Dungeon-chan knocks out a Dragon God.

So y'all chose lightning huh? 

I'm gonna do more things like these in the future, but I will always present the choice without giving any context, and only after the choice will be made I will tell you the results of both options.

Why? Idk, it's my way of choosing randomly and having fun while doing it.

Let's start with the option that lost.

Fire!

If fire would have won…well…imagine Batman's utility belt on steroids, but the belt is magic and all the gadgets are fire spells that COULD be used offensively but would somehow lean towards a more outrageous way of using fire magic.

Like setting someone on fire and healing them, or being able to scan your surroundings by feeling how the heat energy of a fireball spreads while it flies into a cave or something.

So anyway, about lightning!

…Bell is gonna slowly but surely be worthy of being the "Grandson of Zeus" it's all I'm gonna tell for now.

Lightning will be straight to the point, power, power, more power. The only thing that is gonna be more "interesting" about this choice is gonna be the "freezing lightning" that I will not use in the near future.

Also, no. I will not give Bell both options, the versatile fire magic will be forever lost to him, and neither will I make the lightning magic more versatile beyond the "electricity hurts" options for the magic spells

I don't care how you feel about this, if you don't like it... well sucks to be you.

That's all, enjoy the chap!

Also, when I say "a few hours" always assume 72h.

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"Go fish" Bell declared.

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"Dude, we are playing poker." A guy with only his underwear said.

"We do!?" Bell exclaimed in surprise, his head snapped up to look at everyone as they gave him a deadpan stare.

"You are winning! How do you not know this? It's the fifth round!!" 

Bell looked around himself.

Laying around was a lot of money, adventurer equipment, and clothes.

'How the fu-' Even Bell was mystified at the phenomena. He had no idea what happened and had a sneaking suspicion that no amount of scientific or arcane knowledge would help in solving this mystery.

[The Magus of Flowers is confused at your ability to break the laws of the universe when playing poker.]

[Bone Daddy is asking if you used eldritch magic to cheat]

Even the two individuals who recently started to watch Bell again and saw him play the game were confused at his card skills.

[Ouroboros tilts her head in confusion]

See! Even the infinite dragon is-...

HOLD UP.

WHAT.

THE.

F U C K ! ?

"By all the Gods in heaven and earth, please no…" Bell whispered to himself in horror and felt the blood drain from his face. 

[Ouroboros is C̸̠͒͑͑o̵̹͂͗̄m̶͇̞̝̀̔̏i̵̢͓̫͐n̸̳̎g̷͔̀]

Bell took a deep breath.

And kept playing poker.

[Bone daddy is impressed by your lack of fucks to give in such a situation.]

"I win, go fish" Bell declared and warped reality again in his favor which caused the remaining player to let out a cry of protest.

However! Bell is a generous and benevolent guy, thus he graciously let the losers keep their clothes while he took all the money, potions, and weapons.

What a good guy!

His opponents were so moved by his act of kindness that they coughed up blood once they witnessed his golden heart!

[The Magus of Flowers Is nodding his head at your lack of shame.]

He smiled brightly as they left, leaving him with his "small" fortune.

"New dagger, check" He said as he picked up the dagger he likes the most out of the pile of weapons and hoisted it on his waist "Potions, check." He said as he put a large number of health potions into a backpack he also won from poker.

It's a shame that none of those guys was a mage, he wouldn't scoff at mind potions.

[Ouroboros is C̸̠͒͑͑o̵̹͂͗̄m̶͇̞̝̀̔̏i̵̢͓̫͐n̸̳̎g̷͔̀]

"Uhuh, cool" Bell said, sounding rather disinterested. "So are you the ancient loli from DxD that every fanfic MC to ever exist collects into their harem through chocolate chip cookies, or someone else entirely?" He asked and put the last coin pouch into the backpack.

[Ouroboros is C̸̠͒͑͑o̵̹͂͗̄m̶͇̞̝̀̔̏i̵̢͓̫͐n̸̳̎g̷͔̀]

"Right…" not being sure what to do and how to act in this situation, Bell decided to ignore his impending doom once again and started to walk around Rivira, the settlement on the 18th floor.

He recognized some faces from the Loki familia but didn't approach them as he never spoke to them nor could he bothered to do so. 

He stopped to look at the trash that adventurers found in the deeper levels of the dungeon, and while some of it looked kinda intriguing he didn't really feel like buying anything. 99% of all the products were rusted, bloodstained, or damaged by monsters.

The 1% were just weapons or pieces of armor that were in relatively good shape, nothing special.

He wandered like that aimlessly for a while, stopping only to buy a shish kebab. Nothing managed to grab his attention, not until he saw none other than his knife-eared friend haggling with someone for…Monster crystals? High quality too judging by their size and glow.

[Bone Daddy perks up at the sight of high-quality Magic crystals]

Feeling the opportunity to get another Tier spell, Bell made his way toward the guy who sold the crystals that Bone Daddy Ainz was interested in.

He stopped right behind Lefiya and took the backpack from his back, waiting to throw some of the coin pouches out for the best magic crystals he could get for them.

He grimaces slightly when he hears Lefiya and the other guy speaking about four-digit numbers, but keeps standing in line nonetheless.

"3500! And that's the final offer." Lefiya half-yelled, sounding like she was ready to BONK the guy with her staff from frustration and annoyance.

In response, the man she was haggling with smiled slightly and passed her one of the better-looking Magic crystals. "Deal" he said simply and took a handful of gold coins from Lefiya who huffed and grumbled something.

'I have a sneaking suspicion that she was played with.' Bell thought. 

"Sup" Bell said, making both of them look at him. "Give me the best stone I could get for this."  He said and threw 4 relatively large leather pouches at the ground in front of the man.

"Bell?" Lefiya muttered, surprised to see him here. She hasn't seen or spoken to him much after he taught her the flying spell, and after she helps him heal after his sparring with Bete and Aki. 

"Hi Lefiya, you look beautiful as ever!" Lefiya made an impressive imitation of a tomato at that, much to Bell amusement.

"W-w-where did that come from!?" She said shocked and jumped back from him as if he was a dangerous predator.

Which he was.

Teenage boys are the most dangerous predators on the planet after all. Countless daughters were "eaten" much to their father's horror.

But Bell didn't mean anything by this, he just complimented her for the sake of complimenting her. And also to tease her a little, but it was mainly a simple compliment.

Or was it?

"From my mouth." He replied and glanced at the adventurer merchant only to see him counting the coins he handed to him. "But why are you so flustered? I just complimented you." 

Lefiya's posture said it all, it was a stance that screamed "come close and I'll knock your teeth out with my staff!", combined with her horror-filled face made Bell raise an eyebrow at her over-the-top reaction.

Maybe it was just Lefiya being a weirdo.

"Don't worry I'm kidding, you are ugly as a troll" 

Before he knew what happened, Bell was already on the ground with a mouth full of blood and broken teeth.

'At least my defense stat will get boosted' He thought and took out a healing potion from his backpack. He drank it and felt his jaw heal and teeth grow back.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean that." He apologized and moaned from the phantom pain he still felt from Lefiya's attack.

The elf huffed but before she could say anything the merchant finished counting the coin and spoke.

"I'll give you a low-quality level 3 magic crystal."

[Bone Daddy is offering a tier-]

"And what if I double the coin?"

"High-quality level 3 magic stone" Seeing the boy frown the merchant spoke up "Dont give me that face, the lower you go, the more dangerous it gets, you would need 5 times more than what you are offering to buy a low-grade level 4 magic crystal, so my offer is perfectly normal."

Bell glanced at Lefiya and saw her nod.

Ultimately he bought the stone and placed it in his backpack, choosing to sell it to Ainz later when he was alone.

"Why do you even need a crystal of that quality?" The elf questioned her friend as her curiosity won over the anger she felt from Bell's previous comment.

"Gonna sell it for something I need"

"In the dungeon right…?" Bell looked at her. "IN THE DUNGEON RIGHT!?" She yelled demanding an answer.

"Uh, yeah?" Bell answered, not sure why she was reacting like that.

Lefiya nodded quietly. "Never sell magic stones outside the dungeon without the permission of the guild, you can get in trouble for that."

"Oh, I see." 

Suddenly, everything trembled, the entirety of the 18th floor shook as if it was experiencing an earthquake.

[Ouroboros was knocked out by Dungeon-chan]

…

"What?" Bell mumbled.

Thinking his question was aimed at the shaking dungeon, Lefiya replied with a "It's my first time seeing the dungeon do something like this…".

Everyone was scared or confused, or both. The only ones who knew what happened were Bell, the Dungeon, and a primordial God who was constantly using his power to stop the dungeon from reaching its mother.

—Deep within the center of the world—

It was a curious…creature.

A dragon, yet also a God.

A dragon God.

No, that was a wrong description. It was a dragon who for some reason held Divine power inside it, but was for sure not born with it.

It didn't matter, it tried to breach one of her dungeons even though it held that cursed energy within it.

God or no God, none who held divinity inside them are allowed to enter her domain.

"Hmph! Know your place, trash" was the last thing the dragon heard before she retaliated and threw it back toward the void it came from.