Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Chapter 145

Underground Labyrinth Capture-Capture of Irresistible Force-   The report both surprised and shocked us. It was about the appearance of people who finally captured the Dungeon’s 50th floor. Certainly, this year the adventurers had improved their skills considerably. Groups that were able to capture the 30th floor had gradually begun to appear. The devised floor capturing strategies used the phenomenon known as barely escaping death, Zombie Attack Plan (Coming back from death Strategy)[1] or Abandoning Scapegoat Plan (For Glory Strategy)[2] and so forth. There were people that used a frontal attack as well, accompanied by the proficiency of their skill and the improvement of their equipment, they also had their ability improved. But, after the 30th floor, not only was there a trap that killed everyone at the beginning, the monsters also came groups and fought together. It becomes difficult to handle that when using the unorthodox capturing methods. So, the most recent leading capture group was mimicking the capture method that Masayuki and his party used against the guardian of the 40th floor but... The guardian of 40th floor was Tempest Serpent. It was the black snake I had met way back in the beginning. It had breath attack that was effective against groups, and many people had watery eyes after their equipment was destroyed by it. Then, because I was nice, I kindly rent them equipment with the Tempest crest. They would need to compensate us if they broke. Well~ the earnings they got till now were completely deprived, we thought that it was a reliable guardian that would bring us a wonderful fortune. If a person that could defeat it appeared, then... Besides, the guardian of the 50th floor was Gozurl. He was violence incarnate when his restraint were removed. After all, Gozurl wasn’t weak. Either way, maybe thanks to the restraints placed on him while on the 30th floor, he was able to come up with a creative way of battling for this floor. The old, foolish Gozurl, that only depending on his own strength, had disappeared. It was the same with Mezurl. Wracking his brains together with Gozurl, the two devised their fighting style by discussing with each other. Before we were aware of it, the arguments they would hold whenever they met were now forgotten, and the two had become close friends now.

If children were doing things that they were interested in, then they wouldn’t get tired at all.   「Oh, you came, Commander! There's no change in the situation today!」

He had a large, sturdy build, and brown hair. With his fine, chiseled features, he had a considerably good appearance. He wasn't wearing heavy equipment like iron armor, instead he was wearing chain mail made from weaved steel fiber, and a coat over it. They all looked pretty much the same. The skinny one had concealed his entire body with a pitch black robe, another one seemed to be wearing a white robe over the chain mail. He looked Asian, and the white robe was the kind often seen in hospitals. In every aspect, he was Japanese-like. Without a doubt, he seemed to be an "Otherworlder". A group of six Death Wolves (Ghost Wolves) came running. With a speed that typical adventurers couldn’t perceive, the wolves closed the distance in a dash. It seemed to have judged the situation instantly from a distance, it would only receive attacks one-sidedly. As expected of the monsters above the 50th floor. Even a monster that looked like a small fry had considerable intelligence. By the way, one Death Wolf is considered B+ rank, so it spelled trouble if six of them gathered. It was also a Ghost-type monster with the trait of nullifying damage if they weren’t attacked with a Holy attribute weapon or a Magic weapon. Even if its body vanished, it would regenerate immediately. So even just one wolf was dangerous if you didn't possess the countermeasure for it. You would be devoured instantly if careless...   「Don't underestimate me, you dogs! Uoryaaaa!!」

  Veldora agreed with my grumble. After that, I heard the story of their battlesuntil now while observing their combat style. As for the snack, nowadays, I preferred potatoes.

  Based on the story I heard about them, their battles until now were mostly of that brown-haired guy defeating the enemy. I saw it myself and understood it. The brown haired guy was certainly strong. But, what happened to the various traps in the labyrinth? Regarding those, the black robed guy smoothly discovered them, and seemed to have told his friend their position. As for incomprehensible traps or tricky traps, those were a crucial part from the 50thfloor and below. As if he could see it, the black robed guy precisely indicated the trap's location. I was certain that it was some kind of ability. You could say that he was an indispensable person for capturing a labyrinth. The last one was the white robed guy, his turn had only come up once until now. That was during the fight against Gozurl. I had seen the footage through the Thought Link, but I was certain that this fellow was also someone with a Unique class ability. He had taken out syringes from his pocket, and given them to his two companions. Immediately after that, Gozurl's movement had rapidly became dull. He might have received some kind of abnormal status, but as Gozurl's movements became dull, he became an easy mark for the brown-haired guy. The one who landed the finishing blow was the white robed guy. He had taken out a scalpel that shone silver, from his pocket, and in an instant, he had cut the blood vessels on Gozurl's nape. I noticed that he was from the intelligence faction, which assesses the situation and takes the time to wait for a change in the situation, unlike a muscle head that didn't think about anything. Their party was very balanced.   《Notification. The result of the analysis is in. The attack that “Individual: Gozurl” received was something similar to a neurotoxin. The room was filled with poisonous gas, the poison obstructs the movement of those who lack immunity to it. There is no remaining effect now.》

  「This is the registered information of the three that succeeded in capturing the 50th floor.」

  I received it with a nod and confirmed its contents. Shinjy ..... 23 years old, Wizard[6] Mark ..... 26 years old, Warrior[7] Zhen ..... 17 years old, Hunter[8]

  Oh well. The truth didn’t matter, there was one person which I surely needed to pay attention to. The black-haired, white robed, young man, Shinjy. Instead of Magic, he was using a mysterious ability. Or rather, Shinjy... no matter how you looked at it, it was Shinji. The brown-haired guy was Mark. He had not only thrown air bullets and monster's corpses, but falling rock as well... Anyway, it seemed he could throw anything as long as he could grab it. He grabbed a living monster and threw it, inflicting damage to both enemies, and defeated them together, which almost made me spew out the tea. But it seemed his being a Warrior was not a lie, since he handling Minos Bardiche skillfully. The black robed guy was Zhen. This guy seemed to have eyes capable of seeing through traps perfectly. In the beginning I had thought that his intuition was sharp but it seemed to be Sense Danger, Sense Monster, and Sense Trap. With all of those, he managed to evade everything beforehand. He looked at the places with traps, and conferred their location to his friends, and I was certain that it wasn’t a coincidence. Originally, on the 50th floor and beyond, there were increasingly brutal traps that became the main threat instead of the monsters’ strength. Without looking strange, the room could have been filled with Ghost-type monsters, had its air pressure changed, been without oxygen, or had poisonous water. Like that, I had set traps of a dangerous level to prevent the capture of the dungeon, but everything was seen through by him, so they were all useless. Moreover, his sense of direction was also excellent. He wasn’t deceived by the floor’s rotation and the like, and easily advanced using the shortest route. Obviously, a maze wasn’t effective. If there was an injury, the white robed youth, Shinjy, could easily treat it. Although they were just three people, they were people specialized in capturing labyrinths.[9]  

It had become the King of Ghosts with that magic power, and seemed to spend its time quietly in a cave. When I assumed the position of Demon Lord, I specially went to greet him. At that time, it was almost purified, it wasn't a funny story.[10] That him, was guarding the 60th floor. Unfortunately, I believed that those three were at a disadvantage. Ghost King Adalman had a fighting power beyond A rank [EP:44,000]. Naturally, he had a higher rank than Gozurl and Mezurl. His strength was not on par with the devils, but it couldn’t be helped since its weak point was too obvious. He was awfully weak to the Holy attribute and Light Attribute. He was an extremely troublesome being if you fought it seriously since it could summon Ghost Knights and Ghost Wolves endlessly――If he attack a town, he would be acknowledged as a Disaster――Although it could be said that they also shared the same attribute weakness. Therefore, for this floor, since they would have gotten used to the traps, I had set an easy to clear boss. The people who were able to defeat Gozurl and Mezurl using only brute force, may defeat it easily if they only paid attention to the attribute’s weakness. Moreover,   「It was a mistake, with Minos Bardiche they could defeat an enemy with one blow... That thing was made from Holy attribute Mithril, it delivered double the damage to Undead-type and Ghost-type enemies.」 「Because of the limited, first-time-only, service, or something like that, they got a bit cocky, right?」

So. I did something bad to Ghost King Adalman. Unfortunately, he wouldn’t be capable of stopping those three. Well it might have been my fault, but I hoped he could forgive me. So, as I thought that, I was looking forward the guardian of the 70th floor.

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