Chapter 71 – Beat the Slime Again (2)
After walking for about 20 minutes, we arrived at a forest where a colony of slimes were said to be gathered.
It seems that the place has come to the right place because it is damp and has a peculiar smell of slime.
I guess you felt the same way on your first adventure. No, at that time, I was out of my mind after being beaten all night by Jihyun unnie.
Perhaps the feeling at that time was… My thigh hurts, maybe not enough.
“Heh… “
Seeing the memories of that time come to mind in this situation makes me think that I am also really good at it.
Let’s focus You have to be alert because you have to take care of these two lackluster adventurers.
“Come to think of it, what class are the two of you? I didn’t hear the most important thing.”
In order to refresh my mind, I asked a basic question that I should have asked a long time ago.
What is the essence of adventure? It’s about analyzing the abilities of party members and placing them in the right places.
Since they were beginners, they couldn’t understand it, so I thought I’d take responsibility and lead the front.
“I am a guru. And Alphonse… “
“You can think of me as a wizard. It’s a humble skill, but it has some knowledge of magic.”
Magic? Hearing that familiar word, he opened his eyes wide.
It’s the first time I see a wizard other than me. But as a wizard…
“Wizard? A wizard with no staff?”
His armed condition is very strange.
They say I don’t use any artifacts because I’m full of mana, but wizards aren’t like that.
Of course, you should always have a staff, which is the core of magic use, as well as being sprinkled with artifacts. That’s what a wizard is.
As if he had read my strange look, Mr. Alphonse shrugged his shoulders and replied.
“Bondy staff is something that mediates the flow of mana. A mage above a certain level doesn’t really need it.”
…You ate it. This party has no future.
“Flaw… So it seems that Mr. Alphonse is a wizard above a certain level? Why do you think someone like that is an adventurer of the same class?”
“Yeah, you’ve had one, Alphonse. Haha!”
“…That’s right.”
Alphonse doesn’t have an answer either… But this guy is the same.
“The same goes for Mr. Diable. Why doesn’t Mr. Diable wear that common knuckle just because he’s good? Is he that confident in his skills?”
“That… “
“Flaw… That’s right. Lemarque-sama buys knuckles as soon as he arrives in town.”
“Haha…”
A wizard who fights with his bare hands without a single weapon and thinks he’s a great wizard? What kind of nonsensical combination is this?
“…Catch it with the two of you. If it’s dangerous, I’ll help you.”
Maybe there was some fighting in the neighborhood.
Physically, it’s pretty good, so even if you raise your fist, it’ll come down on its own, and if you talk nonsense like that and pretend to have something, opponents who are unfamiliar with magic will be scared.
It’s really pathetic. Did I use these people as escorts? If the slimes gather in a pile, they might run away.
I’m going to let them get beaten roughly, and when it looks really dangerous, voila, I’ll save them both.
These two, whose hair is a garden of flowers, need to wake up.
“Oh… Come.”
Just in time, a group of slimes that smelled of humans are rushing in from far away. The clatter, the sound of slime splashing on the floor draws closer.
First of all… Let’s see how you deal with it?
With that thought in mind, the two chatted happily as if they couldn’t hear the sounds of the slimes.
“Here they come… “
“Alphonse. How much was the reward for the request?”
“It is 2 gold per 100 animals. In addition, King Slime is 5 gold per kill.”
“The rewards are so good, isn’t there something wrong with you?”
“Hey, hey! Did you come right in front of me?”
Is it really right in front of you now? Should I go ahead already?
Eww… I hate to see two men speeding up in front of me. I just have to get it all done.
I take the staff and aim at the guy who came closer.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been doing it, so I put more energy into it…
“[Water Cannon]!”
I command overflowing mana. Follow my orders and wipe out the enemies in front of you.
“…Uh?”
But there is no answer to the order.
Not even a single drop of water came out, making his shouts while wielding the staff coolly go unnoticed.
Is it because you’re nervous because it’s been a while? Or is it because the staff is cheap?
“Hey, why is this… “
This situation was unexpected, so I panicked and stiffened my body.
Then, one slime made a mocking sound and jumped up.
Naturally, the target is a frozen object that cannot move. It’s a dumb sorcerer with his hands shaking.
“Kyaa… “
“They said the compensation is good because it includes risk pay.”
“Risk pay? What is risk pay for slime?”
Surely, as I expected, I should have been attacked by the jumped slime, and all the holes called holes were poked and sucked on one side… But my body was fine.
“…Evil?”
When I carefully opened my eyes, what I saw was Mr. Diable, waving his hands away from the green slime.
I am dumbfounded. Could it be that Mr. Diable caught it? A single shot at the subject of adventurers of the same class?
“That’s it, I don’t know. I just accepted the quest that seemed most efficient.”
“I have no intention of blaming you. Rather, I will praise you for making a good choice.”
“You’ve gotten a lot of compliments lately, haven’t you?”
“People change every day.”
Another slime jumped up again. Mr. Diable, who was quickly shaking his hand, punched him without even looking in his direction.
Click!
With a fresh sound, the slime that was alive and breathing disappeared.
Yes, it didn’t burst out with slime, but really ‘disappeared’. Disappeared without a trace.
What is this. As an adventurer of the same class… ?
“Hmm!”
When a colleague was brutally murdered, the angry slimes jumped into a pile.
However, he didn’t even look at the slime side and swung his fist while having a nonsensical conversation with Mr. Alphonse.
The slimes are devastated by a light and cheerful hand gesture as if knocking. Even though they didn’t reach it, the slimes disappeared as if they didn’t exist in the first place due to the wind pressure.
I blinked my eyes, wondering if this was a dream or real life, and looked towards Mr. Alphonse.
“Change… Well, change is good. Haha.”
His words about not needing staff were true.
Every time he pointed his finger at the slimes, a purple orb formed, and then a hideous beam of light shot out. This, too, was at the level of ‘disappearance’.
Moreover, even the slime that manages to get close to it evaporates without a trace as it is obstructed by something unreasonable. The nasty smell of burning mucus stings your nostrils.
The destructive power of magic is also outstanding, and even the sophistication is an art.
I expected it to make a hole in the ground, but only green grass remains where the slimes were swept away. This is proof that you have perfectly controlled your power.
“Ugh… “
It was my plan to save the two of them from trouble, but it all ended in vain.
What is it all about? In fact, maybe I’m the most useless… ?
Soon I’m depressed again.
Even in the warriors’ party, he was useless except for his eyes, and he doesn’t play a role even among adventurers of the same level.
“Lenny! Look behind you!”
“What?!”
While I was rubbing my eyes as if tears were about to come out, I heard Mr. Diable’s voice.
At that, he removed his hand and opened his eyes. Strangely, it was clear weather without a single cloud, but only the place where I was standing was gloomy and dark.
This… No way?
“Kyuuuuu!”
“Key, King Slime… !”
The King Slime that Ji-hyeon once assassinated in an instant.
The king slime was the size of a human torso, but this guy is almost the size of an ogre. Shouldn’t this be enough to call him Emperor Slime, not King Slime?
Besides, it’s not just one guy, it’s several. Behind the large body, there are four or five guys standing in a row, if they were bigger, but not smaller.
“Uh, why… ? King slime won’t go around in groups… ?”
Quaang!
“Kyaaaaagh!”
A tentacle swung at me in an instant. I waited for my end with my eyes tightly closed, and only screamed after my body floated up.
“Be careful. Those guys, for some reason, even their strength is approaching that of an ogre.”
After holding me, Mr. Diabel dropped me off at a distance from King Slime and said so.
Normally, he would have pointed out why he pretended to know an ogre when he hadn’t even met him, but that wasn’t the case now.
“Then, Mr. Diable and Mr. Alphonse join forces… “
“Ugh. Rainier, I hurt my leg and can’t fight anymore.”
After looking at me and the king slimes for a while, Mr. Diable suddenly collapsed onto the floor with his legs wrapped around him.
“D-Mr. Diable… ?”
“…Ah, I also ran out of mana. This, it seems, is destined to die without moving. Haha.”
It’s a big deal. Yeah, I should have looked into them when I thought they were good at fighting.
He fought without even knowing that it was straining his body. That’s why the reaction came only now… Ugh
“That… I’m not sure… Even before I…”
“Haha. Archmage Rainier, what are you doing? Didn’t I say that I would help you a little if you gave me the staff?”
“Oh… “
Even if you say so… What can I do?
I can’t do anything. I’m sure the magic will fail this time too. Fail and everyone will die.
“What a good life it was… Since I will die during the request, I have no time as an adventurer.”
“Haha! The same goes for me, Mr. Lemarque.”
How can these people be so calm before they die? If I just run away, it’s over… You guys are going to die It’s really over.
Splat splat splat!
A group of king slimes came right in front of us. Now is the last time to run away.
How will we do it? It was just a promise anyway, so throw it away and run away?
Yes, it’s money. You can collect it by selling his body…
“Ranie, don’t be afraid to shout as if you were throwing a dagger at me. Just like you tried to cut my throat, can’t you just spurt mana without hesitation?”
“Eww… !”
…It’s annoying. What are you talking about that you know? Do you know how I feel when I can’t do anything?
Crying tantrum rises. It’s sad that magic isn’t being used, but it’s so easy to say that.
Let go and let go Just as everyone betrayed and abandoned me, let me leave too.
But why am I picking up the staff again? It was obvious that he would fail again, so why fix his posture?
I don’t know. As expected, since I am included in the creature called human, I can’t understand what’s going on in my head.
Did I become attached to you just because you listened to me all night? Or for buying clothes and staff?
“I do not know.”
If the magic fails again… I look for a way to escape without even looking back.
However, contrary to such heartless behavior, in my heart I prayed more earnestly than ever.
Give me the strength to use magic once again. At least until I get home safely, I hope we can maintain a relationship that is only a promise.
And don’t leave me alone anymore.
Like he said, he stretches out his hand without hesitation without fear.
Hand? Yes, reach out your hand. The cumbersome staff threw them away and spread their palms towards the slimes.
“Flaw… [Water Cannon]!”
He glared at the slimes and shouted the chant, the last part of the casting.
In that moment, I was sure. That this is the most perfect magic ever written.
The imagined image was perfect, and the distribution of mana was flawless.
Dozens of tentacles rushing at us. And a small Jericho palm against him.
Mana dwells in the palm of your hand, and will dwells in mana. Then, it protruded from the palm and formed the shape of a sphere and shot forward with a roar.
It cut through the air and pierced everything that stood in its way.
Wow!
“Ahhh… !”
The force was so strong that the recoil lifted the body and rolled backwards.
Stand up and watch the front in preparation for possible attacks. A ray of light that cannot be called a water cannon anymore, nothing remains where it passed.
The tentacles that stretched out, the terrifying king slimes, and even the huge trees and rocks.
The front was empty and became a meadow with nothing.
“I did it, I did it… ! Did you do it?!”
The tips of my palms are still tingling. My heart beats fast because of the mana that escaped in a lump.
That feeling proved that the magic I had just performed was not imaginary, but something I had done myself.
“Mr. Diable, Mr. Alphonse! Did you just see it? I got it all done in one go! Even without staff… !”
“Flaw… I don’t know who is protecting who. Haha!”
“Thanks to you, I am alive. It was really exciting magic!”
Hehe… Right? Did I help you?”
Useless… Was there?
“Don’t be like that. What a magical talent. If it wasn’t for you, Rainie, we would have been left without a hitch.”
Mr. Diable jumped up from his seat and stroked my hair. Mr. Alphonse also smiled and burned the remaining slime with purple flames.
While staring blankly at the scene created by my magic, the corner of my mouth tried to rise without my knowledge, so I covered my face with the large cloak that Mr. Diable had given me.
“Thanks… Wow.”
I was happy. The fact that I was recognized by my colleagues for something other than sexual treatment was enjoyable.
I can be useful too. That realization swirled around in my head, creating a refreshing pleasure rather than a low-level pleasure like sexual feelings.
“…Go away! Ah… The sun has already set because of the idiots!”
The tears that leaked out for no reason covered my view, so I, who didn’t want to show them, took the lead with a loud voice.
However, after not being able to walk that far, I ended up bursting into tears because of Mr. Diabel who put his hand on my head.
“Hurry… Let’s go… Whoa… “
“Yeah, let’s go quickly. Since you’ve worked hard, how about having a steak for lunch today? Haha.”
“Black… “
A creature called a human who sheds tears even in joy… It really couldn’t have been a badly made existence.
At least I thought so.
