Vesta is surprised, but doesn’t seem confused. She’s become used to my shenanigans already.
「Put some in your Item Box as well, Sherry.」
「Okay.」
Sherry puts the Anti-Paralysis Medicine in her Item Box. It’s good to distribute it among them in case of an emergency. Paralysis wears off after a while, so until now we haven’t bought any proper Anti-Paralysis Medicine.
「Sherry, what monster awaits us on the twentieth floor of Haruba’s Labyrinth?」
「The monster on the twentieth floor is the Hat Bat.」
The Hat Bat, huh?
The Fly Trap and Rub Shrub have Fire Magic as their weakness. The Hat Bat has multiple weaknesses, but sadly Fire Magic isn’t one of them. There’s no other choice though.
We went to the twentieth floor. While exploring, we confirm the strength of the Lv.20 monsters. As expected Lv.20 monsters are a bit stronger than the monsters from the lower floors. They are not up to our limit yet, but the battles are getting more difficult with every floor. How far can we go in our present condition?
Ideally, we should be fine until the twenty second floor.
Roxanne catches the charge of the Hat Bat with her shield, and Miria dodges an attack from a Rub Shrub. Vesta also blocks the charge of a Hat Bat with her sword, and I use 「Breeze Storm」 to attack all the enemies at once.
The girls are fighting as the vanguard, while I shoot magic from the backlines. Even if I think about it, there’s no other option for us to conduct the battles. This is the safest, most optimal configuration, since if I’m not going to be hit, I won’t need to use Durandal’s 「HP Absorption」.
As expected, it’s unlikely that the monsters would get drastically stronger here.
We searched for a safe location to have a rest and then went to the nineteenth floor of Quratar’s Labyrinth
I hand the map over to Roxanne so that she could guide us according to it.
「Roxanne, can you please take us through the shortest route to the Boss Room?」
Since Roxanne is keeping the Floor Boss busy, will it be good idea if I ask either Miria or Vesta to attack the monster from the front? Or will that make me look miserable? Then again, it may not make me look as pathetic as I think. Perhaps such a move could be viewed as a sign of tactical genius?
However, if I received its attack and got paralyzed, I’ll be in huge trouble. Even though Sherry has Anti-Paralysis Pills, I will need to evacuate to a safe location first in order to take the medicine.
Even if I assume that Roxanne will continue to take care of the Floor Boss, the whole formation will collapse as a result.While watching the monster’s movements, I invoke another 「Rush」. The Rtoll Troll collapses. I somehow managed to defeat it without receiving any attack.
Without wasting time, I join the attack of the Floor Boss. Just like its regular counterpart, the Rtoll Troll, Roll Troll is densely covered in gray hair.
It is an ape man with its back bent backwards. And because its back is bent, it is shorter than Vesta. I wonder if it can straighten it by striking it really hard, and I wonder if it will get taller as a result?
Roxanne dodges the Roll Troll’s attack easily like it is nothing. She swings her body a little and easily evade the next attack.
That attack looked quite scary, though. A considerable wind pressure came just by having the attack from its strong arms pass me by. It should be much stronger since it is the Floor Boss, but Roxanne, like always, is evading the monster’s attacks by mere millimeters.
Terrifying. Absolutely terrifying.
Well, as long as Roxanne can keep on dodging these attacks, we will be able to finish it off without sustaining any injuries or breaking our encircling formation.
With everybody surrounding the Boss and keeping its attention away from me, I slash it with Durandal, and then hit it again with a 「Rush」. Sherry pierces it with her spear, and Vesta hammers it repeatedly with her two swords.
Oh! Vesta’s attack just now sounded like a critical hit! She must have procced 「Critical Outbreak」! She viciously hit the bent back of the Roll Troll, and then continued her assault.
Chance of Critical Hit happening... apparently, it is not that high. I mean, it doesn’t really occur that frequently. That being said, maybe there are times when I missed it or didn’t notice it happening? Or is it really no more than a few percent?
Maybe it is level dependent, and the chance of triggering it will increase as you level up? But in that case, the increase will surely not be that big, since even with the Bonus Skill 「Critical Rate Increase」, it doesn’t increase that much.
Considering the fact that Increase in Critical Rate starts off with just five percent. It can be increased by thirty percent if I use sixty-five Bonus Points, therefore, it is hard to think that the basic critical rate is as much as thirty percent.
It would be great if it was actually seventy percent, because if I added the two together, then I would get a hundred percent critical rate.
All my attacks would become critical hits then.