Running a hand over the paper and my back then muttering a word before showing me my stats and explaining that there where seven stats and that normally each one started at I and capped out at sss before you had to level up upon receiving her blessing and being granted falna my stats were already maxed out for a level 1 and that I could level up now if I wanted that my foundation was already as strong as I could make it and that though I leveled up would lose a few ranks in my stats and would be able to improve them further before I leveled up again. Not really understanding the importance of what she said I told her to go ahead and level me up so she did, and then again wondering what hell I had crawled up out of and how did I make it through.

Amazed at the stats she was looking at he had leveled up right out of the gate when was worried that she may have found some one that had some how survived something that would have broken anyone, she had allowed a human monster into to her Familia she would need to watch him carefully till she knew for sure that he was not a threat even if he showed that he was trying to be a civilized monster from everything she had heard so far. Well that is impressive to reach level two so fast Loki said hiding that John could have leveled again already this kind of thing could cause problems if it became too widely known. Loki smiled and began to give John the tour of the castle starting with what she thought would be most impressive the training areas showing him the meditation chambers, libraries, lecture halls and then moving outside to show him the fighting circles and the archery ranges going to the truck fields that helped to feed every one to the kitchens and and lastly to a room that had been set aside for him she was glad that she had put his room on the same floor as hers though it was meant to be reserved for the strongest adventurers in her Familia.

There had been a time when such adventurers had not been so rare but that was about a thousand years ago in a much more savage environment, and here he was a level two already and able to advance even further at her discretion and his own knowledge. There were many that would try to sway him to their side and even more that would cause him harm or kill him just to ensure their power bases. Loki made a vow to herself that if he was not a threat she would do her best to protect him... she would have to keep him away from several deities sight for awhile.

Exhausted and very hopeful John lay down in his new bed thinking that he now had a real chance at a life where he would be free to be himself for more than a few hours at at time. Closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep without the aid of anything... at first it was a pleasant dream but things started to make less sense at first it was little things like meeting some of those that had tormented him the most in the dungeon with his new Familia's support those bullies that could no longer reach him where cut down quickly but as more and more such battles occurred the weapons he held as well as those of his familia began to land like they were made of rubber... Doing nothing while his tormenters rose from the dead.

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He woke up screaming in fear and loss though his loss had only been in the nightmare, he knew that he should have found some thing to numb himself to keep him from dreaming he had known that the nightmares of any kind would visit. He had hoped that with this new world his trauma would have disappeared knowing that in reality it would not be the case. It was still dark out, after calming down he was very awake so he began to make a list of things he should do. 1st he should actually get some time in the dungeon. 2nd he need to look into getting access to a forge or a smithy. 3rd he needed to maintain his holdings maybe expand them a little some how or another.

That was good at least for the short term he would need to figure out long term goals as well but they would have to wait till he had figured out if there were more differences between the anime and what he was living the two are very similar but also maddeningly different it would take some time and he would have to pay the guild and maybe find out if information brokers are a thing. there has got to be a way to build some strategies for the deeper floors with out having to go in blind. soon the sun was coming up and he felt that he had managed to salvage his restless night into something productive getting dressed for the day.

Just as he finished tying the last of the straps to hold his gear in place there was a knock at the door wondering who it might be John opened the door and saw a woman that he could only think to describe as an amazon. Attempting to be polite he introduced himself as John he asked if he could help her. Smiling at the newest member of the Loki Familia Tiona introduced her self and told John that she and her sister were interested in heading to the dungeon and seeing what he could do since they heard that he had ranked pretty well in his first combat trial. Understanding seemed to strike John quickly as he said that he was planning to head to the dungeon today that he would like to figure out how to work best with other members of the familia so this could be a learning experience for him as well, that he just needed to grab something for breakfast before he left. Heading to a kitchen to grab something real quick to eat they kept up some friendly small talk.

Not long after they arrived at the entrance to the dungeon entrance where they met up with Tione and Aiz and a supporter. Adopting a formation with John walking at the point of a diamond formation. John easily handled the bugs that where on the first few floors completely on his own barely even slowing his pace as he headed to each set of stairs till he hit the tenth floor and was matched for a few seconds by a war-shadow before dispatching it with a thrusting feint and striking it in the temple with the but of the spear causing the war-shadow to collapse in on it's self turning to a dark mist leaving a perfect monster core the size of ones thumb to the first knuckle. Aiz spoke up saying that this was as good a place as any to train John since the war-shadow had stopped his advance toward the stairs so they spent the next six hours patrolling the tenth floor quickly dispatching monsters as they found them almost impossibly John began snatching the cores out of the air before they could hit the ground when they ran into singular war-shadows as if he had already mastered combat with that particular type of monster.