episode_0018

Slime.

A monster made of slime.

The shape can be changed here and there, but it is basically a hemisphere hanging on the floor.

There are three types: green, yellow, and red.

What is now blocking Ian and Vivian’s path is the most basic green slime.

It attacks by jumping around and lunging, or suddenly stretching out and striking.

The standard response method is many-to-one.

Between melee classes such as knights.

An archer or wizard pierces the core from a distance.

Vivian’s case does not deviate much from that method.

The difference is that you have to engage in close combat against the wizard, and since you are alone, there is no one to hold onto.

“Ugh!”

Vivian rolled to avoid the rushing slime.

If you keep your distance and use magic quickly, you can catch it easily.

But Ian didn’t allow it.

‘It’s stuck. ‘To the streets of slime.’

That’s how it was instructed.

‘After dodging, pierce the core with the Ice Spear. Please keep this in mind. ‘You don’t use magic from a distance, you dodge and use it from a dangerous distance.’

Vivian muttered over and over again what Ian had said.

“Avoid, magic. Avoid, magic. Avoid, magic… .”

Vivian doesn’t know why she has to do this.

I was curious but didn’t ask.

First of all, I followed what I was told.

Because I decided to trust him.

“Ugh!”

I avoided the slime that rushed at me again, adjusted my posture, and tried to fire the magic.

But the slime had already spread across the floor and was approaching.

“Ugh, unpleasant… !”

Although Vivian was disgusted, she did not increase the distance, but instead took steps and dodged or rolled.

Ian watched from a distance.

‘It’s a no-cast talent, but using magic while moving seems to be a separate problem.’

Avoid and hit.

Or, block and hit.

This is the most basic tactic that Ian teaches.

Ian also knows how to deal with slimes.

It ties up its feet at close range, and kills it by piercing the core in the center from a distance.

If you know how, you can hunt even if you are not a superhuman.

But Vivian can’t do that.

If you are bound by the norm, you will not be able to respond to various crisis situations.

We must be strong alone, and stronger when we work together.

After experiencing many difficulties and hells, including the second time, Ian realized.

In practice, things don’t always go as planned.

It is difficult to use magic while moving your body.

This is why most wizards stand in place and use magic, with priests and archers standing by their side.

In other words, wizards are vulnerable in situations where the distance is narrowed.

Ian hoped Vivian wouldn’t do that.

‘It’s not easy to see the target and use magic immediately after dodging.’

At the center of the slime is a nucleus.

Although it looks easy to fit, they can stretch or shrink their body at any time.

This means that the position of the nucleus at the center changes from time to time.

“Ugh!”

Vivian, who dodged by rolling, finally cast the spell.

-bang!

But I missed it.

For the remainder of the period, ice spears of increased density and reduced size were stuck through the wall.

‘… If you hit it right, you’re sure to die.’

I spent a few minutes playing tag with green slime that was up to my thighs.

The slime whose core was destroyed collapsed.

“Ugh-!”

Vivian shouted in front of the crumbling slime.

Anyone who sees him will think he is a warrior who won the war.

“Good job.”

“Huh… . Really?”

“Really. Just keep doing this from now on.”

“Hee hee, yes!”

Vivian, who had overcome one, answered confidently.

That confidence didn’t last long.

After only a few steps, two slimes appeared at the same time.

“Oh… .”

“You should do it as before. Do you know?”

“Yes… .”

Vivian entered the dangerous street again and started playing tag with the two slimes.

It seemed like it would take a while to get through the entire road, but Ian was at his leisure.

‘None of them can catch King Slime. ‘You can take your time.’

In other words, it meant that Vivian would be treated harder.

***

-Poof!

“It’s neat.”

Felix smiled contentedly.

All of the aspirants he brought in were competent and worked well together.

The knight blocks the slime in front, and the archer or wizard removes it.

When a large number of people flocked, the priest’s protection miracle was mobilized, or the knight took damage and then used a healing miracle.

It was a perfectly standard response.

Even when attacked from between the ceiling and walls, the four would-bes responded without panic.

Felix’s head nodded.

‘This is the most basic way to catch slime. That idiot with Philip’s disease doesn’t even know that… . ‘What are you going to do with just Vivian?’

By the time his wannabes finished the dungeon.

Only then will Vivian arrive at the cave.

Otherwise, I might never come.

‘That might be fun in its own way.’

Stupid Vivien meets a stupid manager and ruins her life.

It was pathetic, ridiculous, and obvious.

Felix’s party has already cleared the road, leaving only the common entrance.

“Is everyone injured?”

“Yes.”

The four aspirants answered confidently.

“Good. As expected, they are the talented people I chose. Let’s just keep going like this.”

Felix smiled in satisfaction, and the wannabes smiled along with him.

The final gateway, the common door, has opened.

-Quick… .

The stone door split on the side.

It was so dark inside the cavity that nothing could be seen.

There was only a faint fog on the floor.

“Light.”

The wizard summoned light and floated it in front of him.

Only the area around them brightened slightly.

The driver in front took a careful step.

Felix, who was standing at the back, slowly followed suit.

‘Was it originally this dark…? ?’

I was curious but not afraid.

They can even hunt big slimes.

-Slap… .

Something moved in the dark.

The knight immediately held out his shield, and the flying slime collided with it.

Immediately after putting it on the sword and fixing it, the archer shot the arrow and pierced the core.

It perfectly defended itself against surprise attack.

“Phew… . good job. All you have to do is do that.”

The party went a few steps further.

In the scene revealed by Light, Felix looked at the door of another party.

Felix’s party was the only one to arrive at the joint.

“It’s too dark… . Isn’t there just one more light?”

“It’s hard to maintain, but I’ll try… . Light.”

Another light appeared.

But it was still dark.

There was nothing to see, but I walked forward slowly.

“Felix. Is it always this dark?”

“No… . Even if there is just this much light, it becomes soft. That’s strange.”

-Slap, slap… .

Startle. The party stopped.

I heard the sound of slime squirming beyond the darkness.

“Where is it? Front?”

“Wasn’t it next to you?”

-Slap, slap, slap… .

Only two lights flickered uneasily in the darkness.

There were five people below him.

Behind them, they could see the door they had just come out of.

-Slap, slap… .

How far away and in which direction.

I couldn’t guess at all.

The urge to go back to the door came to the minds of the five people.

-Slap… .

“Holy shit! Where are you! Archer! Do something!”

“Do you know what kind of Beatrice I am?! What should I do when it’s this dark?”

“Light, how can light not work anymore?”

No more than “… !”

Deep darkness.

The unpleasant sound of slime whose direction, distance, and number cannot be determined.

Something even stranger than that.

‘… Why is there a wall in front?’

This isn’t Felix’s first time in this joint.

The cave, so wide and high as to resemble a temple, is an empty place.

There can be no object that looks like a wall in front of them right now.

Even if it’s a Big Slime, it’s bigger than a person and doesn’t feel like a wall.

Above all, there must be a lit candle in the original cavity.

It’s never been as dark as today.

‘Something… .’

-Slap, gurgle… .

Immediately after hearing the sound of slime flowing.

A huge pressure hung above the two lights.

“No way, Big Slime… ?”

“Is it this big? Mr. Felix?”

“Oh, no… . Oh my, I’ve never heard of this… .”

I felt something huge, like a building rising before my eyes.

When it got closer to the soft light, all I could tell was that it was green.

-Gurgling… .

It came right in front of me and made a strange sound.

“This is slime… ?”

before they can do anything.

Hundreds of green slimes poured down from the giant slime.

“Ugh-!”

*

“Phew… .”

Vivian and Ian also arrived at the communal door.

Vivian took a final breath and shook the dust off her clothes.

“The white clothes are pretty, but they’re too dirty… .”

“If you wash it, it will come off quickly, so don’t worry. And isn’t it nice to feel like you worked hard even if you get a little dirty?”

“Hehe, that’s right.”

At first, it was difficult to even catch a single green slime.

After hunting two animals at the same time, I had no hesitation.

Dodge, Ice Spear.

The series of processes has become completely familiar to me.

A surprise attack from falling from the ceiling, or an attack from a gap in the wall.

He blocked it all by himself.

Ian was very satisfied with the rapid growth.

‘I heard you chose the right person.’

“If you’re ready, Vivian can open it.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Vivian carefully pushed the door open.

Slowly, the stone door split to the side, and eerie fog and darkness fell.

“Ugh… . It feels like a ghost is coming out. But why is it so dark?”

Ian crossed the threshold and looked around.

It is the same environment as when King Slime appeared.

All the lights were turned off and a dreary fog covered the cavity.

-Slap, slap… .

An unpleasant sound coming from beyond the darkness.

The green slimes that King Slime divided are watching this place.

Although he doesn’t have intelligence by nature, it’s different when there’s King Slime.

“Vivian. Do you know how to use a light?”

“Yes. I’ll try it.”

-Pot!

A strong light appeared in the air.

With that alone, the entire cavity became brighter.

“Hi… .”

Vivian gasped in surprise.

A very large slime located in the center of the cavity.

A swarm of green slime swarming around like green bugs.

And, the two warrior parties gathered in front of the door and about to collapse.

Felix and Marie looked at Vivian at the same time.

With their backs to the closed stone door, they were barely holding on to the swarm of green slimes.

Some people had already fainted and fell to the floor, and the green slime approached to eat them.

“Get away from me!”

Every time that happened, my fellow wannabes were busy kicking him out.

In the meantime, Felix was glaring at Vivian as if she were going to kill him.

Vivian couldn’t keep her eyes still.

This situation.

Those eyes.

Everything is familiar.

The final test in which only he, who stayed in a safe place because he was incompetent, stood up.

Even back then, Felix glared at him with eyes similar to how he was now, as he was helpless.

Even then, Vivian stood alone among the fallen aspirants.

All she could do was hold out until the other party arrived.

“Uh, uh… .”

“Vivian.”

“Yes, yes, yes… .”

“Calm down. You can do it.”

“Yes, yes? Well, I… . Me? Something like me… .”

“Huh? Just now?”

“Yes? Uh, huh?!”

The soot that had been blooming in my eyes suddenly subsided.

Vivian looked back at Ian with a red face.

The appearance of shaking at painful memories disappeared.

“You didn’t forget what you remembered earlier, right?”

“Ah, wow, really, really? I really do that… ?”

“Of course. I promised. Anytime, anywhere I want. Don’t forget.”

“Ugh… .”

Vivian looked back at the cavity.

I saw another aspirant struggling.

Only Vivian was fine.

Just looking at the giant slime in the middle makes my heart swell, but can I really do it?

“Vivian.”

“Yes.”

“You don’t have to worry about things that were restricted so far.”

“Yes?”

“You don’t have to fight by narrowing the distance and avoiding it. Do whatever you want, do it to your heart’s content. Now.”

Just wait to see Ian.

I turned my head again and quickly scanned the cavity.

There was no time to think for long.

Vivian nodded solemnly as if she had made up her mind.

“I understand.”

“One last thing. Compared to its large size, the nucleus is small. So, you should aim for the moment when the nucleus is clearly fixed.”

“Yes.”

King Slime looks down intently.

Into the center of hundreds of green slimes targeting her.

Vivian walked out slowly.

The first thing to do was to brighten the cavity.

When she stretched out her wand, a light appeared in the air.

Although it was ordinary light magic, the results were unusual.

A total of 10 lights were evenly distributed around the king slime.

Each one of them was already dazzling, and the cavity became as bright as a field in broad daylight.

The other aspirants and Felix could not keep their mouths shut at the sight.

’10 lights… ? Even all at once… .’

It seems too early to be surprised.

Vivian said to herself, immediately thinking of the next spell.

“You can… . I can do it.”