You call this magic?

Hearing this name, before Ethan could completely refute it, he saw a golden halo forming on the ground within a three-meter range centered on Mary.

Two-finger prayer [recovery].

A green light flashed on Bell's body and he immediately opened his eyes.

"Hey, what's wrong with me?" He jumped up, holding the knife in his backhand, and seemed to be still confused. "Master, please come again!"

"Fuck you!" Ethan delivered a direct punch to Bell. "You're still training even though you're foaming at the mouth? This kind of training that disregards your health is completely useless!"

"Ah!" Bell froze, and when he turned around, he saw Ethan, who looked unhappy. The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and then he apologized weakly, "Yes, I'm sorry."

"Okay, how do you feel now? How is your health?" Ethan asked.

"Hey, this..." Bell raised his head, moved his arms, and his eyes lit up. "Ah, Captain, the pain is gone!"

"Of course you are wasting my child's precious magic power!"

"Sorry……"

"Don't keep apologizing. Don't do it again. Train well, rest well, and eat well! If you can't follow these rules, get out of the clan. Understand?"

"Yes!" Bell shouted.

What kind of "rules" are these? This is simply like a real father!

Bell swore that he would never let the leader down again.

Then he turned his gaze to the other side, where the therapist was hiding behind Ethan...at least that's how he was dressed.

"Miss Therapist, I'm sorry, I won't cause you any more unnecessary trouble!"

Super loud.

Mary just hummed softly.

She wasn't ready to talk to other people properly.

She had always acted with the goal of avoiding adventurers, and it would take some time for her to get used to interacting with them.

The captain is the best choice, ah, and Lady Hestia.

But the latter should still be sleeping soundly in the dormitory now.

"Okay, Bell, pack your things and follow me," Ethan said. "Today, I'll take you to the introductory dungeon. Don't fall behind."

"Really?!" Bell was quite excited now. He couldn't even imagine how safe it would be to go down into the dungeon if the captain led the team.

He originally thought that he would need to train for a while longer.

"Hey, are we going to let him go so soon?" The thief hesitated.

"This matter needs to be handled quickly. Otherwise, how can we keep up with Loki, Freya, and their families?"

"..." The thief opened his mouth wide. The leader's ideal is to surpass those two clans?

Glancing at Belle and Mary.

Judging from their faces, these two children are both around fourteen years old... However, they are both extremely talented.

Whether it was the magic just now or Bell's talent, the thief felt that he was old.

I’m in my thirties and still at level 1. I feel like there’s no hope in my life.

But it would be a pleasure to watch the younger generations whom I have personally taught take off.

In this case……

"Bell Craney." The thief took out a dagger from his waist.

Almost no one has ever seen him take off this knife.

"Yes!" Seeing that the other party was so serious, Bell stood at attention nervously.

"Don't be so nervous. This is the best short knife I own. I once thought I could use it to reach the deeper areas, but now it seems... I may not be able to do it, but you can definitely do it."

PS: The drafts have drained my brothers

Volume 2: Dungeon Encounters (I): Chapter 23: Freya's Doubts

"You must make good use of this thing." On the way to the Adventurer's Guild, Ethan said to Bell, who was walking on his right, "Don't let your seniors down."

It refers to the unknown short knife at his waist given to him by a clan elder.

Although Ethan had never played with it, he could tell that the quality of this thing was far beyond the thief's ability. No wonder he almost never took it out to use.

After that, Ethan also asked the thief about the origin of the knife.

But the answer is even more interesting. It is a weapon that has been stored in the warehouse of the Soma clan. Its original source is even untraceable. It is just because he is the only thief, so he got the right to use the knife.

Now that he has come into Bell's hands, it is not a disgrace, provided that he can become stronger as quickly as Ethan wanted.

According to Ethan's estimation, Bell can use this weapon to fight until level 5. After all, the dagger is not the type used to fight the opponent's weapon head-on. The most important attribute is sharpness, that is, the efficiency of cutting the enemy.

In my impression, it was a bit of a waste for Bell in the animation to fight head-on with the precious divine dagger. If the dagger was not made by Hephaestus, with the intensity of Bell's battles, it would have been shattered into pieces long ago.

This was also because the team lacked tanks, which caused Bell to have to fight head-on. When he arrived at Sumo's side, Ethan planned to arrange a combat style for Bell that matched his weapon.

An assassin should do what an assassin should do.

The key is to backstab and sneak attack, kill with one blow, and quickly escape. Who the hell taught him to fight an enemy with a big sword? Doesn't he know that an inch longer is an inch stronger?

"Yes!"

Bell subconsciously touched the hilt of the dagger, and seemed to be able to feel the will of his predecessor from this weapon.

Although he was only taught for one day, Bell was the type that was easily influenced by others, and now he respected the thief brother very much.

When they arrived at the central square, Bell was about to go to the dungeon with great confidence, but Ethan grabbed his collar.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Let me register you first." Ethan said, looking at Mary at the same time, "and you."

Soma was also aware of Mary's affairs, so she could walk on the street as a member of the Soma clan.

On the way to the Adventurer's Guild, Mary acted quite shy. When she saw a slightly ferocious adventurer, she would make a cute "Woo" sound and hold Ethan's hand again.

It seems that this is the only way to give her a sense of security now.

It may take some time for the adventurers' fear to ease, after all, it is indeed happening too fast now.

Ethan couldn't let go of her little hand now, mainly because he was afraid that as soon as he let go, the child would be stressed and start singing subconsciously.

It would be amazing if this guy sang a song in the central square.

Standing at the guild entrance, Ethan said, "Follow me closely."

The two children nodded at the same time.

"Hey, Miss Misha, are you busy?"

As soon as he walked in, Ethan greeted the guild lady in charge of him.

"Wow, Mr. Ethan, today is...ah, registration."

The experienced Misha saw at a glance what the two children who were following Ethan and looking around timidly and curiously were doing, especially their attire, which was in line with her stereotype of newcomers.

The registration process is relatively formulaic. You just need to fill out the form, submit it, and wait for review. It doesn't take much time. If the team is led by a team leader like Ethan, the review will be very fast.

At the same time, on top of the Tower of Babel, in a high-rise room overlooking the entire Orario.

Goddess Freya, who always attracts everyone's attention wherever she appears and represents the word "beauty", stood quietly by the floor-to-ceiling window, her eyes fixed on the guild gate.

Just a few minutes ago, Bell stepped through that door.

"Goddess." The door behind Freya opened, and the towering man bowed his head respectfully. "It has been confirmed that Bell Crane has joined the Soma clan."

"Soma...Soma..." Freya muttered the name and slowly closed her eyes.

"The boring male god, the leader of the clan, is that the one you mentioned before, Ota?"

The eyes of the man called Ota were as calm as a lake, completely different from his fighting style.

Ota, a pigman from the Freya clan, level 7, is the strongest warrior in Orario and also the "ultimate weapon" of Orario.

"Yes, Ethan. It can be verified that he is level 1, but he single-handedly killed the 'Lonely King of the Labyrinth' on the 17th floor."

That's what the group of people on the 18th floor said. For those who are obsessed with money, it would be too easy to get this information, but other than that, no one knew the origin of Ethan.

"Back off." Freya whispered.

"Yes."

Ota left without any hesitation.

"My male god, since he is my male god, then let's leave him there first." Freya smiled slightly. According to her understanding of Somo, he was a straight male god who was only interested in brewing wine. He did not have the disgusting desire of Apollo.

Be patient for now. Soma, who has spread the divine wine, is now in the limelight. Even Freya can't stand the gossip of the whole of Orario.

Besides, she also likes Soma's magic wine.

But that Ethan...

Freya had seen him two or three times, but every time she observed him, his soul was no different from that of an ordinary person and had no value at all to her.

But its strength is different from the color of its soul.

Her eyes would never make a mistake, which meant that Ethan must have some secret that even she didn't know.

Now that the mysterious Ethan has the Bell Crane she wants, it's even more interesting.

When there was no possibility of a love rival, she did show interest in seeing how things would develop.

……

"nervous?"

Ethan asked as they stood in front of the large spiral staircase leading to the first floor.

"Not at all!" Bell took a deep breath and said loudly.

"With Ethan here, I'm not afraid of anything." Mary stood on tiptoe, but even so she couldn't reach Ethan's shoulders. However, she still tried hard to hold Ethan's arm and said this.

The little mermaid is so cute.

"Okay, let's go."

Next, Ethan began to introduce Bell to the art of fighting. The first step was to correct his fighting style.

Why are you fighting head-on with such a short weapon?

"Bell, the first to fourth floors are filled with weak monsters. You can use them to test what the thief senior taught you."

Ethan gave Bell the order directly.

"Your goal is to avoid being discovered by the monsters until you successfully attack them, unless there's force majeure."

Volume 2: Dungeon Encounter (I): Chapter 24: The Training Process

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"

The white-haired boy was running while screaming. Just now, when he tried to approach the three goblins, before he could touch anyone, he was suddenly stabbed in the anus by a goblin that appeared from behind him. He was so scared that he ran away.

"Don't scream, you're not hurt." Ethan covered his face, speechless.

His body already had the [Principle of Causality] that Mary had planted in advance, and the goblin who had just tried to stab him in the anus had been killed.

This thing can't be without a price. Ethan will record the number of times Bell releases the [Principle of Causality] for him, but this is not a punishment game, but data for Bell to see for himself.

It is limited to the first four levels. Ethan's requirement is that before entering the fifth level from the fourth level, his [Principle of Causality] must be effective less than three times, otherwise you will be trained here until you die.

It is now the third hour since the three of them entered the dungeon, and they are on the third floor.

It is still a basic safe floor with novices' protection. Newbies basically practice how to fight on floors one to four. They may be injured but will never die, unless monsters run up from the floors below.

Then, Bell's reaction was the most exaggerated. After the thief's advance teaching, Bell's strength was actually enough to protect himself on this level, but after all, he was a newcomer who went into the dungeon for the first time, and it was a pure teaching game. It was very difficult to play under the restrictions.

Sometimes he could just rush up and kill the monster by slashing its neck, but he could only sneak past quietly. Many passing adventurers would also snatch the monster away, making Bell fail.

But Ethan said nothing, just calmly asked Bell to find the next monster and then continued.

Bell had no complaints and faithfully completed all of Ethan's instructions.

It means that you will often be frightened and lose your guard.

This means that Bell doesn't actually kill many monsters.