Chapter Size: 2200 Words.]Third Person POV23 Floor, Dungeon.

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  Lucius woke up slowly, his first sight being the rocky ceiling of the floors before the capital of the waters. As his eyes opened, he was greeted by a blurred vision that gradually adjusted to the near darkness surrounding him, with only a few rocks illuminating the pce, revealing the familiar interior of the Xenos base on the 23rd floor. He was lying in a bed made of straw, something quite primitive, but he could not pin, he realized that his body was ed in cloths and bandages indig that he had received care since his fall.

  The tranquility of the enviro was broken by a cheerful and relieved shout. "Lucius! You woke up!" It was Marie, appearing in his ceiling vision with enthusiastid relieved eyes of the young Xeno who had bee fond of Lucius during their days together. She went to his side, her eyes shining with a mix of happiness and tears. Marie had spent tless hours by his bedside, eagerly waiting for the moment he would regain sciousness.

  "Marie..." Lucius murmured, his voice weak and hoarse. He tried to sit up, but a wave of dizziness made him lie back down. was evident on Marie's face, who promptly helped him settle.

  He first used his magic to heal some still open wounds, quickly improving his dition from then on.

  "You don't know how much we were worried! Everyone feared the worst after you fell exhausted from that powerful magic they said you used," Marie said, holding Lucius's haween hers. "But now that you're awake, everything will be fine." She said relieved.

  Around them, the Xenos base was calm, there was no bloody fight with any of them dying from a failure of Lucius, nor a sign of a monster like Juggernaut trying to kill them. Lucius could feel the peace that permeated the pce, a wele trast to the iy of the battle he had fought until his st moment before losing sciousness.

  "Am I okay, did everyone survive?" Lucius asked, since he couldn't tell how the others were as soon as his magic exploded.

  As Lucius recovered, he did not know how deeply he was ected to the Xenos and how his as had impacted everyo the base. Marie, with her g presend words spoke. "Everyone survived, thanks to you, they all talked about how you saved their lives!"

  "Where are they, let's talk to them." Lucius said getting up.

  "Are you okay to get up?" Marie asked a bit worried.

  "Yes, I used healing magiyself, I'm improving quickly." He said as he stood up with some difficulty.

  He and a Marie floating in the air beside him followed the corridor out of that room and walked slowly through the Xenos base on the 23rd floor, supported by Marie who offered a friendly shoulder.

  "The human woke up!" He heard a xenos shout in the corridor and run out to warhers as Lucius approached. Lucius reached a rger area with all the xenos waiting for him to arrive. The sight of everyone looking at him instead of being cautious, looking with gratitude was quite a trast to the first time he met the group with Lyd and Marie, he could have helped Marie and have Lyd's trust, but he was still a stranger, which didn't seem to be the case at that moment.

  Along the way, he met several members who had fought bravely by his side against the Juggernaut. They were also bandaged, rec from the fight ae their own injuries and exhaustion, there was a sense of camaraderie and mutual respect that filled the air.

  Lucius saw the relief and gratitude in the eyes of Marie and the other Xenos filled the atmosphere. He had fought not only for himself but for those he now sidered friends and allies.

  Lyd, with a visible bandage on his arm, was one of the first to approach Lucius. "You really surprised us, Lucius," he said with a crooked smile, admiration evident in his voice. "Yid ce... You saved many of us. It was amazing!"

  Lucius nodded humbly. "I did what o be done," he replied, "but it wouldn't have been possible without all of you fighting by my side."

  Other Xenos gathered around, each expressing their gratitude and admiration in their own way, even those who did not withe battle, rubbed their heads against parts of Lucius's body as a form of thanks. Gross, the robust Xenos who had been saved by one of Lucius's magic spheres, pounded his chest in a gesture of respect. "Lucius, I may not have liked you and always treated you as a threat, but I 't deny that you saved my life along with the others. Yht will not be fotten."

  "Even in danger, you helped us!" Ray spoke, fpping his wings as a gesture of gratitude.

  "In the end, we mao win the fight, that's all that matters, and we didn't suffer any fatal loss despite the danger." Erebus ented nearby; he had regeion, so he was the least injured-looking among those who fought.

  "Where is Asterius?" Lucius asked, not seeing the iiotaur with his rge sword.

  "He went to train, said that this fight showed how weak he was." Lyd spoke, and Lucius nodded.

  "It was incredible, I thought I was going to die!" Let appeared with the other 2 weaker panions who fought itle.

  "Yes, I 't believe we won!" The spider oke beside him.

  Lucius listeteo the stories of those Xenos, how they experiehe battle, the moments of fear and triumph. He shared his own insights, expining the reasoning behind his as and the risks he took. In each versation, there was an exge of resped uanding.

  As Lucius and the Xenos shared their experiences and words of encement, an additional presence made itself known at the end of the cave. The air around seemed to vibrate slightly with a and wise energy. Fels, the mysterious and powerful skeleton mage, appeared in that corridor, his imposing figure bringing with it an aura of immense power and knowledge.

  "Fels..." Lucius murmured, seeing Ouranos's most loyal agent.

  The Xennizing the figure, made way, resped curiosity evident in their looks. Fels was known to all the Xenos, as he was the bridge between the guild and the Xenos, doing the will of Ouranos.

  "Lucius Drakenar," began Fels, his voice as strange as Lucius remembered from that episode in the guild. "I was surprised, and I must admit, impressed, when I learhat you fought alongside the Xenos to defeat a great dao everyone in the dungeon. I never imagined you would have tact with the Xenos in this way sino one besides me has do before, even the people who know of the existend follow the established orders of Ouranos like the Ganesha family, haven't had the tact you have here."

  Lucius, somewhat surprised by Fels's appearand words. "Fels, this is the sed time we've met... I believe these are better ditions tha time..." Lucius spoke with a hint of jest, as the st time he was almost wanting to kill the elf leader of the guild and needed Fels appearing to prevent Lucius from doing something like that.

  "Indeed..." Fels nodded within his cloak, his empty but somehow expressive eyes sweeping the group. "You, Xenos, and you, Lucius, have demonstrated a rare unity aermination, something I didn't imagine seeing at least in this era. Together, you faced a threat that could have brought great danger not only to the dungeon but also a dao the outside world, as acc to you, that Juggernaut was not ordinary and was strengthening itself by eating other creatures from the dungeon. Therefore, you have the gratitude and respect of Ouranos-Sama."

  The Xenos remained silent, abs the words of the skeleton mage, a mix of pride and surprise on their faces, Lucius silently nodded.

  "It was necessary, and I'm sure I found good friends thanks to it." Lucius spoke, looking at the Xenos with a smile, as after what happened, Lucius could sider them allies from that moment on.

  "Thank you, Lucius, you 't imagine how pleased Ouranos-Sama will be with this." Fels ented and tinued, "But unfortunately, we couldn't help you as much as we wanted, Ouranos tried to dey the war game, but the guild has to remairal." Fels suddenly spoke, making Lucius look at him stunned.

  Lucius, feeling a wave of panic upon realizing the time that had passed, asked urgently: "How long have I been unscious?" The answer came from Marie, who murmured with a worried expression: "Three days, Lucius. You've been sleeping for three whole days."

  Immediately, Lucius's mind raced with the memory of the War Game, a critical event that was happening on the surface. "The War Game!" he excimed, rising up with a sudden movement, ign the dizzihat threateo knock him down again. "It's happening now! I have to get to the surface immediately!"

  "Wait Lucius, are you in a dition to participate in the game?" Fels asked.

  "Damn my dition, it be fixed with some potions or my magic." Lucius growled urgently, he could not afford to be te for the war game.

  Without wasting another sed, Lucius began to cast healing spells on himself while his clothes regeed with simple magic. The Xenos and Fels watched, stunned by the sudden ge in behavior and the urained haste of Lucius.

  "Lucius, are you sure? You're still rec!" excimed Marie, clear in her voice.

  Lucius, however, barely listened. "I 't waste time. I have to be there to help my rades and my family!!" With that, he finished getting ready and positioned himself, he turned for the st time to exge a few words with all the Xenos looking at him at that moment.

  "Goodbye guys, we'll talk ter, now I have to go. Goodbye!" And then, with a thought and, Lucius activated the Magical Teleport, his most expensive skill that allowed traveling great distances instantly. With a fsh, Lucius disappeared, appearing 50 meters away through the corridor's exit and activated it again, running through the floor with teleportation making him disappear and reappear every 50 meters.

  The Xenos and Fels remained silent for a moment, impacted by Lucius's abrupt departure.

  "Will he be okay...?" Lyd asked, stunned.

  "I think so, he has a war game right now, I hope his family wins, as I'm sure they will be a powerful ally for you." Fels spoke while still looking in the dire where Lucius disappeared.

  As Lucius traveled through the dungeon, leaping from floor to floor with vertiginous speed, his heart pounded with the urgency of reag the surfa time. His family and rades needed him, and he would not fail to be by their side when it mattered most.

  As he executed his teleport, he opehe system and saw a giant notification for him.

  [Hide Monster 1 Missio Juggernaut on any floor! | {Progress: pleted - (100%)} | {Reward: 10,000,000 Points./ 3x t celling Card}]

  'I didn't win the hidden mission, but this is very good!' Lucius celebrated and started to opeore and iory, knowing he could further reinforce his magic!

  As Lucius teleported through the dungeon, on the surface of Orario was in a state of agitation and anticipation. Several giant ss had bee up throughout the city, each dispying the immi opening of the War Game. Citizens, adventurers, and gods crowded the streets and squares, all with their eyes fixed on the ss, eager for the spectacle about to begin.

  In the heart of the city, the Goddess Hestia was among her fellow gods, most gathered to withe event together. The tension alpable among them; the War Games were not just a petition but a demonstration of power and strategy among the families. For Hestia, however, the was much more personal.

  She watched the s with a tense look, searg for any sign of Lucius. Bell and the other new members of the family were ready to start the game, their expressioermined, but Lucius's absence was a shadow that loomed over them. Hestia knew how crucial Lucius was to the team, not just for his strength but also for the spirit and leadership he brought.

  As the announcer decred the immi start of the War Game, Hestia's heart beat faster. Bell and the others were prepared to fight with everything they had, but the uainty about Lucius cast doubts on their ces of success against two families at that moment.

  For everyone, Lucius's absence art of some strategy of the Hestia family; however, for the goddess herself, it was a shadow of . Hestia murmured a question that echoed in her mind. 'Where is Lucius? He should be here with us!'

  As the final seds before the start of the War Game passed, Orario remained in suspense, everyone waiting to see how the events would unfold, the city of Orario prepares to withe War Game.

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