"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"BERT—!"
Livilia looked at Bert who was training like crazy and couldn't help but call out to him.
"Your injuries haven't recovered yet. Even if you have reached level 6, you shouldn't train yourself so recklessly!"
In this expedition, Loki's family faced more than ten times the number of monsters in previous expeditions. It can be said that if they relax at all, they may fall into eternal damnation.
The accumulation of great deeds is related to the strength of the opponent and the difficulty of the situation. The stronger the opponent defeated or the greater the difficulty overcome, the more great deeds can be accumulated. At the same time, great deeds will also be distributed among the team according to certain rules.
In addition, when facing the enhanced Baror, only Finn, Riveria, Grace, Ace, and Bert participated in the strategy.
The huge undertaking at this moment allowed Ace and Bert to break through the shackles and reach LV6.
But Bert was still not satisfied.
If you want to know why, even if you reach LV6, if you face such a situation again, you will still fall into despair.
After all, the strength is too weak.
If only I were a little stronger, if only I were a little stronger————!
"BERT——!"
The shouting came from behind Bert again, and Grace yelled at Bert in his steady voice.
It allowed him to temporarily come out of his crazy state of mind of wanting to become stronger.
"What's the matter?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bert stumbled and fell to the ground.
Grace hurried over and helped Bert up who had fallen to the ground.
Even through the interaction between healing potions and healing techniques, Bert still had many hidden injuries in his body.
"Don't push yourself. Isn't it the same to wait until your injury is healed before training? There's no need to rush in training—"
"Besides, that's not——"
"Shut up!!!"
Bert suddenly yelled at Grace behind him.
They said that the situation was not their fault and no one expected something like this to happen.
In the final analysis, it is because of lack of strength.
Because of lack of strength, in such a situation he could only run away with his tail between his legs like a mouse that has lost its home.
Due to lack of strength, there is no response measure to deal with such emergencies.
Because of lack of strength, he could only watch his companions sacrifice and could do nothing.
Bert clenched his fist in great sorrow, blood oozing from his palm.
"But, can you improve your strength by training like crazy?"
"If you don't want this to happen again, you should train regularly instead of doing self-harming, retaliatory training. This will not produce any results and will only make your injuries worse—"
Livilia also stood up at this moment. If Bert continued to exercise like this, he would not become stronger, but would only prolong his recovery time.
"Yes, look at Aisi, she trains tirelessly every day, and she really wants to become stronger, but when she was injured, she basically never came out to train, but instead took good care of her injuries."
"Only by healing your wounds can you become stronger!"
Diona also quickly responded to Livilia.
No one wants to see a companion hurting and destroying himself like this.
"I see!!!"
With an extremely unhappy tone, Bert shook his arms, broke free from Grace's restraints, and stood up.
"But speaking of Aisi, I haven't seen her all day today—"
Lefiya also looked around and asked.
"She went out with Loki this morning—"
On the other side, in a small private room that looked extremely ordinary, beside a round table, Loki squinted his eyes and looked at Freya in front of him.
At this time, Ais was also standing motionless behind Loki.
In contrast, in front of Loki and behind Freya, stood a strong man who was over two meters tall, with bulging muscles all over his body, like an iron tower, with a strong expression on his face, like a rock.
Looking closely, the sturdy man had a pair of pig ears on his head, telling others that he was an orc from the pig clan.
Even if you just stand there without moving, you can still feel the extremely terrifying aura emanating from him.
"Freya, are you really unwilling to send your family members to form a rescue team? In the entire Orario, no one except you has the ability to explore to the 58th floor————"
Loki, at this moment, is talking to Freya here.
During this expedition, Shirou Emiya saved the lives of almost all members of Loki's family. Even though she was a god, it was impossible for her to just sit there and accept such help from Shirou Emiya.
What's more, she herself also hopes that Shirou Emiya can join her family. For someone like him, Loki is willing to go there in person to seek Freya's help.
"call--!"
Freya blew lightly on the steaming tea in front of her, took a sip, looked at Loki and spoke.
"I will not go out. Just like you are worried about your own family members, I will not let my family members fall into danger."
"Besides, three days have passed. Even Ota couldn't have survived under such circumstances. There is no need to go down to rescue him anymore—"
"That's because you've been dragging your feet. If you'd done it earlier, maybe there would still be hope!"
Loki also stood up angrily. On the first day Finn and the others came back, Finn explained the situation to him.
Just as Finn thought about it, only Freya's family can withstand the 58th floor, and only Freya's family can lend a helping hand to Shirou Emiya at the bottom.
But just as Finn had guessed, Freya did not lend a helping hand.
Even when Loki personally sought Freya's help and provided her with many kinds of supplies, she refused very firmly.
In fact, Loki had already understood the result of this, but she didn't want the members of her clan to be traumatized by this incident, or to become alienated from her because of her inaction.
These days, Loki has been doing his best to seek help for Shirou Emiya.
"Why? He is so outstanding, isn't he? If he joins your clan for this reason——"
Before Loki could finish her words, Freya interrupted her.
"Just like you like Ais, I like people with strong and dazzling souls, and I like people with pure white souls even more."
"Emiya Shirou, although his soul is equally dazzling, it has long been stained with the color of others. It is a color that cannot be changed no matter what, and cannot be stained with other colors."
At this moment, a sigh came out of Freya's mouth.
"Hey! He is so stubborn, yet so confused. Until now, the man named Emiya Shirou doesn't know what he wants to save."
"Keep running on this road with arrogance."
"No one can guide him, and no one can save him——"
"His ideal of being a partner of justice cannot even be compared to that of the people of Astraea's family, because it was not an idea that he came up with himself, but rather an ideal that he borrowed from others."
"I won't do anything, because the one who can guide him and save him is only him and only him."
Chapter 505: The Boy Named Bell
"My name is Bell!"
"Of course it's Bell's Bell, Bell's Er."
“Although this is my first time in an unfamiliar place, I have finally become an adventurer. Although I may still be a long way from being a real adventurer, I firmly believe that I can overcome these difficulties.”
"If I had to ask why, I want to be a hero—"
"Although I feel that it would be too embarrassing to shout it out loud, I still shouted out my wish in my heart—"
"Of course, in addition to becoming a hero, I hope I can find the encounter that belongs to me in the dungeon."
"Grandpa clearly said that if you become an adventurer, you can meet those beautiful girls in the dungeon."
"Although the Goddess is also very beautiful and soft——"
"No! No! How can you have such thoughts towards God-sama?"
"But I still haven't met a beautiful girl adventurer. Could it be that Grandpa is actually deceiving me?"
"No, that's not right, Bell, don't let beauty get to your head. Think carefully about those books you read, those heroic stories you've read, where are the beautiful girls?"
"When my grandfather was alive, he always told me that encountering beautiful girls in the dungeon is a man's romance. He also said that if you are a man, you must have a harem. It is for this that I came to this city!"
"A castle guarded by a demon king? A forest occupied by a witch? Or a cliff where a dragon lies?"
"So, the more dangerous the place, the more likely you are to meet a beautiful girl?"
After careful reasoning, the boy named Bell, who looked only about fourteen or fifteen years old, was wearing protective gear for novice adventurers, had a short knife on his waist, had white hair and red eyes, and made people think of a rabbit.
"No wonder I haven't met any beautiful girls. Is it because I haven't explored deep enough?"
Bell tapped his palms as if he understood something.
If there were special effects, a yellow exclamation mark would appear above Bell's head, indicating that Bell understood everything.
"If I want to go deeper, should I ask Miss Aina?"
Standing at the entrance of the dungeon, Bell was thinking carefully.
After all, as a new adventurer, he has only dealt with a few goblins in all these days. If he breaks into a deeper level at once, he might be in danger.
"If I tell Miss Aina like this, I'll be scolded!"
Bell thought back to when he first met Aina and she asked him all kinds of questions. He felt very ashamed when he thought about how he always asked irrelevant questions.
If I were to explore deeper because I wanted to have a chance encounter, I would definitely be scolded by Miss Aina.
"Besides, I don't know what happened recently. Miss Aina looks very depressed. I think it's better for me not to upset Miss Aina at this time."
Bell seemed to think that his decision was very wise and nodded confidently.
After all, the gift he gave to Aegina before was also rejected by her, and he was sad for a long time.
"But if I pay a little attention, there shouldn't be any accidents. Let's go to the 5th floor. The th floor is also the floor that new adventurers can go to. If I see something wrong, I will just run!"
Thinking of the next encounter, Bell clenched his fists and encouraged himself. If he didn't go to more dangerous places, how could he meet the legendary beautiful girl?
In short, if you encounter danger, just run back as fast as you can!
Bell comforted himself in this way. He didn't expect that his fear of the dungeon could be overcome so easily.
Sure enough, compared to fear, it is the beautiful girl who can make you move forward bravely.
"Ahem! Ahem! If you don't plan to go to the dungeon, then don't stand in the middle of the road and block others, okay?"
A cough sounded from behind Bell. While Bell was struggling, many adventurers sneered at him.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'll leave right away!!"
Bell heard the sound behind him, and quickly stood up straight as if saluting, then suddenly bent down and bowed to the adventurer behind him. While doing so, he expressed his apology in a nervous tone.
"Well, there's no need to be like this. Just don't affect others!"
The adventurer had never seen such a scene before, so he quickly waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to pay special attention.
Bell also nodded quickly, holding the dagger tightly, and headed towards the location of the dungeon.
"Meet! Meet! Meet! Meet! Meet! Meet! Meet!"
Along the way, Bell kept repeating this word in his mind. As he walked deeper into the room cautiously, he kept looking forward to what might happen next.
"Roar!"
With a roar of beasts, dozens of rat-like humanoid monsters appeared from the wall, waving their claws that flashed with arcs of light, and pounced towards Bell.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
For a boy who had only fought goblins before, the feeling of oppression given to him by these rat-like humanoid monsters was too strong.
A white-haired, red-eyed, rabbit-like boy was being targeted by a group of ratmen. He was holding a dagger, but his whole body was shaking. Facing the ratmen that were rushing towards him, he let out a miserable wail and turned around and ran away without hesitation.
If only one appeared, Bell would still have the courage to fight it, but when dozens appeared at once, Bell was left with only fear in his heart.
