Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World Chapter 166

Carp

After having received the explanation about the facility, I put the lodge off.

The prospects of earning points look bright.

“Sherry, isn’t there a Large Shield that increases magic power?”

While moving to Haruba’s labyrinth, I ask tentatively.

“Uh, you can fuse a Goat Monster Card.”

Large Shield of Offerings, huh?

Even if I equip two, it won’t turn into 4x.

“Is that the only way?”

“Is it possible to attach Increase in Attack Power skill to it?”
“You’ll have to attack directly with the fused shield, though.”

Isn’t it useless then?

If I were a dragonkin, I could equip both the shield and the stick.
Nah, Increase in Intelligence skills of the two equipment wouldn’t stack.

“It seems difficult in not just one way.”

With the admission into the Empire Liberation Society settled, we fire ourselves up and explore the labyrinth.

Now that Grand Wizard has leveled up, I can take monsters out even quicker. There’s no longer any issue on this floor.
The Scissor Lizard, the weakness of which differs from the rest, is somewhat of a nuisance but I leave it to Miria.

Whenever Miria petrifies a monster, I tidy it up with Durandal.

So I don’t have to attack from the front. I safely attack from the sides.
The Scissor Lizard collapses and turns into smoke.

“Yes, desu.”

It dropped leather. Miria picks it up and brings it over.

Roxanne and Vesta go and pick up the items dropped by the Cyclopes.
Because the Cyclopes fell before reaching the front due to getting obstructed by the Wind magic, I’m grateful that they went and picked the items up.

“Master, you did it. It dropped a monster card.”

Roxanne comes back with the monster card which she picked up.

I receive the card from Roxanne.
Appraisal is showing it as Cyclops Monster Card, too.

“Cyclops Monster Card?”
“If fused with a weapon or an accessory, it grants Increase in Attack Power skill. If fused together with a Kobold Monster Card, it grants 2x Attack Power skill.”

Sherry informs without a moment’s delay.

Any increment in attack power is most welcome.

Presently, however, our attack power is sufficient for this floor.

I mainly fight using magic and Durandal, so there won’t be much opportunity for it to come into play.

Should I fuse it with the Sacred Spear or the Earring of Offerings?
But I don’t particularly need it, so it’ll be a waste.

Should I keep the card?

There’s merit in fusing it with an appropriate equipment rather than keeping it.

Even if little, increment in attack power can’t be bad.

There’s a possibility of selling the fused weapon in the lodge shop.
It can become fertilizer for the next equipment.

If I am to sell it, I can’t fuse it with Sherry’s Incantation Interruption spear.
Nor with Miria’s Estoc of Petrifaction.

“Should I fuse it with the Rapier or the Steel Sword?”

It comes to these two after the process of elimination.

Nothing can go wrong with giving priority to Roxanne.

“I think it should rather be fused with the Steel Sword than the Rapier. It’ll be helpful in the boss battles.”

Roxanne proposes.

Although I don’t believe that attacking simultaneously with casting spells will make much difference, enhancing the Steel Sword may be better.

If I fuse it with the Steel Sword, I can test whether it stacks with Durandal’s 5x Attack Power skill or not.

Although it’s not impossible to test, it’s incredibly difficult.

“I guess. Let’s attach it to the Steel Sword then.”

If Roxanne says so, let’s go with the Steel Sword.

In the evening, I have Sherry perform the fusion after finishing with the exploration.

“It’s done.”

Sherry fuses it with ease.
Because it wasn’t the case of multiple skills this time, she was composed.

Steel Sword of Fury Two-handed Sword
Skills 2x Attack Power Empty Empty

I receive the sword from Sherry and swing it lightly.
So, if you attach 2x Attack Power skill, it becomes Sword of Fury, huh?

“As expected of Sherry. It has become a good sword.”

“I’ll leave this sword to Vesta.”
“Okay. I didn’t think I would ever be able to use a weapon with skill.”

When I hand it to Vesta, she accepts it with gratitude.

I’m feeling bad now.

“Ah, I have decided to sell this sword later on at the shop we saw this morning. When that time comes-”
“Understood.”

Just in case, I give her a heads up.
Because I’ll buy something else when I sell it at the lodge shop, it’s not that bad.

Michio Kaga Male 17 Years Old

Equipment Sacred Spear Hard Leather Hat Alba Dragon Leather Gloves Dragon Leather Boots Earring of Offerings

Roxanne Female 16 Years Old

Equipment Rapier Steel Shield Wind Resistant Damascus Steel Forehead Protector Dragon Leather Jacket Hard Leather Gloves Hard Leather Boots of Willow Sacrificial Misanga

Sherry Female 16 Years Old

Equipment Steel Spear of Authority Hard Leather Hat Chainmail Water Resistant Leather Mittens Hard Leather Boots Sacrificial Misanga

Miria Female 15 Years Old

Equipment Estoc of Petrifaction Iron Shield Poison Resistant Hard Leather Hat Chainmail Hard Leather Gloves Hard Leather Boots Sacrificial Misanga

Vesta Female 15 Years Old

Equipment Steel Sword of Fury Iron Sword Strengthened Hard Leather Hat Platemail Steel Gauntlets Steel Demigreaves Sacrificial Misanga

The next day. With the enhanced weapon, we explore the labyrinth.

Because magic and Durandal are our main force of attack, it can’t be helped.
To test the dual wielding with Durandal and the Steel Sword of Fury, we decide to go to the boss room.

The next day. We finally reach the boss room.

We didn’t encounter any trouble, though, for Grand Wizard has leveled up.

In the boss room, on either sides of the boss appear a Gummi Slime and a Cyclops.

Vesta takes out the Cyclops. Miria petrifies the Gummi Slime. The boss ends up petrified, too.

The time Vesta took to finish the monster off was almost the same, huh?

If the overwhelming power of Durandal were doubled, the difference would be distinct.
Like when I invoke Rush to attack.

5x Attack Power skill and 2x Attack Power skill don’t seem to stack, after all.

If the fusion resulted in actually having the skill weakened, it would really be embarrassing.

I wonder how it works.

Besides, even if it turned 2x from 5x, the bodily sensation wouldn’t differ much.
Because Durandal won’t be a part of dual wielding except for during the boss battles, the loss isn’t to the extent to be called a failure.

“Although the sword has been enhanced, there didn’t seem to be any difference, did it?”

“Because it’s the attack power of the Steel Sword which has been doubled, the difference wasn’t considerable, it seems.”

“I think there was no difference.”

I ask others for their impression. There was indeed no difference.
I receive Durandal from Vesta and clean up the petrified monsters.

“Sherry, which monster appears on 26th floor?”

“xxxxxxxxxx”
“It’s carp. C-a-r-p.”

Because of Miria shouting excitedly, I can take a guess. It’s a fish, huh?

Because it’s a koi, is that why it’s called carp?

“Carp, desu.”

“It doesn’t.”

I ask Sherry who denies.

Miria doesn’t seem to be aiming for the ingredient.
She’s excited merely because the enemy is a fish.

“It doesn’t?”

“How do you know that?”

When a labyrinth grows up to 50th floor, it opens an entrance to invite people in.

The Duke’s order of knights does enter in order to kill the labyrinth.
However, how can it be known as to which monster appears on a floor which has yet to be explored?

“Umm, the bosses of the first 33 floors turn into the monsters on the next floors……Didn’t you know that?”

Sherry realizes from my complexion.

It must be a common knowledge in this world.

I see. So it’s like that, huh?

1st floor’s boss appears on 34th floor. 2nd floor’s boss appears on 35th floor.
The boss of 26th floor should therefore appear on 59th floor.

If you know which monster appears on 26th floor, you can figure out which monster will appear on 59th floor.
There will naturally be a boss of 59th floor. That boss will drop the ingredient.

It’s a long way off.
59th floor’s boss drop will be really precious.

“The boss of Quratar’s 1st floor, Kobold Kempfer, will appear as a monster on 34th floor and 26th floor’s boss will appear as a monster on 59th floor?”
“Correct. By the way, the monster native to Quratar’s 26th floor happens to be Cape Carp.”

Same, huh?

There’s a probability of 1/11.
So it shouldn’t be that rare.

“Hee, really?”

Vesta is nodding.

For Vesta wasn’t aware either, the fact that the bosses of the first 33 floors turn into the monsters on the next floors shouldn’t be common knowledge.
So I have won my case.

“Cape Carp is a monster that’s well versed in four attributes of magic, amongst which, it has command over Water magic. It’s resistant to Water attribute and weak against Fire attribute, so it’s weakness is Fire magic.”

It’s weakness is Fire magic?

However, Cyclops is resistant to Fire.
And Cyclops is supposed to appear on 26th floor.

“If Cyclops appears, I’ll leave it to Miria.”
“Okay, desu.”

While moving to 26th floor, I change the skill of Jobless.

It’s Cape Carp.
It’s swimming in the air just like Black Diamond Tuna.

But It’s slightly smaller than Black Diamond Tuna.

However, it’s not entirely black unlike black diamond tuna. A portion of its back is blackish brown.

Because it’s called Cape Carp, I thought there would be a cape around its neck but it doesn’t seem to be the case.

It’s slightly long and thin, though, just like grass carp.
More importantly, its mouth is pointed like barracuda.

By cape, does it mean the peninsula 《cape》, not the mantle one?

There’s Cape Canaveral in Florida Peninsula.
Because its mouth is pointed like a peninsula, is that why it’s called Cape Carp?

Chapter end