In the boss room of the seventh floor of the Bael labyrinth, equipment was scattered around.
It probably told the story of the previous party, who had been wearing that equipment, being wiped out.
Did those men who were looking at Roxane with lecherous eyes get wiped out?
Should we call it just deserts or divine punishment?
"Roxane, take the front. Seri, move the scattered equipment to the side."
"Yes."
Still, the battle had already begun.
I couldn't afford to be dazed by the situation here.
I quickly gave instructions.
I pushed the fallen men to the back of my mind.
After all, they were just people I hadn't even exchanged words with.
If you're distracted by the opposite sex on the battlefield, you're bound to die.
I, too, try not to focus on Roxane's chest in the labyrinth.
It's a blood-soaked effort.
For now, it was difficult to fight with equipment scattered at our feet.
We needed to do something about that.
There was a risk of tripping at a crucial moment.
I kicked the gauntlets and boots towards the wall while circling around the monster.
Roxane took the front.
Seri was moving the sword of the previous party to the wall.
It was too dangerous to have such things lying around.
A red magic circle appeared at Pahn's feet.
Here it comes.
According to Seri, Pahn uses powerful magic.
I raised Durandal and charged into the monster's embrace.
A slash from the upper right.
I cut diagonally from the half-human's shoulder to the half-beast's waist.
"Huh? One hit?"
Pahn, who had taken Durandal's blow, wobbled and collapsed.
The monster fell over.
"Seems so."
The half-human, half-goat turned into smoke and disappeared.
It really was one hit.
Eh?
Weak.
No matter what, I don't think it should be weaker than an Escape Goat.
Goat Meat
What was left was goat meat.
Even if it was a half-human, half-beast, it was treated as a goat in terms of drop items.
A strange reality.
At least we got ingredients for dinner.
"The previous party seems to have been wiped out. They were probably whittling down Pahn's HP halfway through."
Seri brought one of the swords from the scattered remains.
Pahn was already there when we entered the boss room, not spawned after we arrived.
If the previous party was wiped out, the boss would continue the battle and not respawn.
The damage from the previous battle would remain.
"I see. That's how it is."
"Those lecherous men were wiped out, then."
Roxane muttered with a hint of enmity.
Seri said something terrifying like, "Those who judge people by the size of their chest should be destroyed," but I ignored it.
It was scary.
I only took the sword.
"Interference Copper Sword, two-handed sword
Skill: Chant Delay"
"Did you understand just by looking at it?"
"Well..."
"Ah, no. You can use weapon appraisal without chanting, right?"
I tried to affirm proudly, but she quickly averted her gaze.
It was true that I had the job of a weapon merchant, but...
It wasn't surprising, was it?
Damn.
"Truly, Master."
Yeah.
Roxane is an oasis for the heart.
I think boys need to be praised to grow up well.
"Attacking with a weapon that has Chant Delay will delay the casting of magic."
"That's right, but perhaps they couldn't hold it back?"
Seri brought the Interference Copper Sword again.
There were five Interference Copper Swords in total.
Another one was just a wand.
One of the six must have been a healer, priest, or mage.
They were so angry about seeing Roxane that they didn't even appraise it.
"Or perhaps five wasn't enough?"
"I don't know."
They had chased Pahn to the point where one hit from Durandal could finish it.
It must have been going well up to that point.
Perhaps there was an accident, or they couldn't delay Pahn's magic with five people.
Originally, the plan was to gang up on it with five.
If one person went down, the rest would be in chaos.
I felt a bit blue just thinking about it.
"If you rely too much on information and strategy, one small mistake can ruin everything. It's important to steadily build up your strength. Yeah, yeah."
"Yes, I'll do my best, Master."
I didn't say that to Roxane.
"Perhaps."
The intellectual one nodded solemnly.
"Do the bodies disappear?"
"People who are defeated by monsters in the labyrinth are quickly digested and absorbed."
Seri brought the gauntlets I had kicked aside.
The labyrinth, which feeds on people, lived up to its reputation.
"Can't the equipment be digested?"
"It's a foreign object to the labyrinth."
"Is that so?"
"It will eventually be expelled."
I remembered that the equipment of defeated people would appear as treasure chests.
If it was expelled as a treasure chest, it was indeed a foreign object.
"I see."
"It takes time to absorb foreign objects."
So in the case of a boss battle, the next party could pick them up.
"It's not a pleasant feeling to wear the equipment of someone who was defeated."
The previous party seemed to have been content with equipping skill weapons, as there was nothing special in terms of armor.
Just leather gloves and boots.
"What is it?"
"Ah, we should sell the leather armor except for one set."
I didn't say anything.
I didn't say it, and I didn't even think it.
I just looked at the leather armor and got glared at.
Seri muttered, "It is small, but..." She was being paranoid.
There were six magic crystals.
One blue, one red, and the rest purple.
They hadn't defeated many monsters yet.
I put all the equipment in the item box and left the boss room.
"It was a half-hearted battle, but there's no need to fight again, right?"
"No, I don't think it's a bad thing to have the experience."
"I also want to know Pahn's action patterns, so I'd like to fight again."
Because I said something unnecessary, we had to do another round.
The boss room's structure doesn't allow you to go back, so we moved to a small room on the seventh floor after going to the eighth floor.
You can't teleport to the waiting room.
It might be possible with a warp, but it would be bad if someone was there.
"Pahn seems to rely on magic attacks and doesn't have a weapon. I want to use my skill, Master, is that okay?"
Roxane asked before entering the boss room.
The Beast Warrior's skill was Beast Attack, I think.
I always have Roxane take the front during battles.
It's difficult to use a skill while facing a monster and chanting.
"Alright. Seri, can you take the front?"
"Yes, I'll try."
Seri nodded.
I hope she can handle it.
"I'll cancel the chant if it starts. Roxane, use your skill when you see an opening."
"Thank you."
It's better to use the skill if you have it.
It might be useful in an emergency.
It's better to try it in a real battle than to use it out of desperation.
Pahn, who relies on magic attacks, is a good opportunity.
"Alright. Let's go."
The door opened, and we moved to the boss room.
Seri took the front, and we surrounded the boss from three sides.
Seri attacked from the front with a club, and I attacked with Durandal from the diagonal rear.
It didn't seem to fall in one hit.
"Beast of ××, release the power of ××, Death, Beast Attack."
Roxane chanted her skill and slashed with a scimitar.
No, no. It wasn't translated in the middle.
The attack hit, but it looked like a normal slash.
It didn't seem to succeed.
"That won't work, will it?"
"It seems to have failed. Brahman is difficult."
"Try reading it slowly."
I circled around to Roxane's side.
The chant should come to mind.
"Beast of Amarah, release the power of ××. Ah, I got it. Eighty, right?"
"What's Amarah?"
It's wrong because it wasn't translated.
Roxane corrected one part herself.
A red magic circle appeared at Pahn's feet, so I slashed with Durandal.
"Amarah, Amarama, Ararah, ugly..."
"Ugly?"
"Um, it sounds something like that."
Only "ugly" was translated among the words Roxane listed.
"Ugly?"
"But there's no such thing as an ugly Beast Warrior, right?"
Was it just a coincidence that it was translated?
If it wasn't, it might be something close.
I thought about it while being cautious of the magic circle.
"Ugly, but not ugly."
"Amuraha?"
"Ugly"
"Ugly?"
Roxane repeated the Brahman I said.
It might not be wrong since it was translated, even though I didn't understand.
"An old way of saying strong. Probably."
I explained while canceling the magic circle.
I don't know if it's correct, but it's Brahman.
"Ugly?"
"How do you know such a word?"
Seri asked while dodging the monster's punch.
Pahn really seemed to be unarmed.
Physical attacks weren't that severe.
"Um, well..."
It's fine since it was translated.
"Ugly Beast, release the power of eighty, Death, Beast Attack."
Roxane cast the skill with the corrected chant.
It was the same attack as before, so it seemed to fail again.
A red magic circle appeared, so I slashed with Durandal.
Roxane chanted again, but it didn't change much.
It seems that using a question form doesn't work.
It's not likely to succeed if it sounds like a question.
"How about it?"
"Probably failed. Brahman is difficult."
"There's nothing we can do. It's Brahman."
Seri consoled her, but is that how it is?
"By the way, shouldn't it be 'mononofu' instead of 'warrior'?"
I tried it while swinging Durandal.
The god of speed, the mother of Tachine.
The pillow word for eighty was mononofu.
"Mononofu?"
"An old way of saying warrior."
Seri seemed to know it.
"Ah, that might be it. I understand. I'll try."
Roxane started the chant again.
"Ugly mononofu, release the power of eighty, Death, Beast Attack."
Roxane slashed Pahn with a scimitar.
The sword was swung down at a much higher speed than before.
It was a forceful slash.
The scimitar bit into Pahn.
Pahn's flesh creaked.
"Oh, this is—"
"You did it. It succeeded."
"Amazing."
This one hit was truly worthy of taking a life.
The momentum was different even from the outside.
It was undoubtedly a success.
A red magic circle appeared at the beast's feet, perhaps for a counterattack.
I couldn't let that go.
I slashed from behind with Durandal.
That one hit made Pahn collapse.
It fell to the floor, face down.
It eventually turned into smoke and disappeared.
"Beautifully done."
"Thank you. It's thanks to Master."
"Good job."
I had slashed Pahn multiple times with Durandal, so it wasn't as if the Beast Attack had the power of several Durandal strikes.
At most, it was the equivalent of one or two strikes.
Still, it was impressive that Roxane could match Durandal's power with a scimitar.
She wouldn't use it often since I have her take the front, but it could be useful in a pinch.
"Roxane, that's amazing."
"Thank you, Seri."
Roxane shared her joy with Seri.
Seri picked up the drop items and handed them to me.
Tomorrow's dinner would be mutton.
"Knowing such an old expression is impressive."
"Master's Brahman is excellent. As expected of Master."
Perhaps Seri had started to see me in a different light.
I can use Brahman, but I'm not sure if I can say I know it.
"Still, for a boss of the seventh floor, it ended too quickly. I didn't understand Pahn's actions."
Judging from her complaints, it seemed respect was out of the question.
Ignoring such Seri, we moved to the eighth floor.
From here, we would have to face up to four monsters at once.
"Let's start with the usual, where there are fewer of them."
"Yes. ...There they are. They seem to be Collagen Corals."
I gave instructions to Roxane, who sniffed the air and pointed.
The monsters on the eighth floor of the Bael labyrinth were Collagen Corals.
"Collagen Corals?"
"Um, you can find out which monsters appear on which floor by asking the explorer at the entrance, or by going to the nearest explorer guild or the explorer guild in Koolatar."
"Well, that's true, but—"
Seri advised, but in reality, knowing the type of monster alone wasn't enough.
It was meaningless unless you knew the monster's weakness, what kind of attacks it would use, and how to deal with them.
If it was a monster we had fought before, like the Collagen Corals, we could respond immediately, but if we were only told the name of a monster we hadn't fought, we wouldn't know how to deal with it.
At least until now.
"Hmm..."
"From now on, it would be helpful if Seri could provide such information."
I entrusted the problem to Seri, who looked at me with a disappointed expression.
This should be fine.
"Understood."
Seri nodded with a cold expression.
Her eyes were becoming a habit, so I should stop it.
"The problem is how to deal with four monsters."
"Yes. I could take three and Seri one, or I could take two and Seri two, or I could take two and Master and Seri one each."