Hope in Another World 107

Title: Expedition to Floor 50

Since the night he fucked Aiz, Shun has been concentrating on gaining Excelia in the Dungeon almost non-stop, hoping to break through to Level 6 through the Level 7 Fallen.

Therefore, for ten days, both the Hestia Familia itself, the waitresses at the Hostess of Fertility, and the girls from the Loki Familia hardly saw him.

There were even times when Shun’s taking, eating, and sleeping were done on the Dungeon’s safe floor.

Until the early morning of the tenth day.

After finally being able to sleep soundly in the mansion, Shun pushed Hestia and Haruhime away from the bed, and updated his status for the last time.


Takema Shun Level 5

Strength: SS (1129)

Endurance: SS (1099)

Dexterity: SS (1190)

Agility: SS (1117)

Magic Power: S (999)


“The expedition should go deep into the Deep Floor, fight in the Dragon Pot, and with strong species like the Fallen as enemies, Level 6 this time is very promising.”

After that, Shun put away the paper, put on a black robe, opened the door and set off for the meeting place.

❀❀❀

Ten days later.

The clear, cloudless sky cast sunlight on the central square. In the open space in the center of the city where these eight roads meet, many adventurers gathered in the morning.

Boys, girls, and burly men wearing gear led their supporters to challenge the Dungeon. As people of all races were heading towards the white-walled tower, Aiz also looked at the magnificent skyscraper facilities. The Loki Familia group gathered in front of the base camp followed instructions and reached the square through North Street.

They carried several large cargo boxes filled with equipment and supplies and waited a little distance from the north gate of the Tower of Babel. The clown badge and flag that even children wouldn’t dare to cry, as well as various members of the city’s largest faction, attracted attention and conversation from the surrounding community, but Aiz and the others just waited for the departure order.

“Oh, Sword Princess! It’s been a long time. Is everything alright?”

“Tsubaki…”

As Aiz was staring at the Tower of Babel that pointed directly at the sky, a voice next to her called out to her.

Tsubaki Collbrande, a blacksmith with her left eye covered by an eyepatch, walked towards her with an approachable smile.

Just like Aiz who was equipped with a sword and armor, she was also equipped with weapons, signature bright red Far East hakama pants covering her calves, and land-style combat uniforms worn on her body to cover her full bust, and on the outside were gloves and shoulder pads and other protective gear. A sword in a dark scabbard was attached to her waist.

Besides her, there were several senior blacksmiths – members of the [Hephaestus Familia] who joined the Loki Familia.

“Starting today, please give me your advice.”

“No problem. But aren’t you too polite? I and the others want to go, so I’m going with you.”

Aiz had heard from Riveria earlier that some blacksmiths would be traveling with them. She opened her mouth to greet her, and Tsubaki easily stated her simple and clear reason.

Tiona and Tione were chatting like the surrounding members, and she tilted her head to the side towards them.

Adventurers who had personal relationships with the Loki Familia members called out to them, and some encouraged each other with smiles.

Many humans and Demi-Humans cheered for the adventurers who were challenging the uncharted territory.

Initially, the entire square looked quite crowded.

But at a certain point, almost suddenly, as if a mute button had been pressed, the originally noisy box became silent.

The adventurers who were surprised by the silence were a little confused – why was everyone so quiet.

The clever adventurers shook their heads and tiptoed to look around. Suddenly, as if they had seen something, they showed very surprised and amazed expressions. Some female adventurers even suddenly blushed.

“What happened?”

“Even the top three Loki Familia Level 6 executives aren’t that great, are they? What happened?”

“The King of the Freya Familia appeared?”

“How is that possible? Look at the appearance of those women!”

Someone pointed at the female adventurers, and at this moment, everyone understood the reason.

“That means…”

“The most powerful genius adventurer in the history of Orario—”

“The Sun Eater who killed the sun god Apollo—”

The introductory speeches among the crowd suddenly increased, and the excitement boiled uncontrollably in an instant.

On the road taken by the young man in the black robe, people kept stepping back to make way for the famous Sun Eater, who was as spectacular as Moses parting the sea in myth.

From the highway, from the corners of the square, from the windows of buildings.

Residents, adventurers, everyone in the city watched the arrival of this young man.

Under the spotlight, Shun showed a charming smile.

“Sorry, I’m a little late.”

He said this to the Loki Familia women.

Under everyone’s cheers,

Aiz quickly ran into the crowd and threw herself into Shun’s arms.

Although Shun had already explained his whereabouts, for Aiz, the lover she had just fallen in love with suddenly disappeared so busy for ten days, causing this girl who had just fallen in love to suffer the torment of lovesickness.

“I… miss you so much.” Aiz rubbed her head against his clothes, like a spoiled kitten.

At this moment, everyone in the entire Familia, as well as other Familia friends who came to deliver messages, and even others who were observing the Loki Familia showed surprised expressions at the same time.

Few adventurers in Orario didn’t know the beauty and cold demeanor of Aiz Wallenstein.

She was expressionless no matter who she faced, actually throwing herself into a man’s arms so actively and saying such words, which shocked a group of people.

Suddenly, various sounds of lament echoed throughout the square.

“It’s over, even the Sword Princess…”

“Impossible, the rumors are true!”

“Aww, I’m lovestruck!”

Although Shun was a little happy at this moment, he had just stroked Aiz’s head to calm her down, and he soon realized something was wrong.

“Aiz-san is cheating!”

“Ouch, what are you doing?”

“Little brother, long time no see…”

“Ah, big sis, you’re still hugging me, you’re so cunning!”

Sure enough, chaos occurred around Shun.

“Aiz, let go!” Tiona tried to grab Shun, but was pushed away by Aiz.

“Aiz-san, Takema-sama…” Lefiya almost cried and was sandwiched between the two of them.

“Aiz, I own the other side.” Tione also came to join in the fun.

“Ah! Big sis, you even stabbed me in the back!” Tiona exclaimed after being completely convinced of her sister’s dangerous thoughts.

These girls were all at Level 5 and Level 6.

The terrifying power during the fight wouldn’t be surprising even for a Level 4 monster, let alone when used on him, Shun felt like he was being torn apart.

Just back, he experienced a double physical and mental attack. Soon, Finn came out immediately to calm the situation.

The originally serious expedition became popular because of the drama of many women competing for a husband. However, the overly serious atmosphere before became much more relaxed under the excitement.

And after Tsubaki asked a few things, she looked at Shun with a very subtle gaze.

She was the leader of the Hephaestus Familia, and had a very good relationship with the main god, Hephaestus.

At this moment, Tsubaki always suspected that her main god was in love, and most likely the person was Shun.

She was only suspicious at first, but now after hearing about Shun’s great deeds that almost united all the girls from the Loki Familia, she was undoubtedly convinced of this candidate.

‘Hephaestus-sama, you finally fell in love once, but you met a fuckboy!’

Tsubaki sighed helplessly, and finally said nothing, standing silently among the crowd.

Finally, the two Shun and Tsubaki Cobrand, and the Loki Familia officially entered the location amidst the joyful sounds of the girls’ complaints.

Along the way, Shun followed everyone and experienced the monsters in the Dungeon again.

Since this wasn’t the first expedition, under the guidance of a group of Level 5s with rich experience, the group quickly broke through the Upper Floors and went straight to Floor 50.

As they arrived at the last safe floor, all the Familia members made their final adjustments. Everyone returned to their tents, looking forward to exploring a truly new world tomorrow.

The night gradually faded—

❀❀❀

On the other side.

While the Loki Familia was resting, the roar of monsters somewhere deep in the Dungeon could be heard.

Deafening death screams echoed in the darkness, and the bloody sounds of torn skin and flesh overlapped with loud cries, and suddenly stopped.

The screams then stopped, and when the screams of too many monsters echoed around, only countless crystals emitting blue-violet light remained in the darkness. Slender fingers picked up the ashes buried in the pile of dust, opening their jaws to crush the crystals inside.

“What are you doing.”

Suddenly, someone spoke in the darkness.

The tone was like overlapping various voices, which was creepy.

The woman looked at the green-eyed man and replied to the visitor in a cold tone.

“You can tell by looking at it, I’m eating.”

Answered the red-haired woman, Revis.

This was a cave chamber in the Dungeon with an unknown location. There was only one entrance and exit. The lighting on the walls was dim, and the room was filled with a faint darkness.

And what buried its footing was a vast sea of gray.

Countless monster corpses, monsters whose magic stones had been pulled out, became a pile of high dust. Revis caught those monsters and slaughtered them. She held the blue and purple crystals pulled out in her hand and casually threw them into her mouth.

She made a crunching sound as she bit into it, as if she didn’t think it was delicious at all, just chewing it.

Just like the word “eating”, she continued to prey on the monster’s core.

Seeing the scene before her, the visitor – a mysterious figure wearing a blue and purple hooded robe and a grim mask, said in an annoyed tone:

“The Sword Princess and the others have gone to the Deep Floor, why haven’t you moved.”

Hearing the other party’s accusation, Revis lazily replied:

“You also know, right? This body consumes a lot of energy.”

“...”

Her battle gear had signs of damage, as if it had been forcibly removed after killing. Revis pointed to her full bust and flexible limbs wrapped in her battle uniform, and turned her back to the man.

The masked man remained silent. In front of his view, several dragons were impaled by swords from their backs to their stomachs, and nailed to the ground like specimens. The swords inserted deep into the ground were stuck, preventing the struggling dragons from escaping.

Revis once again put her hand into the captured monster’s body, ignoring the flowing blood and terrifying screams, and pulled out the magic stone.

“And Aria hurt me so much, I need to rest.”

“Not to mention that guy is stronger than me now.” The implication of Revis’s words was that even if she fought Aiz and the others now, she might be defeated.

As a hybrid creature between humans and monsters, she was also a “perfected species” that consumed magic stones to increase her abilities. She said she wanted to prey on monsters and fully restore the strength and injuries she had consumed a lot in the battle on Floor 24.

Revis bit into the blue and purple crystal again.

“Being stubborn, if something goes wrong…”

“Those people are very strong and will definitely reach Floor 59 where they are waiting. … In the worst-case scenario, it doesn’t matter if Aria becomes a corpse.”

The masked man was silent and made a clear clicking sound.

“Are you going to disobey Enyo?”

Hearing this, Revis turned around and narrowed her eyes.

“It doesn’t matter if you want to use us, it’s up to you. But on the other hand, we have to act without permission.”

“...!”

“Tell Enyo that sometimes you have to take action yourself.”

Turning her back to the trembling man in the hooded robe, Revis began to walk further into the cave.

“That’s all I’m saying, get out of here.”

At the same time she heard these words, a few drops of red blood began to drip from the masked man’s feet.

Looking up, there were several piranha flowers blooming on the ceiling above. They moved towards her, and countless tentacles had captured a large number of monsters.

The pitiful offering, whose tentacles tightened and bled, fell to Revis’s side with a rustling sound. The monster leading the piranha began to devour the monster, as did the dragon that was pinned to the ground by its weapon.

Facing the woman’s pitiful dinner, the masked man turned and left.

The monster screamed again from behind, and the blue and purple hooded robe swayed in disgust.