Year 7445, Month 8, Day 15
Furthermore there's even 5 of them!
Even if I try identifying if it's the same thing I've seen countless times in the boss room on the 1st floor. However, it seems these {Scavenger Crawlers} have lived quite a while, both their age and level were a bit high. On average they were level 15. The height is 3 meters and their girth has a diameter of around 80 cm, things like that are running over here at about the speed of an adult. Zurorororo!!! and you can hear the sound from them dragging their bodies along.
The passage this time turns to the right about 300 meters ahead but during the time I was looking at the identify window they've approached by about 50 meters.
"Somehow I hear an unpleasant sound.."
"After all it seems they were in other places..This scent is that of {Scavenger Crawler}!"
"..Be quiet..It's not just one! There's a lot of them! Al, we're depending on you!"
I guess the electricity I used like in the past is good. Since it seems like there's multiple targets I used the spell {Chain Lightning}. Only the two in the rear were remaining. However, it seems they've weakened quite a bit from taking the electricity. Just like that when I tried using Identify on them their HP had cut 70 remaining.
"Hmn, it seems they've been weakened considerably. Basutoral, finish them off."
As they approached us Basutoral stabbed them with his spear just as I ordered and the two remaining died. They have high levels and there's their special skills as well so as usual the experience points they give is a lot but it feels like the value of the magic stones were higher than usual? or at least a little bit since they were 7,000 or so each. However, for 5 {Scavenger Crawlers} to appear at once..If it was a party with no flexibility in their mana they'd be on the route to getting wiped out. It was the same for the ogres on the 7th floor but it seems it would be best to think there's no room to relax on the 8th floor either.
Since the smell was terrible I left the dissection up to Angela but since she was wincing from the bad odor the {Scavenger Crawlers} give off as well there were tears welling in her eyes. When she handed the five magic stones over to me with a pale face I thanked her for her work and put them into my rubber pouch along with the feelers we collected from all of them.
We returned to the 7th floor and when I gave her the right to the first shower she seemed a bit happy.
Year 7445, Month 8, Day 16
"Umm..I'm very sorry.."
Of course it was that state of things last time. I'm sure the losses will continue for a while. Most likely, won't it start to show some profit around the time they get to the 4th and 5th floors? But you know, on {Sooner}s end Rodrick and the combat slave he owns Karimu both leveled up this time and reached 9.
You all had that sort of period as well and if you were to ask me even right now is something like an extension of that...Though that's same for me as well.
"Don't worry about being in the red. What's important is gaining the experience and learning things from leading them after all. It's a weird way of putting it but you could say they're all teachers of you all I've sent in as leaders. It's only obvious that the fee for the course is somewhat expensive right?"
Right, they're teachers that it's possible they'll teach you through example. I'm sure you'll experience scary and painful things as well. You might even suffer serious injuries, depending on the case you might lose your lives. More or less everyone who enters the dungeon has that sort of resolve. If were to say some extreme logic then in the case a powerful opponent appears and even if they suffer damage then...
Since everyone can earn experience that connects to the future that amount is chump change and not a waste at all.
Of course, I don't want anyone to die though. Whether it be the {Butchers} or {Sooner} they're all people that have relationship with me. I'm sure they want to take every chance they can get for promotion and I want more members who can get promoted to come out as well. Obviously, right now I want to put priority on the members of the {Slaughterers} gaining experience, but it's no big deal, I don't mind if they're overtaken.
"Now, everyone let's go and eat. But for tonight just avoid any heavy drinking. Tonight, when everyone returns I want to talk about things from here on out including the 8th floor."
After I said that the seven of us excluding those on leave went to eat.
After 8 pm all of the {Slaughterers} gathered in my room in Boil Manor and we reported things about the 8th floor. Since we don't have any proper information on the monsters, I declared that for the time being we'll take the safe route and focus on luring monsters into the halls of the 8th floor as we grasp their characteristics and types. We'll continue this until at least the {Butchers} can reach a level where they're fine without anyone being dispatched from the {Slaughterers}.
Also, around the end of this month I'll be able to buy a number of combat slaves so in that case I should be reduce the number of members dispatched to both the {Butchers} and {Sooner} by two. Nothing can be helped by hurrying, I told them that right now rather than hurrying ahead we'll properly gain some experience and strengthen our combat forces so we can take on any opponent that appears. After all even Rombert the First gave up on this 8th floor of the dungeon. Though I say that, it's probably not because he was blocked by a powerful enemy he couldn't win against but because he got his hands on a large treasure I'm sure.
Year 7445, Month 8, Day 17
As a result we've gotten used to the combat and we can travel down the shortest route with no need to go to the trouble of taking detours. Please think that the first standard is clearing through the 3rd floor in half a day. For that sake the 1st floor is just a matter of around three hours. We defeat all of the opponents along the way, and no matter when and what appears, we can clear through the 1st floor in three hours. Until we reach that stage we won't be going to the 2nd floor."
I'm sure everyone's already heard this discussion a number of times right..No, they're all listening pretty enthusiastically. Even Zulu is nodding. You sure are an actor~ I guess the same bacon and eggs as Rodrick is good. I called over the waiter and ordered bacon, eggs, bread, and some soup. There's not a large difference in the breakfast menu of any restaurant. It seems that this place doesn't have any white bread sitting around.
Bel is eating while explaining just how important not running from combat is to everyone. Since {Sooner} falls behind in abilities it's particularly important to strongly burn it into their consciousness so it can't be helped. Being urged on my Bel, Zulu occasionally adds in his own opinions. However, it's a bit unpleasant how at the edges of everything he says he adds "we need to be grateful to master" to try and dress it up as a favor. Well, you could say that's only obvious for a slave so I don't think anyone is probably paying any mind to it.
..However, she sure is stiff, Bel. She's giving off a different feel from how she normally acts. The things she's saying are easy to understand and it seems she's picking out simple words but the ambiance she's wearing is stiff. It's not like she won't forgive objections or that sort of thing but..I guess her tone of speech and expression are stiff.
She sure is young~ How nice~ I had a time like this as well..When I was a newly assigned platoon leader and had my own subordinates for the first time. Around half of my subordinates were younger self-defense official who were working on a term basis but among them there were some older ones as well and among the sergeant majors there were even people on the same age as father or so. Probably, Bel is frantic right now. If you look at the scale it's on the level of a squad but even then almost all of them are older than her.
..There's no need for me to say anything. I've left everything in regards to {Sooner} to her until the day after tomorrow. It's fine if I can just get along with everyone in {Sooner}.
Year 7445, Month 8, Day 27
Garuhashu was 30,000,000 Z. I had predicted it to some extent but he's expensive!
Firenoto was 7,500,000 Z. That's normal.
~and that totaled up to 64,700,000 Z huh? Personally this sort of expensive shopping, even among my past life, I think it's since I bought my condo..Ah, that was on a loan, and I hadn't finished paying it off.
Furthermore, it seems that the disciplining wasn't at a level that Madam.Ronslails was satisfied with so she said she couldn't hand them over right away. Oh my...