Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 146

The report both surprised and shocked us.

It was about the appearance of people who finally captured the Dungeon's 50th floor.

Certainly, this year the adventurers had improved their skills considerably.

Groups that were able to capture the 30th floor had gradually begun to appear. The devised floor capturing strategies used the phenomenon known as barely escaping death, Zombie Attack Plan (Coming back from death Strategy)[1] or Abandoning Scapegoat Plan (For Glory Strategy)[2] and so forth.

There were people that used a frontal attack as well, accompanied by the proficiency of their skill and the improvement of their equipment, they also had their ability improved.

But, after the 30th floor, not only was there a trap that killed everyone at the beginning, the monsters also came groups and fought together.

It becomes difficult to handle that when using the unorthodox capturing methods.

So, the most recent leading capture group was mimicking the capture method that Masayuki and his party used against the guardian of the 40th floor but...

The guardian of 40th floor was Tempest Serpent.

It was the black snake I had met way back in the beginning. It had breath attack that was effective against groups, and many people had watery eyes after their equipment was destroyed by it.

Then, because I was nice, I kindly rent them equipment with the Tempest crest.

They would need to compensate us if they broke.

Well~ the earnings they got till now were completely deprived, we thought that it was a reliable guardian that would bring us a wonderful fortune.

If a person that could defeat it appeared, then...

Besides, the guardian of the 50th floor was Gozurl. He was violence incarnate when his restraint were removed.

After all, Gozurl wasn't weak. Either way, maybe thanks to the restraints placed on him while on the 30th floor, he was able to come up with a creative way of battling for this floor.

The old, foolish Gozurl, that only depending on his own strength, had disappeared.

It was the same with Mezurl. Wracking his brains together with Gozurl, the two devised their fighting style by discussing with each other.

Before we were aware of it, the arguments they would hold whenever they met were now forgotten, and the two had become close friends now.

The two alternated guarding the 50th floor.

I remembered that I set the equipment drop to 100% for the first time win only, as a reward in case someone was able to defeat them.

It was a unique class equipment, the Minos series.

It was equipment that boasted very nonsensical power named after the ruler of labyrinth, Minotaur.

The weapon was either a Minos Bardiche (Cow-Head Devil's Battleaxe)[3] or a Minos Trident (Horse-Head Devil's War Spear)[4].

There was no shield. After that was the pieces for a complete set of armor.

It was the jewel which Kurobee's best disciples had used the best of their ability to create.

Because I believed that there wouldn't be many people capable of reaching this place so easily, I had only prepared 10 sets, and no more.

In the first place, Gozurl and Mezurl had become stronger after I gave them names, so if a person capable of defeating them appeared, I might scout them.

Because of this, I had arranged that an emergency message would be sent if they were defeated.

Either way, if a lot of adventurers attacked them in waves, the two would accumulate fatigue and be defeated.

But no matter the methods the adventurers used to defeat them. I wanted to know about the people that manage to defeat Gozurl and Mezurl.

In case they didn't want to be scouted, there was a possibility that the other party was hostile.

This time as well, were they attacking in waves because of Masayuki's charisma?

When I thought so, my expectations were overturned.

In the report, it was said that Gozurl was defeated by just three people.

Furthermore, they weren't people that had been active recently, they seemed to be newcomers that had arrived recently.

It was necessary to promptly collect information on the newcomers.

That was why I cancelled the long awaited test-run of the improved surveillance magic, and went to the command room that had been prepared inside the labyrinth.

When I entered the room, Ramiris and Veldora were there.

Dino and Bester seemed to have taken a day off today.

Disregarding Dino, Bester had accumulating fatigue since he had come to this place recently, so it was just perfect for him.

Ramiris and Veldora were full of energy. These two people were probably strangers to the concept of tiredness.

It was the so-called "children's stamina."

If children were doing things that they were interested in, then they wouldn't get tired at all.

ŒOh, you came, Commander! There's no change in the situation today!

I didn't understand what was it that hadn't changed.

Perhaps, she might have said it because it suited the mood.

I looked at the picture projected onto the big screen.

Projected onto the screen were three youngsters.

It seemed they traversed the floor with like an unstoppable force. The way they fought was really unique as well.

With a clearly abnormal throwing power, there was a person that grabbed air and threw it.

He had a large, sturdy build, and brown hair. With his fine, chiseled features, he had a considerably good appearance.

He wasn't wearing heavy equipment like iron armor, instead he was wearing chain mail made from weaved steel fiber, and a coat over it.

They all looked pretty much the same.

The skinny one had concealed his entire body with a pitch black robe, another one seemed to be wearing a white robe over the chain mail.

He looked Asian, and the white robe was the kind often seen in hospitals.

In every aspect, he was Japanese-like. Without a doubt, he seemed to be an "Otherworlder".

A group of six Death Wolves (Ghost Wolves) came running. With a speed that typical adventurers couldn't perceive, the wolves closed the distance in a dash.

It seemed to have judged the situation instantly from a distance, it would only receive attacks one-sidedly.

As expected of the monsters above the 50th floor. Even a monster that looked like a small fry had considerable intelligence.

By the way, one Death Wolf is considered B+ rank, so it spelled trouble if six of them gathered.

It was also a Ghost-type monster with the trait of nullifying damage if they weren't attacked with a Holy attribute weapon or a Magic weapon.

Even if its body vanished, it would regenerate immediately. So even just one wolf was dangerous if you didn't possess the countermeasure for it.

You would be devoured instantly if careless...

ŒDon't underestimate me, you dogs! Uoryaaaa!!

The one with brown hair who had been grabbing and throwing air until now, took out an ominous battleaxe and swung it powerfully.

With one sweep, three Death Wolves turned into light particles and disappeared.

Ah, that ominous battle axe, I soon remembered that it was Minos Bardiche.

It was a Unique class equipment, and naturally, it belonged to the Magic weapon category.

Even if someone couldn't cast magic, it was still possible to damage a monster with the magic power possessed by the weapon.

Furthermore, this was related to the raw materials used to make the Minos series. Silver that had been mixed with Demon steel and turned into Mithril.

It was a specialized weapon that could easily inflict a great deal of damage to Undead-type and Ghost-type monsters.

ŒAh, if it's Minos Bardiche, then Death Wolf will be defeated in one blow.

ŒYeah. That weapon is the thing that Gozurl dropped.

The combat sense and weapon adaptability of the person that picked up the weapon seems to be great.

Veldora agreed with my grumble.

After that, I heard the story of their battlesuntil now while observing their combat style.

As for the snack, nowadays, I preferred potatoes.

Based on the story I heard about them, their battles until now were mostly of that brown-haired guy defeating the enemy.

I saw it myself and understood it. The brown haired guy was certainly strong.

But, what happened to the various traps in the labyrinth?

Regarding those, the black robed guy smoothly discovered them, and seemed to have told his friend their position.

As for incomprehensible traps or tricky traps, those were a crucial part from the 50thfloor and below.

As if he could see it, the black robed guy precisely indicated the trap's location.

I was certain that it was some kind of ability. You could say that he was an indispensable person for capturing a labyrinth.

The last one was the white robed guy, his turn had only come up once until now. That was during the fight against Gozurl.

I had seen the footage through the Thought Link, but I was certain that this fellow was also someone with a Unique class ability.

He had taken out syringes from his pocket, and given them to his two companions.

Immediately after that, Gozurl's movement had rapidly became dull.

He might have received some kind of abnormal status, but as Gozurl's movements became dull, he became an easy mark for the brown-haired guy.

The one who landed the finishing blow was the white robed guy.

He had taken out a scalpel that shone silver, from his pocket, and in an instant, he had cut the blood vessels on Gozurl's nape.

I noticed that he was from the intelligence faction, which assesses the situation and takes the time to wait for a change in the situation, unlike a muscle head that didn't think about anything.