Roxanne
Current Character Levels & Equipment:
Jobs:
Beast Warrior Lv.25
Equipment:
Scimitar
Leather Helmet
Hardened Leather Jacket
Leather Gloves
However, for the time being we do not have to worry about them, or at least I think we do not have to, but just to be on the safe side, I decided to refrain from using my newly-bought Rod in order to try if my spells have really become stronger or not. Also, to rub some salt into my wounds, since this thirteenth floor of Tares Labyrinth is a home to the Lv.13 Rub Shrubs, my Meteor Crash would have been very helpful in dispatching them quickly without running the risk of them skewering us with their branches, but now, bcause of that whole possible Bandit mess, I cannot use is so openly, meaning that the only option of magical battle left for me is to fight the enemies on the thirteenth floor by using ordinary elemental Spells so that in best-case scenario I am simply going to be taken for an ordinary Party Mage instead of someone who is so uber OP that he can summon freaking meteors out of thin air.
Now, usually I would not have any trouble whatsoever with fighting the enemies with just magic, but this time, or I guess I should say, in the case of this particular floor this ordeal was especially grueling and difficult, primarily because the higher the floor, the stronger the enemies are getting and the battles with them are getting more severe and require me to use more shots of magic to kill a single enemy, so I think that now you should understand why the perspective of only using regular magic on the enemies that can withstand more than six or seven shots of it before they finally drop down and die is having me more than a little worried, but unfortunately there is nothing that I can do about it for now, so I just have to grit my teeth and suck it all as we continue on forward.
Thankfully, even though the enemies are getting stronger, that also means that they are going to be giving us a lot of EXP from defeating them, and as long as we continue to get ourselves a lot of EXP, we will continue to grow stronger, even if it is going to be bit by bit, and the battles are going to become that much easier.
At some point, it might also be a good idea to increase the amount of my Party members again, but until that happens, we are going to have no choice but to continue to fight the way we have been until now ever since we have cleared the first eleven floors of the Labyrinths and managed to enter the twelfth floor and fight the enemies that started to appear there without much difficulty.
One of the more important Drop Items that we got from the trip to the thirteenth floor of the Labyrinth were the Pork Ribs that dropped from the Pig Hog enemy after we killed it. Honestly, as long as I will be able to enjoy these ribs for dinner, then I do not even care what kind of a dish are we going to incorporate it into. All that I care about is the sweet and juicy taste of the pork meat that is going to be melting in my mouth like a true delicacy.
The only thing that could possibly top these when it comes to taste would be beef meat, but unfortunately I do not know where can I procure it or what kind of monster drops it, and the price of it at a butchers shop is simply outrageously high, so as long as I have a choice between getting them that way or from the Labyrinth, then I am more than willing to put my bet on the Labyrinth. But before we find a monster that can drop beef upon its death for sure, these Pork Ribs are going to have to make do. And while we are on the subject of making food..
For todays dinner I used the Pork Ribs that we brought back home with us. First I grilled them, then stir-fried them together with vegetables, then watered and boiled them in a soup, and then thickened the entire thing with some Slime Starch. After putting in the finishing touches that consisted of some salt, pepper and fish sauce, I am happy to report that I managed to obtain something that should be coming pretty close to a chop suey. It is not exactly it because some of the ingredients differ from what should be typically used in order to make it, but I daresay that it should be as close to the original thing as humanely possible.
I tried to recreate one of the dishes from my homeland with this one. I doubt I did a perfect job at it, but this is as close as it is going to get.
I said when the food was ready and I placed it on the table in front of Roxanne and Sherry. Both of them looked at it with curiosity and anticipation.