Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World (LN) Volume 7 - Ch 1.01

Player Na: Kaga Michio

Current Character Levels & Equipnt:

Jobs:

Explorer Lv.37

Hero Lv.35

Mage Lv.37

Monk Lv.37

Equipnt:

Rod of Offerings

Hardened Leather Helt

Hardened Leather Armor

Hardened Leather Gloves

Hardened Leather Shoes

Sacrificial Misanga

I feel like luck hasnt been on my side that much lately.

Why is that, you might ask? Well, probably because across the span of the few recent days and my Party have beco a target of Bandit attacks not once, but twice in a row when we entered the Labyrinths in order to explore them and grind our levels, so if that is not being unlucky, then I dont know what is.

I dont know what I did to deserve being afflicted with such a string of bad luck. Maybe it has sothing to do with the fact that ever since I have arrived in this new world and began my new life here, I have rarely experienced what might be call true misfortune; and even if I did happen upon so bumps on my road I always managed to get out of them more or less unscratched?

But if I were so lucky up until now, then this begs another question: why have I suddenly beco so unlucky now of all tis? Is it because the alignnt of the stars in the sky that have been in my favor so far, shifted? Or maybe so kind of deity went and decided that since I had relatively good luck thus far in my life here, then I needed to have so misfortune in it as well in order to keep things balanced out?

The twelfth and thirteenth floors of the Labyrinths the floors which we are currently exploring are known as one of the spots in which Bandits, Thieves and other kinds of outlaws appear in order to prey on the weaker Parties that have just co from the lower floors. Their aim is to trap them when theyre least expecting it; then steal the possessions of others, kill the male Party mbers, and kidnap and enslave the female Party mbers. That is exactly what happened to us these two tis: the Bandits took us for a weak Party worthy of targeting; and each ti it was the sa scenario of them wanting to lay their filthy hands on my girls while having killed. Sherry warned that the higher we are going to go in the Labyrinths, the more frequent such happenings are going to be; but still, I think that this was just too much! If that is how things are on just the twelfth and thirteenth levels of the Labyrinths, then how can I know that its not going to only get progressively worse the higher we are going to go?

There is this one famous saying that says: What happened two tis is going to happen for the third ti, or its variant that saysWhatever happened twice is going to happen again, but personally I think that yet another saying: Third tis the charmwould actually work better here.And if we assu that there is truth in that saying, then that would an that in the future were going to suffer yet another Bandit attack? Now, if that really were to happen then it would be the absolute pinnacle of a bad ti, so I guess one of the only ways in which I can counteract that is to be even more vigilant in the Labyrinths than I was before, and quite literally have eyes all around my head the entire ti.

The first ambush of the Bandits that we walked into was relatively simple, and I was able to get out of it with just the help of Roxanne and Sherry. We managed to defeat the ten Bandits who prepared the second ambush as well; but that second one was much more difficult than the first one. There were a multitude of ways in which things could have gone south very quickly if they played out slightly differently, or if I didnt have access to Durandal or my Bonus Spells. Now, just the thought that the potential third ambush might be even worse than that is filling with worry and dread, so I really hope for all our sakes that we are not going to be attacked by Bandits for the third ti after all.

Well, even though it was pretty bad that we got attacked by the Bandits twice, I cannot say that it was all bad. Sure, the battles with high-level humanoid enemies are always scary, but now that I managed to defeat those strong Bandits and claim their Intelligence Cards for myself, all I have to do is to wait for an opportune mont so that I can sell them for a profit.

In that sense, I guess even the bruises or scars of battle can be the bringers of good fortune not that I have any bruises or scars on , thanks to the healing from Durandals HP absorptionSkill. It also closes small wounds, mirror cuts and lacerations as if they were never there, so that might be considered a stroke of luck.

Yeah, lets think of it that way and keep that positivity going.

I am not an unlucky man. I am lucky; but it seems that luck has simply not made its way towards just yet, is taking its sweet ti. However, it will get to eventually of that I have no doubt. And it might as well start with the money that I am going to get from the bounties I will get for the Intelligence Cards of the Bandits that I have slain. although it has to be noted that quite so ti may co to pass before I gather up my courage to bring them to the Knight Order of Hartz Duchy. So any What ifsconnected to the money from their bounties are going to be like counting my chickens before they are hatched and.. wait! We got so Magic Crystals from them, right? Yeah, we totally did, so we can always sell those for money at the Adventurers Guild. So, alls right with the world for now.

All right then, I guess its ti for us to go and buy the ingredients for breakfast. I also used our MP Recovery dicine And Nourishnt Pills, so if at all possible, then I would like to restock on those as well.I said.

The raw material used in the creation of the Nourishnt Pill is a Drop Item left behind by a Fly Trap the monster native to the thirteenth floor of Quratars Labyrinth. So I would rather recomnd hunting for it in Quratars Labyrinth than buying it from the Guild. That is going to be better for us money-wise.

Sherry informs about the raw materials used in the creation of Nourishnt Pills, and thanks to her words of explanation I finally understand why the prices of the Strengthening Pills and Nourishnt Pills are identical. It is because both of these dicinal items are made from raw ingredients that can be found on similar floors of the Labyrinths.

By the way, what about the raw ingredients that are used in making Strengthening Pills? I asked.

That material should be dropped by the Floor Boss of the floors where Animal Traps are the native enemies.

Oh. In other words, they are also made from sothing that could be obtained from sothing as simple as grinding; so if we could repeat it consistently, wed be able to save up that much more money, since it would be another thing I could obtain on my own instead of having to buy it from the Adventurers Guild all the ti.

At the current mont, the highest floor that we can explore relatively safely is the twelfth floor of each Labyrinth, which ans that if we want to start farming those materials, then we will have to advance onto the thirteenth floor one floor above our current limit. However, we have been to the thirteenth floor before, during our visit to the Labyrinth of Tare where we learned more or less how tough the enemies there can possibly be. So when it cos the ti for us to go there and explore that floor for real, we are going to need to be that much more ready.

Reaching the thirteenth floor shouldnt take us that long, since the small hidden room where we found the Bandits was probably very close to the Boss Room. That closeness mustve been the reason why they had set up their ambush there, so I think it is safe to say that weve probably cleared most of the twelfth floor of Harubas Labyrinth.