Chapter 112 - Discussion

After falling asleep in his domain, Ethan immediately felt substantial differences in his body. Even though he wanted to continue sleeping, he soon realized that he was back to reality again.

This, made him move his hands as he slowly brought them on his eyes while he heard a voice talk next to him with a very high and cheered tone.

"Ethan!! he's finally awake!"

At these words, he tried to open his eyes as he could feel like it was the first time he opened them while another person went next to him as, without hesitation, she added

"Yes, he's awake. Let's give him a few more seconds.."

Now, with a few seconds passed, Ethan slowly realized that he wasn't in the Dungeon anymore. This, brought him to stir awake as he finally understood what was going on in his surroundings before he raised his back from the bed.

Seeing that his System Interface was still in front of him, Ethan thought about making it dissipate as he saw that it did exactly as he wanted. But, it wasn't the moment for him to space out.

"Ethan...! W..welcome back!!"

Turning towards the owner of the well-known voice, Ethan smiled as he replied

"Yes, thanks for your care, Lefiya.."

Saying so, he decided to think about her at a later date before immediately bringing his focus on Ais as he could see that the latter was staring at him.

"Is everything fine..?"

Her question, brought him to nod as he immediately replied

"Yes, the only thing is, I feel like I didn't move from months...but, from your reactions, I can understand that it isn't the case.."

Even though his words would sound pretty arrogant, Ethan decided to not care about it while Lefiya nodded slowly while adding

"You were asleep for h-half a day..."

Looking down, she had other things to say, but, she was interrupted by another person he knew well.

"You are lucky, Ethan. I'm not hitting you because you just woke up, but, I will be sure to make you pay for it during our training"

Hearing these somewhat cold words, Ethan turned to look at Riveria while his smile didn't fade from his face in the slightest.

"Thanks, Riveria. I appreciate that, and I look forward for our training.."

Even though she wanted to say something more, his words made her furrow her brows as she turned to look at the door while adding

"...There's no need to thank me."

Heading towards the door, she opened it as he saw that a girl put her hand on the edge of the latter while she waved her other hand in sign of greeting. Arching her back so that she could see the inside of the room, the girl smiled as she said

"I'm happy that you're awake, Ethan! Do we disturb you if we enter?"

Her words, brought him to think about it as he stared at her.

'I see, Aki is here to see me, but...we...?'

Shaking his head to make Aki understand that it was fine, brought her smile to grow in intensity as he could see her entering while, right behind her, other people began to come in the room.

Even though he wasn't surprised that someone like Hestia, or Lili, was there, he felt really shocked to see Ryuu amongst the people who were in.

Understanding that he was staring at her, brought her to immediately clarify

"I'm here because of Syr. She wanted to know how were you, so, I decided to come to check on you."

Feeling overwhelmed by the number of people who were entering his room, Ethan saw as Ais went next to him on the bed without a care in the world as he decided to not mind her own way of saying that she 'missed' him while deciding to focus on Aki.

"By the way, how did all of you know that I would wake up at this moment? I can see a lot of people.."

Saying so, he tilted his head in confusion while, without hesitation, Lili shouted

"Ethan!!"

But, before she would have been able to come next to him, Hestia blocked her as she added

"Wait, Lili. He just woke up, let's not overwhelm him...Remember what I told you.."

Hestia's words, brought her to blink as she remembered what she told her. Nodding, she remained still while Ethan waved his hand at her while his smile widened a little from her cheerful way of calling him.

"..We didn't know. After we brought you back, a lot of things happened. But, everything started from Hestia-sama..."

At this, he looked at Hestia while the latter had a wide smile on her face while Aki started to explain what happened while he was asleep...

After the Minotaur dissipated, adventurers quickly began to cheer while Ais, that was now with Ethan on her shoulders, was directly heading towards the 18th floor.

At this, Lefiya was still shocked while Tiona, replied with a smirk.

"Good, I guess I will clean the few monsters in our way then!"

Without a reply from Ais, she decided to follow the latter while Lefiya, quickly took her staff before hurrying next to Tiona.

"At least..wait for me..!"

Hearing this, brought Tiona to nod while Ryuu and Aki, saw the small group heading towards the 18th floor before they looked at each other.

"Do you want to go with them?"

Aki's question, made Ryuu nod in affirmation

"I have no interest in this expedition. In reality, I'm only here to check on him for a friend.."

"Raul! Come on, Ethan's being taken back in the 18th floor. We'll go with them!"

Thinking about it, he shook his head as he was about to deny her statement, but Aki was faster as she directly pointed towards the group that was heading back in the 18th floor.

"That wasn't a question! Let's go!"

Flinching, he looked at the several high level adventurers as he wanted to say that his duty was to remain there, but Ryuu stepped in the conversation.

"I think you should come.."

The fact Ryuu was saying the same, brought him to think about it as, with a sigh, he decided to just go with them while Aki closed her hand in a fist before raising her thumb as if to say 'good job' while the former turned to look at the party before quickly going away...

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After Ethan was brought in the 18th floor to rest from his [Mind Zero] state, time quickly passed as, after a while, all the groups returned. But, other than the area where Ethan was fighting, the monsters not only spawned normally, but were also quite weakened.

Entering the 18th floor again, Finn sighed as he couldn't help but feel something must have happened.

"It's so strange. This time, nothing happened in the Dungeon..What do you think about this, Riveria?"

His words, made her directly reply

"I don't know..I think we have to investigate furth--"

Before she was able to continue her words, she saw as injured people were being taken out of the 17th floor. This, brought Finn's eyes to widen in surprise, as well as everyone else's as he immediately went next to them while asking

"What happened!?"

His question, brought the adventurer who was carrying the injured one to immediately reply

"A monster spawned..some kind of Minotaur's Variant who had such a formidable strength that Ethan had to use his full power to take him down, as well as the various adventurers, such as the Sword Princess"

This reply, made Finn's shocked expression to turn into a frown as he looked towards Ethan's tent as he could see that few people were talking amongst each other.

"I see...bring your companion to receive the treatments he needs..Riveria, let's go to check on Ethan"

Hearing this as well, Tione immediately added

"I'll come with you..my twin is there after all"

The fact she was going as well, brought Finn to change his plans.

"Okay then, you and Riveria will go to check on Ethan. After you're done, bring everyone else with you in the main tent, I will need someone to explain how things went, so that we can decide our next strategy, and if we should return to the surface, or not, but, the fact such a force came back heavily injured, is something that can already confirm the fact we aren't ready to face whatever the Dungeon wants to throw back at us.."

Nodding, Riveria directly went towards the group while Tione smiled at the Captain as she added

"...You have to rest as well, Captain. Otherwise, you won't be able to do your job properly.."

Saying so, she followed Riveria as Finn thought about her words before heading towards the main tent...

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After Finn understood the degree of the situation, he decided to return immediately. This because, he still had no idea why the Dungeon was behaving strangely, and, the only clue they had managed to collect was that the strongest monster seemed to be as attracted to finish Ethan before anyone else.

But, this information, could only harm his family. So, Finn decided to discuss it with his goddess, as he couldn't allow something like that to happen just for something that might not even be true.

Throughout their way, nothing important happened as, now that Ethan and Light had stopped to emit their divinity, the Dungeon started to slowly return to normal.

Now on the surface, Finn gave the order to his familia to directly head back as the various captains decided to do the same. Even though they did so, they didn't want to somehow 'cover' the Loki Familia but, without proof, it was impossible for them to question them about Ethan, so, all they could do, was report about this to their gods and wait for answers.

Returned in the Twilight Manor, the first thing Finn did was explain to Loki what happened from his own perspective, and this, made her immediately call for her core members as she gathered information from Lefiya and Ais. But, what she obtained, wasn't enough for her.

"So..we still have no real information regarding the Dungeon's strange behaviour, and now, Ethan may be the source..? Why is that child involved in everything.."

Muttering the last sentence, Loki disbanded her meeting as she decided to check on the injured first. This because, they were the ones who could describe better what kind of attack the monster had, as they felt it on themselves...

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