Volume 12 Chapter 4 Part 10
That’s because back in the days of the Labyrinth of Vale we didn’t have any information on how to proceed through the floors to clear them quickly.
「Because back then we were on the lower floors. If only we knew that reaching the 45th floor of the Labyrinths can be this easy, then perhaps it would have been better if we experienced the Labyrinth of Quratar, on which there was a lot more information available? 」
「I see. 」
「Yes, certainly. There are more people in Quratar, so there are times when we could fight there safely. 」
Sherry provided some much-needed covering fire for me.
「Well, it doesn’t matter which one comes first. 」
Roxanne is strangely convinced about that.
Does that mean that she will never forget the Labyrinth capture information once you she has memorized it? Because if so, then that would mean that her memory is so much better than the one of a regular human, since human memory always fades.
Little by little.
It does so steadily.
From yesterday to today, from today to tomorrow, from tomorrow to the day after tomorrow.
If a few days pass, then we humans are definitely going to be forgetting about everything that we learned a few days ago, no matter how important it was.
And it’s not like we’re just going to forget a little about any given thing. For humans, any piece of knowledge can literally disappear into oblivion, as if it was never in your head in the first place.
「In that case, the safer Labyrinth of Quratar should be a better option. 」
「I understand. 」
All right, despite all odds, I managed to win the battle of arguments and successfully persuaded Roxanne as a result.
「Okay. Then let’s move to Quratar’s Labyrinth, but we should also keep in mind to show our faces at the entrance to this Labyrinth, preferably in the morning and at noon. It’d going to be a bit troublesome to come back here every now and then, but this is something that cannot be helped, since the continuity of our recorded progress depends on it. 」
「Yes, of course. 」
「I agree with what master said. 」
It’s nice to see that Roxanne and Sherry agree with me on this so unilaterally.
「Are you fine with that kind of approach as well, Rutina? 」
「Yes. I see no reason to oppose this kind of approach, since our priority is first and foremost to proceed with the exploration of the Labyrinths so that they could be subjugated as fast as possible. As long as we’re going to continue working towards that goal, then it does not matter for me whether that Labyrinth we are going to be exploring is going to be the one belonging to the clan or not. 」
Rutina doesn’t seem to have any problems with my current decision either.
This Labyrinth that we are currently in, The Labyrinth Behind Nesco, is the one that belongs to the territories owned by the clan that Rutina is a member of, and we have come here in the first place because Elder Cassandra, the leader of the clan, asked me to help them with its subjugation.
However, even though Rutina was certainly respectful towards Elder Cassandra, I felt like that respect was only a customary one, and not the one coming from the bottom of her heart.
I can always be wrong about it, but for the time being, I can say with absolute certainty that she does not have the particularly strong feelings of admiration towards Elder Cassandra.
For me, that is certainly a good thing.
「Okay, let’s move out then, everyone. 」
Now that we have reached a decision, I warped us all to the Labyrinth of Quratar’s 45th floor.
Now, I wonder exactly how many days have passed since our last visit to this Labyrinth? It doesn’t matter all that much though, since even if I will have to force myself to advance through the floors of this Labyrinth again, then the purpose of us coming back here in the first place is to buy time, even if it is going to be a little of it in the end, to not continue climbing up in The Labyrinth Behind Nesco.
Every little bit of bought time is going to count here.
「This way, everyone. 」
「Oh. So we’re going straight to see the monster native to the 45th floor, huh? 」
Roxanne immediately starts leading us towards the first group of monsters.
Considerring the situation that we are currently in, containing her excitement might be potentially problematic.
And even if I do manage to somehow restrain her, then it is probably not going to work for too long
「No. We are not going for tha group of monsters, because it is not close enough to us. We are heading straight towards the Boss Room, since it is located just over there. 」
「You are… taking us straight towards the Boss Room? 」
「Yes. And of course, we are going to be challenging it repeatedly, right? 」
Roxanne answered my question with a nice, sweet smile.
She even wants us to challenge the Floor Boss of this floor repeatedly?
I mean sure, it’s not like we didn’t do this sort of thing before, but it doesn’t mean that I want to keep doing it if I can possibly avoid it…
… but before I could raise that point with Roxanne, she gave me yet another one of her smiles.
Whenever she is acting like that, I find it incredibly hard to resist her on deny her anything that she wants us to do.
「Oh, no, uhm… I mean sure, but…. Oh yeah! If that is how you want to go about it, then we are going to need a map… 」
「It’s okay, master. There won’t be any need for that. I have thought about how I would guide us through the 45th floor of Quratar’s Labyrinth many times before, so I have already memorized the location of the Boss Room on this floor and the best possible route to it! 」
「Well, yeah, that’s great and all… but would it not still be better to check it just to be sure? 」
「Like I said, there is no need to worry about that, master. You can rest assured that I will not be forgetting any of the information related to the Labyrinths that easily. 」
Roxanne said that she would never forget the information that would help us clear the floors of the Labyrinth and move forward in it.
While I would definitely forget even such important information if enough time has passed, I feel like when Roxanne says that she’s not going to forget them, she means it in a very literal sense of the word.
She said that she will never forget these information, or perhaps that she will not allow herself to forget them.
In other words, that was her indirect way of saying that she has remembered all of the information on how to proceed through The Labyrinth Behind Nesco, which means that the information on how to get to the Boss Rooms up to the one on the 52nd floor are now etched in her head and they will probably never leave it, no matter how much time passes or how long I am going to try to stall our return there.
Oi. She’s definitely going to remember all of these things, and that’s going to be very bad for me.
「Than at the very least, when we are going to be finished with the repeated battles with the Floor Boss here on the 45th floor of Quratar’s Labyrinth, should we not go back to The Labyrinth Behind Nesco to explore and clear that same floor there next? Is there order not strange? 」
Resisting in such a way is the only thing that I can do now in order to not allow Roxanne to have her way completely.
「Perhaps that would be a good thing to do, but right now I feel that if we get used to fighting the Floor Bosses here in the Labyrinth of Quratar, where we can get much more information that are going to be helpful in clearing it, it would mean that we are going to be able to fight safely even in the other Labyrinths. 」
Roxanne rebuked my statement, further cementing my belief that she and I have a very different definitions and standards of what safety and security are supposed to be.
Well, I do agree that once we get used to fighting against the regular enemies and the Floor Boss of the 45th floor, then the enemies on the first and second floor should no longer be posing any kind of threat to us because we will be able to defeat them effortlessly, but that is not the problem right now.
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I’m so tired of him slowing down.