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The last labyrinth was full of traps, unlike the previous one. Well, it's a minotaur's labyrinth, so they don't want us to reach it easily. To me it looks like they're running away, but there were two treasure chests, so let's not complain.

I break through the traps and come to the boss room. Once again, the members are me, Lily, Ion, Setia, Noah, and Livina.

Livina says confidently.

'Well, if they're males, I'll finish them off on my own.

Considering the enemies we've faced in the past, I don't think they're so sweet.

He wouldn't be the kind of boss that would let you win easily. After all, he's a famous monster in Greek mythology. It's simple, but I'm going to give you operational instructions.

”We don't know what the enemy is capable of. ”We don't know what they're capable of, so we'll have to find out. ”We don't know what they're capable of, so we'll have to find out. After that I'll leave the rest to you, Libina.

I got it!

The next time it doesn't work, if it doesn't work.

If it doesn't work, Lily, Aeon, don't do it for me.

Yeah!

I'll take care of it!

We'll make sure they're covered.

Yes, sir.

Hmm.

Well, it's the same as usual when it comes to strategy. I take out my scarlet ring and Setia takes on the challenge with her bow equipped.

As we enter the boss's room, lightning strikes in front of us and a minotaur appears.

Minotaur?

?　?　?

'Moaoao!　How did you get this far?　As promised, I will fight you!

He had a big axe, and was half cow and half human. He was only dressed in boomerang pants...take a lesson from the cow demon general.

Lily and the others composed themselves. Then the minotaur's attitude changes.

”Mo?　Moaoao!　I like it a lot!　Marry me.

I heard a snapping sound inside me. What are you talking about? You know what? I'm gonna burn your boomerang pants to the ground, you son of a b*tc*.

No!

The minotaur turns white at Lily and the others' answer.

''Why... why aren't you popular... when I'm so strong...''

He's a very human being. In this guy's mind, the stronger you are, the more popular you are.

Then the minotaur looks at me and becomes angry.

'It was you!　I hate natural harem bastards like you!　I'll kill you!

It was a terrible mistake. But we're in agreement.

”That's funny. I don't like guys who dress like you, too.

I didn't want to call them boomerang pants because Lily and the others are here. I don't want them asking for an explanation. The minotaurs are coming.

Me and Livina are going to set them up first.

”Rune Arts!

”Nasty Dream Wards!

First of all, the martial arts are sealed off as planned, and the minotaur is enveloped in pink smoke.

''Mo!　They're all beautiful girls!　Yeah, right. You love me that much?　Okay!　I'll hold them all!

Oh...Livina?

It's the art of making a man dream. The seduction skill required you to look at me to make it work, but with this, if you're trapped, you won't be able to escape. I'll beat you comfortably.

That's a nasty one... it's a pretty hard move to get around. But after all, it seems the minotaur isn't so easy. Livina is astonished.

'Huh?　That's weird!　You can't suck life force or magic!　Wow!

Livina's lewd dream wards are blown up. Minotaur skills?

'Mo-ooh!　My woman is gone!

The minotaur is in great tears. Then the minotaur looks at Livina.

'I have a bad feeling about this...'

'Moaoao!　You're the one who showed me the dream that I had earlier!　Take responsibility!

'I don't know what you mean!　Lilly and the others, please!

I got it!　Renki!　Grand Slash!

Lily uses a Grand Slash to slash at the Minotaur. But then the unbelievable happened.

'Mo-ooh!'

Caaaaah!

The moment the Minotaur's attack and Lily's great sword collided, Lily was blown away and crashed into the wall.

''Ugh... ouch...''

Bullshit... is there such a difference in muscle strength between Lily and the Minotaur that they can't get into a battle with each other?

'Lily!　I won't let you go any further!

Aeon slashes the minotaur. However, it is only minimally reduced.

''Such a mosquito-like attack is not good enough for me!

That's what the minotaur says, but Aeon continues to attack, dodging the minotaur's attacks.

Ion really understands his role. Even if the damage is like a mosquito, if it accumulates, it will cause a lot of damage. Setia also shoots magic arrows of all the attributes together. Does fire seem weak?

'No amount of attacking is going to get you anywhere!　Me, I've got the regeneration!

The damage is indeed healing. Still, Ion and Setia continue to attack. While I'm recovering from Lily's recovery, Aeon buys me some time so Lily can return.

'Hey!　Dragon Technique!　Dragonclaw!

'Mo?　Moaoao!

The minotaur reacts to Lily's attack. Quickly, Ion also uses a martial arts technique.

'Ice Blade!　Dual Splash!

Aeon slashes in rapid succession from behind, combining a series of blows and ice blades, but the minotaur ignores him and collides with Lily's dragon claw, and Lily is blown away again. We match it there.

'Arrow Rain!'

Hm!

A rain of Setia's arrows and the sting of Nowa's shadow hits the minotaur, but Setia's arrow martial arts aren't much different from Aeon's in terms of damage.

And the sting of Nowa's shadow doesn't penetrate, it's blocked by an invisible wall and stops.

What was that? I guess we'll just have to make the attack now.

Magic Bullet!

”Flame Circle!

Livina shoots a magic bullet, but it too is guarded by the wall. My Flame Circle burns the minotaur, but it doesn't do much damage.

Everyone gathers around.

”Lilly, are you okay?

Yeah, I didn't manage to hit the wall! I managed to not hit the wall!　But what do we do?　Tact.

'I think I've figured out what the enemy's skills are. Setia, try using some fancy magic on the minotaur. Nowa is a dragon skill. Aeon, Lily, I know this is going to be tough, but you're going to have to buy us some time.

Okay!

”Yes!

Hmm...

Lilly rushes in. The minotaur stands up to it, but Lilly brushes off the minotaur's attack. Then she unleashes a martial art.

'Continuous slash!'

Lily's attack hits the minotaur for the first time, but it doesn't do much. It's just a little less damage than my Flame Circle.

But Lilly has a series of attacks. I fire another continuous slash. The Minotaur is damaged. I should have done this from the beginning. It's already Lily's characteristic to compare power first, so there's nothing I can do about it.

But the minotaur didn't miss Lily's opening after the attack was over. Lily also tried to guard with her large sword, but was blown away.

'I was told you were stalling for time!

Aeon complains and uses his throwing maneuvers to buy time, and then Noah joins him.

'Dragon technique!　Dragon Absolute!

But the Minotaur ignores the Dragon Absolute and goes for Nowa. It still doesn't take effect.

''...Evil Eye!''

The minotaur stops moving for a moment, but that's it.

'Mo-ooh!'

The big axe closes in on Nowa, but Nowa ducks under the shadow. Then Setia's magic goes into effect.

'Blossom Storm!'

But Blossom Storm is blocked by the mysterious wall and does no damage to the minotaur. There's no doubt about it. Everyone gathers on me.

'It looks like that guy has a blessing that can nullify the skill attacks of Lily and the others.

Whore Wards, magic and shadow stings, magic bullets, and dragon techniques are all skill-based attacks. Only the martial arts seem to be effective, probably due to the fact that they are weapon techniques.

'Hoho. You're a harem bastard, but you're aware of the ability of my blessing... as you might have guessed, my minotaur blessing causes suicide attacks and skill attacks to be disabled against children.

The Minotaur is a child chosen for sacrifice in mythology. Probably an ability from there. With this, Lily and the others' attack was blocked.

”I see...

What are you going to do?　Mr. Takut.

But more importantly, are we children?

You're an adult.

It's probably a delicate place where middle schoolers, and possibly high schoolers, are children. Perhaps child represents a sub-race summoner. Otherwise, me and other non-adult players wouldn't be able to beat this guy.

It's like our natural enemy came to us at the last minute. Well, that was my mistake for not leaving Gray and the others behind.

Well, now that we know the skills of the enemy, we know what we have to do. Then the minotaur comes to me and says, ”I'll tell you what.

'I'm telling you, there's no point in calling in the spirits and dragonizing them, okay?　If you can't reach the stars, you can't beat me.

You mean the condition for breaking through the Minotaur's blessing is to reach the stars? So you're saying that he's not up to par. But there is a way to beat this guy.

”...and Nowa is my shadow.

Hmm.

Noah lurks in my shadow. I instruct everyone in sync and I confront the minotaur.

'Mo-ooh!'　You're not going to fight me, are you?

That's right. You have done me damage. No matter how much Aeon attacked me, I couldn't do any damage to you.

This is obviously not right. This guy said that the minotaur's blessing was to disable suicide attacks and skill attacks. There is no special defense in it. If that's the case, then Aeon and Setia's attacks didn't do any damage purely because of this guy's high defense.

But my attacks were usually, or even far more damaging than normal. Combined with the legend, a theory comes to mind.

''You... you're pretty weak against humans, aren't you?

The Minotaur was defeated by Theseus, the legendary hero of Athenai. In other words, the Minotaur was defeated by humans. Then it's no wonder that they are weak against humans.

”Hm. So what's up with that?　You won't be able to withstand my attacks, will you?

You don't deny it. Fine!

'Right. Which means I can take you down without taking any of your attacks!

'Interesting!　Do it!　Harlem!

Me and the minotaur started fighting. I lose the first round of firing. I guess power is not enough to win, after all.

”Moaoao!

We ducked the minotaur's big axe that attacked us in a chase, but the big axe attack gouged the ground. A direct hit would result in instant death.

Fireblast!

'Mo?　Moaoao!

My fireblast is prevented from spinning the big axe fast enough to prevent it. Then!

Explosions!

The minotaur explodes. It does some damage to the minotaur, but it throws a big axe at me. Oh no!

Teleportation!

I teleport behind the minotaur and aim for its head, but I can't cut it off. But the burning heat of the scarlet ring burns the minotaur.

'Mo-ooh!　It's getting better!

The minotaur catches the big axe as it comes back like a boomerang and comes swinging the big axe around, burning.

I manage to catch it off and slash at it when I see an opening. In the meantime, Setia and Livina continue to debuff me. After all, they didn't become paralyzed, poisoned, or iced, but they did succeed in reducing muscle strength and defense.

The minotaur cries out as Lily and the others also find an opening and attack, and I manage to shave off half of my life force by using fire magic and explosive magic methods.

'Mo-ooh!　You seem to be using some strange swordplay, but the play is over!

A bright red aura deceives from the Minotaur, and his muscles swell up. This is turning into a madman!

Furthermore, the minotaur raises one hand and lightning strikes his hand. Then another great axe appears in the minotaur's hand.

Ahhh...this is bad.

A series of blows from two great axes that don't feel the weight of the great axe is coming. I couldn't handle the stones and avoided them, but I should have avoided them completely, but they sliced through me.

''Moaoao!''

”Huh!　Teleport!

He teleports away. What the hell was that? A wind blade? No, it's something different. Fortunately, it seems to be a different slash than the big axe attack. Otherwise, it would be an instant death.

''Tact!　Heel!

I get my first recovery from Lily, but the minotaurs are coming.

'Mo-ooh!'

Give me time to think.

”Lilly, Setia. Please recover.

Okay!

Got it!

I intercepted them, but every time I avoided them, they cut me. I asked Livina for an illusion, but she aimed precisely at me. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most of your time in the city. If this is the case, we're stuck.

For that reason, I need to understand the mechanics of this attack.

When I touch the big axe to try it out, it won't cut me. Expecting an invisible slash, I held the scarlet ring up, but it slashed through the scarlet ring.

As I explored, I realized that this would happen with the new big axe. It wouldn't occur if I avoided the first big axe. So it's the ability of the newly acquired big axe.

Then I would parry the new big axe's attack and avoid the first one. Then there is no damage. Good! This will work!

I counter with acceleration and manage to get through the gap between the two great axes and deal some damage.

Then, when I'm almost ready to take it down, the minotaur shouts again.

'Mo-ooh!　You can't lose!　I'll never be the only guy who's popular!

It's like I'm the one who's bullying him. I think I'm the one being bullied.

”Mo-ooh!

The Minotaur shouted and slammed the great axe into the ground, releasing a mass of atmosphere like an Atmosphere.

''Atmosphere!''

I clash with Atmoswyr, but the minotaur swings his other great axe and a tornado of wind follows me. I can't do that one.

'Teleport!'

I teleported away and ducked, aiming for the minotaur's hand, but I still couldn't cut it off.

”Moaoao!

The minotaur shouts and lightning strikes me.

'Noah!'

Hmph!

It's over!

The minotaur is convinced of victory and swings the great axe. Here!

Now!

I won't let you!

You can't do that!

Lily and Ion both stop the big axe together. If they haven't swung it down, they haven't added force yet. This is the only time to stop the Minotaur's attack. Furthermore, Setia, Noah and Livina set to work.

''Vine Bind!''

...Shadowbinding!

”Wicked Wards!

He is bound by the vines and shadows of the trees and trapped in the lewd dream wards. The only thing this guy can disable is the damage caused by his skills. That was confirmed by Setia, Nowa and Livina. The magic that binds him cannot be nullified. In fact, it was trapped in the lewd dream ward at first.

'Mo-ooh!　You're playing tied up from these beautiful girls!　I can't wait!

She's a dominant force!

Mr. Tact... may I disarm them?

...hmm. That's disgusting.

I agree with both of you.

Do we even agree with Libina... or should we be relieved that the minotaur doesn't agree with us?

Ta-tact.

'Hurry up, please!　Push me.

Lilly and her friends are in trouble. This is not good. Well, we'll let you decide.

Acceleration!

I slash continuously. Warding and restraints are released and I swing the big axe at me.

”Teleportation!

I teleport to duck the big axe and get behind the minotaur. Then I use my martial arts skills. I aim for the neck!

Flash!