Chapter 167
Year 7444, Month 12, Day 19
Starting today we're really challenging the 7th floor in a full group of 10. After taking a shower, I started organizing our combat potential a bit while eating breakfast.
The first one, me. Capable of both front line and rear support. It's safe to consider me the cornerstone of the {Slaughterers}. Since it's my assessment of myself it might be too generous but I think if I were to be excluded they're only just a bit better than the other top teams. If Miduchi were to be excluded as well then they probably aren't a match for the top team. Though I don't know the true abilities of other top teams so it's just guesswork through.
The second one, Zenom. Since he can't use magic or projectile weapons he specializes in the front line. However, his true skill is high and other than me he's the one I can trust the most on the front line. His specialty is to find openings in the opponent and damage them a bit at a time while fighting persistently.
The third one, Miduchi. The same as me, she can do both front line and rear support. Well she's like an inferior version of me. But in terms of synthesized abilities she's without a doubt the next after me. If she gets used to the missile spells then I think Miduchi alone could compete with the other top teams. Up until then she's a mana tank with a lot of direct attack power. Even though I say that it's big that she can using attack spells in rapid succession.
The fourth one, Ralpha. For the most part she can use magic but she's still technically a front line attacker. In terms of close combat on the front line she's the fourth strongest in the {Slaughterers} but including her Unique Ability if she can just make an opening in her opponent and land a single heavy blow then the situation could make a complete turn around with how much explosive power she has hidden away.
The fifth one, Bel. Since she specializes in the bow and magic she's rear support. Just in case she can also hold her own reasonably well on the front line as well. Since she has more mana than an ultra first-rate sorcerer if you look are synthesized abilities including spells then it's not incorrect to say she can exceed Zenom. If Miduchi and I were to be excluded the way Bel is used is critical.
The sixth one, Toris. Since he started to use the shield he's become more focused on the front line. Since he can use magic as well of course rear support is possible as well but in that case in relation to his MP he's just about average for an adventurer magician. If he can just raise his magic spell skill levels a bit higher than along with his diligent personality he should be able to grow quite a bit.
The seventh one, Gwine. Rear support. Or rather, she's situated between the rear and the front in the middle. She's started to become skilled at making good use of the gaps the front line creates and thrusting her attacks in there. It has no relation to her combat abilities but her Unique Ability might be the most important fro the dungeon. I would like for her to be able to go around the battlefield and keep an eye out for when the enemies are aiming at the rear and keep them in check while reading the circumstances of the whole. If she could do that then she'd change into something completely different.
The eighth one, Zulu. Front line. His close combat skills are about the same as Toris. Thanks to holding a shield he's also gained a defense UP. Since he's also pretty loyal he was charming but recently...I guess this doesn't matter at all.
The ninth one, Angela. Front line. Her close combat skills are the same as Bel, you could say she's above Gwine, but one step behind Toris and Zulu. Thanks to holding a shield she's also gained a defense UP. But it seems like she forgets the existence of her shield often.
So we're including Basutoral into here huh...Since we're having him use the spear in terms of position I'm sure he'll protect (?) the middle like Gwine but for the time being he's probably useless. If I were to think of it in terms of combat potential, even Giberuti might be better right now. But, his level went up by 1 in just the time we cleared through from the 1st to 6th floors and is 4 now. In just three days he gained 3,000 experience points. Starting today, if he can earn 1,400 - 1,500 a day for the next seven days on the 7th floor then I'm sure his level will go up once more.
I crunch away at some salad with cabbage as the base while looking at Basutoral's state as he has a pale face and doesn't seem to have much of an appetite. Last night the moment we brought him to the camp, it was like his tension was cut and I remember his state laying down from the fatigue that had built up over the last three days. They must have read my worry, Zenom and Miduchi called out to Basutoral.
"Saji, eat properly. The real thing starts from today."
"That's right Saji-san. If you don't properly eat then you won't be able to move when the time comes."
"Ah? Eh? Yeah, I guess so...However, I wonder why? Even though it's this delicious I don't have any appetite..My feelings are pretty worked up? After all, we managed to obtain that many magic stones."
One our way up until here we made close to 200,000 in value in total. If we sell them to the magic tool shop then it's close to 1,500,000 Z (150 silver coins) in magic stones. This guys share is 1.5 silver coins.
"Starting today we'll be getting our hands on a lot more magic stones with an even higher value. It's not the case to be sprawling around. Now, eat a lot and build up some stamina."