The first through fourth floors had been a natural, outdoor environment (?), but the fifth floor where they were transferred was vastly different from before.
This was because the fifth floor was a massive arena, and they had been transported right into its center.
“Hal-sama, this fifth floor is the final defense layer guarded by high-ranking beautiful girl monsters, and the sixth floor, which is the final floor, awaits the ‘Ideal Maiden (lol)’, the master of this labyrinth.”
“So, Liliana. Where are the high-ranking beautiful girl monsters?”
“Hal-sama, the enemies are already waiting.”
Upon Liliana’s response, I surveyed the arena anew.
From Liliana’s explanation, it seems she has some thoughts about the ‘Ideal Maiden’, the ‘master of the labyrinth’.
As for me, no matter what kind of beautiful girl appears, I don’t think I’ll be swayed anymore.
The arena floor was made of flattened and hardened earth, and it was wide enough for equestrian events.
The surroundings were walls built from stacked blocks of quarried stone, and beyond them were unmanned tiered spectator seats.
Furthermore, in the four corners of the arena, there appeared to be metal statues placed on magnificent pedestals.
Were the statues perhaps enshrining guardian deities of the arena?
However, strangely, the details regarding the statues were unclear.
Perhaps some kind of recognition-inhibiting magic was in use.
Most likely, it was a stage production where details would only become clear upon moving closer to the statues.
However, the high-ranking beautiful girl monsters that Liliana mentioned were nowhere to be seen.
“There are no enemies here.”
“Hal-sama, the high-ranking beautiful girl monsters who are our enemies are waiting on the pedestals.”
According to Liliana, the high-ranking beautiful girl monsters were waiting on the pedestals in a ‘destruction-proof object’ state.
To fight, one only needed to stand before the opponent and show their intent to duel, perhaps by throwing down a glove.
Then, the enemies, who were frozen in a ‘destruction-proof object’ state, would begin to move.
Apparently, defeating one or more enemies would open the entrance to the final floor, where the ‘Ideal Maiden’, the ‘master of the labyrinth’, awaited.
There were four high-ranking beautiful girl monsters, and one could either continue to fight them to obtain valuable drop items, or proceed to the final floor and propose to the ‘Ideal Maiden’.
Our objective was to obtain rare materials to craft weapons and armor for Seira and Mariabel, who had newly joined our ‘Princess Harem’.
This meant we would defeat all four high-ranking beautiful girl monsters.
We also planned to defeat the ‘Ideal Maiden’, the ‘master of the labyrinth’, and obtain her ‘consolation prize’ drop item.
“If that’s the case, why don’t we size up our opponents in order?”
Despite saying so, we had been transferred to the center of the arena, and the distance to the statues in the four corners was about the same.
So, I re-examined the dimly visible statues.
One of them, however, was strangely squat.
At the same time, a bad premonition, or rather, an aura of being a “dud,” hung in the air.
So, I decided to look at that one last.
I led my companions to the first statue.
The magnificent pedestal bore a nameplate that read “Adamantite Doll.”
“Adamantite? ♪ It looks like we’ll finally get some rare materials.”
Zwei’s face was filled with anticipation.
On the first floor, they dropped ‘iron’.
On the second floor, ‘copper’.
On the third floor, ‘silver’.
And on the fourth floor, ‘gold’ was dropped.
As the floors progressed, the dropped materials became more valuable, but they were not the rare materials Zwei sought.
We had needed to convert the collected drop items at places like the Adventurer Guild to obtain rare materials.
However, it was now revealed that rare materials would be dropped on the fifth floor.
No matter what, we wanted to defeat the four high-ranking beautiful girl monsters and obtain rare materials.
“Another beautiful girl monster that looks like me…”
And I focused my attention on the statue that appeared to be made of adamantite.
As Shera lamented, Shera’s face was there.
As expected, it seemed they had brought up party member-related content.
The upper body faithfully replicated Shera’s appearance, but it was equipped with a potbelly.
Furthermore, there was something odd about the tail.
After some thought, the conclusion was that it wasn’t a fox tail, but rather the tail of a tanuki-type beastkin, the sworn enemy of tanuki-like beastkin such as Shera and her kind.
“This is… ‘Potbellied Tanuki-Fox Shera,’ isn’t it? ♪”
Elise, with a wide smile, decided on the name “Potbellied Tanuki-Fox Shera” for the “Adamantite Doll.”
“I knew I’d be ‘potbellied’… but a ‘tanuki tail’ without any sense… is the worst! Call the person responsible! This labyrinth needs to be destroyed with forbidden magic!”
Shera, her face enraged and her hair bristling, yelled at the party members, who kept their distance.
After waiting for Shera to calm down, we headed to the second statue.
By the way, Shera took charge of destroying the “Potbellied Tanuki-Fox Shera.”
Still, where did the idea of a “tanuki tail” come from! ?
Perhaps they can read our thoughts and even our subconscious minds! !
We moved to the next statue.
The pedestal of the second statue we saw had an embedded nameplate that read “Mithril Doll.”
“Mithril after adamantite? ♪ We definitely have to get it ♪♪”
With a succession of rare materials, Zwei was overjoyed, practically dancing.
Indeed, mithril is quite versatile.
It is a rare material that we definitely want to obtain.
“This… this can no longer be called an elf. However, if such a thing were to be leaked to the world… it must be destroyed!!”
While we were excited about the name “Mithril Doll,” Dietlinde swore to annihilate it with a voice filled with anger.
When we examined the statue, its face was a faithful rendition of Dietlinde’s face, but her hair was styled in a mohawk.
Perhaps it would even reproduce a beautiful gradation when activated.
Next, we should pay attention to the chest area.
Dietlinde, a high elf, had large breasts, but the statue’s chest was flat, adhering to the standard elf proportions.
Dietlinde is proud of her large breasts and has the epithet ‘Prophetess of Breasts.’
And yet… it’s understandable she would be angry at having completely flat breasts.
Furthermore, while she avoided the ‘potbelly’ in the abdomen, there was a ‘bulge’ in the lower abdomen, and a pig’s tail seemed to grow from her buttocks.
While it deviated from the appearance of an elf, it contained plenty of elements to provoke Dietlinde’s anger.
“If I were to name this… it would be something like ‘Mohawked Bulging Dietlinde.’ ”
Elise, proposing a name that poked at the nerves of Dietlinde, who was silently trembling and desperately suppressing her anger, was herself trembling.
“I must definitely defeat this.”
Dietlinde made a declaration of resolve, similar to Shera’s earlier.
“Dietlinde, don’t worry too much about it. The best thing to do is to eliminate these kinds of things and pretend they never existed.”
Swan Hilda, who had single-handedly launched an annihilation battle on the fourth floor, offered words of support.
“Well then, let’s move on.”
Feeling uncomfortable, I urged everyone to move to the third statue.
Shera and Dietlinde, who were used as models, were barely managing to suppress their anger.
On the other hand, Elise, who had given silly names like “Potbellied Tanuki-Fox Shera” and “Mohawked Bulging Dietlinde,” was in a good mood.
The surrounding party members cast concerned glances towards Shera and Dietlinde, who had become victims.
And so, we arrived at the third statue.
Indeed, the nameplate on the pedestal read “Orihalcon Doll.”
“Orichalcum this time? ♪ This fifth floor is the best. It seems perfect for the material of the trowel that Mother Swan Hilda asked for.”
Seeing the name “orichalcum,” Zwei was once again overjoyed, but this time, Swan Hilda herself exuded anger.
“This… this is clearly a challenge to me. If my Valkyrie elder sisters saw this… I might be forced to undergo special training again. This definitely needs to be destroyed!!”
Perhaps due to the waft of anger emanating from Swan Hilda, several party members felt nauseous.
Now, regarding the statue in question…
The facial features were a faithful rendition of Swan Hilda’s face, and perhaps because her identity was deciphered from her great success on the fourth floor, she was clad in Valkyrie attire.
The chest also reproduced Swan Hilda’s breasts… but as our gaze lowered, there were two bulges.
In other words, she was equipped with both a ‘potbelly’ that made her stomach swell and a ‘bulge’ that made her lower abdomen swell.
Furthermore, incubus-like bat wings grew from her back, and she also had an incubus tail.
In other words, she was in a difficult state, a fusion of ‘Valkyrie’ and ‘Succubus’ characteristics.
Even Swan Hilda had reached her limit, as if her ‘patience had run out’ or her ‘wrath had been ignited.’
In other words, she was in a state of “letting sleeping dogs lie” (literally, “if you don’t touch a god, they won’t curse you”).
Even Zwei, who had been overjoyed at the prospect of rare materials, read the room and remained silent, but she was undoubtedly filled with anticipation.
Elise, not reading the room at all, was naming things for the third time.
“This is quite an interesting appearance. If we mix ‘Valkyrie’ and ‘Succubus’… how about ‘Warrior of Love Swan Hilda’? ”
Elise was somehow in top form.
And the name “Warrior of Love Swan Hilda” was adopted.
On the other hand, the wrinkles on Swan Hilda’s forehead deepened.
“Well then, let’s head to the final, fourth statue.”
Shera, Dietlinde, and Swan Hilda, with anger in their eyes, followed.
Perhaps, with their remaining rationality, they understood that confirming the full picture of the high-ranking beautiful girl monsters to be fought on the fifth floor was the priority.
Moreover, while the previous three statues had had strange parts attached, their general silhouettes had followed those of the individuals.
In contrast, none of the party members had a squat, bulky silhouette.
Perhaps there was a sense of “fellow sufferers empathize with each other” as they wondered who the final victim would be! !
And so we faced the fourth statue.
The crucial nameplate on the pedestal read “Hirogane Doll.”
“Hirogane, you say… A fitting rare metal to have as the finale.”
Glancing at the side, I saw Zwei clenching her fist and giving a thumbs-up, but she remained silent.
This was because Elise was trembling as if she had caught an intermittent fever.
In other words, the model for the squat, bulky statue was Elise.
The face had traces of Elise’s face but was altered into a three-headed character.
And her stomach had gone beyond ‘potbellied’ to a ‘ponpokorin’ appearance.
Interestingly, the center of the ‘ponpokorin belly’ protruded, and it was certain that a navel was hidden beneath her clothes.
Although her large breasts were maintained, the ‘ponpokorin belly’ was overwhelming and hidden behind the ridgeline.
Furthermore, tanuki ears and a tanuki tail grew, reinforcing the ‘ponpokorin’ element.
Moreover, looking at the crotch area, the labia were strangely swollen, and would undoubtedly sway and swing when she moved.
“Wh-what kind of joke is this…”
Elise trembled with unplaceable anger.
In fact, it was by far the most horrific of the four statues.
At that moment, Shera, whispered to by Freya, took something out of her item box, and the two attached it to their abdomens.
It was the ‘Potbelly Armor’ made by Zwei, which had been unveiled before.
I recall the navel part moved forward and backward.
“I… have composed a hymn to praise ‘Lord Ponpokoriz’様.”
With Freya’s declaration, the statue’s name was decided as ‘Ponpokoliz.’
And Freya and Shera performed the ‘Hymn to Ponpokoliz.’
Ponpokoliz, Ponpokoliz pon! pon!
Ponpokoliz, Ponpokoliz pon! pon!
What does Ponpokoliz eat to get so fat!?
That candy over there is delicious! pon!
This candy over here is also delicious! pon!
Ponpokorin, ponpokorin, Pönkotsu Rise is pon! pon! pon!
Ponpokorin, ponpokorin, Pönkotsu Rise is pon! pon! pon!
Also, swinging around ♪nano nano~~
“Freya and Shera. If you make this song popular, I’ll make it so you can never sing again.”
Elise threatened Freya and Shera in a low voice, and she was probably serious.
Sensing this, Freya and Shera nodded.
At that moment, Swan Hilda, with a ghostly expression, drew the mass-produced longsword she wore at her waist.
“These guys… there’s no need to duel and activate them. I’ll break them!”
*Clang*
And Swan Hilda slashed at the nearby “Ponpokoliz.”
Tremendous sparks flew, and the blade broke and flew off in an unrelated direction, but the statue remained unharmed.
“Ponpokoliz is strong… nano.”
“‘The wicked often prosper,’ as the saying goes.”
Shera and Freya were surprised by the statue’s sturdiness.
“The current statues are ‘destruction-proof objects,’ so they cannot be broken.”
Seeing the result, Liliana explained.
To the side, Glenda’s face was filled with weariness.
Nevertheless, since the party members knew Swan Hilda’s true identity, they watched with bated breath.
“It seems human strength is not enough.”
The next moment, Swan Hilda changed into her Valkyrie attire and drew the Divine Sword Swan Hilda from the void.
Glenda gazed at the scene with a look mixed with envy.
Then, the Valkyrie Swan Hilda disappeared, and a clear sound echoed through the arena for the fourth time.
“Well, that’s about it.”
Swan Hilda suddenly reappeared in her original position.
The next moment, the four statues, which were supposed to be ‘destruction-proof objects,’ were severed at the torso, exploded, and then dropped rare material ingots as drop items.
Rejoicing, Zwei used Ain to collect the rare material ingots.
At the same time, the entrance to the sixth floor, the final floor, appeared in the center of the arena, so we decided to transfer immediately.
Thus, we were about to face the ‘master of the labyrinth’, and what they called my ‘Ideal Maiden’.
Internally, I was a little curious as to what kind of beautiful girl I would be facing.
The plan was to defeat her and obtain the drop item, the ‘consolation prize,’ but if she was my type of girl, I might try to spare her.
After all, given the purpose of the labyrinth, it shouldn’t be a problem to take her back with us.
Thank you for reading.
episode58-11: The Imprisoned Macchiina Princess and the Bond of the ‘Ball-less’ is scheduled for pre-release on October 8th at 0:00.
