chapter 27
27 – Ancient Devil Slime
How long did you walk through the ruins like that? I looked at the time and it was about 5 hours. My legs are sore and I am hungry. As if noticing this, Yewon said this first.
“Do you want to take a break?”
“Yes.”
We lit a lantern in the center and chatted about this and that.
“I’ll be out in another hour or so of walking. Maybe this will be my last supper.”
“You laugh and say such scary things.”
This tasteless battle ration is your last supper. I can’t let it go like that. He took a bite of the combat rations she gave him with a spoon and said,
“Whoops. After going through all the highs and lows in my life, I always think of the anxious side first. Why~ It is often said that the elderly are timid. Now I understand what they mean.”
“Have you not experienced high school boys? This time, let’s think about the good side first.”
The pun seems to have worked well, so he laughs out loud.
“Ha ha ha! What a madman.”
“I hear that a lot.”
“Yes. Since he is crazy, he must have said that he would catch Ancient Devil Slime without hesitation. Ordinary people would not have dared to do it…”
The end of her words blurs. My eyes meet.
“My village. I’ve always resented the wizard. No, it’s not the level of resentment, it’s the level of the enemy.”
“Yes. I heard it well before coming.”
“Not to mention the black magician who summoned the devil slime. The wizards from the Beast Association knew we couldn’t use magic and ignored it.”
She showed her gun, which was worn around her waist.
“They may say that using these weapons is primitive, but that was all we had.”
“…”
To say that using a gun is primitive. It seems more primitive to use magic as a staff instead of a modern weapon. What a strange worldview.
Come to think of it, there was a madman who told me that I was a caveman for using a knife, right? Is that in the same vein?
She strongly sympathized with her words and said this.
“Anyway, it’s important to know that wizards are rambling. They think they’re nobles. They say they’re good at knowing how to use magic.”
“hahahaha. You’re a wizard too.”
Again she laughs out loud.
“I thought wizards were old-fashioned and pretentious. Seeing you, I might change my mind.”
“I’m a bit of a special wizard.”
Looking at the knife she wore around her waist, she poured another drink.
“Not a little.”
After taking a break for about 30 minutes, I got up again. He walks endlessly and removes the trap magic circle he sees, then walks again.
How long has it been? We arrived at the entrance with several layers of protective shields and a magic circle with a lock pattern in the center.
“You don’t have to ask, you seem to know. Right here?”
“Yes. If you unseal the entrance and walk straight, he will be sealed.”
I looked carefully and pointed to the crack.
“It looks like some of it has leaked through this hole.”
Has it been 22 years since you sealed it? I think I heard in the original that the seal would be broken in the next two months. I guess you came at just the right time.
“I’m going to break the seal now. You don’t have to tell me what’s next, you know?”
“Ancient Devil Slime is waiting for you when you go inside… If I’m by your side, you’ll be a burden. What do you want to do? Are you going to take me with you?”
You are quick-witted.
“No. It just gets in the way. Please stay here.”
“I guess so.”
I drew my sword and struck the barrier, breaking it. And when I headed to her entrance she called me over.
“Wait a minute! You don’t have to overdo it! You don’t have to catch the slime. Just in case you’re in danger…”
“Thank you very much. That will never happen.”
“hahahaha. Is that so?”
As you walk through the entrance, the lanterns hanging on the walls turn on arbitrarily. It really feels like entering a boss room in a game.
Trumbling-
It has finally arrived.
A space so wide that I couldn’t see where the ceiling was, a building approximately the size of a 4-story building, and black-purple slime sealed in front of my eyes.
Ancient Devil Slime.
As soon as the barrier was loosened, they sent a part to attack the village, so they must be awake. As soon as the seal is released, Phase 1 will begin.
Beasts of different ranks of S+ cannot deliver critical strikes with luck.
Aside from that, there is a clear difference between this and that from the S-class.
After loosening up for no reason, I firmly gripped the two swords.
Suddenly!
After cutting the sealed magic circle, the ground began to shake. The slime doesn’t have eyes, but the instrument that came out changed like an eyeball and began to stare at me.
[Eye of the sky has been activated.]
At that moment, dark purple tentacles rose and flew rapidly. The sky’s eye was swift, but it was really narrowly dodged.
One tentacle is worth a temple pillar before entering the ruins. However, the larger the size, the wider the bell area, which is rather advantageous.
After quickly falling back, he waited for the second tentacle attack and applied the ice attribute to his twin swords.
Magic Talent Lv. 2.
The duration of applying the ice attribute to a weapon is 2 minutes and 2 seconds, an increase of 2 minutes compared to level 1. That’s enough.
Shuuuk!
Now.
Ting!
[Parring has been activated.]
The tentacles are weak and broken. At the same time, it was slightly frozen due to the additional effect of freezing. After cutting it right away, I checked his movements. Slime couldn’t speak because he had no vocal cords, but he seemed to be screaming in pain.
It spews out several tentacles at once as if it were embarrassed and attacks from all sides. It seems like this is the magic I learned.
[Ice Wave]
The tentacles that attacked in all directions all started to freeze. You must not miss this opportunity.
I grabbed the twin swords tightly and turned 360 degrees as if creating a whirlwind.
The word is slime, but it feels like fighting a squid or octopus.
Gugugung… Paaang!
The guy stored the flowing instruments inside his body one after another, and soon changed into the shape of a devil with a production that seemed to explode.
Ancient Devil Slime Phase 2.
The size has been compressed so it doesn’t look much different from me, but it’s much more dangerous.
He clenched his fists and immediately ran towards me. He gazed into the sky and slowly swung his sword aiming at the time.
[Parring has been activated.]
Okay! It mushes over his body as if he is drowning in groggy. I checked once again to see if the ice attribute had been granted, and cut it gently.
I was wriggling as if I was in a lot of pain, so I went back and checked the situation. Soon, it’s time to demonstrate his true value, super regenerative ability.
It restores its body intact as if it was cut when it was cut. In addition to that, the twin swordsmanship was impressive, so he created his own liquid twin swords.
“That’s ridiculous. You want to fight me with twin swords?”
It’s not exactly a sword, but the shape of a sword made of slime liquid. Anyway, I need to clearly show what a master of dual swords is.
He runs at me quickly again to swing his sword. After concentrating all my magical energy on the two swords, I ran straight ahead with the intention of attacking them.
Suddenly!
It split in half with the sword. But will recover again. After recovering, stop cutting again, freeze it with an ice wave and cut it again.
I still don’t get a notification that I’ve been eliminated? Freeze again and cook again.
It doesn’t open again? Freeze again and again.
This was repeated until a notification appeared. This guy must be resentful of his super regenerative ability. Give it to me quickly because I will use it well.
[You have defeated an S+-class Ancient Devil Slime.]
[You have acquired super regeneration ability.]
Befitting a monster with a different level, he gave a huge amount of SP and gold. All accumulated spoilers are invested in super regenerative abilities. Gold isn’t really needed.
It was then.
I felt pain all over my body along with notification that Nemesis’ curse experience had increased significantly.
“Oops!”
[Curse of Nemesis Lv. 30 Achieved!]
[HP 66 -> mana rises to 666!]
[HP 1,000 -> Increased to 10,000!]
[She begins to open her eyes.]
[Additional effect – Nemesis’ bloody eyes have been added.]
[Description: In exchange for blood, stronger magical power is obtained.]
[The Nemesis Curse additional effect consumes a lot of HP.]
[Remaining HP: 100.]
[Super regeneration ability has been activated.]
[Remaining HP: 10,100.]
“Ugh…”
I really feel like all my strength is draining out of my body, it’s like coming back to life.
Are you done now?
After looking around, I went outside the entrance of the ruins. When I went outside, I could find Yewon standing there restlessly.
My eyes met and he immediately hugged me tightly.
“Eup.”
“Thank God. Thank you for coming back alive.”
I barely spoke when my mouth was blocked.
“Oh, that slime.”
“It’s okay. It’s enough that you’re safe.”
“No. I knocked him down.”
***
A member of the Seasons Guild.
Kang Ji-hoon, an A-class magician.
A 42-year-old father with a fox-like wife and rabbit-like children.
What she is currently doing is taking care of the youngest daughter of the guild master, Yueun Choi. She doesn’t buy a house, and she takes care of everything.
Especially these days, the workload has increased significantly. Is it because of a request to investigate all the information about the SS in the black market?
If there are 100 trading articles about SS, 90 of them are fraudulent and the remaining 10 are lies. Do you buy lies too?
What’s even more surprising is that if you process about 100 transactions a day, the number of new transactions is more than that.
“Ha ha…”
My lady, you have always been given difficult missions, but this time it was different.
What can I do? If it’s black, you have to Rather, her youngest daughter, Choi Yoo-eun, is the best of her daughters. It’s hard for other children to say that her personality is good, even if it’s just empty words.
Today, while searching for SS information in the black market, I found a transaction article as if guided by magic.
Unlike other trading posts, this is an article that sells information plainly. Perhaps because of that, it was enough to pique my interest.
It’s hard to put into words, but what can I say? Intuition that this person is likely to give real information. She was drawn to it and immediately picked up the phone.