[Chapter Size: 2357 Words.]Lucius POV

  Dungeon, Eleventh Floor....

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  [- STRENGTH BOOST SPELL!][- SPEED BOOST SPELL!]I cast the body-strengthening spells and, with my sword uhed, attacked a group of 5 orcs. However, I quickly realized how challenging it was to face them in the few seds. Firstly, I wasn't at the appropriate level and stats for these floors. heless, I frohem, seeing it as a great way to improve my skills here.

  Stepping back, I skillfully avoided a club ing my way, cut the leg of the one about to attack me, which destabilized him, and gave me a ce to create some distance. I focused on the one closest to fag alone, without his friends throwing their ons at me in the few seds before they caught up.

  Colliding with the club, I dodged it without a direct attack, as I had less strength than my oppo. I used my agility to my advantage, ging the trajectory of the club with the a rebounded from the sword. I saening and separated his head from his body while evading the other enraged orcs.

  However, o me with his on in my arm with a horizontal swing, throwing me a few meters. Despite the pain, I quickly got up; I couldn't endure many more blows like that, but I could still move my arm for now...

  One of them limped after I cut his leg, so I had 3 to face. "I he spell that enhances my on's peion; it could hahese greenish brutes much more easily by cutting through their clubs," I thought as I returo the fight after taking a few seds to breathe.

  With 3 catg up faster, I skillfully dodged their attacks and cut the leg of another, as their vital points were out of reach. Stepping back a bit to face fewer of them while 2 now limped. While the two attacked again, I threw myself at them, realizing I could hah. After dodging, I stabbed the sword into one's neck, feeling the impact of that "wooden maext to me, almost catg me. Still, I took advantage of that moment to cut the sed one's neck.

  Running towards the limping one closest, I dealt with him quickly, just like the st one who had been trying to catch up the eime since I cut his leg.

  "HEE," Riekling appeared behind me, colleg the stones."I know; it's still challenging. I hope, at least, for some improvement by the end of the day..." I mented because fighting with 2 orcs is easy, but with rger groups, it bees difficult and time-ing not to use magi the middle of the fight.

  "Get a healing potion from the backpack," I told him."HEE!" He replied, rummaging through the backpad finding the vial of red liquid I had left with him when I summoned him.

  Handihe vial, I drank it without hesitation, and my wounds and pain began to improve."I keep going like this, but it's a bit costly... having to use a potion at the end of every fight," I said to myself and tihe path.'The lesser healing spell could help me with that, so I'll need some time to gather another 100,000 points.' I reasoned.

  *Heavy Footsteps!*My thoughts were interrupted when I heard a loud thud in the form of footsteps ahead, and a grand silhouette emerged in the mist.*Heavy Footsteps!**Heavy Footsteps!**Heavy Footsteps!*"Damn, that's an Infant Dragon!" I said even before that silhouette gained color at 50 meters, and I could see one of those for the first time.

  It was a monster from these floors, but even so, it's hard to find. Even in my old raids, I never witnessed one.*ROAAAAR*As soon as it spotted me and Riekling, whom all dungeon monsters equally wao kill, regardless of my new support's resembo them, the Infant Dragon roared in anger and started running.

  I quickly sheathed my on; I had an advah distand raised my hands. With my initial shots hitting it, it seemed to get irritated and came at me with hatred. I steadied myself while entering my firebolt mae-gun mode.

  The explosions tinued as the wounded monster ran, and I was somewhat surprised that it didn't seem to be so affected by my magic. This made me a bit nervous, but after 30 hits, it gave in and fell dead on the ground, beginning to disie. However, it stopped just 10 meters from us!

  "I have to be very careful with these rger monsters; despite being slower, they are more resistant. The Infant Dragon, in particur, has natural fire resistance. Unfortunately, I don't have a charging skill like Bell's Argonaut," I muttered to myself.

  'Well, I have to be careful; if rger monsters like these get close enough, things turn ugly on my side.'I tihe path to the twelfth floor, taking some breaks here, resting a bit, as healing potions don't fully heal you and don't cure physical fatigue.

  Fighting and struggling with the same difficulty, besides orcs, I entered a Bck Wyvern on this floor and finally reached the thirteenth floor."We finally reached the floors where level-two adventurers do their raids! What's this?" I was ready to celebrate my new record when I noticed something with the open system.Clig on [Quests(!)], I saw.[Intermediate Boss Quest: Defeat Goliath Alone on the Seveh Floor! | {Progress: 0/1} (0%) | {Reward: 100,000 Points.}]With a pleasant surprise, it's the first time a quest appears that isn't about spells; probably the system is encio seek challenges and wants to reward me for it, which is great if this happens with all the bosses I find in the dungeon.

  Although, if I stop to think, the points earned aren't that great because it's not difficult to reach these numbers in a few days on easier floors. Still, it's a hat would be very wele.

  Leaving the quest aside because I'm not worried about it right now, I walked to face the monsters on this floor.Fag Crystal Mantis, Lamia Mormos, Dungeon Worm, Lygerfang, a representation of Bell as a monster, Almiraj, I had to resort to using magid evehey were quite resistant, requiring 3 to 5 firebolts to deal with them, even with SSS statistics.

  In the end, I reached the stairs to the fourteenth floor, but I refused to go ahead because I saw that I was somewhat injured from my battles when trying to bine sword and magic simultaneously. My potions were starting to run out, so I decided to go back to the orcs, where I feel I improve my physical stats better than anywhere else.

  On the way back, I entered some adventurers in a group. I couldn't help but notice their gaze at me alone here, but it didn't pare to how they looked strangely and stu the goblin that became my support. He was using my backpack with the crystals, accumuting more and more after each fight and obediently following me, obeying any order.

  Their looks hi people who would niame me something very strange, which gave me a chill because my niame box had the i on the side [+(!)], indig that there were others si week, but I didn't have the ce to open them because I know I'll want to explode someone.

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  Unknown POV.Thirteenth Floor."Hey?! What's this?" Said my panion's voice as we were cutting some Bck Wyverns. Looking to where she ointing, we saw an adventurer with a Pullun following him while he fought orcs with a sword.

  "What's the matter? It might be difficult to get here alone when you're low level, but he doesn't seem to be a level above, and he has money, although that nice cloak is already quite worn out," I said, w why my panion finds it se for someoo e here aloo hunt.

  "It's not that, look at that support!" She said frustrated, and we all looked more closely at the small pallum with the rge backpack.

  "That skin color, isn't it somewhat green?" Said the dwarf in roup.

  That made me think of something unbelievable!"Is that a Goblin!!?" I said surprised.

  "Yes, I've never heard of a tamed goblin, but it must be from the Ganesh family!" The archer in roup said, and I agreed. Even though I never heard of a member of their family putting a goblin to work as support...

  "Criminal..." Muttered my panion with the first voice.

  "How is that a crime?" I asked incredulously.

  "Look how cute he is! We should kill this adventurer for ensving the little goblin!" She said angrily.

  "That's a goblin, Karina... We kill them all the time..." I said still trying to uand the logiy partner, who seemed ented by that backpack monster.

  "Women..." Said the dwarf, and I had to agree because not only Karina, two other women in roup seemed to like that green monster.

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  Lucius POV.Some time ter.Eleventh floor.When I felt quite satisfied with my experieoday, I started to head straight back to the surface. As I tinued oh, I didn't bother to hide my goblin with its rge bag of magic stones.

  Although it was midnight, I don't o be surprised by all the looks of the few adventurers who were in the hall at this time.

  "Lucius?!" I heard a voice calling me as soon as I ehe pce.

  "Hey, Edd. How are you? Didn't see you that day after I left the dungeon," I said with a smile to an acquaintance.

  "True, I even thought you might have died! But now's not the time for that. you tell me, why is there a monster with a spear and a backpack following you?!" He excimed i part.

  "Well, I became a tamer, didn't you know?" I said, lying to a certaient. I sider myself a tamer now, even though I summohis goblin!

  "You?" He said suspiciously, as he knows my history, and I'm sure he would call me a liar if I said I reached the thirteenth floor today.

  "What I say, after leaving my old family, my talents started to emerge!" I said, smiling.

  "You left that family? When?" He said surprised.

  "About 15 days ago. But anyway, you let me go?" I asked.

  "Tsk! I'll trust you, but I want a paper signed by the guild ime. If that motacks someone, I lose my job!" He said.

  "HEEEE!" Protested Riekling beside me, speaking for the first time.

  "See? This little guy disagrees with you, Edd. He knows how to behave," I said and bid farewell to the old acquaintance.

  While walking through the city, many bars were still open, but I tinued my way to the slums. The looks didn't stop when people reized Riekling as a monster, but due to him behavio me, they assumed I was an adventurer with a taming skill.

  But I didn't like the hateful looks from the women passing by me, w why they were looking at me like that.

  "It 't be because of this ugly thio me, it?" I murmured.

  "HEEEEEE!"

  Arriving at the church, unsurprisingly, everyone was sleeping wheered. I asked Riekling to sleep on the couch because Hestia had dragged the poor boy to her bed after what happeoday.

  "I o buy a bed; otherwise, my old age will be based on back pain medication!" I pined as I sat on my usual spot against the wall to sleep.

  Riekling and I slept peacefully.

  When I woke up in the m, I opened my eyes because Hestia was shouting at me.

  "LUCIUS-KUN!!!!!" She woke me up with her sdalous scream, which made me y ears instantly.

  "Hm? What's up?" I said drowsily.

  "What's up? We have a monster sleeping on the couch!!" She argued, pointing to the goblin who was now sitting, looking at me submissively, making a little "heeee" sound.

  "What did Hestia do to him while I was sleeping?" I wondered.

  Oher side of the room, there were Bell and Lili looking at the situation, having arrived at the chur the m. Lili would probably officially join the Hestia family today, but still not with the falna... She had fearful looks towards me... I don't bme her, but did her gaze bee cute for the goblin? "What the hell!?"

  "He's not a monster! He's my new partner, right, Riekling?" I excimed and asked for firmation from my goblin.

  "HEEEEEE!" My partner resporansitioning from his submissive state to a more cheerful one. o the cou the floor was a backpack with magic stones.

  "See? The womeo love him." I asked with a smile.

  She looked stra this, but I just ughed.

  But I sighed as I had to expin how Riekling became my panion through a summoning spell.

  "A summoning spell?!" She shouted when she heard that.

  "How incredible, Mr. Lucius!"

  "...""How!? Magic shouldn't be so easily acquired, and you already had Bell's magic!" Hestia shouted.

  "EHHHHHHH? Mr. Lucius has the same magic as me?!" Bell shouted upon disc this.

  "...""Hestia expin that to you, and by the way, I now have 5 spells. I'm not limited to the 3 magic slots like most adventurers," I said without revealing that I buy spells.

  Hestia fainted after hearing this, Bell froze, knowing how difficult it is to get magic, but I have 5 now. Lili was lost knowing that I openly talked about big secrets, but I didn't care; she was now quite trustworthy. Riekling stayed quiet, not uanding much of what was happening.

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