BXBX NOVEL Volume 10 Chapter 5 PaRT 4
「By all means.」
Well, it should probably be fine since Miria was the one who made it.
Even if the temperature in the kitchen rises a little, I don’t think it will go that far, so as long as you’re not in front of the pot itself, you should be fine.
「The monster on the thirty-sixth floor is the Spice Spider.」
「Talk about a lucky coincidence. Now, even if we won’t have any other kind of seasoning, we’ll be able to use pepper.」
「Defeat it, desu!」
Miria is getting motivated after learning what monsters we’re going to be fighting thanks to Sherry.
「This way.」 When we entered the thirty-sixth floor, Roxanne led the way as always, but this time Miria followed her with a momentum that could easily threaten to overtake her. I wish she could have this kind of motivation every day. However, in that case we would essentially have two Roxannes on our team, and that would be plenty weird, so maybe it’s actually a good idea that she’s not like that.
「Spice Spiders are resistant to Earth Magic and weak to Water Magic.」
Sherry told me as we went along.
「Oh. Is that so? That reminds me, it seems that the Spi Spider on the third floor didn’t have any weaknesses as well.」
「That’s right. The monsters from the first floor to the eleventh floor are weak, and there are many that don’t have resistance or weakness. Depending on the floor, there are advantages and disadvantages in combining monsters, and it is difficult for beginners to enter them. When it comes to Floor Bosses, it’s not that much, so it seems that some of them have resistances and weaknesses.」
Labyrinths feed on humans and lure them in. If monsters have resistances or weaknesses, it will inevitably happen that monsters on the next floor will have resistances to the attributes that were the weak points of monsters on the floor below. Then that floor becomes an unpopular floor, and people do not gather there.
For a Labyrinth, such a situation will undoubtedly become troublesome.
Above all, if it’s a low floor, it’s easy for beginners to enter. I also feel like resistances and weaknesses are not as important to the beginners who don’t have Mages in their Parties, but I cannot say that for sure.
Beginners are more likely to be swayed by rumors if even part of the story says that a particular floor is troublesome to deal with. A party with a Mage in it would belong to the upper class socially and economically, so it would be even more so if the story came from such a Party.
Also, if a Party is going to avoid adding a Mage into their ranks for too long, they might actually end up making floors harder for themselves to beat.
Maybe something like a monster house remains? That’s why monsters up to the eleventh floor often don’t have resistance or weaknesses.
「I see. Is that so?」 I set 「Beginner Water Magic」 as Jobless’s Skill.
From here on, it’s a series of 「Water Storms」. Including the boss battle on the thirty-fifth floor.
There was a spice spider in the place Roxanne guided us to.
One is rare. I hit it with the water ball twice.
Two water spheres flew towards the monster. Unlike storms, you can clearly see that you hit the magic repeatedly with the ball. Even if you omit the chanting, you will have to chant twice because you are doing it in your head.
I can’t do it at once, can I? No, I can’t.
The water ball landed on the monster, so I tried to do it with the next bullet, but it didn’t work.
It is impossible to do with two shots at the same time? Will I be able to do it with practice? I don’t think there’s any merit to doing that much though. Even if I could, I would likely have a double personality.
This Spice Spider just happens to be one, but in the first place, it’s rare that there’s only one monster on the thirty-fifth or thirty-sixth floor.
Although Roxanne doesn’t take her to places like that, I still have my suspicions.
No. Maybe she’s doing what she’s doing because she thinks it’s better to hunt a lot of monsters?
Since there are a lot of monsters, I don’t think I’ll be using 「Water Ball」 very often. Even if it’s not at the same time and the time is slightly off, it’s not much of a problem when using storm-type magic. It’s obvious that ball-type magic is being activated twice at the same time, so I’m just worried about the eyes of those around me.
There are times when I hit the last remaining one, but at that time the victory is almost guaranteed, so I don’t have to overdo it. In other words, it can’t be helped.
「I did it, desu!」
The Spice Spider battle was ended by Miria. Well, it was just one.
Since Roxanne was standing in front of her, if she swung her Estoc of Petrification around from the side, the monster would immediately get petrified.
I don’t think motivation will change the probability of being petrified. Even if the probability doesn’t change, if the number of slashes increases, it will become easier to petrify, so it might have been thanks to her motivation.
「As expected of Miria.」 「Yes, desu!」
Let’s praise her for now. As long as I can put my hand on her head and stroke her cat ears, I have no complaints. Although Spice Spider Lv.35’s strength was unknown, having Roxanne guide me from a place where there weren’t many monsters at first made me feel like I was doing something really useless.
From the thirty-fourth floor onwards, there are only monsters that I’ve fought in Boss battles. No, Miria doesn’t always sink. There should be nothing wrong with this. The floor has also risen, and it has become rare for the first one to be alone.
This time it just happened to be one, but it doesn’t mean it will be like this next time.
Just like before, it would be fine if we started with a small number of monsters. Even this time, I was able to verify that petrification works for Lv.30 monsters, and also that Roxanne is still able to dodge the attacks of even the monsters on the thirty-sixth floor.
By the way, I was even able to verify that I could defeat them with my magic even though they were petrified.
The Spice Spider disappears in smoke.
Well, it would be scarier if on a higher floor we happened upon a monster that would have attacked Roxanne so fiercely that she wouldn’t be able to dodge all of its attacks. What we would have done in such a case? 「It looks like we can fight on the thirty-sixth floor without any problems.」
But Roxanne, isn’t that conclusion too hasty?
「Well, we’ve only fought one so far.」
「Yes. In that case, I will guide us to places with more monsters from now on.」
Oh. I feel like I’m stuck talking to a wall.
You plotted that, Roxanne? Or rather, is it natural for you now? In a sense, you are a lot scarier than anything else here.
From the next time, while repeating the Boss battle on the thirty-fifth floor, I also checked the situation on the thirty-sixth floor.
Are we going to be able to fight there?
Having weaknesses is indeed a big deal.
Even on the thirty-sixth floor, the one monster that remained until the end was the Drive Dragon, which is resistant to all types of magic attacks.
Spice Spiders and Palm Baums are similar to it in that regard, although to a lesser extent. However, we cannot allow ourselves to underestimate it just because it’s a Drive Dragon.
This guy is strong.
It should be something that shouldn’t even be mentioned, but the Drive Dragon Lv.36 that appears on the thirty-sixth floor is stronger than the Drive Dragon Lv.35 on the thirty-fifth floor, and the Drive Dragon Lv.35 is stronger than the Drive Dragon on the thirty-fouth floor.
Little by little, I am getting stronger. What going to happen when I go to a higher floor? Well, the frequency of the appearance of the Drive Dragons is definitely going to decrease, but this time I might be forced to use Earth Magic against them, since Earth Magic is also a weakness of Spice Spiders.
After that, things should slow down for a bit. I have a feeling that this is going to happen. Perhaps. Probably. Maybe. But it would definitely be nice if it happened right now as well.
Unlike Milia, who has finished hunting and walks forward with a happy face, I have a lot of worries to consider.