Is It Wrong For A Gamer To Be In The Dungeon? Familia Myth Of Zetta

"By the way Shine, you seemed distracted and restless in this past few days. . .Is there anything?" Astraea questioned.

"Zetta. . ." Sunshine Rhea answers. . .

"Oh you fell in love with---"

"I flatly disagree in that regards, its not him that I'm worried the most"

"Hoh, then who?"

"Goddess, you check his Falna and you confirmed he is only a level-3"

"uhhm hm" Astraea nodded

"And you never ask how he defeated the dragon?. . ."

"!?!?!?!?!"

"Forget killing the dragon then, but how let itself be killed by a mere level-3 when stronger ones failed to do so. . .isn't this sound suspicious?"

"R-right. . .now that you mentioned it, there's no way---" Astraea thinking clearly.

"Lets say he had the power in his arsenal to kill that dragon. . .but something is bothering me, as if there is something within him that let the dragon gamble its own life. . ."

"Please make it short and understandable. Why would let itself be killed again?"

"If my guess is correct, the whole Orario might be destroyed by none other than him. . ."

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At the same time inside the Orario. . .

"Captain, you returned!?"

"Cap. . .tain"

As Zetta's arrival inside the Antares Mansion, he saw his Familia's surprised face and seem a bit lonely and dismay as they saw their captain. He flashes through here as fast as possible as there is something thats been bothering him ever since. . .

"Goddess? where is she?"

Not saying a word of "I'm back", he kept his heart as hard as steel. Just their frantic expression alone and after seeing the forlorn face of his member telling him something is not right.

"That. . ."

Especially after he saw Rethusa's reaction, his heart pounded fast, enough to stop for a few seconds of beat, terror then crept out from the back of his body and shadows of worry filled his mind. His gut feel never fails him afteall. . .

"Where is she!?" with calm but coldblooded voice that could soffocate the girls, this time his voice is more like an animal growl.

"U-up, she's inside of Long Ran's room and look after her" realize that his goddess is in good health, he sigh im relief but then his eyes grew big—

"What. . .did you say!?"

Inside the room of Ran? and looking at her?

With that thought in mind, he hastily sprinted towards the said room.

Successively opening the door but was locked from the inside. Without a second thought. he pierce it with his own finger, grip them like that of a thin can and destroy as if nothing.

For the record, who reconstruct their mansion is the Goibniu Familia. And as second to Hephaestus Familia for being a reknown blacksmith in the Orario, this familia's second occupation is a construction-type Familia. And because of this that the [Antares Mansion]'s materials, from dust to spoon; are meticulously pick by the said God himself.

So the door Zetta just destroyed is the high rank wood-like metal from somewhere. Goibniu would cry his lungs out if he heard this news

Zetta without wasting any time, teleported behind his Goddess and look at his bedridden companion

Artemis is in terror noticing the man who destroys the door was her--- "Ze-Zetta-kun"

She startled but then cried, seeing his deity is alright Zetta immediately get ahold of the bedridden blood elf.

"Lets talk later my Goddess. For now—" as he saw his Familia member who he carried, realized her whole body are now transformed like that of a tree trunk. Bitting back his tears, he asks.

"Ran?" With soft voice, he princess carry her and leaped out of the room with her body---aside from her head---was covered in blanket.

CRACK——!

He felt it. everytime he move upward, Ran's body created a sound of--as if someone is slowly destroying a piece of dry leaves near his ears. . .tearing the blood elf apart

And as if the person in question; the snow white felt the same nostalgic sensation, Ran open her eyes even though it also transformed like her body but still saw him pretty clearly, her beloved captain. . .is here within her grasps.

"You're awake?"

While saying so, Zetta landed below ground and took off an orb of emerald glittered light while force himself to smile. But deep down inside, the seemingly unendless nails are stabbing his very heart.

But as the light itself covers her whole body as the orb destroyed at the same time, Zetta is at lost--because nothing happens--and franrically took off another orb out of his inventory "This time for sure" he muttered but---

"I felt it—captain. As if I energize, he he, you wanted to help me right? I sure know but this?. . .this is my fate" Ran's voice made him stop what he's doing.

The word 'fate'---

---Did Zetta from the back of his mind, heard the crystal cracking sound as the shadow-like hand slowly crawling behind his back, wanted to take him over.

But before his mind completely become desolated—a simple stroke coming from the girl from his embrace pulled him out from the like of that darkness, and light illuminate his mind overwhelming the former.

He felt like someone is scratching his cheek and felt ticklish, he wouldn't mind at all because he knew it was only a trunk-like hand of Ran who are slowly stroking his soft cheek.

"Eh he he I'm happy right now, captain"

"W-why so?" He clearly sensed it; in his throat theres something clearly stopping him from swallowing his own saliva—That the word he spew stutters in return.

"Nothing" but contrary to what he currently feels. The girl in front of him. The girl who want him to live. Has a big wide smile lookingvelated, as if she is the happiest girl in the world.

"W-why, why you are...still happy? I don't get it at all" he couldn't help but a drop of tears slowly coming out of his eyelids, asking the question as her reaction is too confusing in this situation.

She muttered a word. In which made him even more confused; happy seeing her smile, sad seeing her agonizing, lonely and any emotion that in a normal circ.u.mstances shouldn't be mix within. But alas, in his heart and mind, all of them are spiralling together, becoming one. . .

"ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

After that, the only remained in front of him, is the blanket, her clothings and the remains that hasn't yet to be lifted by the breeze.

Her captain, gritted his teeth, laugh aloud while huging an empty blanket as he grieve in silent but has dreary expression.

After Long Ran died within his own embrace as if she's only holding her life until seeing him as her final destination. Long Ran's body, peeled off and destroys like that of a dried leaves because of the 'seed' caused by the plant type Demi-Spirit, Revis.

He couldn't or even they(Airmid and Riveria) coudn't take it off away from her mortal body as it's already been sown the moment it latched, a disease is what according to Airmid.

The seed whose slowly crept inside her mortal body, transforming like that to a dry wood herself—she slowly losing her strength in the process, her lifespan; and during then that she's incurable.

She isn't cursed because if she really does. It still possible for Airmid and Riveria's synchronization heal to cure any cursed but alas, hers is a desease that noone know its end effect. A phenomenal disease that Airmid find it impossible to cure

And thanks to it that one of Zetta's life saving [Orb of Life] that cannot return Ran, who should have his last restort to return her back to her normal state—wasted in which, Ran herself stop his wail with simple c.a.r.e.s.s of his face; thanking him "so, this is what they called, Love"

Until she withers completely. . .

As he later learned that she cling at the very end waiting for his triumphant return against the dragon, but at the same time worried that he never get back before she completely return to dusts—made him even more heart broken

---thanks to [Fated to Perish] from dragon curse, did Long Ran's died just like this--- not even her corpse remained

Realizing that he still in the process of being cursed, he didn't look at his Goddess who came in who also witnessed all of what happens during; carrying by her hellhound and follows her two children—Zetta at the same time stands up and wiped off his tears and departed, directly straight towards the Loki Familia's [Twilight Manor].