Volume 10 Chapter 1 PaRT 3
This time finishing as quickly as possible is not my goal, so having no Cook Job equipped is fine. I don’t want to spoil Miria too much by making her think that obtaining rare drops from Floor Bosses is an easy feat. She needs to see that getting a rare drop is a hard work, because otherwise, she’s going to be asking for the rare drops over and over again.
「That being said, I guess it might be just a tad bit too difficult, huh?」
After around ten repetitions of the Boss battle, Black Diamond Tuna still didn’t drop its rare Drop Item. I would’ve understood if it was two or three, but isn’t that quite a lot now?
「If we’re lucky we might get it soon, but even I wasn’t expecting that it’s going to be that bad.」
「Let’s do it, desu!」
Sherry and Miria answer me.
For example, even if the probability of getting the Rare Drop would be one to ten, it still doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re going to get the rare drop for sure once every ten times.
Is that what Sherry was trying to say? That being said, maybe its about time for the luck to turn around and give us what we wanted? At the same time, I also realized that telling Miria that it is difficult to get a rare drop from a Floor Boss is pretty much useless.
That’s right. The rare drop is not the only thing that Miria wants here. Miria wants to keep fighting against the Black Diamond Tuna, because she finds the battle against it to be fun.
It’s the opposite of that one saying: hate the priest, and you will hate his very vestments. Miria likes the Drop Item left by the Black Diamond Tuna, and so she likes the Black Diamond Tuna itself as well, which is doubly true for her since that is a fish-type monster. And besides, even if fighting it normally might be difficult, there is always a chance of it getting petrified.
In that sense, it must be pretty fun for her.
And even if the drop that we’re going to get is not a Fatty Tuna, we’re still going to get our hands on Lean Tuna, which is going to be just as delicious too.
Even after ten unsuccessful attempts at getting it, Miria still doesn’t show any signs of disgust on her face. She still looks like she’s full of motivation.
I am certain that she’s going to be willing to challenge the Black Diamond Tuna as many times as it takes.
I should add Cook to my Active Jobs and finish the grind as soon as possible. So I got rid of the Mage Job and replaced it with Cook and proceeded to challenge the Floor Boss yet again.
I am not using any magic against this particular Floor Boss, hence why the Mage Job is not needed. I need it when fighting against groups of Mabreams while farming the Whole Fish, but not right now. And when I am using magic, I’m not going to be using 「Slash」, so during the regular encounters there’s no need for me to use the Swordsman Job.
Either way, it doesn’t matter now.
Now that I am removing the Mage Job, I could use the Swordsman Job’s Skill,「Slash」to attack the monsters, but even if I don’t use 「Slash」, it’s not going to be extending the time of the battles all that much. And if the time of the battles does get extended, then I am pretty sure that Miria will be able to help with that with her Estoc of Petrification.
This time, thanks to me using the 「Slash」Skill, we managed to defeat the Boss even before Miria managed to activate Petrification with her attacks. It turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared.
「Fatty Tuna, desu!」 Miria exclaims and jumps at the remaining Drop Item. Her movement was faster than any monster’s I have ever seen. Did it appear precisely because I equipped the Cook Job? I’m sure this must be a coincidence, but even so, obtaining it is definitely a huge deal.
「Good for you, Miria.」
「Yes, desu.」
Miria hands me both the Fatty Tuna and the Whole Fish. It’s a good thing that we managed to get a hold of both of those drops. By the way, when did she exactly managed to grab the Mabream’s Drop Item?
Don’t tell me… did she do that while everyone was surrounding the Floor Boss? No, that cannot possibly be it, right? Yeah, there’s no way that Miria would willingly go and skip the battle against Black Diamond Tuna, her favorite Floor Boss.
Roxanne would definitely not allow it. Most likely she must have secured it when the Boss fell down and disappeared in smoke. And when it disappeared leaving behind a Fatty Tuna, she must’ve collected the Whole Fish as well. This seems like the most probable answer, since she really is faster than any monster.
Come to think of it, who taught Miria the Brahim word 「Fatty Tuna」?
She learnt it before I even knew it. Like I thought, she learns fish related words quickly.
「We will have fatty tuna for tomorrow’s dinner. Miria will be cooking it.」
「Yes, desu.」
Speaking of Fatty Tuna, it has a bright-red color similar to that of the red meat, but it is actually somewhat lighter. I cannot be exactly sure of it right now while we’re in the Labyrinth, but once viewed in the sunlight, it should have a pinkish color similar to that of a regular tuna.
It certainly looks delicious, but it probably cannot be used for sashimi, since apparently there is no custom of making it in this world. With the exception of the Kobold Salt, I’m not even sure if you’re supposed to eat raw ingredients that you’ve found in the Labyrinths.
Well, it doesn’t matter.
Let’s not do anything dangerous and steer clear of any potential threats. However, I wonder what would have happened if I whispered into Miria’s ear that these things can also be eaten raw? Would that be a human experiment?
Let’s not go that way then.
I have to resign myself from having soy sauce as well.
「But you know… is this going to be enough for everyone?」
Even if its not, it’ll just be a matter of dividing it all equally between the five of us. In the worst-case scenario, it should be enough for a one-course dish for us.
「……」
Miria remains speechless. She didn’t even confirm whether or not this much fish is going to be enough for us. Personally, I don’t think that this is going to be enough, but maybe I’m actually demanding too much?
We had some white meat yesterday, and we’re having the Whole Fish as a celebratory meal whenever we’re breaking through another floor of the Labyrinth. However, I feel like it has been on our table too many times already.
This is going to be our very first time eating a Fatty Tuna, so I think that Miria would want to eat a lot of it. I want to eat a lot of it too, but if we don’t get enough, then Miria is simply going to eat too much of it without leaving anything for the rest of us.
「I think it would be better if we got a second one after all.」
「Yes, that might be preferable.」
Roxanne answered as the representative of the group. It looks like both her and the others don’t want the amount of the food on our table to be reduced.
「We should still have some time, so we might as well try fighting the Floor Boss a few more times. Shall we go?」
After exiting the twenty-third floor after entering it once, we immediately went back with a 「Field Walker」to repeat the Floor Boss battle a few more times.
Once again, I apply 「Abnormal Status Resist Down」onto the Black Diamond Tuna and leave it to the girls while I myself make my way to confront the extra that was summoned along with it. I will challenge the Floor Boss as well, but only after taking care of the small fry first.