Walking The Wrong Path

Untitled Part 22

Chapter 21: Deep Deep Floors

A/N: Hey, so if you went over to my fanfiction page, this isn't new. This is uploaded here from there. New chapter is under works, I just procastinated...for 2 years.

Note that this is NOT edited, because there is too much for me to edit following this and frankly, I was a pretty bad writer in those times. Either way, some people are still requesting for it, so I'll post this here, and I'll upload it soon enough. I at least have a chapter draft, however, given that 2 years have passed, please understand that there may be disharmony between the chapters.

It was finally the day for Bell to go to the dungeon for his solo expedition. He arrived near the entrance of the dungeon, carrying a large backpack that would've made him look like a supporter, it was overflowing with different things. A spare set of armor that Rochelle made, obviously it wasn't anything too special but it could hold up just fine, food, a few sets of clothes just in case he found a safe zone where he could take a rare bath or something, some more food and even more food.

"hey brat." Bete called out. Surprisingly at that time, there was Riveria, Finn, Gareth, Loki, Bete and a few more people. It was early in the dawn when the sun was still sitting on the horizon, the city was slowly awakening yet wasn't bustling. "don't die down there." Bete finished.

Bell felt a smile tugging against his cheeks, he wanted to tease him a lot but decided against it. "yeah." he confidently replied. Though Bell had no way of knowing what awaited him, he could at the very least reassure his survival. Riveria wasn't happy, but knew that her selfishness had no basing to endanger the entire world. She was mature enough to understand, yet the lovestruck side of her which was acting immaturishly and was head over heels for Bell, just caused a gnawing feeling in her chest.

"here Bell." Finn went up to him to hand him a small box. It was divided into 6 sections, and the rectangular shape was closed down. "this is Asfi's newest invention. Something called, a lightcube? You can record vocal records in it, however, each cube can only hold 10 mins worth of information so be careful with its usage. Whenever you reach safe floors or such, take a few moments to summarise what you saw and your physical condition etc. Once you finish one cube, give it to Ray I think it was? She will carry it up so Fels can come and give it to us. Ideally, send us a cube every 5 days for a month's worth." Finn briefly explained.

This however, was truly an important addition, with the creation of light cubes it was now possible to store records besides physical books full of descriptions, although they were prototypes, they were sure to be revolutionary items. Bell took the case and carefully put it into his carrier. Not the massive bag of course, the cubes would be crushed. They were relatively light, each cube had a separate colour of its own and one main black button which once pressed would start recording. If you pressed it again, it would stop recording. Pretty simple.

"thanks Finn, I'll try my best to be conservatory." Bell replied. he turned to see Riveria, looking down to the ground. She evidently was depressed but did nothing to stop him anymore. He went up to her and pulled her into a hug silently. There was no need for reassuring words to be shared at that point, they had talked about this expedition more than enough. She herself only hugged him back, tight enough to convey the words, 'I don't want to let go'

Yet duty called, Bell had no choice. He pulled away from the hug, it felt as if something from his very being was taken away. He smiled and grabbed Riveria's hand, "I'll be going soon." he told her. She only nodded, still not looking up. He chuckled and put something in her palm and closed it. This obviously piqued her interest. She opened her hand to see a brooch of a bell. She finally looked up into his eyes and his gentle smiling face. "Keep this to remember me, you won't be lonely this period of time. With every toll of the bells, I'll be with you." he told her. The smile still plastered across his face, actually making it seem that he would be with her.