Chapter 21 Something Outrageous had appeared
"Are you sure? I mean-"
"Jake, you're not pregnant"
"I'm trying not to worry, but something's spinning in my stomach"
"Baby does not turn around in the stomach, that's your mana" Arlain answered for the umpteenth time to Jake who had a panicked face.
"How do you know?!"
"I have 31 children, if what you said was true, I would have heard it at least once by now"
"Three-what? huh?" Jake stuttered stupidly, making Arlain gasp from his nonexistent mouth "I have 12 wives"
"How is that possible?!" Jake protested in frustration.
"what how?"
"you're just a slime!"
"I told you I'm a Great Noble! And just so you know I'm one of the most reserved among the Great Nobles!"
Arlain started to feel annoyed talking to Jake, only for him to start crying, Seeing Jake, Arlain couldn't help but furrow his nonexistent brows strangely. "Jake Carrack?"
"fuck you...Even though you're just a slime, I've never even had a girlfriend..." Jake said while crying like a child as he wrote something on the floor in depression.
"Jake, it seems like your first time regaining your own mana has made you emotionally unstable," Arlain said as he made a mental note, half-joyed in his heart because of his passion for researching magic and mana.
But still, there was something more important than Jake's current situation, if the creatures called ghosts were released into the wider space, then it would be a real apocalypse not only for the Empire but also for the entire galaxy, not only did all technology in the galaxy use magic more or less, but unlike humans of Terra who had adapted to living without mana, if someone outside of Terra lost their mana completely, then it would be certain death.
Moreover, the creature has the ability to hide completely in an unknown dimension, and only with level 7 dimension lock magic, the connection can be cut off for who knows how long, what Arlain knows is that the creature can return at any time.
Such a creature must not be allowed, trillions will die and all the technology in the galaxy will be rendered useless, this is very very dangerous, he must warn the entire Empire about this and find a way to contain, no, to eradicate those creatures from this universe...
"Jake this is bigger than I thought, the fate of the universe is in our hands, we have to-"
"Wow!!! Noisy! I don't want to hear your words anymore! You're not my father!" Jake protested in annoyance before standing up from under the table.
"It seems like the effects are worse than I thought, Jake wake up! Control yourself!" Arlain shouted at Jake who started walking towards the door of the hallway they hadn't explored before.
"shut up! Shut up! I'm mad at you! I don't want to be your friend anymore! you have too many wives!" Jake puffed his cheeks and irritably walked down the quiet hallway "I want to get out of here!"
"Are you stupid?!" Arlain who was already annoyed replied angrily while shaking his slime body in protest.
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"shut up! I want to go home and sleep in my room!"
"we're not even on your planet!!"
"shut up! You perverted slime!"
"Wha-" Arlain was at a loss for words facing Jake who seemed to have turned into a child, there was magic for mental, like Nightmare or Courage which affected one's mind, but unfortunately Arlain was not good at that kind of magic, thinking of a way to bring Jake back, Arlain could feel Jake's mana wandering around arbitrarily.
It seemed that Jake had no ability to control his own mana at all, focusing on his mana control, Arlain began to regulate Jake's mana which was swirling like a colliding water current.
"huh....Wait, where are we?" Jake looked around in confusion, before they both realized they had entered a room that looked like a crew's room with two beds in it.
"I feel a little nauseous, did I eat too much ice cream?"
"No, you don't want to know, but I've taken care of it for now" Arlain answered tiredly while continuing to regulate Jake's mana, it would probably take time for Jake's body to adapt, and Arlain had to help him for the time being.
"Really? I feel like I just woke up, did I pass out?" Jake tilted his head at the strange feeling he felt.
"I would rather have you faint than whatever that was" Arlain said flatly, while Jake could only frown in understanding "I don't know what happened, but from your reaction it doesn't look good..."
"Let's put that aside, for now, we have to find a way to contact my fleet as soon as possible, the dimension lock won't last forever" Arlain said as Jake sat on one of the beds on the left "I see, hmm? Where's my rifle?"
"You left it under the table earlier"
"Is that so?" Jake quickly got up and walked out of the hallway to the cafeteria with Arlain's direction, while listening about the dangers of the Ghosts' abilities.
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"That's why we need to warn the entire Empire as soon as possible, but before that, we have to kill the ghost that's following you" Arlain said in a serious tone.
Hearing Arlain's explanation, Jake couldn't help but sigh.
I'm just a minimum-wage worker...what does he expect from me....
At first he thought that if it was to escape from this place then he would give it a try, but if he told to help to save the universe he might be a little underqualified, and yet, Jake knew Arlain wouldn't take no for an answer.
God...my stomach hurts, whether it's from the stress or the ice cream... I knew that ice cream is not trust worthy...
Remembering Arlain saying that all trillions of the empire's citizens could die, and the entire galaxy could be turned into a graveyard without the technology to communicate or travel faster than light, all civilization in the galaxy would be practically destroyed.
This alone made Jake want to go back to his cell, plus he was technically the one who brought the creature here, if he was somehow blamed for destroying the entire galaxy...
Feeling his head start to hurt, Jake finally arrived at the cafeteria from before.
"Hurry up and grab your weapon, we need to find a way to get to the cockpit" Arlain said still a little grumpy but holding it in because he couldn't blame Jake, which made him even grumpier.
Shrugging his shoulders at Arlain's usual grumpiness, Jake grabbed his rifle under the counter when the lights in the room started to flicker.
"huh? what is that?" Jake looked up in confusion as the lights in the room suddenly went out completely, leaving only a dim neon light that turned on automatically.
"I think... It's the ghost, after being separated from you, it looked for another source of food" Arlain said as he looked around the room, his body glowing gold that illuminated his surroundings.
"It can eat electricity?" Jake said as he readied his rifle in his hand.
"I don't think so" Arlain shook his slime head before continuing "That thing eats mana, do you know the biggest source of mana here?"
Hearing Arlain's words, Jake had an idea "Don't tell me..."
"The core that powers this ship is full of mana" Arlain said, there a sense of urgency in his voice "Those kinds of things usually get stronger the more mana they absorb, this might be a bit serious, We need-"
"Akh?!" Arlain's words were cut off by Jake's sudden scream as he felt a strong pain in his head, kneeling on the floor, Jake held his head in agonizing sensation.
"Jake?!" Arlain called him in panic before hurriedly chanting the Ultimate Barrier magic followed by Dimension Lock.
"what happened Jake?" Arlain said while expanding his magic senses around the room, he could feel something hiding.
"it hurts so bad, my head is going to explode?!"
"something is trying to connect to you, that damn creature... no, this is different?" Arlain said while franticly sensing his surroundings, something was trying to reach Jake, and he would burn whatever it was to ashes.
Meanwhile, Jake who was in great pain felt something trying to talk to him, something very strong forcing its way with excessive force.
That was when Arlain and Jake felt an outrageous surge of power in the room, even Jake could feel the enormous amount of mana on his skin, it seemed something outrageous had appeared....