Is it wrong to be an Elf in a Dungeon?

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3rd Pov

Chad quickly ordered everyone, and everyone started hunting the monsters, Ember quickly realized that while Chad tactics weren't anything impressive but were effective, as he was experienced. Bosh was to shield Mika who would use her fire magic to attack the monsters, and he would kill the monsters attacking him as well.

Aika was to fight in the front alongside, Chad and now Ember. Amalda and Newton were in the middle killing the monsters, Amalda used her arrows to kill the monster, and she had a dragger as well. While Newton used two long draggers to kill the monsters, the current monsters they were fighting was a horde of killer ants.

" Take this insect!", said Chad as he charged and slayed a Killer Ant, an arrow whizzed by his side killing another, Aika was using a sword as well and killed monsters together with Chad. But most impressive was Ember, as he nimbly dodged Killer Ant's attack and pierced it's skull with a thrust, then withdrawing, he slashed another one dead.

Anyone can see Ember wasn't a novice but rather experienced much more than Chad and others, as he could easily take multiple killer ants at a time."...O haze of Fire! Burn my enemies! Flame Burst!", finished Mika with her chant, and from the tip of her staff she unleashed a fiery hell on the ants, toasting them alive.

" Good job Mika!", said Aika seeing a portion of the horde of monsters being decimated, Bosh meanwhile finished a Killer Ant with his Heavy Sword, undoubtedly, he had the most strength and Endurance here. " These guys are troublesome", Newton grunted as he finished one with his draggers and jumped back evading other's attack, which next moment was pierced in its eye by a poison laced arrow making it shriek in pain and die.

" Amalda! I would need some assist!", said Chad and the Elf nodded, getting by his side she started chanting," O Spirits of Forest, Goddess of Healing! Grant mine request and heal the child of yer! Healing Glow!", she said and used the magic from her palm, casting it on Chad, his small injuries healed rapidly, and he looked more energized, then with a smirk he said," C'mon! You oversized Insects!" and charged at them.

Their hunt was going exceptionally well, when a sudden roar halted all of them." Quickly! Fall back!", Chad ordered in a grim tone, and everyone quickly withdrew, the Killer Ants started running away with their focus no longer on them. " What was that voice?", asked Ember as he realized others knew, Aika grinned," That was a Minotaur."

" Sir Tithonus, you don't need to worry, our party has taken down Minotaur before, however if there is more than one, we would have to run away, also don't try to fight in front, it will be suicide", Amalda quickly said, and he nodded, suddenly a figure came out of the greenery, it was a single minotaur with no equipment's. 

" Captain there are no other Minotaur's!", Newton shouted from atop a tree, hearing his words everyone grinned. " Aika! Amalda and Newton! Let's Distract the Minotaur! Bosh take Mika behind and let her chant her magic and recover!", Chad said then he looked at Ember," I have an attack Magic", Ember said, and he nodded," Then stay behind!", hearing his words Ember nodded and fall back with Mika and Bosh, while others started distracting the Minotaur.

' I see, they can't harm Minotaur with their strength, however Minotaurs outside the Dungeon are just as strong as a strong Level 1, thus they can be killed using Attack Magic, and from his tone, they intent to hand Multiple hits on it ', he thought quickly realizing their plan. Obviously, it had loopholes, and risk, in fact if not for the fact that their party consisted of brilliant adventurers, and had many members such a plan would have been a suicide.

Ember didn't fear the minotaur much, as he taken on stronger monster without his falna killing them with his magic, and now with his acquired magic he had no fear of Minotaur thus he began his chant,"O' Flames of Legends! Burn brighter than thy enemy! Turn them into cinders! Let their Ashes wash in your blue flames! Cremation! ", he unleashed the magic through a small magic staff, a huge torrent of blue flames suddenly struck the Minotaur.

It screamed hysterically as under everyone's eyes it burned to its death in a few seconds and fell down, turning into black particles and vanishing leaving a magic stone. By the time Mika hadn't even finished her magic, and due to shock, she froze, almost getting Ignis Fatuus if she hadn't canceled her magic in time.

" Am I dreaming? Normally it would have taken one or two hits from Aika's Magic to get wounded, and once Newton and Amalda had used poison arrows and darts, we would have slayed it after fighting for a while, but... It just took a single hit?!", exclaimed Bosh, he looked at Ember who realized he overestimated them.

' I see so that was their plan ', he realized, although Aika's magic can't kill the Minotaur, it can effectively burn somewhat of its thick hide, letting Newton and Amalda freely use their poisonous darts and arrows respectively, making it lethargic, and after then a few more arrows, magic, and some slashes would do the trick.

This was also a reason the party was willing to engage in battle with a fierce some Minotaur, as fighting against it will not provide them with excelia but also High-Ranking excelia, though not much if stacked it will be enough for their rank up. Everyone looked at him, and Ember said," I have learned congenital Magic, so my mind is larger than others, it was to be expected"

" Indeed! As a proud Elf! It is to be expected of Sir Tithonus!", Amalda said with a nod, pride evident in her voice. Mika looked at him with envy, she was considered talented, and her magic was the strongest Level 1 in Argon, only two Magicians and Sir Romblo had stronger Magic than her, so it hit her pride to see a magic comparable to Level 2 Magicians, casted by a Level 1 newbie Adventurer.

Chad, Aika and Bosh wanted to say something, but they remained silent, as Amalda kept on praising Tithonus, hint of jealousy flashed in Chad's eyes as he said," Stop Amalda, if not for us even if he has strong magic, he wouldn't have been able to kill the Minotaur, not to mention, he had literally stolen our excelia!"

Amalda stopped and stared at him displeased," Chad, you are just jealous of Sir Tithonus", she said, and Chad grunted. Newton looked at them silently, his eyes narrowing, and no one knew what was going on his mind. Ember frowned seeing them bickering, and he said," Miss Amalda while I am happy of your praise, it can't be denied it was because of everyone else, otherwise for a Level 1 as me, even if I have strong magic, chanting them in front of Minotaur is no easy task."

Hearing his words she nodded in understanding with a sigh, and everyone felt better. The hunt continued, they didn't encounter any strong monsters, however, Ember did encounter a few silverbacks which he swiftly disposed off using his magic. Everyone was clearly impressed with Ember, even Chad though he was most jealous. Finally, it was evening, and they returned to Argon.

" That will be 47,000 valis", said Bisha handing over the money in pouches. That much money was the monthly income of an average non-adventurer, showing how much it was. But the party consisted of several members, that's why the earning for every individual wasn't too much impressive. 

" Hmm, that is much more than yesterday", said Aika, and Mika said," Now it is to divide them", as she came forward and started counting the valis and separating them. " We have seven members including Sir Tithonus, which would mean around 6,714 for everyone, and few extra valis to Chad", said Amalda, Ember meanwhile thought,' I see they usually divide the valis into equal amount for everyone except Chad, who gets a few valis more.'

It was a smart strategy, as they often ended up in odd figures, they decided to give an extra few valis to Chad, not that they amounted to much, but this also prevented disputes from occurring as giving a few more valis to Chad, as he was their Leader. " Sir Tithonus, so what do you think about our party?", asked Mika, and everyone looked towards him.

" Well, I can go on with hunts with you at times, however I prefer to go solo even if it seems a bit dangerous", Ember said, whether it sounded arrogant to them or not was for them to decide. However, seeing they weren't reacting negatively, Ember considered it a win. Finally, they decided that they would hunt tomorrow again as a party.

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Ember Pov

I charged forward with swift steps, holding my sword I slashed splitting the head of the Kobold into two, and quickly turned around to thrust the sword through another. I stopped and looked at all the slayed Kobolds lying on the ground, some of them dissipated as their Magic stones were broken. " Good job team, Newton and Tithonus you guys take out the magic stones, while others will guard", said Chad.

It has been week since I had been hunting with this party, to be honest my relationship with Chad was still iffy but it was better than before. He had come to realize that I had no interest in Amalda, much to his relief. I sighed and sheathing my sword, I took a dragger from my small sheath on left. I had three sheaths strapped around my waist, one was for sword, another was for magic staff and last one was for a dragger and a pocket to hold magic stones.

I started dismembering the corpses and taking out whatever pitiful magic stones they have. Well they trusted me I guess, after all despite how it might seem, I can easily steal magic stones and they won't be able to blame me. Since checking an Elf is considered to be extremely rude and disrupting their privacy, giving such a task meant they trusted me.

Once I have finished taking out Magic stones, Amalda came," There is a horde of Orcs from approximately two hundred meters here", she said, it was a bit odd for her do scouting as it was Newton's job, but to be honest she was more effective. " How many they number?", asked Chad, another thing I have realized Chad wasn't the leader because he was impressive in leading and strongest.

Nah, he was the weakest here, he didn't have any magic or skills. Aika and Bosh were physically stronger than him, while Newton was faster than him, leave out Amalda who completely outclassed him in everything except strength. Mika had magic, the reason he was the leader as he was experienced and calm most of the times and bit brave, but yeah jealous and bit of insecure as well.

" Thirteen", she said, and we grinned. " I guess it is time to fuck those pigs", said Aika, no one commented on the use of her foul language, and we quickly discussed over our tactics. This time I was to fight in the frontlines with Aika and Bosh. We quickly arrived near the Orcs, and one roared as it smelled us.

" Get ready!", said Bosh as I took my stance, an arrow whizzed out of the top of a tree, piercing an Orc's head, it diverted their attention, and we charged. I quickly jumped and slashed through the Orc wounding it greatly, it cried in pain and turned towards me only to be finished by Aika. Bosh took a direct hit from an Orc, deflecting it using his robust shield, and he sliced the Orc's hand off with his great sword.

" Flame Burst!", rung the cry of Mika as her magic descended upon the Orcs heavily wounding them, taking the advantage of their injuries we started finishing them one by one, with Chad coming in the end to kill the last one which was heavily injured. " That was a good haul! We managed to kill a dozen orcs!", said Aika.

I sighed and looked at the scene, having a party surely made things easier and safer, well I changed my mind to party with them for so long to afford some funds to buy potions without danger. Now, the task was done it was time to return to solo hunting, till my funds run out and I party with them again.

After taking the magic stone from Orc and unexpectedly getting a loot drop, we returned to the guild and exchanged today's haul for ninety thousand valis. " Today's haul is great, we have been going on full force for last week, how about taking a rest?", suggested Bosh. " That's a good idea, we need to blow away the steam", nodded Newton.

" How about your plans Tithonus?", asked Aika, I pondered for a bit and said," I will return to my solo hunting, sorry but we won't be able to team up for a while", hearing my words caused her to sigh. " Well, I won't deny things had been safer with you, not only we gained an extra close combatant, we also have someone capable of Killing Level 2's if we were to encounter a strong monster", said Mika.

" Don't force him Mika, Tithonus' decision his own, not to mention he is pioneering to be a Magic Swordsman, and he will need solo experiences for that", said Amalda, after talking with them for a while and getting my share, I left. ' A party huh? It wasn't a bad experience ', I thought, I wasn't sad as it wasn't the last time I was going hunt with a party.

To be continued...

(A/N: I have the chapters stocked, yet due to me debating my life choices I forgot to upload them, I am even wondering if I should continue writing. Anyway, this time I will upload chaps straight for two weeks this time. Fr, Fr, I have the chaps stocked.

I hope you guys can get me on top 30)