Draco sighed, ping the bridge of his nose in mild annoyance as he watched the boys' antibsp;

  "These boys..." he muttered under his breath.

  Vasiliki doubled over, howling with ughter as she poi Michalis, who was still sprawled on the floor.

  "Pfff, hahaha!" she cackled, her sides heaving.

  Michalis, already in a foul mood, scowled darkly as Vasiliki's uproarious ughter only served to exacerbate his irritation.

  Dimitra eyed Michalis ptively, but ultimately decided against saying anything, choosing to remain silent.

  Nikoos, oher hand, felt a twinge of stupidity for having ed himself with Vasileios' earlier antibsp;

  He had no iion of wasting his time on Michalis, who had pulled the same stunt as Vasileios, nearly succeeding in his endeavour.

  Dimitra hadn't initially po steal Vasileios' spot, but whehe tussle between Michalis, Nikoos, and Vasileios, the idea took root in her mind.

  It was supposed to be a fleeting, mildly amusing thought, but before she could fully process it, her body had already moved, and she found herself standing within Bahamut's room.

  'Sigh, to think I couldn't resist the temptation,' Dimitra briefly mented, but quickly pushed the thought aside, her expression resolute.

  She strode past Michalis, approag Drad handing over her status sheet.

  "I only had three options, but I believe I've chosen the best one," Dimitra said, her voice filled with fidence.

  When Bahamut had updated her status board, she had beeed with three development ability choices: Hunter, Abnormal Resistance, and Steady Hands.

  The first two were certaiig, but the st one had an intriguing effect that she found herself uo resist.

  Steady Hands was a skill that allowed the user to ignore all ive physical ditions and boost their focus by a certain amount for 30 seds when wielding a bow.

  Dimitra had initially hoped for some kind of damage-boosting skill for her arrows, as her strength heavily relied on the durability and potency of her projectiles, as well as her strength aerity stats.

  While those physical attributes could be improved through training and farming excelia, if her arrows couldn't withstand her own strength or effectively pierce the defences of her targets, it would all be for naught.

  Upgrading her arrows with more durable materials tion, but that meant spending money, which would bee increasingly problematic the deeper she ventured into the dungeon, where the monsters grew ever stronger, ating even more powerful and costly arrows.

  sidering the long-term implications, Dimitra realized that she would eventually reach a point where she would have to spend as much as she earned from the dungeon just to maintain her arrow arsenal.

  This realization had plunged her into a difficult dilemma wheed with her limited options.

  Through the process of elimination, Dimitra had settled oeady Hands skill.

  She could immediately see the utility it would provide, especially in sticky situations where her focus and precision would be paramount.

  For now, she would mah her other damage-dealing abilities, but she hoped to eventually acquire the skill she truly desired.

  As Draspected Dimitra's status sheet, he was satisfied with her stats.

  Like the others, they were not maxed out, but they were at admirably high levels.

  Her choice of skill was also a sound one, and she was one of the few whose decision Draco did not feel the o question further.

  Dimitra was a sensible young girl, one of the few in the familia who didn't cause Drauch trouble.

  As he reviewed her status sheet for a sed time, he nodded in approval.

  "Hmm, a very good choice," he remarked.

  Dimitra responded with a small, grateful smile.

  "Thank you," she said, her voiposed as she turo take a seat, waiting patiently for the others to finish updating their own status boards.

  …………………………………………………………………………..

  Meanwhile, Vasileios, who was in Bahamut's room, was feeling rather weird.

  'Damn Michalis, he almost tricked me. I was kind of worried because he was o the door, but good thing I acted first. However, did I hit him too hard? The sound of his fall seemed quite loud,' he thought in , as he pced an ear against the door to hear the others' rea.

  Thump!

  Bahamut, seeing Vasileios eavesdropping on the versatioweeher familia members outside the room, threillow at his fabsp;

  "Stop doing such a silly thing and e y down now," she said.

  "Oh, sorry," Vasileios apologized, a bit embarrassed by his as.

  He had almost fotten the reason he had rushed into the room.

  Following Bahamut's instrus, Vasileios took off his shirt and id down on the bed.

  Bahamut immediately began the process of his level up.

  Vasileios really wanted an offeype skill for his development ability, as all his skills were either utility-based or defensive in nature.

  He wa least one skill that was pletely offensive.

  After Bahamut gave him his status sheet, Vasileios resented with four choices for his development ability: Hunter, Abnormal Resistance, Revenge ter, and Deep Reserves.

  Vasileios immediately elimihe Hunter skill because it only boosted abilities against monsters he had faced before, and he didn't currently have any offensive skills to boost.

  The skill could also boost his defensive and utility skills, but he found a skill that seemed a bit better.

  Revenge ter, acc to its description, was a skill that reflected back a small portion of the damage dealt to him while blog a frontal attack with a shield.

  It was the only skill among the options that offered some form of damage.

  Vasileios didn't mind that it only worked with frontal attacks, but he was a bit worried about what "small portio in the skill description – that part was a bit too vague for him.

  Vasileios didn't sider choosing Abnormal Resista because Draco had told them that it wasn't useful to them until the 19th floor and beyond.

  Additionally, they khe ditions required to acquire the skill again during their level up.

  The st option, Deep Reserves, ehe user tee stamina faster when it was very low.

  It was also a tempting option, but he felt as though he could replicate the ditions to reacquire this skill.

  After sidering his options for a bit, Vasileios ended up choosing Revenge ter as his ability.

  It was simply the only skill whose ditions to acquire he didn't know how to replicate.

  His thought process for choosing a skill was simple - First, was the skill currently useful?, Could its requirements to acquire be easily replicated?, Lastly, what was it potential frowth?.

  With Revenge ter chosen, Bahamut pleted his level up, and now Vasileios was a level 2 adventurer.