9 DAY 41-45

* DAY 41

"Wow, this place is so big! Is this place really just a town, onii-chan?" Asked korone as she kept on looking from left to right.

"Mhm, indeed. After all, this town goes a long way-""I didn't ask you, pervert." Korone interrupted as the golden haired crusader named darkness stopped as she squirmed and blushed.

"There is no need for you to respond like that, korone. She's only answering you." Scolded mion as she took a quick glance at the crusader.

"B-but she's enjoying it, mion!" Korone counteracted as she pointed towards the perverted crusader, who panted even more so after seeing korone point towards her.

"I'm extremely sorry about her." Said the brown haired boy named kazuma with a blank face as he proceeded to slap her in the back of the head, which caused her to pant and blush even more.

"No no, it's alright. I'm sure that we'll get used to it." Answered mion as she shook her head.

"Can we really get used to it though?" Korone said as she placed both of her hands at the back of her head while whistling.

"Korone, it's improper to judge." Mion responded as she proceeded to pinch korone's fluffy ears.

"Owowowowow, I'll stop, I'll stop judging so stop pinching my ears!" Korone pleaded as mion sighed and proceeded to let her ears go.

"Hey hey, why's there a lot of houses if there's only this much people? This place almost looks like a ghost town!" Said korone, who was rubbing her ears gently as she finally noticed the lack of people.

"Are you an idiot? There was just a war yesterday so of course the civilians were evacuated!" Said the blue haired priest named aqua.

"Hmm? Who are you calling an idiot?" Questioned korone as she turned and smiled at the priest while dark miasma started to emit around her body.

"Hmph, you better listen to this goddess properly then! I said that you were an id…ot… eh, whats with that look?" Aqua, who finally noticed the eery smile of korone sweated buckets before turning around, trying to flee only to be caught on the back of her clothes by korone.

"H-h-hey, what are you doing to this g-godde-waaahh! H-h-help me, kazuma san!!" Was the last words of the priest before being dragged away to an alleyway by the one she called an idiot.

"Sign are you not going to save your wife, kazuma?" I asked as the brown haired boy tilted his head in confusion.

"Wife?" He asked back as I answered.

"She's your wife, right?" I asked again as he then proceeded to shook his head in quick motions before giving an answer.

"No,no,no,no,no she's definitely never going to be my wife, ever!" Kazuma denied as he kept on waving both of his hands as well as shake his head in denial.

"Hmm~, is that so." I said as we continued walking while also hearing the screams of the idiotic priest.

"By the way, I just want to ask but is that girl really a goddess." I asked as kazuma turned towards me with a blank face.

"I really want to say that she's not-" "but she is, right?" I said as I continued what kazuma was saying.

"Mhm, how'd you know?" Kazuma said after nodding.

"I had my suspicions after she casted the magic called [turn undead]. Though I still wasn't sure at that time so I a wanted to confirm it just now." I said as kazuma sighed.

"Sigh I don't even know why I picked her out of all the options, she's the most useless one!!" Kazuma yelled as he dropped on the ground, grovelling in regret.

"Hmph, at least she's more useful than you." Said sesshomaru as he continued to walk forwards.

"What did you say?! You emotionless bastard!" Said kazuma as he pointed towards sesshomaru while still groveling on the ground.

"Hmph, I don't have to say things twice for idiots." Said sesshomaru as he stopped walking and turned to look at kazuma. Kazuma then begun to stand up before arguing with sesshomaru as they continued to walk while arguing.

"Sigh and here I thought that you'll never smile like that to others except for us four, I guess I was wrong after all. Right, haze, mion?" I asked as I looked towards sesshomaru who was smiling, albeit unnoticeable to normal people's eyes, while also arguing with kazuma.

"Mhm, I have also thought so before, I guess I was proven wrong too." Said haze as he looked towards his twin brother with a smile.

"Indeed, who would have known." Said mion as we all continued to walk forwards while also ignoring the screams of the blue haired goddess.

...

"That-thats him general winter!" I turned towards the source of the voice and saw a single towns guard pointing towards our direction.

"Do you know him, onii-chan?" Asked korome.

"I can't really recall but I think I do." I said as I tilted my head before looking closely at the guard.

"He's the one who murdered governor alexei!" Said the guard to a man with a large build and a white moustache.

"Hmm, so you're the perpetrator huh?" The man, who was named winter, wondered as he walked towards us.

"Oh, I finally remembered! He's the guy that brought the pumpkin we squashed!" I said as I clapped both of my hands.

"By pumpkin, you don't mean that-" "it's the blond fat ass onii-chan killed yesterday!" Said korone with a smile as kazuma gulped.

"Hoooh, blatantly admitting your crimes. How foolish of you, our should I call you four brave instead?" Asked general winter with a cold smile.

"Mister winter was it?" I asked as I smugly smiled back.

"Pretty good hearing you have, as expected of a dog." General winter answered back.

"Hmph, at least I'm still not a million years away from retirement, unlike you, senile old man." I countered back as general winter frowned.

"Is that how young people treat elders nowadays?" He said as his eyes started to glow in blue light.

"Respect doesn't grow by age, old man." I counteracted as my eyes also glowed in blue light.

We then stared at each others face for a minute or two without speaking. The onlookers begun to hold their breaths and watched as the silence was finally broken by a silent cold laugh made by the old man.

"Good, then you better be ready for whats to come then, dog." He said as he begun to unsheathe the rapier tied in his waist before quickly swinging it towards me.

*click

A finger snap was then heard as the old man then suddenly froze in his place while the onlookers that gathered around us watched in confusion.

"I-is there something wrong, general?" Worryingly asked the towns guard before going closer to the frozen old man.

"General?" The towns guard then reached towards the old man as his hand then completely stopped as it had entered the area of affect of the [temporal lock] skill.

"W-what the hell is this?!" He exclaimed as he tried to pull out his his hands only for it to not even budge.

"Guess I was right, the old man really is getting senile. His bones must have hardened to the point that he can't even move anymore." I remarked as I released a stifled laugher.

"Y-you, what in did you do to the general?!" Asked the towns guard as the knights following them from behind then unsheathed their own weapons.

The knights, without even saying a thing then begun to quicly dash towards me, passing and ignoring the towns guard and their frozen general. The knights then arrived a meter or two away from where I was standing and begun to swing their weapons down towards me.

"[space-time armament fourth configuration: phantom claws]" two huge transparent wolf claws then formed in both of my hands as I, their target, then quickly disappeared from their sights before reappearing further behind them.

"Aaarrrghh!""guh!""damn it!" Multiple grunts and words was then heard as the knights behind me begun to fall on the ground one after another.

"Hmmm~, attacking without any warnings, how unknightly." I said as I lifted my hands up to my face and saw that the once transparent claws were now dyed in crimson blood.

"H-hiee!!" The towns guard shrieked as I turned towards him and smiled nicely, which may have looked more menacing in the guards eyes.

"P-please spare me!! I was only doing my job!!" He said before backing away from me, which caused his head to enter the area of effect of my [temporal lock] skill.

"Well, are you finished with your business, onii? Asked mion as they came towards me.

"We'll, almost, but not yet. I still need to finish the old senile and the guard first." I said as the transparent claws in my hands formed into a transparent blade. I then swung the blade tens of times towards the frozen old man and the towns guard before undoing the [temporal lock] skill as tens of red lines then begun to appear all around their body.

"W-wha…t?" That was the last words of the old man as his body, as well as the guards body then begun to fall apart, killing them.

"Well, lets continue our tour!" I said as I turned and smiled towards them.

"Ouh!" Said korone as she punched towards the sky.

"O-ouh…" followed kazuma as he sweated buckets while glancing at the dead bodies from time to time.

"First time seeing a dead body, idiot?" Said sesshomaru as he glanced at the dead bodies before glancing at kazuma.

"Stop calling me idiot, you emotionless bastard!" Yelled kazuma as the two then begun their little argument again.

"H-hmm~, I'm pretty impressed. I guess you're not all that bad." Said the blue haired priest while also slightly sweating.

"Heh, of course you'd be impressed! Onii-chan is our brother after all!" Said korone with pride as we continued our walk around the town.

* DAY 42

"Hmm~, you visited here quite quickly." Said the demon king rushifer as he sat up high on his throne while his retainers all kneeled on the side.

"Am I bothering or something? If so then I apologise, I'll just visit in some other day." I said as I scratched the back of my head.

"No no, you misunderstood. I was simply worried as I haven't prepared anything because of your visit." Said rushifer before laughing slightly.

"No, thats fine, I'll only stay here for a bit anyways. I still need to tend to my four siblings." I said as rushifer ears jerked.

"Oh, so those four are your siblings? How many years apart are you from those four?" Asked rushifer as I smiled.

"Not years, just about a few minutes or so." I answered.

"Oh, I have thought that you were the older brother as you're bigger and stronger than them." Said the demon king as we then begun to talk about my siblings or her daughter, the necromancer princess rushia.

...

"Well, I'll be going back now, rushifer. The other four might be getting worried about me." I said before releasing a chuckle.

"Mhm, I thank you for visiting, fenrir." Rushifer said as I stood up from the chair.

"Don't mention it. I mean, I should be the one thanking you for treating me some of your foods here, they were delicious." I said as he then followed and also stood up from the chair.

"Say, would you mind it if you were to bring my daughter with you for a visit in axel?" Rushifer suggested.

"You do know that you just attempted to raid their town a few day ago, right, father?" Rushia, the daughter of the demon lord said as rushifer sighed.

"Sigh I guess it is still early for a visit in the town." Rushifer said.

"Hahaha, well, here catch." I said as I tossed a blue and silver bracelet at rushifer.

"Hmm, may I know what this is?" He asked as he examined the bracelet.

"That bracelets called [communication bracelet]. That bracelet enables you to call to me at any place or distance. Pretty neat right?" I said with a smug smile kn my face.

"Hmm, indeed. Do you have more of this? I'd like to order some you see as it might be useful in warfare." Asked rushifer as I shook head.

"No, this things extremely limited so I can't sell any." I said as rushifer sighed.

"What a shame." He sighed again as I smiled.

"Well, I'll go now, see you at a later date, rushifer, rushia, ollie." I said as I opened a portal right next to me.

"Mhm, I hope to see you soon too, fenrir." Rushifer said with a smile.

"Farewell, fenrir onii-sama." Said rushia as she bowed slightly.

"Byebye~ sir fenrir!" Said ollie in enthusiasm as I waved my hands before proceeding to enter the portal.

...

"What the heck is this?" I asked as kazuma answered.

"A frog." he said with a blank face.

"Do you think that I'm stupid enough to not know about a frog? I'm asking about what happened here." I said while also making a blank face.

"They-""uwaaah help me, kazuma-san!" Screamed aqua while running towards us as a giant pink toad chased after her.

"K-kazum-" *chomp The giant pink toad the proceeded to look up above the sky before swallowing the poor priest whole.

[giant toad]

[Humongous toads large enough to swallow livestock and humans whole. During their mating season, they occasionally venture toward human settlements.Their thick skins and soft body enables them to resist blunt forces. They dislike metals, so most properly equipped adventurers can easily take them out. During dry and winter seasons, they burrow underground to protect themselves from nature.]

"Resist blunt force huh? How about we test that." I said as kazuma looked at me with a questioning look.

"Test?" He asked as I nodded. I then proceeded to walk closer towards the giant toad that swallowed the priest before dashing towards it and punching it's belly.

*… BOOM!

A slight lag happened before the impact occurred as the terrain straight behind the giant toad got devastaded.

"Croak." I looked up in front of me and saw a relatively fine pink toad opening its mouth where I then saw a certain priest crying, not that it was obvious as some slimy saliva covered it.

"Eh?" *chomp the toad then proceeded to swallow me whole before gulping as I and the goddess was then transferred to its stomach.

"space time armament second configuration: crystal clear blade." The toad was then cut in half from the inside as green blood then sprinkled all over the field, dyeing both me and the priest in it.

"Hic waaaaah kazuma-san this is so gro~ss! I'm all slimy and I also reek of frog blood! This goddess is now sullied with frog bloo~d, waaaah!" Aqua cried out as she ran towards kazuma, who proceeded to run away from her.

"Hyahahaha onii-chans all dirty! Hyehihihi!" I looked towards my left and saw mion and haze covering their mouth, preventing them from bursting into laughter while korone was already crazily laughing.

"Pfft, I advise you to take a shower first, brother pffhuhuhu." Haze said as he desperately tried to stop his laugher from bursting.

"In-indeed, y-pfft-you should take a shower first onii." Said mion while also desperately trying to stop her laughter from bursting.

"Heh, I guess you couldn't defeat the toad too, brother." Sessharu sneered.

"I sure you four would meet the same fate as me too if you tried to attack then with your fist." I said as the four stopped laughing and looked away as I then noticed a tint of redness in their cheeks.

"Hohoho~, so you four got eaten too huh? I bet you guys got curious too, right?" I sarcastically asked as they looked away much more while their cheeks became redder.

"Hahahaha, well anyways, I guess I'll clean myself first. See you four at dinner!" I said as I opened two portals, one next to them and one next to myself.

* DAY 43

"Slow! What are you, a fucking turtle?!" I said as I blocked a blade coming from kazuma before kicking the back of his knees.

"Uwaa?!" Kazuma yelped as he fell on his knees.

"Haah!" Screamed someone from behind me as I moved sideways, dodging the attack from the crusader, darkness.

"You don't make a sound when sneak attacking, darkness!" I said as I kicked her stomach, blowing her away.

"Aauh~!" Darkness moaned as she smashed into a tree.

"Gods blow!" Aqua said as she punched ran and punched towards my stomach. I smirked as I then proceeded to reach towards her incoming fist and caught it.

"Gods blow my ass. This doesn't even qualify as an infants punch, let alone a gods." I said as I then gripped her wrist and proceeded to lift and throw her to the direction of the rushing darkness.

"Ouch!""Ahh~" the two collided with each other, downing both the rushing and incoming darkness and the aqua.

"From darkness there shall be light, from light there shall be darkness. Two cannot exist without each other…." I and the others quickly turned to the right as we saw the red clothed magician named megumin casting her favourite spell, explosion.

"…if both ever combines, it shall only be EXPLOS-""[Distance manipulation]" *BOOM! I quickly teleported the explosion up above the sky, which prevented the explosion wizard from blowing all four of us here to smithereens.

"Chance!" Yelled kazuma as he got up and pierced his sword towards me.

"Nope." I said while smiling as I caught his sword with just two of my fingers.

"Still too slow, kazuma." I said as I kicked him on the chin, blowing him upwards.

"Ghft!"

"We're not done yet!" I said as I kicked the stomach of the falling kazuma before quickly grabbing his shirt, preventing him from getting blown away. I then pulled him back as I then elbowed him in the chin with the same hand I grabbed him with before grabbing him again as I then proceeded to throw him towards a nearby tree.

"Water creation: flood!" I then quickly jumped as the incoming torrent of waters swallowed both kazuma and megumin. I then proceeded to lift my right hand up as thunder then started to crackle and roar.

"Second tier magic: thunder call." I brought my right hand down as lightning in the form of a dragon then started to descend down the sky, hitting aqua and darkness as well as the extremely conductive water.

Four screams was then heard as the two, darkness and aqua, were hit directly by the skill while the other two, kazuma and megumin, got electrified as they were soaked in water.

"Well, that should be enough for the warm up." I said as I landed back down the ground.

""""W-warm up?!"""" The four asked at the same time as I smiled and answered.

"Yep, warm up. The real training starts now, so line up!" I commanded as the four groaned while slowly getting up and forming a line.

"Training! Yeah!!!" A shout was heard up above a distant tree as four shadowy figures then descended below it.

"You four are here too?!" Asked kazuma while pointing towards the four figures.

Mhm, we'll train you four real good, hyahahaha!" Yelled korone as she proceeded to run towards me while the other three followed.

"Will it really be alright for her to train us, fenrir-san?" Whispered kazuma.

"Yeah… probably." I answered as kazuma started shaking me.

"What do you mean by probably?!" He asked, still shaking me.

"I can't train you four all at once, I need some helper to do so. And could you stop shaking me?" Kazuma stopped shaking me as he then slumped down the ground, most likely feeling defeated.

"Hyahahaha, its all gonna be fine. After all, I'm extremely good at teaching! Hyahahahaha!" Said korone as kazuma then stood up and ran towards sesshomaru.

"I call dibs on him!" He said as he hugged sesshomaru's legs. The other two woke up from their daydreaming and begun to run towards the other two while darkness went slowly got up and went towards korone.

"Hmph, be honoured! This goddess will now allow you to teach me!" Aqua said haughtily at haze as the latter sighed and nodded.

"Fufufu, this archmage shall now train you! Be honoured!" Megumin said as she posed in front of mion, who was smiling wryly.

"But I'm the one that should teach you." She said as she sighed.

"May I ask of you to puni-ahem-train me?" Darkness asked as korone enthusiastically nodded.

"Mhm mhm, I'll train you real well, hyahahahah!" Korone laughed as the training then soon started.

I watched and supervised the four train their students from up above a tree, while checking from time to time if everything's fine. The four taught their students extremely different from each other.

While korone's way of teaching was somewhat brutal, mion's was calm and taught megumin quite slowly while also checking if she understood from time to time.

The four mostly taught their students physical stuffs like fightnin techniques as the four of them barely know anything about magic and mana.

Sesshomaru mostly taught kazuma training and techniques that increase one's flexibility and dodging abilities while haze taught aqua about physical enchancement's and speed.

Korome on the other hand taught darkness on how to defend properly and increase her instincts by using her as her sandbag.

Mion taught the hardest one to teach, megumin, as she lacked physical attacks and magic skills while also being stubborn about only using her explosion. It took a few minutes to finally coax the stubborn explosion mage to finally training her body and her explosion.

Mion taught her about different utilities for explosion, such as a mini explosion for a quick dash towards the opponent or a trap magic that activates when one steps on it. Most of it were theories made by the young and smart mind of the black werewolf as the explosion mage listened intently.

...

A few hours passed as it was finally time to end the training. We went home using the portal as usual while leaving the four adventurers lying on the ground, exhausted.

While we were eating our food, I suddenly remembered one thing I forgot to do and proceeded to take four bracelets out of my storage. The other four who were eating stopped as they looked at the bracelet before looking at me confusedly.

"Its for the four of you." I said as I threw the four bracelets towards them.

"Whats this for, onii?" Asked mion as she examined the bracelet.

"You four are gonna start traveling now, right? So I decided to make those bracelets for you four. I imbued my own space magic in those bracelets so it'll be able to act as a communication device as well as open a portal from the place you're currently at to here in this cabin." I said, explaining the utilities of the bracelet.

The four then begun to wear the bracelets as they then started testing it, opening and entering portals from inside the cabins kitchen back to the living room. They then thanked me as I smiled and asked them to at least return every night to the cabin.

* DAY 44

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"Sigh I'm bo~red!" I said to myself as the birds that chirped near me flew away. I was now walking at the forest near axel as I searched for a grass called "herbal grass".

"Why do I have to start at F rank anyways?! Didn't they see me defeat rushifer as well as massacre his army?! Goddammit!" I shouted while searching for the grass.

The search, although extremely easy as I had the skill [appraisal], was also extremely boring. There were no challenges or a new species to discover since the beast in this forest were almost the same as the ones in the forest we lived in. Though I was complaining, I still continued to search for and find the grass.

...

"Here, about three hundred of those stupid grasses." I said as I placed a massive sack on the counter.

"T-three hundred? Are you sure you did not miscount, sir fenrir?" Asked the guild receptionist wryly.

"Sigh just check it, that amount should be enough to raise my rank." I said as the receptionist took the bag and went away.

'I hope the next ranks not this boring.' I thought as I waited for the receptionist to return.

...

"I-it indeed is three hundred herbal grass, sir fenrir. Forgive me for doubting you." The receptionist said as she bowed her head down slightly.

"You don't have to apologise, its for your job after all." I said as the receptionist stopped bowing her head.

"Ahem, thank you for understanding, sir fenrir. Here is the reward for handing us three hundred herbal grass, one thousand five hundred silver coins. Or would you rather have it in gold, sir fenrir?" The receptionist asked as she placed a sack of silver coins in the counter.

"Just convert one thousand silver coins to gold coins and let the others remain as it is." I said as the receptionist nodded and proceeded to sort the money out.

"Here's your reward, sir fenrir. Ten gold coins and five hundred silver coins." The receptionist said as she handed me two separate sacks, a big one and a small one.

"Thanks, now can I rank up?" I asked as I took the money before tossing it in my storage.

"Y-yes, you may now rank up to C class as the guild master has already permitted it. Could you please give me your card?" She asked as I handed my card to her.

"There, you are now officially C rank, sir fenrir. You can and may take the C rank quest on the second floor of this building." She said as she pointed towards my right.

"Mhm, thanks. Oh by the way, can I hand over some beast parts here?" I asked as the receptionist tilted her head in confusion before nodding.

"Good, I hope this'll help me rank up to an appropriate rank then." I said as I took out various beast parts out of my storage. The receptionist, as well as the crowd that formed behind me chattered and gasped in awe as a mini mountain of corpse formed in front of the receptionist's counter.

"…and lastly, the frost drakes parts." I said as the crowd then silenced.

""Frost drake?!"" The crowd yelled as I took out the scales, fangs, and claws of the frost drake.

"So, can I rank up again?" I asked the stunned receptionist as I was greeted with silence.

"Hello~, anybody there?" I asked as I waved my hands in front of the receptionist's face.

"A-ah yes, please wait here, sir fenrir. We shall appraise the items you've brought first before deciding if you could rank up." She said as I nodded. She then proceeded to call her colleagues as they took all of the beast parts I took out.

"W-was that really a frost drake?"

"I've never seen one so I have no idea."

"As expected of the wolf hero."

The crowd chattered for awhile as I waited for the receptionist to return. Unexpectedly, the receptionist returned and asked me to follow her to the guild masters office.

"The doors unlocked, come in." A voice from behind the door said as the receptionist then opened the door where I saw a red haired man sitting in front of his desk.

"So, what do you want from me?" I asked as the red haired man smiled.

"So, you're the one who brought the frost drake's carcass huh, not bad." He said as the receptionist bowed politely and left the room.

"Mhm, just tell me if I ranked upped or not, and also my money." I said as the red haired man sighed.

"Sigh unfortunately, we don't have enough money to give for the frost drake's carcass. We might be able to afford all of the other carcass but a kilogram of frost drake scale is enough to bankrupt us." He said before sighing again.

"We'll, that's unfortunate. So can I rank up or not?" I asked as the red haired man let out a short chuckle.

"I guess you can rank up to A rank. After all, you did defeat the demon king and a frost drake's, so its well deserved." He said before asking for my card.

"There you go, A rank. I guess you can go through all of the quest in here, including S rank quest. But please be warned that S rank quests are extremely dangerous, at least a few times more dangerous than a single A rank quest." He warned as I nodded, not caring if it's dangerous.

"Well, if thats all you wanted to say, where can I get my frost drake carcass and the money?" I asked as the red haired man busted into laugher.

"Ahem, sorry about that. You can get them from the receptionist before. She should give you the frost drake's carcass back as well as the money for the other carcasses you brought." I nodded as I then proceeded to walk out and went towards the receptionist.

...

'Hmm~, an S rank quest, searching and clearing of the hidden dungeon huh, this should be good.' I thought to myself as I took the poster out of the board before presenting it to the receptionist.

"Are you sure that you want to do this quest, sir fenrir? This quest might take a long time before finding and clearing it as its still undiscovered. As of now, only the rough area of where the dungeon is known." Asked the receptionist.

"I'm certain." I said as the receptionist sighed and nodded. She then asked me for my card and proceeded to stamp it before handing it back to me.

"Finished, you may now start your quest, sir fenrir. Please be careful on your quest." She said as I nodded. I then walked away from the receptionist and out of the guild building as I started my search for the dungeon.

...

I was now walking on a forest, a new forest far out of the mountains as I searched for the dungeon. It was already becoming darker and darker but I still haven't discovered the dungeon yet so I decided on searching for it tomorrow.

* DAY 45

"Hmm~, is this it?" I asked myself as I stared at a massive pond, to be exact, I stared at whats inside the pond.

'That should be the dungeon. Now the problems how I enter it, I should check velvets artefacts again to see if he has an artefact that enables one to breath underwater.' I then begun to search my storage for a suitable artefact for awhile before quickly stopping and hiding as I heard the sounds of two people coming towards me.

'One sounds like a male and one sounds like a female. From their conversation, it seems like their searching for this dungeon too.' I said as I then watched as the two people arrived in front of the pond.

"According to ota, the place should be around here. Though, its not here? But there's no pond on the map though." The black haired boy wondered as he begun to inspect the pond.

"I see! The dungeons underwater! It must be the flood the villagers mentioned!" I continued to watch the two as the black haired boy then begun to crouch while seemingly thinking about something.

"Its not a good idea to fight underwater. Then…" the boy then placed his hands on the ground as the earth then begun to conform into something like a long pipe.

"I'll just have to drain all the water!" The boy said as he held the start of the pipe while the female knight held onto its middle part.

"Using earth magic to create an artificial hose and then using wind magic to drain all the water. Lets drain all of it!" The boy said as the pipe begun to suck all of the water.

"Hmm~ how smart." I said as the two then quickly turned around before taking a defensive position.

"No need to be that defensive, I don't bite." I said as the two kept their guard up.

"Who are you?" The boy asked with a serious face.

"I'm just an adventurer, and I'm here for that dungeon too." I said as I pointed at the soaked temple.

"…What proof do you have that you're an adventurer?" The boy asked as I took out and showed them my adventurers I.D. The two then looked at each other before discussing as I stood at my spot and waited.

"Oh, just so you know. I got here first so you can't use that as an excuse to enter first. I even readied my water breathing artefact." I said as I took out and showed then a silver ring.

"T-then how about a compromise. We all enter together, how about it?" The boy suggested as I nodded.

'It's just a brat after all so nothing should go wrong.' I thought as we then jumped down the massive hole that remained after the water was drained.

"Hmm? Hey kiddo, theres something stuck in your pipe." I said as I pointed to the pipe the boy created.

The boy then went towards it as he then shoved his hands inside the pipe and took out a hand sized treasure box. He then took a sneaky glance towards me before opening it as a single transparent screen then appeared near it.

[Demon ring]

[a ring that lets the user manipulate and control beasts. The ring can only manipulate beast's that has consented to the user or if the beast's collective strength doesn't exceed five percent of the users strength.]

'Hmm, so its just a downgraded [ring of absolute domination] huh.' I said as the boy then looked at me again.

"You can have it kid, it was your contraption that found it after all." I said as the boy then slightly bowed and thanked me.

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"There's absolutely nothing here, just carcasses." I said as the other two nodded.

"They might've died from drowning. This wasn't meant to be an underwater dungeon after all." The boy said as I confusedly questioned him about it.

It seems that the dungeon was meant to be normal temple that was in the middle of a hole but after the flood that happened in this place a few days ago, the dungeon became submerged in water.

"Hmm~, well, that sucks. I guess we won't find anyth- hmm?" I then grabbed and pulled the collars the two in front of me as they then turned around and looked at me in confusion.

"W-what are you doing?!" The boy asked as the female knight flailed her limbs around.

"It seems that theres still monsters inside this dungeons after all." I said as a single scythe then flew towards me, spinning like a propeller in the process.

"Whoa there, careful now bud." I said as I teleported further in front, dodging the attack. I then dropped the two I was carrying down the ground as another scythe from the right then spun towards me again.

"Now now, theres no need for violence, is there?" I sarcastically said as I then caught and held the scythe's hilt.

The scythe tried to break free from my grasp only to find out that its unable to do so as I then quickly caught the other scythe that spun towards before.

"Contract." I whispered as a red magic circle then formed in front of my hands. Both of the scythe's then begun to flail around trying to break free before suddenly stopping as I then loosened my grip and let them go.

"Both of you are mine now, alright?" I said as the scythes then begun to spin around me.

"So the scythes were the monster?" The boy asked as he jealously looked at the scythe.

"Yup. What, you jealous?" I jokingly said as the boys eyes twitched.

"Yeah, of course I'd be jealous! Those scythes looks extremely cool!" The boy said as I let out a chuckle.

"Then you can have the other one, you should be able to manipulate it with your ring, right?" I said as the boys eyes widened.

"H-how?" The boy asked as I pointed at my eyes. The boys eyes then widened again in understanding as he finally knew why I was able to know about the abilities of the ring.

"Anyways, you better pay attention to the other one or you'll get cut."'not that he'll get cut by that since I've already stopped the scythes time.' I thought as I then cancelled my [temporal lock] skill.

The scythe then quickly lunged itself towards the boy as the boy used his cane to block the scythe before pushing it back.

"Manipulation." The boy whispered as the scythe then stopped in front of him.

"Thats not how that ring works, kid!" I yelled as the boy quickly leaned back and dodged the scythe swipe attack.

The boy and the scythe then fought for awhile as the female knight stood in the sidelines while I continued to delve deeper in the dungeon.

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"Hee~h, labyrinth kings ring huh, pretty good for a shabby dungeon." I said to myself as I placed the black and white ring in my index fingers.

[labyrinth kings ring]

[with this ring, the user is able to create walls, roofs, a house, cave, and even a whole labyrinth. When creating a labyrinth, the user is able to somewhat dominate the monsters inside it, allowing the user to control the monsters. Monsters will "spawn" in the created labyrinth from time to time so the monsters must be hunted from time to time or the labyrinth will overflow, causing the monsters inside the labyrinth to go out of it.]

The labyrinth kings ring was located inside a secret tunnel in the deepest dungeon. I was only able to discover it thaks to my {treasure hunter} title.

'Hmm~, I guess I should leave a single artefacts for those guys.' I thought as I proceeded to take out a golden cane with a crystal blue hilt and placed it inside another bigger treasure chest and teleported home.