Chapter 133 (1/2)

Volume 2

Chapter 134

Ch 134 — Nasty Trap

Fer announced the 13th floor to be all ‘small fry’ after a quick scan for monsters so we gave up on exploring it thoroughly and instead headed directly for the boss room . There was no-one waiting so we went in straight away . The 13th level’s boss room had 5 Ogres which were, of course, no match for Fer, Dora-chan and Sui-chan . I hurried to collect the drops which were Ogre skins before we went down the stairs to the 14th level which we also skipped exploring . Fer grumbled about the continuing lack of real opposition, saying it might be like this, just more ‘small fry’ until at least level 20 . Even waiting our turn in front of the 14th level’s boss room he declared “Nothing but small fry inside, disappointing . ” in a bored tone of voice . When we entered the 14th floor boss room I discovered that it held 5 Trolls . These hulking monsters were ‘small fry’, Fer?

“A Troll’s got a big strong body but it’s sluggish and easy to beat if you move fast . So which one of you wants to deal with them?” Fer asked .

“Oh, can Sui defeat them?- ” Sui asked, poinging up and down .

“Hey, how about letting me take them on?” Dora-chan asked excitedly .

“How about we let you beat the bosses on the next floor, Dora-chan?” I suggested . “Is that OK with you, Sui-chan?”

“Yes, good-” Sui-chan agreed .

“Right then, we’ll leave these Trolls to Sui-chan and the boss on the 15th floor is all yours Dora-chan, OK?”

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“Yeah, can’t wait . ” Dora-chan said .

“Right then Sui-chan, knock down the bad guys!” I commanded .

“Yes, aruji-” Sui-chan extended a familiar-looking tentacle . Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew .

“””””Guuuu-“””””

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump . Urgh, Sui-chan the Troll Slayer hit them with Acid Bullets, blowing a large gruesome hole in the belly of each Troll . The Trolls could only cry out once without doing anything before they fell down dead and that was it for them . Sorry, Troll-sans .

Sui jumped up and down happily saying “I did it, I did it-” . Sui-chan is too cute, but not if you’re an enemy I suppose . The drop from the Trolls was two small magic stones which I collected before we went down the stairs to the 15th level . The signs of Adventurers on this level were few in number compared to the levels above but Fer declared the level to be full of ‘small fry’ yet again . I had been hoping to find some treasure chests, especially now there were fewer Adventurers ahead of us who might have already picked them clean but it was likely that any treasure chests we might find further down in the dungeon would hold more worthwhile contents due to the increasing difficulty levels .

We went straight to the 15th level boss room where it was the turn of a hyped-up Dora-chan to beat the room’s occupants this time . Inside the room were three giant bullheaded figures which my Appraisal Skill labelled as Minotaurs . Slobber sprayed from their mouths as they waved giant axes around in a frenzy . When we entered the room they roared like bulls, “Bumoo!” and ran towards us, swinging their axes ready to strike .

“Hiyaaaa, let’s go!” Dora-chan flew into the room in front of us .

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Boom, boom, boom!

“””Bumoooo . . . “””

Thump, thump, thump . Oh, the same result again . . . Dora-chan killed all three Minotaurs in a single attack, quickly shooting lightning magic at the charging figures as he flew at them almost too fast to see . Even a monster as strong as a Minotaur couldn’t do anything but bellow once before being killed and falling down dead and that was it for them .

Even though Trolls and Minotaurs are truly dangerous dungeon monsters it was kind of sad to see them being defeated without being able to fight back or really defend themselves . I felt a bit sorry for them and I wondered if our small companions were TOO strong . Dora-chan was flying around saying, “Hachi-Ho, who’s next?” and other things as the bodies of the Minotaurs slowly sank into the dungeon floor . I watched them disappear, thinking a dungeon was the epitome of the survival of the fittest, a testing ground where even the strongest might lose and die and go to Buddha . Amen .

According to my Appraisal, the drop was a [ Minotaur’s iron axe ]

Iron axe wielded by a Minotaur . It is very heavy .

I tried to lift it but failed since it was too heavy for me, but the Minotaurs had been able to swing it around easily . The Minotaurs had been very strong . Dora-chan had killed them instantly which meant that Dora-chan was also strong . Basically everyone was strong, this party had no weak spots . No, that wasn’t true, we had one weak spot . Me . I was the weakest of us all, sorry to say but it was something I had to accept as a fact . I’d have to be protected by everyone as we went further into this dungeon .