Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World (LN)

Since she will be done with it in no time flat, and when it comes to Kobolds, Green Caterpillars and Needlewoods, they can all be defeated before they even come within our melee distance thanks to my tried and true method of shooting a Fireball at them until they die that I have developed over my countless battles with them thus far. All in all, I think we are actually more than ready to take on the fourth floor.

When I was thinking about all those things, a group of three Lv.4 Minos appeared before us. Geh, I know its about time a group made only of the monsters native to this floor appeared, but it doesnt make the prospect of actually fighting them any more appealing.

By the way, three monsters should the maximum amount that should be encountered here on the fourth floor, meaning that technically no more monsters should appear during this particular fight. It is definitely a good thing that the monster ratio is so small on the lower floor of the Labyrinths, otherwise we might have been in serious trouble. For the time being, let us take care of the guys in front of us.

My opening gift to them was a Fire Storm right to their ugly faces, but since one shot was not nearly enough to finish them off they simply powered through the spell and continued their charge towards us. I readied my wand and fired a second shot of magic at them, and then the third one, but it was still not enough. Are they able to withstand so many attacks of Fire Storm because of the speed gained from the momentum of their charge? But in that case, I think I can use this to my advantage!

Now that all three of them have eaten three shots of Fire Storm it shouldnt take much more for us to kill them, so while Roxanne focuses the attention of the two of them on herself, I can take care of the last one on my own. Its momentum is strong, but that means that if I just let it come as close to me as possible before evading and making my own move

it wont be able to change its course and respond in time!

(Fire Storm ughhh!!!)

I definitely felt the sensation of its horns connecting with my hand just now, but soon after that, the fourth Fire Storm I fired at that Mino consumed it and it finally fell to the ground, dead.

I actually got hit. Its horn reached me. The thoughts that if I didnt finished it off just now it could have been pretty bad for me rushed through my head. Even with all the powers and weapons at my disposal, the fear of getting hit by the enemies and being harmed is still very much real within me. Right now, I was once again reminded that fighting monsters is a scary endeavor.

I should have expected as much. After all, these horns have to be as sharp as the weapons used by Adventurers, so its no surprise that it managed to penetrate through the parts of my Leather Armor, which might not be the best kind of protection against bladed weapons or sharp fangs, horns or claws, not to mention the fact that it does not cover my body in its entirety, leaving some parts of it exposed and therefore opened up to attacks.

Should I buy better equipment for myself to make sure that such attacks wont harm me even if they somehow manage to connect with me? Like, for example, a set of full metal armor?Because I think that one of the guys from the Party we evesdropped on way back then at the Labyrinths entrance, the ones that were discussing whether they should stay on the third floor or move to the fourth one, had an armor like that. Granted, it will definitely slow down my movements, but the damage reduction should be much bigger in comparison to my current Leather Armor.

I know that now is not the time to be thinking about such things, but I just cant help it, especially since I know that the higher we will climb and the more floors we are going to explore, the monsters are only going to get stronger and scarier.

I tried to recall how I felt when other monsters attacked me and managed to successfully land a hit on me, and the first one that comes to my mind was that one Green Caterpillar that body-blowed me. The initial shock of having a giant bug ram itself into me with the weight of its entire body was quite shocking and it was somewhat painful, but overall, it was nothing that would sweep you off your feet in such a way that you would have trouble standing back up. When it come to the Needlewoods, they are just trees smacking you with their branches, so thats nothing to write home about. As for the Kobolds, I I actually have nothing to say about them, because I have never been attacked directly by any of them. Okay, the knives they are carrying around are more than a little unsettling, but the Kobolds themselves are so weak that one strike of the sword or one spell from the ordinary wand are enough to kill them. Or maybe I just thought they were scary because that was the first time when I saw them carrying those weapons and now I gotten used to seeing them so I do not find it as scary anymore?

In any case, now that I have finished dealing with my enemy, my eyes wondered towards Roxanne, who was fighting against the two of them at the same time. It should be more difficult for her, since she has to keep track of and avoid the attacks of not one, but two Minos at once, however

Roxanne hits the Mino right in front of her with her Scimitar to stop it from charging blindly ahead towards me and draw its attention to herself, and then lightly dodges the charge of the second Mino with her shield. Its amazing how she in not faltering in the slightest even when she is clearly outnumbered and at a disadvantage. She dodges the attacks and counterattacks almost immediately after they miss her, slashing at the Minoss bodies and horns so hard that sparks are created with every blow. The two Minos Roxannes been fighting with were dead soon after that.

Did you have any trouble fighting two of them at the same time, Roxanne? Because as far as I am concerned, fighting three Minos at once might be a little annoying. How troublesome

While its true that having to face more of those particular monsters at once might be somewhat problematic, the battle was still shorter than it would have been without masters magic. Thanks to you, we could finish them off quickly and avoid any harm that would have been inevitable if the fight started to drag on.

So I take it you wont have any difficulties taking two of them on should the need for that arise again?

Not at all. Just now, they were only able to make two attacks before the battle was ended. However, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to evade all of their attacks if the battle lasts longer than a few minutes at best, so I think we should avoid encounters like that whenever we can afford it.

My thoughts exactly. Aside from their charge attack being more than a little scary due to how sudden it can be, Minos are not that hard to kill if you keep your wits about you and your head calm at all times, but just like Roxanne said, we should avoid fighting bigger groups of enemies whenever we can, or grow strong enough to dispose of them in the blink of an eye. And for that, we will need more EXP and levels for our Jobs. Or to be more specific, I need more EXP and Levels for my Jobs because Roxanne is doing just fine as she is already; I am the one who has to get stronger not to constantly rely on her doing all of the heavy lifting for me.

That, and having only her fight all of the enemies, like those Minos just now would be boring and anticlimactic, since this is technically my story.

We then continued to explore the fourth floor of the Veils Labyrinth. For the time being we have not encountered a group made out of three Minos again, and even if we happened across a group of three monsters, its usually one Mino mixed with a Kobold or Green Caterpillar. As long as the group of three Minos wont show up again, then I think our trek through this floor might actually be pretty uneventful.