Bab 22: The Rest of the Week
I returned to the apartment that evening with Mick, after dark, and covered in blood. Much to my dismay the blood didn't disappear with the fur which led to a myriad of reactions from the townspeople, and a horrified one from Isabell.
The terrified shrieking only ended when I convinced her that none of the blood was mine Andrew that I just had a few scratches and some bruises. Then the lecture started, combat isn't training this, irresponsible and not fully healed that.
We took the verbal assault and when it finally started to die down I reminded Isabell I was still covered in blood in desperate need of a shower. She finally relented and I took the initiative making a beeline for the bathroom door.
Just as the bathroom door was about to shut I said "Dangerous though it may be, no one was seriously injured and I reached Lvl 2." and with that I locked the door as it closed and hopped into the steaming shower.
I could feel the pressure of the silence from the other room followed by the unmistakable sound of bickering. I ignored the sound and focused on the trails of crimson flowing down the drain. Eventually the conversation in the other room lightened as did the deep crimson color. A while later I was cleaned from the grime of my animalistic battles and returned to the living area in a clean set of clothes.
Where I entered the living area I was met with several expectant gazes and one frustrated but resigned furrowed brown.
"Since it's so safe and efficient then let's get everyone up to level 1 before we go back to the dungeon. Since you're the most experienced one here in terms of tracking you'll have to guide everyone through it, ok team leader?"
I sighed knowing any chance I had at having any time relaxing over the next few days was gone. After all, how was I supposed to say no?
With that the rest of the evening was filled with excited chatter about leveling up however we were brought back to reality when Jenna told us that two more groups had gone into the dungeon today, but only one had returned so far.
The news sobered to the group for a while but Sun the excited chatter began to build at the thought of leveling up. While everyone else was celebrating I was internally groaning at all the time in the forest with blundering oafs but I was happy for the opportunity for the team.
I also had some ideas on how to advance the team faster while also making the work easier or helping other villagers grow strong as well. It would be up to the team but it would be a game changer to say the least.
For the next 4 days I spent from Sun up to sun down and all 3 of my transformations to help everyone hunt enough Ethereal cores to get to Lvl 1. For the most part I was just back up and everyone hunted their own creatures but I also had to track all of the creatures for everyone which was tiring in its own way.
Finally the day of our return to the dungeon came, none too late as there were rumors that some other teams were about to attempt to clear the 1st floor again. We decided that we would go in to the dungeon after lunch and sat around in the morning preparing ourselves mentally for returning to that place.
Isabell was serving up her now iconic dish of grilled cheese and potato chips before any of us even realized we were hungry. Once we started to eat though it became apparent we were ravenous.
As the end of lunch drew near I gathered everyone's attention and said-
"We have some matters to attend to before heading back to the Dungeon.
First and foremost we can't forget about a name for the party.
Second I want to discuss the idea of hiring a porter so we can focus on fighting and not carrying the gear and cores around.'
Everyone very quickly agreed to the idea of a Porter and then I took their ideas for party names and put them in to the voting system.
"Elite Crew" said Mick
"Divine Intervention" Said Isabell
"Wrath of Calamity" Ren said
I typed in 'Wild Wood Avengers' for mine
"The Five Horsemen, for where we go only death awaits our enemies." Jenna said
I blinked at Jenna and then typed it in.
"If there's too much of a split we'll go to the top 3 and vote again" I said and posted the button to initiate the vote.
Status Power Mingguan
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Power 
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