Is It Wrong For A Gamer To Be In The Dungeon? Familia Myth Of Zetta

Again for the third day, at the fountain near the tower of Babel. The half-elf emerald eye Argo find himself waiting.

Its normal for him to wake up early in the morning because of his body clock and an elf with enhance hearing sense, adding the fact that he lived in a godforsaken place in lukrios ever since when, did he becomw accustomed to it. . .

With that, he open his emerald eyes once heard a single chirp from the bird besides his window.

Meanwhile, looking at his neighbouring door after walking out, he haven't yet to see her again. After then, his thought snap back up from the certain person's voice after calling his name

"Argo-kun!" Bell and others arrived not long after while he busily cleaning his Flosvirt and Jupitel Sword vefore those thoughts. . .

Watching them, he smile and stands up after placing his gear on. "Uhm, goodmorning everyone, and Haru-chan and Mikoto-chan he he" with that simple introduction, he smiles like a pervert.

"Alright!" Lilly then passes through near him and pinched his leg. With one yelp, he cried out and follow others thereafter. . .

"So mean Lil'ly. . ." After hearing Welf's alias that given to her from the last time, Argo called the little pallum the same name from there-on.

"Oh by the way, I'll be returning towards the surface after lunch, is. . .that okay?" Argo followed up while they started to stride towards the lower floor and at the same time starts his incantaion. . .

"Uhm, lets return home together then, afterall, we too had a quest from floor 20th and that item is needed before sunset. . ." Bell as a captain, inclined, after then they glowed like last time; speed accelerates. But this time, their speed doubled after Welf activated an wind element from his [Magic Knife]. . .

After agreeing. And like usual, Haruhime and Lilly are in tow

While at the same time, "Welf, is that?"

"Hehe, surprised? I created this from the 'commander's item'" Welf boasted from his captain, not only that--the weapon didn't break after activation

"This knife has using refined magic stone to activate" Welf proudly said so

"The one from Artemis' familia's?" Mikoto questioned which Welf nodded with chime. . .

'Oh I forgot, this familia belongs to the same alliance as bro' Argo who listened, thought so after Loki told him their affiliation last night after their meeting. Hearing that her Argo is with this familia

"So thats why mister Welf went towards our 'Godhood Storage' yesterday and directly straight inside his workshop" the pallum acclaimed

"He he, yup yup" the red haired blacksmith rubbed his nose. . .after what happen yesterday, he realize he shan't be abstinent when creating equipment with Zetta's material even if its high ranking or out of this world kind of ore.

And after learning few instructions on how to use them, which is also inside their alliance storage; for example how not to waste those with element affinity to——one should use [Refine Magic Stone] as an energy source like an electricity provided as catalyst for mana, and/or absorb the impact to not destroy the said item. . .with that, did Welf successfully created this one of a kind magic item. . .

Thanks to this, Welf is now proud of himself.

Realistically, it was Catana who inspired him from the last time

'I don't care. . .as long as it help my friend and I love my work, I'll create any kind destructive equipment!', although he nearly forgotten he created such weapon during War Game with Apollo Familia.

But ideally it was Zetta unknowingly made him do this.

Afterall, this time Welf doesn't mind if he wasted some of the said rare item(Zetta's in-game Loot).

But then again thanks to his bloodline and [Development Skill] he receive after leveling up. He is now a high-smith. So the magic weapon he created is many times stronger than the normal magic weapon created by normal blacksmiths, adding the fact where failure isn't his forte so in a sense, their commander 'again' is the one who motivates him. . .of course he didn't realize this single fact, so does the person in question. . .

"Eh?" A couple of hours later, a monster walking in four legs with two protruding horn; a wolf. Silently walk towards their group after clearing monsters from their area. But the said wolf is familiar to them all.

"You, you're with that minotaur, right? You can speak right?" Argo unsheated his weapon and bravely step towards the wolf who has different colors in its ears, Argo then questioned. . .in return, the wolf or rather, the Fenrir, Yurica nodded and growl

"Is it important?"

Woof-! Yurica nodded. . .

"Then!"

Woof-!

"Where—what?! No way!?"

Woof Oof-!

As if he understood, Argo frantically look above ground. Thereafter, the said wolf, namely Yurica vanish out of thin air like how she arrived. But her thought after that is 'why did onii-san run off!?' and look towards this group who remained. . .'did that onii-san misinterpret what I meant!?' After that, Yurica scratches her head and walk away, afraid that this remaining group misunderstood hers too. . .

At the same time

"A-Argo-kun?!"

"Wait, Argo-sama!"

Following Argo out of the floor, the half-elf immediately chanted and activate his flosvirt until his sillhouette are no more, leaving Hestia party in dust, his last word is only "I'm sorry, this is important!"

"Why? I thought we're friends, he didn't even ask for our help!" Bell punched the poor wall with grinding teeth with that, which created spiderweb cracks

"*sigh, Its okay Bell, you just have to follow him" Welf look at his captain's dejected face and stated

"But how?! we didn't have—wait, only Bell-sama!?"

"Uhm, he can"

"But. . .what about us!?"

"Its alright without him, I guess?"

"What, you guess!? Its hard for us you know!? Yes, Bell-sama and Argo-sama is very weird but not us! 'We' are normal alright!"

"Welf-dono, Lilly-dono, please let our captain decides"

Welf and Lilly quarrelled but the last to decide is always their captain just like what Mikoto said

"its alright everyone. Lets resume our quest. We need this before sunset" so Bell said, stopping the pallum and the red haired blacksmith quarrel. . .

Although he wanted to help Argo. Bell cannot leave his familia behind just to help, right? At the same time, he doesn't have the ability like Argo who can become like a wind. And although it troubles him, his decision is the wisest which Lilly is always approved, even though most of the time it created mess clouded by his own justice. At the end of the day, her captain is a level headed and could decide whats good even under pressure.

Why he have his little pallum support this time even though she betrayed him a couple of times?

Why he killed a minotaur at level 1?

Why they're still alive and rescued from 18th floor you ask?

Luck plays out sometimes, yes. But the little Lilly sure knows, Bell Cranel, her captain knows whats good decision he chose with his instinct alone——especially with this familia as a whole; in this ever growing Hestia familia. . .so she always support what her captain's decision

After this decision, the little pallum widely smile and nodded which leave a bad taste after Welf.

The crimson haired boy sigh and apologize. Embarrassed of what he did and thought he already know his captain. . .But then, Bell nodded with casual smile and explained "I-I can't. . .sacrifice my current familia before others, right? S-so lets resume"

With determined face and although stuttering, he ordered them to continue their current mission.

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Somewhere inside the hidden dungeon called Knossos.

A landscape; a wall made of stone and the running water in a middle; like inside the sewer——is a place where the sword princess, Ais Wallenstein and the humanoid monster called Revis. . .A muscular woman with blood red hair and green eye-are having their death match imploded.

TTANG-!

Falling down, standing up, collides and step back. The red short hair of Revis and the golden long hair of Ais, flatters as this two warriors clashes, created tremor in return. . .

This is the third and final showdown between the two, as Revis are even stronger than before thanks to her eating multiple magic core from monster she slew, her status elevated because of that. Afterall, she too is a monster.

And unlike adventured who could acc.u.mulate Excelia through killing monsters or other means, monsters too, could grow through this process and doesn't need any god to update their falna. . .but like what they say. Great power can give ones harm. So Revis felt that her body are tearing apart in exchange in this burst of power. . .

But at the same time. . .it doesn't mean this red haired musculine could win, just because of this alone, against her adversary, a blonde maiden who upgraded her swordskill and wind elements to another level thanks to certain someone. . .if she'd gotten stronger, so do Ais who isn't dilly-dallying from the corner as she too is growing and going forward; unconsistent. . .

"To think you've unsheated this time that claymore of yours"

With small frown, the red hair Rivis ask the Kenki after noticing Ais' threw her destroyed rapier, «Desperate» after their last explosive collision, which has attribute or the so called unbreakable materials, but alas no match against Revis' domineering longsword. . .and now only a piece of junk.

The musculine woman sneee. Thanks for being a monster, Revis could regenerate infinitely unlike the battered Ais infront of her who's huffing heavily after their endless clash since a couple of minutes ago. . .

"This is going the last, Aria" Revis stated. . .

Golden eyes glinted, after Ais' chanted her [Ariel] through the single word of incantation "Tempest" —green air, like a current, slowly enveloping her whole body.

Not waiting to finish her move, Revis charged forward dragging her menacing longword sparking the stone pavement in its way; creating an earpiercing screech coming from its tip. . .

10 meters away, the red haired musculine, slash an air diagonally upward towards left, whilst unleashing fissure from the ground, spikes created along, with black wave flew towards the kenki

"You'll be defeated here! Claimoh Solais!" Sheathing, Ais pour all of her Ariel inside the claymore given by Zetta, and shouted a word as if the scabbard itself absorbs all of her Ariel; her wind elements

"!" Unsheathing her weapon again, the claymore called «Claimoh Solais» become mystical golden hue as if coming from another world when the scabbard and hee sword itself is the catalyst of this phenomenon.

The now golden hue sword created luminous dancing slash, and seven slashes—like crescentmoon, succesively unleashed coming from Ais' very sword. . .

Air splitting, her sword connects from Revis' last attack—

—first slash destroys all of the red haired musculine latests attack, —second slash collides with Revis' longsword whilst she knockedback along with it, —third slash connects from her abdomen and cleanly cut her into two pieces, —fourth slash, and her twin voluptous t.h.i.g.hts has separated from its original position, —fifth slash, so does her hand holding longsword, —sixth slash, half of her upper head along with its eyes, separated —seventh slash vertically, her body turned half. . .

All in span of not even 1 second, the musculine red hair Revis, cut into meat piece, as if grinded by Ais' «Clamoh Solais» seven slashes from its skill, combined by her . . .

"activate ", but Ais attack hasn't yet to finish as she duck centered and hand holding claymore creates another—but this time is a sinister ghastly dark wind after she mutters. . .

—TTAK TTAK!!

Kicking off the landscape. In one brethe she arrived infront of cutted musculine who is slowly regenerating through connecting vines from her every pieces of meat; Ais then shouted ""

A skill who destroys the Demi-Spirit from 59th floor; the latest floor achieved of Loki Famia, a demi-spirit with upper body of a lady and lower body of a plant. . .just like how it die. Ais unleashed it together with her forbidden skill, a skill she decided not to use on anyone other than the Ouroboros. . .the [Avenger].

Revis at the same time; the [Monster Tamer] of Evilus cult; under the direct order of Enyo. Vanished as every piece of her meat, exploded from Ais' and combined. . .

But before she completely lost, Rivis muttered "not bad, Aria", even during her last moment, Revis' is calling Ais the same name over and over ever since they first met. . .

BOOOOOOOM———!

The vicinity where this two battled; crumbled into pieces and from below, without news. . .a white pillar of light at the same time, climbed and ascends above the surface, creating one big hole coming from above and ground, and without a second thougth as the current floor she's in destroys in each passing seconds, Ais leaped up with all her might, in which, going down is her downfall given by her current physical state.

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With tattered gear, Ais arrived at the eastern part of the Orario' surface, at—Daedalus district—after climbing up high from the hidden dungeon called 'Knossos'.

Huffing heavily, she seated to recuperate. At the same time, the hole she exited has been slowly closing. She try to stop it from closing but al ahe could do is to yelp

"W-what the!" and then, remember the familiar white pillar of light. . .it came from the God! Sure is. . .but who!? Though she knew it wasn't her goddess Loki given her falna is still active, Ais tried stands up but—

To her surprised, she couldn't even lift her arm up, much more her bod? Her last of adrenaline rush is long since gone after battling with her strongest enemy so far, Revis. . .

She couldn't even return even if she tried to.

"Everyone, please be safe" no matter how hard she try to stand up, her stamina has drained down, so does her mana/mind. . .without any choice as she didn't carry any potion, she leaned her back from the ground and look above the azure sky and white cloud, praying to her goddess to bless her familia. . .

. . .after then, she remember her past until meeting her familia, the current friends and a certain white haired boy who changed her ideology after watching his eyes full of life, instead of hollow—fighting the minotaur above his level. And until someone who gave her a lesson when she thought level means strength, the same thing why she didn't try to chided out Bete Loga when calling the low level adventurer 'weak' even though they too started from the same line, then, a certain man draw out in her thought. She's been defeated by a mere level 1 but thats not what was running through her mind as of this moment but the flame inside her heart. As if all of it blown by that man's very word, as if the acc.u.mulated anger deep inside, subsided by his word, even though theres still a flame that lingers. Realizing that-that man could solve her problem, a man who defies Falna—-helping her, and solving her problem, shouldering the burden. She couldn't help but to remember all his word. Is it because of his innate talent to reason out? or because of his sincerety?

Setting that thought aside for now. Ais' silently closed her tired eyes, then fell into sleep like a poor princess thats been thrashed.