Arc Of Embodiment (Hiatus) - Chapter 49

-Danmachi-

The next day, Jaune was about to head back to Remnant so that he can bring the others to Orario, but then he saw a certain white rabbit enter the dungeon. Jaune wanted to see in which timeline he was on, was it the day that Bell would encounter the minotaur that would cover his entire body with blood, or is it after that or even before that, hence Jaune followed Bell.

The more Jaune followed Bell the more he knew that it was the start of the Danmachi series. Not long after Bell arrived in the Dungeon, Jaune felt a minotaur close by. And not a few seconds later, Bell encountered the minotaur and dashed trying to escape from it but it was fast enough to keep up with him even if the monster was big and bulky.

As Bell was running, he met a dead end, he turned back to see if the minotaur was close by and it was, it was just a few feet away from him. Bell backed up to get away from the minotaur, but he fell and he decided to curl up into a ball to protect himself. Now usually, this is where Ais would save Bell and get himself covered in blood, but Jaune interfered instead. The minotaur was about to hit Bell, but Jaune was able to stop the minotaur’s attack with a single finger.

When Bell saw this, he was amazed, he’s never seen anyone stop a minotaur’s attack with a single finger. Behind the minotaur was Ais Wallenstein approaching them to kill the minotaur, but Jaune was being mischievous. Jaune used Telekinesis to blow up the minotaur from the inside and direct the blood towards Ais who was prepared to kill the minotaur and was only a foot away and got covered in blood.

Jaune saw the look on Ais face and started laughing out loud. Bell was confused why he suddenly started laughing, but looking around he saw a girl not far from Jaune and was completely covered in blood, it was then it hit him that Jaune probably did that on purpose and was the reason why he was laughing.

Behind the blood-covered Ais Wallenstein were her party member, Lefiya Viridis, Tiona and Tione Hiryute, Bete Loga and Finn Deimne. Among Ais party members only Bete was angry at what Jaune did, he saw that it was no accident, he saw Jaune deliberately cover Ais in blood.

Bete was so angry that he was about to attack Jaune for what he did to Ais, but he was stopped by Finn, and that was luck on his part because if he did engage Jaune with extreme anger that he was feeling, Jaune wouldn’t have shown him any mercy.

What everything that happened Ais and her party member just left since they knew that it was their fault for allowing a minotaur to escape the lower floor during their return from a raid. Although everyone moved on from the incident, Bete has not, he was fuming at Jaune’s action, he wanted to teach Jaune a lesson.

Jaune on the other hand felt the anger of Bete being directed at him, but he didn’t have a care in the world, instead, he brought his attention towards Bell who was starting to get up from the ground after calming down from the fear he felt from being attacked by the minotaur.

“You okay, kid?” Jaune asked.

“I’m fine. My name’s Bell Cranel by the way,” Bell replied.

“Jaune Arc,” Jaune introduced himself.

“I suggest you return to the surface. You haven’t fully recovered from being attacked by the minotaur, it would be dangerous for you to remain here,” Jaune added before leaving.

Bell did as he was told and he was running towards the Guild with excitement. He was curious about who Jaune was since he’s never heard of him before, he wanted to ask his Guild advisor if she knew who he was.

When he arrived at the guild, he immediately looked for Eina Tulle. When Bell spotted Eina, he pulled her towards the benches to ask her a bunch of questions about Jaune.

Eina had no answer to any of Bell’s questions since she’s never heard of a Jaune Arc before. This disappointed Bell, he was curious as to what kind of person Jaune was, luckily for him, the conversation he had with Eina was overheard by Rose.

“Excuse me? I’m sorry if I’m intruding but I heard you speaking about a Jaune, might you be talking about Jaune Arc?” Rose said.

“Rose-san? You know of a Jaune Arc?” Eina asked.

“I do. He came here yesterday to ask for information about the dungeon and I was happy to oblige,” Rose said.

“Rose-san! Do you mind telling me what kind of person he is? I met him in the dungeon just a few minutes ago and he was amazing!” Bell asked with excitement.

“From what I can tell from talking to him…He seems very polite, very different from most adventurers with power. The other day a man confessed to me and I rejected him, he tried to release his frustration on Jaune but he got his ȧss kicked, and the man who confessed to me happens to be a Level 4,” Rose said.

“He’s so cool!” Bell said with admiration but Eina on the other hand was confused, didn’t Rose just said that Jaune’s never been to the dungeon before? Then how does he have the strength to beat a Level 4?

“Huh? Rose-san, how does this Jaune Arc have the strength to beat a Level 4 if he’s never been to the dungeon before?” Eina asked.

“I don’t know since I’ve only known him for a few hours,” Rose replied.

Back with Jaune, he was now returning to Remnant to bring the others here and explain how things work in this world, he especially needs to warn Ren, Fox and Yatsu about staying away from Amazoness since they are nothing but trouble.

-Remnant-

When Jaune arrived back at Remnant he had a file that consists of all the questions he asked Rose and her answer. There were multiple files enough for each person to have. Jaune made his way to the base and he called everyone so that he could brief them of the world of Danmachi.

The briefing took hours as Jaune had to answer every question they had, but eventually, they were ready to enter the world of Danmachi, but first Jaune told them the rules he has set for them while they are in Orario.

One: They are not allowed to wield any of their current weapons. Whether it be Crescent Rose or Storm Flower. None is allowed since those weapons are specially made to help them eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible. Therefore, Jaune made them give him their weapon and they were given a simple replacement weapon. For example, Crescent Rose was replaced with an Ordinary Scythe. Lambent Light was replaced with a regular Rapier. Ember Celica was replaced with an ordinary Fingerless glove. As firearms will not be allowed, Ren was given two swords that look like Kanshou and Bakuya without anything special. While Coco was given a glove just like Yang as she was capable of Close Combat.

Two: There will be no usage of Semblances since they are here to break their mortal shackles, that means that they have to push their body to the limit. Using semblances would just negate that reason since their body’s strength may be back to zero, but their aura and semblances aren’t. The usage of semblance is only allowed during Emergency, but Aura can be used at any time as they are replacements for armour.

Three: They are not allowed to head into the dungeon alone, they have to be in a party of three or more just like their team along with either Jaune or Koneko, otherwise they aren’t allowed as it would be too dangerous. If they reach a Level 2 equivalent, then they can be in a party of at least three without Koneko or Jaune, but they can only be allowed at a certain floor as a limitation since the lower the floor the more dangerous it is.

Four: They will be given a device that is connected to them and act like the Falna of a god and goddesses to allow them to absorb the energy of monsters they kill and it would also allow them to view their stats such as Strength, Endurance, Dexterity and Agility. Once they reach a level of SSS on a stat, they are allowed to ask Jaune for a reward. The first person to reach an SSS on a stat will have a higher reward than normal. Each stat won’t have any numerical value; therefore, they don’t have the exact value.

“Do you all understand the rules that I have set?” Jaune asked. And Ruby raised her hand.

“Why kind of reward are we talking about?” Ruby asked.

“Good question. When we arrive in Orario, you’ll all be responsible to feed yourself, therefore if you want to enjoy my cooking, you’ll have to gain a reward,” Jaune said.

“Uhm, Jaune? Can we ask for other rewards other than food?” Blake asked.

“Of course, the reward is up to you. You can even ask me to make a sequel to Ninja’s of Love as a reward, but when it is regarding special things such as magical abilities…etc, you’ll need to gain the special reward, although, a special reward can only be gained once per person, so choose carefully for what you want,” Jaune said.

This excited everyone.. But they knew Jaune made it this way to motivate them to break the shackles of their mortal body, nonetheless, they were still excited to go to another world that doesn’t resemble their world.