Chapter 47: Yoke
『Roxanne』Current Levels & Equipment:Knight Lv.34
Equipment:RapierSteel ShieldDragon Skin JacketDamascus Headband of Wind ResistanceHardened Leather GlovesHardened Leather Boots of WillowSacrificial Misanga
「Alright then. Shall we get going to the Boss Room?」
「Yes, that would be nice.」
「However, we won’t be going any further than that today, and if possible, we won’t be fighting any enemies on the twenty-fourth floor. Are we clear?」
I made a very clear declaration, since I cannot allow myself to be dragged around by Roxanne and her desire to fight stronger enemies on the higher floors. That’s why I need to hit that nail firmly on the head here.
We cannot do anything strange or dangerous. We should proceed forward at a safe and slow pace.
「So we’re going to do the battle against the Floor Boss of the twenty-fourth floor tomorrow, right?」
Oi.
This is exactly what I don’t like about Roxanne, and that’s why I have to stay alerted.
「.....Ah...」
「I don’t think it’s going to be a good idea to make any such judgements at such an early stage. First of all, we should check how well are we going to do in the battle against the Floor Boss here on the twenty-third floor.」
Sherry offered a nice follow-up to my words.
That being said, if the Boss battle on the twenty-third floor turns out to be an easy one, I am afraid that Roxanne was going to insist that we move on to the twenty-fourth floor immediately after it.
「Well, let’s just wait and see how it goes.」
「Yes, that’s definitely true. Since master was using magic, it almost feels like too easy of a victory.」
「Right? This makes me want to try fighting it again while using a different fighting style.」
No matter what Roxanne is going to say, I have no intention of going to the twenty-fourth floor and proceeding with its Floor Boss battle. There are also some problems with that current formation of ours.
If I am to use 「Status Ailment Resist Down」, then I would prefer to use it against the Floor Boss. If I want to do just that, then I might assign Miria to fight the Floor Boss and Roxanne to take care of the small fries.
Since we’re facing against the enemy’s maximum strength, then we should answer that with our own maximum strength.
Roxanne can shut out even the Floor Boss’s attacks, rendering it pretty much powerless. With that, it won’t even matter how long the battles themselves are going to be, but is there really a limit to it?
Realistically speaking, putting Roxanne to fight against the Floor Boss is an optimal solution.
「If the monsters are going to be too far from us, it will be difficult to properly monitor their magic and Skill activations at the same time. And since we cannot really do anything about the Floor Boss, it would be good if you fought a bit closer to the rest of us, Miria.」
「Understood, desu.」
Miria is listening to Sherry’s words carefully. So she noticed that there was a problem with our earlier formation as well? As expected of her. She also thought that Roxanne being the one challenging the floor Boss was the most natural occurrence.
「So cancelling the magic and Skills of three opponents at once is going to be difficult after all?」
「Right. I can definitely cancel two Skills or magic uses from up to two monsters. To some extent I think I could even manage with the three of them, but if another monsters far away from me would start chanting a Skill or magic while I would be cancelling the ones in front of me, then I might not be able to cancel them in time.」
If Sherry could really deal with the magic and Skills of the Floor Boss and one enemy, then I could easily deal with the other with my Durandal.
Now, how difficult would this fight get if I decided to put Durandal away and only fight by using magic?
Difficulty-wise, the twenty-third floor still poses no threat to us, since the Clam Shells from the twenty-second floor and Kettle Mermaids from the twenty-first floor still appear here quite often.
The only problem is going to be when we get to the higher floors where the monsters would genuinely start using area of effect magic. If you fight with magic at that time, then you will be able to charge in even after taking a certain amount of damage.