Poor Loki...

Lumas is currently sitting in front of the forge staring into the flames. He is having an internal battle with himself about whether he should start selling the weapons he makes, he still refuses to sell any monster drops or magic stones so the weapons would be his only income… after many hours Lumas groggily got up from his seat picking random Iron/Steel/Oridecon weapons from the forge before carefully wrapping them up in a large piece of hide, his destination for the day, Hephaestus.

As Lumas strolled through the streets heading towards the Babel Tower, the people split making a path for him as they whispered amongst themselves. Lumas ignored it, rushing up the steps the guard standing at Hephaestus' office was about to stop him until he saw those deadly brackish flames swirling around in Lumas' Iris, stepping out the way and opening the door for Lumas he spoke out "Hephaestus is in her forge, she has asked to be left alone… however you seem to be the exception"

Little did Lumas know that Hephaestus carefully informed every high ranked member of her Familia on what to do should Lumas show up, the jist of it? Stay out of his way, and led him to her. Simple right? Well tell the guy currently trembling in his armor merely at the sight of Lumas… It seems the rumors have spread far…

Making sure to be quiet, Lumas tiptoed into the forge, Hephaestus was currently bringing her hammer down on top of an almost finished ingot, Lumas hummed it seemed that someone spent a lot of money to get Hephaestus to personally forge their weapon and out of Emperium no less…

After sitting around checking out the variety of hammer present for nearly a half hour, Lumas heard a shocked gasp, turning around Lumas waved "Yo, I've brought some items I'd like to place in your shops," just his presence make the flame tucked away in the forge burn brighter, Hephaestus felt the slightest connection to Lumas, like a part of her being was hidden away within him. Instead of dwelling on that feeling Hephaestus eagerly motioned for Lumas to show her, Not one to stall Lumas set the hide bundle down on a table before unrolling it revealing 5 different swords alongside a small but hefty handaxe and a single sword that stood out from the rest

Lumas simply stood to the side as Hephaestus began inspecting the blades, "What rank is your Blacksmith Developmental?", Lumas quickly replied "B, I can't break through to A," Hephaestus hummed in delight passing her gaze across each sword before moving onto the axe, "Steel?" Lumas nodded as he explained "Its blessed with Durandul and is enchanted to boost the effects of Durandul, because of this even with it being steel an Oridecon piece with Durandul can't beat it in durability"

As Hephaestus' focus fell into the last sword her knees nearly buckled, slowly picking up the blade she carefully inspected it as information about the swords blessings, enchantments, and rank entered her mind

[Sword 027 (Unranked)

A sword forged in the face of ungodly flames, this sword has adapted to the chaos hidden within. The material used in the creation of this sword had undergone an evolution becoming something different entirely. Despite this the intent used when forging the sword was unfocused, causing it to fall through the ranks.]

The sword itself was an anomaly, the Oridecon had taken a greenish hue over its previous almost transparent blue, flicking the edge of the blade producing a light short hum Hephaestus carefully inspected the blade before speaking

"I will place these in my shops, however this sword and the handaxe will be placed in my personal shop, I will take 15% then the rest will be delivered to you"

Lumas stared at the weapons, every blade felt like a part of himself not literally but figuratively, letting out a deep sigh Lumas nodded "Just make sure they find good homes, that's all I ask…"

Seeing the emotions littering Lumas' face Hephaestus knew he was starting to have regrets about selling these weapons, so to comfort him she placed a hand on his shoulder "I will make sure they are going to experienced hands"

After a few talks about various things Lumas left, as he opened the door he saw a red haired youth about to knock as the youth saw Lumas he froze getting a chuckle from Lumas as he slipped past

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Franx, Harley, and Bell were currently looking at the entrance to the 6th floor, Franx the chienthrope who happened to be the strongest at level 3, Harley the cat-kin was level 2, and Bell who was level 1, Bell could still somewhat manage on these floors but it left him relying on '100 Illusioned Movements', snapping his Halberd back into its halberd form from the great axe form he led the party into the 6th floor

The walls were lined with small yellowish white eggs, sounds of mandibles clicking echoed throughout the hallways, ducking underneath a swipe from a shadow with a single red eye, Harley took the chance jumping off Bell's back plunging two daggers into the War Shadows head as it exploded into reddish-black dust Franx burst forward cleaving his sword through an Andre

Bell slowly began to feel as if he was relying on those around him too much, he began to feel weak…

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Currently Lumas was standing over his newest masterpiece… a grill…he was using his flames to cook dinner, he was lucky enough to find some Mammoth Fool steaks in the market. Riviera and Sebas were coming over for dinner so of course he would go all out, as he was basting the steaks with a mixture of butter and a few herbs a series of knocks resounded on the door, Ais called out "Come in"

The door opened to reveal Riveria and Sebas with a third figure trying to hide behind Sebas, Lumas let out a hearty chuckle at the sight of Loki holding a fork and knife drooling while hiding behind Sebas, seeing Sebas and Riveria's arms interlocked put a soft smile on Lumas face as he motioned towards the table

"Food will be done in a minute, there is still one more person we are waiting on and they should be here any minute" Lumas spoke as he started setting the table with the help of Susan, while Ais brought over a side of creamy mashed potatoes and gravy

Lumas spun quickly shuffling over to the steaks as he cursed, quickly pulling them from the flames he set them to the side to rest just as he removed the apron he was wearing a knock resounded at the door, Ais and Susan looked up at him and he walked to the door his presence darkening slightly. Opening the door he found Bell wearing tattered clothes barely standing on his feet, in his hand was a large hide bag of magic stones

"Go upstairs and get cleaned up, there's clothes next to the bath. Hurry up or the food will go cold." Grabbing the bag as he spoke Lumas helped Bell up the stairs right next to the entrance, when he returned he found Riveria staring daggers at him

"What?"

"Don't you think you're being a little hard on the boy? Did you see how injured he was?"

Lumas couldn't help but shake his head as he sat down "Would you rather he overestimated himself, underestimated the dungeon? How about returning missing a limb because he was careless? I'm making him push himself so he can't get full of his power, and stretch himself too thin. He wanted power… now the only thing left for him is to gain it" as he finished Lumas stood up bringing the main dish to the table "Now enough about that, how are you two doing?"

Not long after Lumas sat back down Bell returned, finding a seat in between Loki and Susan, awkwardly looking around the table as Lumas and Sebas seemed to be talking amongst themselves as Ais, Riveria, and Susan talked across the table. He felt a nudge as he looked to his side he saw Loki pouting "I know how you feel kid…"