Chapter 80 - Expedition(3/?)

Now at the entrance of the 19th floor, Riveria stopped him to explain what he will face once he enters.

"to enter this floor without problems, the first thing necessary is to be of an adequate level, and have resistance against poison because, from here to the 24th floor, it is all composed of mostly poisonous monsters. Do you have that resistance, Ethan?"

Hearing Riveria's question, he shook his head while thinking about the fact that he wanted to acquire the [Abnormal Resistance] development ability.

"I don't have it, but I don't think it will be a problem, I don't have to go down to the 24th floor anyway, right?"

Undecided whether the best situation was to return to the 17th floor to have Ethan face the Monster Rex or go down to the 19th floor, Riveria sighed as she replied

"Fine, but this mean that you will have to be constantly protected by a barrier if you want to avoid being poisoned"

Nodding his head, he smiled happily as she expected him to reject the idea. Mainly because she had stereotyped Ethan as a person very similar to Ais, that is, someone who wanted to hunt monsters alone and without help, but his reply surprised her

"It's fine, The only thing I want is to kill monsters. A barrier or whatever won't change the fact that I'll be the one hunting for them."

His only objective, was to obtain the [XP] necessary for his level up, because he was tempted by the boost of the new level.

Failing to understand the way he reasoned, Riveria sighed for the umpteenth time as she wrapped Ethan in a barrier that would protect him. After this, Riveria did the same for herself and Lefiya while he stared at the 'cave'.

"I'll help you if things get b-bad..."

Hearing her while she saw her looking down, Ethan couldn't help but nod his head in agreement. He was quite confident that the current floor wasn't that much of a challenge against him. With the help of Riveria that could even to prevent him from being hit by the poison, Ethan felt confident.

"Yes, I don't mind being helped if I need it"

Nodding slowly, Lefiya didn't look at him as Riveria looked away.

Upon entering, the first thing he saw were the walls, ground, and ceiling made out of wood making it seem like the inside of a giant tree.

'So beautiful..this place seems to come out of a fantasy...'

Remembering he was in the Dungeon, Ethan shook his head as they started to walk away from the entrance of the floor. After some minutes, the first few monsters spawned. Recalling from Riveria's explanation that they were Battle Boar, he immediately entered a battle-ready position.

Deciding it was better to not underestimate monsters, he decided to 'keep it safe' using [Avian]. With the pressure on his arm, Ethan used his [Instantaneous Speed Movement] to move right behind one of the fierce Battle Boar.

Losing sight of their target, the Battle Boars had a moment to try to search for him before a rushing wind began to cut every single part of their body.

While this was happening, the wind was so powerful that, after passing through the monsters, actually arrived where Lefiya and Riveria watched. Although they only perceived it as a light breeze, it still alarmed Ethan a little... but, remembering that Riveria was much stronger than him, he decided not to think about it for now.

After just a few seconds, Ethan saw the monstrosity he had just committed as the bodies of the monsters dissipated.

'Oh...'

Trying to understand if he was the one that puts really too much into his magic, Ethan closed in his world while thinking about it as Lefiya was shocked. From her point of view, it was as if you waste time buying oil that should last at least 1 week, just to waste it all on a single plate.

Approaching him, Lefiya blushed as she said

"A-Ano...?"

Hearing her, he immediately snapped out of his thoughts as he was diligently trying not to be always lost in his thoughts. Nodding as a sign that he was listening, she asked

"Why you're w-wasting your magic like this?"

"I m-mean, can you release only a part, enough to kill a single group of monsters and then use the rest that has been held since the first use for another group...?"

Understanding what she said made sense, Ethan remembered himself that there was actually a limit of time that, if exceeded, released its magic as if time had run out...but

'But, she is right, if I can do that, then I won't have problems if I have to annihilate groups of monsters without annihilating everything else as well...'

Seeing the 'cuts' which he had caused even on the ground itself as well as having reduced the monsters to pieces, he knew that Lefiya's question was very helpful. With a smile, Ethan saw as other monsters were spawning.

"Thanks Lefiya, you are always so helpful. I can see that you are a genius in magic just from your questions.."

Saying this before 'disappearing' just to reappear next to another monster, Lefiya's blush was so evident that she brought her hands on her face.

Even though she would've liked to put her attention on Ethan if he needed help, she knew that having received such a compliment, she would surely come back to think about it, even in the worst moments, and this wouldn't have helped him at all.

Tightening the grip on her staff, Lefiya decided to return where she was while Ethan pulverized other monsters.

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Now with two hours passed, Ethan already fought against a good number of monsters. Meanwhile, he was trying to limit the power emitted despite having "charged" it before. Even though he continued to fail in an attempt to hold back, he was already making little progress, and that was important to him.

Now quite far in the 19th floor, Riveria sighed as she saw Ethan reduce to piece another group of monsters.

'The problem is holding back now..'

While she was thinking this, Ethan glanced at his status to check if things changed.

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Name: Ethan

Age: 15

Race: Human

Lv 2(+)

[Falna: 594/1.000]

End: 601C→ 615C

Dex: 700B→ 713B

Agi: 776B → 790B

Mag: 1063SS → 1100SS

{Total Parameters : 9.489 →9.586}

Skill: [Qienta's Blessing:SSS], [Mana Control:A], [Boost Magic:F], [Avian:F]

Magic: [Sagitta Magica:D]

Development Ability: [FeatherFoot:C], [Spirit Healing:G], [Hunter:H]

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Seeing that his Status didn't change that much, even though he was killing monsters for a while, Ethan was confused, but, he remembered that, other than what he was doing now, he hadn't trained in the last few days, so the only plausible thing for him was the lack of real training.

Deciding to approve this theory without counter-evidence to prove otherwise, he saw that his Falna required to get the 'level up boosts' was finally over half.

'It doesn't really matter if I level up faster or slower. If I reach the required amount of XP then my parameters would raise anyway'

Hearing him, Light decided to interrupt his line of thought to inform him.

[The reason you are not advancing in parameters is that there is a sort of balance between the number of parameters and [XP] that can be obtained by killing a monster. Right now, you went here with the thought in mind to 'farm' [XP] so the Falna System is converting all of your XP into [Falna Points]. it's complicated to explain right now, so try to be satisfied with this answer.]

Nodding with a sarcastic smile on his face, he felt it was still clear now. Thanking Light, he decided it was better to try to fight differently...but

"Let's return now. Ais would probably be awake now and it's nearly time to have lunch..."

Hearing Riveria, Ethan shook his head as he realized that he had focused too much on the dungeon and the xp, ignoring everything else again...

Nodding his head in agreement, the group made their way back to the 18th floor while Ethan killed some other monster along the way.

Now back in the 18th floor half an hour later, Ethan could already see from the distance that the situation was pretty lively. This because, being the first day, already relaxing, everyone was happy to have a day off and that everything went off without a hitch, even if they hadn't even 'started' what they came here for.

Heading towards his tent, he saw as she exited the tent with her eyes half-open. Seeing her in this state brought a small smile on his face.

"I just returned, did you sleep well?"

His question brought her focus back to the 'real world' while she stared at him. Nodding, she answered

"Usually the bed is much more .. cold..but then, all of a sudden, I felt like it had disappeared..just to be surrounded by heat"

Hearing her 'fantasy' version of what really happened. Made him chuckle as he took her hand in his.

"I realized how cold the floor was, so I decided to warm up a little before going"

Understanding he was the cause for her highly relaxed state, she had a small smile on her face as he saw her yawn.

'Cute'

Was all that he thought before Lefiya and Riveria entered the tent with food for them. Although Riveria would normally have decided to eat with the main group, the fact was that not even the original group ate together as they were all in their own tents..

It wasn't strange for this to happen when it was a particularly relaxed moment but, what surprised her most was that their captain, Finn, normally a very serious person about taking breaks, had decided to leave it as it was, without intruding

'I wonder what made him change idea and let everyone stay in their own tent to relax. The only plausible reason is that he wants to keep their morale high..'

Believing this, she sat as Lefiya was talking with Ais. Noticing a strange bruise on her neck, Lefiya wondered what could've happened to her. As a level 5 adventurer, she knew that most things wouldn't be able to 'damage' her enough to create a bruise.

"Ais..how did you..g-get that bruise?"

Lefiya's question brought a small blush on her face as she looked down. Surprised by her reaction, her eyes widened as she decided to let it be while in her mind, she was thinking to the possibilities that brought Ais to 'blush'.

As this happened, Riveria looked away while Ethan was deciding between telling her or letting it be..

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(Someone said to me that it is 'unreasonable' that Ethan can own more slots related to magic than the others for no reason, so I thought it was better to answer here. Ethan isn't a normal adventurer, he isn't bound by the Falna restriction as I literally explained how Light adapted the Falna to his status. But that's not all. For now all his spells are boost magic sub-spells. [Sagitta Magica] is his only magic as [Boost Magic] is more of a skill. Classified as such, even the sub spells are classified as skills...)

(This chapter wasn't really focused on the floor itself. This is why I skipped most of the fights.. but don't worry, there will be ones focused on chapters)

(Alternate Titles:"Ethan, casually cutting into little pieces of monsters","Poor Ais..All alone while Ethan was 'enjoying himself'", "Lefiya...a girl focused to details! (The scene will continue in next chap..)")