Volume 12 Chapter 2 Part 6
「There are a lot of monsters nearby that look just right for us to take them on, but what are you going to do, master?」
Roxanne is still strongly desiring another battle.
After finishing the Floor Boss battle on the 44th floor, this is what Roxanne asked me about.
This looks like something just right for us.
The less the enemies in a group that we have to fight, the better.
「Let’s adopt the same kind of approach as we did yesterday and take it slow. There’s no need for us to be in a hurry.」
After the persuasion of Roxanne was successfully finished, we returned to the 44th floor.
「The monsters from earlier are close by, and in good numbers. This is our chance.」
Even so, this was all that she cared about even after we have finished the Boss Battle. Yet another group of monsters that she thought that our Party should go and defeat right away.
Honestly, this is getting more and more time consuming, so I wonder what will she want to do this time.
I looked at her, and I saw that Roxanne’s eyes were shining with expectation as she was looking at me. No, wait a minute. Perhaps I should say that her eyes were not shining, but gleaming instead?
I already sensed her strong will and desire that would not take a cowardly 「no」for an answer before she was able to say anything. In light of that, then only thing I can say is:
「Y-Yeah, that’s right.」
I really have no other choice but to answer in such a way.
Let us move forward, Sherry-dono. Looks like we have new enemies to slay.
「Yes! Right this way, master!」
Roxanne took the lead with excitement. Following after her, a group of monsters soon comes into our view.
Yeah, just like I expected, there are six of them.
I wonder why did I expect any different number of them at this point, when I knew that she was going to take us to six of them. Six is Roxanne’s favorite number when it comes to monsters, after all.
However, doesn’t this group have too many Nepthenes in it?
For the time being, I hit them with my Thunder Magic repeatedly, and then when most of the enemies got paralyzed I confirmed that there were four Nepentheses in this group.
Is this what Roxanne meant when she said that the enemies were in good numbers?
「I did it, desu!」
After that, what would have been a fierce battle with monsters on the 45th floor was an encounter controlled mainly by the effects of Miria’s Estoc of Petrification, but it doesn’t change the fact that it was still hard.
「It was quite a difficult battle.」
「No, that was not the case at all. Thanks to master’s magical powers, we were able to deal with them pretty easily. As expected of you, my master.」
Roxanne seems to be unsatisfied even with enemies on the 45th floor.
「I agree. I also think that this current battle was not too much of a struggle, so I don’t think that we need to worry about any potential safety related accidents happening.」
Is Sherry on Roxanne’s side in this matter too?
Well, if you look at it objectively like that, then I guess that this battle was really not that hard, but I would’ve liked it more if she had an opinion that would be just a little bit closer to my own.
「Let’s do it, desu!」
「I think that we are going to be alright.」
Oh, yeah, I totally agree. What these two said.
So Sherry does agree with Roxanne in this matter, and Miria and Vesta’s opinion is not important to me at all since I am never seriously expecting anything from them anyway.
「I’m still a beginner who only just started entering the Labyrinths, but I think that we are currently strong enough to handle such a battle. Moreover, it is something that is necessary for the purpose of subjugating the Labyrinths. I will do anything that I can to help, so do not worry about me, because I will be fine.」
And Rutina was mostly like I expected her to be with her opinion.
Is this the norm for the people in this world? Because if so, then I would like to pay attention to this as well.
「I-Is that so? Then let’s try fighting carefully, little by little, even here on the 45th floor then.」
Before giving an answer, I rounded everyone up and then used Warp.
It seems that I am still not capable of making them do anything my way.
「Yes. I’m looking forward to the next one.」
Oi, oi! I just told you that we should be doing thongs carefully, little by little, right? It means that we should be cautious, diligent, and to be extremely vigilant about anything that we’re doing in the Labyrinths!
We need to make sure that we’re going to be prudent enough to be able to cross any kind of bridge that we may happen upon, no matter what that bridge might be made of.
And just like that, we have returned to the 44th floor and fought there, and next, when we left the Boss Room after a successful Floor Boss battle and went up to the 45th floor again Roxanne didn’t say anything at all, which means that there was probably no monsters nearby, and since Roxanne is the way she is, then I don’t think that she was trying to act overly cautious.
I mean, it’s Roxanne, after all.
If I were to hazard a guess, then I would say that it’s like that because we just defeated the monsters near the entrance to the 45th floor, so they probably didn’t manage to respawn just yet after we beat them
I can use this as an argument though.
On the 45th floor, you can only go near the entrance, so if you defeat the monsters there and go back there too fast, they will be gone for a while. There’s also the possibility that other Explorers or Adventurers can enter the 45th floor and defeat them while we’re fighting the Floor Boss of the 44th floor.
If it’s near the entrance, it’s likely that they’re going to be knocked down many times.
Goku, come quickly!
With this, we should be safe for now.
In the early morning, we returned home without fighting on the 45th floor again.
「Ah…」
「A message from Mr. Luke, master. It seems that he managed to win a Goat Skill Crystal at an auction.」
When I got home, I found a note from Luke in the crack in the door, like usual. When Roxanne picked it up, it turned out that apparently Luke won the Goat Skill Crystal at an auction.
Goat Skill Crystal, huh? Fusing it into a weapon gives you a Skill that doubles your intelligence stat. We also have some Kobold Skill Crystals are in stock, so theoretically we can make them right away.
「Let’s go see him after breakfast.」
「Okay.」
For breakfast, I have prepared one of the dishes and participated in the preparations, and after we finished eating, I went straight to the Quratar Merchants Guild.
I entered the building and had Luke summoned for me.
「Mr. Michio, I’ve been waiting for you.」
「Yeah. I heard you won a Goat’s Skill Crystal at an auction?」
「Yes. This one right here.」
「Umu.」
It was a proper Goat Skill Crystal, so I purchased it off of Luke.
Purchased a goat skill crystal from Luke.
「Also, I have a message to you from the Duke of Hartz. He wants you to come visit him, even if you had to come alone.」
Luke relayed the extra bit of information to me as well.
A call from the Duke of Hartz?
Well, he probably wants to check if Rutina is doing well, I guess. Supposedly he said that I can come alone, so Rutina doesn’t have to be brought along with me, but I don’t know if Luke knows anything more about it than that.
「I understand.」
I received the Skill Crystal and the message from him and went back home. When I got back, I called Sherry to me immediately.
「Fusion?」
「Yes. Please fuse this for me.」
Since I was summoned by Luke, she knows that it means another Item Fusion. Her being so understandable is incredibly helpful for me.
I gave Earrings to her along with the Goat’s Skill Crystal and Kobold’s Skill Crystal.
「Earrings?」
「It won’t be a problem to add 「2x INT Skill to them, right?」
「No, it won’t be.」
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