"I-I'm sorry, did you say breathe underwater?!"

"Yep! I can swim like a fish and even talk underwater as well!"

"That... that is a national treasure quality item you have! Something like that people would murder a king for!"

"Come on dad be serious."

"I am serious Christine! You have no idea what an item like that would be worth. It's incalculable. It's absurd to even think about it."

"Um, well, yeah it's ok, but it's got nothing on the gear I received later on. The gear I am wearing now makes that amulet look like a piece of trash."

My father's face scrunches up like I just farted in his face. His mind can't even imagine anything superior to the amulet I just told him about.

"Anyway, I made the arena I fought the Sea King in, my new home. The amulet is the key to the whole Grotto. Even the monsters there won't attack me while I'm wearing it. Anyway, I spent the next several months on that floor just farming monsters and leveling until I hit level 120 and felt comfortable enough that I would be able to survive the first monster on the third floor. I didn't want to be as unprepared as I was when I came to the second floor."

"Y... You're level 120?!" My dad says in disbelief.

"No, I'm actually much higher than that." I say with a laugh.

"You have no clue what's down there dad." I say, honestly not believing he would even be able to comprehend the final floor of that place.

My dad falls on his ass, completely drained of energy by what I just said.

"Christine, just what level are you?!" he says in almost a state of shock.

I notice the sun has set and it's getting rather dark. I shift back into my Kitsune form, minus my head, the light from my fur and tails providing illumination in the dark. I stand up and hold my hand out to my father to help him up.

"Let's get out of here dad. It's nighttime and it's getting cold. Here take my hand."

He grabs my hand and I pull him up to his feet. I place a hand on his shoulder and prepare for my spell.

"Oh wait! One more thing before we go."

I reach into my bag and remove the greatsword that belonged to the bandit leader. I stick the blade into the ground next to my mother's headstone and lean the hilt of the blade against the headstone.

"That's the sword that was used to kill mother. After I slaughtered everyone in the encampment, I took the sword as a trophy. I feel it's only fitting I leave it for mother, her murderer finally brought to justice."

"By the way father, why are there no remains at our old house? There were body parts everywhere that night."

"I buried them all in the forest after I took your mother here." he says as he runs his hands over the sword I placed on my mother's grave.

"Oh, I guess that makes sense." I say feeling rather stupid that I didn't think of that.

I place my hand on my father's shoulder and prepare to teleport us away.

"It's time to get going Father."

"Where are we going Christ..."

With a flash we both vanish from the grave site, the light from my tails vanishing with us, returning the area to the darkness of night.

We reappear on the granite outcropping overlooking my pond on the second floor.

"...ine" my father manages to finish.

"W... where the hall are we?! It was just nighttime, but the sun is out now!"

"Is it though? There is no sun here dad, the sky is artificial, generated by the dungeon."

"T... the dungeon?!"

"Yeah, remember that pond I told you about on the second floor of the labyrinth?" I say as I nod to the pond in front of us.

"A.. are you... did you... I... I'm..."

"Welcome to the second floor of the Lesser Creshent Forest Labyrinth, dad"

"How are we here?! That's impossible!"

"I have a teleportation skill, dad. I can teleport to anywhere I have been before. Well, technically I can... ya know, never mind."

"By the Gods Christine. Just how powerful are you?!" My dad says shrinking away from me as though he will be vaporized by my mere presence.

"Do you want to see?" I say to him with an evil smile on my face.

"What... no, wait..."

I grab my father's shoulder and port us down to the third floor directly in front of the Elite Greater Blue Cave Ogre in the first room. When we arrive, my dad sees the towering monster rising as tall as a 4-story building. He falls on his ass, absolute fear showing on his face.

"HOLY FUCK!!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!!!!" My dad shouts in pure terror.

"Dad, language!" I say sarcastically with a smile and a giggle.

"Now watch." I say as I change to my white and gold samurai gear, my trusty sword at my side, my 9 tails fanned out behind me. Sheer power cracks the very air around me.

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"Iaijutsu- Mugyourikuren!" I shout, my commanding voice echoing in the chamber. I don't need to say the weapon skill name anymore, but I do it for effect for my father.

My body launches off the floor, shattering the cave floor in the process. I rocket toward the towering beast; shockwaves reverberate from me as I far exceed the speed of sound. I reach the Ogre and my attack commences.

SHING!!

SHING!!

SHING!!

SHING!!

SHING!!

SHING!!

I leap off the chest of the Ogre and propel myself all the way back to where I began next to my father. I look over at my father as I lift up my right hand.

SNAP!!!

My snap echoes off the chamber, my dad covers his ears as it was the loudest thing he has heard. His expression turns to horror as the massive beast in front of him explodes in a shower of blood and body parts. The entire beast crumbles to the floor in a pile of pieces, it's vast quantities of blood fly toward me and begin to be consumed by my sword.

The whole attack is over in an instant. My father just witnessed a Level 120 monster get annihilated in a single move. This was not the highest-level monster in this labyrinth by far, but it is one of the largest, save for the boss on this floor. I chose it for the pure shock value.

I sheathe my sword and turn back toward my father, the color now completely gone from his face. I wave my hand in front of his face to bring him back to attention.

"Hello! Cardial to father!"

"So how was that? Get a good idea of how strong I am now?" I say with a light chuckle. I know it was kind of a cruel joke to play on him, but he did kind of ask for it!

"W... what level was that thing again?"

"120 dad. It's over 12 meters tall too."

"Incredible! I don't think the entire imperial army would be able to take this thing down. You did it in one single move." He says sounding out of breath.

"That wasn't by any means the highest-level monster down here either. He is one of the largest though. I figured it would add a bit of shock value to see me wipe out something that big. I kind of feel bad for that guy though. That's the second time I have killed him with that same move. He can't catch a break, can he?!" I say the last part with a hearty laugh.

My dad forces out a chuckle, but I can tell he isn't really finding this funny at all. To him, I just exhibited power strong enough to completely wipe out every standing military on the planet. He doesn't even know the full extent of what I can really do.

I shift my form back to my normal human form and walk over to my father, who is still on his ass with a look of shock on his face. I place my hand on his shoulder again and teleport us back to the pond. I take out the Sea King's Amulet and hand it to my father.

"Here, put this on."

He reaches up and grabs the ornate necklace from my outstretched hand.

"What is this?" He asks wondering why I would hand him such a thing.

"It's the necklace that allows you to breathe underwater that I told you about. Remember, that thing you said was a national treasure?"

He looks at it in shock that he would dare even hold something so valuable.

"B... but... but I..."

"Oh, just shut up and put it on would you!"

He reluctantly starts to put on the amulet as he stares at me with a puzzled look.

"Why do you want me to put this on so badly?" He asks as he puts it on.

"Oh no reason... you smelly old goat!"

I grab my father and launch him high into the air where he tumbles screaming into the pond, landing with a colossal splash. I almost hit the floor from laughing so hard.

I watch as my father struggles in the water. Can the guy not swim?! This causes more laughter to burst forth from my gut, thinking of my father sinking to the bottom of the pond. I'm not worried as he is not going to drown with that amulet. It's just funny thinking of him sitting at the bottom of the pond wondering how the hell he is going to get back up.

It turns out he figured it out quite quickly and erupted from the water, landing on his feet next to me, a look of anger in his eyes.

"What the fuck Christine!! You trying to kill me?!"

"Relax, that's why I had you put on that necklace." I respond still laughing.

My father, clearly annoyed just huffs and turns to face the pond he came from.

"Hey, I didn't say you can get out yet." I say as I push his back sending him flying back into the pond. Another round of belly aching laughter erupting from my gut.

My dad breeches the surface, raises a fist in the air and starts screaming at me.

"Gods dammit Christine! Knock that shit off!"

"Oh, relax would you! Swim around and clean off. The pond water has restorative properties. Bathe in it for a while then come back to the shore. I have some new gear for you."

My father swims around for quite some time, clearly enjoying the skill provided by the necklace, just as I had when I first obtained it. While he is enjoying himself, I set up a fire and bring out some meats I have stored away. I season the meats and begin cooking some fillets as well as what I found to be this planet's equivalent to a potato.

My father obviously smelled the cooking meat because he came flying out of the water. I couldn't tell if it was water falling off his face, or drool, but he looked like he was about to pounce on the meat while it was still raw.

"Hey, it's not ready yet!" I say to my soggy father as he approaches my cooking meal.

I blast him with my breeze spell for a while to dry him off, so he doesn't get water all over my campsite.

"Here, take off those shitty excuses for clothes and put these on." I say as I dig into a bag and pull out a set of the Beast Trackers gear I farmed from the first floor.

I have MUCH stronger gear he could use, but I thought it best to give him the bottom shelf shit so he doesn't rouse suspicion walking into Creshent or the Capitol city wearing epic or legendary gear that would quite literally make him rival the king himself. It's not like I worry that he would be hurt or anything, as that kind of gear would make him basically invincible to anyone attacking him. I'm just assuming he wouldn't want that kind of attention.

My father walks away out of my sight and strips off his clothes and puts on the new gear. I hear several mutterings of "Holy Shit!" come from somewhere behind me, obviously feeling himself get stronger by the gear's attributes as he puts on each new piece.

"By the Gods Christine! This gear is... this is..."

"It's nothing spectacular dad. That's the low-level shit I wore for quite a while down here. That stuff drops off the monsters on the first floor." I say to him, not really impressed with the gear as I once was.

"Low level shit..." he mutters with a look of disbelief.

"Christine, this gear is unbelievable! It's even superior to the gear I used to wear!"

I let out a laugh and pull the Legendary grade Labrys of Hephaestus out of the bag containing it. This axe is spectacular, as I used it for a majority of my time farming for years on the 4th floor to get my tails. I toss the massive axe to my father.

"Here, if you want to see what legendary gear is like, check that out."

My father catches the axe and immediately guffaws at the massive surge of strength that flows through him.

"Just so you know father, even that pales in comparison to some of the other gear I have." I say as I stand up, shifting myself into my Samurai armor he saw me briefly wearing before as I slaughtered the Ogre, my armor is now white with golden accents, having changed once I earned my ninth tail.

My tails appear behind me, and energy cracks the air as golden lightning strikes all around me. My Muramasa appears at my side, and I draw it, its blade glowing a brilliant violet color.

"This armor and sword are Mythical grade in quality. It's far superior to the legendary weapon you are holding. The armor you are wearing, what you are so amazed by, is only of rare quality. It would be just as effective against my attacks, as if you were butt naked."

I power down and sheathe my sword and shift myself back to my human form. I turn back to continue cooking our meal.

My father has fallen to his knees, seeing what my gear and power truely are. He could feel the power pounding into the core of his being in relentless waves. He has a look of utter defeat, pretty much the way I must have looked when I faced those 4 Archangels the first time. You just could not help but to submit to that kind of power.

Finishing up our meal, I put it on stone plates I made over the years. My father is still on the floor in a state of shock. I get up and walk over to him. I pick up the axe and put it back into my bag, then I help my father stand up.

"Common dad, let's eat. You will feel better I promise."

I lead him over to his plate and help him sit down. The smell of the meal somewhat snaps him out of his daze, and he begins eating. The yummy meal, obviously the only real meal he has had in years, brings color and a look of happiness to his face. I smile as I watch my father enjoy his food.