I made my pn for today. I was really close to this point and I had been pushing it back for a while. Yesterday, I think I found what I want to do, at least for the time being.
Talking with the dungeon investigation team, I had fun.
And I had fun hanging out with Nyx while we hunted as well.
And it is probably the best method of leveling my intrinsic skill at this point, since I am not going to be upgrading my own equipment for a while.
And to do this, I need to be C rank, which means I have to reach level 250 as fast as possible.
I hit 150 the other day, and I should be able to get a lot of experience from choosing a hoard monster dungeon again, this time more sound my level.
With a quick check of the dungeons around me, there are a few I can choose from now that I can enter ones with the level 150 requirement.
There are pces to hunt things like ant monsters like the spiders I fought before, or hobgoblins, or kobolds.
They are all stronger than the spider dungeons, and with a few days here dedicated to grinding levels, I could get to 250 pretty quick.
BUt checking the details, I end up choosing the kobolds damp cave, the kobold dungeon.
This is because the upper limit for the level of monsters is higher and I should be able to grind at least a little faster. And if I hit level 200, I gain more dungeons I can go to.
As I finished up my research, I grab all of my things and start to head out the house, only to be stoped by Aria before I could leave.
“Hey, Zenith, do you have any pns for today?” she asked me.
“Just going hunting. What's up?”
“NOthing, but you're skipping today. We are going out together” she said, suddenly grabbing me and pulling me into her car.
“Um, I should probably change out of my hunter clothes before we leave” I said, not really stopping her.
It's been a few weeks since I was able to spend a lot of time with Aria or Anthem, so I was ok going out with her today.
“The new armor looks like normal, somewhat stylish clothes. It should be fine” She said.
“All right” I replied, and the two of us got on with whatever she had pned.
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For the most part today, we kind of just spent the day in town, going to stores, both regur pces, but also pces that specialize in hunter equipment.
WHile we were there, I talked to them about selling my own equipment, and showed them some of the items I could make.
They seemed pretty interested, but told me that I would have to be a member of there guild to sell here.
Since I wasn’t going to join this guild, if I wanted to do that, I would need to find a different way. Another thing to add to my future pns.
And after a while, we ended up at a restaurant.
I wasn’t sure why, but I was noticing how close Aria was to me a lot more then I ever did in the past.
She wasn’t any closer then in the past, or at least I don’t she was, but unlike before, it was making me really happy. Or more than it did in the past.
I wasn’t sure what was going on with me recently, but it feels like I was caring about everyone around me more than I did in the past.
Like I want to be closer to them.
It wasn’t like I was distant to them. I mean, I used to have panic attacks from them even suggesting leaving. We had always been close.
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As the two of us sat at the table, Aria looked over the menu and pointed a bunch of stuff out to me.
After we chose what we wanted and pced our order, Aria looked at me very intently.
“Hmm, you seem happy today. What's going on with you” Aria asked.
“I don’t know. I just am.” I said. “And hey, I am normally happy” pointing out her mean comment.
“I know, and I didn’t mean it like that. Its just been a while since I have seen you smile like this”
“I think I was just having a good time with you today”
“That's good.” She said, “But there are a few things I need to talk to you about”
“What's up?” I asked, confused on what this could be about.
“Have you ever heard something like the bearer of creation?” She asked. “Like as a title or something with your skill”
Hearing it again, I recognized it instantly. “Yeah, It was something in that hidden dungeon I went into” I told her.
“Huh, I wonder what is going on with this?” she said, kind of muttering under her breath.
“Did you hear it somewhere?”
“It was something that happened while I was testing out your sword. It was strange, but I don’t really know how to expin it”
“This was at the temple of rebirth right?” I asked, knowing how she normally hunts in the S rank dungeon.
“Yeah. It was like a voice in my head talking about how I had an aspect of the bearer of creation. And it knew of my title as well.”
“Interesting, I wonder what it could be” I said. “I’m guessing we’ll find out when I can start going there as well”
“Well, if you continue growing this fast, I'm betting you can beat mine and Anthems record for S rank”
This was something I was aiming to at least match. Aria and Anthem, in the US at least, held the record for reaching S rank the fastest from induction to completion. It took them just about a year.
I was D rank, about C rank after just about a month, but the level requirements jump higher and higher each time.
For example, C rank is 250, but B rank is 5000, and A rank is 100,000, and stly, S rank is 1,000,000.
From what I was told, Aria and Anthem are both around 2 million now, and they have been leveling up for years in one of the best dungeons.
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“Yeah, then we can hunt together” she said, with a huge smile.
After this, our day continued on like normal.
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After we finished our meal, Aria and I headed back home since Mom and Dad texted us about needing to have a talk as a family.
When we got home, we found them and Anthem sitting in the living room waiting for us, talking about Anthems day and what they did at work.
“Hey, we're home” Aria said, to get their attention.
“Welcome back you two” Mom said. “Can you both please have a seat”
“What's going on?” I asked, confused by everything going on here.
“Oh, um… how do we put this…” Dad started saying.
“Oh my, you're getting a divorce” I said, half joking.
“Absolutely not. Your father knows for a fact that He can’t do better than me” Mom said.
“You could be leaving him” Aria said.
“Oh, I love him too much to do that” she said.
“Now that your mother has completely derailed this conversation with her baseless… but completely true statements, we do have important things to talk about”
Aria and I were finally seated… but I don’t remember a lot of the conversation.
For some reason my ears kept ringing for a while.
“Aria and Anthem, you both need to leave town for a little.” Mom said. “And Zenith definitely can’t come with.”
“What?” Aria asked.
“There is a new S rank dungeon that appeared in New York, and the association is sending everyone they can to investigate.”
“Really?” Anthem asked. “This must be a big deal”
“Yeah. Apparently it is a huge field dungeon covered in fire. Not only are several S ranks being sent from the association, but apparently one of the national rank hunters is going as well.”
“Is is Theo Asterion? He is the only one from the US” I ask, working through this sudden headache I have.
“I believe so. But it is all hands on deck. This dungeon is apparently extremely dangerous, to the point where they are only sending in S ranks for the first clear” Dad said.
“So, we have to go then?” Aria said, with annoyance entering her voice.
“I know… with everything that was happening, you don’t want to leave, but you really don’t have a choice. And neither do we” Mom said.
“So, we are just leaving Zenith home alone?” Anthem asked.
“Yes. He’s old enough at this point to be alone for a little. And its not like we have to worry about him skipping school anymore” Dad said. “And Gideon agreed to check in on him to make sure he is fine”
“Zenith, do you think you are going to be fine?” Aria asked me directly.
“Huh, oh yeah, I mean, probably. I'll probably be fine.” I told them, hoping that was true.
“That’s… not reassuring. But I guess I don’t have a choice” Aria said. “When do we have to leave?”
“Two days from now. The raid is being prepared for next week, but they want everyone who can get there to be there early for pning”
“Got it” Aria said. “Zenith, you are canceling any pns you have tomorrow”
But I had stopped paying attention.
I had gotten an idea that could help the both of them in this upcoming dungeon.
There are a set of skills that give resistance to elements, and since this is a fire terrain dungeon, those skills are going to be helpful.
But I am aware that neither of them have them.
“Hey… Does anyone know how to get a fire resistance skill orb?” I said after a while of scrolling through my skill shop and not finding it.
“Um, yeah. There is a dungeon around here that drops one rarely as a boss item. Why?” Anthem asked.
“I think I can do something to help you guys” I said, my headache suddenly vanishing and with a huge smile.
