Since she will be done with it in no time flat, and when it comes to Kobolds, Green Caterpillars and Needlewoods, they can all be defeated before they even come within our melee distance thanks to my tried and true method of shooting a Fireball at them until they die that I have developed over my countless battles with them thus far. All in all, I think we are actually more than ready to take on the fourth floor.
When I was thinking about all those things, a group of three Lv.4 Minos appeared before us. Geh, I know its about time a group made only of the monsters native to this floor appeared, but it doesnt make the prospect of actually fighting them any more appealing.
By the way, three monsters should the maximum amount that should be encountered here on the fourth floor, meaning that technically no more monsters should appear during this particular fight. It is definitely a good thing that the monster ratio is so small on the lower floor of the Labyrinths, otherwise we might have been in serious trouble. For the time being, let us take care of the guys in front of us.
My opening gift to them was a Fire Storm right to their ugly faces, but since one shot was not nearly enough to finish them off they simply powered through the spell and continued their charge towards us. I readied my wand and fired a second shot of magic at them, and then the third one, but it was still not enough. Are they able to withstand so many attacks of Fire Storm because of the speed gained from the momentum of their charge? But in that case, I think I can use this to my advantage!
Now that all three of them have eaten three shots of Fire Storm it shouldnt take much more for us to kill them, so while Roxanne focuses the attention of the two of them on herself, I can take care of the last one on my own. Its momentum is strong, but that means that if I just let it come as close to me as possible before evading and making my own move
it wont be able to change its course and respond in time!
(Fire Storm ughhh!!!)
Did you have any trouble fighting two of them at the same time, Roxanne? Because as far as I am concerned, fighting three Minos at once might be a little annoying. How troublesome
While its true that having to face more of those particular monsters at once might be somewhat problematic, the battle was still shorter than it would have been without masters magic. Thanks to you, we could finish them off quickly and avoid any harm that would have been inevitable if the fight started to drag on.
So I take it you wont have any difficulties taking two of them on should the need for that arise again?
Not at all. Just now, they were only able to make two attacks before the battle was ended. However, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to evade all of their attacks if the battle lasts longer than a few minutes at best, so I think we should avoid encounters like that whenever we can afford it.
My thoughts exactly. Aside from their charge attack being more than a little scary due to how sudden it can be, Minos are not that hard to kill if you keep your wits about you and your head calm at all times, but just like Roxanne said, we should avoid fighting bigger groups of enemies whenever we can, or grow strong enough to dispose of them in the blink of an eye. And for that, we will need more EXP and levels for our Jobs. Or to be more specific, I need more EXP and Levels for my Jobs because Roxanne is doing just fine as she is already; I am the one who has to get stronger not to constantly rely on her doing all of the heavy lifting for me.
That, and having only her fight all of the enemies, like those Minos just now would be boring and anticlimactic, since this is technically my story.
We then continued to explore the fourth floor of the Veils Labyrinth. For the time being we have not encountered a group made out of three Minos again, and even if we happened across a group of three monsters, its usually one Mino mixed with a Kobold or Green Caterpillar. As long as the group of three Minos wont show up again, then I think our trek through this floor might actually be pretty uneventful.