Lars was once again, roaming around Orario. Sampling the myriad of foods.
Because there were tons of them. And he couldn't get a taste of all of it in just one day.
"Hmm, a map? Now that I think about it, I don't know the geography of the world at all." Lars took a look at it.
'Mountains huh? I should probably make a fortress in the mountains.' Lars thought of a place where they couldn't be sieged.
"Melen is a good choice..." Lars thought of an island. With aquatic monsters, those with the diver DA won't be able to get in stealthily.
Harpies and flying monsters can bomb ships from high up in the sky.
And they can barricade the island, booby trap the shores with a shit ton of mines.
Nations will be met with d-day and the survivors will smell diesel for their whole lives.
'But how can we move so many xenos outside Orario like that?' Lars frowned at the difficulty of that endeavor.
Fels might be able to help, but smuggling that many monsters would be a pain in the ass.
'I have to find another way.' Lars furrowed his brows.
"Here, here! We'll join any familia that can defeat us!" Lars heard a girl shout and he craned his neck to the side.
There was a stand where two amazons were finessing people for money.
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The one with longer hair held a sign saying 10k valis a try. And the winner will win 100k. Along with them joining their familia.
"Amazons sure try crazy things." Lars remembered them and they deserved their race name.
Tanned ladies that are bred for battle. And the two of them were what? 10 or 11?
And they have a pile of adventurers around. A lot of them definitely tried.
"Hmmm... I do need more people. Airmid might be doing fine as an up and coming paladin, but I need others to join me in diving." Lars squinted his eyes.
He can't level up in the middle floors at all. No matter how much he beats up the goliath.
It was too slow, too dumb. And the shitty high quality excelia he needs won't be found there.
So he has to go deeper. And the amazons looked like they were high level 3's.
Because there was one bastard that boasted he was his familia's captain and he was level 3.
And the one with short hair beat the ever living shit out of him. "They're used to fighting humans..."
He shook his head at the adventurers. Fighting monsters is definitely different to battling with humans.
And their technique wasn't half baked too. It was something that they used frequently against others.
"Damn, they're practicing cannibalism in their homeland..." Lars frowned heavily as he thought about their goddess, Kali.
That kind of anti-personnel martial arts can't grow if it isn't tried and tested against other people.
And that only means one thing. They were having death matches with each other. And the loser is cannibalized.
'There are no strong monsters in Telskyura. So they use each other to gain excelia.' Lars gritted his teeth.
"Hey, I would like to try." Lars tossed the longer haired girl a bag of valis.
"Are you sure? You don't look like much." The long haired amazon raised a brow at him.
"Bring it, or are you scared?" Lars taunted her and she glared at him.
"Ohh, Tione. Are you gonna take that lying down?" Her sister goaded her on.
"I'll make you regret that, I won't be holding back. And shut up Tiona!" Tione charged at Lars.
She tried to slug him on the face, but she definitely did hold back. He was just a kid after all.
But she was surprised when his cloak flew away from him and he caught her fist with one hand.
"Wha? I put enough force into that to knock out a level 2!" Tione was shocked and she couldn't get her hand back.
"Let's dance, shall we?" Lars suddenly jumped in the air and he spun.
Tione was suddenly smacked right on the temple with a spinning heel kick and her eyes turned hollow.
Lars had the strength of an average level 3. And his agility wasn't lagging behind.
Mass x velocity is equal to force. And Tione crashed on the ground face first.
His boots hit the ground and the tapping sounds resounded. Everybody went quiet and mouths were gaping.
"Y-you! I'll beat the shit out of you!" Tiona went berserk and she charged at him.
Lars observed her movements and he compared her to Alfia.
"So slow." He parried all of her blows and due to their strength, air pressure was coming off of the clashes.
He didn't know how, but Alfia knew wing chun and he used it against her.
With quick movements of his hands, her punches were redirected and Lars chopped her on the neck.
She was broken out of her rage and Lars went ham on her.
Lars threw a flurry of punches on her body and his right hand slapped her on the face.
He then followed it up with a spinning roundhouse. Sending her spiraling into the ground.
"Hngh!" He received a sucker punch from behind and Tione who recovered ambushed him.
"Hey! That was dirty!" The adventurers started jeering at them.
"T-there's no such thing in a fight!" Tione blushed in shame and she protested.
"Then I can do this, right?" Lars appeared behind her and he did a german suplex on her.
"Agh!" Tione felt her world get rocked as the impact created a crater on the ground.
Lars then lifted her up in the air and he started a wombo combo on her.
An onslaught of punches and hand chops hit her torso, neck, and face.
He then ended it with a spinning back kick on her right side.
"Urgh!" Tione dropped as she tried to breathe in air. But it felt like the whole world was shutting down as he gave her a liver shot.
Lars wiped his nose that bled a bit and he went wide eyed.
Bending backwards, he saw a tanned girl lunge at empty space right above him.
He then planted his hand on the ground and kicked Tiona upwards.
She was sent to the air and he jumped after her. "I always wanted to try this."
"Primary lotus!" He grabbed her after spinning and Lars let go of Tiona before they hit the ground.
Tiona's head was buried into the ground and her body went limp.
"My prize please." Lars smiled at Tione as he pulled Tiona out of the ground so she could breathe.
"T-that kid is crazy." The ones watching started to cheer.
"Shit, the police are here." Lars could see guild members pushing the crowd away.
"Follow me!" Lars carried Tiona and Tione ran after him as they escaped towards the wheat manor.
"That was close..." Lars put down Tiona softly and he wiped his sweat.
"Who are you?" Tione looked at him curiously.
"Me? I'm Lars, nice to meetcha. My new subordinates~" Lars grinned at Tione.
"Subordinates huh? I guess the weak does have to follow the strong... What level are you anyways?" Tione wondered.
He looked a bit younger than them. About the same age really, yet they couldn't do anything to him.
And the amazon twins were from Telskyura. The amazons are known for their martial prowess.
"Well, I'm level one. I just registered a couple of months ago you know?" Lars shrugged. He can't really hide it.
They were going to be a part of the Demeter familia. And the twins will know from either her or Airmid.
'Hmmm, though it is fortunate that they are from Telskyura... They don't exactly have a bitter and hateful relationship with monsters.' Lars decided to wait first.
Monsters and people have been fighting for millennia.
And before Babel, the tower above the dungeon was made a thousand years ago. The monsters were able to roam around.
But no god wants to tell any mortal about the true history of the dungeon and how monsters came about.
'Filthy gods... Selfish bastards as expected.' Lars clicked his tongue and Tione who was shocked at Lars' level shuddered.
"Ahhh, you don't believe me then?" He noticed Tione's disbelief.
"Y-yeah, how can a level beat the crap out of us? Who would believe that?" Tione huffed at him.
"Well, my goddess can prove it. Come on, let's go to Demeter." Lars pulled her and they went to the honey haired goddess.
"Demeter~ I caught... I mean, I recruited two more members!" Lars pointed at Tione and Tione who was on his shoulder.
"Ara~ you do know that kidnapping people is illegal, Lars~" She teased him.
Lars sweated a bit as they did kidnap Airmid and basically threatened her.
"Of course I know that... Ahem, they lost a bet against me you see?" Lars explained.
"Amazons, then you fought against him?" Demeter concluded and Tione nodded.
"Goddess, is he really a level 1?" Tione didn't believe him one bit.
"Yes, yes he is." Demeter confirmed and Lars had a smug look on his face.
"What!? But we're high level 3's! How can he beat us?" Tione shouted in surprise.
"Whazzut?" Tiona stirred and Lars put her down softly.
"Tiona! We've been beaten to a pulp by a level 1!" Tione shook her and Tiona sobered up at that.
"What!? Let me at em! There you are! We demand a rematch!" Tiona thought he was cheating or something.
"Now, now, children. You lost to him fair and square." Demeter scolded them and they whimpered.
Gods have a divine aura after all. It is the reason why the executives of the Loki familia couldn't really stop Loki except with words.
"Yes goddess..." They looked down on the ground in frustration.
"Demeter, convert them please. Tione, Tiona, I'm Lars. Welcome to the Demeter familia, the exploration group to be exact." Lars smiled at them.
Tione blushed at his kind smile and Tiona returned his gesture.
"So you're like the leader of the exploration squad?" Tiona was excited.
"Umu, we will be diving deep into the dungeon with our resident doctor, Airmid." Lars told them that he'll introduce her later.
After that, they were convereted by Demeter without much problem.
"Let's go to the dungeon! Dungeon~" Tiona was really excited to dive.
"Okay, I guess we can do that." Lars sighed, he did also want to see how they'll fare.
"Are you sure about this Lars? I mean, we're not prepared at all." Tione fidgeted around.
"Oi? Why are you acting weird?" Tiona looked at her with a raised brow.
"W-what do you mean? I have always been like this." Tione gave her a meaningful look.
But their twin telepathy didn't seem to work and Tiona just snickered at her.
"What? You're a violent and stiff girl." Tiona laughed at her and Tione sucker punched her.
"Hey, easy there..." Lars smiled wryly. 'Amazons really do communicate with their fists.'
"Ahhh... Please don't think I'm a violent woman, Lars." Tione looked like she just saw a ghost.
"Don't worry, Tiona was teasing you. Just a little sibling bonding is what happened." Lars chuckled.
Tione sighed in relief and Tiona rubbed her jaw as she glared at Tione. "That hurt!"
"Hmph, that's what you get for insulting a lady, Tiona." Tione huffed at her.
They then went to the dungeon. Speedrunning to the middle floors.
'So Tione is more versatile and rogue-like. While Tiona is the berserker type.' Lars observed them.
The two were also intelligent. They knew that Lars wanted to know how they fought against monsters.
So they didn't mind him just observing from a distance.
Tione wielded two kukris and she had a couple of throwing knives on her holsters.
Her sister meanwhile, wielded a double bladed sword. Though she had a back up shortsword which was smart.
Lars clapped and that for their attention. "What is it Lars?" They both asked.
"This is too routine, too easy. I'm going to do something different." He started to release pheromones.
And it was proven and tested, the xenos loved his scent when he released it.
"Why are we just standing around?" Tiona was confused.
"Shut up Tiona, Lars obviously knows what he's doing." Tione glared at her.
"Don't worry, just wait for it." Lars smirked. He then also opened his mouth.
No sound was coming from his mouth, but the twins could feel it with their keen senses.
They could feel the vibrations coming from his throat. He was doing something.
And after a few minutes, a stampede of minotaurs, ligerfangs, hellhounds, and wyverns appeared.
"Uhhh... Isn't this really bad?" Tione gulped as she saw the monster parade.
"Do you want to know my secret to become strong?" Lars put out his hand to the side and a massive hunk of metal appeared.
It was in the shape of a sword, but its edges were blunt. It's basically a steel club.
"I'm a farmer of the Demeter familia, so I do what we do best. Farm these experience points." Lars charged and the stunned twins gawked at him.
Boys grow slower than girls, so he was shorter than them.
And seeing him swing that ridiculous sword, fighting hordes of monsters on his lonesome awed them.
"Hey, Tione... Doesn't he look like a hero?" Tiona asked with shining eyes.
"He does... And what do heroes need? A worthy companion." Tione charged as well at the horde of monsters.
"Hey! Not fair!" Tiona grinned as she also went in, swinging her weapon that could rival his in weight.
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