Dungeon Crawling!

Into the Dungeon!

     At the bottom of a canyon, Leopold, Asta, Mimosa, and Noelle stood at the entrance of a large cave. A bit further in, the untamed cave walls met a prisinte doorway that resembled those in the royal capital. The only difference was that these doors were much larger than even the buildings in the royal capital. Asta's eyes sparkled as he finally noticed the doors inside the cave.

     "Wow! Who knew there'd be super pretty doors in this canyon! And they're so huge! It'll be hard to open them!"

     "They're just doors, Asta," Noelle huffed with the flip of her hair. "I guess you can't seem to comprehend that."

     Mimosa smiled nervously. "The doors are really big, Asta."

     "I wonder how we'll open them!" Asta squealed. 

     Kirsch twirled our from behind Mereoleona once again. "You must open it with your magic, of course. But, you don't have magic, do you? Nasty little sewer rat..."

     "Oh! No sweat! I'll just smash those doors open with my sword!" Asta reached into his grimoire and pulled out the Demon Slayer Sword and held it up to the sky. With a wide grin, Asta ran forward to attack the doors. Leopold began moving as soon as Asta took off. 

     "Hey, Asta! Don't leave me behind!" The Crimson Lion cub shouted as he sprinted after his friend. While running, Leo pulled out his grimoire to be able to break the door down with Asta. He didn't want Asta to take all the credit.

     "Flame Magic: Spiral Flames!"

     A spiral of swift flames shot towards the large doors just as Asta leapt up and smashed the doors open with his sword. Leo grinned once the doors opened and high-fived Asta. 

     "Woo! Nice going Asta!"

     Asta laughed. "Yeah! Now let's go!"

     Noelle and Mimosa stared at the boys as they marched onward into the doorway. Suddenly losing balance, Mimosa and Noelle tried to keep a firm footing on the rocky landscape. Mimosa succeeded in keeping her footing, but Noelle fell onto her chest. As Mimosa helped her up, Mereoleona appeared in Noelle's field of vision with a frown. 

     "You girls better catch up with the boys, or I'll make you train to hell and back when we get back to the capital."

     Noelle and Mimosa's eyes widened, then they took off in a burst of speed as though they had a lion at their heels. Well, they did, but Mereoleona chose not to chase after them and instead made her way up the rock face to an alternate entrance that would allow her to monitor the teens while staying out of sight. 

     Some cherry blossoms flew into Mereoleona's face as Kirsch landed beside her. He began rambling about how beautiful his magic was and how amazing he was. Mereoleona rolled her eyes, grabbed the front of Kirsch's shirt, and pinned him to the wall of the alternate entrance. A fiery paw slammed down on Kirsch's legs, preventing his legs from kicking Mereoleona to escape.

     "C-cousin! Please don't kill me! I'm too beautiful go die!"

     Mereoleona growled. "Say one more thing about yourself and I'll beat you until you're all bloody and bruised. Then I'll tie you up and leave you for whatever animals lurk inside the dungeon."

     "Okay okay!" Kirsch cried out. "I'll shut up, just please don't kill me!"

     "Hmp." Mereoleona released her eccentric cousin and marched inside the dungeon. With wobbling legs, Kirsch followed behind her.

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     After walking for some time, the four teens came upon a large room with a part of the floor being made of ice. On the icy part of the floor were 3 blocks and two switches. Asta was baffled that there was ice in the middle of a canyon.