Summary: This, is the story of an adventurer named Bell Cranel. Bell isn't your normal day adventurer either, no, he is in fact, an unblessed one. No one would accept him into their Familia, due to his weak looking self. Leaving Bell with one last option to secure his dreams. Watch as Bell becomes the first unblessed adventurer to enter the dungeon. Tread carefully young hero...The gods are not with you here...Yet.

Disclaimer: I do not own DanMachi or any characters from the light novel. Please support the original release by buying the manga, the Light Novel, and the anime when it's available. Look on google play if you wish to buy the light novel like I did. I do, however, own this story idea, and any new original characters or monsters I use.

Author's Notes: Well Let's get this show on the road. I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter. I was happy with the explanation of the new skill system. I think it's better than the one from the novel. I mean slapping an I or an S behind a skill is so lame. That and S class isn't the highest in this story, the whole slapping an SS or SSS behind something is so Naruto that it's stupid. We are not doing that here. Alright and we get to see a lot of old faces in this chapter.

Character quote of the day: "You know, the gods are a funny group of people, though I detest all of them but Freya. Their comical sense knows no bounds. What I'm trying to say is that they suck at handing out alias, other than Freya of course. Well, at least you didn't get the nickname Asshole Piercer, am I right…Right?" ~ Allen Fromel


Story: Somebody Up There Likes Me

Chapter Four: Minotaur in the dungeon!


I don't know how to describe this feeling right now. It feels as if I'm about to piss myself from my exponential growing fear. How in the good name of the gods did this shit happen? It was like my life was scripted to be a total mess. It was like everything I did escalate to the maximum intensity. 'Why, why, why, why!?' My mind ranted; it was racing at the moment as it wasn't able to comprehend the situation I was in. Just how could it?! I wasn't ready for this, so why in the hell had I stuck my neck out for those people? I knew full well that what I was gonna do was total suicide. Here let me tell you why I did what I did. Me being me, I had to do something. It was an instinct I was born with. A gut feeling that made me do things anyone with a brain wouldn't do.

It was common knowledge in my village that I was known for jumping head first into a problem to save someone. I have always had quite the hero complex, even when I was younger. I would jump into the fray of the moment and let my mind take over. Much like how I jumped in to save that girl from a bear. I did it because I couldn't watch the loss of life without doing anything to prevent it. Some people said I had no regard for my own life, which was absurd. I cared about my life, just not as much as others. I always held other lives above my own, call me crazy if you'd like. I should probably call myself crazy for doing what I just did. No, I was crazy. It was the only valid explanation.

Now, this was the situation I was in: I had stopped my exploration of the fourth floor to stop for lunch that a girl named Syr Flova had given to me. She was a waitress at the Hostess of Fertility. That was all I really knew about the girl at the moment. I was supposed to go see her after I was done in the dungeon tonight. I had made a deal with her. Okay, that stuff wasn't important at the moment. Anyways before I could finish the last of the awesome meal she had made, a bellow had rocked the fourth floor. It was followed by a scream and a lot of yelling. It was obvious that something big and unexpected had appeared.

This was my second week down here in the dungeon. I was on the fourth floor, I would have been further than this if Eina didn't make me have to go through classes and her long winded lectures on how to survive in the dungeon. She acted like I was a baby she had to teach. Anyways it seems like I said, forget all that information Eina had just given me, let me save a group of three low-level adventurers from a Minotaur! A Minotaur. A fucking Minotaur! What the hell was it doing on the fourth floor? Why the hell was I fighting a Minotaur?! They showed up on the fifteenth floor and were as powerful as a level two adventure. Yes, I had gotten the beast's attention and let the injured adventurers get away. Now said monster was hot on my heels! Boy, I was all over the place today!

"My luck sucks!" I yelled over one of its mighty roars. I had really picked a good day to head back into the dungeon that was for sure. How did I even find myself in these kinds of problems? I can't beat this guy. I just hope that I got to the place I was heading. I might just stand a chance there. It was my only hope now...Unless a higher level adventurer found me before then. I highly doubt that though. My luck wasn't that good.

"Ruuuuuuughhh!"


I had just woken up from my dreams as the morning sun beat down on me. I started to put the red blanket back into my backpack, but I stopped to smell it once again. I took in a small sniff, 'I have no idea why this thing smells so good..., But I'm not complaining at all.' I liked the smell, It smelt of some high-class perfume. A perplexed look crossed my face as I thought more of the strange smell that had appeared one night. The question I had was..., Who in the hell had been touching my stuff. I knew it had to be a female, you could easily tell by the fragrance the perfume gave off. Not only that but the smell hadn't gone away at all. No, it was just as strong as ever, giving long lasting a whole new meaning. Maybe they were still coming by touching his blanket? Hmm...Why would someone want to touch a blanket?

I sighed to myself, "I have to be more careful I guess…" To think there was someone going around touching my stuff. Well, at least they weren't stealing anything. After thinking that, I checked my bag to make sure that thought was right. I nodded to myself seeing that everything I owned was there. I stopped lingering on that thought and got up. I stretched my muscles out and let out a yawn. Well, it was time to start my day of action and adventurer! I was finally able to go convince Eina to let me go deeper into the dungeon. It took a lot of convincing to do, but I had done it. Today I was going down to the fourth floor. It was time to explore the new floor.

I was ready, this I know. I easily swept floors two and three. That was why I need to see just how much the monster attacks and damaged changed the deeper I went down into the dungeon. I had to get hands on experience too! Not that I wasn't thankful for all of Eina's help and advice, I truly was...But the girl was suffocating me to death with her never ending lessons! I didn't want my combat skills dulling you know? I had to get stronger if I wanted to be seen as a hero. If I was weak I couldn't save anyone, I couldn't even protect myself you know? It was bad enough that I kept coming into the guild looking like I was just about to keel over and die.

I took my first couple of steps out of the alleyway and into the morning street and took in a deep breath of air. A content smile on my lips. "I got a feeling that today is going to be a good day," I told myself reassuringly. Then out of the corner of my eyes, I see a small group of three people moving towards Babel. I guessed they were adventurers going to the dungeon early or something. The group consisted of two males and one I couldn't identify in between them.

The guy on the left had pointed ears, the telling sign of an elf, shoulder length purplish hair, red eyes, and stood at about five foot nine inches. He has a bow thrown over his shoulder, and quiver attached to his back holding a ton of arrows. He was wearing light armor much like myself but his covered more than mine did. His clothing was a brown button up shirt, green pants, green gauntlets, and his brown boots had knives in them.

The person next to him was dressed in a black cloak that covered the person completely, the hood was up and covered their face making it unseeable. There was a staff in their hands as they walked next to them. The person was rather tall, well taller than me I mean. They stood a five foot eight inches. I try hard to maybe get a glimpse of what could be under the hood but that bared no fruit. I couldn't tell what they were or looked like. My gaze then went to the tallest person there.

He stood at five foot eleven, his armor was more thick and bulky than his elf companion. He had a broadsword on his back. Dark brown, curly hair, a full beard, and eyes of silver. He was what people would call a tank, someone who could take in a lot of damage and distract the enemies from the ranged fighters and healers. His outfit was colored in a short sleeve brown, polo shirt, silver components here and there, light brown pants that were tucked into brown boots. The male was a human much like me.

I watched them head down the main road with interest. I had seen a lot of adventurers in my short time here in Orario, but these guys I haven't seen or had the pleasure of meeting them just yet. I shook my head to clear thoughts my mind. I rolled my shoulders back to loosen them for my day in the dungeon. I couldn't be as stiff as a brick. I just hoped that I was going to get a real challenge today. I hadn't had to really watch back on the first floor. After I had beaten Doluk the Cleaver..., It seems that the enemies had only gotten weaker. Or maybe it was the fact that I had gotten so much stronger that everything that wasn't a higher level monster was easy to me? Well if that was the case then I had managed to meet a goal of mine. Maybe I should celebrate this occasion or something. Reward myself for my accomplishments.

'I might as well look around and sightsee for a bit.' With that thought in mind, I went on my way. I had saved up a healthy sum of money now. I believe my total count was somewhere around four hundred and twenty-seven thousand vails. I was making out with quite a bit of a haul. I was spending my money wisely, I bought what I needed and that was it. I didn't go out to eat or anything. That could be expensive and I wasn't looking to drop a lot of cash. I had also been bathing in a lake to clean myself.

I was walking down the street window shopping. I was looking at the various items for sale. After awhile of my casual stroll, I began to notice more and more people starting up their day. The chatter of a large group of dwarfs standing by a water fountain could be heard as they talked about their exploits and findings in the dungeon. They all seemed to be enjoying themselves. There was also a couple of other people setting up their shops and such. Yes, the regular business day was about to start.

That was when I felt it. It made me stop dead in my tracks. My eyes widened feeling the sudden sense of something falling upon me. I hadn't felt something this powerful ever. I looked around to see that I was the only one experiencing this. That was when I connected the dots..., I had felt this before..., It was just that this time it was so much stronger. Much more dangerous. This was the feeling of being watched very closely. I was being hunted by something..., No..., Someone. I had caught the interest of someone rather powerful.

This was the gaze of a master predator that had found something to their liking. I was caught in the gaze of something I had never prepared for or was ready to combat. Just who was looking at me? What was going on? I became frantic in my search for the mysterious source of this feeling. Where are they? Where was the line of sight? I had no way of finding this person. What did they want? Why me?

I had connected the feeling of the eyes watching me as lustful in a way, but evil in another. It was sending shivers down my spine. Something wanted me. For what? I had no idea, no clue to even begin explaining that question. I was confused, I was scared.

Then, as if they saw me acting the way I was...The feeling of being watched disappeared. 'Just what was that?' It disappeared as fast as it came. It had disappeared.

I then noticed that everyone in the street was looking me with various looks. I felt a wave of embarrassment wash over me. I grin nervously and scratched the back of my head. I was hoping that they would stop staring at me so I could recover.

I hadn't noticed or heard the footsteps behind me, "Excuse me, sir!" I jumped a bit feeling someone tap my shoulder. I was completely startled by the sudden touch. I was still under the effects of that dreadful gaze. I was so shell-shocked by the stare that my senses had failed me.

I turned on my heels, there in front of me was a girl, a human girl. She has bluish gray hair that she has tied with a small knot in a pony tail style. Her eyes are the same color as her hair and she has a milky white ribbon in her hair and smooth skin. She was wearing a white blouse and a leaf-colored knee-length long skirt. She also has on a slightly long half apron around her waist. There was also a pair of brown boots over black stockings.

She must have been startled as well by me turning to face her so quickly. We were practically face to face. 'Why was she so close to me?' I thought. She had taken a couple of steps away from me so we were no longer face to face. "Uhh Hi." I managed, breaking the uneasy silence between us.

I saw her shake her head a bit, I must've snapped her out of her thoughts I assumed. She smiled at me, "Hello sir…" She started but paused looking at me.

I saw what she was getting at. She was inquiring for my name. "I'm Bell Cranel." I introduced myself to the older girl and gave a slight bow.

I saw her white skin on her soft cheeks turn a small shade of pink. "It nice to meet you Bell-san, I'm Syr Flova." She greeted me while acquainting herself with me. She looked away from me for a second, "I'm sorry to disturb you."

I cut her off before she could continue with another sentence, "Ah it's no trouble." I assured her, "What can I do for you?" I asked her with a polite smile.

"Well, you dropped this when you walked by earlier." She said pulling out a magic stone from her pocket on her apron. I blinked for a couple of seconds before it hit me. 'How did I drop that? When did I drop that? I thought that I turned all of my magic stones in?' I was positive that I turned them all in. So why was this girl...I shrugged those questions off and took the stone from her. She had that pleasant grin on her face as I took it from her.

"Well thanks for holding on to this for me." I grinned as well; I was happy to see that there were some kind souls out there you know? "I can't believe I was that careless." I lightly chuckled. I then notice her doing something. I had caught her gaze roaming over me. She was taking in my appearance. I was a little flustered seeing a girl check me out. "Uh, w-what are y-you doing?" I asked strutting over my words.

She took notice of the fact that I had caught her looking me over. She didn't become as flustered as me, but she was still flustered all the same. "So you're an adventurer, Bell-san?"

'Oh that what she was doing.' My mind automatically reasoned. Well, I could tell that I was feeling a little disappointed with the slump in my shoulders. It had made me feel good that a girl was checking me out. "Yes, I'm an adventurer!" I declared to her. "Though I'm rather new to the occupation." I laughed a little bit at the end of my answer.

The girl giggled at my response, "Oh is that so?"

"Yeah, I just got here to Orario." I made her aware of just how new I was.

I could have sworn I saw a sparkle in her gray blue eyes when I told her that, "I see-" She would have continued if my stomach hadn't interrupted her, much to my embarrassment. She flat out laughed for a couple of second adding more red to my face.

"Excuse me, I hadn't eaten breakfast or anything yet." I Spluttered out my sentence.

She looked at me seriously as she recovered, "You weren't planning on entering the dungeon on an empty stomach, were you?" There was a hint of hostility in her voice. It spelled out the danger in my head if I answered wrong.

"No of course not!" I denied her, to add more reassurance to my words I added, "I might be new, but I'm not stupid." Though I get a feeling Eina or Rose might not agree with me on that one. You know, walking into the guild building with destroyed clothing, covered in wounds and blood. I don't think that anyone in their right mind would trust them to be smart. But hey, I'm alive so that's gotta count for something, right?

She nodded a second after I had blurted that out. She rubbed the bottom of her chin for a second before I saw the look of realization cross her face. "Oh, I got an idea!" She exclaimed energetically, "Please wait here Bell-san." I get the feeling that what she had just said was an order, she wasn't asking me. I nodded at the girl before I saw her smiling at me. She dashed back into the...I took a look at the sign on the outside of the building, Hostess of Fertility. 'Oh, it's a restaurant..., So she must be a waitress.' I hypothesized. Her outfit also hinted at that.

A couple of moments later, I watched on as she skipped towards me with a basket in hand. I wonder what was in..., Oh, she wouldn't be giving me food right? I could not accept that. My stomach, however, wasn't agreeing with that trail of thought at all though. She had that nice smile on her face. She was really cute I noted. She stopped in front of me, "I believe I have a solution." She Crooned me like I was a small child or something.

I waved my hands in front of me, "Oh no I can't take your lunch from you." I tried shooting down her offer.

"Are you telling me no?" I saw her smile became more forced as her eyebrow narrowed down to her eyes in an angry manner.

"Yes-" Her smile twitched for a second and became a look that would even put fear into the heart of Doluk. It was at that point I felt fear wash over me like a tidal wave. "I mean no!" I was extremely shocked as I took the basket from her. I didn't want any trouble! It was in my best interest just go along with Syr's offer. This girl could go from really nice to really scary in a heartbeat. Once the basket was fully in my grasp, the girl was all sunshine and rainbows. "Thank you so much. You are too kind." I found myself bowing to her again. When I got up from my bow I was stunned to see the girl's face a bright red. Was she feeling sick or something?

"Is something the matter?" I asked putting my hand to her forehead. To my shock, she became even redder!

"Ah, Bell-san..., You're embarrassing me." Was what she said to me. I blinked for a couple of seconds. Then it dawned on me where I was. I was on the street, and looking around I had confirmed what my mind was telling me. All eyes were on us. I see why she was embarrassed because now I was too! Man didn't these people have something better to do, well obviously not.

I quickly retracted my hand like it had touched fire once I realized it was still on her cheek. Wait..., HOW DID IT GET THERE! I had my hand on her forehead! Not her cheek! I hadn't noticed that my hand had trailed down from her smooth forehead to her delicate cheeks..., Her skin was so..., Oh, god. 'I'm getting off subject here.' I opened my mouth to say something but the words won't come out, I'm choking now. The whole atmosphere was completely awkward for a couple of seconds. I finally found the right words to say as I decided to not comment on my subconscious action. "Well thanks again Syr-chan." Oh great, I said chan instead of san. Man, I'm all over the place due to my embarrassment. I coughed into my hand, "I really do appreciate the kind gesture. I'll make sure to repay you somehow." I grinned at her.

Syr face was the same shade of red as Rose's hair. I didn't want to fluster the girl as much as I had. Syr did stutter a bit when she had regained her voice, "T-t-thank you, B-Bell-Kun." My eyes widened hearing her change the suffix of san to Kun. I could feel my heart flutter for a second, Syr was so cute when- No bad train of thought.

I smiled again, " I'll see you later." I waved as I started to leave the girl. That was until I heard her voice ring in my ears.

"You can repay me by dropping by the pub tonight!" Promulgated Syr. That was an interesting proposal she had suggested.

I blinked catching her words, 'I guess that would be nice. I was thinking of rewarding myself anyway. Kill two birds with one stone right?' Was my thought process. I nodded at the proposal, "Yeah, that sounds nice. I see you tonight." I verified that I accepted her idea.

I once again started my way back to...Somewhere. The dungeon perhaps? I mean I had food now, so I didn't have to wait for all that much. I wanted to eat before I entered the dungeon and now that I had food, I could go a little earlier than I had planned. All thanks to Syr Flova. Speaking of the girl she called out to me once again, "Don't forget to spend a lot when you come by~" I came to an abrupt stop at those words. I spun around to look at the girl. She had a mischievous grin on her face.

"What?" I asked in utter surprise with my eyes narrowed slightly.

That grin on her face dropped and was replaced with a look of sadness, "I-I gave you my l-lunch and now I will nothing." She whimpered out, "I'll be skin and bones…" She gave me tearful look, "I guess this what my kindness will get me…"

I was quick to jump in, "N-No I never said that I wouldn't!" I told her as I went back up to her. I grabbed her by the shoulders to make her look at me. "I already told you I was coming by tonight."

"I know," She sniffed, "But I just won't make on my current budget." She explained her situation to me. "I was just hoping that you would eat a lot when you came by."

I took my hands off of her shoulders, "Well then I'll make sure to not eat too much before tonight."

She looked up at me with those tearful eyes, "So you're going to eat a lot?" Eat a lot means: spend a lot.

"Yes," Was my bright reply to her. That whole act was replaced by a completely cheerful one. Was this girl bipolar or something?

"Then I'll see you tonight then Bell-Kun!" She chirped like an excited bird in a bird bath. I watched her skip back into the restaurant. That was when my smile became forced. 'Oh, I see now…,' I visibly twitched, 'I was played like a fiddle!' Though I had to admit she was quite the actress. I sighed, 'Well it looks like I dug my own grave this time.'

Well to tell you the truth I was partly excited and partly dreading tonight. Excited that I get to eat at a place that had such a cute girl like Syr, and dread because I was going to be breaking the bank. My thoughts on the girl however only made me chuckle a bit. Syr shows a cheerful and kind demeanor, she is lightly mischievous, and at times, scary. "What an odd girl…" I laughed to myself. I snapped my fingers for a second, "I best be off to the dungeon." With that said I made my way to the Tower of Babel. Onward to the dungeon below!


Hestia was standing in her booth working at her part-time job. She, after all, had to work since she was in so much debt. While that fact may have got a lot of people down in the dumps, she, however, couldn't be happier at the moment. Yes, she was on cloud nine right now. She may have been forced out by her good friend Hephaestus, but it did her some good. She could now call herself a hard worker. She had also found a place to stay too!

It was in a rundown church, but that didn't matter anymore. She had managed to get the place all fixed up thanks to her team of adventurer! She was really lucky she had run into those guys. It was a small group of three individuals from a village deep in the forest far away from Orario. To her luck, they were looking for a Familia to join. She had been there and swept down like a hawk. She wasn't missing a chance like this!

She had been hopeful when she had started looking for adventurers to join her. Which quickly turned to despair thanks to being rejected fifty times in a row before she had run into them.

Of course, she was a no named goddess in this land, didn't have a coin to her name. Though they didn't care much about it. No, they were humbled that a goddess had approached them and wanted them in her Familia. They had eagerly accepted her offer. She had three Familia members now. That was quite the jump from zero let her tell you. They had spent the first couple of days fixing up the old church, then started down the dungeon right after. Much to her surprise, they had done that job relatively quickly. The Elf name Bolt Venglen had said: "We are of the forest, building is in our nature. This is just child's play."

They had completely fixed up the place and restore the old church to its former glory and then some. The quietest member of the group was always speaking in old elvish which was a very rare sight. Since most elves nowadays just speak common language. They truly were from far away. Though all three could speak common language, Grim had a grasp of it but was definitely not the best speaker.

The church was all clean now. Well, now they faced a new problem, besides her debt. Their home was empty as empty could be. The was now nothing on the first and second floors. That meant there was no furniture in the top levels of the Familia building at all, it was just blank and full of space.

Wel, she was sure they would fix that soon enough, especially now that they had entered the dungeon. She was certain that things were looking up now. It would only be a matter of time before they became a great Familia. She was sure of this. She counted herself lucky, today was a good day.

Though the smell of jagamarukun was making her mouth drool, however. Maybe working at this kind of a stand wasn't the right idea. She was known for eating large amounts of food at one sitting. She would have to bear this pain for a bit. She would be out of debt soon enough. Okay maybe not that soon but she was hopeful! That was when she noticed a certain goddess staring at her with a grin. Oh but this wasn't a happy grin, no this was one that laughed at her, mocked her, she knew this grin! It belonged to Loki! "Oh my, what's this?" She started. Hestia knew the backhanded compliment was coming next! "If it isn't my good old midget friend, Hestia?" Loki chirped leaning into the stall, that mischievous air Loki held now surrounded Hestia. "So this what you've been up to! Stuffing potatoes down your throat and shirt?"

Loki is a Goddess with light red hair and red eyes, her hair is tied back in a simple pony-tail. Hestia mind instantly took notice of Loki's attire. Her eyes were always slanted or closed looking much like the joker in a deck of cards. 'Oh, you just set up yourself to be burned didn't you?' The short goddess thought. Loki was wearing a shirt that showed off most of her stomach. The shirt that she was wearing could only be called the top eighth of a shirt since it only covered her shoulders and had long sleeves on her arms. It was mostly black with light blue trimming. The sleeves had a light blue vertical line running down it. The other fourth wasn't even attracted to the shirt at all, it just clung to her. It was colored in light blue. Though this was a part of her normal day attire, it was the lower half that had gotten Hestia's attention. Loki was wearing jeans that had a light blue and white belt and a pair of sandals.

Hestia forces a grin at her, "I'm sorry, sir," She let that hang in the air, Loki twitched, "But have we met before?" It was common knowledge that Loki often dressed in male-like attire.

"What's that supposed to mean shrimp!" Shrieked the red haired goddess clearly upset at being called a man.

Hestia gave a mock grin much like how Loki gave her when she first started up the battle. It was always a battle with Loki. "Oh, I'm sorry." Hestia put a hand to her mouth, "Is that you Loki? I couldn't tell with your flat chest and jeans on. You look really manly today." Hestia grinned like a madwoman seeing the stunned look on Loki's face. 'Backhanded compliment returned!' Hestia cheered mentally and outwardly laughed.

"What was that assless!?" Loki screamed! That was one thing Loki had on Hestia. Loki had a better ass. Hestia choked on her own laughter. She shot a glare at Loki, it was almost funny how quickly one had the upper hand then the second the other had it.

"You heard me rat tail!" Yep, that was what started the brawl of the century! Loki jump right through the stall and the two clash there and then. The onlookers were cheering at the sight, granted the ones cheering were males. Insults and one destroyed jagamarukun stall later, Loki stormed away from the smashed stall with rips and tears in her clothing and tears in her eyes. Hestia was on the ground rubbing her red, tender cheeks. Loki always went for her cheeks. She had said one time that her cheeks were so pinchable. Hestia had commented that she sounded like a grandmother. That issued another brawl.

Hestia popped up from her spot on the ground, "I would like to take my anger out on your face," Loki turned to face her again, a tearful glare on her face, "But it looks like genetics have put it through enough suffering already!"

Loki marched right up to the short goddess, clearly more pissed than sad. "Hestia some people are like slinkies...they're really good for nothing." Hestia was now glaring full force at the goddess of mischief, "But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs!" Loki declared and just like that, round two was a go.

When the two stopped rolling around on the ground Loki got her feet, "I don't have time for this! My Familia," She emphasized familia, "Is returning today from the dungeon. Something you wouldn't know anything about!" She stomped her way down the street.

Hestia sprung to her feet, "I do too! My familia just went to the dungeon today!" She called after Loki. She saw Loki wave her off dismissively like she didn't care. 'That flat chested bitch!' How dare she dismiss her familia like that! She should give her a piece of her mind, but she had better things to do.

She turned around and bumped into a man that was standing behind. Her eyes widened, that...Was her boss...He wasn't happy! "Hello Hestia, I see your little fight is over, so please clean up this mess." He told her, he was a lot less mad than she thought he'd be.

She, of course, had to ask why "Why aren't you madder?"

He looked down at her, "That is because I saw the whole thing. I'm sending the Loki familia the bill for all the damages..., plus the sales we lost today." He mumbled the last part with a smirk. Hestia nodded happily, at least she wasn't going deeper into debt! That and Loki had to pay for all the damages! Ha, take that Loki!


I had just entered the fourth floor, it looked the same as all the other floors. I was a little disappointed by that fact. I was hoping for a new change of pace or something. The only difference I could really tell is that it seemed to be a lot more larger than the previous floors. I guess not everything could be cool and mysterious like how I entered the monster Rex's room on the first floor. I hadn't encountered anything strange and unusual, well unless you want to count those three dungeon lizards I fought before getting to the fourth floor. I believe I had slane about twenty-one monsters before I got to this floor.

However, I had a feeling something wasn't right. The atmosphere had changed, I don't know how to explain it but it felt more..., Quiet than it was supposed to. It left me with this uneasy feeling in my gut. I, however, decided to ignore that feeling. I sat down on the ground, which I regretted almost instantly. The floor was hard, cold, and wet. I could feel the water on the ground seep right through the fabric of pants and underwear. "Great…" I scoffed at myself. I should have known better. I mean I worked in a mine before I became an adventurer! I should have realized this..., Ah whatever. "A little water never killed nobody." I shrugged it off.

I went to my backpack and pulled out the small basket that Sry had given me. As I looked down at the basket I couldn't help but sigh realizing just how much I was playing today. She had gotten me with that sob story. I mean I lived on the street, I was far worse off than her. Well, truth be told I didn't mind it all that much. I let a small smile cross my lips, "Who knows, maybe I might just have a good time tonight." Syr was a rather interesting girl, maybe the whole bar or pub rather was full of interesting people. Hmm, a thought to ponder.

I removed the cloth from the basket to reveal what looked like multiple sandwiches. I blinked a couple of time taking in the sight of the food. It looked good, I took a sniff, it smelt better, I took a taste..., My mouth exploded with flavor. It was really good, very good in fact. I was surprised. I wonder who could make better sandwiches, me or Sry. I had learned how to cook, thanks to my grandfather. My grandfather had told me that the keys to heaven's gates were only unlocked with cooks. He had told me that if you know how to cook, women would fall all over you. Especially if you could cook and make pastries. He had said you would be set. It was another one of those tips of his. I mean he had written a book on women. Sure I had the only copy in existence, but that didn't matter.

I had one day decided to try that tip out. I had proven it to be true. I had given a girl a blueberry muffin I had made, and she would never stop asking me to cook her another one. I swear I still have no idea what my grandfather means by gates to heaven. Really he was hard to interpret at times. Anyway back to the sandwich that Syr had made: I devoured it. What can I say? It was an excellent sandwich. I was enjoying myself at the moment as I went through the food that Syr had given to me. I was down to my two last pieces when I heard the battle cry of something that would be engraved into my memory forever.

"Urrrroooooarrrrrrr!"

I was up on my feet in a heartbeat. It was the loudest bellow I had ever heard, louder than Doluk. This thing was powerful and strong. In fact, I think whatever made that battle cry wasn't even supposed to be on this floor. No, it couldn't have belonged on this floor when the yelling of adventurers followed shortly after. No this was not good at all. My mind was racing, I had no idea what was even happening but I had felt something deep inside of me that told me to run. Yet I couldn't, especially when I heard, "Grim, Bolt is down!"

I had left the basket there, I didn't bother picking it up at all. I was too focused on the sounds of a clash off in the distance. That was when my body moved again, by itself. No, of course, it didn't, I had moved it but it was on a subconscious level. I had no idea what I was going to be facing, yet I knew that I couldn't handle it. That feeling was kicking me in my gut. It was yelling at me to run, not fight. I didn't listen to it, no I kept running right for the thunderous footsteps.

The cave was shaking, just like my nervous. The feeling of dread only got worse the closer I got. I turn the corner and came to face a grim scene before me. It was something out of horror story. There before me was those same adventurers from this morning. Two of which were injured, One was way worse than the other. The elf with the purple hair was being carried by the large bulky human. I guessed that Bolt was the name of the Elf. Blood was pouring down from Bolt by some unseen wound and onto the large man who was carrying him. The large man was also injured. I also made the assumption that grim was the one with the cloak. I saw them Bolting, no pun intended, right towards me with a...Min-MINOTAUR HOT ON THEIR HEELS!

That should not be possible! Minotaurs appeared on the fifteenth floor and this was the fourth floor. So...Why...Why was it here? Why was there a Minotaur on the fourth floor! No one here on this floor could take on such a beast. It's large black eyes on its bull like head were glaring down at the three adventurers. It had two large horns one of which was covered in blood. That was what had probably wounded the male elf. It gored him! You could see the bulky humanoid body, it had ripped abs on its stomach showing more of the creatures impressive strength. Its arms were like tree trunks, in its hands was a battle axe made of wood and stone. Its legs were covered in fur and the hooves that stomped into the floor shook the cave. To finish off its appearance was the dark brown skin and fur. The Minotaur was twelve feet tall.

I was frozen in place seeing the beast rushing at the small group of adventurers. 'They will never escape at that pace…Little long outrun that thing.' I was snapped out of my fear induced state when I heard the voice of the taller male. His yell was pointed towards me. "Run kid!" He yelled at me, "Don't just stand there!" Was he telling me to run? Didn't he realize that he would never escape this place...No, he would escape this place. They all would. I was going to make sure of it. No one was going to die today.


Freya was passing her time in her new daily set routine. Watching over the city Orario from her room in the tallest tower ever made The Tower of Babel. She had a wine glass between her forefinger and thumb, the proper way to hold a wine glass. It wasn't like how those dumb teenagers held it. She was rather enjoying the peace at the moment. Any day now she would get word from Hephaestus on the blades she had requested. Then she could set her plans in motion. Much to her amusement, Hephaestus was taking her time with the blades. In fact, Freya had assumed that she was already done with them. She was just waiting for the opportune time to tell her. The God's Banquet.

She knew first hand how much the red haired goddess distrusted her. She was smart to think that. Freya was a lot more powerful and cunning than people gave her credit for. Her looks added to the deadliness that lurked below her beautiful exterior. She had Orario wrapped around her fingers. Her seat in Babel only proved this statement even more. Though to everyone who was in her familia, they knew how kind and caring of a goddess she really was to her children, her familia. Granted these were some of the strongest and most promising individuals in Orario, she deeply cared for all of them.

If one was to describe Freya and what her familia meant to her, this was what they would tell you: "Freya is a cute little girl and her adventurers were her dolls. And when one was taken from her by another god or goddess. War. When an adventurer died, she wails like a baby." That was how much she cared for her familia. However, she could always embrace the ones she lost in heaven like she does. Once you were in her grasp, in her hands, you were hers and hers alone. Forever. She didn't like to share.

There was a click of her door, telling her someone was opening the door to her chambers. "My goddess," She smiled knowing the voice very well, it was the voice of Allen Fromel. Her most loyal member. She wasn't saying that the others weren't loyal or anything like that. No, what she was saying is Allen loves her to the point that he believes that he will become unclean if any other woman touches him. "I have done as you asked." He told her. Freya sat up a bit at his words. Now she could do as she planned in her new daily routine, hopefully.

She raised an eyebrow at him curiously, "Yes and what do you have for me?"

The man closed the door behind him and walked up to her chair. He stood to the right behind her. "The target-"

"He's not a target Allen." She interjected the cat person. Allen has black and gray hair along with cat ears and a tail. His eyes were covered by his metal visor he wears with the rest of his armor. He has on a long sleeved, black shirt with gray buttons, on the right side of his chest was a dark gray piece of armor covering his chest held in place by three light gray straps. Most of his arms are protected by long light gray gauntlets that have a black belt fastened around his biceps. Instead of having a belt around his waist it was around his stomach. It was colored in a light gray and a black buckle. The belt also held a long piece of cloth that covered the right side of his upper leg and went around to his backside. His pants were black, baggy, and tucked nicely into his black boots. On his back was his weapon of choice, spear. Allen, however, didn't reply, he still had a mission to complete. A mission that he absolutely hated.

"He has entered the dungeon a little while ago," Allen commented lightly giving his goddess the information she wanted so badly. Allen was greeting his teeth. He was jealous due to all the attention this no level was getting from his goddess.

The goddess didn't waste any time after hearing her, Vana Freya tells her that Bell had entered the dungeon. It was time to see the boy in action again. With a wave of her left hand, her window became a mirror that gave her a visual in the dungeon. Using her Discerning Eye, she easily located the boy. That was when the pair had come across a scene they had never expected to see. Bell was on the fourth floor and staring down a Minotaur that was chasing a group of adventurers.

"He's a goner…" Was Allen's unneeded, smart mouth reply. Freya loved Allen, she really did. However, he lacks in the tact department, or better yet, he didn't know when to keep his mouth shut. In fact, Allen was quite poison tongued to people outside of the Freya Familia. He had even told his sister that he didn't care if she died. He had told her she was a nuisance and cut all ties with her.

"Allen~" Sang the goddess in her beautiful deep voice. Allen could feel his heart beating rapidly at her singing voice. He loved it when he got to her sing. It soothed his very soul.

"Y-yes m-my g-g-goddess?" He stammered over his words like an embarrassed child. He was like putty in her hands.

"Be silent." She hissed; the putty had been crushed and fell to the floor. Allen didn't need to be told twice. He had upset his goddess, that was a sin that he could not take lightly. He just stood there and watch on knowing the inevitable was going to happen. This lowly no level that managed to get 'his' goddess attention was going to die a horrible, bloody death.


It clicked. I could feel the shift in my own stance, my knife was now out in front of me. In my other hand was a health potion. I wasn't sure if the group of adventurers before me had one or not. It was the same click in my mind that made me rush right towards the danger. The bear, the goblin, the rampaging bull, and Doluk the Cleaver. I guess I was driven to fight impossible, to risk my own neck for others. It wasn't all that bad though. I always felt good after doing something stupid that would save lives.

Now the question I had was once I got the beast's attention, what would I do from there? I could try to outrun and outmaneuver the creature, though that was unlikely. I could have the monster follow after me into the lower floors where adventurers of much higher than my own level could handle the beast. However, I would most likely attract the gazes of other monsters as well and be bombarded. 'How do I handle this?!"

I didn't know, but I needed to do something now, like right now! I took off from my spot and rushed forward. My grip on my blades tightened. The adventurers that were trying to escape widened their eyes seeing me come right at them. I extended my right hand towards the person I thought was named Grim, placing the health potion in their hands. I could tell the two conscious members were stunned. They didn't believe that someone was willing sticking their neck out for them. I was past the three in no time. I was now running right at the Minotaur who still had its gaze on the group of adventurers in front of it.

You see the monsters in the dungeon were simple minded, yet there were some on very rare occasions that they showed intelligence. Most of the time monsters focused on the first adventurers it saw, much like what the Minotaur was doing at this moment. Yet sometimes there was a time when a group of monster would swarm adventurers and cause them to flee. These monsters would, of course, follow after them until they caught up to the fleeing adventurers, or...Found another group of adventurers that were minding their own business. What I was doing was called gaze shifting. Taking the monster's gaze away from a group and onto myself. Usually, gaze shifting was done by a high-level adventurer that could handle the situation.

I knew for a fact, that I could not handle the situation in front of me, yet I couldn't let that discourage me now. Not when the monster was still coming close in thunderous footfalls. I threw the blade in my left hand right at the monster chest. My eyes widened when the knife hit the bare chest of the creature and...Shattered like a glass bottle hitting the ground. Panic had taken over at that moment. I had just realized just how hopeless this mess really was. I couldn't even damage the monster in front of me. It wasn't like Doluk, this thing was so much stronger compared to him that it was sad. Its dark black eyes switched to me, It glare wanted to root me in my place. Yet I knew that if I had stopped running, I was dead. I juked to the right as its battle axe came down like the force of a landslide. It shook the cave completely and I almost lost my balance. The sound of the impact rattled my eardrums. That huge weapon would have bisected me. I ran right past the beast as it was slow to lift its overly large weapon up.

"Uugghunnnnn!" It roared in anger at missing me. Yet I kept on moving down the corridor that the other group of adventurers came from. I could see the path before me fork in two different directions. That was when I heard it. It was the voice of the cloaked figure which I could now classify as a woman. "Cliff left, dead end!" Grim had warned me of the dangers. The left side was a dead end because it led to a...Cliff! Yes, that was it!

I didn't heed her words as once I got to the separation in the path, I went left.


Grim had watched the boy dash to the left not heeding Grim's words. The minotaur was booking after him. It was clear that she was confused by the boy's choice in the path he took. She had warned him that there was a cliff on the left side path, did she happen to say something wrong? Did left mean right, and vice versa? Was she the cause of the young man's death? She knew she wasn't the best speaker of common language...But she had been positive on what she had said. She looked to her other comrade but he hadn't stopped, no he had kept running.

"Oi, what are you doing Grim!? We can't help him!" He screamed from the opening that the boy had come from. "Don't let his sacrifice be meaningless!" Why was he tell her this? She knew there wasn't anything she could do, her power was too weak at the moment. Her grasp on the potion she had been given by the boy tensed greatly that it threatened to break it. Not only had the boy risked his life for people he didn't know, but he had also spared a health potion as well. This could save their friend as well. Bolt will live from being gored. In just five seconds, he had saved all three of them.

Whether Derick cared or didn't, didn't matter to her. They owed him a great debt. She could only hope he knew what he was doing. She turned on her heels and followed after Derick, "Haryan Yúlima asea!"

"What do you mean you have a health potion?! Where in the hell did you get that from?!" Derick questioned her as she caught up to him.

"Boy."


"My luck sucks!" I yelled over one of its mighty roars. I had really picked a good day to head back into the dungeon that was for sure. How did I even find myself in these kinds of problems? I can't beat this guy. I just hope that I got to the place I was heading. I might just stand a chance there. It was my only hope now...Unless a higher level adventurer found me before then. I highly doubt that though.

"Ruuuuuuughhh!" I dove left and rolled back onto my feet. I caught a glimpse of the axe cutting right through one of the walls of the cave. It sent debris everywhere and shook the ground as well.

"Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee?!" Was my startled response to me almost losing my balance and having a rock almost crack me in the back of my head. I was running for my life again. I could not stop until I got to the cliff. I had to make it there if I wanted to stand any chance against it. I had almost made it there, I could feel it nearing me. I could feel the air changing. My blood was pumping, heart racing, stomach turning, and eyes bulging. Terrified was how I felt. Then I saw it...The cliff was in sight. I fasten my already fast pace to reach it quickly. I was quick to take in my surrounding. I peered over the side of the drop to see stalagmites at the bottom, and at the top of the ceiling, stalactites. I notice a couple of stalagmites to the right of me.

Yes! This had to be a gift of some god or goddess. I mean really, look at this. My luck didn't suck all that much! I could hook my grappling hook to them and trick the Minotaur to charge off the cliff with me. I now had my plan of attack! I pulled out the grappling hook from my backpack. I thought that this might just be the most useless item I had bought; who would have thought that it would have saved my life like this! I tossed it between two stalagmites and with a quick pull of the rope, it was locked in. I had the rope in my left hand. Okay so now I had to worry about it being smart enough to see the drop behind me. Maybe if I had made it angry enough to charge at me? I caught the sight of a lone stone by my feet and I was quick to snatch up the small stone from the cave floor. This could piss it off.

My gaze then fell on the booming sound of footsteps coming closer to me. I saw the axe before I saw Minotaur. It made eye contact with me and matched closer to me. When I felt it was close enough to me...I let the rock fly. It cracked right between its eyes and turned to dust. I hadn't been expecting that to happen. I felt that it might break apart but I was really hoping to piss it off and send him into a rage.

Well, that part of the plan had worked, yet there was something I didn't count on. That stone had sent small shards of the rock into its eyes. I didn't expect that to happen but it worked out for me in the long run. The monster before me let out a cry of and anger and pain. Its teeth were bared at me. It snorted out air from its large nose. It was squinting to see me and when it did...

"Urrrroooooarrrrrrr!" It unleashed a battle cry as it charged at me full throttle. Its axe was firmly ready in its massive hands, to be swung downwards at me. It was looking to cut me right down the middle. I jumped backward with both of my hands on the rope as it brought its axe down with full force. It rocked the cave violently. Yet the Minotaur hadn't been really thinking straight as it was lurched forward because of stopping so suddenly.

The rope tightened from my weight as gravity brought me down. I hung on for dear life as I hit the hard cave wall under the drop point. I could feel the burn in my hands from the rope. The Minotaur toppled right over the axe and then the cliff itself. It let out a startled bellow as it fell to the depth below. I heard the below ended with a sickening squelch as it hit the bottom. The cave shook under beast impact with the floor. The stalactites plummeted from their resting place on the ceiling and speared into the ground and the mighty creature's back. It's back already had spikes point out of it, thanks to the stalagmites it had fallen on top of. It looked like a Minotaur pincushion.

Blood was oozing out of all the holes that were put into the beast. Its own power had been its own downfall. Quite literally I might add. I watched on with bated breath, hoping to see no movement from the creature. It didn't move for a solid minute. I had caused the death of a Minotaur. I had led it to its demise. I had killed a Minotaur.

Sure I didn't directly beat the beast in battle and was now deathly afraid of the species of monster in general, but I had killed it with smarts and a crap ton of luck. I let out a small laugh, then another, then it became hysterical laughter.

I could feel tears rolling down my cheeks, "I'm alive...I'm alive." I was so happy that I managed to survive. I had...Done the impossible. After I got control of myself, I started my long climb down the lengthy seventy-five-foot rope. However, it wasn't enough to reach the bottom. There was still ten feet left to the bottom, I let out an annoyed sigh. "Great...Looks like I have to climb my way down from here."

When I got down to the ground floor I made my way over to the bloody scene. The corpse of the creature had already deteriorated into nothingness until only one thing was left, a large magic stone. I picked it up and brought it to my face. This one crystal was worth a lot of money. I put the magic stone in my backpack with a smile. I had killed a Minotaur. That magic stone was the proof of it. I climbed back up to the rope.

From there it was haul back up to the ledge. I threw myself over the top of the ledge where the axe wasn't. I saw it still firmly dug in into the cave floor. I then put away my grappling hook and took one more look over the edge. I pulled the magic stone out from my bag to take another look at the stone.

Once I had stared at it enough, I nodded to myself and turned around to see two golden eyes as I came face to face with a girl who looked a little older than I did. She was a very beautiful woman with long golden hair, gold eyes, and a slender body. She was wearing a white and black battle-cloth, black arm covers, and long blue boots. She had her armor over this consisting of a head guard, breastplate, arm guards, hip guards, and knee guards.

Oh, there was also the fact that she was covered in blood, along with her sword that has blood dripping from it! I had a pretty stressful day as it was. Seeing someone standing so close to me covered in a nice shade of red that looked like human blood was enough to scare the shit out of anyone. That and she held no emotion on that cute face of hers, I guess the consolation prize for the no emotions was the light sprinkle of blood on her face. My mind registered all of this at once, and before she could say or do anything, I put my hand up and said, "Hold that thought."

I then proceed to run away from the girl at full speed which startled the girl. I had also noticed that she had put her hand out, she was reaching for me! I had to get out of this damn dungeon! I had enough crazy for one damn day! On my way out, I had run into an adventurer.

There was a tall Elven beauty with sparkling emerald colored hair reaching to the waist and tied in a tail. She has a pair of sharp pointy ears and a pair of clear jade colored eyes. She was wearing a white cloak on top of a green and yellow military coat with a black belt around her waist. She also has on dark colored stockings below long black boots.

"Excuse m-" She started but I cut her off before she could begin.

"You looking for a blond haired girl, golden eyes, and bathed in blood?"

The woman nodded with a thoughtful look, "I wouldn't say bathed in blood."

"That way." I pointed in the direction I came from. I then took off again. I paid her no mind as I ran.

"Thank you." She called after me, I managed a wave. Man oh man what a day- Oh shit! Eina is going to kill me! How in the hell was I going to explain that I killed a Minotaur?! "I'm so dead, so very dead," I muttered with a far off look in my eyes. One crisis averted another disaster appears to take its place! Today wasn't a good day, no it was a catastrophe!


Author's Notes: Alright another chapter is done! I hope you all enjoy this one. We will be seeing more of Loki Familia in the next chapter, along with all of the Hostess of Fertility bunch. I wonder how the guild is going to act when Bell comes in with a Minotaur magic stone? Well, we'll see that for sure. I also hope Freya doesn't pull a Hestia and take forty chapters to give Bell the knives once she's got them! I remember yelling the whole time, "Bitch give him the knife! Just do it! Come on already! Give it to him!" It was very annoying. I think I got Allen Fromel down just right.

Also as you can see you don't need force to kill an overpowering enemy. I have played games where you can lead a boss right over a cliff to their death! On another note, I believe we might be finding out a bit more about Bell's skill in the upcoming chapters. On a final note, it seems that Hestia has gotten herself a familia?! I wonder if we'll be seeing more of them soon? The Elven Language is from LOTR. It's called Quenya. Thanks for reading! I'll see you all next time in the next chapter! Don't forget to review, favorite, and follow. Or do all three! Stay safe my readers!