Chapter 93: Slime-Infested Area
Chapter 93: Slime-Infested Area
The next day.
Albert handed the robe to Yale.
"Take this. I've customized it to match your height."
"Thank you, Teacher." Yale nodded and immediately put it on.
Curious, Erica walked toward them and looked at the robe. She realized there was nothing wrong with the robe other than the word 'Bonk' that was written on it.
She tried to touch it, but that was her mistake. The robe generated bonk power and launched her away. Luckily, Yale's back was facing the corridor instead of a wall or something or she would destroy something.
Bonk.
Erica widened her eyes and fell to the ground, thirty feet away from them. The shock was all over her face as she couldn't understand why she was there.
"Ugh. What happened?" Erica gritted her teeth and felt the pain spreading on her butt. She raised her vision and saw Yale and Albert staring at them.
"Did you touch it?" Albert asked before shaking his head helplessly.
"I I'm sorry." Erica took a moment to realize what happened and immediately apologized. "I was too mesmerized by the robe, so I didn't realize I had looked at it and touched it."
"It's fine. Anyway, let's go down. I need you to guide us to the slimes." Albert shrugged, not planning to waste more time.
While walking, Yale asked, "By the way, Teacher. I didn't feel like getting stronger."
"Yes. The armor is for your defense. It repels the horny one, but it doesn't bonk them. As expected, the bat is necessary." Albert explained.
"I see." Yale nodded in understanding. He could see how it would work against the slime and politely thanked him. "This will be a great help in the fight. Thank you so much."
"It's fine." Albert patted his head a few times while seeing Erica catching up with them.
Erica immediately led them to the slime-infested area, located not far from the town.
They arrived within four hours to a ruined village.
The village had no wall surrounding them. There were many houses made of wood scattered around the village, but most of them had fallen to the ground. There wasn't a single living demon in this place.
"This is the slime-infested area. If we're looking for their nest, the slime is coming from that place." She pointed at the small lake behind the village.
Because the house had become rubble, he could catch a glimpse of the lake from his position, so he asked, "Are you sure? I mean, won't the water become"
"Yes. Those who dare to drink the water will soon die because the slime will attack them. Luckily, they're not from Gluttony and Greed Kingdoms, so the lake managed to contain them for the time being.
"As long as we kill them periodically, we can feel assured. Also, the slime leaves a valuable core for aphrodisiac and perfume, so it's a good thing for us." She nodded. "Well, the perfume can attract and charm others like how the slime does it."
"I see. Will we get something like that?" Albert asked.
"We would like to buy the slime cores from you, but if you refuse to sell it to us, we won't do anything."
"Okay then." Albert nodded in understanding before saying, "Yale, any plan?"
"Not really. The slimes can move through the gap within the ground, so we need to watch out for any attack from below. However, they can't really make their cores through them, so as long as you see a slime core moving without any liquid surrounding it, it means the slime is moving the liquid underground.
"Also, the slime's power doesn't work on Teacher, so I think there's no need to fear. Unlike other slimes, the slimes in this place will kill you through one means it's ****. As long as you can prevent it, you won't die no matter how hard they attack you. Just don't lose consciousness.
"That's all I can say. The rest is probably Looking out for each other." Yale explained his concerns, so Albert could handle the monsters.
Albert thought for a moment and nodded. "Okay. That's good enough."
Before leaving, he turned to Erica and said, "Since you're important to us, come as close as possible. However, it's dangerous there, so you need to be ready to escape as quickly as possible.
"To be honest, if you're captured, you will only make a problem for us. So, no need to think about our safety. We will take care of it ourselves."
"Understood." Erica agreed without hesitation.
"Good. Let's go." Albert started walking into the village, wondering if he could find slimes around here.
However, it turned out his luck was bad as he found a humanoid skeleton lying on the ground.
"Hmm" Erica frowned and said, "It seems someone challenged the slime and got defeated."
"" Albert shook his head while Yale tried to locate the slimes with his ears.
*Wobble!*
*Wobble!*
*Wobble!*
He suddenly picked up a sound coming from the house to their right.
"Teacher. I heard something there." Yale pointed at the house with a serious expression. He called the Bonk Bat and raised it, preparing for an attack.
Albert also did the same, but he was surprised when he saw the slime's appearance.
The slime had a bright red core inside its body. It was surrounded by a viscous pink liquid.
The liquid wobbled around as if it was shaking every time it moved. Although there was no face, the movement was so cute that Albert frowned.
"Well, this is not what I imagined" Albert made a weird smile, staring at this circular creature. "It's cute."
The slime's size was close to Albert's chest, making it look adorable and felt good to be hugged.
However, Yale reacted as if he saw the slime as a dangerous monster. He stepped forward, shielding Albert from the slime while pointing his Bonk Bat to the slime.
Suddenly, the pink liquid of the slime began to expand, creating a total of six tentacles from its body.
Albert frowned as he saw.
[Horny Target: 2]
"Well, it seems this is going to be harder than I imagine," Albert muttered.
After saying those words, the slime suddenly extended its tentacles from six different directions, attacking Albert, Yale, and Erica with two tentacles each.
Yale skillfully waved his Bonk Bat to strike those two tentacles. Surprisingly, the moment the Bonk Bat touched them, it repelled all the slime liquid that was created for the tentacles.
The remaining liquid flowed back to the slime's real body.
Albert, on the other hand, didn't even bother with the slime. He simply summoned an Anti-Horny Shield before him and the tentacles exploded.
Unlike them, Erica formed a pink-colored shield made of her magic and let the tentacles hit it instead.
The tentacles had difficulty in destroying the shield, but when they wrapped around it, the tentacles lost their interest immediately and focused on Erica instead.
Erica was one step ahead as she had leaped back to gain more distance from them.
It was then Albert appeared and struck the two tentacles with his Bonk Bat, exploding the part he hit.
"You good?"
She nodded with a serious expression while looking around, wondering if this was the only slime they would need to face.
Albert then stabbed the ground with his Bonk Bat, channeling the energy into the ground. "Bonk Wave."
The energy went straight to the slime, but the latter actually moved the core to the edge, so when the Bonk Bat hit it, the bat would only disperse the liquid, not the core.
"!!!" Albert was taken aback by the slime's ability, but Yale actually took advantage of this situation to appear behind the slime, trying to attack the core before the liquid body started to recover.
As if anticipating an attack from Yale, the slime actually summoned another wave of tentacles that hit him on the arms.
Yale clicked his tongue and moved forward, letting the slime hit his robe instead.
As expected, the slime tentacles dispersed with Albert's power as he raised his hand, striking the slime.
The slime placed the core at the edge before shooting it away to avoid this.
Yale was one step too late as right before he struck the slime, the core already flew away, landing on the ground a few feet from him.
Not forgiving himself of this blunder, Yale tried to catch up with it, but Albert was faster than him this time.
He appeared on top of the slime's core and hit the core without hesitation.
The core dropped to the ground and Albert received the notification of killing the slime, so he wasn't worried that the slime would sneak attack him during this time.
But as one would expect, more and more slimes began to appear from the houses around them as though feeling their enemies.
"Well" Albert immediately regrouped with Yale while bringing Erica with him. "We're surrounded."
"There are seven slimes." Yale looked at these wobbling slimes. "What should we do?"
"Hmph." Albert raised his hand as his left hand started glowing. He muttered inwardly, 'Anti-Horny Blessing.'
Suddenly, the light enveloped both Yale and Albert.
Feeling the sudden surge of power, Yale widened his eyes for a moment and realized this was one of the spells his teacher learned in an instant.
"If we don't have numbers, we just need to add more." The light then disappeared, replaced by flame.
The fire rose and formed five Bonk Bat.
Albert waved the hand down, sending the Bonk Bats in all directions.
After that, Albert and Yale moved forward, planning to take down one slime by themselves. This way, each slime would need to take care of one of them.
The first slime used its tentacle to catch the flaming Bonk Bat, albeit its tentacles dispersed and the arm part caught on fire.
Three slimes actually melted and moved to the side, creating another body without any connection to the previous one.
The Bonk Bat hit them and set the corpse ablaze, but he knew it was futile.
As for the last one remaining, it caught on fire because it wasn't fast enough to avoid Albert's Bonk Bat. But it was surely fast enough to split its body and save the core.
This left Albert and Yale to get rid of a slime each.
"Light and Dark Bonk," Yale muttered in a low voice as he struck the slime with all his might.
Unfortunately for him, the slime leaped to the right to avoid him.
When Yale was about to chase it, the slime surrounded him with its tentacles, buying enough time to stop Yale.
On the other hand, Albert had an easier time, considering he had all the spells needed to bonk the slime.
He used his Bonk Dash to arrive in front of the slime and used Swift Bonk to end it.
Unfortunately for him, the slime was faster than his Swift Bonk, resulting in a missing swing. It certainly blew away the liquid body, but the core remained intact.
After that, the slime immediately sucked more water inside the ground and restored its former body.
"Tsk." Albert clicked his tongue and saw the incoming tentacles that planned to stop him.
Unlike Yale, Albert simply turned around, allowing the slime to strike the robe. He then spread his legs and stabbed the slime with his Bonk Bat.
Due to the robe covering the slime's vision, Albert somehow hit the core without the slime being able to do anything.
After that, his focus returned to the situation and found Yale struggling with the slime he faced. On the other hand, Erica kept moving backward because the remaining slimes planned to capture her first.
As if sensing their friend's death, the slimes stopped for a moment. Yale managed to strike the slime in his front and kill it, but the slime showed something unexpected.
The five slimes moved together. Erica took this chance to retreat, but the slimes got enough time to become even more terrifying.
They fused into one and turned themselves into a huge slime. There were two cores on the top that looked like their eyes.
It turned its body toward Albert as if they planned to capture him first.
"Well, it's ugly now" Albert commented nonchalantly.
Name: No Name
Race: Mutated Slime
Level: 68
Gender: -
Jail Time: 71 hours