Chapter 736: 24th Floor Labyrinth Food Storage Investigation Team Formation

Fels spoke about the investigation of the 24th Floor Labyrinth Food Storage; the other party's attitude was very polite, but Broly felt it was somewhat inexplicable.

"For this kind of investigation commission, wouldn't it work to just go directly to the Guild and issue it?"

"I only returned from the Dungeon yesterday; I won't be going to the Dungeon these two days."

Broly tactfully refused, then circled around the strange black-robed man before him.

"My commission is related to the Man-eating Flower Monster that suddenly appeared on the day of the Monster Festival, and also related to the killer and the Fetus Jewel that appeared in Rivira Town on the 18th Floor Labyrinth."

"You are a firsthand experiencer of both these incidents; I believe you are the more suitable person. Very sorry to have disturbed you; I will attempt to commission another firsthand experiencer."

As Fels spoke, he prepared to leave.

Then, his path was blocked by the Saiyan boy who had turned back.

"Who is the other firsthand experiencer you intend to go find?"

Broly asked.

"The Sword Princess of the Loki Familia, Miss Ais Wallenstein."

Fels did not hesitate, answering directly.

Broly thought of the day he encountered the Fetus Jewel incident in Rivira Town, the Sword Princess girl's somewhat off condition; he carefully recalled the details, and couldn't help but ask the black-robed man before him a question: "Who is Aria?"

"Aria is the name of the legendary Wind Fairy Spirit."

"Then does the other party have some relationship with Miss Ais?"

"According to the information I have grasped, Sword Princess Ais Wallenstein should be the other party's daughter."

"Eh?!"

Hearing this, Broly blanked for a moment, not expecting that name to be Ais's mother's.

"Then did something happen to the other party?"

"Mr. Broly, have you heard of the Black Dragon's story?"

"No."

"That isn't a fairy tale... uh..."

Fels had clearly prepared his subsequent answer, but didn't expect this household-name heroic fairy tale, the other party unexpectedly hadn't heard of it; he could only hurriedly pause.

"Cough, cough~"

Fels coughed twice, then facing the Saiyan boy's curious gaze, organized his words, and spoke again: "In legend, the world-destroying Black Evil Dragon appeared; before the world faced the great crisis of imminent destruction, the Great Hero Albert Wallenstein stepped forward, and together with the Fairy Spirits repelled the World-Destroying Black Dragon, thereby saving the world — that story."

"Albert Wallenstein?"

"Yes, if there is no mistake, that should be the Sword Princess's father, but the story has no continuation of the Great Hero.

In the legend, the Great Hero and the Fairy Spirits achieved the great feat of saving the world from the Evil Dragon's hands only by paying a miserable price."

"Then, what is the deal with the Fetus Jewel?"

"That is the seed that defiles Fairy Spirits; it is the unclean thing born after those once-dead Fairy Spirits were devoured by the Dungeon."

"So, it's a monster transformed from the departed soul of Ais's mother?"

"Unknown, but the Defiled Fairy Spirit undoubtedly yearns for the Fairy Spirit bloodline within the Sword Princess's body."

Fels answered.

"Then you still go commission her to investigate; wait, could it be you are the Defiled Fairy Spirit's subordinate, intentionally luring Miss Ais into the Dungeon?"

Broly revealed a dangerous gaze; Fels, feeling something was amiss, hurriedly waved his hands to explain: "How could that be possible? If I were one of those freaks under the Defiled Fairy Spirit, how would I still be clashing with those guys?"

Fels hurriedly told the matter of him being the client who previously commissioned Lulune to take away the Fetus Jewel.

"But even if you aren't the Defiled Fairy Spirit's subordinate, this guy of yours is sneaking around hiding your head and showing your tail; your identity is also quite worthy of suspicion."

Regarding this, Fels was very helpless; looking at the Saiyan boy's eager-to-try appearance preparing to make a move, he could only reveal his identity as the Guild Main God's subordinate.

"You are a Guild person?"

"Yes."

"Then why this appearance?"

"Because my identity is inconvenient to expose; the reason the Guild can mobilize Orario's many Familias is because Main God Uranus and the other Gods agreed on the pact that they themselves would not haphazardly bestow Falna on others.

That is, the Guild does not actively grasp armed force, but wanting to maintain Orario's order and stability, how could it possibly not grasp armed force at all? I am Main God Uranus-sama's private soldier."

Fels took out something like an emblem, displaying it for Broly to see.

"Uh, it looks like that's indeed the case."

Broly pondered; although he fundamentally didn't know what the thing in the other party's hand was, he still pretended to nod.

"However, since you're a private soldier, why reveal it to me?"

Just, he asked again.

Fels: "..."

【Do you want to listen to what you're saying? With your look like you'll start a fight if I don't speak, could I not speak?】

"Because my Main God Uranus-sama believes Hestia-sama is an honest God, absolutely not a God who would destroy Orario's order and peace, and you also made outstanding contributions to this city during the Monster Festival; we are willing to give you a certain degree of trust."

"Is the 24th Floor Labyrinth investigation commission very urgent?"

Regarding the black-robed man Fels's explanation before him, Broly acknowledged it; he retracted his appearance of wanting to make a move at any moment, and asked about the commission matter the other party spoke of before.

"What kind of scheme the freaks under the Defiled Fairy Spirit are conceiving in the Dungeon, nobody knows; delay invites change; of course the faster it's handled the better."

Fels nodded in answer.

"Alright then, I'll take the commission."

Broly changed his mind, preparing to accept this commission.

"Then I'll go commission the Sword Princess again."

"Eh, no, I already accepted; why are you still going to commission Miss Ais?"

"It's not that I'm underestimating you, Mr. Broly; it's just that investigating the 24th Floor Labyrinth freaks' matter carries risk; if more powerful people can be dispatched to go together, it would be the most stable approach."

Fels is the type to play it safe and secure the win; besides inviting Broly to help, he had originally intended to invite the Sword Princess as well.

Now that Broly has agreed, there is no reason not to invite the Sword Princess; after all, in Fels's view, having the Sword Princess and the Hestia Familia captain investigate together would be steadier and safer.

"Then that's settled."

Although Broly felt he alone should be able to handle the investigation request — after all, after updating his ability values, his current stats are a bit more than double what they were before — if Ais goes along, that's fine too; without the Fairy Spirit's subsequent Black Dragon story, the girl might be pursuing clues about her mother.

Just as Broly and the newly acquainted Fels went to the Loki Familia side to find Ais, in another Wine God's base, the black-haired elf also found her own blond Main God: "Lord Dionysus, a monster rampage incident has occurred on the 24th floor of the Labyrinth."

"Do you know the cause?"

The blond Male God asked with some curiosity; if it was unrelated to himself, he believed Filvis would absolutely not have come to report this matter to him.

"It is related to the monster attack incident that previously appeared in Rivira."

Filvis said.

"Ah, the autonomous actions of those other freaks on the Foul Fairy Spirit's side, not following the plan — truly a headache-inducing matter."

"Should we intervene to prevent those guys' unauthorized actions from destroying Lord Dionysus's plan?"

"No, no need; letting those guys stir up some commotion to draw attention is fine too."

The blond Male God spoke to this point, then paused a moment, before saying to the female elf beside him: "Filvis, come with me to the Twilight Manor side to see the God Loki."

"Are we going to move against the Loki Familia?"

"Depends on the situation; if there's a chance to weaken their forces, we'll move; if there's no chance, we'll clear our suspicion."

"Good grief, that guy Uranus, he's hidden deep enough."

After meeting Fels and learning his identity, Loki started complaining directly.

"All of this is for Orario."

Fels replied with a single sentence.

"That much I don't doubt."

Loki shrugged; she had previously investigated those new species monsters, and after investigating all the way to the Guild's Main God Uranus and receiving a negative answer that the new species monsters were not released by him, she had not continued pursuing the investigation.

"So, the underground forces Uranus secretly controls — you coming to me, what is your noble purpose?"

Loki asked directly.

"Let me state first: I don't want to be dragged into some troublesome yet profitless affair."

When it comes down to it, the Loki Familia and the Guild do not stand entirely on the same side.

Loki and Uranus are also two different Gods; their thoughts and desires are not the same.

Helping is fine, but the benefits must be sufficient.

Of course, even if Uranus is willing to give sufficient benefits, Loki's side won't just help with anything either.

In response, the black-robed man Fels directly brought up the keywords: Sword Princess, Ais, Freaks, and Foul Fairy Spirit.

After explaining that the monster rampage on the 24th floor of the Labyrinth was related to the freaks under the Foul Fairy Spirit, the God Loki's face darkened.

"As expected, trouble has come knocking!"

"Should we drive them out?"

The werewolf Bert asked; he joined the Loki Familia halfway, so he listened in a bit of a fog, but seeing his own Main God's rejection of this matter, he couldn't help but ask from the side.

"No, this is Ais's matter; go have Ais come over."

Loki really wanted to kick Uranus's subordinate out right then, but reason still stopped her; instead she had the werewolf go call Ais over.

The Sword Princess girl arrived shortly, wearing a training bodysuit; clearly she had only just returned from the Dungeon yesterday, yet she still had not slackened her training.

"Eh, Mr. Broly, do you have some business with me?"

Upon entering the living room, the Sword Princess girl's first glance caught sight of the Saiyan boy; she asked directly, while the black-robed man sitting beside him was somewhat overlooked by her.

After having her ability values updated by Loki last night, discovering that her own ability values had broken through the normal limit-value shackles and reached Level 2 standards, Ais's mood was very good.

And this situation of growing stronger ignoring limit values was the effect brought by Broly's Wings temporary skill, which made the Sword Princess girl's attitude toward the Saiyan boy visibly become more friendly.

"It's not that I have business with you; it's that this Mr. Fels has business with you."

Broly pointed at the black-robed man beside him.

"Actually, not 'Mister' — it's 'Miss'."

Fels corrected the Saiyan boy's words, and meeting the Sword Princess's probing gaze, explained the situation on the 24th floor of the Labyrinth.

Upon learning that a woman who could speak her mother's name had triggered a monster rampage on the 24th floor of the Labyrinth, Ais immediately expressed willingness to accept the commission to investigate this matter, and that eager appearance seemed as if she would change clothes and head straight for the Dungeon at any moment.

"Ais, you don't need to be that impatient; at least, make some preparations first."

Loki rubbed her temples, stopping her own Sword Princess who was burning with urgency.

"The person I previously commissioned to investigate is currently staking out near the 24th Floor Labyrinth Food Storage; you can make preparations and go tomorrow — it's not too late."

Fels also hurriedly said; going into the Dungeon to execute a dangerous investigation mission without any preparations done is undoubtedly a death sentence.

"Uh, okay."

Hearing this, Ais thought of her Despair Sword being sent for maintenance, and quickly calmed down.

Adventurers, although called Adventurers, true qualified Adventurers should be people who avoid risk as much as possible.

Equipment, Medicine, Teammates — if one has the conditions to make these thorough preparations but doesn't do so, that's not adventuring, that's reckless foolish behavior.

Equipment has the Gulliver Brothers' Substitute Sword, Medicine the Loki Familia has plenty in reserve, Teammate Broly is already prepared.

"Ah, why did Riveria have to be invited to the School District side, Gareth also has business and isn't here, Finn is busy with expedition matters……"

Loki checked her own Familia members' schedules and found that the only people free tomorrow were this Husky who's always idling around by her side, the elf girl who always follows behind Ais, and the Amazon flat-chested girl who also seems rather idle.

"However, adding that kid Broly, you can cobble together a five-person party."

Ais and Tiona are frontline damage dealers, Bert counts as a roaming light cavalry plus scout assassin, Lefiya is a rear-guard mage and nanny, Broly counts as an all-rounder who can fill any position — has healing, has control, has damage; aside from lacking a dedicated Tank like Gareth, the configuration has no problems at all.

"With this party composition, I feel like we could directly go subjugate the 37th Floor, and even the newly respawned Floor Boss 【Udaeus】 wouldn't be a problem."

After hearing Loki's personnel arrangement for the party going to execute the 24th Floor Labyrinth abnormal Monster Parade investigation mission tomorrow, Tiona held her head with both hands and said with a relaxed face.

"Don't be careless against the enemy; this party is missing a Shield Guard."

Although Loki felt it was also fine, she still felt she had to dispel the Amazon girl's complacent heart.

Just at this time, someone came to announce that the God Dionysus had come to visit.

"Loki, don't know, have you heard about the Monster Parade appearing on the 24th Floor Labyrinth?"

The blond Male God who was invited in, as soon as he saw Loki, put on a serious appearance and asked.

【Your news is quite well-informed; I only heard about this matter from Uranus's private soldiers...】

Loki produced some doubts about Dionysus in her heart, but on the surface she answered without changing expression: "I didn't know before, but I heard about it today."

These words were not a lie; it was indeed only today that she heard about this matter. Hmph, that guy called Fels had only just left on his front foot, and Dionysus arrived on his back foot.

"This is related to those New Species Monsters, and possibly also to the Guild side. I'm preparing to dispatch personnel to go there and investigate. Loki, do you want to cooperate with me and investigate the situation here together?"

After Dionysus explained the matter, he directly asked the Clown God opposite him.

If Dionysus had come looking before Fels came over, Loki would probably have replied to the other party with a 【What's it got to do with me, my kids have a pile of their own things to do】, but now, it just so happened to be a coincidence.

"Those Man-Eating Flowers have strength not inferior to Deep Zone monsters, so, Dionysus, which kid in your Familia are you planning to dispatch?"

Loki narrowed her eyes and asked.

"Rest assured, I won't slack off; at the same time, I won't let my own Familia's kids whose strength is not enough go execute some excessively dangerous missions."

Regarding this, Dionysus spoke and had the black-haired, red-eyed female elf beside him step out, introducing her to Loki: "This is Filvis, my Familia's Regiment Commander, and also my most powerful kid."

"A First Class Adventurer, Lv. 6 White Shrine Maiden, huh."

Loki had indeed heard of the other party.

After all, the titles of Adventurers who have broken free of Lv. 1 are all discussed and taken by the numerous Gods together at the Orario Gods' Conference held once every three months.

As for why they take titles, it's just that the Gods feel having a handsome title to call the kids by would be a very cool thing.

"Although my kid is a Lv. 6 First Class Adventurer, compared to offensive means, she is better at assist/defense barrier Magic, so she cannot go conduct the investigation alone; this is also the reason I want to find you to cooperate on the investigation."

Dionysus explained his reason for seeking cooperative investigation.

Loki: "..."

【No physical Shield Guard, but a Mage Guard came instead?】

"Don't know what you think?"

"Fine, then we'll cooperate on the investigation together, but I need to make some preparations on this side; we can only depart tomorrow."

"No problem, this side also needs to make some preparations."

The two Gods with different thoughts thus laughed and cooperated.

"Ye En, if there's an opportunity, leave the Loki Familia Adventurers in the Dungeon."

Midnight, the blond Male God in his own wine cellar, met the other Evil Personality clone of his beloved child, and ordered this matter.

"Banshee, if you don't wail, how can it do?"

Dionysus laughed drinking wine; although he didn't know who Loki would dispatch to execute the investigation mission, if the dispatched person's strength wasn't enough, then he would just directly eat them.

Early next morning, Filvis met with the Loki Familia people at the Central Square, but what made this black-haired, red-eyed elf somewhat surprised was that besides the Loki Familia people, there was also a guy in the party whom she had heard of before but had never met.

"This is Mr. Broly, the Hestia Familia's Regiment Commander; he will go with us to execute the investigation mission."

(Chapter End)