Daniel gains some friends. After surviving the arena but missing out on the ticket ot the prize Dungeon, he's somewhat surprised to be summoned by the Adventurer's Guild headmaster who's has noticed how well his team fought, and had recommendations from his home town. Most notable of course was the continued and powerful healing Daniel's team had been receiving. In return for a somewhat nebulous concept of aiding the King if it's ever necessary, the team DAO get a bonus entry, plus the GM assigns them a Ranger and a Mage as these are obvious deficiencies in the team's composition, and the Dungeons only get harder from here. Now Daniel just has to forge the two newcomers into part of his team. Wisely he opts for some more expensive group training before they head in.... But even a week is not the same as fighting together for months.

The rest is a grind through the next new dungeon featuring embedded forts and starting to get slightly wiser orcs. The other local guilds are still interested in Daniel (and perhaps will make space for his friends). A degree of alliance is required to overcome the final obstacles, which doesn't come easy to either side. Daniel is still under leveled and under powered for the achievements he's attempting and it's a relief that he doesn't just get to win them all. ( )