Chapter 13 – I See a Knife When We First Meet
“That’s slime.”
“There is no slime in this world?”
“I’ve never seen it before. There are no monsters like here. People rule all the land.”
“A world ruled by humans? Then the races won’t hate or fight among themselves, right?”
“That’s not true. There is racism based on skin color, and now there are no monsters to fight, but instead, we fight based on gender differences.”
“Differences between men and women? Hmm… I can’t imagine.”
Angelica had many questions about what she wanted to know about me. In front of her, her body was leaning more towards me than the slime.
“Angelica is a thief, right? I heard about her earlier, but at the general store, she is the only one looking for Angelica. Is she different from Mr. Film?”
“Yes, the role of a thief is to find where monsters are or find the way through a dungeon.”
“It’s like navigation.”
“Navigation? This is my first time hearing it.”
“You can think of it as a guide or map.”
Looking at it like this, when Angelica asks about me, it feels like she’s on a blind date. She looked completely different from Lee Yu-rim, the part-time job girl she met on her blind date. In the case of Lee Yu-rim, as soon as we met, she asked about my specifications and then looked at her phone or was more interested in tteokbokki, but Angelica was looking into my eyes.
“But is it okay to stay like this? They’re running…”
“Don’t worry. I’ve tried it for two years until I got sick of it.”
Angelica pulled out her memorabilia inside her chest and inside her thighs. She looked at the small jewel inside the slime’s body and threw it.
-Park!
The slime hit by her thrown weapon went limp and stopped moving, leaving only slime behind.
“Just hit the slime core like this.”
“You die easily?”
“It may seem easy at first glance, but it will be different when you actually try it.”
“Then I’d like to try it too.”
Angelica nodded her head and was handed a small memorization note. As if throwing a dart, she closed one eye and aimed at the jewel-like stone inside the slime’s body.
– Swish
She thought she was throwing it like a dart, and she looked like she was supposed to throw it, but she wasn’t. The memorization I threw fell to the floor without even being able to pierce the slime’s jelly-like skin.
“It’s tougher than I thought.”
“Pfft. Jageun really can’t throw.”
“It’s because it’s my first time doing it.”
“Look carefully. Hold here with an arm snap, not a wrist.”
Angelica looked at the slime again and threw her memorization. With a sound as she pierced the air, she passed right through the slime’s core.
“Like this.”
“I’ll try again.”
“Try as much as you want.”
I got confused, so I memorized it again and threw it away as soon as I saw the slime. The conclusion is that they all fail. It’s really difficult. The more I wondered if this also required talent, the more amazing Angelica seemed.
As she picks up the last slime cream, she throws a memorization at the same time and even shows a trick of hitting the slime’s core so accurately that you can feel the walls.
“Why don’t we do more?”
“I won’t do it. I guess I don’t have the talent.”
“It was hard for me at first too. Don’t worry, if you stay in the first tier for two years, you will be able to do it like me.”
“Two years… Longer than military service. I’ll give up. I’ll just summon a spirit.”
“Don’t be too disappointed, everyone has their own role~”
“It’s disgusting.”
Angelica was smiling all day in the labyrinth, as if she was happy that I couldn’t do anything. Even though I was made fun of, I didn’t feel too bad. For a man, there was nothing better to see than a beautiful woman smiling.
“I think I’ve already collected a lot of cream. Should I go back?”
“I feel like I’ve only caused a nuisance.”
“No, thanks to Jageun, I laughed a lot in the labyrinth. This is the first time I’ve had so much fun in a labyrinth.”
“I’m glad you enjoyed it though.”
I didn’t do anything, but kind Angelica protected me. She had a feeling that she was on the same side.
“Jageun, wait a minute. I feel a dangerous energy.”
“Dangerous energy?”
“I think there are more monsters nearby.”
“Then let’s go back quickly before more people gather.”
“It would be better… Avoid it, Jageun!”
At Angelica’s cry, she turned her body and rolled on the dirt floor of the labyrinth.
-Pushy!
A boiling liquid like carbonated water was sprayed on the floor where I was. I raised my head and looked at him.
“Crazy.”
“King Slime! Jageun, come behind me!”
The king slime that Angelica spoke of is dozens of times larger than the slime she caught just by memorizing it. Liquid is pouring out from the ceiling in all directions, making it look like a scene from a horror movie.
“Tch… Memorization doesn’t work.”
The battle was not easy enough to be called the king of slimes. Angelica threw a few memorabilia, but she was so bulky that she couldn’t reach the core.
If there was only one jewel core, it might have been possible, but the number of cores visible inside King Slime’s body seemed to be at least 10.
“Even if I reach it, I think I’ll have to destroy everything inside there.”
Angelica nodded her head as if she knew. But her overriding problem was that most of Angelica’s weapons remained fighters.
The weapons we have now cannot penetrate that slime and reach the core.
“If the core is that deep… I have no choice but to dig in and stab it myself.”
“It’s dangerous! The ground is melting and disappearing, so it doesn’t make sense to go in there!”
“Still. I have no choice but to break through that road.”
Angelica seemed to have made up her mind, took out a dagger longer than her sword, and ran in front of her King Slime. Even seeing her move at that speed is incredible.
She approached, dodging the flying slime one by one, and thrust her dagger deeply.
-Tsu!!
“Ugh!”
However, she was unable to completely penetrate the thick slime and escaped with only the dagger missing inside her king slime.
The power is sufficient, but the weapon is short. She thought it would have been possible if she had had a long spear or at least a long sword. But there is no way such weapons exist in the current situation.
In order to help Angelica as much as possible during her failed attack, she summoned her spirit and used her blood magic.
-Spirit! Block the slime attack and destroy all the cores inside!
As my blood drop was delivered to the spirit wandering in the air, the spirit nodded.
“Okay!”
The spirit that inherited my will flew through the air to King Slime. The Slime King puffed up his mouth in front of me and created a huge amount of spray.
The spray was so strong that it washed away one passage. But.
“It’s no use…”
King Slime stood calmly, not being swept away by the current. The spirit was so startled that it flew towards me.
“You are too weak!”
‘Ugh.’
The spirit said that if the summoner is weak, it will also become weak. Since I didn’t have enough strength to catch the king slime, the spirit was too much for me.
The situation became increasingly serious. The blocked path becomes increasingly thick with king slime, and it approaches us in that state. If I continued like this and came to a dead end, I would definitely meet King Slime and my body would melt.
“Jageun… It’s impossible to catch him like this. I’ll push the king slime as much as I can, then get out on my own.”
“Huh? What do you mean? Run away, leaving only Angelica behind? That’s absolutely not allowed.”
“There is no way for now. Even if you can’t do King Slime, it is a boss monster that both parties must work together to catch. The only way for you now is to run away…”
Run away She thought that if Angelica, who had spent two years in her labyrinth, spoke, she would be sure. But she said she liked me just now, but she abandoned the beauty and ran away alone. Even if I die, it is something that cannot happen in my dictionary.
Although he is now unemployed waiting to return to college, just a few months ago he was a soldier protecting people.
‘Why should I protect the country if I can’t protect even the people who like me? Get in shape! ‘Get some exercise, kid!’
What the administrative assistant said to me really hit home only now.
‘If only there was a weapon… At least a long weapon…’
I tried to get my head around it somehow. Angelica’s weapon is a thick slime that is short and impervious. Then she thought that if she had a long weapon, Angelica would be able to attack her core somehow.
‘If only I could make a long weapon… It would be possible for a while.’
I remembered the baton made of blood that Professor Scarlett showed me during class. Weapons made with blood magic could change freely and even had incredible strength. Even if it’s completely impossible like her professor, if she can imitate it, she will be able to break through the slime’s core.
She closed her eyes as much as she could and concentrated on the movement of blood on her fingertips.
A gradually increasing flow of blood. It shakes like crazy and is grabbed by my hand.
“Angelica!”
Opening her eyes, she threw the weapon in her hand to Angelica’s side.
When the parabolic, blood-red spear hit the ground, Angelica saw it and rushed at her King Slime.
-Puzik! Pujik!
The king slime’s skin was pierced and the slime core inside was pierced. It didn’t stop there. Continuing the chain, Angelica rotated her body and pierced dozens of cores while avoiding the flying slime.
-Gururuk!
Slime King, whose entire core was destroyed, was gradually unable to support his body and collapsed. The passage opened, and a wind blew through the labyrinth.
Angelica quickly took advantage of the giant slime’s weak point. She only gave me a spear.
“Angelica! It’s okay!”
I ran to Angelica, who was sitting down.
“It’s okay.”
It was heartbreaking to see her skin scorched by her acidic mucus.
I can’t believe I’m in the position of watching a man from behind. She hugged Angelica tightly without saying a few words. She even pats me on the back, perhaps because she knows how I feel.
“It’s worth coming to the labyrinth.”
“It was really dangerous. I was so worried.”
“There were many times when it was more dangerous in the labyrinth than it is now.”
Even though Angelica was just about to die, she smiles leisurely and feels happy that she saw my earnestness. She is truly amazing and has a lot of respect for her strength of heart.
“It became a slime cream field.”
She stayed until her excitement about the battle subsided, and then she picked up the huge amount of cream that the Slime King had left behind.
“I could get several times as much silver.”
Angelica picked up all the slime cream she could see around her and put it into a small bag.
“I saw it earlier… Isn’t it amazing that it keeps going in?”
“It’s a pocket magic tool that is essential for labyrinth adventurers. It’s convenient because it doesn’t get heavy no matter how much you put it in.”
“Can’t you just move your house and do it?”
“Only small ones are available, so if your penis is bigger than normal, it won’t go in. Would you like to go in?”
“Oh. No!”
“Cook, cluck. Let’s go back now.”
Fortunately, she was able to defeat the Slime King and escape the labyrinth. She went straight to the general store to exchange the cream and silver coins, and then came out onto the street with her hands full of silver coins.
“Isn’t there a hospital or something?”
“Hospital?”
“Ah. I want to find someone like a pharmacist or therapist.”
“Why? Where are you hurt?”
Angelica said, pointing to her face.
“You’re injured. Get treatment before it gets worse.”
“Ah, I understand.”
