Not Good, Not Bad

I enter the room the Cerberus came from. It smells horrible and the girls decided I should explore it. I enter and quickly find the source of the smell. There's a large pile of shit in the corner. I turn away and look around. After a few minutes I find a small chest, about as tall as my knees. I open it and Observe the small toy motorcycle inside.

Tricksters Motorcycle, Legendary

This Motorcycle was created by a Lyna who loved Motorcycles. He wanted one he could drive, and then take, everywhere. So after years of work he made this. It's Enchanted with magic to be able to grow and shrink at the registered owners will. It uses mana as a fuel source. In order to be registered as the owner you need to Enchant it with your Mana Circuits, or blood.

I smile and store it away. I turn around and see Liz walking up to me.

"Hey Liz, enjoying the smell?" I ask. My nose adjusted to it, either that or I've lost my sense of smell.

"Oh it's lovely. We we're getting worried. Did you find anything. I nod and we start walking back when she notices the pile of shit. "Oh god." She says.

"I know it's disgusting, let's get out of here." I say but she stops me.

"No, not that. I can see something magical inside it. Their's an artifact inside." She says and I look to the pile.

"Well, have fun." I say and she immediately grabs me.

"Oh no you don't! This is for your guild. And tell me, if I die in the boss room because you brought me along, would you be fine knowing that my last act was digging through Cerberus poop for you?" She says and I sigh.

"Fine. But! I promise you Liz, you aren't going to die." I say and start walking to the pile. The smell gets worse, much worse, as I get closer. I get to the pile and, thanks to my horns, manage to find the exact location it's at. I take a deep breath and confirm that my claws are out. I shove my hand in and, after I get it down to the elbow, I reach the item. Even though I have my claws out, I still feel everything like it was my skin. I pull it out and immediately store it away. The poop that covered it falls to the ground and I do the same with my claws. The poop that was on my claws falls of and I sigh, relieved. I walk back to Liz and she's laughing.

"Did you have fun?" She asks and I flick her forehead. "Ow! Anyway was it worth it?"

"Let me check. I didn't want to be rights against the shit as I read it." I say before using Observe on the item in my inventory.

Cerberus Hammer Lvl 50, Mythical

This two handed hammer is made with Enchanted Steel that has been mixed with Cerberus's blood. This makes it incredibly strong and durable and gives the wielder a portion of it's raw strength. However the drawback is that you may not use magic while holding it. It deals 2500 Melee damage. Hidden Properties: give the wielder +75 STR and +50 AGI while equipped

"Well?" I hear Liz ask.

"Well, It's a Mythical hammer and deals more damage than my sword. But it prevents you from casting magic." I answer her and she sighs.

"Well, it's still good. You can sell it for lots, since a lot of Lyna prefer to use enhancement magic in a fight." Liz says and we start walking back to the others.

"Why is that? Also you keep what happened between us."

"No. And most Lyna don't want to deal with using magic up close like you do. It's not that they don't want to. They understand how beneficial it is, but it's much more complicated. Plus any good gear to boost both magic and strength always sucks when compared to ones that just boosts one of those. So it's more expensive and harder to pull off" she answers and we get to the others, who have gathered around the only doorway we can go through. We enter and Liz tells them what I did and found. They laugh and I see a familiar pool of water. We sit in it and Luna asks to see the hammer. I take it out and hold it. My horns, claws and boots tense up and just feel off. I feel my mana stop flowing around my circuits. Luna takes the hammer and shivers as my horns, claws and boots return to normal.

"This feels weird." Luna says while looking at the hammer in her hands.

"That's because a part of you that you've had since birth just vanished." Liz says, seeing Lunas magic disappear immediately. She hand me the hammer back and I store it away.

"That's interesting but what are we gonna do next?" Hino asks.

"We'll just have to fight the Floor Boss. We can't make a plan since it could be anything so we'll have to improvise." I say and Myla turns to me.

"Eric, I'm not trying to be mean or anything, okay? But how are you so calm right now? We could die soon and you're acting like it's normal." Myla says and I shrug before answering.

"Myla, ever since my magic came back, I've done nothing but improvise. First I had to fight Falvo, which was my first ever fight. Then I had to fight rats, but I was prepared that time. Then it was Ted, Barry and the Golden Devil. All my fights since getting my powers have been me improvising in life threatening situations. So yes, I am used to it." I answer and she looks at me worried. "Oh but don't worry I'm fine. If I didn't like it I wouldn't be doing it. And I do have my reasons." I continue and Myla, Hino and Luna snuggle up to me. I notice Liz scoots closer but doesn't join in. We stay like this in silence for a while. Then, when I see all our MP and HP are at max, I stand up. I hand out a piece of jerky to them all to help boost their regens and we open the door to the Floor Boss.