It was good to finally have Serana back, but Damian still had to find the others! He was concerned about them, especially after hearing from Serana that the problem on Earth was legit!

"Do you have any clues as to where the others might be?" Damian asked.

"No idea... But we will find them, don't worry," Serana said, moving closer to Damian and laying her head on his shoulder.

They were inside the city near the vampire castle, but it was not a good place to be! The people there disliked vampires, and if they found out Damian was befriending one, they might try to attack Serana!

"We will leave by the morning," Damian said.

Now that he was finally reunited with Serana, he wanted a night alone with her, a special one, but that was impossible. They only had one room for all of them, and Damian did not want to attract too much attention while he was there in the city.

So they all slept in the same room, and when morning came, Damian, Frederic, and Serana left the city as quickly as possible, all three mounted on Raikono's back.

"Raikono, you are so cool! How did you end up with Damian?"

"We met and I couldn't let him and this old bones alone in this world. Look at them! They can barely protect themselves! I am surprised this old bones can still walk!"

"Oh, shut up Raikono. I practice exercises every day, okay?"

They were flying and talking with one another. Serana had just recently met Frederic and Raikono, and she enjoyed their company. The two would prove to be good additions to Dawn.

"We had so much work building our base just to get Earth itself destroyed..." Serana said.

"We will conquer Earth back, don't worry about it," Damian said.

He was not so confident in doing that, but losing hope was not something he would do.

"So where shall we go first?" Damian asked.

Serana did not know much about the tenth floor, and Frederic either, but Raikono had been living there for a while, and had a suggestion.

"There's a major city in this dungeon level. It is not a human settlement but a place for all races! I think that's the best location to gather information about your friends. Maybe draw their faces to put on posters or have people look for them!" Raikono said.

"A place like this exists? But who is ruling it? I mean, after all humans in Earth come to the dungeon, they are surely going to try to take this city," Damian said.

There were human settlements in the tenth floor before the accident that happened on Earth, but now the number of humans was a lot higher.

"I believe each race has one representative in the council table and they make the choices together," Raikono said.

A place open to all races, and the biggest city in the tenth floor. That was Damian's best shot, and he did not see any other reason not to go there.

"Lead the way, Raikono!"

Their journey to the city Raikono mentioned took an entire week! They had to stop to eat, rest, and get blood for Serana, who opted for animal blood as she did not want to hurt humans.

It was a far land, and Damian was starting to be sure that the tenth floor was indeed big! Some said it was bigger than Earth, but he did not believe it. That was before exploring it by himself!

"That's huge! It looks quite advanced!" Damian said the moment he saw the city.

The place was different from the human settlements scattered throughout the tenth floor. It was way more advanced, and it was massive!

Damian could tell that it was a place that had been there for a long time, unlike the human settlements that had been built recently.

"Let's go down and enter by the gate. We cannot go flying like crazy people here," Raikono said.

Their golden token from the Adventurer's Guild gave them some benefits, like passing through the line of people trying to enter the city. But even with that, they still had to be checked by the guards on the gate.

Two orcs, massive, with around three meters of height and a bulky body that was at least three times Damian's, or even more, were the ones taking care of the gate.

"Hello, adventurer," one of them said in the common language the creatures knew.

"Good day, officers. Can we pass through?" Damian said, showing them the golden token.historical

"A gold rank adventurer? Of course, go in! Enjoy your stay in our city!"

Damian and the others passed through the gate, and the first thing they saw was the packed streets, crowded with people! Humans, orcs, elves, dwarves, lizardmen, and many other races! It was a place where all of them got together!

There were many people screaming on the streets, selling their goods and services.

"I believe this is the perfect place to start something," Frederic said.

It was clear that Frederic wanted a place to stay for a while, not going everywhere without building a proper place. Now that humanity's home was the tenth floor, it was not a bad idea for Damian to have himself a new base for his organization, the Dawn.

"Do you wish to build some shops here, Frederic? We can sell potions, food, or equipment!" Damian said.

"I would love to!"

That was a nice thing to aim for the future, but what Damian needed at that point was to find any clues about his friends and father. Raikono was the one who suggested them to go to that city, Lemoria.

"We should go to the tavern. That's where you can find information," Raikono said.

With him leading the way, Damian passed through the crowded streets of Lemoria, stopping before a tavern.

It was a simple building made of wood with a falling sign on the front, and that did not make Damian feel great about it.

"Are you sure this decaying place is where we will find the information?" He asked.

"Don't judge it yet. Come, I have a friend here who can help us!" Raikono said.