Dungeon System Within DanMachi

Following traces of the battle soon they could hear voices...

??? : Where did it go??

??? : Search!!

??? : Don't let it escape from here!!

Finn and the rest were on their guard for anything that might happen and proceeded even slowly and with more caution...

According to what Seo told them, no matter who they find here or what they find they are simple to let it pass unless complications arise...

And that thing they are looking for was a living being which based on those hunting right now that was indeed the case...

However, stealing other's people prey is forbidden, which caused Finn to have a headache as he didn't know what complications Seo meant...

??? : Haaaa... Haa... Haaa...

He was snapped back to his thoughts when a running figure appeared in front of them and actually stumbled down letting out an almost human-like cry of pain...

??? : Ugh...!!!

It hurriedly raised its head and made everyone present gasp...

Finn : A Vouivre??

Tione : Since when do they have genders?

The Vouivre has amber eyes and long silver-blue hair with scales in several places on her body.

She also has a red stone in the centre of her forehead called Vouivre's Tear that is worth a great fortune when sold in the market.

What surprised them though was that the Vouivre was crying while she had numerous cuts...

Not only that but shaking in fear as well...

Finn immediately looked at Shiva who had a shocked expression and hurriedly connected the dots and bit his thumb...

??? : Hurry!! .

??? : I heard something from over there!!!

??? : Don't let it run and be seen by others!!

But as soon as she did that a firebird appeared and blocked her path before it spat a flamethrower at her making her cross her arms in defence and close her eyes...

But the intending burn never came as Shiva grabbed her suddenly and pulled her out of the way while the amazons ȧssaulted the bird before killing it...

As this floor has a forest-like theme, Shiva holding the Vouivre hurriedly climbed upwards in a tree with the bird's explosion as a cover...

??? : Damn it... It was only a firebird!!

??? : Did you hear anything running away from here...

Finn : Unfortunately no, Gran...

Finn : Do you have some problem that needs our ȧssistance??

Gran : It is a rare monster with speed as its speciality... It can't be you are suggesting to take our newfound prey???

Finn : It didn't cross my mind, furthermore I'm on a joint quest from Loki-sama and Hestia-sama, so I don't wish to deplete our fighting force...

Gran stayed quiet as he knew facing two families with one that crashed Apollo quite easily and the others being the strong family that currently is doesn't bode well with his plans...

??? : That won't be necessary Finn...

Finn : Dix...

Dix : As you have such an important Quest you shouldn't bother with us... Thanks though for the concern...

As they kept talking, Shiva was high enough on the trees with the Vouivre in his hands making her unable to move and make a sound...

At first, she tried to resist but Shiva was too strong but seeing that he was making her not make a sound as those guys that hunted her was below she stopped struggling...

Eventually, those that were searching for her left and only after a few more minutes of checking around them did they motioned Shiva to get down....