( Yuuki's POV )
When I arrived at the abyss I thought that this could be an extra dungeon within the dungeon, but we kept finding new floors and when we were around the fortieth floor there was no doubt that this was the real Orcus Great Dungeon, but that raised the question of what was on the 100th floor of the fake dungeon, perhaps a portal to the real dungeon because surviving the jump from Behemoth's bridge was less than a guarantee even for the inhabitants of this world.
The skills and materials I had collected were top notch, and it seemed like we weren't going to find anything better than crystal on the first floor which wasn't bad at all, but that changed when we reached the 50th floor, there in the middle of the dangerous beasts we found some giant double doors, which had two giant statues that seemed to be protecting the place.
Yumina: This looks out of place, it feels like this place is holding a great treasure.
Yumina was right, something inside me was telling me, was screaming at me that a great treasure was waiting for me on the other side of those doors and that I had to take it, I reached out my hand but before I could open the doors a red lightning bolt hit my hand, although that wasn't going to stop me.
I threw my fist back to blast the door open and at that moment the giant statues began to come to life, someone really didn't want us to take what was in here, the statues tried to crush me but the girls had my back.
The two girls jumped to the level of the living statues, and they decapitated the guardians, Tsukiumi using her sword and Yumina using her tail in her dragonewt form, then I burst the door open with my fist, on the other side of the doors there was mostly a dark room but what was visible was a giant cube of an unknown black material and a blonde-haired girl with half her body buried in that cube.
The girl opened her wide eyes in surprise at our sudden appearance, I felt a strange attraction to the girl and I began to walk forward, the girl seemed to have trouble finding the words to use, and when she composed her nerves what came out of her mouth was her pure and honest wish.
???: Please... Save me.
I stopped when I heard her words and then put on a smile.
Yuuki: That's what I do.
I put my hands on the cube that was containing the girl, our faces were very close and when I looked into her eyes I detected that she was also of royal blood.
I used my transmutation to free the girl, the strange cube was putting up a lot of resistance but that didn't stop me, soon the girl was free and she fell into my arms.
For some reason the girl was naked so I took out a Sekirei Haori from my storage and used it to cover the girl, then I carried her back to the entrance of the room.
???: ...thank you.
The girl thanked me in a weak voice, but we hadn't completely escaped, I felt an enemy falling upon us so I moved at high speed and I handed the mysterious girl to Tsukiumi.
I turned around and a creature like a giant scorpion with two stingers crashed in front of me, I could feel the mysterious girl's gaze on my back so without turning around I gave her a thumbs up and the battle began.
The scorpion released an endless number of metal needles, one of the first skills I had acquired was [wind claw] and that combined with my magic increased its power considerably.
I created a wall of wind with a swing of my hand and all the needles that flew towards me were blocked, then I used my petrifying gaze But turning good materials into simple stone was something that went against me on a deep level so I was using my gaze to paralyze instead of petrify and that stopped the giant scorpion in its tracks.
Then I activated my [lightning body] that had been reinforced with the [lightning clad] skill, I appeared in front of the scorpion and threw a powerful punch at the creature's head, His defense was somewhat impressive but not enough to stop me, my blow was lightning bolts in front that left a hole from one end of the beast to the other and that was the end of the beast.
I walked to leave the room, still alert for any other defense mechanism but it seems that was the last one, I hadn't hesitated to save the girl but she was a complete mystery so when we left the room that was the girl's prison, we sat by a campfire to talk.
Yuuki: Well, this was an interesting first meeting, but I think introductions are necessary, my Kurokawa B. Yuuki, what is yours?.
???: A name... You give me one.
Yumina: Have you never had a name?
???: My old name... I don't need it.
Looking at the girl as she made her strange request, a name immediately came to mind.
Yuuki: Yue, what do you think of that name?
Yue: Yue... um, I like it.
Tsukiumi: So Yue, can you tell us how you ended up here?
Yuuki: If it's not too difficult to talk about.
Yue: I don't mind telling you, I used to be the queen of the vampires, with my powerful magic I did a lot for my kingdom... but I was betrayed, my uncle one day told me that I was no longer needed and he took over my throne.
Yuuki: Vampire queen? Vampires have been extinct for hundreds of years.
Yue: um all that time has passed, it's hard to measure time in that place, well it's not like I have a place to return to anyway.
Yuuki: you have us.
Yue looked at me surprised upon hearing my words and she stared at me trying to see if I was serious.
Yuuki: Why the surprise, you were the one who asked for help, you didn't think we were just going to leave you here.