Loki's Renard

Arc 3 Chapter 12 - The Hachiman Incident

Hey guys, Striker777 here with the next chapter of Loki's Renard. No omake this week.

I know this should have been out a bit sooner, but I had a uni presentation of Friday, and the chapter wasn't done by then. NGL, the presentation went absolutely insane, I don't think I've ever been praised more for my work in my life before, felt amazing.

But anyway, onto the story!

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It was on Floor 18 that the Loki Familia had stopped to rest after their latest expedition to Floor 58. With a collection of rare dragon drop items from Dragon Valley, the Loki Familia would be in the green again for a couple of months, not including the next lot of expeditions that they were planning on going on. However, at the current time, not a single member of the Loki Familia was worried about that, as (with the exception of Bete Loga), everyone was simply eating their dinner and enjoying the company of their fellow members of the Familia, and had even started a story sharing game.

"And then, he tripped over a rock and fell flat on his face!" yelled out a slightly tipsy, but not drunk Anakitty Autumn, causing Raul Nord to place his head in his hands and groan. "But, his sword slipped out of his hands and landed blade first into the Goblin's head, killing it! When he realised what he did, he was so excited he didn't even notice his own nose was bleeding everywhere!" she called out, getting hearty laughs out of everyone present. With that, the level 5 adventurer put down her mug and smirked at the group. "And that was the story about our first time in the Dungeon."

There were cheers and laughs, applauding Anakitty for the amazing story, and Raul for his own embarrassment. Gareth let out a hearty laugh, as he stood up, drink in hand. "I think Anakitty has it, unless someone else has a better story~" he said, turning to two people with an expectant look in his eye.

Akihide Okami and Ais Wallenstein looked at each other confused, the level 6 and level 5 wondering what it was Gareth was talking about exactly, before a memory flashed into Akihide's mind. "Oh! The Hachiman incident?" he asked the dwarf, causing the man to laugh and nod, whilst Ais began to shrink back from Akihide and blush furiously. The 15 year old girl was trying as desperately as she possibly could to sink into herself and escape from the approaching story.

"The what now?" asked Tiona, looking over at Ais from next to her sister.

"Hachiman?" asked Tione looking to the girl, only for Ais to shy away more.

Akihide laughed, before standing up. "Alright, alright, I'll tell you all the story." he said, smirking at the rapidly shaking head of Ais, and her eyes of promising vengeance. Akihide simply smirked. "We all know that Ais is terrified of deep water, but do you know why that is?" asked Akihide, with a few of the older members nodding, remembering the time when Ais was 8 and called Riveria an old hag for not letting her do another of her stupid ideas, which ended in Riveria tying a rock around her and throwing her into a river, calling it swim training. "Well, it all started with me, and my first genuine attempt to kill Ais." he said, before he began telling the tale.

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Ais had been facing an occurring issue in the Dungeon, in the form of the shattered blade of a sword on the ground and the remaining hilt in her hand. Like all the others before it, the blade had shattered into nothingness, leaving her with nothing but her hilt and her tight armour. Her equipment simply couldn't keep up with her, and it was becoming an increasingly annoying issue for the young girl to face. Even if she could defeat these monsters with her bare hands, it was much more efficient to do it with a sword, and allowed her to gain more Excilia to become stronger. So she could eventually defeat the monster that took her family.