underestimating his opponent, while his adversary took out her thoothed sword,

"tch", she clicked her tongue, before smiling menacingly and charged at Bell with blinding speeds, at the same time Bell made his move, clashing with swords, from the moment their swords clashed it already told her strength is beyond him but it is not impossible, even with his body enchanted with magic, he could barely see her move and his knees buckles at the pressure,

But even so Bell did not hesitate for a single mistake means death, using the skill and technique he have mustered over the decades of constant battles gave him the necessary edge against someone with a higher level than him

"fucking brat!, I'll rip you to shreds!", his opponent screamed clearly getting more feral as the battle went on, attack after attack she tried to land a single hit to Bell but time and time again he avoid it with slightest of movements or deflect the attack with that translucent sword of the mirage edge

"Hahh", After flicking backward for a short distance he thrust his blade forward in a 'stinger' lunging with his his blade tip concentrated with magic power, threatening to bore a hole to her chest,

Reacting quickly she held out her sword on its flat side and blocked the attack but then Bell did not relent and followed up by blurring stabs as she struggled to block them all, with some of those stabs grazing and nicking her clothes and cheek drawing first blood

RUMBLE*, "Be gone!", Ignoring the havok happening behind Bell, He then reversed grip the Mirage Edge and launched 2 slashes of magic waves at his opponent who then jumped over the attack into a downward attack, Bell responded with a 'high time' attack meeting her blade mid air in a resounding clang, pushing them both away and landing in their feet, as Bell prepares for another bout he didn't expect for his enemy to turn around and ran away

"c'mon little brat!, Over here!", taunted the pinked haired woman as she retreated to the tunnel behind her, not willing to end things here Bell gave chase, flickering in front of her with a slash but was met with her own sword, She continued to pull back as they clash swords

Bell knew she was leading him into some kind of trap, he deduced this by the short clash they had, she may be strong but she was a coward, she fights like feral beast a demon something he all to familiar with, during his and Dante's hunt in the underworld the demons prepared traps, ambushes and even going so far in trying to bury them alive under tons of rocks and dirt, but still they survived and kicked ass

"die", Bell said in a monotone voice as he was ambushed by black robed men hiding in the ceiling, jumping himself in a great show of acrobatics, dancing mid air as he parried a claw blade aimed at him then followed by swing of the Mirage Edge to decapitate the attacker into a flip using a platform of magic spinning mid flip and cutting more of the attackers as he touched the ceiling, bending his offhand he summoned several swords each aimed at the remaining attackers as they reach the ground with a wave of that hand he shot the blades at bullets speed hitting their mark,

Kicking off from the ceiling he continued his pursuit to his target, just in time for Shadow and griffon to catch up to him feeling Nightmare return to his body, this simply means they were done with the clean up

"you sure about this Lil'V?, blindly following her in this maze its obviously a trap!", A concerned Griffon as he flew besides Bell with Shadow following closely behind

"...", Bell just simply nodded indicating he acknowledged Griffon's warning, Bell would simply have to be more aware to what awaits him, reaching the end of the tunnel they came across another open chamber this time larger than the previous place his familiars painted red

Walking into the chamber with Griffon and Shadow following closely, he looked around, giant pillars the supports the structures in a circular manner, steps that covers around the center resembling an arena, several with robed men with weapons drawn hiding behind the structures, but what caught his attention is the spider like magic circle that hums with magic dead center with his Target waiting for him

"HEHEH~ HAHAHA~, come now child~ Don't shy~, Names Valleta Grede~ your EXECUTIONER!", taunted the Valleta, psychotic laugh echoed the chamber gesturing him to come closer her weapon at hand,

SLAM!*, the door behind him slammed shut, trapping Bell with the woman, or is it the other way around

Bell looked at the magic trap and closed his eyes to consecrate trying to get a feel on the trap then he noticed it, strands and hair like wires made of magic littered the ground and in the air, stepping foot in the very edge of it he could feel just the slightest tug on his magic reserves and instantly he knew what it does, he will make sure to control his magic from leaking

"Griffon, Shadow, don't touch the floor", Bell warned his familiars before he himself delivered the first move by tricking right in front of Valetta with a upward swing, naturally she saw this and blocked it, followed by a counter,

Bell side dodged the a stab and ducked a swing before he 'tricked' back and thrusted 'Mirage Edge' forward

Valetta blocked the attack and kept on the offensive, trying to buy time for her magic to take effect

Meanwhile Shadow stayed back and avoided stepping into the magic circle and continued to 'poke' at the other robed men in the arena, while Griffon flew above the range of the enemies and rained downed lightning bullets

"Burn! Little Piggies!", screamed Griffon above the arena, raining down bolts of lightning at the enemies as they avoid it by hiding behind the Pillars, yet some unlucky ones got electrocuted if this keeps up they will wither down in numbers fast

"SHOOT THE BIRD DOWN!", yelled one of the white scrubs as the others pulled out magic swords and activated it

"Whoa There", Griffon now dodging a number of magic missiles headed his way, Arial maneuvers that barely dodges the missiles, "Comin' at ya' baby!", Griffon then charges at the enemies while spinning then let out a burst of lightning in the middle of the formation, killing a handful of the enemies, flying up in the Arena to provide more air support

Growl*, Shadow jumping from pillar to pillar nicking of stray enemies with its spikes while avoiding touching the ground

Sword against sword rang through the chamber as Bell and Valletta exchange attacks, Having a disadvantage in both strength and speed Bell even the odds by using His superior Skill and technique, angling his blade to lessen the impact absorbed and using slight movements to dodge fast attacks, all while counter attacking at each opportunity that arises but he knew it was not enough her speed allows her to block all of his attacks,

Bell felt something odd, He may have prevented his magic from getting sapped but he stared feeling thin wires of Magic all over his body slowly robbing him of his speed,

"tch", Bell now then reversed gripped Mirage Edge and released 3 waves of magic slashes at Valletta who then did her best to dogged them, side stepping the attacks, and just as Bell's movements became a little bit sluggish, she statistically grinned and charged at Bell in a burst of speed,

"Fuhahahaha! YOU'RE DEAD!", as Valletta held her sword in both arms swinging her cursed sword with incredible force against Bell's weapon sending him flying back in an arc, but Valletta not giving him a chance thrusted her weapon, hitting the flat side of 'Mirage blade' and broke it, sending him flying even faster back, Shadow quickly reappeared behind his masters back while shooting out elastic wires that grappled on two pillars bleeding off Bell's momentum as he step down

Griffon now reappearing besides Bell with Shadow reforming at his other side, Bell looked at his shattered 'Mirage Edge' before letting the rest shatter into wisp of blue particles, 'hmm, I need more Power', thinking back at the sheer force of the last attack, he needs a weapon that can withstand her attacks, closing his eyes he started gathering his magic power,

"C'mon V let' do this-, Hey WAIT! What are yo-", Griffon was cut off suddenly found himself starving of magic power, forcefully returning to Bell, same with Shadow dispersing like sand

"BWHAHAHAHA! What the MATTER!?,DID YOUR PETS GOT SCARED!?", mocked the Valletta, truthfully she was more warry of the 'things' summoned by this kid, She was not blind to the power they displayed, Especially when she witnessed THAT THING devastate the gathered clients, but She noticed those 'things' where made of magic, hence she purposely 'lured' them into the trap and tried to sap their magic for herself, but this kid caught on her trap in an instant, however he was 'Foolish' to dismiss them,

"..."

Bell only gave her a cold impassive stare as a sword slowly formed from his hand, a vague shape at first that slowly unravel its true form, a nostalgic weapon takes shape, from its intricate handle and guard, smooth flawless sheath, curved thin blade with a pristine shine, a blade he have endeared for so long slowly takes form, a blade of exquisite far eastern design formed with all the magic power he could spare, deeply colored Ethereal blue and not a single bit of transparency, dense magic power irradiates the whole weapon

As if showing off his new blade he flicked his thumb, unsheathing the sword ever so slightly, a smirk formed on his lips, and looked back at the woman with eyes of apprehension, 'Mirage Yamato' at would taste its first blood

"THATS IT!? ALL THAT FOR A THINNER BLADE!? BHWAHAHAHA, Kill HIM!", and so all the robed men hiding behind the pillars showed themselves at the sight of Griffon and Shadow disappearing, various colored weapons on hand, taking aim firing every Magic sword at him, when first volley reached Bell and what comes next shocked them greatly,

'hehehehehe, this woman won't even know what hit em', says a snarky voice in Bell's mind, understanding what Bell intend to do,

Those magic bolts from the magic swords where simply deflected by the Mirage Yamato flicking those spells with its scabbard ,the bolts of spells didn't touch him at all, harmlessly hitting the area around Bell

Bell getting into a drawing stance, He flicked Mirage Yamato in a split second, and a click* was heard, no sooner than the action Valletta felt all of her instincts to dodge, and by reflex she jumped away just in time to avoid the distortion of 'cuts' that appeared leaving traces of slashes in the ground, Interrupting the magic circle

"THE FUCK!?", shouted the surprised Woman, what kind of magic is this!?

Bell used 'Judgement cut' not to aim to the Woman but it's true target is to destroy the magic trap, and with the magic circle destroyed the trap lost its effect and at that moment, Bell appeared intron of the nearest white robed man, the cutting him in half, in blur he reappeared towards another group, in drawing stance

"scum", Bell said as he dashed drawing the Mirage Yamato, 'rapid slashed' across the group of his enemies, and after sheathing his blade is when they all fell apart in pieces, the others seeing this panicked and used all the remaining Magic swords at their immediate dispersal showering Bell with way more spells,

"WHAT ARE YOU IDIOTS DOING!?, ATTACK THE BASTARD ALREADY!", screamed the woman after seeing the carnage not expecting the sudden shift of power this Intruder have displayed,

Bell only looked at the incoming spells, maintaining his cool and collected aura, he griped the 'Mirage yamato' and spun it in front of him, like a rotating shield the spells got deflected again, the last spell a large fireball, Bell simple slashed upwards cutting the spell in half, then quickly returning to a drawing stance

"You Wretch!", now dashing after the remaining enemies another 'rapid slash' but this time taking some unlucky fools into the air, and as they fall apart, Bell performed another 'judgment cut' mid air turning rest on the ground into prime cuts

Landing he pointed the Mirage Yamato towards Valletta, the only one left in the chamber

"why don't we have some fun?", Bell taunted her slowly walking towards the center, his vision not leaving her nor his sword withdrawing,

"just!? WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!", The woman having lost her arrogant attitude, but she noticed the slightest pant Bell let out, smirking she now knew this brat is running out of steam, she just have to fight till he cracks

"HEHEEHE... HAhaHahAHa... I'll be sure to gut you like a lamb! LITTLE FUCKER!", Renewed Vigor rushed through the Woman as she saw a way out, She was still faster and stronger than him she just have to stall enough for him to run out of mind,

Dashing again to clash swords, she did not relent in her attacks, always looking for ways to grind him down, its all a matter of attrition,

"hmph", Bell was analyzing her further as they clashed swords, 'she fights like an animal, clumsy yet ferocious, crude technique yet fast and relentless', evaluated Bell, reminds him of a certain Red coated NO... even 'HE' have more skill and style than this boorish woman, her attacks made Bell's knees buckle, using the least moments to barely dodge the swings, Using his superior skill and technique to even the odds but even then, he could not keep it for long,

'Hey lil'V I don't like the feeling commin' outta her sword, try not to get hit', a warning from his mind, 'I know, its similar of the cursed weapons some demons wielded', jumping to avoid a horizontal slash and followed up with consecutive 'Judgment cuts' as he falls to the ground, in which the woman avoided the distorted cuts by dashing to the side but one cut nicked her cheek earning him a curse,

As he landed he 'rapid slashed' forward but was interrupted by a parry from the woman canceling each others attack, before recovering quickly delivering a flurry of combo each attack having more power each blow,

"I'll cut you in two!", Bell delivering a devastating blow on the end of his combo, which sent the woman flying, not expecting the sudden surge of strength and power behind the last attack, but at this point Bell can now feel the fatigue building up but at the same time he felt a bottled up energy waiting to be released, he has one chance to end this fight,

"ARGH!, YOU LITTLE SHIT" Valletta quickly recovers then charges right back at him, she can see it, Bell now visibly gasping for breath just a little more and-

Bell in an drawing stance again and waited until she was in range, He launched a powerful upward slash, sending her weapon overhead, and for a split second he drew back his blade, the tip pointed at her heart, sealing her fate

"You shall DIE!", Bell's whole body was encased with a bright blue aura giving him a huge burst of power, then thrusted 'Mirage Yamato' at bullet speed, directly at Valletta's heart piecing through her body,

"I-I-MPO-S-I-BLE, by a b...rat", Vallate can only mutter as Bell pulled back the blade as she collapse to the floor, blood quickly spurting out on her wound into a pool of her blood

Bell meanwhile was now panting heavily kneeling and his blade now supporting him, honestly that last attack was a gamble, he would have truly died if Valletta had somehow blocked the attack so he made sure to get her weapon out of the way first,

'that was close V!, one fucking mistake and we're all dead!', screamed Griffon in his mind, standing up from his position he looked around the chamber and noticed he was still trapped inside, looking at the 'Mirage Yamato' one more time he now squeaked every ounce of magic energy he could muster and opened a portal 'Mirage Yamato' shattered apart as he sliced the air, walking through the portal he appeared in the basement of the abandoned church and collapse to the floor from mind down,

Back inside the Chamber where Bell have fought, A God have entered the chamber, gore and blood everywhere signs of a gruesome battle but the god paid no mind to it, reaching the body of Valletta the god only gestured his hand and vine like tentacles emerged from the ground taking Valletta's Body with it, having achieve the God's purpose it wasted no time and left the premise as quickly as it came,

Deep in the Underground chambers, a certain got watched the whole battle through a basin like device that showed the entire battle, the god was could only stare in shock then could only sigh at losing a valuable member of the God's familia, however not all is lost, he knows an 'Ally' has taken her body and could only predict what would happen next, They would have to be more careful in the future and add some counter measures to make sure no Intruder could slip pass the gates,

Red eyes slowly and the first thing He saw the ceiling, pulling himself up he found himself on a bed, and a voice snapped his attention to his side, Hephaestus standing on the side with her arms crossed and Hestia sleeping on the chair leaning into the bed

"Finally Awake?, You gave Hestia a scare when she found you passed out on the floor," Hephaestus then took a seat then crossed her legs, "So what happened?, What made you fight so hard to cause a mind down?",

"Recognize the Name called Valletta grand?", answered Bell while streaking his body, its sore and stiff but good enough, checking his reserves he recovered enough to return to the Dungeon, He still needs to actually earn money... and investigate some fanatic cults,

The Goddess of the forge instantly widened her eyes, Valletta Grand was a high profile guild Blacklist, who have said to have died a year ago during the 27th floor massacre,

"w-where did you heard it from?", Hephaestus is now getting nervous, she could already feel the answer awaiting to be said and will only give her a headache

"We fought, easily the strongest I've fought so far in the Dungeon", came a casual reply, forget about headaches! This is a Migraine!, Hephaestus then rushed at Bell and grabbed him by the scuffles of his clothes,

"Y-You SURVIVED FIGHTING AGAINST HER!? A LVL 5 BLACKLISTED CRIMINAL!?", She screamed at his face while shaking him violently much to Bell's annoyance

"huh?", Hestia who was just sleeping on the bed side was jerked awake by the sudden noise, She had this confused and goofy look on her face before recollecting herself,

"BELL", Hestia instantly dived bomb Bell who was still being held by Hephaestus,

"kuhk!", Bell felt his her head crashed to his chest reeling from the pain, limited as they are they where still gods and often stronger than most people, as they both crash back into the bed with Hestia crying on top of him

"...", Bell could only stare and let a sigh

After a good few minutes things have calmed down, and everyone in sited properly as Bell explained himself

"You KILLED VALLETA GRAND!?", screamed The goddess of the Forge, wasn't Bell just a fresh level one Adventurer and in that short time frame he survied a mass pass parade, killed Evilus followers that survived the Loki, Astraea and Ganesha hunt, encountered a highly dangerous Evilus commander and not only survived the encounter but to come out on top as as well

Bell was vague about the details of how he killed her probably for the sake of his goddess than anything

"Why would you do such a dangerous thing!?", Hestia now was screaming at Bell, she just got the first child of her familia and Bell was already putting himself in harms way

'My head', Bell's ears was ringing at this point as two Goddesses have screamed on his face,

'for the record that's on you Lil'V, so suck it up!', chastise another voice inside his Head, after a while everyone calm downed again, Hephaestus left the room promising to talk to him later but for now

"Bell! promise me you won't put yourself like that again understand me? I don't want to lose my child", Hestia cried into his chest looking at him with tearful expression,

Bell weakly nodded at Hestia,

"Hestia I would like to update my... status", Bell calmly said to His Goddess shifting the topic away from his 'near' death encounter

"umuuu, alright... take off your shirt and let me see your back", Hestia went to the desk and pulled out a needle, Bell already removed his shirt and laid on his stomach, Hestia then climbed on his back and pricked her finger letting a drop of blood to his back revealing his falna

"huh!?",Hestia became speechless and wheeled in on Bell for a second time "How Reckless can you BE!?, charging into those people?", a cute glare aim at him as Bell simply shrug in response Hestia's eye twitched for a moment letting out unintelligible noises,

"Fine! Here's your status, congratulations you have a new skill", Hestia gave Bell a copy of his status

Bell "Vergil" Cranel

Race: Human

STR: I0 - F300

EDU: I0 - E468

DEX: I0 - D508

AGI: I0 - E497

MAG: I0 - C656

Magic:

Formless Aether – [creates any magical constructs in any form, better Concentration means better constructs, Instant cast]

Summon Spirit – [can Summon any of the User's three Spirit Familiars, mind is used to Maintain Summoned Familiars, familiars can act independently, Instant cast]

Familiar Spirits:

Griffon

Shadow

Knightmare

Skills:

Master Swordsman – [Greatly Increases affinity to "swords", using "Sword" magic cost half as much mind]

Driven by Desires! – [Motivation Increases Growth, Stronger Motivation gives stronger Growth, gives immunity to external influences]

Approaching Storm – [Activates during a perilous battle, as long as its a perilous battle "final light' is charged, the longer the charge the the stronger the "final light", releasing "final light" augments an active action, Deactivates upon release]

Memoria Yamato – [Reawaken the Spirit of Yamato when intense concentration of Mind and Memory]

Bell stared at hi status and already noticing the increase of his power, but he couldn't help to feel motivated knowing his beloved Yamato have followed him through death and rebirth,

While Hestia was still in a daze Bell quickly got out of the bed and put on his shirt and blue jacket,

"If nothing else, I will be off, I will meet with you before dusk", Bell then head off snapping Hestia out of her daze and tried calling out for him

"wait! What about breakfast! You can't just leave after waking up from a Mind Down!", shouted Hestia through the open door

Bell paused for a moment before replying

"I will have breakfast on my way, and I still need to earn our keep, I'm sure we can't just rely on lady Hephaestus' Kindness forever now can we?",

"mumumumumu", Hestia let out uninterpretable noises glaring at Bell

"Then lets have a dinner later tonight at The Hostess of Fertility known for their good food as an apology", making Hestia blush for a moment before accepting

'smooth one Lil'V, and a dinner date too how bold~' But bell just ignored the voice in his head, Bell smiles for a moment then made his way to Hephaestus' office, she said when wanted to talk about a few details with what happened in the fight,

Knocking on the door to her office Bell heard the the cue to enter

"Lady Hephaestus", Bell greeted towards the red headed Goddess already seated and gestured for him to sit as well

"I believe you want to ask a few more details about my encounter with... Valletta Grande", Bell straight to the point cool and impassive as always

"Yes, I supposed so, not that I doubt your word after hearing it first hand but I do believe welf's work would not have the quality to match the strength of a level 5, and in your story you personally clashed swords with the Arachnia",

"do you not trust the work of Welf?", Bell countered

"I trust his work, but I know him well enough, he have the potential but until he gains more experience, he could only make weapons and armor just above the guild issued equipment, but I couldn't help but be curious about the weapon you used,"

"..." Bell remained silent

"So I would like to know the weapon that matches the quality of my familia top smiths as depicted by your story"

"I see... But in exchange... I would like you to hear my request", Bell ask

"... Depends on the request, if I accept or not, but I can at least hear it", Hephaestus straightened her back and leaned forward towards her desk

"I would like a personal weapon made", Bell requested

"alright... I think I can have Tsubaki-" she was cut off by Bell

"I need a weapon that can channel Magic power freely and one that would not easily break, I need a blade personally made by you", Bell finished

Hephaestus just stared at him jaw dropped at the audacity to directly request from her, Hestia's child he may be, she knew where to draw a line

"And do tell me why would I forge you a blade, not mention the price for such a weapon will put you and your Familia in depth that would take decades to clear", but before Hephaestus can make a point Bell interjected

"I know, a weapon made personally by the Goddess of the forge herself would be as expensive to match its quality, but I intend to also bare the cost alone, I can guarantee you I can handle the depth on my own",

'uhh, you sure about this lil'V?' a voice inside tried to tell reason 'I mean its not like you need some op weapon or anything you can just use us for all your monster killing needs, no need to put ourselves in a huge depth, all I'm sayin' is you can just sit back and let us do all the work you know like old times...' at this point Bell have tuned out Griffon

Hephaestus narrowed her eyes and stared closely at Bell testing his resolve, but in the end she couldn't help but believe his words, Hephaestus let out a sigh and decided to talk to Hestia about his request maybe she can talk something into him

"I'd have to think about it, now then", she relaxed her posture "Tell me how you went toe-to-toe with a level 5 Blacklisted killer",

Bell closed his eyes gathering magic into his hand not as dense as he used in the chamber but enough to materialize a shade of Yamato, with the blade formed in his hand he carefully unsheathed the sword and handed it to Hephaestus,

The goddess of the forge was more than surprised at the casual display of magic before receiving the Mirage Yamato and inspecting it "If you can easily make weapons for yourself why seek the need to ask for a weapon made?",

"even so they cost magic power to produce, more so to keep them materialized I would sooner ran out of magic power in prolonged fights", explained Bell as Hephaestus nodded in understanding

"this blade... is almost immaculate, despite being made of pure magic even I can feel the history behind this peerless blade or rather... what it was, care to give me the details?", Hephaestus handed Bell back the mirage yamato and let the blade dissolve into wisps of light

"that blade was once called Yamato, created by... A being of incredible power comparable to you Gods", Bell hesitated to give the full details of the legendary sword

"truly?, would you happen to know who this 'being' is?", 'a Being comparable to a gods? Is it a greater Spirit?', Hephaestus wanted more details but refrained from doing so

"His name is... The dark knight Sparda..., that's all I can tell you", Bell leaning back to his chair

"alright I won't press further, and the sword does it have a name?",

"of course, the sword's name is 'Yamato' and it have the ability is to "cut" through space that allowed me to escape the underground labyrinth, as for where the blade is? It was... returned to its owner...", Bell serious poker face, He can't lie before a Goddess but he can still use vague and cryptic that allows him to preserve some details he didn't want say, some details are best left in secrets

'The Spirit Sparda must've reclaimed Yamato, then why was he able to recreate it with magic? No chant as well, did he received the Spirits blessing then?', Hephaestus deeply thought, shaking her head she returned her attention back to Bell,

"that's all I want know, rest assured that your secrets will be kept on my name as the goddess of the forge Hephaestus" she paused for a frame then continued talking "then lets talk Business, I will personally make you a weapon if you can prove to me you have the means to pay for it, there in no time limit but if you can produce 3 million Valis as down payment I will make you a weapon benefitting of a warrior such as yourself, will you accept the deal?" she stood up from her chair and extended her arm

"then I accept", Bell accepted the challenge and shook her hand 'V!' whileHe ignored the voice in his head

"then we have a deal, and once I made you your weapon you will have to pay back every single Valis even if takes decades to pay-off, don't you dare die before then, I will make up a contract once you have the down payment on you", Hephaestus then sat back at her chair "you may go",

"Then I will be on my way, Expect the payment within a week", Bell smiled before tuning around and made his way out of her office

"I'll believe you when I see it brat, now get out here", the goddess of the forge made a shooing gesture

Bell nodded and made his way out of the Hephaestus home

'I REALLY sure hope you know what your doing, I mean WHERE the fuck do we get that amount of money IN A WEEK!, I know you have some cahonas in your brain BUT THIS TOO MUCH!' Griffon yelling at Bell

'Hmph, I just have to go deeper in the dungeon then',

'and what? Even in the deep floors you'd need multiple trips to get near that amount unles- WAIT WAIT WAIT! You WANT to Challenge A monster REX? On your OWN!, fuck you V I want to Live!, If only I'm not bound to you I'd help you commit suicide'

Bell just shook his head Ignoring the nagging in his Head, and continued his way towards Welf's working shed

In front of Welf's workshop he knock a couple of times, he heard a few metals crashing then the door opened revealing a Welf that looked like he haven't slept at all,

"I thoug- Oh its you what brings you here? Your sword is still not ready for a few days, the minatour horn is quite difficult to work with so I'm taking it slow" Welf explained himself

"I'm not here for that, I'm here to take another sword from your... Collection the previous one shattered", showing welf the handle of the saber he took

"Huh? Lami-tan broke? Just what did you do down there!?, urgh never mind here come inside take whatever you need, lady Hephaestus said shell cover the cost", Welf let him inside and showed offf his works, some are clattered on the floor while others are hanged in the walls

Bell only took for a moment to look around and took a simple gladiator blade from the wall and gave it a few swings, the weight was a little over the the tip however it will do for now, the other weapons are either too heavy, too big, or simply not a sword, not that it would be a problem but Bell would prefer to stick to his 'style',

"my thanks", Bell simply said but before he can leave Welf stopped him

"ah wait! Ummm can we meet up tomorrow and party up?, I kinda need to someone to accompany to the dungeon", aske welf while clasping his hands together and bowing his head

"do you not have Familia members to go with?", replied Bell

"I don't want to... but c'mon man, I can work as a supporter as well", begged Welf

"hmmm, will it help with making my blade?"

"absolutely!"

"fine, suit yourself you are responsible for yourself I will not wait for you", finished Bell and walked out of the workshop

"yesss!", Welf excitedly went back to his workshop

As Bell was walking in one of the main streets his stomach grumbled for a moments, checking his funds he only have a few thousand valis left, but he didn't have much time to stop by the pub, looking around the street he saw few vendors selling some street food, left with little choice he made his way towards the nearest stand

"Potato-Puffs! Potato-Puffs!, get it here two for one special for just 60 valis!", says a sales clerk "oh what about you sir! Care for a fresh potato-Puff?", Showing off a tray of freshly cooked Croquettes

"give me three of them", Bell fishing out the appropriate amount of Valis

"of course! Thank you dear Sir!", the clerk accepted the money quickly and packed his potato puffs in a paper bag,

'I though you like all to be classy and stuff'

'no particular reason I am simply famished', taking a bite off the food, barely passable in his palate but it will do for now

Having his stomach sated he walk towards the guild headquarters, and saw quite the commotion, ignoring all of it he pushed his way towards Eina his Familia Adviser

"Is that you Bell?, your Alive! Thank the gods, after you went in the Dungeon, reports came in one after another about multiple monster parties starting from the down the middles floors, Loki and Astrea Familia took care of most of them but even so there was already casualties", Eina paused for breath before reeling in on Bell "when you didn't return yesterday I thought you where killed!, So why didn't you!?"

"My apologies Eina, after fighting through few hundred of them I... was tired and went back to rest", Bell explained

"YOU FOUGHT HOW MANY!?", screamed Eina grabbing his clothes, Bell remained stone-faced to all of it and simply let out a sigh, "l-let's go to the back and let me hear the details", Eina said as her little scream drew the attention of many bystanders and some of her colleagues,

Now sited in one of the private booths,

"So you mean to tell me you took on the Monster party at the 7th floor!? ALONE!?",

"yes"

"why where you EVEN at the 7th floor!? I specifically ask you to remain in the first 4 floors until you gain more experience yet you Ignored my advice", Eina was pulling her hair at this point Bell is just... SO RECKLESS

"..." Bell simply remained silent and emotionless giving Eina more frustrations to deal with

"Are you INSANE!, you could've got yourself KILLED!, the Dungeon is a not place to go Adventuring, proper preparations are needed to survive!" chastised Eina while pinching her forehead

'Yeah Lady! He IS insane' followed up a voice in his head

"rest assured, I will be more... careful next time" standing up he made his way to the door silently as possible while Eina was still massaging her head he quickly said "then I'll be off", before seemingly disappearing, Eina snapped her head and saw just the barest of his Figure leaving the door

"huh? Wait we are not done here!", screamed Eina but it was futile, he was already long gone "Argh! Why did I volunteer to be his Advisor...",

Bell was quickly making through the upper floor killing any monsters that comes his way, only picking up the stones and drops he can grab, he intended to at least reach the entrance to the 17th floor,

It was tempting to challenge the Goliath but he would wait until Welf have finished his sword before he would challenge the Monster rex, not for the lack of confidence nor ability but simply he didn't wish to rely too much on his magic,

Reaching 11th floor, Bell continued walking and killing any monsters in his way but he heard screams just beyond his position, feeling intrigue he hasted his paced and what comes before raised an eyebrow,

'look at that, never seen that before', they where looking at a large dinosaur like monster in all fours, stumpy feet, dragon like head, long neck and tail, 'I think its what's called a Infant Dragon, Eina said its considered a level 2 monster and should be avoided by anyone without at least a level 2 in a party', Griffon informed Bell of the monster

The Infant dragon was engaged against a party of adventures and by Bell's observations they where losing, none of their weapons go deep enough and only leave the monster with shallow wounds, there was already multiple limbs or crushed bodies scattered in the battlefield

Bell made his way towards the battle, this could work an infant dragon core cost quite the sum of Valis it would help with his dinner date with Hestia, making up his mind he walk up towards the struggling adventurers

"shit shit shit! An Infant dragon just have to show up now of all time!", a Chientrope Adventurer looking like he came out of of the meat "Bren, Ryan, Gomz!" while calling out names must've been his comrades

"We can't deal with this! Non of our attacks are working! This is suicide! Fuck this! I'm escaping!", screamed another adventurer who turned tailed and run, seeing this the party also ran with him losing morale at the sight of it

"hey don't leave yet dammit!" a Human now losing hope himself but saw Bell slowly walking towards the infant dragon "Hey Kid! Get out there! Are you Crazy your gonna die!",

"leave it man! We need to get out of here and that's our ticket out!" his companion said, clicking his tongue he obliged, at least he gets to live, he feels bad sacrificing what it look like a fresh newbie, but in here its kill or be killed,

Now left on his own Bell took his sword out aimed it at the Infant dragon

"Now I'm a little motivated", smiling as he let his magic envelopes his swords extending its reach as the aura compress outwards, the Infant dragon charges at his position extending his neck down to bite him but he simple jumped back and created a simple platform and dashed over the monsters head slashes one of its eyes,

The monster thrashed in pain but Bell only landed on its back and delivered 2 slashes this didn't kill the monster but it made even angrier, the dragon shook his body where Bell tricked to the monster's hind leg and cleaved through its knee joint, forcing the monster to collapse sideways unable to support its weight,

Extending its long neck the Infant Dragon let out a stream fire towards Bell, but it did nothing as Bell slashed upward while letting out a wave of magic splitting the fire stream in two, the Infant dragon got up with its front legs but as the fire dies down Bell was already right on top of its Head stabbed down the center putting a bit of more magic energy on his legs he ran through the entire length of the Infant Dragon Head to tail slicing the center of its body spinning his body along with his sword for the finish landing behind the Infant Dragon and slowly sheathed his sword, and once the audible click* was heard the Infant dragon split in two before turning into ash that quickly disappeared as if theres wind, leaving behind a sizable magic stone it its death

'hooo look at the size of that thing! Wonder how long we last independent if we eat it', Griffon seeing the Infant Dragon stone

Bell picked up the stone and quickly secured it his bag, and after a moment he turned his head to the direction of someone rushing to his position,

A blonde Elf with a green cape and battle gear along with a red headed human covered with what looks like red flames came rushing in not soon after a red headed werewolf burst through with a large sword that looks like an oversized kitchen knife resting on his shoulder, the red headed woman called out to him first

"hey you! Have you seen where the Infant Dragon is?", ask the woman sword at the ready as a well

"your late, I have killed it", replied Bell

"really? Your not lying to me are you?",

Bell remained quiet and showed her the magic stone he got from it and quickly returned it to his bag

Whistle* "heh, you must be pretty strong then to take out that big lizard", complimented the wolf boy

"wow! You must be at least lvl 2! Thanks for killing that monster before it could kill more people, I'm Alise by the way from Astrea Familia and this is Lion and Tony", the cheerful woman extended her hand towards Bell, he simply accepted and replied on his own

"Bell", simply replied but his eyes landed on 'Tony' the werewolf that he saw during his orientation with the guild

"hey I remember you, your that ass that left hanging in that hell hole!", 'Tony' pointed at him but no malice nor hostility came from him but Bell somehow felt irritated at the sight of him

"I have no recollection", turning his head towards Alise "A pleasure, but I'm afraid I must be on my way", without missing a beat Bell walk ahead of them to dive deeper in the Dungeon theres still plenty of time he could get more magic stones, he still needed to buy a proper house after all,

"what an Interesting person don't you think so Lion, Tony?", Alise turned towards his companions

"I don't know he seems strong", replied the blonde Elf

"I feel like I want to punch his face or something", 'Just a hunch but maybe...' Anthos' thoughts where interrupted by his captain clapping her hand

"well it seems like the situation is handled already, lets head back!", Alise quickly turned around and started to walk back

"we can't! We still need to meet up with the others in Rivira" shouted the Ryuu

"ah right!" Alise put her first in her head quickly switching directions, and towards the 18th floor

"It's your first time in the Dungeon right Tony?", Alise turning towards Anthos

"yep", came a simple reply

"Mother is still not happy about bringing him with us in the middle floors", Elf said glancing at the carefree Werewolf

"eh?, its fine if he can keep up with you and leave Kaguya beet-red like that, then hes strong enough to handle the middle floors" Alise responded grinning at the memory while Ryuu blushed and Anthos' just snorted, it was her fault for underestimating him,

"She just can't handle my awesomeness", the Werewolf just shrugs in response

Ryuu just glared at him while Alise was still grinning

A pack of minatours quickly found themselves headless after several spinning blue swords came their way

'think its enough for now, lets head back and cash it in, don't supposed that elf lady will have more than a few words after this don't cha think? You still have a date with your Goddess~' Griffon remarked

'I know, but I means nothing, the monsters in the upper floors are too weak! And I simply need more Valis' Bell quickly picking up the magic stones and drop items to his pouch and inspecting his sword, already have cracks and chips on it

'I do hope the blade I commissioned Welf will last longer, Let us return' Bell sheathed his blade and turned back to leave the Dungeon

'By the way Lil'V what's the plan when we meet them again you know, the cultist guys' ,

'nothing for now the entrance we entered before was closed off, however if we do see any them I'll simply kill them',

'Whistle* be sure to cover your face next time don't want to caught by a witness of you murdering some people, you could get yourself blacklisted for that' warned griffon

'Valid point', "Shadow to me" understanding his Intensions black sand stared covering his entire body utilizing Shadow's ability to shapeshift forming a long black coat with a hood and a half mask covering his head

'ooohhh nice cosplay there buddy, you should also need cool name with that'

'Then it is matter of changing ones... Identity',

"the last judgement dremeth nigh... I am the darkness that lurks in darkness to hunt the darkness, I am the Eminence of Darkness™", and thus Another Cosplayer have roamed the world of Genkai

A/N: My apologies for this chapter took more time to release than the others because I realized my original script felt too forced and generally bad so I scrapped it and did more research about the world of Danmachi aside from the manga and anime, and I stared reading the light novel for more details about the Danmachi lore left out by the manga and anime

Thanks for the reviews and I admit that Vergil's relationship with Hestia was rushed a bit so I will slow it down a notch however I decided to stick to it, it will take time but Hestia will fully open up to Vergil in time, Forgive my grammar English is still a hard subject for me but I'll learn as I go.

I will apologies again because I will be busy this month for family activities so expect a huge delay for the next chapter but I will try to upload one regardless so stay tuned

And Merry Christmas everyone!