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Volume 11 Chapter 2 Part 9

As far as my Party’s Explorer is concerned, I can always make Sherry into one, but there’s no need to go to that extent just yet without good reason, and piling up too many lies on top of each other may backfire against me horribly.

I have already set Adventurer as my First Job, and although setting Adventurer as First Job might not be the best possible option as far as my Bonus Points are concerned, now is not really the time to be worrying about that.

At the last Character Reset I performed, I even added the Seventh Job Bonus Skill so that I could set Gambler as the Seventh Job to be able to challenge the Floor Boss in the best possible condition.

And because I’ll be using magic in the Floor Boss battle, I can’t remove any of the two
magic related Jobs that I currently have: Jobless and Wizard.

Under Roxanne’s watchful guidance, we proceeded through the 33rd floor towards the meeting place with Ester and his Party.
While we were making our way through the corridors, we defeated the monsters we happened onto along the way without any problems until we reached the small room where the examiners were waiting for us.

「So you’ve come, huh? Although we checked some time ago, it is more than likely that you may encounter a monster or two on your way to the Boss Room, but do not worry, as we are going to be observing you from behind as well. Fortunately, even if one of the groups of monsters ahead will include a Drive Dragon in them, you should be able to handle it, so you can go ahead without worry.」

When we arrive at the small room, the Baron of Ester issues the new instructions to us, so after hearing them out we left the small room first and made our way towards the Boss Room.

「Master, I sense a Drive Dragon and a Rock Bird ahead of us. The group seems to include only one of each of them.」

When we left the small room, Roxanne whispered to me quietly about the monsters that she smelled.

Even if Ester Baron and his Party could find out that there was a monster on the road ahead, then unlike them, Roxanne is capable of figuring out their exact types and numbers thanks to her superior sense of smell.

I knew that Roxanne is amazing, but in this situation her amazingness is all the more pronounced.

「Thank you, Roxanne. I should have expected nothing less of you.」

We continue moving forward, and after walking down the corridor a few meters, the monsters appear before us.

Like Roxanne said, it is a group consisting of two monsters: one Drive Dragon and one Rock Bird.

As soon as they notice them, my four Party Members immediately charge forward to meet our enemies head-on.

I also start running towards the Drive Dragon after I invoked the 「Status Ailment Resist Down」Skill and casted it on the Drive Dragon. All I need to do now is to follow the girls closely.

After all, since I already took the time, effort and Bonus Points to add Gambler as a Seventh Job, it would be a shame to not use its Skill, even though it is not a Skill that possesses visible effects, so I don’t even know if it was applied properly or not.

「I Did it, desu!」

Thankfully, as soon as Miria reached the Drive Dragon and slashed it with her weapon, it was instantly turned to stone around the same time as I managed to reach it as well.

Isn’t it a little too quick, even for a successful use of the Gambler’s Skill?

Oh well, it can’t be helped I guess. Besides, we still have a Rock Bird to take care off, but since it was the only one left it is going to be dead soon after.

「Alright. Well done this time, everyone!」

Since I didn’t use the 「Status Ailment Resist Down」 Skill on the Rock Bird as well, we might be able to write what happened to the Drive Dragon as a coincidence…

「I did it, desu!」

Well, shit. All of my concerns have just went down the drain. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now I guess, so I cleaned up the two petrified monsters with a few swings of Durandal. That way, the Ester Baron will be able to immediately figure out that Durandal’s has the power to increase the damage dealt to the monsters that have been petrified, but there’s no use crying about it because that was outside of my control just now.

When the Drive Dragon and Rock Bird both turn into smoke, Ester Baron approaches me
from the back after catching up to us.

「The speed at which you are able to exterminate monsters you encounter is not half bad. Honestly, I have nothing to say in the way of critique of your battle just now.」

「I’m glad to hear it.」

After receiving that praise from him, I feel like we are one step closer to successfully passing the admission test.

「Now all that is left for you to take care of is the Floor Boss, but you can fight any monsters on the way to the Boss Room as well.」

Baron Ester gives us another set of instructions, and then returns to the back.

「There doesn’t seem to be any monsters present before the Boss Room, master.」

Roxanne lets me know with a whisper after the Baron was gone. Right now, I feel like she’s doing that mainly to show off the difference between the two of them.

Well, maybe the Baron actually knows that there are no demons ahead as well. If so, then that was just a hypothetical method.

In any case, we headed towards the Boss Room with Roxanne leading the way.

We enter the Waiting Room without encountering any monsters at all, so it was exactly like Roxanne said.

There was nobody waiting in the Waiting Room, meaning that we can go whenever we want.

「Only one Party passed through here earlier, so the door should open straight away. We’ll wait here until you go in, Michio.」

Baron Ester speaks to us as he enters the Waiting Room with his men.

Only one Party can enter the Boss Room, which means that I can use my magic without worrying.

The door to the Boss Room opens straight away.

「Well then…」

I nod to the Baron, and then head into the Boss Room right away.

Since I’m wearing equipment meant for the Adventurer to use, I don’t have my Alba equipped, and there’s no time to equip it now, but it should be safe even without them.

「I did it, desu!」

As it turned out, we were really fine, but that was to be expected since we fought against these enemies many times before, and once Miria petrified them, I took them out with magic.
I didn’t even feel the need to recover my MP afterwards.

Without even struggling without my usual equipment, we cleaned the Floor Boss up in no time.

The combat time against the Floor Boss might be a part of the examination. I feel like I should waste a bit more time, but I don’t want that to fail us. The monsters are defeated, and we go to the 34th floor.

「Well, that was quick.」

It seems like we finished the Floor Boss a little bit too fast.

「Was it now?」

「Someone might come here in a moment, so let’s talk somewhere else. When you leave here, the Adventurer from my party will be waiting for you. He’ll take you to a lodge in the Imperial Capital.」

「Okay.」

Baron Ester gives me instructions to move on.

Certainly, his isn’t something we should discuss in the small entrance room. It would be bad if someone heard about admission test by accident. I wonder if this lodge is going to be a mountain cottage that the Baron owns?

Maybe every noble in the Imperial City has something like that as well?

The Baron then left through the black wall.

After cancelling Durandal, we followed after him as well. Outside the Labyrinth, the Explorer was already reciting the incantation for 「Party Formation」.

I guess I’ll remove the Adventurer Job for now.

There are both an Adventurer and an Explorer in the Baron’s party. I also recite the incantation for 「Party Formation」, and invite the Adventurer to my party.

The Ester Baron hurriedly marches off to the office of the Knight Order of Quratar, and while we went right after him to not fall behind, I noticed that she showed something that looked like an emblem to the Knights that were stationed there.

Could it be that he possesses an emblem similar to the emblem of the Knight Order of Hartz Duchy that the Duke of Hartz borrowed to me before?
「I’ll be using your wall for travel.」

「Of course, Your Excellency.」

The Knights in the office who saw the emblem respond with respect. Is this the power that the emblem from the Duke has? It might be more so the Baron himself.

It was the right choice for me to pay entry fee today after all.

「My group would like to go through as well.」

When the Knight guides us to the back room, Baron Ester was waiting for us. Was he waiting here to check how we entered the labyrinth? Would he be here if he didn’t have doubts?

Well, we have the Adventurer from his Party now, so he can’t go anywhere.

The Adventurer recites the incantation for 「Field Walker」, and a black wall appears.

We follow the Adventurer and enter the black wall ourselves.