DanMachi: Starting with a Sword Soul Template

"The exact time of their appearance is not certain, but ever since we observed their existence and made contact with them, we have been providing them with assistance in the name of protection..."

In this hidden secret chamber, Ouranos narrated the intelligence regarding these Xenos.

"That's right, just as you are sheltering that dragon-girl. The goal of this mission is to send her back to her own kind..."

"Hestia, you and your Familia are their and our hope. Humans and monsters, you are the bridge for the coexistence of both..."

...

Dungeon Twentieth Floor.

At this time, the crystal lamps around had been turned on by the Xenos.

Lyd rubbed his aching chest, using his hands to break the ice freezing his companions one by one.

"You're being too troublesome."

Liam swung the Sloth in his hand. This time, the Selfless Sword Aura he released was still a white cold mist.

But this white cold mist, upon touching the ice, directly disintegrated and cracked it.

"What astonishing control!"

Lyd looked at Liam in surprise, "This little brother, what level are you now? You're not Lv6, are you?"

"Lv4, I just sublimated to Lv4 a few days ago."

At this moment, Lyd, Rei, and the other Xenos all looked at Liam in shock.

"Such astonishing strength, and he's only Lv4?"

Liam nodded, "I have no need to lie to you about my adventurer level. The reason I'm so strong is mainly because my talent, skills, and swordsmanship are relatively strong!

To put it bluntly, I can also be considered a swordsmanship genius."

"Just 'genius' can't describe your current strength."

Lyd wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead. In his hand was a bag of healing potions Liam had thrown over.

"This is too precious!"

"Take it. I think you all are in great need of this kind of thing."

Lyd bowed to Liam again gratefully, "Thank you so much. Then shall we shake hands? From now on, we are friends. Please take care of me."

Facing the lizardman's extended right hand with its sharp nails, he looked up at Lyd, who was taller than him.

Its mouth had sharp nails, and its body was very strong.

And it was a rare Lv5. It would definitely be a great hand at guarding the house.

"Please take care of me."

As Liam and Lyd shook hands, all the surrounding Xenos became excited.

Liam looked at these Xenos. The types of these Xenos were diverse. Even a purely shadow energy body type monster like a War Shadow existed.

Rei walked up to Wien, "Can you tell me your name?"

"Wien!"

Wien's face was red. Being looked at so gently by such a cute female compatriot, she was a little embarrassed.

"That's a good name. Nice to meet you, our new compatriot."

Rei extended her wing towards Wien, "No one will bully you here. We all welcome you."

Rei began to introduce them to Liam and the others.

"We are called Xenos. Although we are monsters, we all possess intelligence..."

Just as humans have numerous races, and in the end, numerous races unite to form a new collective.

And humans, along with races like pallums, elves, beastmen, etc., after a long period of exchange and integration, eventually evolved into the current Orario.

Liam thought, not to mention saving the world, at least befriending these Xenos could allow the Hestia Familia's strength to improve some more.

Subsequently, the Xenos, in order to entertain Liam and his group, directly started a banquet.

The Xenos' home-brewed wine, drinks, and various roasted vegetarian dishes.

Because of the characteristics of Dungeon monsters, they would turn into smoke upon death. And other meat ingredients were generally very scarce.

Seeing so many dishes but no meat, Liam thought for a moment.

Indeed, the main specialties of the entire Dungeon were monsters, and some ore veins and such.

Livestock industries like meat, eggs, and milk were very rare in the Dungeon.

Why did the thought of wanting to grow vegetables in the Dungeon suddenly arise?

Liam shook this ridiculous thought out of his head. He recalled the relevant mechanisms of the Dungeon.

"By the way, I noticed why there's no meat here?"

Lyd smiled awkwardly, "Meat is very rare in the Dungeon, on a completely different level from the number of plants."

Liam thought for a moment, "If you don't mind the meat of other monsters, you can eat it.

You can give it a try. For example, before a monster dies, cut off its limbs. These limbs should not turn into smoke and dissipate directly with the monster's death.

If they still dissipate, you can try to imprison the monster, and then cut off a part of its body for barbecue..."

"I remember that a monster's blood, after death, will not turn into smoke and dissipate. This blood can be collected and made into blood pudding, becoming a cooked dish..."

Liam's words made Lyd, Rei, and the others widen their eyes, and even their backs felt a little cold.

"Isn't this a bit cruel?"

Liam rubbed the head of Wien beside him, "But you are often hunted by monsters. In their eyes, you are also heretics and enemies.

So what's wrong with you eating the meat of your enemies?"

Liam's statement directly silenced these monsters.

According to his logic, it seemed there was nothing wrong with it.

Rei came over. She looked at Wien curiously, "Wien, how did you and Liam meet?

Wien, did you know? We Xenos dream of going to the surface. We dream of living carefree on the surface!

Even if we can only see the sun once, this life would be worth it..."

Things that Liam and his group took for granted were so precious to these Xenos, and even their lifelong dream.

...

Because of one meal, Liam and his group and these Xenos had drawn closer.

Gros was a stone dragon. Because of his experiences and personality, he was still very wary of Liam's group.

Purely because since his birth until now, the number of times he had been betrayed was really too many.

"Lyd, stop with these boring things. They are, after all, a mortal race. They can't be trusted!"

Lyd sighed, "Sorry, the situation on our side is also a bit complicated. Because we heard that a mortal race came here, everyone is very nervous.

We have been betrayed by the mortal races several times..."

Liam expressed his understanding. His gaze swept over Wien, Lyd, Rei, Gros, and the others.

"So, even so. Even if you have long been on guard against us mortals, are you willing to trust me one more time?

Let us cooperate?"

Lyd was clearly tempted. They, these Xenos, just wanted to go to the surface to live.

Of course, they didn't have to stay on the surface all the time.

For example, Lyd's wish was to be able to reach the surface once in this lifetime, and then he could die without regrets.

"Liam, what exactly is the cooperation you're talking about?"

Lyd looked at Liam excitedly. Rei's gaze looked at Liam eagerly.

The stone dragon Gros pretended to be indifferent, but he had long since pricked up his ears to listen carefully. These Xenos in the Dungeon, most of them were relatively simple and not very scheming types.

"Later, our Hestia Familia will, in the name of employment, let you become our company's employees.

Mainly engaged in logistics production, security protection, and other work."

Rei had a puzzled look on her face. Because she had never been to the surface, she didn't know what Liam meant by "company."

"You can think of a company as a tribe. Our side will provide housing, supplies, and legal protection.

As long as you are in the right, no one can bully you.

Even if it comes to blows, you have to let the other party make the first move."

Liam emphasized heavily, then his gaze looked into the distance.

Fels, wrapped in a black robe, appeared. He bowed to Liam and the others, "Good evening, everyone. I am Fels.

I just didn't expect your cooperation to be in this manner."

After Fels finished speaking, he took off his hood, revealing a skull. "First time meeting, I hope I didn't scare you."

"Then what is your attitude? Fels."

Fels hadn't expected Liam to be such a staunch pacifist. Although he and Ouranos were also trying their best to let monsters and humans develop peacefully.

But compared to Liam, their pace was indeed too slow.

"I didn't expect you to be such a staunch pacifist. If that's really the case, then I will personally help you as much as possible."

Liam smiled, "Then that's really great. So, everyone. I hope you can pack up and go to the surface with me.

Of course, I won't require all of you to go. At least a part of you will come to the surface with me first.

To see what the attitude of those people around you is towards you?"

The stone dragon Gros's mouth was wide open. Although he had a sullen face and a look of suspicion, he was actually very eager to go to the surface.

But his past painful experiences made him unwilling to trust other humans so easily.

"Liam! I won't trust you easily! So, I will lead a part of my compatriots to wait for you here!"

Liam nodded. He understood the meaning behind Gros's words.

"After your compatriots have settled down, I will come down to pick you up."

"I don't need you to pick me up!"

Liam smiled. He always felt that this guy Gros was the tsundere type.

The banquet ended, and Liam and the others began their return journey.

Wien, Lyd, Rei, and the female Xenos among them all chose to follow Liam to the surface this time.

This was a decision made after Lyd and Rei discussed it.

According to Liam's words, humans were clearly more likely to accept Xenos who were more similar to humans.

Then these monster girls, led by Wien and Rei, were clearly more easily accepted by the intelligent beings on the surface.

And after these monster girls gained recognition, then the completely alien-type Xenos could gradually come to the surface.

As long as they, these Xenos, abided by the law and acted according to the laws of the surface, as long as there was no trouble, as they became familiar with everyone, they would gradually be accepted by everyone.

Lyd had even prepared to hide secretly as soon as he reached the surface. If not for the fact that the strength of this first batch of Xenos was too weak.

Lyd would probably have held back from coming. After all, he himself was also an alien type.

Brawny, with sharp claws and teeth. For the timid surface creatures, perhaps just approaching would be terrifying.

Spider-girl, harpy, war shadow, fluffy griffin, magic rabbit, giant bull.

As long as they were Xenos that met Liam and Mikoto's aesthetic standards, they were basically in this batch.

The stone dragon Gros watched his compatriots go far away. Although he said he didn't want to go, his heart was still full of regret.

He looked at his compatriots beside him, Goblins, Orcs, and so on, all kinds of ugly-looking ones had stayed by his side.

After Liam and the others had gone far away, an unknown fire rose in Gros's heart.

He hadn't felt it before, but after knowing the human aesthetic standards.

Looking back at his own compatriots, especially this group beside him, he was angry no matter how he looked.

Why are these guys so ugly? I'm so angry!

He didn't know how much time had passed. Gros was leading the remaining compatriots to retreat when they suddenly heard a miserable cry.

"What's going on? No, I must go to the rescue!"

He was quite confident in his own strength, "You all follow my movements. We must rescue our compatriots as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

The many ugly and ferocious-looking Xenos all responded at this time.

Gros followed the sound of the miserable cry and arrived inside a certain cave. Then they saw a Siren bound by chains.

Her whole body was bloody, and her hands and feet were tied to a stone pillar with chains. It was clearly a member of Rei's clan.

"Run!"

The wounded young woman forcefully issued a warning, but her voice was much smaller.

"This trick really works. As expected, it can attract some companions. Then let's continue to use this trick next time."

Behind Gros and the others, the members of the Ikelos Familia surrounded them.

Although the members of the Ikelos Familia didn't do good deeds, their overall strength was very strong.

Their gazes were sizing up Gros and the others, "Just as I thought, a lot of them came.

It's just, why are these guys all so ugly?

I'm so angry. How much money can such ugly ones be sold for?"

"You're calling me ugly again!"

Gros was completely enraged. He directly approached the other party's leader and began to fight with all his might!

...

Inside the Guild's underground altar.

Hestia and Ouranos were still continuing their conversation.

"What on earth happened in the Dungeon? Do you know why those Xenos were born?"

"What do you think happens after a monster dies? The souls of our people return to the heavens and are then reborn in the mortal world.

So where do you think the souls of monsters go?"

Hestia already had an idea in her heart, "Could it be..."

"That's right. The souls of monsters return to the mother Labyrinth (Dungeon), and then are reborn in the depths of the Dungeon with a new look.

This is just my guess, but it's also something I'm convinced of.

After thousands of years and countless reincarnations, the accumulated wishes and attachments are changing the nature of the soul."

Ouranos's words clearly shocked Hestia. This kind of information, she had really never heard of before.

If it was true, then these monsters, at least these monsters that could be reincarnated, could also be considered to be on an equal footing with humans.

Ouranos continued to narrate, "Perhaps it is the strong yearning of the monsters, or the will of the Dungeon itself..."

(End of this chapter)

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