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Chapter 263

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Chapter 193 - (Chapter 263): Flames




Year 7446, Month 9, Day 6



The remaining monsters were wounded so they were already no opponent for us.

Half of the monsters the 6 ogre mages were all defeated by the hands of the {Slaughterers} and of the remaining half of 6 ogres, just the same half of those 3 of them we {Slaughterers} helped to defeat. In terms of battle results we did 75%. 3/4th. Well, of the ogres a considerable number of them were wounded by {Black.Topaz} so I don't intend to brag about it being 3/4th.

It was just a mere 3 of them that {Black.Topaz} was able to defeat with there own power.

And then, there's one casualty. Of course, it's not from the {Slaughterers}.

It's the {Shield.Holder} from {Black.Topaz} Rotto(Rosutoru.Mirusutoron). It seems he died instantly after taking a blow from an ogres club to his head crushing his helmet along with his head inside of it.

"{Status Open}..Shit!!"
""Rotto..""
""This many ogres are..""

Everyone from the {Slaughterers} is wiping off their weapons while keep an eye on the state of {Black.Topaz} checking Rotto's status. I'm the only one who didn't use my weapon.

"Ah..That's right..The support, we're grateful for it..Thank you. We were saved."

Anderson recovered ahead of the rest before saying that and politely lower her head to us.
I guess they were dragged back to reality from their leader thanking us but the other members of {Black.Topaz} started thanking us as well.

"You're welcome. We'll be taking the magic stones of the ogres we finished off. Zulu, Angela. Gather up our portion. Gwine and Basutoral for the ones around there, put a mark on this area. Ah, I don't mind if you gather it from them either. Miduchi, sorry but go and call over Giberuti."

I intentionally said it in a business-like way and then looked at Anderson. You have no complaints right?

Obviously there were no complaints.
It seems there's members of {Black.Topaz} who suffered light injuries but it seems they still have mana so it's, wipe your~ ass yourself~ right.

As expected I'm sure losing a member who was both from the front line and could use magic is a hard blow to them as well. It seems they're giving up exploring anymore than this and heading back.

"Should we go with you back to your original teleport crystal location?"

I suggested it trying not to sound very disagreeable. However, it was refused with, "It's just returning back down the route we came so it's alright. Sorry for the trouble."

Honestly speaking if it's from here the teleport crystal to the 8th floor in the center of the floor isn't all that far away so that's better for us. We've also left Zenom waiting on the 8th floor as well. Even with 6 ogres rampaging in front of them {Black.Topaz} has the ability to finish off 3 of them. The maximum number of ogres you can encounter in the halls is 5. Unless they have considerably bad luck they should be fine.

It seems Baru is going to carry Rotto's corpse. The splint-mail he was wearing was split up and is being carried by all of them.

"We ended up in your debt again...I'll definitely thank you for this.."

Anderson said that before leading {Black.Topaz} on their way back.

However, it's that right.

I thought at least one of them would complain about stealing their game but I wonder if they realized there's a large gap seeing our strength? Honestly speaking, even looking from my own viewpoint our skill in killing the ogres off was splendid.
There was even some of them that were making faces of both admiration and shock.

Just as expected of them being called a top team.
Things that should be recognized should be honestly recognized and there's no point in making a meaningless bluff.

Though as a matter of fact it's just that we're used to it and there's not really all that big of a gap between our abilities.

Although, getting used to something also has a frightening face to is that invites negligence, if you get into a pattern and can do it almost like a machine, there's a large advantage above all else to continuing to take the initiative no matter what move the opponent makes. If you just don't do anything foolish like getting negligent then it will definitely let you display strength beyond your own abilities.

If you were to ask me, I think {Black.Topaz} is the one who got too "used to the dungeon" and let their guard down. Something like entering a room just a few weeks after going to a new floor, there's limits to even recklessness. I'm sure they must have cleared through the 6th floor as a considerable speed as well. I'm sure it's because they were able to boast of such high abilities that they could take on the ogres of the 7th floor with a good pace. I'm sure they made up to here without a single injury.

That's precisely why they got into a hurry I'm sure. They probably though, "That we were always afraid of just these level of monsters and didn't come to the 7th floor" or "If we just calmly fight then even if it's ogres there's a small number of them, so they're no opponent for us", or even more so this is just my imagination but(but I think it's probably correct) "It was big that we were able to share maps of the 6th and 7th floors with {Verdure.Brotherhood}. Thanks to that we made it to the 7th floor in an unexpectedly short period of time" is what they might have been thinking.

I'm sure there must have been a fight for the right to leadership below the surface between {Black.Topaz} and {Verdure.Brotherhood}. Whichever can bring back even more information or which ones information is more useful, and then, whichever can surpass the 7th floor faster.

In the first place it can't be helped that they were overtaken by some brats(us) who are supposedly outrageously skilled. However, even {Sun.Ray} got full of themselves and went to the 6th floor. It was without a doubt by their own abilities. It's unknown if they thought of them as an obstruction or not but the brats skillfully ended up playing with {Sun.Ray} and didn't just make them into a stepping stone but managed to insert them into their own forces.

They thought the brats ended up being slowed down for quite a bit on the 7th floor from making a huge profit on ogre magic stones but through absorbing {Sun.Ray} they once again stepped foot on even lower floors. So that's it, they just felt a limit on an individual party. Since the brats felt like a threat we somehow or other got closer to {Verdure.Brotherhood} but we should use this opportunity to formally cooperate with each other.

Thanks that we were smoothly able to go through the 6th and 7th floors. We still haven't arrived at a monster room on the 7th floor but according to what the brats say we'll know it when we see it so it's got that sort of construction. Waha~n, so this is a monster room on the 7th floor huh? The {Verdure.Brotherhood} says they still haven't arrived at a room so the ones who are ahead are us.

She's a good teacher to reflect on for me. Impatience. Negligence. Both of them powerful enemies.




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Year 7446, Month 9, Day 8



It's the second day since we started exploring the 9th floor.

In one monster room we ended up facing off against an unexpected monster.

Just the same as usual when we had gotten into formation and started heading towards the monster room, suddenly Miduchi shouted.

"Everyone use {Flame Thrower} with maximum power!"

There was still a good 20 meters between Miduchi who was standing at the lead and the entrance of the monster room.
There's no fools in my group that would ask the reason why at a time like this.
Zulu and Angela who were behind Miduchi on both sides immediately retreated as Toris and Zenom moved close to the walls of the hall.
Bel and I ran ahead from the very rear but before that Miduchi along with Ralpha and Gwine on both her sides held their hands up towards the room and started concentrating. Basutoral's void magic level still hasn't reached 4 so he can't use {Flame Thrower}. I hesitated for a bit but after that held my hand up jsut the same.

A grand flame started spewing out from Miduchi's hand stretching towards the room.

Bel and I lined up with them, raised our hands up, and started using the spell {Flame Thrower} as well.

The flame coming from my hand stretches out and combines with the one coming from Miduchi's hand..!

What the!?

Something black and sharp pierced through Miduchi's flame and came flying over here..No, is it stretching over!?

It was just scorched by my flame as the sharp thing burnt and felt but it's still gradually increasing in number.

After about one minute Bel and after that Ralpha, Gwine, and Basutoral started spewing flames from the palms of their hands completely burying the hall in front of us in flames. Ah, it seems Basutoral since hasn't done anything since he needs to see the target.

In the first place, since I use the strong image of a portable torch when I use the spell {Flame Thrower} I often converge the flames together with using it out habit but everyone else seems to have the wrong impression that flame thrower's flames spread out like a funnel so their flames end up spreading out in a flashy way. I tried imitating them and spreading it out like a funnel as well.

After confirming that Miduchi stopped using the spell {Flame Thrower} and started giving out instructions.
She touched my back and said, "You keep moving forward like that. Don't weaken the force of the flames and if possible make it stronger."

Is that so.
That's an easy order.

After I started walking and this time

"Stop. Everyone behind me! Zulu and Toris prepare your shields. Magic is~!"

It was then, an ice arrow pierced through my {Flame Thrower} that was spread out and came flying!
That, it's not an {Ice Bolt} or {Ice Javelin}!
At the very least it's an {Arbalest}!
The bullet has just gradually gotten smaller from piercing through my flames.

"Yo!!"

I think Toris probably deflected it with his shield.

"Saji! If you can see then fire!"

I guess Toris covered Basutoral?
And shortly after I thought that a {Flame Javelin} was fired from my side.

I've already started to understand as well. I can see a portion from the sides of the flames. They're illuminated after all.

It's a tree.

Not to mention it moves.
It has hands.
It hand legs.

It's height is probably to the point you'd have to look up while standing beside it.
It's most likely around 5-6 meters.

The hands have a feel like thick branches have transformed.
The portions that would be it's fingers are stretching out with a tremendous force and being burnt by me.
New fingers are stretching out from the burnt ends.

The legs seem to be a thick trunk split into two and while it doesn't seem to be able to move very fast it's still splendidly moving.
It's speed is probably about as fast as an adult can walk I guess.
I guess because Basutoral's {Flame Javelin} hit it?
It seems to be preparing to flee as if it hates flames but even then it's not retreating to the back but trying to move to the sides to avoid my flames.

And then, about 4 meters from the ground there's the unsightly distorted face like that of an old person.
It's either distorted because of the agony or out of hatred because we've come to lay waste to this place.

Above it's face there's branches spreading out almost like broccoli or cauliflower and it even has leaves on them.
Just from a glance it seems to be a broad-leaf tree.
Though I have no clue.

"It's coming!!"

I already get it.
This thing uses magic.
However, not any different from usual when it uses spells it still seems to need to concentrate and during that time it's movements completely stop.
It doesn't stretch out it's fingers nor does it swinger it's arms.
However, what's frightening is that the amount of time it needs to concentrate to use magic is surprisingly short.
Whether it even takes 1 second or so.

The only person I knew that could use {Arbalest} level attack spells at this speed was about myself but after all the world is a big place.

"Mun!!"

It seems Zulu deflected it this time. It would be good if it was thanks to my warning.

"It's fine if it's {Flame} type or {Fire} type or whatever so focus on it! After I fire off the next {Fire Ball} use that as the sign to shoot it all at once! Toris, Zulu. Stand further in the front! Protect everyone until we're finished concentrating!"

Several seconds after that Miduchi fired off a {Fire Ball}.
Following that was a {Fire Ball} that was probably from Bel and then two {Flame Javelins} that probably belonged to Ralpha and Gwine.
Basutoral added another {Flame Javelin} about two attacks later than them.

Being hit with flame attack spells consecutively clearly dulled the monsters movements and it seems it's weakened.

"Don't let your guard down! People who can shoot it do it one more time!"

Miduchi's shout echoes around.




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【Asexual/7/25/6444.Mad Treant】
【Condition: Death】
【Age: 1002 Years Old】
【Level: 18】
【HP: -36(1439) MP: 2(65)】
【Strength: 35】
【Speed: 19】
【Dexterity: 39】
【Endurance: 36】
【Special Skill: Control of Brethren{Contingent.Control}】
【Special Skill: Water Magic(Lv.5)】
【Special Skill: Fire Magic(Lv.5)】
【Special Skill: Void Magic(Lv.5)】
【Special Skill: Half-Damage.From.Piercer】
【Special Skill: Half-Damage.From.Slicer】
【Special Skill: Lower Spell Invalidation{Minor.Globe.Of.Invulnerability}(Excluding Fire Magic)】

It's quite the frightening opponent.
I understood it from checking it's racial sub-window but it's weak to changes in the temperature so if it wasn't particularly weak to flames which do triple the damage I'm sure it would have taken us a lot longer to defeat it. Also, it wasn't very related to this time but it seems that if it takes slashing attacks from heavy weapons like halberds then it deals double damage. Additionally it had this completely absurd special skill that even if you attack it with spells that are below level 3 and there's elements other than fire magic mixed into them then it will invalidate them.

Additionally it uses attack spells.

If I hadn't continued using {Flame Thrower} then there would have been no choice but to use {Anti-Magic Field} to block them(as expected if a shield tries to deflect {Abralest} level attack spells it will break and about the only one who could endure it is barely Zulu, I'd say. Probably even I couldn't do it) but if I were to do that then it would be impossible to restrain those branch-like arms and fingers.

I see now.
Miduchi, she sure knows everything.

Showing admiration I tried to praise her and it seems she didn't know it could invalidate magic. But, she did know it was extremely weak to fire like Trolls.

"Trees burn from fire that's why they're weak."

And said something like that but even I can imagine that much.
Ev..Even I, when I thought it's a tree, I thought for sure it's weakness was fire..Though that wasn't the case.

"Why didn't you have Zenom throw his axe?"

"Eh? I mean, the handle of Zenom-san's axe isn't all metal as well right. It might be fine even inside of the flames but wouldn't it be hot when it returns?"

I see. Though I already knew.

However, it's not an altar or anything else just a normal monster room huh?

Even though we defeated powerful enemy something like no reward, that's boring~





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