Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World Chapter 148

Gumi Slime.

“The demon on Quratar’s 23rd floor is the Gumi Slime. It is weak to fire, wind and water magics. It doesn’t have a resistance against any magic. It uses earth area of effect magic, but it doesn’t seem to have any resistance to earth magic.”

We arrive on the 23rd floor.
Sherry gives us a briefing.

“The Gumi Slime? That’s nostalgic.”

“Can you melt it away?”
“Yes, and it needs to be defeated before the absorbed person is digested.”

It’s a troublesome demon that I’ve encountered before.
Since I’m on the 23rd floor now, they will be Lv23 and stronger than last time.

“Demons other than those one the 1st floor can appear outside?”
“If there is a village near the labyrinth then only the demons on the first floor will appear outside, that’s because there are lots of people nearby, and the demons won’t need to move far from the entrance. They also won’t be very aggressive. Demons from the 12th floor will show up if there isn’t many people nearby, and they’ll travel further from the labyrinth. Demons from the 23rd floor will come out if there is nobody nearby, and they will travel long distances and aggressively attack people for food.”

That happens?

It sends out stronger demons to travel and attack people.

There were Gumi Slime’s near Vale. They must have come from a long distance.

It seems like a nuisance.

“Roxanne, can you find a group that just has one or two of them for us to fight?”
“I think so.”

I’d like to set the skill of Jobless to one of the Gumi Slime’s weaknesses, but I won’t be able to change it for a while after I set it.

Earth magic is the weakness of the Clamshell on floor 22, and the Kettle Mermaid on floor 21 in Quratar.
We could keep hunting here until breakfast, but the hunting speed might not be that good.

The Gumi Slime has a lot of weaknesses, just not Earth magic.

The first time you encounter a demon you should be wary, but I’ve fought a Gumi Slime before, and I’ve already experienced Lv23 with the Scissor Lizards.
There shouldn’t be a problem.

Roxanne guides us to a place with three Gumi Slime Lv23.

There are no other demons either, so each vanguard can take one on.
As expected of Roxanne.

Four people start running at once.

The Gumi slimes didn’t use their area effect magic before the vanguards met them.

The three vanguards confronted the three Gumi Slimes.

Vesta drove both her swords into the Gumi Slime.

“It really doesn’t feel that effective.”

“Yes, I think so too.”

Vesta nods to Roxanne’s opinion.

Since Miria has the Estoc of Petrification, she should attack it.
The skill will work even if the damage doesn’t have much effect.

A magic formation appears under the Gumi Slime on the left.

The Gumi Slime in the center shakes wildly as it attacks Roxanne.
Roxanne sways and parries it.

“I did it, desu!”

The Gumi Slime to the right is petrified.

It has a strange shape like it’s defying gravity, probably because it was petrified in the middle of an attack.

It seems the petrification skill does work like normal.

I destroy the Gumi Slime with magic.
After the Gumi Slime that had become a stone, I defeated the other two as well.

The combat time was longer than it was with the Scissor Lizard, but that’s probably because Jobless’s skill was earth magic.

If both the Scissor Lizard and Gumi Slime appear, I can only focus on one.

“Roxanne, was the Gumi Slime going to absorb you?”
“Yes. You need to be careful not to be absorbed.”

Sherry asks Roxanne after the combat ends.

Is that how it absorbs you?

“It’s good that we could experience that right at the start. With this, I think we’ll be fine on Quratar’s 23rd floor.”
“Yes. I think we’ll be alright.”

I said to Roxanne after she had confirmed the smell of the surroundings.

It’s good.
Roxanne picks up a slime starch and passes it to me.

“It seems we’ll be able to fight against the Gumi Slime.”

Sherry’s approval gives me peace of mind.

“Starch, desu.”

Miria and Vesta also bring slime starch.

If fish are involved, you are strong.

Slime starch doesn’t seem to be a rare drop since three were left behind.

We’ll explore until breakfast, and then enter the labyrinth again later.
The opponents are Scissor Lizards.

Earth magic is the Scissor Lizards weakness.

Since the demons become more powerful on the 23rd floor, this is welcome.
We should be able to adapt to the upper levels relatively smoothly.

Though the Scissor Lizards have gotten stronger, I’ve gotten stronger as well with my earrings and saint spear.

The 23rd floor is fine.
Our party will be fine even if we go up a few more floors.

Our levels started rising again too.

For an Explorer, it’s easy to notice that your level has increased when you use your item box.

Explorer reached Lv45 several days ago, but Lv44 was a long time before that.

With the stronger Scissor Lizards, the experience must have gone up as well.
If not, it would have taken longer to reach Explorer Lv46.

I can’t hope that the level will go up every day, but it should go up easier for a while.

That’s good.
Since Explorer Lv50 is the condition for Adventurer, I can switch to Adventurer when Explorer stops at Lv50.

Roxanne’s level went up yesterday.

Roxanne became Knight Lv33 yesterday, and I changed it in secret with Beast Warrior Lv32.
It has not gone up yet since I switched it.

Sherry became master Smith Lv35, so my worries about smithing are becoming less and less.

We should succeed.

Of course, Miria’s Assassin went up because it’s level is still low.

Maybe it’s my imagination?

You can consider that Vesta is full-fledged now because she made it to Lv30.

There is a sense of security that you get standing behind the giant Vesta as she wields two swords.

Demons appear, and four people start running.

I use double earth magic, and start running as well.

Roxanne and Vesta face the demons.

Sherry arrives at the same time, so we don’t get hit by area effect magic.

I also caught up after shooting magic.

I attack it from Vesta’s diagonal so I don’t interfere with Sherry.

I don’t know if attacking with the saint spear will decrease the amount of times I have to attack with magic.

I’d rather do it than not though.
I need to keep training.

“I did it, desu!”

The Scissor Lizard became petrified.

Is it easier for Miria to petrify things?

All attacks concentrate on Ma Bream.

Saint spear is put away in the item box, and Durandal is pulled out with [Character Reset].
My MP was getting low.

I’m the only one attacking the Scissor Lizard.

I defeated it with no trouble because it did not move.

“I’ll be fighting with the sword Roxanne, so lead us to a place with just a few demons.”

I remove the earing of offerings, and take out my sacrificial misanga.

I don’t want to regret it later.
I make my sixth job Warrior as well.

“Um, I’ll tie it on.”
“You will? Then please tie it to my wrist.”

I specified because Roxanne might try and tie it to my ankle.
I hold out my right hand, and the sacrificial misanga gets tied on.

“I’m glad to help, Master.”

“Thank you too.”

Roxanne ties it on as she checks the smell of the surroundings.

When we follow her, a group of one Scissor Lizard and one Ma Bream appear again.
Everyone begins to run.

Vesta stood in front of Ma Bream.

It’s quite cramped in the cave with four vanguards.
With me using Durandal, and Vesta swinging two swords, it’s almost impossible to fit.

So we are guided to a place with few demons.

Miria has the Estoc of Petrification.
Vesta is the Lv30 Dragon Knight.

So I just decided on Roxanne guiding us somewhere with few demons.

If there’s just two, I can fight safely from the back, like with the boss.
Ma Bream first, and then Scissor Lizard are killed.

After another group, Durandal is removed.

Even if there isn’t many, I don’t need to fight much.

“Can you take this off?”

“Ok, Sherry, can you remove this?”
“Yes.”

Are they taking turns?

After that I equip the earrings of offerings.
It’s still troublesome.

After recovering MP, we’ll make this the last bit of exploration for today.

A Scissor Lizard stayed behind to shoot it, so Sherry’s spear did not reach it.

The area of effect magic isn’t dangerous, but it’s painful.

It’s not a problem, but it’s not light enough to ignore either.
It’s just annoying.

There’s no problem if it’s not fired in rapid succession, and we defeat a demon.

It can’t fire in rapid succession like this.
The Scissor Lizard that came forward is petrified, it and another Scissor Lizard are defeated, and an Rtoll Troll is defeated last.

I treated everyone as they collected the items.

Does she have low sensitivity to damage?

It’s troublesome to treat everyone separately, but it can’t be helped.

It’s a good thing to do.

There are some plans for medical treatment too.

We should train immediately.
A waterfall awaits me.

Chapter end