Seth and Rin had been brought out of the dungeon by the excited pair of Kijo and Centorea as he heard his notification ring again once they had defeated all the crabs and called him hubby.
However he was far to busy to check as he was currently being hugged to near death by an excited pair of powerful beauties in the form of Centorea and Kijo who had him between them as they hugged him from each side. And of course while he body could withstand the hugs, his brain still needed oxygen. And the reason for the lack of said oxygen? His head was sandwiched between the twin pairs of DD breasts from each girl. Centorea had put her equipment into her storage skill and was left in her tunic which left nothing to imagination as it was thin allowing Seth to feel every curve of her breasts. Kijo wasn't any better. her leather armor was soft and flexible when simply being pressed or held by something. It only hardened up with mana pulsing through it or when in combat. So the same problem arose. Seth was suffocating, but he wouldn't mind going out this way. However Rin was noticing the skin of Seth's hands were starting to turn blue so she was desperately trying to pull on his legs to drag him out from the unique mixture of heaven and hell he found himself in.
After a solid 2 minutes of the girls hugging him and nuzzling his head that was peaking past their valleys. They noticed Rin trying to save Seth and both gasp as they realized they almost killed their hubby only a few minutes after saving him. Seth takes in massive gulps of air as Rin was death glaring the pair of beauties while scolding them for not noticing Seth was lacking air. Both ladies were frowning in shame at this while kneeling on the ground in apologetic stances. Seth finally returned to life fully while his head was filled with the feeling of the treasure his memory was given.
He finally walked over to cut the scolding short while explaining to Rin he was fine. She humphed but backed off as Seth came to kneel in front of Centorea and Kijo as the both looked at him with guilty smiles as they were still sorry for almost suffocating him by accident.
They stood up after Seth greeted them warmly and they began to catch up. Seth and Rin were both flabbergasted at the news of what rank Centorea and Kijo were at. They revealed their adventurer cards as gold lined id plates with the solid symbol A rank on each one. They were powerful. And even with their boosts Seth and Rin couldn't bridge the gap in not only stats but also skill.
Sure they had both trained hard. But even if you train hard you are still trapped to the skill level of your stats. You can push yourself harder to learn more advnaced movements. But without the stats to support it the movement won't be as good or powerful.
Kiho then decided to ask them the key question, "So if you both are only rank C. Then why were you guys chalkenging such a high ranked B dungeon? You both know this dungeon starts iut fine for C rankers then goes hard in challenging B ranks and higher right?"
Seth and Rin look at each other then facepalm as they admit they simply heard that this dungeon was great for C rankers who were trying to level up to B rank. Then they told the pair of powerful dungeon divers about the bet and why they were in a rush.
Centorea sighed harshly, "You need to pace yourselves. B ranks are much more difficult than C ranked dungeons. Even C bosses would only survive until the 4th or 5 floor of each B ranked dungeon. If you found a mutant then they could reach maybe the 7th floor. B ranked dungeons have 10 floors that gradually increase in difficulty for a reason."
They broke down how the first 2 to 3 floors work well for C rankers to fight C+ ranked foes to get their feet wet. But once you get to floor 4 and deeper you are atuck fighting only B- and higher enemies. So even if they survived floor 5 and 6 they would be crushed by floor 6. Seth and Rin were taking notes and then looking st the two of them to see how they reached their ranks.
Centorea and Kijo got permission from thwir tribes to train together and grow as a team with a fee other female members. Making an all female team called the Valkyries. However their leader got pregnant so the group dibanded and Centorea and Kiho realized it was nearly the time to come find Seth at this city. So they packed up their gear and heades this way.
And Kijo managed to spot Seth and Rin entering the dungeon so she grabbed Centorea and headed this way.
However they had a burning question for Rin. "Rin! Why are you still first class and not evolved? You've had 6 years! Seth is stuck thabjs to his curses! But what is your excuse?!"
Seth perked up wanting to know that too. He was honestly confused at why she was still at first tier for both class and race but didn't want to appear rude or ungrateful to have her around.
Rin blushed bwfore explaining that she was stuck slowly training to master the skills of her class, skills for home care, childcare, cooking, etc. And by the time she had more free time 5 of their promised 6 years had passed. So she had to slowly vuild up her base level to even scratch level 70 when she found Seth.
Centorea is giving her a blank look while Kino is pinching the bridge of her nose. Seth thinks back to their interactions and it makes sense why she was caught off guard by those Orcs now. They were probably the most powerful monsters she had ever faced until today.
He looked to Kijo and Centorea and asked, "Then given how the bet is. Would you two be willing to help us level up and evolve Rin? We really need to sticm it to Grolick."
Both women thinks for a minute before they smile and nod. Kijo speaks up first, "Leave it to me handsome! I'll make sure your levels and training needs are met!"
Centorea comes up next and holds Seth's hand tenderly while looking at him with a loving look, "Of course my beloved! We will hekp you both with this endeavor! And we will make sure Rin does well to reach second tier in both class and race by the end of the week!"
Rin feels a shudder pass down her spine as Centorea and Kijo look at her with the promise of making her more powerful to support Seth. She gulps loudly while surrendering herself to the upcoming torture.
They all head back to town to heal Seth and Rin up from their exhaustion and injuries but also to register as a full party. And Kijo and Centorea want to register under the guilds betrothed protection policy as well.
Rin giggles making both other women look to her as she explains Seth's treatment in the city thanks to his two curses making him appear weaker in the eyes of others while also talking about how he beat the odds and gained a mostly great reputation.
Both women were gritting their teeth at that news but also giggling at the part when Rin shocked the whole guild and registered as Seth's fiance. They both were hoping for similar reactions once they announced their ranks and their intentions of marrying Seth as well.
Seth was shaking his head with worry for giving poor Felicia the guild member a possible heart attack at this news. Many adventurers only gained the ability to attract harems when they reached rank A and higher. To others he will be considered the luckiest guy in the world to have a bunch of women after him when he is only a C ranker.
He looks back at the trio of friends catching up as they share stories and interplay with the other girls over their time going around the different cities. He chuckles as their reunion had been a bit shaky, but he was glad it happened.
While they were busy he checked his notification.
*Congratulations! You have had three releases to your curse from two fiances rescuing you from danger with all their heart!
+20 to level limit!
Congratulations! You had a fiance who was ready to die by your side to survive against the odds!
+10 to level limit!
New maximum level is 90!
Stored experience and training is applied!*
Seth was shocked to see he was finally closer to 100. But he was also shocked that his 6 years of level grinding have only amounted to maximizing up to 60 or so. He would check his stats later to see what level he ended up at. But he was sad at seeing that Rin was ready to die with him in the dungeon. He was happy as well to see she loved him that much. But he would need to tall to her about being ready to die so easily.
In fact he would need to talk to Kijo and Centorea about being so reckless. Both of their classes were meant to front line combat but only Centorea had a high endurance stat. Kijo had to be fast and skilled to deflect or dodge incoming damage.
He sighed as he promised to talk with them about those issues in their behaviors until after all of their plans for the short term future came to fruition.