As Sero, Ellie, and Domfan entered the library, they saw a group of people huddled huddled around a table, talking with one another. One person noticed them and called over to them, saying, "Yo Domfan, over here! I see you finally found Sero and Ellie!"
"Yo what's up Alegriso! Yep I found them!" Domfan replied back, a grin evident on his face.
Sero, Ellie, and Domfan headed over to where Alegriso called them over. Alegriso was a B-rank mage and the three of them had met during a hunting quest that they were doing. They quickly became close friends, and soon were taking on many quests together. He was a man from a noble family who has produced many different types of strong adventurers. He had long blonde hair and skyblue eyes. He also had a fair white skin and a decent figure as well. He was wearing a casual mage's outfit, with a red robe and a wooden staff. Sero always wondered how he manages to look so elegant while t the same time look like he's a normal adventurer and not some sort of noble.
Domfan, on the other hand, was someone that even Sero nor Ellie knew almost nothing about. He refrained from talking much about his past life, even when asked numerous times. He had fair tan skin, and curly brown hair that reached up to his neck. He was also a B-rank adventurer, although he was an assassin. He had a pair of iron daggers, which were embedded with gold markings. Sero could've sworn he has seen some of those markings before, however when he confronted Domfan about it, Domfan would always say that Sero was overthinking it and that there was no way that he would've seen those markings. Domfan was wearing all black today, as that is his usual outerwear when they were going to go take on quests.
"Why, if it isn't Sero and Ellie!" someone called out to them.
Sero turned around and noticed the person speaking, and smiled.
The person who called out to them was Amayako. She was a A-rank healer that joined our party after we saved her from a dungeon after her party members left her for unknown reasons. She had light chocolate brown hair and had warm brown eyes. She also looked very mature for her age and emitted the most motherlike aura than anyone that Sero or Ellie have seen (talk about mommy vibes, or as a very cultured person would say: a MILF). By young, I meant that she was only 23 years old, which Sero and the others found it hard to believe. She was very stunning and had her usual attire on for today's adventure (yes, if you hadn't figured out already, the friends meeting was a gathering of the party).
"Morning Amayako! Hopefully you are doing fine," Sero replied.
"Oh you're so caring. I'm fine, thanks for asking Sero," Amayako said. She even had the ara ara~ voice when she spoke, enforcing Sero and his friends' disbelief even more.
"Hey! Don't forget about me!" cried a small voice.
Sero looked around and saw where the tiny cute voice had come from. "Oh sorry Fragmo, didn't see you there."
Fragmo was a short but cute boy, almost like the little brother that I would've wanted but never got. He was 18 years old, yet he looked like a 12 year old kid. Of course, this would mean that he was always kicked out of places that said "no minors allowed", which Sero and the others found cute but also funny has he tried to defend himself about his age. He was a C-rank summoner who summoned beasts to help fight the monsters when they were doing quests. He had brown hair with hazel eyes and a small figure, as he looked like he was twelve. He was wearing tan shorts and and a white T-shirt, which solidified him looking like a twelve year old even more. He also really loved fish, having multiple fishes in his aquarium.
"Hmph, I'll only forgive you if you give me a lollipop!" Fragmo pouted. Sero nearly died from a cuteness overload.
"Of course, anything for you!" Sero exclaimed, quickly taking out a strawberry flavored lollipop, Fragmo's favorite.
"Yay!" Fragmo bleamed as he took the lollipop. "My favorite!"
"I still don't believe that Fragmo's an 18 year old and that Amayako is 23," Sero whispered to Domfan. "There just is no way."
Domfan was about to whisper something back, until Amayako popped out of nowhere and said, "Ara, Ara~ are you speaking about me Sero darling~" (Let me just add that she exactly like a mommy as well, which I'm sure enforced everyone's suspicion of Amayako's real age).
Sero nearly jumped out of his skin. "Don't sneak up on me like that and stop teasing me only!" he shouted, clearly red from embarrassment.
Ellie suddenly announced, "Okay, if we are done greetings, then can we be started with the quest now?" Ellie looked pissed off, but Sero did not know why.
Amayako just smiled teasingly and replied, "Sure, go ahead Ellie sweetie."
Ellie ignored Amayako's words and started to explain about the dungeon that they were going to raid for their quest.
"I already found a map of the place, so let's figure out our strategy for conquering this dungeon for the reward.
Then they strategized for about 30 minutes before heading out to the dungeon (I am not about to go on a yap session for 30 minutes, so I'll spare you readers and myself the pain of having to) .
As they were exiting the library, they overheard a group of people talking about a rumour that was going on.
"Hey, did you hear about the guy who took down so many kingdoms because they either wronged him or pissed him off?" a lady asked the man beside her.
"Yeah, I heard that he is coming here in a couple of days!" the man beside her answered. "Hopefully he doesn't get pissed or angry or else we are all dead!"
"What is going on?" Sero asked his friends as they were walking past them. "What do they mean by the guy who took down kingdoms?"
"You haven't heard about it?" Alegriso asked. "He's the guy who destroyed the top three kingdoms after they waged war against him a couple of decades back after he was sent to hell for unknown reasons. I overheard my parents talking about it and I could hear the worry in their voices."
"That guy?" Sero asked. "I thought that he died because of his wounds shortly after."
"Apparently not" Alegriso replied. "I guess those were just rumors."
"He seems like a strong guy. I want to meet him now!" Domfan announced out of nowhere.
"Don't, or else he might just send you to hell," Alegriso advised. "I heard that anyone who challenges him sees their ancestors in seconds."
"Ara, that's something scary you said there," Amayako said, joining the conversation. "You're scaring little Fragmo over here." She pointed to Fragmo, who was now shivering and pale.
"Don't worry Fragmo, we will be fine as long as we don't interfere," Ellie said, trying to comfort him. Fragmo's whimpers slowly started slowing down.
Sero noticed that Ellie was also looking quite pale herself, so he asked, "Yo Ellie, what's wrong? You seem a little pale yourself."
Ellie looked down at her feet and said, "It's just my parents. Hopefully they are going to be safe after this."
Sero was just about to ask her what about her parents until Domfan shouted, "Hey guys! We're here!"
Sero and his friends looked in front of them and saw the entrance to the massive dungeon (when the hell did they already get over there so quickly???).
The dungeon was called the "Dungeon of Many Ends", and it was an A-rank dungeon.
"Alrighty, let's do this!" Sero said to his friends as they headed inside.
(Some information on the dungeon (YAP WARNING (even though I said that I wasn't going to yap, sorry))): The dungeon was known for its various misleading ends, in which each had numerous monsters and traps, which gave it its name. Anyone travelling here needed a good sense of direction and luck to navigate through this dungeon and to come back alive with its treasures. Nobody knew what the treasures were, as nobody has cleared the dungeon, and how it never got attention from the S-rank adventurers and those above, and was to hard for those of lower ranks.)