Over the few hours, Draco busied himself with experiments on the firebird while occasionally sending out pulses of energy to che on his familia members fighting below.

  His curiosity had led him to try various approaches: gauging the firebird’s reas to his elemental and dragon energy, and even attempting to i its magic stoh his own energy.

  However, things didn’t go as pnned when he ied his elemental energy into the magic stone.

  A flict arose with the dungeon’s influence, resulting in micro-cracks f in the firebird’s magic stone.

  Fortunately, Draco realized the mistake in time, ensuring that the firebird survived. Yet, its gaze shifted from one of mischief to a lifeless stare.

  This ge was uandable; although it rimarily driven by instinct, the firebird was not devoid of intelligenbsp;

  It reized Draco as a dangerous being pying with its life and, g the means to retaliate and not uanding the cept of suicide, it could only remain still and await its fate.

  ‘Did I go too far?’ Draco pondered, the now docile firebird.

  “Sorry,” he apologized to the creature.

  He had not inteo push things this far, but his curiosity had taken over.

  Initially, he aimed to tame the firebird, but his thoughts had shifted toward the possibility of transf it into a Xenos, and it was at this point that his iions grew questionable.

  Turning his gaze downward from the treetops, Draco spotted a haggard Vasileios leaning against a tree, utterly exhausted.

  To Vasileios left y a pile of loot from the Gun Libellu’s and Lizardmen he had fought for hours.

  ‘That should be enough for today,’ Draco thought.

  Although Vasileios wasn't heavily injured, his stamina was nearly depleted, and he had run out of potions.

  Sending out another pulse of energy to che the rest of his familia, Draco sehat everyone else was also fatigued, though not as severely as Vasileios.

  He turned back to the firebird, pting what to do .

  Removing a monster from the dungeon was not a straightforward task; proper procedures o be followed with the guild.

  Moreover, he was unsure if the firebird was geamed.

  Despite its docile behaviour, there was no telling what it would do ohe day arrived.

  Suddenly, an idea sparked in Draind.

  He decided to seal all the entrances as to this se of the dungeon usih magibsp;

  Sino other adventurers frequehis area, he doubted his as would cause any trouble.

  High above, on the ceiling of the room, Draco carved out a small space for the firebird a it there.

  His familia would be farming excelia in that area for the week anyway, and the firebird was not an easy target for the monsters lurking nearby, allowing him ample time to focus on taming it.

  He alshat this would give him time to research the regutions surrounding tamed monsters in Orario.

  The motivation behind Draco’s as stemmed from a burgeoning idea: what if he could acquire a tamied skill with potent effeonsters?

  The thought of potentially taming a dragon from the dungeon’s deeper floors sent a thrill through him.

  Once he ehat everyone was ready, the Bahamut familia made their way back to the surfabsp;

  The quests they uook were general repeatable ones, so there was nenplete them as other adventurers were also engaged in simir activities.

  Most of the lucrative quests were located oh floor, an area Draco believed his familia was not yet prepared to tackle.

  Upon reag the surface, the Bahamut familia made a brief stop at the guild to sell their loot and drop quest items, before heading home, where their goddess, Bahamut, weled them with a warm meal.

  After dinner, everyone except Draco turned in early, exhausted from the day’s iy.

  Draco, however, remained awake a bit longer, p over the rules regarding tamed mohat he had acquired from the guild.

  The regutions ing magic-capable monsters, like the firebird, were particurly strict due to their potential to cause rge fires withiy if not handled properly.

  ‘Sigh, why do I keep adding to my list of problems?’ Draco thought, rubbing his tired eyes.

  He hadn’t fully sidered all the plications that came with taming a monster.

  Normally, this wouldn’t have been an issue, but he felt an ued attat to the firebird, even though it had only been a day sihey met.

  So he couldn’t just end it’s life so suddenly.

  ‘Well, there’s always the option of taming it and leaving it in the dungeon,’ he mused. ‘Or maybe I could iate something with the Ganesha familia. That might be a good way to establish a personal e with them.’ With that thought, Draco finally turned in for the night.

  ……………………………………………………………

  A week passed in what felt like the blink of an eye.

  During this time, Drad his familia had been hunting oh floor.

  The training regimen for his familia had been gruelling, as Draco had increased the difficulty each day, varying the areas and types of mohey faced.

  To prevent overw them, he decided to give everyone a day off today, of course, after they pleted their patrol routes, as agreed with the Astraea familia.

  Naturally, everyone was delighted with the day off; no one wao see the faces of Lizardmen, Bugbears, Battle Boars, or Mad Beetles again so soon.

  Throughout the week, Draco became somewhat sidetracked from pleting his first grimoire, instead fog oaming of the firebirds.

  His efforts met with minor success; he had attempted to usurp the dungeon’s influence over the firebirds by repg the source of their existeh his owal energy.

  However, he quickly realized such a feat was impossible.

  The essence of the firebird was bound to its magic stone, and there was no alternative to its existence; he could not recreate another firebird from just its magic stone.

  Draco sidered himself fortuo have captured two more firebirds, using one of them to test this theory.

  While he did not achieve everything he aimed for, he recalled that monsters could survive outside the dungeon’s magical influence, albeit at a diminished capacity.

  Utilizing this knowledge, Draao help two firebirds—one male and one female—transition from depending on the dungeon’s energy m to relying on the energy outside, as well as his own energy.

  At present, he was experimenting to determine if it ossible to ge their elemental affinities, but so far, he had made nress.

  heless, Draco felt a sense of te with his achievements, having successfully tamed two firebirds.

  Yet he remained doubtful that the same success would e easily with rger and stronger monsters.

  Currently, Draco was on his way to meet with the Ganesha familia’s captain, Shakuti Varma.

  He had requested the meeting three days prior through the Astraea familia, since he had no direct es with the Ganesha familia.

  Surprisingly, Shakti was willing to meet, which brought Draco to his curreination.

  He inteo iate with the Ganesha familia regarding his tamed firebirds, as he currently had no pce to house them.

  ‘Sigh, we really o establish a familia home soon, but this seems gay for some reason’ Draco thought, as he stared at the giant statue of Ganesha.

  The entrao the Ganesha familia home was at the crotch of the statue.