Volume 13 Chapter 5 Part 8
「No. Just being introduced to this Labyrinth by that man makes me feel disgusted, so I don’t want him and his lackeys to think that we owe them more than we actually do. 」 said Rutina, quick to deny the idea of waiting to challenge the Floor Boss until after the difficulty of this Labyrinth decreases.
Honestly, I was expecting such an outcome, but I was expecting Roxanne to be the one who would oppose it instead of Rutina. However, thinking about it, it was actually logical. After all, Rutina hates the Duke of Hartz with her entire being for what he did to her father, so of course she wouldn’t want to liberate this Labyrinth after its difficulty is lowered thanks to the efforts of the Duke and his men.
Now that I think about it, that might be what the Duke was aiming for, because when we are done with this Labyrinth and the Duke and his knights liberate the other most developed Labyrinth in the territory of Selmar, he will be able to go and introduce the Labyrinth with fifty floors whose difficulty level has been lowered to those who would be willing to try and train in it, since the Floor Boss of the fiftieth floor of this Labyrinth can be challenged as many times as they’d want, and they would be able to bring as many as many Parties as they could possibly want to have a go at it!
Rather than introducing them one by one, it would be possible to do everything in one go… yeah, now I see why Rutina might not like being used like that, because in this scenario, we’re definitely being used.
Of course, from the Duke Hartz’s perspective, it might be necessary to pretend that, as the leader of an entire faction, he has to do things like that because he thinks carefully about each and every member and their well-being. One Labyrinth for each person, but not all applicants going in at once.
Adding to that, he might think it is essential to support the experience of liberating the Labyrinth for the first time for those who are willing to try it. I’ve heard that the kind of relationship you’re going to have in marriage is decided on the wedding night. It’s also said that if your first sexual experience is going to be bondage play, you’re going to be more likely to awaken to the more hardcore forms of S&M. The hierarchical relationships within factions are also apparently decided by the first experience.
Well, there’s nothing else for me to do now. I guess I have no choice but to go. I go through the door and enter the Boss Room. The Floor Boss battle has been initiated.
As for the battle itself, it was, as you would have expected, no different from any other Floor Boss battle we’ve been through thus far. It seems that there’s nothing special about being on the top floor of the Labyrinth, contrary to the stories going on about it. It was a very ordinary Floor Boss battle where our usual strategy worked just as well as ever. Just going up one floor was no different from the previous ones. It was a mundane, average, ordinary Floor Boss battle. There’s no way that any problems could arise here.
It was so bad that Overdriving might turn into Overkill. The battle itself was so short that I thought that Miria wouldn’t have enough time to Petrify a single monster, but she actually managed to Petrify them perfectly. All that was left to do was to eliminate the petrified monsters. I used Durandal to eliminate the second Floor Boss, and it disappeared, leaving behind a cloud of smoke. A round ball was also left behind.
「Is this the Guild Temple? 」
「Yes. Once properly installed, it will become a Guild Temple. 」 Sherry told me.
I hadn’t doubted it because the Identify Skill said it was a Guild Temple.
「I see. 」
「If you obtain a title for yourself, you need to set up a Knight Order; and to run your territory you also need to set up an Explorers Guild and Adventurers Guild. If you want to place multiple guilds or create other guilds, it’s going to be a costly endeavor. 」 Rutina told me.
Well, I don’t want to waste such a valuable thing. I wonder if it’ll be okay to keep it?
「I see. So in any case, you’ll end up acquiring multiple ones? 」
「That’s right. 」
Yes. I was given a favorable answer. Even though it was valuable, it wouldn’t be a problem as long as it wasn’t limited to just the first one. Satisfied, I left the Boss Room like usual – but it didn’t work out for us in the end.
The fact that the Guild Temple dropped after defeating the Floor Boss on the 51st floor meant that the 51st floor was the top floor as I had thought, and the Labyrinth had been liberated. There was no floor to move to, so inevitably, I went outside. I ended up at the entrance to the Labyrinth. Ah. That’s how it goes.
「Do I need to report this? 」
「I wonder. I think you should. 」
I asked Sherry if she needed to explain the situation to the Explorer at the entrance, and she replied in the affirmative.
「Then Rutina, I’ll leave it to you. 」
「Y-Yes, of course. 」 I handed the baton over to Rutina, who declared that the Labyrinth had been liberated. It would be better if Rutina, an Elf, said it than if I said it.
As expected, there wasn’t much resistance, and the explanation was finished smoothly. Everything in the Elf’s place is like this, so it’s fine, especially since I’m not going to live there. The next day, the explanation to the Duke finished smoothly, so I handed the Guild Temple to Sherry.
I didn’t think he would take it away, but I waited a day just in case he said they urgently needed it and wanted to borrow it. But nothing has happened today, so it should be fine.
「Can you try fusing that with this? 」
I also handed her Durandal.
「This is the Guild Temple that appeared yesterday, right? 」
「Yes. Let’s try it out.「
Right. A test. An experiment.
「Uhm… 」
「It’s fine. 」
Even if it fails, it won’t be a problem. It might break, but it’s unlikely that Durandal will be lost. The fusion of the Guild Temple seems to be a toggle switch. Even if it fails, Durandal will probably just be weakened for beginners.
That would be bad back in the day, but I could do something about it now that I have the STR difference from Overdriving to spare.
If it’s just a toggle switch, I can just defeat the Labyrinth again and return it to normal. Besides, Durandal was usable from the time I was a Lv.1 Villager, so it would be normal to think that now it is in its Limited state.
「Well, here I go. 」 Sherry fused Durandal with the Guild Temple.
If there’s a problem, it’s when it’s successful. Durandal was summoned using points. If I return a Durandal that is no longer beginner-friendly and summon Durandal again, will that Durandal no longer be beginner-friendly?
It’s not something I can test lightly. From now on, I’ll just have to leave Durandal out and in my Item Box. It can’t be helped. I guess I should accept that level of risk. If it’s not as strong as I thought it would be, even if it’s no longer beginner-friendly, I can just return it after all.
「Oh! 」
Durandal remained safe. There was still a chance that it might break. No risk, no return.
「Hmm. I don’t know. 」
I took the Durandal and held it in my hand, but I couldn’t tell the difference. I had no idea what had changed. The same was true of the Orichalcum Sword. I should just be glad that it didn’t break… no. That would be a waste of the Guild Temple.
I went to the Labyrinth and tested it. I tested the new Durandal on a random floor of the Quratra’s Labyrinth. It’s strong. It seems that the Durandal that could be used by a Villager Lv.1 was indeed aimed at beginners. Durandal with the beginner restrictions removed was really strong. I slaughtered monsters like crazy with it!
This is a true sword! A true weapon! The real Durandal in its current state! The genuine Durandal!
We can still fight like this. The limit is probably on the sixtieth or seventieth floor. That’s the same as it was before… No, it’s not. It’s not that. As a fighter, it’s not that. This means we can fight even harder from now on.
〈To be continued in『A Harem in the Fantasy World Dungeon Volume 14』.〉
RELEASE RATE
Harem in the Fantasy World Dungeon
Speed up schedule by 10 hours
Current schedule: Every 50 hours
So how many Volumes are there in the series? Also any update on Vol 14 release?
The series is marked as ongoing, but there’s currently no info on when vol 14 will be out (at least none that I am aware of)
“As for the battle itself, it was, as you would have expected, no different from any other Floor Boss battle we’ve been through thus far.” — The author realizes that we don’t expect anything from the story anymore.
The party is packed, the girls repeating the same phrases. I didn’t understand anything about the Guild Temple, not that I was interested. Anyway, the rare moments of interest in the story were when he acquired a new slave girl. Now that no new ones are expected (or are they?) it’s hard to imagine there will be any interesting developments.
While we wait for the continuation of this astoundingly boring novella, I recommend reading “Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter” on the same site. The nighttime activities are not skipped, the adventures are interesting and dangerous.
Wasn’t the “last Boss” supposed to be an “Equipment breaker”? I mean, ain’t break something you cannot hit … *casually looking at Roxanne* …
Anyway … yeah. This story really fell down to the “depressing ramblings of a paranoid pushover who puts zero effort in actually gearing up, waiting for stuff to fall into his hands”.
Its so utterly annoying how he is the yes-man to his slaves …
Thanks for the translation
Durandal’s base skills were:
9x Attack Power
HP Absorption
MP Absorption
Incantation Interruption
Ignore Level Gap Modifiers
Ignore Defense
I wonder how much they increased since we don’t get a status update with Identify
Honestly, I thought Michio would have Sherry fuse the Orichalcum Sword she got from the Duke’s Arsenal with some of Durandal’s skills, since said Orichalcum Sword has several empty skill slots, in order to save the skill points it consumes to summon Durandal, but at the same time this new released version of Durandal seems to have more power, even so I hope that the idea of fusing the Orichalcum Sword with some of Durandal’s skills so that Vesta can use it is not discarded.
Looks like the release schedule for the Light Novels used to be one per year or skipping a year before releasing 2 in one year, but the pace has slowed down for the last few releases. Pure copium here, but hoping that Vol. 14 will be released this year. Some data for kicks below:
Time between release of:
LN 1 -> 2: 130 days
LN 2 to 3: 213 days
LN 3 to 4: 182 days
LN 4 to 5: 332 days
LN 5 to 6: 245 days
LN 6 to 7: 427 days
LN 7 to 8: 276 days
LN 8 to 9: 393 days
LN 9 to 10: 458 days
LN 10 to 11: 273 days
LN 11 to 12: 399 days
LN 12 to 13: 820 days
Average gap between releases: 345.6 days
Potential release date LN 14 if average time taken: April 11, 2025.
If the gap were as long as the one between LN 12 and 13: July 29, 2026.
Fingers crossed we have a release date soon!
Hurray for equipment progress! I was wondering if Durandal would ever have any additional skills slots since Michio has found items with up to 5 empty slots, but it doesn’t appear to be the case here. Sounds like it got an attack damage buff with the training wheels removed.
The party has liberated their first Labyrinth! Also glad we got to see some discussion of what Michio would need to do if he were to obtain a title/peerage and that he can obtain multiple Guild Temples. Looking forward to the next release, whenever that is!
Last part of the last chapter. 😭