Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World Chapter 053

Wipe Out

Apparently, Sherry has given up on becoming Master Smith.

So a slave becoming a Master Smith is considered troublesome?

Sherry is worried about causing trouble to me, if she becomes a Master Smith.

“Okay.”

Roxanne tries to encourage her as well.

But that’s right, I will certainly take care of it.

“Well then, let’s get done with floor 6 and move on to floor 7. I’ll be wiping out the monsters. Sherry will not take part in the attack. You will coordinate with Roxanne, and focus on defending and dodging.”

Monsters on floor 6 can not be killed in one blow by a Villager Lv4.

Because we have been going to floor 7 as of late, we have the floor map with us.

I open up bonus points distribution interface, and allocate points toward increasing Gained Experience option.

It’ll help Sherry in leveling up quickly.

Although I want to select Cook job, for the monsters here on floor 7 of Quratar town labyrinth being Slow Rabbits, Plating of Alchemist is indispensable.

“Sherry, approach from near the wall.”

Three monsters appear. Roxanne takes on two of them while Sherry takes on one.

However, because there are monster groups of four on floor 8, we can’t move on further up for now.

Against lone monsters or groups of two, Roxanne engages them from the front while Sherry attacks them from the side.

“Yes, the more we spend time cooperating, the better it will get. I look forward to it, Sherry.”

Because vanguard has to slash, stab, and hit from the front.

If you’re not skilled enough, you might even die.

Being vanguard is really difficult.

Rearguard is not burdened with all that.

But there might be a strong monster there that attacks entire party at the same time with its magic.

If I go to buy a slave vanguard, even the Slave Merchant would be reluctant, for its scary capturing one.

“Yes…?”

So I couldn’t cast fourth type of magic because there wasn’t any?

“Master, the sun will be up soon.”

After Roxanne says that, we continue with the exploration.

Because I have been dependent on clocks all my life, I lose track of it many a time.

I open up party job settings interface, and check Sherry’s jobs out.

Villager Lv5, Explorer Lv10, Herbalist Lv1, Warrior Lv1, Merchant Lv1, Shrine Maiden Lv1, Swordsman Lv1, Monk lv1 (TL: I wanted to use Shaman instead of Shrine Maiden, but it would be mentioned later in the chapter that this job is female-only, so I went with Shrine Maiden.)

Villager job is up to Lv5 now.

Was Villager Lv5 not one of the conditions?

I inadvertently say it out loud.

“…”

Sherry looks at me somewhat sad.

What? Am I a pitiable child now?

Damn it! Not again.

To people around me, I might look like some crazy guy saying weird things.

Without any delay, I call for Warp in my mind, and escape to Adventurer Guild of Quratar town.

When Sherry takes her cap off, her hair was strangely soft.

It look light.

“That’s right, it seems to be more in volume than yesterday.”

Roxanne’s hand reaches out for Sherry’s hair.

“Is that so?”

“Thank you.”

“Yes, please.”

Having received Sherry’s acknowledgment, I first caress Roxanne’s head gently.

Order is absolute.

“Ah~”

When I place my hand on Roxanne’s head, she gets bashfully delighted.

Touching Roxanne feels so good.

So fluffy.

“Oh, it really is soft. Your hair is so good.”

I wonder if it became light after having been washed last night.

Perhaps she never washed her head since she was born.

Now that I think about it, Roxanne’s ears feel more fluffy puffy as well.

It should be fine now to talk about it.

“…”

Although I thought it was fine to talk about it, Sherry is looking down with a sad expression on her face.

“Ah, no, I suddenly remembered something from a while back.”

“No, no. It’s different.”

“No, no, no.”

Even going to the extent of reacting like that?

“Because I failed to become a Master Smith, I wanted to be a Shrine Maiden. But…”

Sherry tells us in a low voice.

I get what you want to say.

She didn’t have Shrine Maiden job until a while ago.

Because she couldn’t become a Master Smith, she wanted to be a Shrine Maiden. But she failed even at that.

To apply for a university twice, and fail both times.

“Oh, come on, there’s no need to be so sad.”

Most probably her Villager level was not enough at that time.

“Yes. Because I can work as an Explorer, it’s alright.”

Sherry says that and lifts her head up.

But this positivity is much appreciated.

Shrine Maiden Lv1

Skill: Group Healing

“Hmm? This shrine maiden skill-”

“…Do you know about it?”

Oh shit!

Anyway, talking about Shrine Maiden skill.

A Shrine Maiden can heal entire party.

“Recovery magic.”

Actually, it would be funny if men could become Shrine Maiden.

“Male version of Shrine Maiden is Priest.”

Now that I think about it, Roxanne has Monk job, even though she’s a female.

However, healing an entire party should require considerable expenditure of MP. Full recovery of MP should be slow, which might be a downside of this job.

“By severing ties. I-I couldnt.”

Indeed.

“Lets me guess… to get something you desire, let go of something you have.”

“Striking through waterfall?”

No, she did gain enlightenment, for she has Shrine Maiden job now.

“But it’s alright. I have heard that only half of the applicants succeed in becoming Shrine Maiden. Even if I’m not a Shrine Maiden, there shouldn’t be any problem in exploring labyrinth.”

“Okay.”

Roxanne is comforting her as well.

“Still, they should mention at the time of application that you have to be Villager Lv5 or above.”

“No, nothing.”

Even if you travel all the way to the waterfall. Even if you undertake isolation training. Even if you unify your body and soul, and gain enlightenment. If you’re not Villager Lv5, you won’t be able to acquire Shrine Maiden job.

“Master, you might not know because you’re an Explorer, but there’s no such thing as level in other jobs, unlike Explorer.”

Because Sherry fell silent, seemingly troubled, Roxanne explains to me.

“Eh? Is that so?”

“The more experience an Explorer gains, the bigger his Item Box gets. That indicates his level. However, there’s no such indicator for other jobs, not to mention Villager.”

In my case, when I started in the village, I was Villager Lv1.

That, however, is not accessible to other people.

In this world, level is an unknown.

“I see. So it was like that.”

“Exactly, there’s no problem at all.”

I’m being cheered up. Strange indeed.

I never imagined it to be like that.

“Master will remain master, even if you don’t know a thing or two.”

Are they disappointed that their master is a child at mind?

Exploration of floor 7 of Vale town labyrinth proceeded smoothly.

After spending all morning in exploration of floor 7, the first thing we do in the afternoon is arrive at the boss room.

Because Sherry planned to go shopping in the afternoon, to buy some stuff for her personal use, we had to speed up our exploration.

A party seems to be in the middle of the battle.

The boss battle is taking long.

Their eyes were clearly on Roxanne.

Should I turn them all into Durandal’s rust at this very spot?

But before it could happen, the ongoing boss battle finishes.

After having one last, long look at Roxanne, those men enter the boss room.

“Bastards!”

I assure you, I won’t let it go just like that.

“Such filthy looking eyes.”

Roxanne finally speaks.

But then, does she also notice the look in my eyes?

“Never mind.”

Also, I give a Copper Spear to Sherry.

“It would be better to use spear this time.”

“It indeed is.”

It’s effective to gather information before fighting a monster.

Although the floor they appear on may differ from one labyrinth to another, same monsters appear in different labyrinths. So it’s easy to gather information on monsters, even if the labyrinth is relatively new.

However, we never gathered any information on monsters.

Oh well, it can’t be helped.

If you use radar to trace enemy, the enemy can use that to trace back your position.

“Th-Thank you.”

“It’s alright though, because we have a weapon with Incantation Interruption skill.”

I show her Durandal.

“Didn’t this sword have MP Absorption skill?”

“…”

I withdraw it while answering.

I’m afraid it might become a habit.

“I-Is there something wrong?”

“Is it rare?”

And if you successfully attach a skill to your weapon, you will not take an even bigger risk for a second skill.

If you try otherwise, you’re an utter fool.

Because I would try it, if there’s a Master Smith who is acquainted with Sherry, who can be trusted.

“Oh, the door is open now. Let’s go.”

Because the door to the boss room has finally opened, I decide to escape from this situation.

I’m sure no one will experience such a thing.

“Very well.”

Equipment are scattered all around in the boss room.

There are gauntlets and boots too, about 20 pairs.

In the middle of that pile of equipment is someone, looking not much different from a beast, standing on two feet, just like a human.

It looks like a human wearing a mask. An eerie face.

Pan Lv7

Half-human half-beast. A monster with legs and horns of a goat.

The boss moves out of the pile, and the equipment around it roll away.
It means the party that went in before us has been completely wiped out by the boss.

Chapter end