(3rd POV)
In Loki's room, all higher-level adventurers were waiting for their Goddess to speak.
"I called you all here to talk about Allen." Loki said with a serious look.
"The newcomer, what's wrong with him?"
"Goddess, are you jealous of him because he has more time with Ais?"
Tiona and Tione started talking, but soon they started to notice that Finn and Riveria looked serious.
"I will talk, but where is Allen?" Loki asked as she looked at Riveria.
"Why are you looking at me?"
"Allen spends more time with you, so you should know...matter of fact, I should watch out for him." Loki said with a shaken voice.
"?" x6
"Let's forget about that. What I want to talk about is how we hide Allen." Loki said, gaining a nod from Riveria and Finn while the others were confused.
"What do you hide that weakling from?" Bete said with a frown.
"Bete, I think you should respect those who are stronger than you." Riveria said as she looked at him.
"What do you mean by that?"
Loki brought a paper and showed them.
Once they looked at it, they held their breath.
"L-Level 6?!"
"How long was he here? Less than a month?!"
'Whaaaaa?! That's just like a hero story! How did he do it? Did he eat a dragon's heart? Did he find a secret magic spring? This is so cool! I bet he's super strong now. I wonder if his skin got tougher? I wonder if he has a cool nickname yet?! I have to know everything! I want to see him fight a floor boss right now!' Tiona thought with excitement written on her face.
But her sister's thoughts were different.
'This is a joke, right? I had to kill my own sisters and survive the Telskyura death matches to get this strong. I've spilled gallons of blood to stand next to Captain Finn. And this brat just... jumps the line? If he thinks he can just walk in and act like an Executive, he's got another thing coming. He better not get cocky and try to get close to Captain. I'll rip his limbs off if he becomes a burden on the next expedition.'
As for Bete, he was the same.
'This is garbage. Pure garbage. He didn't crawl through the mud for this. He didn't watch his friends die or break his bones for a decade to earn those stats. He's a fake. A shiny, high-level fake. I'm going to kick his teeth in during training today—if he can't dodge me, then his Level 6 status is just a lie from the Gods. Don't you dare look down on the rest of us who did it the hard way.'
Gareth's reaction would be a mixture of profound awe, protective suspicion, and a dwarven sense of pragmatism.
'By the Earth Mother... what am I lookin' at? I've spent decades swinging this axe, coughing up dungeon dust, and earning every single scar to reach Level 6. And this sprout... he just skipped the whole journey?
It's not natural. A body needs time to harden, like steel in a forge. If you heat it too fast and don't quench it right, it snaps. I'm lookin' at a Level 6 vessel, but is there a Level 6 heart beating inside it? If he steps onto the 50th floor thinking he's invincible, the Dungeon will swallow him whole. I won't have it. I've buried too many kids already; I won't bury a 'prodigy' just because he got lucky with the Gods' whims.'
Of course, their reaction was shown to the others.
-boom-
A figure ran to the paper to look at it.
It was Ais who took the paper, and the moment she read the paper, she felt unfair, but at the same time, she felt relieved.
'Level 6...It took me years of fighting, bleeding, and almost dying to get to level 4. How did he do it? Is there a secret? If I can learn it, maybe I can reach the 'Bottom' faster. I want to fight him. Not to win, but to see if his 'wind' feels as strong as mine. I feel... a little lonely being surpassed so easily, but maybe now I don't have to fight the Dragon alone.'
Seeing Ais there with wide eyes, Loki thought it was better to calm her down, but she was interrupted by a cracking sound.
-CRACK-
"?"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHH"
A shout of pain came from the other side of the manor as it was clear whose voice that was.
It was Allen's voice.
"..."
"Let's go see what happened." Loki said, clearly excited to see what happened to Allen for him to scream like that.
They all nodded and went to see what happened.
...
The moment they opened the office, they saw a physically impossible sight.
Allen Upper body was behind his legs.
"Whoever you are...can you please help me?" Allen said with a pained voice while his face was upside down.
"...PFFT HEHAHAHA." Loki started laughing and fell to the ground while clutching her stomach.
"Allen, I left you for half an hour, and you are like this?" Riveria said with a twitch in her eyes.
"Well."
(before 5 Minutes)
[Secret mission completed: Finish 20 paperwork]
[Secret mission completed: Finish 50 paperwork]
[Secret mission completed: Finish 80 paperwork]
[Secret mission completed: Finish 100 paperwork]
[Rewards]
Encrusted Heart
Conjoined Heart
Winged Nosk
Tiso
The Hunter
Seth
Plasmified Zango
Summoned Saviour
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'I change my mind; this is worse than the absolute radiance.' Allen thought as he looked at the papers he finished and the ones that he hadn't started yet.
'I feel bad for Riveria for doing all that.'
Allen didn't see the rewards, but the moment he saw the Summoned Saviour, he fell from the chair, and his face hit the ground making his upper body crack a few back bones.
"..."
-Inhale-
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH"
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Hey, everyone, I'm to say have a good day and wish you all well...Yep that's all because I don't know what to say else.