As the group made their way to the dungeon Yumi asked Nero "what are you doing?" a small peddle floating in his hand
"Trying to improve my control over my new power" Nero replied, the stop falling into his palm due to losing focus "I can tell this skill is going to take me a long time to be able to master so I'm trying to get as much training in as possible while we walk"
"A good mindset to have" Yumi nodded before turning to Rias "that armor suits you but isn't really something that is suitable for walking around town in, would you like me to teach you my technique that will allow you to equip it at will" she suggested
"Being given the chance to use shinobi techniques" Rias responded with glowing eyes "as a japanophile how could I refuse"
"How come you've never offered to teach me how to do that?" Nero complained as he tried to get the stone to float again
"My technique involves having a scroll firmly held by your body in order to use it" Yumi answered "me and Rias have the, ahem, correct body type to be able to hold the scroll in a secure place, you however do not have such a physique" blushing as she avoided Nero's gaze
"Ok, but what does that have to do with not teaching me?" Nero asked again
"For you to use this technique you would need to hold the scroll elsewere, and males have only one real place that fits the requirements for the technique to be able to be activated where it is held in place securely" Yumi replied, her gaze lowering to Nero's waist
"A place that can hold it securel.... oh, yeah you know what I'm fine not learning the technique" Nero panicked, covering his rear
"I thought so and that is why I never taught you this technique in the first place" Yumi giggled at Nero's reactions "I will teach you the technique once we get back tonight" she informed Rias
"I'm already looking forward to it" Rias smiled
As they got closer to the dungeon Nero was finding it more and more difficult to keep the pebble floating above his palm
"If you're getting tired maybe you should give it a rest for a while" Rias suggested, seeing Nero starting to struggle
"Yeah there's no reason to wear yourself out before we even get in the dungeon" Yumi added
"Exhaustion isn't the problem" Nero groaned
"Then what is?" Rias asked
"The amount of death glares that I'm getting is the problem, it's making it hard to concentrate" Nero sighed
"Death glares? I'm not sensing any" Yumi looked around
"That's because they're all aimed directly at me" Nero continued
"How come?" Rias quetioned with a teasing smile
"You really can't tell or are you just messing with me" Nero sighed "a level one guy like me with 2 beauties at my side, people will obviously be jealous" he pointed out, Yumi not being as bad due to not wearing her shinobi garb but still having a beautiful face and a body that couldn't be hidden even beneath casual clothes, but Rias wearing her armor really stood out from the crowd
"Oh, I normally keep to the shadows so I never really noticed" Yumi blushed
"Yeah because you naturally blend in even with your looks it wasn't so bad as you didn't draw as much attention Yumi" Nero sighed again "but Rias doesn't do that and as such peoples eyes are drawn over this way and as such they end up recognising that you are very attractive alongside Rias, and as such they hate me for being able to walk alongside both of you"
"Well get used to it, as if you keep summoning beauties like us you're going to be getting even more attention in the future" Rias teased as they finally made it into the dungeon
After making their way a short distance into the dungeon Rias found out the same problem that Nero had, the power of destruction was to much for monsters of this level and ended up destroying the whole monster, magic stone and all
"I know see why you needed all that training to control the power of destruction" Rias chuckled
"Yeah we need to head down quite a few more floors before we get to the point that monsters are able to either withstand the power of destruction, or are big enough so that you can take out the monster without accidentally hitting the magic stone" Nero chuckled having been through the same experience
"Then shall we make our way deeper?" Yumi suggested
"Let's do it" Nero agreed "we make for quite the good team, a magic caster at the back in Rias, a evasion tank in Yumi who can also deal good damage with her shinobi arts at the front, and me who can fufil a number of roles in the middle, able to help out where I'm needed"
"A true adventurers party" Rias smiled
The party slowly made their way down the floors, eventually reaching floor six where Yumi had stopped when she started diving into the dungeons
"Well this is where I started" Yumi informed Rias "we can either stop here or we can descend another floor to floor seven where I currently spend most of my time?"
"Another floor should be fine" Rias said "I still have plenty of magic reserves to be able to use my armor if necessary so we should be able to retreat if anything goes badly"
"Another floor it is then" Nero commented as he caught a war shadows attack with his guantleted hand, testing it against a monsters attack on each floor to check its defensive capabilities, with it currently not having a scratch on it "really wish I had a whole armor set like this, I'd be invincible" he chuckled to himself
Just then an ice spike shot past his face, impaling the frog shooter that had been getting ready to attack him from the side
"Don't lose your focus" Yumi told him with a seriuos but icy tone "even monsters on this floor could take you out if you're not careful"
"R-right" Nero replied, a drop of sweat forming on the side of his head as he channeled the power of destruction into his guantlet, destroying the war shadows fingers before delivering a blow to its main body, not having to worry about hitting its magic stone due to it being well known that the magic stone was located in its head, with it making up the glow that represented its eye
"Well then, shall we continue" Rias chimed in from the side as the group made their way to the stairs.