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Volume 3 - Ch 5.14
Volume 3 - Ch 5.14
As I thought, I am really glad that I bought this camisole for her. It is impossible for me to hold myself back against it after I was exposed to the combined softness of the silk and the luster of Roxannes skin.
I guess that in terms of temptation, this was a pretty bad purchase. Now that she is wearing something as erotic as that, there is absolutely no way that I will be able to stop myself from lusting after her whenever we will be alone.
Fuck, this is really bad
Roxanne
Yes, master?
You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.
Uh, t-thank you for the kind words, mas. Mmmpff!
I sealed Roxannes mouth with a kiss before she was able to say anything else.
Tonight, I am going to have myself some real good time, and it is going to be the best. Night. Ever.
The next day we also went inside the Labyrinths in both Veil and Quratar, spending time in them from early morning to the early evening. Nothing eventful happened, it was our usual routine of grinding for items and levelling our Jobs, and in the evening it was bath time and sexy time with the negligee-wearing Roxanne. So far, we have not stumbled into any more problems in the Labyrinth, but now that we have been on the seventh floors for a while and we were finally ready to take on the eight floors, it was high time for me to start thinking what our next move should be.
Starting from the eighth floor and upwards, we will have to face against groups of up to four monsters at once, meaning that I will have to fight against two enemies at once while Roxanne will be taking care of the other two. Up until now we were managing just fine against groups of three monsters, but I wonder if more of them to fight at the same time is going to put a bigger strain on us than before?
For the time being we were having it relatively easy on the eighth floor and Roxanne also looked like she was still doing fine, but I want to focus more on my magic.
Haah okay, let us return home and take a bath.
As usual, we went back home and I started making preparations for us to take a bath, where
Roxanne, I am sorry to be asking this of you, but would you mind helping me with MP restoration at Quratars Labyrinth? I used too much of it trying to keep the water at optimal temperature.
Of course. Since we are already going, then shall we rent some equipment before heading to the Labyrinth proper?
Sure, I dont see why not.
I feel kinda bad asking her to come with me, but filling up the bath and keeping the water warm still takes quite a lot from me MP-wise, so there is nothing I can do about it. We just have to go and finish up our business as soon as possible so that we could go back.
For the purpose of restoring my MP, we went to the seventh floor of the Quratar Labyrinth. Lower floors would have been better for it level-wise, but with the Slow Rabbits of this floor, we can also gather some additional Rabbit Furs while I continued to whack them around with Durandal, getting back bits of MP with every strike that successfully connected with them.
Following after Roxannes guidance, we found a group of monsters consisting of two Minos and a single Slow Rabbit.
Master, I will be going on ahead!
Right! Just remember: dont do anything careless!
Roxanne charged towards the enemies with her Wooden Shield raised to her chest and her Scimitar already brandished. This is nothing new to us at this point, so as long as we keep a steady pace, we should be perfectly fine.
With the way things are shaping up, it looks like Roxanne will fight against a Mino and Slow Rabbit, so I will have to deal with the other Mino, which is going to be a piece of cake. All I have to do is to keep my guard up and wait until it initiates its charge attack just like it is doing now and then I have to wait for the very last moment to duck to the side and the deliver the first strike! Now wait until it repeats that attack, not being able to comprehend that the outcome is just going to be the same as before aaand done! With the second diagonal strike from Durandal, the first Mino fell to the ground and disappeared. Now that this one has been taken care of, the only ones left should be the Slow Rabbit and the other Mino which should be heading towards Roxanne right about now
(Huh?!)
Or at least that is how I thought it was going to go down, but I was mistaken. Roxanne was engaging the Slow Rabbit, that much was true, but instead of focusing its attention on her, the second Mino was charging towards me instead!
(Going for me instead, huh? Well, go ahead, do your worst!!!)
I shook Durandal at it, aiming to cut its head cleanly in half since I knew that at this rate I will not have enough time to dodge its attack properly. My strike managed to hit the Mino, but because the impact of it was quite strong, it made Durandals edge vibrate and caused the fingers of my left hand, which were gripping onto its handle tightly to slip up a bit. Not nearly enough to make me let go of the weapon, but unfortunately just enough for my fingers to get stuck, as a result of which the Minos horn managed to pierce my index finger.
khhhh. . . . . . . . . . .!!!!!
Oh my FUCK!!! What the hell is this?!!! It pierced only one of my fingers, but it hurts so much that I cannot help it but to tear up. Did it crack the bone of my index finger? Or perhaps broke it or downright shattered it?!
G. . . . . . . . . . . . . g-guh. . . . . . . . . .!!!
At first I thought that maybe this wound will not be a serious one, but the more time passed, the sharper the pain that was echoing from my finger throughout my entire body was becoming.
In retaliation, I slashed the Mino with all my might, killing it. But even though I have emerged victorious, the damage has already been done, because I was not careful enough. I did not wear my Leather Gloves because I assumed we will only be hunting for a little bit and so I will not be needing them. And you know whats even better? That I ordered Roxanne to wear her Leather Mittens regardless.
The Magic Crystal is still in my Item Box for now. This cant be helped, because when using Durandal, I have to get rid of the other Skills such as Crystal Acceleration and the one increasing the value of the magic power it obtains from each slain monster. I didnt know the exact specifications of how exactly that second Bonus Skill would work, so I just tried not to mess with it as much as possible unless it would be absolutely necessary.
Thinking about it now, lets say you defeat 20 monsters and raise your level by one as a result. If you use the Bonus Skill that lowers the required EXP value to 1/10th, you could raise your level by defeating only two monsters instead. Then, what happens when one monster is defeated without the required experience value Skill, and another monster is defeated with one tenth of the required experience value Skill active? It will not be as effective as when you would slay both of them with the Skill in effect.
On the contrary, if you defeat one monster with that Bonus Skill active and then ten monsters without it, will your level still rise? Maybe, but I never had the time nor the opportunity to verify this so rigorously.
Not all monsters give the same amount of EXP, and it is not possible to completely match the types and numbers of monsters to suit your levelling needs every time you fight. If you mess up, you might end up hunting dozens of monsters without that grind being productive. And since I sometimes have to juggle from using Durandal to using magic, that process of grinding would take even more time, and I still cannot manage my Skills so effectively as to fit all of the ones I need into a single OP build. I wonder if I will ever be able to pull that off?
For the time being considering the possibility of waste, it is okay for me to not mess with the Magic Crystal and EXP related Bonus Skills.