**Day 32? The Farthest Labyrinth 75F**
Jito-eyed Armor Lady didn't seem to want the "Magic Beast Bracelet – All Stats Up" (since I only hit from behind), so I kept it. Technically I finished the chimera, right? Probably?
Just worried about what "all stats up" actually covers. Is it gonna buff NEET, hikikomori, loner too? That'd be a disaster.
Alright, 74F. Still feeling the mental pricks, but 74F. Up ahead: "Metal Scorpion Lv74" waiting… twitching and flipped over.
"Metal Scorpion." Scorpions. Poison type. Scorpions look heavily armored but are actually kinda soft underneath—not real shell, crush 'em and they die. But Metal Scorpion—metallic. Probably super hard. Uncrushable. Maybe? So I fumigated them. Fumigating again.
Because scorpions are arachnids. Spider relatives. Would be mean to exclude them. Gotta give them the spider treatment—matching set. Flipped over, twitching together? Matching? Kinda?
Silver armor lady slides her sword into the neck gaps, slicing clean through.
Behind her, black-hooded guy keeps pumping endless smoke.
Caring = loss. Working = loss too, title-wise.
Finished collecting stones. Pre-73F treat: hidden room visit. Never ends well affection-stat-wise.
Chest isn't locked. When am I even gonna use Magic Key?
Let's see… "Absolute Endurance Greaves – Complete Resistance, Great Increase to All Magic/Physical/Impact Resistance." Greaves? Yeah, shin guards. Western armor—sabaton boots, then greaves up to knee. Showed the jito-eyed armor chair… no interest. Black? Not silver? Visuals-first? Girls have their non-negotiables. Her silver armor already has complete nullification + full buffs, so probably doesn't need it.
Can I put this in my boots…? …
It fit. Combined. Happy. Thanks, chest. Second-most-wanted after affection boost. Complete resistance + great impact increase—falls and crashes are gonna hurt way less now. Is that… good? Still falling. Still crashing. Less pain is better, right? Because it hurts. Yeah.
Kinda tempted to try full-speed collision charge… but next is turtles? Nope. Too painful-looking. Turtles. Big turtles? Face… crocodile? Alligator snapping turtle type? But "Reflect Turtle Lv73"? Four lined up vertically blocking the wide passage. Absolutely don't wanna ram these—house-sized. Even with reduced pain, that looks agonizing. Hard pass.
Croc-face isn't actual alligator snapper. Those have super long names. Just regular turtle? Crocodile-like head? Just croc-faced? Has fangs though. What was it called again?
More importantly—reflect. Reflection. Not echo. How's it different from Mirror Boar? Has "Magic Reflection," so yeah, reflection. Reflect for safety on dark roads. But the monster itself is the danger.
Magic-hole under right front leg. Magic-hole under left front leg. Right rear. Left rear. Done. Can't move.
Tap the immobile turtle head. Can't retract, so keep tapping.
Tries to bite—out of range.
Blocks the whole passage anyway—rear Reflect Turtles can't advance either.
So keep tapping.
"Pok!" "Pok!" "Pok!" "Pok!" "Pok!"... "Bash!"
…Silver armor lady lopped the head off from the side. Couldn't wait? That turtle had "Slash Resistance," yet she slashed anyway? Whatever—time-saver. Turns out she's secretly impatient?
Next Reflect Turtle approaches. Magic-hole under right front leg again, then...
Tedious work.
Wipeout. Eight of them. So huge they made the floor feel cramped—now it's spacious without them.
Magic stones are massive too. Bigger = more valuable? Big money? Still 72 floors to the buyback counter.
No hidden room apparently. Check upstairs. Ceiling spyhole. Peeping never fun.
Dead tree? "Trent Lv72." Just wood. No thinking required. No fire resistance even. Has magic resistance, but normal flames should work, right?
Bonfire time. Bonfire bonfire… hot. Seriously hot.
Burning well.
Dead wood, after all.
Mountain party vibes.
Still burning.
Drizzled rapeseed oil, olive oil, sesame oil—all the oils—then set alight.
Magic resistance alone? Just air-walk overhead and oil-rain. Burns. Practically begging to be barbecued. Dead-wood monster. Burn it is. Hot though.
Everyone burned to ash.
Oil was kinda wasteful though. Not easy to buy. Expensive.
Collected stones, collected jito essence, absorbed it? Hidden room time.
Huh? No chest?
Inside: "Elder Trent Lv72"? Big dead tree. Burning really well. After I set it on fire.
Once it finally caught, magic stone and "Elder Trent Staff – Magic Power +50%, Great Attribute Increase, Magic Control Up." Proper magic staff feel. No bludgeoning comfort boost? Isn't striking power the #1 thing a staff needs? Swords get attack up, but staves only magic? Staffs are bludgeoning weapons too, right? Right?