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New Universes 11

Celebration and Dungeon dive

Later that evening, I walked into the living room. Bell and Hestia were sitting on the couch talking. "Hi guys. Do you have any plans for supper?" I asked them.

Bell and Hestia looked at each other. "We're going out to eat. It's a date." Hestia told me. "Why?"

Bell looked a little shocked at Hestia's pronouncement that they were going out on a date.

"My Team was going to go to The Benevolent Mistress (aka The Mistress of Fertility) to celebrate our first dungeon dive." I told her.

"That sounds like fun. Have a good time." Hestia told me.

"Thank you. I'll see you later. Have fun Bell." I said and turned to leave.

My Team and I left the house and walked to The Benevolent Mistress. As we walked in, one of the waitresses walked up to us. "How many?" She asked.

"Four." I replied.

She led us over to a table. "Seating four." She called to the room in general. "I'm Ryu, do you know what you want to eat?" She asked.

"Hello Ryu. Bell speaks highly of you." I replied.

"Bell? Bell Cranel? You know Mr. Cranel?" Ryu asked.

I Smiled at Ryu. "We," I waved my hand around the table indicating my Team and I. "recently joined the Hestia Familia. So, yes we know Bell."

Ryu nodded her head. "I am glad that Bell has friends, and his Familia is growing." She said, then she took our orders and left to have them filled.

As we waited for our order, I pointed out the different waitresses and told my Team their names. "The Cat person with the black hair is Chloe, the cat person with brown hair is Anya, she's nice but a bit of an airhead. The Elf with dark hair is Ryu, our waitress (In the manga her name is Lyu, and she dyes her hair dark unless she goes into the dungeon then she has blond hair), The one with brown hair is Runoa, that one with the blue gray hair is Syr. And last is the owner, Mia. Some people call her Mamma Mia. Of course, there is the kitchen staff, but I don't know them." By that time our drinks had arrived.

"Thank you." I told Ryu as she put my drink in front of me.

After Ryu walked away. "But don't cause any trouble because most of them are or were fourth level or higher adventurers." I warned my Team.

"Wow! Fourth level. That's really good." Iris said.

"Mia was fifth level before she opened the tavern." I added.

"I would imagine there is very little fighting with so many high level people working here." Kimmy observed.

"If a fight does break out it doesn't last long." I admitted.

I raised my tankard up. "To Team STIG (Starling)." I said. Kimmy, Cindy and Iris raised their tankards and almost in unison said. "To Team STIG."

Ryu walked up with our food as we finished the toast. As she placed the food on the table. "If I may ask, what do you mean by team starling?" Ryu asked.

I shrugged my shoulders. "We all attended a school that teaches people to fight monsters. Your first day at the school they put you into teams of four people. They take the initials of each member of your team and put them together to make a team name. So, when we teamed up to go down into the dungeon, we created a Team name. Usually, the Team leader's initial goes first, but it's difficult to come up with a name that start with a T or E and has a K or G in it. So, we just started going through lists of animals and plants and worked with each of our initials until we found a few names and chose from what we could find. We all liked Starling; thus, we are Team STIG." I explained.

"I've never heard of a school that teaches people how to fight monsters." Ryu stated.

"It's in another country." Iris piped in.

"Interesting. I would like to hear more about this school, sometime." Ryu replied. "Well enjoy your food." She said right before she walked away.

I nodded my head in understanding. "When there is more time." I replied as Ryu walked away.

We had a good time eating, drinking and having fun. Since each of us has 'Poison Proof' we can't get drunk no matter how much alcohol we drink.

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We had been working our way down in the dungeon. Every time we went into the dungeon, we would hit two floors. One floor for each twenty-four hours we are in the dungeon. Because of that this is our second week going into the dungeon and we are ready to go to floors eight and nine.

Again, Rosni showed up a few minutes early. "Hello Eilwyn, Cindy." She said as she entered the church.

"Morning Rosni. Raring to go I see." I said chuckling.

"I'm more raring to get all that meowney." Rosni said and giggled.

"Ha-ha-ha-ah." I laughed. "That too. I'm hoping that on floors eight and nine we'll get more and bigger magic stones." I told her.

Rosni nodded her head in agreement. "Yes, floor eight will have bigger and stronger monsters and floors ten and eleven will have even stronger monsters. So, you'll get bigger and better magic stones. Magic stones from an orc are usually fifteen hundred valis to two thousand valis each, sometimes a little more." She informed us.

"That sounds good." I said as Kimmy and Iris walked into the sanctuary of the church.

"Sorry we're late." Iris apologized.

"That's ok." I told them then I turned back to Rosni. "You have been working with us for about going on two weeks already. You need to join a Familia so you can increase your status and so you can level up. I know Hestia would love for you to join our Familia or Miach would be another good Familia to join. You won't be able to go much deeper without joining a Familia." I told Rosni.

"Yah, you're right, and I've been thinking about what Familia I should join. The Hestia Familia isn't very big, but the people in her Familia are friendly, nice and honorable. If a bit weird." She said with a grin on her face. "Would I be able to join the Hestia Familia before we leave for the dungeon today?" Rosni said.

I grinned. "I'm sure that would be possible." I told Rosni then I turned to Kimmy. "Would you take Rosni to see Hestia and tell her that Rosni wants to join our Familia." I asked Kimmy. "Since Rosni's joining our Familia, I need to go and get her something." I added and turned to go into another room.

"Come on, Rosni. Follow me." Kimmy told Rosni.

Once out of sight of Rosni I opened a portal to Pern. I closed the portal once I was on Pern. I went to the armory and retrieved a short sword with a bonding Rune, an Extended Range rune and Ice Control rune and it is also a Hestia Sword. I also found a wrist cross bow with dust bolts. The dust being earth, fire, ice, electricity and gravity. And with a Bonding rune and the Doppelganger rune, so when she shoots a bolt, it will be able to create up to thirty copies.

While I was in the Armory, I also found Hestia weapons for each of my Team members. I made sure they were all like their main weapons. They act exactly like Bell's Hestia Knife where the owner gets stronger, the stronger the weapon gets. Although all benefits of the weapons work if they are bonded to their owner as well as if they are being used.

I went back outside and opened a portal to the house in Orario. Once through I closed the portal and waited for Hestia to finish with Rosni.

A few minutes later Rosni walked out to the living room with a big smile on her face. "I'm now a member of the Hestia Familia." She told me.

"Congratulations. I have a few gifts for you." I told Rosni.

"Gifts? You don't need to give me anything." Rosni said.

"I know I don't need to, but I want to. Plus, they will help you in the dungeon. First is a new short sword." I said and handed the sword to Rosni. "Next is a wrist cross bow." Again, I handed it to her. Then I explained the runes on both weapons and about the short sword being a Hestia sword. "And last is a Companion." I finished.

Rosni's eyes lit up. "Y-you mean l-like what your Team has?" She asked surprised.

I nodded my head in agreement. Then a Winged Manticore ran up to Rosni. "Her name's Ushi. And get used to having her in your head all the time." I didn't need to do much explaining since Rosni had seen our Companions so often.

Automation Name: Ushi Mythical (Winged Manticore) (Golden Eagle-Clouded Leopard, scorpion) Intelligent L2 Strength L2 Agility L1 Speed L1 Durability L2 Regeneration L2 Teleportation L1 Sustanence L2 Elemental Blast L1 (Electricity/Lightning) Size L2 Magical L1 (Mending, Dancing Lights, Cleaning) Flight Shapeshift L1 (Winged Manticore, Clouded Leopard, Golden Eagle, Scorpion, Horse (Dutch Heavy Draft), Dog (Bernese Mountain Dog) Venom L1 (Tail, Paralisis)

Rosni looked from Ushi to me then back to Ushi. "I never expected you to give me one of these Companions. I didn't even know you could give them to people." She exclaimed.

"I can give Companions to anyone I want. And I wanted to give one to you. The two of you can talk to each other mind to mind although Ushi can talk out loud if she wants to. Plus, there are several abilities that she has that you get as well. Such as, she is stronger than normal, so you are now stronger. More than three times stranger to be exact. She can fly so you can fly. She can tell you everything you both are able to do now. If you have any questions, you can ask any member of my Team, that includes me." I told Rosni. "She has what is called Normalization, which means anyone that sees her will not think there is anything unusual about her, but it is still a good idea for her to stay in animal form when she is in the city." I added.

"Yah, I can understand that. People might think she's a monster that escaped from the dungeon." Rosni admitted.

"With the Normalization it's not likely anyone would think she's a monster, but it's always better to be safe than sorry. Although here she can be in her winged manticore form." I said

"As a bonus, you can move into the Familia house if you want to. Of course, if you already have a place, you don't have to move in. But it is cheaper if you do." I told Rosni.

"Does it cost anything to live here?" Rosni asked.

I shook my head, no. "Nothing extra. There is the usual ten percent of what you earn that goes to the Familia. We all pay that if we live here or somewhere else. But other than that, there is no extra cost." I informed her.

"I'll think about it. Thank you for everything, especially Ushi. I never imagined I'd have a Companion of my own." Rosni replied.

"You're welcome." I told Rosni, then I looked around at everyone else. "Ok, everyone, let's get going." I told them and motioned for all of them to gather around me. "You know what to do. Everyone put a hand on my shoulder or arm." I instructed them. I then searched the dungeon on the seventh floor where we had been when I ported us out of the dungeon. Finding it clear. "Close your eye." I said. Then I ported us to the dungeon. "Open your eyes." I told them.

On the 8th and 9th floors the rooms are bigger than on the 1st-7th floors. The rooms are closer together as well. The ceiling is now around 11 yards high and there is moss on the walls which are a brown color and there is grass growing on the floor. There is a phosphorescence light that is as strong as sun light, so it is easy to see down here. The monsters are the same the upper floors except the are stronger and they spawn faster.

We arrived at the same place we had been when we left the dungeon the last time. I looked at Rosni. "If you're not confused to much, which way to the eighth floor?" I asked.

"Let me think. We were here two days ago, correct?" Rosni asked.

I nodded my head in agreement. "Yes, this is the same spot where we ported out of the dungeon two days ago." I agreed.

"Okay, that means the stairs to the eighth floor are…" Rosni pointed to our left. "That way." She directed us.

"Ok, same formation as last time. Cindy and Kimmy in front, Iris and I are in the back and Rosni in the middle." I gave the marching orders. "Let's go." We all started walking in the direction Rosni had indicated.

I have memorized the maps for the first ten floors, but we had Rosni as our supporter, and she knew the layout of the first ten floors. So, I wasn't going to usurp her role in the group.

"Not that I believe I need to do it, but just in case… don't forget about the lizards. Look up fairly often so they don't drop on us." I reminded everyone.

It only took us twenty minutes to reach the stairs down to the nineth floor. It would have been shorter, but we had to fight some kobolds and goblins on the way.

We paused on the eighth floor at the bottom of the stairs.

"Let's try to get more magic stones than last time." Iris suggested.

We had only been walking three or four minutes when we found a horde of Killer ants.

"Quick kill mode. We don't want any of them calling in more killer ants." I told my Team and Rosni. I was going to have to rethink that. Rosni is part of our team and a member of the adventuring party.

I used my elemental breath and shot titanium spindle darts at the killer ants to my right side.

A couple minutes later all of the killer ants were dead, and Rosni was going around picking up all of the magic stones.

"Killer ants are the worst. If you don't kill them all quickly, they call for back up and you have to fight even more of them." Kimmy said with a shudder.

"At least they aren't minotaur's." Iris said.

"Orcs!" Kimmy called. "And Imps! Why do they like to work together!?" She lamented.

"Cindy and Iris go after the imps. Kimmy and I'll take the orcs. And everyone make sure Rosni isn't attacked." I called out as I summoned my Naginata.

I ran towards an orc to my right. Raising my naginata's blade over my head. I was fifteen feet from the orc when I brought the naginata down. The extended range forming a blade fifteen feet in front of my naginata, slashed through the orc stopping it in its tracks. A moment later it burst into a cloud of smoke and ash. I pivoted to my right and took a quick look back to make sure Rosni was ok.

Rosni had her wrist cross bow held up ready to shoot anything we missed or if any of us got overwhelmed by monsters.

I turned my attention back to the orcs and lunged towards the closed one to me. I thrust my naginata straight at it stabbed and killing it. The orcs were starting to get to close to us, so I created electricity and shot it at the closest orcs to me. The electricity arced from one orc to the next, killing four orcs, one right after the other. There was a lingering smell of ozone from the electrical strikes.

Kimmy, Cindy and Iris had finished off their monsters, so Rosni set about picking up all of the magic stones.

"Dropped Item." Rosni told us. "It's a Goblin Fang. Not bad."

"That's good. It's a bonus." Iris replied.

When all the magic stones and dropped items were picked up, we headed on down the hallway of the nineth floor.

You have to have a lot of strength and stamina just to go from floor to floor. The stairs are long between each floor so going back up is a long climb back up to each floor. So, if you don't have enough strength and stamina, you won't make it back out of the dungeon. Even if you get past the stairs, you're so tired and the monsters get you. That's something no one mentions to new adventurers. They tell you about the monsters and the hazards of the dungeon, but they don't tell you about the long hard climb back up the stairs.

We hadn't walked two hundred feet when we were greeted by a hoard of Needle Rabbits and Imps. I don't know what it is, but it seems that when you find a monster there is usually one or two different kind of monsters close by. You almost never find just one kind of monster all by itself. I don't know if the dungeon spawns two or three different kinds of monsters in the same area or if once spawned the monsters try to find other monsters that are a different kind than themselves.

"Taima! guard Rosni." I tell Taima. This is nothing new. I've had Taima protect Rosni many times before. If there are just a few monsters Rosni usually won't need any extra protection. She will be able to defend herself. But if there are a lot of monsters like this time, I like to make sure Rosni won't get attacked. And seeing so many monsters, I didn't think about Ushi, Rosni's Companion.

Iris and I were in front, so I claimed the monsters on my side. I threw my naginata like a spear. As it left my hand, I used Doppelganger to make thirty more naginatas that flew towards the imps and needle rabbits. I recalled my naginata and repeated my actions only at a slightly different trajectory. My tactic worked. All of my monsters were killed, so I turned to see if anyone might need my help.

I needn't have worried. The girls were finishing up killing their monsters. Kimmy was using her Telekinesis to control her pole Axe, thus attacking the imps and needle rabbits at a distance. It was fascinating watching the pole axe move around hitting and killing the monsters with no one holding the weapon.

As fast as the battle started, it ended just as fast. We all looked around to make sure there were no more monsters.

"All clear." Cindy stated. Which was Rosni's que to start picking up all the magic stones and any drop items.

As Rosni was picking up the magic stones. "We're getting a good haul. We might even double what we got the first time we were in the dungeon after you hired me." Rosni observed.

The rest of our time on floor nine was about the same. Short periods of calm and us walking around with bursts of fighting monsters.

In a way it is like Remnant. On Remnant you usually left the city to find monsters or Grimm. While in Orario you usually go into the dungeon to find monsters. The main difference being the monsters in the dungeon drop magic stones that can be turned in for money, when they are killed. Whereas on Remnant Huntsmen and Huntresses are hired or paid to kill Grimm or hired to protect a town or village from the Grimm.

After we had been in the dungeon for forty-eight hours, I ported everyone to the park around Bable Tower. From there we went to the Guild Hall so we could cash in our magic stones and drop items.

Even on bad we usually walk away with over 50,000 valis each. Although usually we get 100,000 valis plus each, and that includes Rosni's cut since she now gets an equal share and ten percent to the Familia.

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