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I find that extremely hard to believe especially considering how connected some of their members are with Bell. They might suffer some casualties with there lower ranked members but them suffering losses bad enough to be considered wiped out is something that I highly doubt.

However, I can imagine someone telling people that there is no point to forming a rescue party as by the time they get to them they will probably be wiped out.

This is most likely lead Bell to try to get Syr to have her familia assist him in trying to rescue them. Now whether or not Syr agrees or not, is hard to guess but no matter what, I get the feeling that Bell will feel that he needs to help them no matter how dangerous it is.

Okay, so there is a stated procedure which the guild follows to deal with these things.

On a side note, when did the Freya Familia take care of the Bloodstained Troll? Given what I have seen of the Freya Familia they do not seem like they would follow guild orders unless they absolutely have too.

Like @Rigel31415 said it is a spin-off and you really should read the light novels for it. It helps lend an extra perspective to the events of the main story while going into some events that are not talked about in the main story.

I honestly think that it is a good series and worth a read.

@AP24 Doesn't the school district arc take up both volume 19 and 20 of the Light Novel or is Volume 20 a completely separate arc? So wouldn't that kind of spoil things for the non-Japanese people that read the novels.

@Hurricane951 The elevator idea sounds like a hail Mary move on the part of the guild. At least, that is what it seemed to me in volume 19. I get the feeling reading it that the god in charge of the guild is getting desperate for some reason.

Also, the construction of said elevator could take months to do safely.

The one thing that worries me about the fact that with the next volume the series will mark the beginning of the series' final arc (which will most likely carry on for multiple volumes), is what the author revealed about the strength of the Hera and Zeus Familias' captains in side material.

Given what has been said about the level of Hera's captain who remains unnamed. Them being unable to beat it implies the OEBD's strength to be at least at a certain level.

Given that, I fear that Bell even with his extra stats and his Agro Vesta attack he will fall short unless he can combine it with Ais' spirit magic to increase its attack power or when he levels up again he gets some kind of skill which buffs it.

Technically, combination attack using Ais' wind based spirit magic would actually make sense as wind would theoretically increase the heat of Bell's flames and the combination of the Argonaut Skill and her Avenger skill should further increase the damage output of the attack.

On a side note, if someone needs rescuing on the deep floors how long do you think that it would take for a runner to get from there to the surface to inform the others of the problem? And how long do you think it would take a group of adventurers to go all the way from the first floor of the dungeon to the deep floors at top speed given how large some of the floors are?

This is more to gauge opinions of it so far. But you can wait till the season is over to vote in the poll if you want. @Longhatruong

Personally, I am waiting for it to all come out then I want to binge watch it. That way I will get a better sense for how the season is as a whole. For now, I have not seen it.

@Gupnut I agree that no one would like the bleak ending that came to my mind but I doubt that they will like any BS ending that the author comes up with much better either. The author basically wrote themself into a corner with the whole in world time limit of a year.

The early volumes of this series were good but as time went on and things were mentioned in the side material like how strong the Zeus and Hestia familias' captains were, things started to go down hill. Now if he had not had said that the captains were those levels and the two familias were defeated than it would not be an issue but since the author stated it, that makes the problem worse.

There is one worrisome possible way that Bell could win but it would be a really bleak ending. If one of my earlier theories about the dungeon's true nature is correct. The theory being that the dungeon is actual part of the primordial goddess Tiamat who in Mesopotamian mythology was kill by the other gods and her body was cut in half. Half was used to create the heavens and the other half was used to create the earth.

In the mythology, she created monsters after her partner was killed. Sometimes she is depicted as a dragon or a sea serpent and other times as a woman.

If my theory from years back is correct and the dungeon is a part of Tiamat's body that holds her consciousness and power. Then they might be a way for them to win but it will require a heroic sacrifice.

If the corrupted spirits are in some ways an off shot of Tiamat's mind then it may be possible to bargain with her but the price would be a steep one. We have been hearing up until now how pure Bell's soul is. What if her condition for ending all of this requires Bell to offer up his very soul to her for her to use to decide the fate of the world on.

If she sees by looking at his soul that the world is worth preserving then the OEBD will cease its attack. But if it is not enough than she will have it devastate Orario and then the rest of the world.

In this way, Bell would be a hero that saved humanity. Not through violence but a noble and selfless sacrifice. He, who is only 14 years old, would willing give up everything he has to save everyone.

Yeah, the one year time limit is foolish but what is probably even worse is that the author seems to be sticking to it. According to an article on Anime News Network the author said that Volume 21 will be the start of the final arc.

Given what I know from the English releases so far, Bell does not seem in any sort of place to be able to finish things. I have a bad feeling about how the author might decide to end this series.

The story needs room to breathe and be fully fleshed out but the author seem to want to really stick to the whole one year thing.

Yeah, I usually avoid reading the summaries for the volumes. I just look for the release dates. I know that SO 13 just released or is about to release in English. It has been so long since SO 12 came out that I legit do not remember what was going on.

@InversePrime Thanks for the response. I am not into reading spoilers or doing something that spoils the reading experience for others so I had no clue about any of that.

However, that does not mean that I do not like to discuss what could potentially happen in the future but I do it with only the knowledge of where the series is in English.

@Gupnut I think I found out what he means. I was looking through the various pages for upcoming volumes of the MS and SO attached to this wiki and for SO 15 it mentions something but I am not sure where that information comes from as the thing is not even out in Japan yet.

Do you know who usually puts up information like that on the site?

@Gupnut I have no clue what @Emiya4578 is talking about. Can you clue me in? I have not been to this forum for several months.

@Emiya4578 There is a spoiler for something like this??? I do not keep up with the Japanese news for this. I only just finished reading Volume 19 of the main series in English. Is it from a credible source?

@Gupnut That what I am also hoping for but to do that may require the cooperation of the Loki Familia. I am sure if Bell undergoes a massive power up then even Loki will have to admit his usefulness to her familia. Although, I can imagine Hestia charging Loki a fee for using Bell on their expeditions because of how badly those two get along.

@Gupnut I do not think they have to go into explicit detail how of every training session goes. Just give a mention of how Bell and the others are doing very so often. It is more something that would be going on in the back ground while the story continues on.

That way we can have reason for Bell to Hestia Familia to technically combined forces with other familias hopefully Loki Familia to try and conquer the deep floors.

@Emiya4578 Ottar is not to fight Bell one on one. I believe I said that Ottar's use would be as a stand in for a monster rex for a once a week team coordination exercise. Just to make things more clear I edited the initial post.