Chapter 13 - The City(2/4)

Ethan, arrived at the Pantheon, (it's the name of the Guild main building) he was staring at the building with a hint of Confusion that can be seen by anyone that was heading towards the guild, his confusion was understandable because the building, at least from the perspective of the anime, wasn't that big, another thing that was screaming at him 'this is reality'.

After 5 or so minutes, he decided to let the matter wash over him and headed to enter the Guild. When he entered, he saw people talking to their advisors, some selling their monster cores, and others simply waiting for their turn to be serviced, but there wasn't the same "confusion" you could clearly see on new Adventurers, as even the first advisor that saw him, a 150 cm tall girl with straight, pink hair and pink eyes, had doubts on her face as she was searching on her own memories to see if he was in them, this girl was Misha Flott, one of the guild's advisor that was currently doing the check-up on a mission reward.

The daze of Misha, wasn't the same for her friend, who immediately understood that he was new in the city because the boy wasn't that sure of where to go, even if he strangely seemed accustomed to the guild building itself...

She was going to welcome him, but she was a little confused when she clearly saw him looking at her and, with a smile on his face, he said

"Hi, I'm new to the guild and wish to be an adventurer, can you help me, miss...?"

Upon hearing his words clearly directed at her, she tried to act professionally, even if there was a light blush on her face, she replied

"Yes, Welcome to the Orario Guild Main Branch, sir. Come with me and i will register you as an adventurer…".

The boy, walked his way along with her friend and when this was happening, Misha had a grin on her face as she followed with her eyes the two and, though it was strange even for her to be 'ignored' by someone, she simply returned to her job and planned to tease Eina a lot.

Ethan and Eina, made their way through the guild, arrived at the registration desk, Eina said

"Welcome again to the Guild Main Branch, my name is Eina Tulle, may i ask for your name, sir…?"

As these words left her mouth, she saw the boy in front of him reply with a somewhat professional smile of his own as he said

"Yes, my name is Ethan, it's a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e to meet you, Ms. Tulle".

At his words, Eina simply said

"May i know how old are you?"

As she started to write down his information in the Guild card.

"I'm currently 15 years old"

After that, she asked him about his level and if he was in a Familia, and a question that didn't impact that much but Eina asked a bit of 'why' he would like to be an Adventurer, to this he simply said that he wanted power, without anything more clearly to definite it, so she assumed there was something more than that as she said

" I registered you as a Free-Lancer, this because you are not in a Familia right now and, when you will end up join one, you will be an actual member of the guild, take note that there will be a 30% tax on the monster cores and items you will sell."

Ethan, knew of this because of other novels, but wasn't accustomed to this as it wasn't that detailed in the original novel, so he simply replied

"I understand, could you please tell me the Familia's that are asking for members?"

Eina, took a doc.u.ment from her desk as she said

"Yes, We have the Hephaestus Familia and the Loki familia who are currently searching for members but the Loki Familia is searching for at least Level 3 adventurer for their ranks so it would be a bit difficult to enter as even level 2 are just supporters...the Hephaestus Familia is searching for blacksmiths with the [Blacksmith] development ability, if you have the ability, you should join because even if they aren't an exploration-based Familia, they are one of the top Familia's for power. The Loki Familia is the 1st."

Ethan, simply shake his head as he said

"I am not a Blacksmith so, could you please get me an appointment with Loki?"

At this, Eina simply shake her own head as she said

"You aren't even level 2... Could you please reconsider?"

But at this, Ethan simply replied

"Don't worry about it, you can tell Loki that she will gain a lot more than she can even imagine"

He clearly knew what kind of goddess Loki was, if he can't catch her with his strength, he can catch her with his 'Space Magic' and, as he simply lacked the means to obtain a blessing on his own, the terms of the contract between him and her should be just fine.

At this display of 'arrogance' even if she clearly saw that Ethan was scheming with himself, she deduced that he had something that could help him be accepted from the goddess, so she decided to follow along with him.

"Haaaaaa... Okay, i will contact Loki-Sama and ask her to come receive you, she would probably present herself here by the end of the week so you can go home for now, Ethan".

Ethan, surprised by the fact that she had said his name, decided to ignore it for now because he didn't want the Half-Elf in front of him to be annoyed by his presence, so he got up immediately and, after exited the guild, He wanted to finally explore the Dungeon in his free-time so, he decided to go to the 4 first floors of the Dungeon and make a bit of valis.

On the way, he saw the people, clothed in Adventurer's robes, going and exiting from the Tower of Babel, there were people with a smile on their face, others seemed disinterested about the entire world and headed straight to the guild, but he decided to don't care about none and just as he saw the entrance of the dungeon, he decided to silently enter the Dungeon with his [Phantom's Cloak]. It costed 5000SP but it was the best way to get in without being asked why he didn't even have a piece of equipment and weapons with him.

In the entrance, there was a room with a 10 meters long hole, leading straight into the Dungeon as the circular hole was provided of stairs that leaded straight into the hole itself. Upon descending the stairs, Ethan finally entered the 1st floor.

After entering the 1st floor, Ethan saw as a single goblin spawned in front of him, but the thing he didn't understand was why he was so mindlessly charging him without even putting on some strategy, he fought with the goblins and kobolds on the surface, and they were a little more strategic when they attacked him. He was even aware of the fact that the monsters in the Dungeon simply 'berserk' and try to kill you but this simple goblin in front of him was so slow that he felt that, if he was someone truly arrogant, he would have tortured this goblin to death, instead, he simply punched the goblin as he saw it pulverized under his own attack.

[Reward assigned to host for killing a Goblin: 1SP]

'... This notification is just stupid' He thought, as he sped up for go directly to the 2nd floor. A group of 10 goblins spawned after he started running but, without even them knowing what was going on, they saw a spear of Ice that directly claimed their lives.

[Reward assigned to host for killing a Goblin: 1SP]

[Reward assigned to host for killing a Goblin: 1SP]

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After he reached the 4th floor, Ethan killed a total of 231 Goblins, 32 Kobolds and 2 Dungeon Lizards that spawned in the 3rd and 4th floor.

After his harvest, it was late in the afternoon, so he decided to return to the Guild, sell the drop items and monster cores he obtained and then, go to the Hostess of Fertility to try the food of Mama Mia.

He decided to speed it up to the Entrance of the Dungeon before re-equipping his [Phantom's Mantle] and, after heading to the Guild, he removed it and entered it. He went to Eina, and, as he purchased a bag for 50SP, he took from the bag all of his monster cores and drop items as he stared at Eina with a hint of teasing in his own words as he said "Could you please help me change this in valis, Ms. Tulle?".

Eina, upon seeing the large bag as he brought out like two hundred monster cores, was clearly shaking with a showed angry on her face as she ultimately shouted

"Are you stupid!?"

Ethan was expecting something like this, but he never thought that she would be so mad at him as he was clearly strong enough to go deeper into at least the 18th floor if he wanted to push himself, so he was staring at her as she continued her earlier shout without stopping

"Why did you go to the dungeon since you are even less knowledgeable than a beginner!? You want to die so badly?"

Hearing her own words, Eina was a bit taken back by her own shouting, she expected him to find an Inn and wait for the goddess he wanted an appointment to show up, not just randomly going to the dungeon and possibly risking his life as waves of goblins and kobolds trashed him.

She simply didn't want any more losses, even if it was inevitable but, at least, she would do everything in her power to help reduce the loss, so seeing Ethan just randomly going in without even a hint of information was simply over the limit of her patience, but she regretted it a little because she saw Ethan staring coldly at her, as if she were no more than interesting.

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(I have a discord server. discord.gg/cpVr5X8 If you enter it, you can choose one of Ethan's future powers from the pool I created, but that's not all! On the server, you can see the reference on some things that will be present in the story! Right now you can freely see some things but I advise you to read the story further before seeing them otherwise you'll get spoilers!)

(Another A/N: I modified all the chaps as the paragraphs were more than a little confusing, now it should be better but don't hesitate to let me know your opinions and the changes you wish to see, i will do my best.)

(Alternate Titles: "Eina is f*cked now", "Loki had shivers down her spine", "Ethan is a little boy, but he still has the appearance of a young man")