Chapter 31. Is it Wrong for a Pokemon Trainer to be in the Dungeon?.
I looked around and instantly noticed some of the most recognizable members of the Loki Familia, there was of course Ais Wallenstein standing besides Riveria Ljos Alf.
The twins Tione and Tiona Hiryute looking at me with eyes wide in surprise, right in the middle of them was Lefiya Viridis also staring at me in surprise.
A fair distance away I saw Bete Loga scowling at me while up front I could see both Finn Deimne and Gareth Landrock cautiously staring at me.
The rest of the Loki Familia were members I didn't recognize nor I remember their names of, it's been a long while since I've seen Danmachi so I don't remember many of the characters.
But right now that wasn't important, I needed to kill all of these Minotaurs before these guys do otherwise I won't get as many Pokemon Tokens as I want, so without thinking it twice I made my next move.
I jumped up high into the air and as every member of the Loki Familia gaped at me, I gathered my Stardust energy on my left hand and the swung it hard towards a few of the Minotaurs "Swift!".
A big number of purple colored energy stars shot out of my hand and instantly flew towards the Minotaurs, some rose their arms to protect themselves but other didn't have time to do anything and my attack hit them full force engulfing them in a explosions killing some of them instantly.
I then vanished in a Sonido and appeared right behind one of the Minotaurs that didn't get hit by my Swift attack, this one was right behind Tione, Tiona and Lefiya.
But I ignored the girls for now, I then jumped up and raised my foot high into the air and then brought it down in a harsh axe kick that not only caved in the Minotaur's skull but also snapped his neck letting out a sickening crack that echoed through out the whole place.
I then kicked off the now dead Minotaur and disappeared in another Sonido, suddenly I appeared in front of another Minotaurs and elbowed him in the throat, causing the bull monster grab hold of his throat in pain for my harsh blow.
Before it can even attempt to move away and jumped up and grabbed hold of his horns in a hand stand and then twisted my entire body snapping the Minotaur's neck.
It seemed like the monsters were finally able to snapped out of the stunned states because one of them swung at me while I was still holding on the now dead member of his race.
But I just teleported besides him and hit him in the ribs with an Ice Punch, my Ice Type move not only instantly flash froze the Minotaur but also shattered into many pieces.
Another one tried to ran me over with its horns but I just stopped him with Psychic and and then crushed his entire body with the Psychic Type move.
One then roared loudly and launched itself at me while holding some kind of rock mace, I believe they call that a landform weapon or something like that but then I waved a hand and hit the Minotaur with a Sand Attack to the face causing to take a few steps back when the sand hit its eyes.
I then ran up to it and ignited my hands in my Stardust and Dragon Type energy, I then in a quick swipe of my claws beheaded the monster with my Dragon Claw attack but I don't stop there and continue running forward at high-speed while ripping monster after monster apart with my Dragon Type move.
Until one of the Minotaurs howled loudly causing a sound wave that slowed me down a bit and caused the Loki Familia to cover their ears in pain having not expected that sort of attack.
I jumped back since my momentum was broken and created a purple colored Aura Sphere and threw it at the howling Minotaur.
The Minotaur saw it coming and tried to move away to dodge but the Aura Sphere changed direction and hit it in the chest exploding and blowing the monster apart.
The members of the Loki Familia stared in shock and awe as this mysterious young man dismantle the big herd of black Minotaurs they were struggling with a few moments ago.
Tione and Tiona were impressed with his physical abilities and his speed, they have never seen anything like it before and they're Amazons.
Both Lefiya and Riveria were trying to make sense of the magic this mysterious young man just used, particularly that shower of stars and the orb of energy, for some reason those spells actually homed in on the monsters and that made them interested in them.
Bete was growling, for some reason his instincts were screaming at him to run away and he didn't know why and that just pissed him off like no tomorrow.
Finn's finger was twitching something fierce letting him know that this young man was dangerous and that it would be best not to make him angry, Gareth just whistled impressed at the battle prowess and brutally in which the young man was taking down Minotaur after Minotaur.
Ais was watching in silent awe, the way he moved, the way he dodged and reacted to attacks was just something out of this world "... it's like he has eyes in the back of the head...".
Riveria heard Ais and her words made her realize that yes this young man was moving in such a way that it seemed like he was aware of everything around him "your right... he's carefully moving and controlling his abilities, amazing".
Ais nodded as she continued to watched the unknown mysterious young man fight and kill off Minotaur after Minotaur.
I smiled as I continued to fight and kill monsters, all of this reminds me of when me and YunYun cleaned out that mine back in Konosuba * this is fun*.
[You certainly seem to be having a blast Rean, it seems that your audience is also impressed but I think you should hurry before they snap out of it and try to fight the Minotaurs as well, so far you killed twenty four Minotaurs and there's only a few left.]
I nodded in agreement and decided to focus, I stop in the middle of a big group of monsters and stomped the ground hard using a Stone Edge attack, giant spears of stone shot out from the ground and impaled the Minotaurs.
The Minotaurs around me drop dead from my Rock Type attack, I then turned towards the last big group of Minotaurs and pointed at them with one my fingers.
My energy flared as I began to chant for a magic spell "O darkened storm cloud, loose thy blade and run mine enemies through... Thunder Blade!".
I blade made out of lightning materialized above me pointing towards the Minotaurs who actually panicked, I then grinned and lowered my finger and my spell shot out at high-speed.
The Minotaurs didn't have any time to move much less dodge my spell which hit one of them and then crashed against the ground exploding in a lightning storm that hit the rest of the Minotaurs and fried them alive.
Once the spell ran its course I looked over the Mini Map to see if there was any more Minotaurs left, once I confirmed that they were all dead I relaxed, it was then that I received a Quest notification letting me know that I indeed killed all of them * how many Pokemon Tokens did I get Astraea?*.
[you got a total of twelve Common Pokemon Tokens for thirty eight kills and the... um the Perk.]
I sweatdropped at the reminder of the Perk offered as a reward by the System and sighed *it is good Perk... it's just a little embarrassing to have a skill like that but oh well, thank you Astraea*.
*I'm a little disappointed you didn't used me master! how could you!?*.
I chuckled since Excalibur is being her usual clingy self *sorry Excalibur but I don't want this guys to ask to many questions yet but don't worry we'll fight together soon*.
I could feel Excalibur radiate happiness within my soul making me smile, I just arrived and I already have some common Pokemon Tokens which I'll be using to get more Miltanks, Shuckles and a few more types of Pokemon perfect for farms, plus a few more that I want because they will be fun to train.
I nodded to myself and then looked around, I noticed the Loki Familia staring at me with disbelieve in their faces, I just smiled at them and turn around towards the stairs leading upstairs to leave before they snap out of it and begin to ask questions, now that I know this is the Dungeon in Danmachi I know that I have to head upstairs rather than down.
I'm a little excited to see Orario and see what I could find in this big city, as a walked by Ais and Riveria I turned to them "you can have the magic stones and drops, I don't need them".
They just mindlessly nodded at me and I just continued to walk towards the stairs until I reached them and begin to climb them, once I made sure I'm out of their sight I teleported to the next stairs heading up and walked up to them.
Riveria and Ais turned towards the mysterious young man and watched him leave until he disappeared up the stairs leading to the upper floors.
The rest of the Loki Familia just watched on or stared at the corpse of the Minotaurs left by him, Riveria finally snapped out of it "just who was that? I don't think I ever seen or heard of anyone that strong with his description...".
Finn had walked over to Riveria and Ais "I don't know, he's appearance is unique enough that he would be recognizable if he was well known but I can't believe someone that strong has gone under the radar".
Riveria nodded and then turned to look at the Minotaurs corpses "those Minotaurs were black ones some sort of advance irregulars, at least level six but he took them out in a matter of minutes with just his hands and some magic I've never seen before".
Tione, Tiona and Lefiya walked over, Riveria turned towards Lefiya "what do you think about those spells Lefiya?".
Lefiya shook her head "I didn't recognize any of them and some of those magic spells felt weird, like he wasn't using mana... the only one that felt like a spell was that lightning one he used at the end and even then, I've never seen a spell like that".
Riveria hummed and nodded "he had an impressive amount of control over that spell too, he held it above his head and then shot it accurately towards his targets, he made sure the spell didn't hit any of us and controled the area of effect as well".
Tiona excitedly spoke next "he had some very impressive moves too! and he's both very strong and fast, I actually lost sight of him whenever he moved, no matter how hard I kicked or punched those black Minotaurs I couldn't ever make them explode like he can!".
Tione then hummed "he's very powerful, we couldn't even scratch those Minotaurs with our weapons but he was able to cave in the head of one of them with a kick, plus the way he reacted to attacks, it's like he was aware of everything around him at all times".
Everyone nodded since they noticed that as well, no matter from where the monsters tried to attack the mysterious young man was able to react and counter attack fast.
Finn looked down lost in thought for a few seconds but then spoke up "but what just happened? one moment we were dealing with the herd of Minotaurs we accidentally pushed to the upper floors and then the next they all evolved into black monsters... the Dungeon even spawned more".
No one said anything since all of them were confused at what could have made the Dungeon act like that, Bete then walked up to them "hey Ais! did you get the one that got away?".
Ais nodded but then slightly frowned "it almost killed a rookie...".
Everyone frowned except Bete who just scoffed "doesn't matter, if that rookie is too weak to survive then it's not our problem!".
Riveria however didn't like Bete's comments and harshly whacked him on the head with her staff "silence! it was our fault that Minotaur was in the upper floors to begin with!".
Bete growled and held his head in pain while Riveria glared at him, Tiona and Tione grinned at him glad that he was being punished.
Finn walked up to Ais "was the rookie okay? did he get hurt?".
Ais shook her head "he seemed fine... but I accidentally bathe him in the Minotaur's blood... though he ran away from me after that... I wonder why?".
Ais to the surprise of everyone seemed a little sad, the fact was that she felt bad about putting him in danger and wanted to apologize so she was a little disappointed that he ran away from her *maybe he hates me?*.
Riveria noticed how Ais seem a bit upset and couldn't help but smile at the fact that she seemed very concern about the rookie.
Finn nodded "well I'm glad that rookie wasn't hurt, we have to be more careful in the future so this doesn't happened again and let's keep an eye for that young man but don't bother him, something tells me he's very dangerous".
Everyone nodded in agreement except Bete who just scoffed and scowled but everyone was very curious about this mysterious young man and wanted to know more about him.
After teleporting to one set of stair leading to the upper floor I decided to walk the rest of the way to kill more monster, I might have left the magic crystal and drops but I was still getting money from the monsters.
Before I started my monsters hunting I told Astraea to collect everything dropped by the monsters and put it on my inventory so I could check out their info.
The crystals were just solidified mana and I could use them as magical batteries or even as catalysts for Enchanting and Synthesizing, not that I need to since my own energy is far more effective and grants far more special effects to my Enchantments and Synthesis.
But I can sell them in the In-game shop and it pays pretty good for them, the drops were unique, Goblin ears and a few of those War Shadow Claws, they were okay materials but there was nothing I wanted to use them for so I'll hold on to them and see if I find an use for them later.
Soon enough I reached the outside of the Dungeon and stepped out excited to see the city of Orario, I looked around and watched how the lively people of this world walked around minding their own business.
There so many races here, I had already seen some with the Loki Familia but since I left quickly to avoid answering questions I couldn't take a closer look.
Elves, Dwarves, Pallum, Amazons and Beastmen who I believe are divided between Chienthrope, Boaz, Cat People and even more different types of Beast like humanoids, each and everyone one of these race were unique and stood out on their own, from the prim and proper elves to the wild looking Beastmen.
The Amazon were as beautiful as depicted in the anime but they had this bloodthirsty aura around them and the Pallum were a bit of a surprise *they're really small... sort like the Hobbits from Lord of the Ring but they look far more agile and coordinated".
But my biggest surprise were the gods that were walking around all over the place, as soon as I sense one of them I used my Luminous Dragon Eyes and check them out.
I Instantly could see some sort of string attached to their heads and heading up into the sky, letting me know that only a portion of themselves was actually in this plane of existence, the rest was more than likely in stasis since this version of their was consciousness was here but this sort of reminds of VR games.
It's like they're just connected to a console and playing at living a normal life, after all if their avatars die here they go back to their real self in heaven, it's pretty surreal if I'm being honest about this entire situation.
In any case it didn't matter to me anyways, all of this was very interesting and I was having fun walking around the city of Orario and watching everyone go about their business.
I finally reached some kind of market and I got curious about what was in sale in this place so I walked around.
Monster drops, everyday items, food, weapons and armor where the usual wares but there was quite the variety though, the weapons and armor were of very low quality but that doesn't surprise me, if I remember correctly the good stuff is in that big tower where the Dungeon is located.
As I walked and looked around I found someone I recognized right away, Hestia the Goddess of Bell was selling food in a stall not too far from me, she seemed to be having fun and was smiling while serving people their orders.
I believe they call what she's selling Jagamarukun? or at least I think that's what they're called, I actually wanted to try one when I saw it in the anime, it looked really tasty.
So I decided to buy one as see what it tastes like and so I approach the stand to buy one but suddenly I felt some looking at me, the feeling was so strong that it made me look around.
But I didn't see anyone staring at me until I remembered who it was, that's probably staring at me, so I turned towards the tower and looked up towards the top floor where I knew the culprit was, *Astrea? can Freya see my soul?*.
[No, I'm actually hiding it and everything else from her sight, she must be pretty frustrated and confused as to why she can't seem to see hehe~.]
I smiled at the fact that Astraea is always protecting me but now knowing who was watching me I decided to give them a little scare.
Freya was watching over Orario waiting for Bell to come out of the Guild building to see how he was however something new and interesting caught her attention.
She saw him the moment he step out of the Dungeon or rather she couldn't see him, no matter how hard she looked she couldn't see anything about this young man that seemed to have come out of the Dungeon.
She watched him looked around towards many people and then reach the market where he looked around some more, like a rookie who just arrived in Orario but that was weird on itself since this young man came out of the Dungeon.
As he was looking around wares and stuff she began to try and look into his soul but nothing she did worked, it was really getting on her nerves "this hasn't happened before...".
As she was glaring at his direction he suddenly began to look around as if looking for someone or something until he stopped and then turned towards the top floor of the tower where she live and that made her freeze.
His purple eyes were glowing as he stared directly at her and it made her nervous, scare even, it was as he could kill her even while standing so far away for her.
The young man stare directly at her for what seemed hours until he grinned and then turned away from her and Freya slumped of her seat.
She sighed and stood up from her throne and tried to stop her body from shaking "... it was like a lion watching its prey deciding whether or not to pounce, that young man is dangerous...".
Freya frowned and got worried, something about this mysterious young man just screamed danger but why was the question, still she has never felt like this before and that made her very concern.
Freya for the first time ever was left both confused and afraid, just thinking about those bright and glowing purple eyes makes her body shake in fear.
That should teach that meddlesome Goddess a lesson, I turned around and jumped a bit when I saw Hestia right behind, Hestia herself jumped a bit in surprise from my sudden turn "shit! when did you get this close?".
Hestia on her part giggled and scratched the back of her head embarrassedly "sorry, you just seemed like you wanted to buy a Jagamarukun but then your turned around and stared up at the tower, I tried to call out to you and catch your attention but you didn't respond to me...".
Ah, I see I was too distracted with messing with Freya that I didn't even notice Hestia approach me or trying to get my attention "sorry about that, I just felt someone staring at me and it made feel too icky for some reason".
Hestia tilted her head and hummed "a pervert?".
Back on the top floor of the tower Freya suddenly sneezed "why do I feel like someone just insulted me?".
After that she went to back to seat on her throne to ponder about the new mysterious teen that has appeared out of nowhere and had scared her a few minutes ago.
I chuckled because that seem like an apt description for Freya "yeah it seems like it but anyways I wanted to buy one of those potatoes snacks your selling they look tasty".
Hestia smiled and nodded, she then ran back to her stand and began to prepare a fresh Jagamarukun for me, meanwhile I used my Aura Sense to map Orario. I smiled as I checked my Mini Map and see how it shows the entire city now.
Hestia soon finished making the Jagamarukun and handed it me, I took it and took out some of my money which instantly turned into Valis and gave it to her.
I then brought the Jagamarukun towards my mouth and took a bite *mmm... it taste like a Hashbrown but its far more seasoned and crunchy, not bad actually".
I finished my snack and smiled at Hestia "this was very good!".
Hestia actually looked rather proud of herself and nodded "I know right? I eat this very often so I know how good they are!".
I chuckled and then began to think about everything I know about this world, I'm well aware that everything that will happen in this world will be centered around Hestia and Bell but I also know that they're good people who were sort dragged into those circumstances by others.
Unlike the main cast of Konosuba who just mess around and caused more problems rather than solving them plus they're just awful people as well, Hestia and Bell however are good people.
Sure Hestia might be obsessed with Bell but that's something I don't mind, Serafall and YunYun can be quite clingy as well but I actually feel like I can work with these two.
Also there's the fact that they're going to need a lot of help with things to come and that means more opportunities to obtain more Pokemon Tokens as well.
I know for fact that involving myself with the main cast of a world grants me more chanchances getting Pokemon Tokens and those are the reason I WoWorld Jumped to begin with.
So I decided that thisthime I will be involving myself with the main cast, this might be a vacation of sorts but I think the girls also wanted adventure and where else to find it if not with the Hestia Familia?.
I turned towards Hestia and smiled at her "my name is Rean Hayashi, you wouldn't happened to be a Goddess right miss?".
Hestia smiled and nodded "yup! I'm Hestia patron Goddess of the Hestia Familia!".
I chuckled at how proud and excited she seems as she introduced herself " that's great! you wouldn't happen to be looking for new adventures? I'm looking for a Familia to join and you seem very kind and friendly".
Hestia gasped and then ran around her stand to stand right in front me, I smiled a little because she reminds me of Serafall a bit, same size and everything, Hestia then excitedly spoke up " really?! but we're a small Familia you know? and I live in an abandoned church so it's not comfortable there right now...".
She started strong but as she began to explain her situation she lost some of that exuberance and seemed a little sad, I actually felt a little bad because this shows that she's been trying to get others to join her Familia but more than likely she got rejected as soon as she explained her situation.
She must think I would reconsider after hearing her explain their current living circumstances, I don't mind her situation though, I can expand the inside of the church, clean it up and fix it a bit plus the great thing about it, it's the fact that where she lives is pretty much away from anywhere heavily populated so I can safely have some my Pokemon out and about around or inside the church.
I nodded to Hestia and then spoke up "I don't mind that and besides I rather be in a poor but friendly Familia than one of those famous and big ones, most of the ones I've seen are very arrogant or cruel".
And it was true, in the anime Bell was rejected by every Familia because he looked weak, it didn't make sense to me because everyone looks and is weak at the beginning but no one even bothered to give him a chance.
The same would happened to me, pretty much to everyone I meet I seem weak and unassuming at first, it's the reason why I get underestimated all the time so I'm sure I would get rejected as well plus there's some very bad people out there in Orario and no way in hell would I ever approach them or their Familias.
Hestia's eyes began to sparkled as she brightly smiled "you really want to join my Familia? your not playing a prank on me right?".
I raised an eyebrow and hope that no one actually pulled a prank on her like that because that would piss me off but I nodded at her "yeah I'll join your Familia".
Hestia loudly cheered and then grabbed my arm while yelling out at the old man who seems to be the owner of the stand "gramps! I'm getting off early! I have a new Adventurer to give my blessing too!".
The old man chuckled and nodded while I let myself get pulled by Hestia towards their home while telling me about Bell who is her first adventurer, I couldn't help but be excited about the adventures I will have with both Hestia and Bell.
I didn't take us too long to arrive at the church where both Bell and Hestia live, it does look like it need some serious work but I'm sure some Time Manipulation would do the trick.
One inside the church Hestia then took me to the door in the back and towards the single room where her and Bell sleep, it was small but it had this homey kind of feel to it, I think it's the fact that one of Hestia's domain is the concept of home that makes this small room seem so cozy and comfortable.
Hestia then leads me to the bed and points at it "okay Rean! take your shirt off and lay on the bed face first! I'm going to give you my Falna before you reconsider!".
I chuckled and patted her head "I'm not going anywhere Hestia but before I join you Familia there's a few things I have to tell you".
Hestia tilted her head and stared up into my eyes, she then nodded and sat on the bed while patting the spot besides her, I smiled at her and sat right besides her.
I decided that I was going to explain a few things to Hestia before I joined her Familia otherwise it will be hard to explain the girls and the Pokemon once I bring them over plus I don't want to lie to someone that reminds me a lot of Serafall, I'm sure her and Hestia will get along perfectly with each other after all.
So before I explain anything I raised a couple of wards around the room to prevent Freya or anyone really from scrying on us while I speak with Hestia and so I began my tale.
I told her that I wasn't from this world and proved it by taking out my cellphone and showing it to her, then I told her about the girls and how they will eventually come over to this world to join me.
Of course Hestia was surprised as she listen to me and was curious about my world plus she was also happy that even more people will join her Familia in the future, meanwhile I continued to to tell her about us.
The fact I was a dragon and the girls weren't exactly human, not that Hestia cared since she had said that being a dragon wasn't a big deal to her but to keep it a secret since dragons as a whole have a bad reputation in Orario.
Then I told her how powerful we are and that we came here to have adventures and a vacation of sorts which caused her to giggle at the fact that I was using something so amazing as World Jumping and treating as a vacation and then I explained about the Pokemon and even summoned Flareon so she could meet one.
She immediately snuggle to Flareon who seemed rather content I'm her arms, I think Hestia's domain over the Hearth will make her very popular among the Fire Type Pokemon but I did tell her that some of my Pokemon were really big.
This of course made her a bit worried but as she scratched her head she told me that they could explain the Pokemon as a sort of spirit summoning since none of them look anything close to a monster, that will explain their presence but we also need to register it as a sort of tamer skill and get a license for it.
Of course it would be expensive but it would allow me to have my Pokemon around me and prevent the people in town from panicking at the sight of them since the Guild would announce their presence and my so call skill.
I nodded and told her that I would pay for it and even gave her a giant sack of Valis which funnily enough made her fall to the ground with how heavy it was when I handed it to her.
After we sat on the bed in silence and Hestia petted Flareon who was just chilling on her lap with a content smile on his face, suddenly she spoke up "I got to say Rean, everything you just told me sounds incredible! I'm glad you want to join my Familia but are you sure? there's far more powerful and famous Familias in Orario, with how powerful you and your girls are, you could do well in any of those Familias".
I smiled at Hestia, even when she has the chance to have very powerful beings in her Familia she still thinking more about our well being than hers, it seems that taking care of Bell has really taught her a lot "I'm sure Hestia and don't worry, me and the girls will help you and Bell".
Hestia turned to look at me and tear up a bit, I just smiled at her, she then sniff and placed Flareon on the floor "then let's get you my Falna Rean!".
I nodded at her and stood up, then I took off my shirt and the layed on the bed face first, soon after I felt Hestia get on my back, I waited a bit and suddenly I felt something drop on my back and then warmth.
Hestia took a while but as I was enjoying the warmth I was feeling on my back I received a notification which I opened while I waited.
[Ding! Ding!.
Divine energy detected...
Integrating with the system...
Intregation complete! Gamer now has a spark of divinity.
This small spark will eventually grow and flourish once you evolve into a Dragon God gifting you with a domain from the God or Goddess who granted you this spark.]
[Ding! Ding!.
Perk obtain.
Hestia's blessing: This perk allows the Falna granted by Goddess Hestia to become a permanent perk stat boost on the Gamer stats! example: If a games Strength stat is 100 and the Falna is 50 then the Strength stat of the Gamer would be like this 100 Plus 50 = St 150.
This Perk can only be updated and leveled up by Goddess Hestia.]
Hmm what a great perk, the more stats the better so I'm glad the system decided to do this like this, I see that the Perk is also on level one and the Perk boost is at Zero for now.
Hestia then wiggled a bit on my back "oh~ Rean you have a skill! how cool".
I raised an eyebrow not really expecting for me to receive a skill from the Falna already "really? what is it?".
Hestia got off my back and sat besides me and stared at the sheet of paper on her hand "let's see... Dragon's Gifts nice name, it matches you, it says here that this skill grants a stat boost of fifteen percent to all stats to all party members within a certain range around you when activated, it's a very good skill and one very useful for exploring with a party".
I hummed and nodded in agreement, this skill is useful overall and it seems like it affects my Pokemon as well now that I was reading its description in my status screen.
Hestia nodded to herself and then turned towards me "well Rean, welcome to the Hestia Familia!".
I just grinned at her, excited about all of this something that Flareon seems to share because it looked up and let out a small puff of flames in excitement.
Suddenly we heard the door up the stairs open and steps echoing rapidly, it seems Bell has come home and he seemed excited, he then yell out as soon as he reached the room "Goddess! you won't believe what happened to me today!".