Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World (LN)

That being said, doing that every single day is definitely going to be tough.

The next day, there was no one to stop Roxanne, so we proceeded to the Boss battle against the Floor Boss on the thirty-second floor.

Roxanne is leading they way with light steps.

「Un. The closest group of monsters is over there, but they are all Non-REM Golems and there are not that many of them, so let’s just head straight to the Boss Room.」

We proceeded towards the Boss Room without even paying attention to the groups of enemies with only a few monsters in them along the way. Roxanne quickly guides us to the Boss Room without even looking at the map all that much.

「Are you sure that you don’t need to look at the map more often?」

「That’s not going to be necessary, because I remembered it yesterday. I only need to check it every now and then to confirm our location.」

It seems that she is full of motivation, probably because I made her wait for an entire day without fighting the new Floor Boss. With Roxanne’s guidance, we quickly arrived at the Boss room.

「The Floor Boss variant of the Rock Bird is called a Firebird. Like Rock Bird, it doesn’t have any elemental weaknesses, but it uses Fire Magic and is resistant to Fire Magic as a result. We need to be careful because its resistances are different.」

We received a briefing from Sherry in the Waiting Room and stepped into the Boss Room. The Rock Bird Floor Boss variant seems to have different resistances than the Rock Bird. It’s a rare pattern. Most of the time the resistances tend to be the same no matter if it’s the Floor Boss or regular monster.

Well, one is a Rock Bird and the other is a Firebird, so just as the names say, there are bound to be differences.

160 We enter the Boss Room. Smoke gathers in the center of it, and monsters appear. Firebird was a bird covered in red flames. Oh, Firebird. As in, a Phoenix. It’s definitely fire bird, considering that it’s constantly on fire, burning with a scorching heat that can burn everything, trampling it with hellfire from which there can be no escape. Everyone who’s going to set foot in this Boss Room is going to be burned to death, just like in Gomorrah.

Firebird glares at us with its terrifying flaming head. It’s an overwhelming glare that seems to turn whoever dared to look back at it into a pillar of salt.

Then, it launches flames at us. Roxanne, however, swayed lightly to the side to avoid it. Of course she would dodge it. Looks like even the attack of the boss on the thirty-second floor doesn’t work against Roxanne, does it?

The Firebird shoots the next attacks towards her, but she dodges it again.

Is the width of the shade slightly larger than usual? She may have taken into account the flickering flames as well, and she’s also dodging more than usual. Roxanne is in charge of the manual labor here, and yet her payment remains the same. Such thoughts are crossing my mind right now.

Well, at least she’s not complaining about it.

Since I am the one responsible for the mental labor here, I hit the Rock Bird with 「Water Storm」while the Floor Boss was distracted with Roxanne. Wait, this is just physical labor as well.

Well, no matter. I’m just going to leave the front of the Rock Bird to Vesta while I’ll go to attack it from the side.

After she managed to petrify another Rock Bird, Miria joins Roxanne in the assault on the Firebird.

It doesn’t seem like they have any trouble with it. They fight normally, just like with every other enemy. Well, it’s not like Water Magic is a weak point. I wonder if they’re going to be okay? Probably, since their weapons are not on fire either.

「Did it, desu!」

After receiving a strike from Miria’s unburned sword, Firebird gets petrified and falls to the ground, although I feel like its flames are flickering normally even though they should have been extinguished when the Firebird was petrified. Or is it only my imagination.

When I finally defeated the Rock Bird that I was fighting and started cleaning up the petrified Fire Bird, they seemed to be as hot as usual.

No, this has to be my imagination. Perhaps.

Yes, just my imagination.

The monster finally disappears, and when it does, it leaves behind an item. Rock Birds left some feathers, and Firebird left other item that look like something resembling hide, or a pelt.

When I used 「Identify」on it, it turned out that it is an Ostrich.

Ost… rich…….? Like… that kind of ostrich? The Firebird seemed to be a dignified beast, but when I think that there was an ostrich hiding beneath all those flames…. Then it makes me feel more than a little disappointed.

If it’s an ostrich, then how did it even stay in the air? Could it be possible that there was no actual bird inside of the flames?

「Can this be used to make armor?」

「Can an Ostrich be used to make armor? No, it can’t, because it is too soft. However, since it is so soft and durable, it can be used to make bags and the like.」

I asked Sherry about it, but it doesn’t seem like it can be used as a material for making armor. Besides, I’ve never seen an ostrich armor or anything like that.

So it can be used to make bags, huh? Certainly, now that I look at it, it looks like something that could be used to make a nice brand-name bag out of it or something.

Let’s change the subject because it’s going to be dangerous if I continue to talk about it poorly.

「As expected, now that we’ve come this far, the Boss battles are starting to get tough. If it wasn’t for Miria’s petrification, then the entire battle would have lasted much longer.」

「Is that so? If anything, it was a monotonous battle, and master also used magic to attack, so it wasn’t a big deal.」

For Roxanne, this entire battle was monotonous. I want to say that it was an ostrich, not a Japanese crane.

「Yes, it would have certainly taken longer. However, on the flipside, the longer the battles are going to be, the easier it’s going to be for the petrification to occur.」

「Let’s do it, desu.」

「I think that we are going to be alright.」

It looks like these three don’t have any problems with it. Just like Sherry said, the longer the battles are going to last, the easier its going to be for Miria to proc petrification.

It seems like a cold but rational opinion. As expected of Sherry.

「I see. Well, if we fight Firebird a few more times, we should be able to understand its attack patterns a bit better.」 「Yes. But today we are going to have a battle against the Floor Boss of the thirty-third floor, right?」

You want to have what today? And where? We should have aimed for that tomorrow, not today, right?

Is there anyone who can stop Roxanne now?

「The monster on the thirty-third floor of Quratar’s Labyrinth is the Drive Dragon. The Drive Dragon is a powerful monster that can use all four types of magic and is resistant to all four types of magic. Between the twenty-third and thirty-third floors, it is said to be by far the strongest among the monsters that appear in the Labyrinth of Quratar. Some people even say it might be stronger than Kobold Kampfer on the thirty-fourth floor. That is why right now there’s no need to force yourself to fight on the thirty-third floor. In Bode’s Labyrinth, monsters whose weakness is Fire Magic continue to appear from the thirtieth floor upwards, and its thirty-third floor should be fairly easy to conquer. Personally, I think it might be a good idea to try fighting on the thirty-third floor of Bode’s Labyrinth for a while now.」

Whoa… there it is! Way to go, Sherry!

Sherry coldly expressed her opinion to stop Roxanne. I am deeply moved by what she did now. As expected of Sherry. I have to adopt this method of dealing with Roxanne from now on as well.

「Umu. That’s right. It’s necessary to enter the Labyrinth within the Duchy’s territory because of the promise I made with the Duke of Harz. That’s why, wouldn’t it be better to go to Bode’s Labyrinth for a while from tomorrow onwards?」

That’s right. That was the most wonderful part of Sherry’s proposal. I have a promise with the Duke to keep after all.