Before the depth…

Finding a quiet corner of the courtyard, Aria sat down carefully freeing Jūr from her pocket. As she set him down, Jūr began to slither away. With a soft frown forming in her face she hurriedly scooped him back up turning her hands so she could stare him in his beady eyes

"Where do you think you're going, mister? We haven't played yet," Jūr tilted his head one way then the other, Aria giggled as she did the same… as the two 'danced' Sebas who was sitting upon the walls watching over her let out a sigh as his eyes bore down on the small snake. Shaking his head he faded away, she wasn't in any sort of trouble inside the castle walls and he was worried about the snake. Surprisingly Lumas doesn't know about Jūr, the only reason Sebas did was because of Ais who somehow found out and asked him to look into it.

Picking Jūr back up, Aria began looking over his body, running her small fingers up his smooth scales to the 6 protrusions on Jūr's head, 2 were slightly larger than the others resting on top of his head as if they were ears. In the middle of the two 'ears' were two horn-like protrusions that were rounded, and to compliment his rather large eyes were two bumps resting on the jawline, along his body were another six lumps that seemed to still be forming, two were resting on his back while the other four were proportionally set across his body, his scales resembled more of a fishes then a snakes. They were unnaturally soft and pliant but that only made Aria want to play with Jūr more… As if realizing what Aria was doing, Jūr lifted his head giving off an awkward sense of pride causing Aria to giggle as she tossed him into the air causing his body to stiffen, on his way back down he menacingly glared at Aria who mistakenly thought he wanted to 'fly' again

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Inside the Hostess of Fertility, Lumas, Ais, Welf, Bell, and Lefiya sat at a table partaking in small talk over a meal. The table they were sitting at was separated from the rest allowing them some privacy, "The 79th floor? Isn't that the beginning of the 'New World'?"

Lumas nodded "Supposedly, I haven't made it there myself but Freya's Familia managed to make it there after Ottar and Alan broke through, I'm hearing rumors that Ottars close to Level 10"

"Pfft" Bell waved his hand "Even if he reaches Level 10 he won't be able to keep up with us… the only reason we didn't beat them to the 'New World' was because Lumas was busy with Aria and his kingdom"

Ais chimed in "Bell, you act like you couldn't make it there yourself", Bell dropped his fork "You serious? I make it to Level 7 and suddenly I'm some badass that can solo the dungeon?! Why don't you have your little boyfriend there to do it?"

Lefiya leaned over whispering in Bell's ear "He probably can…" Bells head slammed against the table as he let out a groan, Ais put her hand over her mouth as she giggled away while Lumas shook his head replying "Nah, there are things in the dungeon that I'd be afraid of without my magic,"

Welf gave a light chuckle "Yea, I don't see it…" … "The way you just charge right in swinging your sword like a mad man I'd have a hard time believing your scared of anything down there"

Lumas didn't speak, a singular memory popped into his mind, one that didn't belong to him… A deep golden dragon with scales so deep they could be mistaken as an abyss, this image sent a chill down Lumas' spine but it also hardened his will… if he wasn't the strongest how could he protect Ais? Aria? What ever was at the bottom of the dungeon was his enemy as long as it was stronger than him… that was something that would never change

Finishing up his plate, Lumas pushed it aside as he pulled a few thousand Valis from his Item Box laying it on the table he stood up "You all ready? We won't be returning to the surface for at least a few months…"

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A women dressed in a deep red kimono ran down the street, her steps were erratic as she swiveled her head people moved aside not wanting to intervene, long blond hair fluttered in the wind while the 2 long conical(?) ears fidgeted about the noise of the busy street filled her ears while tears ran down her cheeks as she gripped her kimono; that had been falling, tight.

All of a sudden she ran into a wall, falling back onto her butt she looked up only to be blinded by the sun. Raising her hand to block the intense light, she found that the wall wasn't really a wall, instead it was a young man dressed in a dark brackish red long coat, his silverish black hair was put up in a clean bun with what seemed to be an Icepick holding it up. Her gaze focused on the young man, everything else slowly blurred into darkness

Next to the young man, a women with long golden hair lightly swaying in the hair dressed in a dark silver battlesuit (? 1), her elbow landed against his side causing him to wince slightly, although it seemed fake the women didn't seem to notice.