Episode 442 Titan Slime
The first layer of the Yotei Dungeon was a wilderness area. The desolate land of rocks and whitish soil was inhabited by fireworms.
Fireworms are giant worms, but they have a tough outer shell. Its outer shell is so tough that it can repel the blades of ordinary swords and spears. However, Alisa easily killed it with a "cold shot" that she instantly activated.
You're activating faster now."
When I point this out, Alisa looks happy.
I practiced every waking hour."
I heard that my first disciples, Alisa and the others, practiced hard to catch up with me. The result of that practice was the quickness of the activation.
I brought out Elmore and Tamegoro from the shadows.
There are no flying or magical creatures in the first layer, so let's go with hover-beakles.
At Métis' suggestion, bring out the hover vehicle.
Elmore took the controls, while we sat in our seats and watched the road ahead. We had purchased a map from the Adventurers' Guild, so we would not get lost. Elmore skillfully maneuvered the hover vehicle through the first layer.
We found a staircase and descended to the second level, which was a mountainous area formed by mountains and rivers. The demons encountered here were wyverns, goblins, and boars.
Since it is going to take a long time even if we take the shortest route, we decide to fly in the combat wing.
I'm about to be attacked by a wyvern, though?"
Alisa confirmed what was on her mind.
Well, they will attack us, but if Arisa is good enough, she can kill them in an instant. However, if there are too many of them, we should go to the ground.
Elmore and Tamegoro returned to the shadows and took off in the combat wing. As soon as we started flying, we encountered a wyvern. The ferocious wyvern approached us rapidly, aiming at us.
Alisa activates "Guided Blitz" aiming at the wyvern's head and shoots out a D-particle guided missile, which flies after the wyvern and hits it in the head. A spatial vibration wave is emitted and shaves off the wyvern's head.
The blow was fatal and the wyvern disappeared, and the red magic stone
We found that even Alisa could take out the wyverns with a single blow, and we moved on. After that, we continued onward, defeating three more wyverns and heading for the stairs.
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He spotted the stairs from above and landed nearby.
I never thought I'd see the day when I could kill a wyvern in an instant."
Guided blitzes are less powerful, but they have a hit rate of nearly 100 percent," he said. If you hit the target hard enough, you can usually take it out.
But it won't work with the Titan Slime. Since this is the first demon I am fighting, I will have to try many things while fighting it.
The third layer was a desert area and the fourth layer was the sea. We proceeded through both by flying in the combat wing and passed through them without incident. Finally, when we descended to the fifth level, we saw a vast grassland.
The meadow looked like it was crawling with countless slime. They were green jelly-like demons about 70 centimeters in size. Its shape resembled a New Year's rice cake. However, it is not something to be celebrated. It is said that when it comes in contact with its prey, it envelops it and releases a strong acid that melts it and kills it.
The only way to defeat this slime is to destroy the golf ball-sized white nucleus inside its jelly-like body. It is quite a troublesome demon.
The moving slime seems to have a wavy surface, which makes it difficult to find the nucleus inside the body. That makes it difficult to detect the nucleus inside the body."
Alisa said in a whiny voice. Hearing this, I put the D-particle sensor to work. Then, there is a spot in the slime's body where the density of D-particles is an order of magnitude higher. Could this be the nucleus?
I activated the triple blade, aiming at the dense area; the blade formed by the D-particles swung down and sliced the slime in two. Unfortunately, it seems to have missed the nucleus; the impact of the D-particle blade hitting the surface of the slime seems to have moved the nucleus. The slime, which had been split in two, began to move as one again.
This time, Alisa activated the triple cold shot and thrust the D-particle cooling pile into the slime. The momentum was too strong and it penetrated through the slime and into the ground, freezing the ground.
Even with triple activation, it's too strong."
Then let's try it without multiple activations."
I activate "Cold Shot" without multiple activation and release a D-particle cooling pile. The D-particle cooling pile hits the slime and has an additional effect inside the slime, freezing it.
He struck the frozen slime with the wooden sword he uses in his practice. With the impact, the slime shattered and disappeared. What remained was a yellow magic stone .
No slime cream, I'm afraid?"
If it would drop right from the start, I wouldn't have a hard time."
Then I used "Cold Shot" to kill all the slimes. There seemed to be many other adventurers in this meadow, and I could hear them fighting here and there.
When I had surely killed more than twenty of them, the slime dropped "slime cream". It was in a jar that was about the size of your palm. The jar contained a white cream with a slight green tinge.
Finally. What a hassle."
When I said that, Alisa gave me a glare.
If you say it's too much trouble, you don't understand women's hearts.
Women's quest for beauty seems to have great power.
After that, I continued to defeat slimes and got a total of three "slime creams".
'After all those slimes I've killed, I don't see their numbers decreasing.
'Is the middle boss, Titan Slime, summoning you?'
Hearing my words, Metis added his question.
Alisa turns to me.
Not many adventurers seem to be going out to kill titan slimes, huh?"
Especially since the wizards in magical attire don't like me."
Why?"
The Titan Slime's body is made of a strong acid, so when you attack it with a weapon, the acid damages the weapon," he said.
But if it might drop a Scroll of Knowledge, it might be worth fighting for.
Some adventurers value knowledge and information, but they are in the minority. If anything, the majority of adventurers are interested in acquiring magical weapons and magic scrolls.
After breaking through the slime meadow, we arrived at the middle boss room. However, we were not the first to arrive. The door to the middle boss room was closed, and we could feel someone was fighting inside.
It's a shame we had to come so quickly."
Alisa looks disappointed.
It's not like I have a choice. In the world of adventurers, the early bird gets the worm.
Just as I said that, a team of four adventurers appeared in front of us. All of them were coughing. Did the titan slime spit out poison?
Hey, are you okay?"
I asked and the four of them sat down on the ground and nodded. After their coughing subsided, they turned to us.
It's a terrible thing. If you guys are going to fight the Titan Slime, you might not want to use fire magic."
What do you mean?"
Alisa asked.
The acid evaporated from the slime's body when it was seared by the flames and spread throughout the room."
I was going to try "Jet Flare," but it seemed better not to use it. After getting information from failed adventurers, I didn't go in right away, but gave it some time before entering the middle boss room.
There was a red slime that looked to be about 12 meters wide in a fairly large room. The titan slime was very active, and when it spotted us, it crawled up to us. It must have a nucleus, but we could not discern it with our eyes.