The next day, we traveled around the 30th floor in the afternoon until we were in front of the boss door. A dragon spreading its wings was drawn on the door. Come to think of it, this was the first time we would fight with a dragon after coming to this world. About Dora, she is a dragonewt, not an ordinary dragon, so…
Note : Fire elemental dragon. Breathes fire. Flies in the air.
And so, when I confirmed the next boss, its surprising status was displayed. The level of the floor bosses had been floor number + 5 until now. The minotaur was level 15, being the 10th floor boss. The Elder Treant was the 20th floor boss and level 25 like I said. But the 30th floor boss was suddenly Level 55. This made it nearly 30 levels higher than the average level of the 21-30th floor monsters. This is… if adventurers came this far, they would normally have the tables turned on them and die.
A : “Don’t start a fight with the 30th floor boss” is a very famous conversation topic among the explorers. They are told that so only people who can capture the 30th floor with quite some strength to spare would challenge it.
To be honest, we didn’t gather that much intelligence in relation to the dungeon. It’s normal that there would be information we don’t know about right?
A: This is where we say “So what?” in the first place, so …
Well, we already settled for pushing through it by force. However, there’s something I’m worried about.
[This is… will it be fine taking along the newcomer group?]
[I-I can kill it -nodesu!]
Cynthia strongly announced, but her voice was shaking a little.
[It’s impossible! We can’t win, right Karen-chan.]
[It’s impossible! We will lose, right Sora-chan.]
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I conveyed the details I heard from Alta to everyone as is.
[Hum hum, it means it will be profitable if we integrate 10 or more skills. And incidentally the levels are united and it becomes easier to look at in the status screen…]
Perhaps I ought to say as expected of a gamer, Mio seemed to have realized the parts that I didn’t talk of in detail.
[But the unique skill types, perhaps my
If Kate was there she wouldn’t let her do the impossible. There’s a problem with saying that the one I was most anxious about was the Hero…
[Well then, we have to decide our plans for the future.]
[Ah, it’s impossible for me -su]
Mio easily raised a white flag. It looks like she has been doing training to cure her fears once, but that one must have been too heavy a burden for her as I expected.
The “Graveyard Area” was a European-style graveyard-like area. The ground near the wall was soil but the center of the passages were paved in stone. This was as far as we examined, but undead-type monsters seemed to be appearing from around there. Tombstones and such were placed here and there and were at a level where I would question the taste of the person who created this dungeon.
[If you tell me to come with you at any cost Master, then I will be held in your arms the whole time with blindfolds, earplugs and diapers.]
[Are you going that far!?]
[Oui!]
Mio’s tension turned into something ridiculous.
[Alright. Then, with this-]
[Oh non!]
Mio held her head when I gave approval to that. I’m going to have her keep her words properly alright?
[-Mio’s participation has been decided, how about we act independently for today? I don’t feel like going there again after returning to our mansion once…]
[M-Master~]
I ignore Mio pulling my hem with teary eyes. Oh, I actually had a blindfold, earplugs and diapers prepared you know. I had even prepared a wooden rack to put on my back in order to carry her on my back easily, so we were perfectly prepared. [Spec: pic https://item-shopping.c.yimg.jp/i/l/forest-world_110830-25 ]
That night, we had intruders around the time we fell asleep. I became aware of it by the alert from the Map, but 10 people seemed to have crept into our mansion. As a matter of course, they were captured by the maids to whom I entrusted the task of guarding the mansion. It seemed all of them had been apprehended in the short time it took for me to get up from the alert and confirm the map.
I woke up once, but the maids had gone as far as interrogating them (is what Alta said), so I decided to fall asleep again. They’re excellent maids you know, honestly.
[The girls seem to be assassins who Duke Garfield had let loose.]
The next morning, the head maid (Lusia) reported to me after coming to Estia from Kastal.
Is that so, so duke Garfield has chosen that side huh. Huhuhu…
[Saying “the girls” mean… they’re all women?]
[Yes, they are young women who you can safely call young girls. I hear that it is to lower the enemy’s guard.]
Well, it was something you heard about relatively every day. I wouldn’t go as far as calling it a honey trap, but it was because it was difficult to hold wariness towards what’s called young girls. Me? It has nothing to do with me since I judge them by the color I see on Map. It was rare to suddenly hold malice after getting close enough to be able to kill. Even I happened to know only one person… I had to be vigilant even if that guy was marked blue (ally) on the Map…
[You have many maids, so you will be on guard even if the enemy is a woman, right?]
[Naturally.]
[So, what happened to those assassins? I can’t find them even by looking at the map…]
There were none like them on the map. The maids were all yellow (believers) and there were no red (enemy) marks anywhere. A wholesale slaughter?
[Aah, if it is those girls you are looking for, they are there. They have had a change of heart and said they would serve their lord, as a maid and as a slave.]
Where she pointed towards were 10 girls dressed in brand new maid clothes. Looking at their skills, they certainly did come with among other things. Well, if I was asked whether or not I had an owner of among my subordinate maids, I don’t think I would be able to name one…
The 10 believers (maids) sat down and took a prostrating posture en masse.
[We are truly sorry. Sir!] x 10
[…]
What in the world did they do for assassins to have a change of heart and turn into yellow (believer) maids, I wonder?
A: They were in a state of being administered various drugs and being brainwashed. After the effects of the drugs were removed by the “secret medicine”, they entered subordination as well as the faith in the blink of an eye. Their memories remained, so they handed over all the intelligence to us.
Isn’t our side doing the brainwashing too in the end… Are they more sound in body and mind than being brainwashed because of the drugs?
Basically, I don’t forgive people who antagonized me. That said, it’s not like there were no exceptions. I would sometimes forgive them in the case that they satisfied three conditions, which are that they were “not by their own will”, “not causing real harm” and “already rendered powerless” . Since the assassins this time fulfilled these conditions, I didn’t plan on going out of my way to do something like killing them.
Of course, I didn’t plan on forgiving them in the case that they didn’t meet either of these conditions. Oh, don’t take me wrong, but I treat “being taken hostage” or “being threatened” as “own will”.
[Their training as maids is insufficient, so they will be educated in Kastal hereafter. If you were to wish to, you could punish them before that, what will you do sir?]
When she said so, all 10 maids (assassins) excitedly began to take off their maid uniform. What in the world are you trying to make me do? When I looked to the veteran maid, she was preparing knives and whips and the like.
[…No, no need.]
I didn’t have a hobby of punishing those who expressly became my subordinate. Besides, the believers (maids) didn’t seem to have any sense of shame towards me, so it was difficult to let them be bashful.
[Understood. All of you, you can return.]
The 10 people left the room as she said. Still half-naked. Sure, she didn’t say it was fine to change their clothes here.
A: We let the effects of the drugs remain and a part of their emotions like shyness are only partially functioning. They should remember after a complete recovery and writhe in agony.
I rather wanted to see that.
Now then. I gathered all the main members in my room.
[And so, we will make Duke Garfield regret this.]
[Jin-sama. If it’s necessary, I will go assassinate him.]
Maria readily declared. Judging from my stance, returning assassination with assassination is not bad either.
[Master, if I remember correctly, you did give him a chance right?]
[Yes, Jin-sama has certainly given Duke Garfield a chance to cure her daughter’s deficit. Duke Garfield did not do anything that time however.]
[Instead of paying money and buy “Soma,” he chose to assassinate and steal. He is foolish]
[That’s right. The good will I took trouble showing even for myself was ignored after all. And then there’s assassination on top of that. I’m quite unhappy about this, so killing him will be too uninteresting. I will firmly make him regret this.]
[Master, you’re quite seriously irritated. The duke… is dead I guess.]
I just said I wouldn’t kill him. …Directly that is.
Since there are various things to prepare, we took independent action this morning. I plan to dive into the dungeon in the afternoon, for the time being.
[…That is all. I will leave it to you.]
[Yes. Please leave it to me. *nom nom*]
I asked Cattleya, who has come to eat breakfast, for a little favor.
It’s a trivial story, but since Cattleya often comes to eat meals in this mansion, she doesn’t really have meals at the castle. That took part in raising her popularity in being “delicate by eating little”. She secretly comes here by “Portal” so it won’t be exposed or so I’m told. Said delicate princess is eating Ochazuke (2nd bowl) while lifting up her bowl. [Spec: Ochazuke ]
[Next is about the audience…]
[I believe it will be settled by today, so would you be fine with tomorrow? *nomnom* *gulp*]
[Sure I guess. Then please.]
[Alright. *nom*…]
[Please don’t speak while eating.]
[*nomnomnom*…]
This girl, she actually went and abandoned talking.
After that, it turned to afternoon around the time we finished preparing several things.
Now then, I’ve done what I have to do with this. We’re diving into the dungeon. I’m looking forward to the new area.