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Volume 11 Chapter 1 Part 4

「Well, this time, there were only three of the enemies present, so that was to be expected.」

This time the battle has ended prematurely because of Miria and her petrification, so we should probably wait with the final verdict until we’ll be able to fight an entire group of them properly.

「Ah, that’s right. There should be a large herd of Beep Sheep just a little further away, so what do you want to do, master?」

「For the time being, we can go back to the 36th floor and have ourselves another Floor Boss battle.」

I hurriedly proposed returning to the lower floor to avoid fighting with the bigger crowds of stronger monsters.

To put it simply, I won’t allow myself to be fooled by Roxanne, who would definitely guide us to a group of six monsters at once this time.

And after the Floor Boss battle on the 36th floor, we exited it and went back to the 37th floor again.

「The enemy from earlier is approaching.」

Roxanne announced happily and moved forward.

So after all my efforts, this is how it’s going to end up after all? Well, we just have to remain careful and bait the enemies to us one by one and we should make it just fine.

And soon after Roxanne made her announcement, a group of six monsters appeared before us after all.

There is even a Drive Dragon among them, a foul bastard of a monster with resistances against all types of magic. I thought that this was going to spell trouble for us, but…

「I did it!, desu!」

There was only one, so it worked out somehow when Miria managed to petrify it. Or rather, she made sure that it would be eliminated first.

「Well, looks like we somehow managed to defeat even six enemies without much difficulty.」

「As expected of you, Master.」

To tell the truth, I thought that we were going to have much more trouble fighting against a group of six enemies at once, but thankfully it wasn’t as bad as I have anticipated it to be. And on top of that, I also learned that even with that many enemies, Roxanne was still able to dodge their attacks, but I noticed that she had some slight difficulties due to the amount of attacks.

Everything worked out for us in the end, but if you asked me, then I would say that it only barely worked out.

But exactly because of that barely, we need to be even more careful than ever.

「But the battle time has definitely become longer.」

「Still, if it’s only at this level, we shouldn’t have much trouble.」

It seems that it wasn’t to the extent that was enough to make Roxanne feel worried about our well-being. She even looks like she liked that encounter. And if she took a liking to these monsters, then that means that we are in a very real danger of death.

「I guess so. Well, it can’t be helped. And even fi tha battle against that many enemies does take longer, we should gradually get used to it the more we’re going to be fighting such groups of enemies.」
Sherry arrived at a conclusion that was pretty much similar to Roxanne’s statement.

Well, if Sherry says so, then I guess getting used to fighting more enemies over time must be a standard thing that happens in this world.

Because this world is full of monsters after all.

「Let’s do it, desu!」

「I think we are going to be alright.」

Miria and Vesta said the same things as ever, which once again made me wish that these two could have a little more going on in the danger sensing department.

「Shall we go back to the 36th floor now?」

Since there doesn’t seem to be any more monsters nearby, I suggested going back once more. That way, even if the battles against the Floor Boss of the 36th floor are going to be repeated instead of us going deeper into the 37th floor.

When we defeated the Floor Boss and got out on the 37th floor again, the enemy that we had to fight was once again the Drive Dragon that has resistances to all types of magic.
Although it is troublesome to fight by default, it doesn’t appear all that often, and when it does it’s usually by itself, so we managed fighting against it with Miria’s petrification.

When the drive Dragon is not making an appearance, our opponents are the Beep Sheep that we are able to defeat before they get the chance to use their Skills properly, so no one from my Party got put to sleep, but that also means that we didn’t get a chance to try the Warning Sticks.

We have fought many Beep Sheep, but none of them were using their Skill very frequently. But when one of them is going to finally use it on us, I wonder if it is going to be something on the same level as my Attack Magic?

I’m sure that I’ll get showered with it eventually, but for the time being there’s no need for me to be worrying about it all that much I guess.

Milia manages to proc the petrification effect of her sword quite often, even without me using the Skill that resists the enemy’s resistance to status ailment attacks.

Since we’re fighting against Deep Sheep so much now, then maybe we should get ourselves something that would increase our resistance against the sleep status ailment? Nah, I guess that even if we did get our hands on it, the difference would be too minimal to notice, so spending precious time to get it would be silly.

If I don’t want to get swayed by my own heart like a demon, I have to focus entirely on hunting monsters. Do just that, without thinking about anything else. Just think about that and clear your mind.

Be like a still surface of a lake, or a clear mirror that’s not thinking about anything unnecessary.

Actually, the battle against the Floor Boss of the 36th floor was the main event for today, and we didn’t engage in that many fights on the 37th floor, and when we did, we didn’t bump into that many problems.

Don’t think about it, just fight mindlessly. Such a mindset was enough to get me through the day until lunch, but thinking about tomorrow made me anxious at night, to the point where I couldn’t sleep all night because of this, and also such meaningless questions like how were the people able to transport the subway train cars underground so that they could ride there.

Luckily enough, I have enough things on my plate to keep me occupied, so I don’t have to think about such things for too long. I just have to feel.

However, the next day has presented me with the real problem.

「Looks like we still have some ways to go.」

Roxanne said so after we concluded our battle against a group of monsters on the 38th floor. What I understood from her words is that she’s going to try to push us to do battle against the Floor Boss of the 38th floor tomorrow.

「The overall time of the battles has gotten even longer once more. Are you sure we’re fine with that?」

「No, no. I still feel fine, so I can keep going.」

「Well, I don’t feel exhausted or in pain either.」

In addition to Roxanne, even Sherry was saying outrageous things like that.

「Let’s do it, desu!」

「I think that we are going to be alright.」

I didn’t expect any kind of different answer from these two.

Well, even though the time needed for us to win a battle with monsters got longer, that meant that Miria got more chances to properly apply petrification to our enemies, and whenever we encountered a large one that would tower above most of us, that was when Vesta was coming in to reliably take care of such threats to us with her own imposing height, so I guess I cannot really blame them for being so nonchalant all the time.

The only choice that I have left now is to fight without thinking.
I have to be empty-minded, clear-headed, uncluttered, spacious like an enclosure of a castle, my spirit unbound from the definitions of what is sacred and what is not.

We went back to repeat the battle against the Floor Boss of the 37th floor, but before getting to it we went out of our way to fight against more Beep Sheep, which were now as dangerous as the small fry to us.

We fought them even more frequently than yesterday.

I proceeded to kill them relentlessly.