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[Aries point of view]

Kara and Mara, and the little blue hair girl name Charlotte, they're holding out way better than I thought they would. I do know for a fact that Ash have been training all of them, but for a group of little girls to walk around almost carelessly inside a challenge dungeon, that must have meant they're being trained thoroughly. They're also the three of us adults which ease their heart as well

"Bobunny, just smash those Ice centipedes!" [Kara]

~Chuckling~

Kara, who has been creeped out by the constant presence of ice centipedes, frequently ask the golem rabbits to launch wave after wave of rock attack. Since they're a mere clone from the original one, their destructive capacities aren't that great, but, true to a rabbit nature of multiplying quickly, these rabbit golems constant barrage of rock attack prove to be deadly, so much so that it doesn't require active intervention from us adults

"..." [Female paladin adventure]

"You had been staring at me for a while now, did you need something" [Aries]

"I'll just go ahead and guide those three, you two should talk" [Naoto]

Sensing that we require some space, Naoto quickly leaves the two of us and grab Charlotte. That blue hair girl, she should have more sense of danger as she quickly wanted to grab the dead centipede jaw simply out of curiosity

"Sorry, but I just wanted to ask you something as a fellow paladin" [Female paladin adventure]

"And that is?" [Aries]

"What is a paladin to begin with?" [Female paladin adventure]

"Are you perhaps lost? Does the church and the kingdom that grant you the title betrayed your expectation?" [Aries]

~Nod~

"Could you please tell me more, that is if you don't mind" [Aries]

"I will" [Female paladin adventure]

She tells me regarding what happen back then, during the time that the orphanage is under attack by the church and the duke from whom she received the title of paladin

"I'm lost. I knew that what they're doing is wrong, and I wanted to fight alongside other the other day, but..." [Female paladin adventure]

"But your body won't move" [Aries]

~Nod~

"I see, then we are quite the opposite" [Aries]

"You mean when the new Saint Louis and Saintess Rumia as well the Demon king Druser grant you the title of paladin?" [Female paladin adventure]

"Exactly. At that time, I knew all of this madness should be stop at all cost during the war, with so many having lost their love one, I don't want other to continue their endless suffering" [Aries]

"But to receive it from them..." [Female paladin adventure]

"Tell me, what's wrong with them? Would you serve those who are said to be the righteous one by constantly labeling other the traitorous, while the very same person are doing whatever they please." [Aries]

"..." [Female paladin adventure]

"It's true us paladin are meant to serve them to beat the fallen one, but tell me, what about the fallen one that are right in front of us? Surely, you must have felt detest by their actions" [Aries]

"I do..." [Female paladin adventure]

"Then you simply need to change your master" [Aries]

"But they had done so much to me!" [Female paladin adventure]

"I know. My previous master also did so much to me, but they also take those who are precious to me. Do you want to wait until that moment?" [Aries]

"I..." [Female paladin adventure]

She's contemplating. It's hard, I personally had been through it, but there is never a moment of regret up until now, serving King Druser while also helping Saint Louis and Saintess Rumia. Not to mention

(Thank you Dear Goddess, for letting me see the two of them once again... But, should I take those two back with me, or should I just leave them with Ash? Will they accept me?) [Aries]

Kara... Mara...

"Charlotte, just drown them all! Mara, electrocute them! Bobunny, please smash them!" [Kara]

A group of fire centipedes and ice centipedes are now fighting and struggling with each other. From the looks of it, they wanted to claim this giant nest for the sake of survival. Multiple bodies part can be seen lying around as a result of this territorial war, which make the already creeped out Kara, panic

"Just stand back. I'll handle it" [Aries]

"Right!" [Other]

Let see, these two groups of centipedes aren't that strong. I don't even need the holy beast of Earth, The Tyrant Steel Ant, Drant power to beat them

(Not to mention, I don't want those two sees me in that state) [Aries]

With the lance given to me by the church and forged by the best smith, I quickly launch a thrust attack, with steel magic to further increase the attack power of my lance. Those centipedes try their best to stop me, but they're simply too weak. Now that I have reduced their number

"I believe the three of you can manage from here on out" [Aries]

"""Yes!!!""" [Kara, Mara, Charlotte]

"Then the two of us will aid them" [Naoto]

"Will you?" [Aries]

"..." [Female paladin adventure]

(She's still contemplating) [Aries]

"Yes, I will!" [Female paladin adventure]

~Smile~

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[Khamishah point of view]

"Ice dandelion!" [Farhah]

"Careful, if you wanted to take it home, you should take extra step of precautions" [Female elf adventure]

"Farhah, there is no need for that, we still have the magical seed" [Elise]

"Boo..." [Farhah]

They sure are lovely. It's such a shame that I have to depart soon, I wish I could stay a bit longer but Queen Rinz needed my help, and I don't want to turn her request down.

"There's a deep and large hole in front" [Mile]

"Leave it to me!" [Liyana]

The noble girl, she has abundance of mana, so much mana in fact that I wonder just how did she manage to control it. It isn't strange for a kid of her age with that much mana to have difficulty on tapping into her power, and yet here she is, doing it smoothly.

"You must have trained very hard to make this ice bridge smoothly" [Khamishah]

"I do! It all thank to Teacher Ash!" [Liyana]

"Ash really help us all a lots. Guess he is now an important part in our daily lives" [Female paladin adventure]

"True, he also save my parents during the endemic" [Mile]

"I see" [Khamishah]

Save it for his rudeness, he's a pretty decent person. No wonder the princess would like to have him to work under her. I'm not even surprise if the guild master here had tried to recruit him as an adventure, which got me thinking

"What are you all aiming for when you grew up? Rean already become an adventure, so how about you?" [Khamishah]

"No idea" [Farhah]

"Fufu... and you three?" [Khamishah]

"We would like to become a female knight! There's the Valkyrie right now but we are aiming higher!" [Mile]

"And that is?" [Khamishah]

"To become like Mrs Qis and help Princess Diana!" [Liyana]

"True! Plus, if we succeed, I will be the first non human to do that!" [Elise]

"That sure is a great ambition. You guys make me ashamed of myself" [Female elf adventure]

A knight. There is a time when even I would like to become one, but in the end, Queen Rinz decided not to let me become a knight, and instead ask Kiserre's guild master to recruit and train me as an adventure. Thank god for that, well, even U realized I ain't that great with the knight system.

"Still, make sure you train daily" [Khamishah]

"""We will!!!""" [Elise, Liyana, Mile]

"How strong should we become?" [Farhah]

"Hmm... let see" [Khamishah]

As we walk, we can see a humongous iceberg blocking our path toward the next floor.

"To answer your question, this strong" [Khamishah]

Gathering all my neutral mana into my right fist, I quickly release a punch and

~Crack~

~Shatter with tremor~

"That's just way too strong!" [Female elf adventure]

"We still have a long way to go if that is the case..." [Elise]

"A very very long way to go" (Will the fairy queen give me her blessing should I become as strong as Mrs Saga here?) [Farhah]

~Tremor continue~

"The tremor sure is becoming stronger!" [Mile]

"Mrs Saga, you are too strong! The dungeon is shattering" [Liyana]

"No! That simply impossible! This is... someone already completed the dungeon!" [Khamishah]

"Who!" [Other]

I could only think of that one guy...

(And I'm sure they're all thinking the same) [Khamishah]