Since it did not appear by emerging from the gathered clouds of green smoke, then my guess is that he must have annihilated the Party that entered the Boss Room before us. And as cruel as that may sound, I do not feel sorry for them. Serves them right for casting their leecherous gazes upon my Roxanne. Besides, they are not important at all right now. What is important is that the beast has noticed our presence and was staring at us with its creepy eyes, which were combining pretty nicely with its face, which was just as disturbing, looking like a mask made of human skin that has been put on a beastly head in a grotesque attempt to hide its real identity from the rest of the world.
I already know what it is, but just to be sure. . . . . . Identify!
Pan Lv.7
Yup, the name matches its appearance perfectly. Pan, a monster that is half-human, half-goat, with goats legs and horns.
Be careful, master. It is going to be coming at us any moment now.
Yeah, no need to tell me that twice.
The Floor Boss is standing right before us, amidst the piles of equipment littering the floor. Its presence is truly imposing, and it does not look like he has sustained any serious injuries during the battle with the Party that entered this Boss Room before us, and that can only mean one thing: he annihilated those scummy guys without much difficulty, and now that we are here, we are definitely its next target.
This is just like what we have seen back on the seventh floor of the Labyrinth of Quratar, when Roxanne and I entered the Boss Room and its Floor Boss, Rapid Rabbit was already there, waiting for us, with the equipment of the guy who just casually talked to us moments before tucked away in the corner of the chamber. Ugh, what a bunch of unpleasant memories. And for them to be flooding back to my mind now of all times. . . no, do not think about it now. The enemy is right in front of you, so focus on defeating it first and foremost, and worry about anything else later!
While Roxanne was in front of Pan occupying its attention and sherry was moving around the room shoving the pieces of weapons and armor as far to the sides as possible with the tip and the handle of her Copper Spear. Good. Just imagine if any of those swords and other weapons ended up being sent flying into the air at high speed. While she was doing that, I carefully made my way to the side of the monster in order to ambush it. . . . . . . . . . but then I saw that a red magic circle began glowing right under Pans feet.
(Damn it! Taking out the big guns already?!)
According to Sherrys analysis, Pans main way of attacking is a powerful Area of Effect magic that might be too strong even for Miss Roxanne to evade without sustaining any damage. I was hoping that we will be able to keep it occupied with close range combat for so long that it would not even be able to whip out its trump card, but now that it has come to this, I absolutely cannot allow it to finish chanting up that spell. If you think that I am going to do the same kind of mistake that I did during the battle with the Beep Sheep, then think again! I immediately jumped towards Pan, ready to strike at its side with Durandal at any moment to interrupt his chanting, and I slashed it diagonally down from the upper right shoulder down to the left corner of its body while shouting Interrupt!in my mind. I do not know if an action like that is necessary for the Skill to take effect, but I am not taking any chances with it.
As a result of my attack, Pan stumbled forward and fell onto the floor. I expected it would maybe try to use a kick or something along those lines since it was a half-human, half beast after all, but it looked like that was not going to be the case. It. . . it looks like that is it. I think the battle is finished.
One blow was all it took to defeat it, huh?
As if to confirm my words, Pans body exploded ito clouds of green smoke and then dissipated shortly after.
It would seem so.
Roxanne commented while she got back to my side. I have to say, after Sherry hyped it up as the strongest Floor Boss of all the lower floors, I was certainly expecting something a bit more. . . . . . . . . challenging, I guess?