danmachi : the journey of a hero ( volume 17 fancfic )

Decision of the rabbit(7)

Somewhere in the lower floors of the dungeon , Bell was hiding in the corners of the 18 floors waiting for a chance to go deeper, he was careful not to get noticed. he didnt know how much time went by , but he knew that Freya will soon know that he's missing  and start searching for him. his plan was simple , since he had no way out of this , he went and agreed and signed in the guild , at this point Freya familia wont be able to do anything with  his familia members since  he was under freya familia authority and his problems now became thier's . he planned to hide with xenos for a while and then keep track on the news on the surface with fel's and also keep training undercover until the time comes to face ottar. also he knew that his friends wont just sit still around and they ll try to do something too (at that point i only have to trust my friends) 

and so he took the chance when rivira was dark and slipped to the lower floors 

meanwhile in babel tower. 

Freya:" ottar , did you get any news yet?"

Ottar:" i am sorry , goddess , we lost tracks of him 2 days ago , we only knew that he was in familia house that time" 

Freya:" how about the dungeon ?"

Ottar:" we have eyes in babel , and we already sent a team to Riviria , he ll show up , we only have to wait"

Freya:" how annoying, and i thought he ll just give up  . but he keeps running always like a rabbit , i guess i treated him lightly"

Ottar was silent . because he hated how his goddess kept only thinking about that kid, even after he signed for them ,he kept making trouble for them. 

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that night when hestia heared the full story from welf and mikoto , a glimps of hope came back to her. she always trusted and beleived in bell , and she couldnt beleive that he would do something like that.

Hestia :" we only know that bell's is down there in the dungeon, and he plans on hiding for the meanwhile"

Hestia:" we need to start gather some forces to help us  fight back with freya"

welf and mikoto were anxious but they were still   determinated on bringing back bell.

that night two unexpected visitors came too to hestia house , the first was fels 

He came to inform hestia about what he talked with bell  before he leaves and told them that he ll be staying with xenos in a isolated hideout in floor 24 . he also gave him a communication crystal to keep checking on him . 

Fels:" last time i talked with bell , he was in rivira hiding , he didnt wanted to get noticed for the time been "

Hestia :" thank you Fels-san"

Fels:"you dont have too, also Ouranous too is willing to help within a certain limits , he said  that this case needs to get resolved peacefully or Orario might get in a big war "

 everyone knew what it means when fighting freya familia, when she destroyed ishtar they didnt even used much strengh. so they couldnt imagine what would happen if they go all out.

the second visitor was Ryu she was in her battle dress a long green cap , shorts and shirt and her long wooden sword. 

Ryu was really shocked from the news about bell , she tought that it might have a relation with Syr disapearence because of what happened recently . she thought that freya held Syr captive and made bell  join her by force . well she wasnt completly sure but she knew that bell wont do something like that without a reason and that why she went to hestia familia. 

Ryu:" so you saying that cranel-san was forced into it under freya's threat?"

Welf:" yes , and freya had her eyes on him long ago"

Ryu:" and where is he right now ?"

Welf:" he is heading to the 24 th floor , he planned to hide with xenos for a while"

Ryu:" i ll go to him"

Hestia stopped her :" wait ! we shouldnt do anything recklessly right now , freya has eyes everywhere in orario , and if she noticed you , she ll probably send people to follow you , also bell's goal isnt just hiding forever , he wants to get stronger , and he putted his trust in us when he left .bell is level 5 now , but if he putted his heart , i think he ll be able to reach level 6 then if we gathered some other forces we can stand a chance against freya "

Ryu was surprised because she knew freya's strengh more than anything specially 7 years ago . 

Ryu :" how ? freya has ottarl he is level 7 "

then hestia smiles  then she turnes to a certain direction , where the fox girl was sitting:" and we have our secret weapon haruhime-chan!"

that moment everyone's eyes lit up , they saw a way to help bell  and give freya a punch .

then hestia smiles and start talking again:" so here is what we should do ...."

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Loki familia was  also on there way back from their journey , it took them longer than expected since then encountered some irregular monsters along the way in the deep floors.But Finn didnt worry because he things would be settled down at that time in orario , or that what he thought. the first thing was when they were in rivira. 

for some reason Rivira was diffrent , everyone was hasty like they are waiting or looking for something , or someone. he thought that some incident happened since rivira is not always a quiet village . 

But his worries confirmed when he saw allen and the elite force of Freya famillia going down in floor 17 . 

loki familia members also noticed them while they passed by . the weather was hostile between them , they didnt like each other of course but they had a work to do down there . 

Aiz kept looking behind to the freya party memebers going doing , and just kept wondering

(could it be?)

Riveria and the others were discussing things too 

Lefiya:" why do you think Freya sent her elite force to the dungeon now ? there wasnt any news about them going in an expidition "

Riveria :" i think that something might have happend , i guess we cant know for sure , until we reach the surface " then she gives a look to Finn's direction.

( last time they were only three , but now its the whole force, what the hell that goddess wants so bad ?)

soon they reached the surface , and the weather in babel  was also wierd , it was almost like Rivira. 

Tiona talked:" whats up with people these days ? everyone is surprisingly in  hurry , did something happened?"

Tione:" probably , but am too tired to bother myself  with it , i need a hot shower and big meal"

Tiona then turns to bete:" oi bete , use your dog nose and sniff some informations to us"

Bete angrily turns to her :" who you calling dog you stupid amazon! if you want to find go look for yourself!"

and so they continue on