“Ah Ah, Wait”

'First Form: Rising Sun' (A/N: Changed the name my bad peeps…) was the beginning of Lumas' hardest training regime, while technically being only a training regime in the beginning as Lumas progressed with saturating his body in his mana, slowly extending to things he was holding he got the idea to incorporate the regime into his sword style. Which completely changed how he wielded his sword, it felt as if his previous movements were just a child playing with a stick… uncoordinated and random, but now with his '9 Forms' he was pretty confident when wielding a sword.

These 'Forms' were only possible with the help of his skill 'Sword Dance' lessening the pressure excluded from the forms themselves, without this skill the 'Rising Sun' would mangle his arms during the movement of the slash due to the accumulation of momentum and mana

Resting on the 18th floor mainly because he hopped into the dungeon already tired from 'Equivalent

Exchange' Lumas began to break down his forms in his mind

[First Form Rising Sun: A 'slow' yet devastating slash, by filtering the channeled mana to only the most orderly mana particulates, when fully charged releases a solar flare in the shape of a crescent moon that travels at lightspeed. This move is unavoidable once it's released the only way to counter is to interrupt the 'casting' process

Second Form Morning Breeze: A consolidation of movement and technique are incorporated into this form, by leveraging momentum from 'First Form Rising Sun' three nearly simultaneous slashes in the shape of a triangle instantly condense the air trapped within the triangle followed by a thrust, as the users body passes the condensed air it explodes in a controlled manner propelling the user in a straight line

Third Form Sunlight Blade: By channeling unfiltered chaotic mana through the sword and body rays of golden light began spotting around the sword, as they converge the sword is lengthened proportionate to the mana channeled while the blade of light is released in a series of 3 strikes each strike more devastating than the one before

Fourth Form Solar Eclispe: Different from the forms before this one uses the surrounding mana, absorbing Fire, Light, Wind, and Water energies to turn the surroundings black, in this darkness any that gaze towards the sword radiating a small thin line of intense light outlining the blade are instantly assaulted by a flurry of attacks, easily countered but can be used in conjunction with forms 1-3]

The forms past the fourth are currently too unstable to use in combat, some have even hurt Lumas such as the 'Ninth Form: Cruel Sun' which is so unstable that the moment it comes into existence it denies it's true form imploding on itself, luckily Lumas was in the origin when this happened causing the damage to the surroundings to be nonexistent…However because of the instability Lumas had been unable to further his studies at Loki's Manor in fear that the damage to the surroundings would be too much for him to calm Loki down.

This was his true goal in the dungeon, to perfect the forms that have already came to be combat ready, looking around his surroundings making sure that he wasn't being watched Lumas began looking through his status, something he had made a habit of constantly reading the various vague descriptions to see if he could exploit anything, the only thing he hadn't made progress on was 'Reforge' which was so unbelievably vague that Lumas couldn't make sense of it, there is no indication that it activated unless it's used on spells but even then Lumas had only been able to change the shape, size, and power but never the true from of the mana itself

Lumas chuckled, maybe he was becoming numb to the power he truly held… Reforge truly was his greatest asset, he felt as if he could refine anything in his grasp but yet his skill in using the skill could hardly be called adept…

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[3 Months Later - Oriaro - Lumas' Forge]

Monsterferria was just around the corner, but you wouldn't be able to tell just from a look around the table. Loki, Bell, Sebas, Riveria, Ais, Susan, and Lumas sat around the table enjoying a large meal consisting of shepherds pie and a baked potato, the talks slowly dissolved as the food slowly disappeared

"Pfft, your kidding right there is no way your only level 2" (Bell)

"Boy, you don't understand he's a whole different breed of adventurer-" Sebas was going to continue but the cold glare he received from Riveria shut him up

Finished chewing Lumas spoke "My status growth is unconventional, You may be at the same level as I am but our strength is vastly different, just because you managed to get all SSS ranks before your level up doesn't mean you're special… Talented maybe but special?" Lumas shook his head

"What do you mean?! I'm definitely special, I had a skill before Falna, and now I have a growth type Developmental," Bell questioned but Riveria laughed.

"Bell… Listen carefully I'm only going to say this once mainly because it's supposed to be a secret, While Lumas is only Level 2 his stats are comparable to a Level 5, 3 whole levels above him but with his combination of skills he can keep up with the like of Susan… a Level 15…" although it wasn't exactly the 'Truth' it was enough to put things into perspective

Bell fell back into his chair as he heard this, it was hard to believe but he had no reason to doubt her words, deciding not to continue this conversation he began shoving a spoon fulls of food in his mouth, Lumas let out a chuckle seeing Bell angrily chew his food

"Have you found a party yet, Bell?" A soft bell like voice sounded out next to Lumas, using a finger to move an unruly piece of golden hair behind her ear taking a sip from her glass as she finished

Forcibly swallowing his food Bell took a second to speak "No… I've been party hopping for a while, I haven't had any official invitations… but I met someone in the dungeon yesterday from the Hephaestus Familia he was solo so my plan was to head over and see if he was willing."

Ais nodded carefully, setting down her glass "Don't force it… a good party is hard to find and even harder to keep." Turning her head to Sebas she spoke "So, I've heard that you've retired" the smile adorning her face as her gaze bounced in between Sebas and Riveria caused Sebas to sigh

"Sadly, While it wasn't my idea to begin with and I'm slightly upset to leave Lumas' charge…" Sebas turned his head to Riveria his expression softening as he continued "but now I have a reason to strive in life aside from my duties, Ah! While we are on the topic Riveria and I will be heading to her homeland, guess it's time to meet the family." Riveria let out a smile as her hand landed on Sebas' she then turned towards Lumas "I believe you should come as well, While it's seen as a pilgrimage for us elves you may find something that interests you, we have a fair share of blacksmiths that could give you a few insights"

Lumas didn't say anything, instead he nodded, Ais spoke out at his side "Sooo, Lefiya coming?" Riveria nodded as she opened her mouth allowing Sebas to spoon feed her, which nobody commented on.

Beside Lumas a grey haired Succubus was letting out a 'Muuu' as she watched Riveria and Sebas turning towards Lumas with expectant eyes. Lumas let out a chuckle as he brought her spoon up, Susan let out a wild grin before her mouth went wide just as the spoon entered she went to bite down but was stopped by Lumas "Ah ah, wait" Susan's face took a tinge of red as she stayed perfectly still midway through her bite, nobody decided to comment...