Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]Third Person POV23 Floor, Dungeon.

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  "You..." Lucius murmured, uo hide his surprise upon entering the Xeno that resembled the attack titan from 'Shingeki no Kyojin'. The creature before him was as bck as the deepest night, with an imposing presehat made the air arouo tremble. What surprised him most was not just the frightening appearance of the Xeno, but an unfortable sense of familiarity.

  Erebus, the newly arrived Xeno, studied Lucius with almost palpable i. "Yes, Lucius," he said with a voice that resonated like an echo from a deep abyss. "I remember you. We fought before, when I was just a wandering and untamable Goliath when you fought with me alone. Your victory was... transformative for me."

  Lucius found himself a bit odd with this, not just from the surprise, but from the revetion that their past fight had beealyst for the birth of a new xenos. The other Xenos watched in silence, equally intrigued by the ued e between the human and the dark creature before them.

  "Have you been reborn as a Xeno?" Lucius asked, trying to recile the beast he had faced before with the speaking and seemingly scious entity in front of him.

  Erebus nodded slowly, his eyes glowing with a light that wasn't there the st time Lucius saw him. "Death was not the end for me, but a new beginning. Here, among the Xenos, I found a unity and a purpose. But my transformation was... uhe energy I absorbed during ht with those falling crystals was the trigger for my evolution."

  Lyd intervened, looking at Erebus with a mix of caution and i. "He appeared among us a short while ago. His strength and his story are unusual, but he has demonstrated a willio coexist and learn, he has bee a good panion."

  Lucius was still processing the information, realizing the plexity of the world of Xenos and how his as had sequences he could never have imagined, just like his fight, where he had to opt for radical things to the point of modifying the eighteenth floor to survive and somehow that led to the birth of a new xenos. "So, what do you want now, Erebus?" he asked, his posture rigid, but his mind open to the possibilities.

  Erebus stepped forward, his stride like that of a titae him being only 5 meters now, it was heavier and more powerful than it seemed, the shadow he cast seemed to dand tort. "I want to uand what I have bee and what my pce is in this new and strange world. But I want to grow aronger, I want to fight with you again, Lucius, so I help bat greater threats, like the monster you and Lyd faced in the deep floors. Our previous fight showed me the power aermination of adventurers, I want to be like that too. Maybe I learn more from you, Lucius."

  Erebus's proposal left Lucius thoughtful. The idea of an old enemy being an ally was stra not without merit, even though he said he wao face him again. After all, the world was full of nuances, and the struggle for survival and uanding was on to all.

  Marie, still floating in her magical bubble, watched the se with an expression of wonder and . "Does this mean yoing to fight together?" she asked, her voice trembling with a mix of hope and fear, she hadn't seen the creature yet, but could feel the tension in Lucius in the air.

  Lucius looked at Erebus, then at Lyd and the other Xenos. "If Erebus is willing to fight by our side, then I am willing to accept his help. We all have a on danger and if we don't deal with it now, it be harmful both to adventurers and to Xenos."

  Erebus he decision in his eyes as firm as Lucius's determination. "The's face the eogether, not as enemies, but as allies in the fight against this powerful foe."

  And with those words, a new alliance began to form, many xenos looked on with approval.

  "That's good! I saw the monster and Lu-chi is right!" Lyd spoke to everyone.

  "I still think it's not a good idea to join with a human." Gros grumbled.

  "Stop being grumpy, Gros. Aren't you seeing that Lucius wants to join the fight too? This is our ce to fight for the first time alongside an adventurer!" Ray nded o Gros.

  "Lu-chi?" Lucius asked about the new niame given by the lizard.

  "Are you what they call a human?" Another xenos approached Lucius.

  As the group pted the newly formed alliah Erebus and the others in the middle of the cavern, a subtle but perceptible disturbance began to infiltrate the air. A sense of weight and an imposing presence approached, causing even Erebus to turn to identify the source. Without warning, a massive figure emerged from the shadows of the cave entrance as Erebus had done.

  It appeared as a formidable bck minotaur, with defined muscles and horns that reflected the little light of the enviro. Its eyes glowed with deep reition aermination, wito tless battles and challenges overe si was reborn. It was Asterius, the Xeno who was reborn after Bell defeated him.

  "Asterius!" Lyd excimed, a mix of resped surprise in his voice. "We didn't expect to see you so soon, just like Erebus, everyone decided to show up."

  Asterius stepped forward, his gaze moving from Lyd to Erebus, and finally nding on Lucius. "I felt a ge in the air," he said, his voice like distant thunder. "And it seems I have found the source of this u."

  Erebus faced Asterius firmly. "Asterius, you've finally arrived, it seems we have a new eo face, this is Lucius, the human who defeated me before I turned into a xenos like your dream."

  "You've finally found your champion..." He said calmly and looked at the human iion. "Tell me, human, do you know a human who looks like a rabbit, I dream of him every night about a battle between us, my dream is to find him so I have a rematch with him."

  "I know who you speak of, Asterius. I know him, his name is Bell el." Lucius spoke, there was no reason to hide this information from the xenos, they would meet anyway.

  "Bell el? you show me this human?" The Minotaur asked with a curious voice.

  "Yes, but that will have to wait a bit, we have some problems on the surfad we will have to resolve some things first. How about you meet him in a month, you will o train before meeting him anyway." Lucius imagihat Asterius is not as strong as in the fight against Bell, since he was a level 7 at that time.

  "I accept that, but tell me about the challenge you entered in the deep floors, I'm ied in it too." Asterius accepted Lucius's words and asked about the mohey faced.

  "That's very good, Asterius!" Lyd celebrated as other xenos.

  Marie looked at Asterius with obvious admiration. "You are so big and strong, just like Erebus!" she murmured, her voice filled with a mix of awe and curiosity.

  Asterius offered Marie a slight nod, a gesture nition and respect. "We all have our roles to py, little mermaid," he said. "My style is to fight alone, but if necessary, together, we are stronger."

  With the arrival of Asterius and Erebus and the alliah the other xenos, the group felt a new wave of determination and purpose for this challenge. Lucius and Lyd khat fighting the Juggernaut would not be easy, but with the group in front of them, their ces would be much greater.

  "Let's get ready for the fight then!" Lyd announced, and all the xenos made their own sounds with that.

  A small group of Xenos, with appearances resembling terrestrial creatures but with fantastic colors and characteristics, approached Lucius. One of them, simir to a white rabbit, looked up with big, bright eyes. "Human, is it true that you have vast green fields and skies that ge color?" he asked, his voice as soft as his appearance.

  Lucius smiled, surprised and delighted by the innoce of the question. "Yes, it's true. We have many pces on the surface with green fields and a sky that transforms from blue in the day to a starry bck at night."

  Several Xenos gathered around to listen, their gazes fixed on Lucius with a mix of amazement and dreaminess. A Xeno resembling a cat but with small translut wings tilted its head. "And the stars, are they as beautiful as they say? I once dreamed of the sky full of shiny little dots!"

  "They are the stars you spoke of, they are wonderful," Lucius replied, remembering the nights he spent looking up at the sky. "They shine like little lights guiding dreamers and travelers."

  A Xeno with skin that resembled autumn leaves approached, a bit shy. "Human, Lucius, do you think one day we might see that world too?"

  Lucius looked at the Xeno, sensing the depth of the question. "I hope so. Perhaps one day, when there is enough pead uandiween us, we share the beauty of both worlds."

  Lucius uood somewhat the weight of staying in this pce, uo i with many people because they would be treated as bloodthirsty monsters from the dungeon, a sad reality for them, but Lucius couldn't bme the adventurers for that, he just didn't like the families that tried to sell the xenos as sves and cage animals.

  "Do you really think we go to the surface together?" Lucius heard one of the xenos look at him with hope.

  Marie, floating nearby, smiled at Lucius. She approached a group of Xenos that seemed particurly ented with Lucius's idea. "Lucius helped me to fly," she said to them. "Maybe one day he help all of us too."

  " you make me fly too?!" The rabbit looked hopeful at Lucius, and the human mage cast his spell on him.

  "Hahahahaha! I fly!" The rabbit, ihe soap bubble, started ughing loudly and having fun with it while trying to swim in the air with Marie g for him.

  "I want to fly too!" Another one said, hoping Lucius would do the same for them.

  Lucius, moved by the joy and curiosity of the Xenos, began to weave his magic around them, and in an instant, several of them were floating in the air like joyful children. Laughter and cheerful versations filled the air as the Xenos flew, tinuing to ask questions and share their own stories and dreams.

  Surrounded by these fasating creatures, Lucius felt an ued e and a new determination. He realized that his fight was not just for his own survival but also for the ce of a future where Xenos and humans could explore and enjoy the beauty of their worlds together, not as enemies, but as friends and allies.

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