[Chapter Size: 1895 Words.]Lucius POVDungeoeenth Floor.

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  Dungeoeenth Floor.

  When I arrived in Rivira, the floor was pletely dark as it was midnight when I arrived, and the city was quieter pared to what was happening iernoon. Without haste, I went to the same inn where I had stayed the night before ao sleep.

  When I woke up in the m, I felt that the city was more bustling thaerday afternoon. Just by listening to the streets from my room, many voices were excited. After a meal, I went out to see all the otion and heard people talking about a new group that arrived on the floor after a dive where few go, 1% of adveo be exact. I was happy to hear this, with even more siy when I found out who they were talking about. Despite our differeheir presence here is like a warning for me to go back a few floors at this moment.

  Oreet, there were high-css adventurers walking calmly, as if they were already used to this attention."Look, it's her! The sword princess!!!""They are returning from the deep floors...""How far did their expedition go?!" "The Loki family is so cool!""It's Captain Finn!" "The Amazons are so hot!" I tried to avoid my disgusted expression at these ents, made by fanboys and fangirls. I would be embarrassed to hear them act this way.

  "Princess Riviera is so beautiful....OUCH! WHO ARE YOU? WHY DID YOU HIT ME!?"Leaving the crowd with veins popping on my forehead, after hitting one of them, I headed towards my goal now. I was wearing different clothing now, leather armor that I bought at a quite bitter price, but I had no choice since my beautiful torn coat, I had to leave it at the inn.

  Instead of tinuing down to the eenth floor, I headed towards the stairs leading to the floors above us. Now that the Loki family has returned from the deep floors, Bell, Welf, and Lili must be getting into trouble because of my feng teacher's group, Mikoto-Sensei. As a member of the Hestia family, I will have to rescue them. Entering the Goliath's room, that mohat showed no sign of spawni, I tinued climbing the floors. Killing everything I entered, it was on the sixteenth floor that I found my targets injured and in despair.

  Bell POVDungeon, Fifteenth Floor.

  It was nothing like I imagined wheered the intermediate floors; we uimated the pd found ourselves in danger as soon as that group of adventurers brought more moo er us while fleeing.

  I was trapped in my thoughts and was interrupted as Lili began to speak in the silence."If we want to survive, we have to reach the eighteenth floor..." Lili said.

  "Hey, wait! Go down even further?" I said a bit worried.

  "The enemies have bee tougher!" Welf said, equally ed.

  "The eighteenth floor is one of the safest areas of the dungeon; we'll have a better ce going there thaurning to the surfa our ditions!" Lili asserted and argued her point of view.

  "But how are we going to get there?" I asked.

  "We'll use the wall holes! The intermediate floors are full of them! It's easier to go down than up," Lili asserted.

  "And the Goliath? The boss of the seveh floor?" Welf asked about the boss I've heard so much about.

  "I heard that the Loki family defeated him when they desded a week ago. It takes time for him to respawn. If we go there, ass without fag the titan," she said.

  "That's madness!" Welf asserted.

  "It's an option; Bell is the leader, he makes the decision," Lili affirmed.

  "With me?" I asked surprised by this.

  "Yes, you decide, Bell," Welf said, waiting for a decision.

  We are in danger here and in terrible ditions; it might be a slim ce of surviving if we access the eighteenth floor!

  "The's go!" I decided.

  "What's that smell?!"

  "It's to repel the monsters!"

  "The smell is gone!"

  "Hey, we're screwed!"

  "Ahhhh!"

  "Bell-san!"

  I was now carrying Welf and Lili in my arms on the sixteenth floor; my whole body told me to give up, that it would be easier that way, but I wouldn't do it. I refused to die here ahem die too.

  It was some time ter that I began to hear sounds of monsters ing from ahead; I knew I could die here today. Five Minotaurs were ing our way. I left Lili and Welf unscious in the er and got into a fighting stao face them, even without magic, I could deal with them!

  As they were about to advao attack finally, the corridor suddenly lit up, and bursts of fire began to be unched directly at the group of Minotaurs. They were ed by the tinuous fire after more than 20 shots; it happened in a few seds, the group was easily killed with cries of pain.

  'This is my magic!' I thought stunned. 'But I could never shoot like this, didn't know it's possible in the first pce!' I couldn't help but be amazed by this dispy.

  When the fire dissipated, I saw the person who saved us, and I was relieved that he was here to help me again, as always, he always appears in the most difficult moments.

  He wasn't in his usual red and white cloak; he was dressed iher armor at the moment and seemed to be ing from the lower floors. I couldn't help but smile; as strange as it is for him to be on these floors alone, even being level 01 still, if he's here, it'll be fine...

  I realized that I passed out after thinking that.

  Lucius POV

  Same location.

  Looking at the three unscious ones, I sighed and walked over to them. It wasn't a very good state, making me even wonder if they would really make it to Rivira as .

  [- Minor Heal!] I cast it differently.

  I trate the spell in the palm of my hand and heal others, as slow as it would be. However, my mana is inexhaustible anyway, so I tried my best to heal them.

  After healing Lili and Welf, who were also unscious in a er ahe worst cases, I went to Bell right after, while asking Riekling to fetch water and food from the backpaake them drink a little, even unscious.

  After that, I waited for any of them to wake up since I couldn't carry all three on my bad kill all the monsters in the corridors at the same time.

  "Mr. Lucius?!" Welf, who was the first to wake up after a while, was surprised to see me here, enveloping Bell in a green light.

  "Hello, Welf. I see you finally woke up," I said calmly while sitting in a er with Riekling.

  "Are we still iermediates? Did you save and heal us?" he said surprised, looking around and then at his body wounds.

  "I healed your injuries, but there's still exhaustion in your body, so do yourself too much. Get supplies from Riekling over there." I poio where my goblin was taking things out of the backpack, like potions, food, and more water.

  *Glub...* *Glub...* *...AHHHH*

  "I hat; I thought we would die here. I'm so happy to see you again, Mr. Lucius!" Welf said after drinking water while I id Bell to rest o a campfire I made.

  "Please call me just Lucius, and I'm only doing my duty for the members of my family here," I said sincerely.

  "But I 't help but be happy to see you again. I thought we were already dead!" he said with a truly relieved tone.

  Shortly after, Lili and Bell woke up, oer the other. They expio me why they were in that state, aarted heading for the eighteenth floor.

  "So let's go down to the lower floors; it's better for you to recover, and I io do some things befoing to the surface." I said to the group sitting in front of me, and no one protested.

  As we passed the sixteenth aeenth floors, I took on all the fights while they stayed behind in case I needed help.

  "HEY, are you really level 01?" Welf asked quite startled as the group saw me clearing the area with a medieval sword surrounded by electricity. I had to buy another one in Rivira since my katana was destroyed in my adventure on the eenth floor.

  When I killed the st Minotaur, I looked at him after that question.

  "I'm level 01, but I have spells that give me a boost in my stats and cut more easily with my lightning-encased sword..." I expined, as even being level one, he has seen various level twos in his family, and I am demonstrating a strength superior to Bell and any level 2 he has seen.Bell and Lili were also surprised by how easily I dealt with all the monsters. As we went up to the seveh floor, I heard Bell muttering things like "I o get stronger" all the time. That's good; I hope his growth improves, as I am strohan him at the moment.

  After spending some time fag all the monsters in the corridors, we finally ehe Boss room with the entire group, who was grateful for their journey being much easier after I found them.

  "Lili was right; the boss didn't show up!" Welf said relieved.

  "Don't celebrate yet, Welf; he's ing right now..." I said, making everyone widen their eyes as they paid attention to the whole room to see if I was telling the truth.

  Suddenly, the room began to shake, and from the wall in a er, a 15-meter giant started to appear in a shadow: Goliath. Bell, Welf, and Lili panicked when they saw this. I just waited, not wanting to let my ce evaporate when I finally mao find this damn titan.

  He started materializing out of the wall. It didn't take long to have half of his body out, aarted r, making me and everyone behind me cover our ears with the unfortable roar.

  "What an annoying guy, screaming like that..." I muttered frustrated.

  "What do we do now? we run while he's still ing out of the wall?" Lili shouted.

  "You there! Stay at the entrance of the room; I'll face him alone..." I said with a smile as I looked at that titan stepping into the room for the first time. Finally, I'll have a quite worthy fight, even though I look like an ant ready to be stepped on by this monster. But I had a mission to aplish!

  [Intermediate Boss Missio Goliath Alone on the Seveh Floor! | {Progress: 0/1} (0%) | {Reward: 100,000 Points.}]

  Bell and the others were surprised by my fidence, w if I was really serious.

  "He finally showed up." I thought.

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