Volume 10 Chapter 1 Part 9
Roxanne swayed to the side of it and dodged the attack. I immediately followed up with a Wind Magic attack to wipe the remaining monsters out.
「Miss Roxanne, were you trying to hold onto the Gumi Slime just now?」
「It looked like it.」
Once the battle was over, Sherry asked Roxanne about that. I was wondering if that swaying motion of hers just now was about that as well. On that note, how would something like that even work?
「Be careful not to get possessed by it, okay? In any case, I’m glad that that we can continue fighting the Gumi Slimes.」
「No, the preparatory action is too big. If you don’t even look away, you won’t get hit by that attack.」
That’s Roxanne for you.
「I-Is that so. Milia and Vesta, just be careful.」
「Let’s do it, desu.」
「I think we’re going to be alright.」
Aren’t these two too poisoned by Roxanne attitude?
I was surely trembling with fear, so maybe they were able to tell just by looking at me. Even when I asked Miria and Vesta who brought the Slime Starch back about it, their reaction was not what I was expecting.
What about me? I equip Durandal when I go out to the front lines, so I’m all good to go. No matter what happens, as long as I continue to swing Durandal around cutting down the enemy’s numbers while recovering my own HP and MP at the same time, we can win without any problems.
It would be bad if I was unable to move, but I don’t think I need to worry about it on this floor, since there’s no Green Caterpillars and their threads here on the twenty-third floor. The monsters here are a little stronger and it’s harder to move because of that, but otherwise it’s all good.
Have I become poisoned by Roxanne’s attitude as well? However, it’s true that as long as I have Durandal, I can fight while recovering at the same time so I will never lose.
「Next time, since the opponents are not very challenging, let’s get closer to the Boss Room.」
Roxanne turned back and guided us to the next group of monsters. It seems that she hasn’t given up on going to the Boss Room. She probably plans to enter the Boss Room as soon as I we finish fighting that next group of Gumi Slimes. In the worst case-scanario, she’ll go straight to the Boss Room and say, 「Oh, the Boss room is right here」.
It was a mistake to let Roxanne hold the map. They are a really bad combination.
「Oh.」
A Gumi Slime and a Clam Shell appear. No, certainly not. Was my thinking poisoned by Roxanne to such extent? Un, come to think of it, no. I had instructed her from the beginning to aim for a large groups. If I’m going to defeat them with area of effect magic anyway, then the more monsters, the better. So even if I feel that this number is small, it’s not like I’m being poisoned by Roxanne. There’s nothing wrong with me.
Since there are only two of them, Roxanne and Vesta will be their opponents in the vanguard.
Roxanne stood in front of Gumi Slime and Vesta stood in front of Clam Shell.No matter how much Gumi Slime attacks, there’s no need for Roxanne to be hitting it from the front. No sign of it. No. Are there any signs?
After all, Roxanne dodges the attack. For those who don’t know her, it will look like he’s about to be hit. But that monster doesn’t even realize that it was Roxanne’s cunning trap for it.
Vesta was also repelling Clam Shell’s attack. The one just now is repelled with a two two-handed sword and blown away. It was a strategy unique to the large and powerful Vesta.
And then, Miria, who got behind Gummi Slime, slammed her Estoc of Petrification into it. So petrification is also a matter of time. Should I have used 「Sandstorm」 instead of 「Water Storm」?
Well, I don’t know if petrification will activate or not. Until I can actually neutralize it, I should use Water Magic, which is Gummi Slime’s weakness, instead of Clam Shell’s weakness, which is Earth Magic.
「I did it, desu!」
But it did get petrified. Petrification happen, even if I had no guarantee that it would really happen. I wish I hadn’t just hit it so stupidly.
I switch to 「Sandstorm」. Shortly after switching, Clam Shell also collapsed.
「Hmm. It wasn’t a mistake to use Water Magic at first, was it?」
「That’s right. I think it’s natural to try to reduce the time spent fighting strong monsters.」
After cleaning up the Gumi Slime, I checked with Sherry, but she agreed with me.
Is it really okay? If the rational Sherry says this is fine, then this is probably fine. Do not trust in anything that cannot be relied upon.
「Then, please take us to the next group.」
「Yes. There are many opponents in this direction.」
「Over there, huh?」
When Roxanne led the way, it turned out to be a group of three Gumi Slimes and one Kettle Mermaid. I attack with 「Fire Storm」. The Kettle Mermaid is resistant to Water Magic, so unlike Clam Shells, which are resistant to Fire Magic, it’s nice to be able to use 「Fire Storm」on it instead.
I feel like it’s a matter of mood.
Four of them stood in a horizontal line and faced Roxanne and the others. Even if there are four opponents, there is no fluctuation in the vanguard’s formation. Is it to the extent where Miria can’t swing her Estoc of Petrification around? Even so, we steadily hunt down the monsters.
Ah! A magic circle appeared under the Gumi Slime.
「No need to cancel that「
「Roger!」
Sherry tried to cancel it, but Roxanne stopped her. Are you going to take it? It looks like it’s about finished, is that okay? The magic circle then disappears, and the Gumi Slime shoots out a ball of clay. Is it a single-target Spell?
Roxanne didn’t dodge it easily… but received it head-on instead.
Why?
「It doesn’t seem like a big deal.」
I think she took it on purpose, because she lightly dodged the following Gummi Slime attacks until they were defeated by my magic.
「Are you okay?」
「Yes, there is no problems. At this rate, I won’t even need any healing.」
When I asked that while taking care of her, Roxanne answered. Are you really okay though?
It really didn’t seem like anything, but I patched her up with one 「Heal」still.
「I see.」
「It was nothing, so I think it’s fine to switch to a Boss battle.」
Was that the purpose of her receiving that magic attack? She even said that it was not a big deal… Wait. Was she doing that just so that we could go fight the Boss battle? That… seems very likely. And since she’s not looking hurt or in pain, it really must have been nothing of a big deal.
Besides, I can’t wait forever for an area of effect magic to hit me directly.
「The problem is that it’s different from typical Attack Magic, but do you think it’s okay?」
「At least, we can rule out the possibility of it killing us in one hit. Assuming the worst-case scenario, we should be able to survive a few shots. I also doesn’t look like they’re using it that often. There are almost no problems on the twenty-third floor for us, and I think our prospects of fighting on the upper floors are looking pretty good.」
I asked Sherry for salvation, but Sherry seems to trust Roxanne’s assessment more. If Sherry says it’s okay, is it really okay?
In the case of Mages, there is almost no difference in power between single-target attack magic and area of effect attack magic. I wonder if it’s going to be the same for monsters?
Roxanne deliberately received single-target attack magic, but how should I judge it? Since it is a monster, it is possible that it possesses several types of magic, but until now, monsters had never done that.
Gumi Slime has at least two types of attack magic, single attack magic and area of effect attack magic. An area of effect magic can attack all enemies without fail. On top of that, if the power is also going to be high, it’s going to be like a rule-breaking move.
It can be considered that there is not much difference in power between single attack magic and area of effect magic. On top of that, Gumi Slime doesn’t really use area of effect magic, or at least never used it so far.
We should be okay here on the twenty third floor.
「However, I have only fought Gummi Slime with magic. Let’s fight with a sword once. After that, we’re going to go to the Floor Boss.」
「That’s true. Understood.」
Roxanne immediately understood what I was going for. She’s been doing her best, and will definitely do that for one more battle.
「A place with few Gumi Slimes, no, a place with more than two Gumi Slimes would be nice. Can you take us there?」
「It’s just on the other side across from the Boss Room.」
I was guided by Roxanne to our next destination, to a group of two Gummi Slimes and one Clam Shell. As for why there are two Gumi Slimes…
「Did it, desu.」
I wondered if this could happen. I was worried that they won’t get petrified by Miria and I would not be able to test Durandal against them, but it happened exactly as expected.
「It’s great that you petrified the troublesome Gumi Slime, Miria.」
「Did it, desu.」
I gave her a little compliment. Well, it’s certainly not bad though. Both Gummi Slimes were neutralized by Miria, it’s just that the battle took a long time. Was it a mistake to start the cleanup from the Clam Shell?
Umu. The theory to reduce the number of weak monsters first is a correct one after all.
「It wasn’t a tough fight, but fighting Gummi Slimes with a sword prolongs the battle time for certain.」
「Yes. I have no doubt about it.」
Sherry also acknowledges it. Gummi Slime that is resistant to physical attacks is definitely a formidable opponent for us.
「Then, should we go to the Boss battle?「
「If it’s Master and our Party then it’s a given.」
「Truly, the fights here are not tough at all. Actually, considering the number of days since entering the Labyrinth, I feel like it’s a little early, but realistically speaking there’s no point in procrastinating here. I think it would be better to go to the Boss battle.」
「Let’s do it, desu!」
「I think we should be alright.」
Even Sherry, my final ray of hope, turned against me.
With this, there will be no choice for us but to proceed to the Boss battle, and telling Roxanne to run away from Gummi Slime doesn’t seem like a good idea either.
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The author says that the magic circle is under the slime and it throws a mud ball.
The picture has the circle at the front of the smile and 3 mud balls being hurled.
The hell? Don’t the author and artist talk about such things?
And we already lost the little character that both Miria and Vesta had. From now on they both will be basically repeating “did it, desu” and “should be fine”. RIP.