Vol. 3 - Chapter 205 - When the rare boss throws a tantrum

"Fuhahahaha!!"

"<Counter Burst>!"

"Buha!?"

The <Cowboy Cactus>, who protruded it's two hand forward and bombarded with thorns in a semicircular area, vanished in the effect with the counter burst released by Sierra.

The boss let down its guard under the impression that defense skills are ineffective against long range attacks, the range of <Counter Burst> is quite big.

Sierra, who delivered the counter blow at bare distance, baskets in the afterglow of victory with a cool face.

"Great work, Sierra. That was a nice decision you have made in the end. Have you gotten used to dealing with long-range attacks?"

"Yeah. And I also grasped when to use <Counter Burst> effectively. I have figured out the range, so it would be easier to deal with the boss next time".

Seems like Sierra was quite pleased with her reaction as she shows a rare look of enthusiasm.

Alas, there's something I must inform her about which may break her heart.

"Unfortunately, it's impossible, since the flute has only one more use left."

"...... I see. But we can still use the regular boss <Slactuar>, there's still much more to practice."

Sierra's desire to improve herself never ceases to amaze me.

Would I also be so good at fighting if I keep up with training? I should also follow her.

This was the 8th battle after the repetition of blowing the whistle and fighting. Ultimately, the flute only has one use left and singing it any further will thoroughly break the flute, so our fun boss battle ride ends here.

What a pity. I want more and more flute!

By the way, we fought 5 times and the rest 3 times were a miss.

It still ended in 3 misses. It's fortunate that we are paying from our pocket, else it would have been hard to procure the profits. We more or less had a <Beautifying Phenomenon> once, but that's all, no gold chest dropped for us, which is slightly tricky profit-wise.

However, the rare boss was like a luxurious banquet in terms of experience. Both Rika and Karua's job has reached Lv31 simultaneously and with this, we have achieved our goal for today.

That being said, we still have a surplus of time left so we are going to continue our grind. The next battles would be with a regular boss <Slactuar>.

Lana seems like she has something to say but I ignored her. I want to follow after Sierra and train myself.

The time passed quickly and it's nearing 5:00 p.m. in the afternoon, gradually closing to the time for us to go back.

"Fufu...fuu...f...u"

"What can we do? Let's just ask someone to defeat it. Standing here will not progress our exploration either after all"

"Dammit!! Do we really don't have any other choice!?"

"But both the upperclassmen and third years are all busy and we may not find anyone, so whom are we going to ask then?"

"Haa, we’re just unlucky."

"Truly so, we even gave up on the merits and quest points and chose to reserve the dungeon. We couldn't be any more cursed to have rare bosses appear out."

"Is it really the divine punishment for ignoring the freshmen? "

"Haa, what shit luck."

"You–, don't you have anything else to say!?"

Hmm-hmm, so that's how it is. I get the gist of what is going on.

Apparently, they have skipped out on today's big event and prioritized dungeon exploration. They must have been in a good mood to reserve the dungeon for a day and clear it away. Though I don't quite get what they meant in the latter part.

Anyway, the crux of the matter is that in their crucial boss battle, a rare boss appeared.

By the way, once a rare boss appears, it will not disappear until either you defeat it or use a specific item, it will continue to appear. If you're unlucky, then you may also have to stop your exploration like them.

And so, they are in trouble precisely because of this reason.

I see, that means it's a chance for us.

I turned to them by myself.

"Can I take a bit of your time, senpai?"

"Hmm? Sorry but we are currently busー一...... Huh?"

"Have I seen you somewhere?"

"You morons! T-that, could you be the <Brave> of <Eden>!?"

"Absolutely, the one and only Brave, Zephyr. I saw senpai, who seemed to be in trouble, so I came to check him out. How about leaving your problem for us to solve?"

『Sub quest <Subdue the Impeding Rare Boss> has begun』

• Defeat the rare boss blocking the <Poisonous Mushroom Cavern Dungeon>.

•Reward : A guaranteed <Gold Chest>.

•Time period : Before tomorrow.