Danmachi: the Great Devourer

C2: Orario

Word count = 1453 on 12/17/2023

(Beginning will be a short explanation on key terms for those unfamiliar with danmachi, such as Orario, gods, Falna and the various races. Then we resume story. Side Note2: Orario is gonna be bigger here than it's original version due to the extra bits i'm shoving in from Fate)

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Orario, otherwise known as the Labyrinth City Orario, is bustling city filled with thousands of people living in it and even more adventurers who live a dangerous life in exploring the vast dungeon underneath the city with the origin point being the Tower of Babel in the center of the city.

Gods have made their home in this city to try living out mortal-like lives to bring about a source of entertainment for their lives. There are currently 3 major familias or godly families in the city at this time period. There is the Freya Familia, which is considered the current strongest, with their goddess personally living at the top of the tower of Babel, whose main home and facilities are to the South. The Ganesha which is in control of the city security and defenses against outside and inside forces, managing order for the city. And finally the Loki familia, the 2nd strongest in Orario, regularly commit to deep dungeon dives to help elevate their members' strength to catch up and surpass Freya.

There are also countless other minor gods of various roles, medicine, craftsmanship, war, wine, lust, and the humans have long conformed to such beings and the basis of all these familias is the Falna. A divine blessing imprinted upon the back of mortals. be it humans, amazoness (variant humans), dwarves, elves, Chienthrope (beast folk), Pallums (halflings). By taking up the Falna, they gain the gods blessing, then by fighting in the dungeon, these brave adventurers acquire Excellia, which is a type of energy gained from slaying monsters, this Excellia is transformed into stat points for the adventurer, to augment their natural strength beyond their normal limits. This transformation is outlined as Levels with the default being 1 while the max assumed to be 10. With the closest ever being to this limit being the former members of the Zeus and Hera who fell apart during an ancient quest to slay the Legendary One-Eyed Black Dragon.

The powerhold which was maintained by Zeus and hera was split up by the many gods that are there now with Freya and Loki taking on the central stage but their position is shaky due to their aloof or carefree attitudes.

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Outside the city walls of a grand boisterous city is a city gate with a long line of people hoping to enter, many of which are merchants who hope to make a living, while others are various folk who wish to become adventurers and make a living through fighting in the dungeon. In the grassy plains just outside the laid out city gates, a young body with light blue hair and around 13 years old suddenly lifts his body. Nobody has actually noticed this person being there at all. Some have been there for an hour or so due to the long wait for others' paperwork to go through.

Many of these passerby's begin to whisper amongst themselves as the handsome young boy is not moving, just sitting there with a dazed expression. The situation ends up attracting the guards because of his mysterious appearance.

"Oh, kid, what are you doing here?" The heavily armored guard speaks up while glooming over the blue haired boy. The voice seems to snap the boy out of his daze as he turns to look at the guard before bobbing their head to the side (at an angle) before asking in a curious tone filled with confusion.

"Where am I?"

"HAAAAAA, kid, do you now know you're outside Orario?"

"What's an Orario? Is it a cookie?" The child asks in confusion.

"Alright, that's it, do you have any sort of ID on you? Any form of paperwork?" The guard asks in annoyance.

The child shakily lifts his arms to feel up the clothes on his body and inside one of them he finds an ID. He looks at it with a strange expression before handing it over to the guard who swipes it up to look at it.

"Axel Gram, born in Nortree village, that's a long distance away. Where are you parents"

"What are parents?" The young boy Axel questions as while he got a language pack from the obscure god to save his soul. He was not taught what certain words mean.

"Gods damn it, just get up and follow me, ill bring you to the guild, then you will be their problem." The boy gets up, still confused on what parents are, he is given back his ID while the guard gets someone to replace them from the ganesha family before they escort the child to the guild.

The boy looks in wonder at the vast city, the boisterous amount of people and the shining lights or bits of dialogue the people are having around him. He is like a kid at an amusement park and his own unique appearance garners the attention of quite a number of people. Amongst them is a beautiful silver haired beauty who is leisurely sitting in her home after quickly checking up on her familia. She could have simply gotten a report from her favored child Ottar but felt inquisitive today of all days and her nature paid off as she used her unique vision to witness the tangled colors that make up Axel's soul. She shuddered from witnessing the amalgamation that lies before her with a curious gaze at how such a unique soul came to be. She has no qualms against cracked souls as a few of her own children suffer from such conditions and use her as their anchors to not outright die.

Yet as Freya gazes at this wonderlust child, his cheek suddenly splits open, shooting out a bit of blood as she witnesses a strange pulse from his own soul that affects his physical body. A shimmering glow that appears to encircle his soul pulses as well and the wound suddenly heals to just leave a bloody cheek behind.

The guard didn't hear any popping from when Axel's cheek split open, as such, with the extra blood on his cheek, bystanders think that he is an abused child or perhaps even a criminal from outside. Various rumors spill out as they get out of reach of Folkvagnr. The murmurs from the crowd get loud enough that the guard finally notices the blood on Axel's cheek where they take out a handkerchief to clean it up while questioning.

"What happened, how did you get so bloody"

The boy simply shrugs while seemingly mindlessly saying, "I need a Falna to heal"

The guard cleans up the blood and stands back up while saying "A lot of people need a Falna for a variety of reasons, but I've never heard of someone needing it to heal. It doesnt work like that." The guard explains as they finally arrive at the tower of Babel after traveling for more than an hour. They enter the guild building which is just next door to the tower/dungeon entrance. They approach the counter to ask for an available representative.

The first person who comes forward is a short, young-looking girl with long white hair, she wears a simple size fitted suit with green ribbon around her neck. She wears a purple faux fur hat even though it's not cold at all. She offers a quick bow before speaking up.

"Hello, my name is Illya, I shall handle the situation here. May I know what the problem is?"

The guard explains how Axel suddenly appeared just outside the South gate and he was just sitting there before he dragged him inside for questioning. They provide Illya the ID as well for cross referencing and find no problem with his background except that he just appeared out of nowhere. As such, Illya asks him a question to try solve the issue.

"Well, his ID is real and he is right before us, alive and well, so there are no issues there but now the questions comes to, what do you wish to do mr. Axel?"

"I….I need a Falna, I have no requirements except to be able to grow stronger with it." He simply responds and at this moment, 2 cuts appear on his body. One on his forehead and the other on his right forearm. The Guard and girl watch this in shock while Axel himself seems to be unresponsive to this as the two wounds heal before their eyes.

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