Chapter 95 - Slime's Cruelty

"Haha. It's done!" Albert laughed out loud while raising his hands. The victory he got was truly wonderful because the fight was quite hard.

Yale smiled, knowing that their job was half done. As long as they killed more slimes, it should be considered over.

Still, he recalled the fight and realized how easy it was for them to kill the slime.

If a normal person fought them, the slime's tentacle would need to be blocked by a shield. But even if they stopped it, the tentacle that was made of water would be deformed, matching the shield's surface.

At that time, the slime could release more of its power and catch someone. And he or she would be gone once the slime injects their aphrodisiac.

Hence, it was hard to block them. They usually created shields from spells, so the slime wouldn't be able to catch the one holding the shield. After that, they would aim at the slimes with arrows, hoping to hit the core.

If there was a strong person, that would be possible, but it was hard to find people like them.

It was different if the ones that attacked the slime were Albert and Yale. Not only did the aphrodisiac have no effect on them, but they could also smash the slime tentacle.

The tentacle lost its ability to change its shape because of the power of Bonk. Hence, it was so easy to defend against their attacks.

After that, the moment they attacked, the Bonk Bat was unstoppable. Normally, the slime could use its liquid to drown the arrow, making it lose its momentum. This created a hard situation for the attacker to deal with a powerful blow that was enough to destroy the slime core.

This just made the Bonk Bat look even stronger. Unfortunately, no one other than Erica was able to witness the entire thing.

At the same time, Erica was still clutching her head as if she was in pain. Only when Albert killed the Mutant Slime did she stop shaking.

Albert walked back toward them nonchalantly while waving his hand with a smile. "I'm done."

Yale nodded, knowing that Albert's various attacks forced the slime to continuously adapt to any kind of situation. This created an opportunity for them to attack the slime.

Albert just got a high-five from Yale before making his way to Erica, who was sitting a hundred feet away from them.

"Erica, what's wrong with you?" Albert asked while furrowing his eyebrows. Although there were so many things that needed to be investigated, they should take care of Erica first.

"I…" She looked down, knowing this was a problem. "I'm sorry. I thought I had overcome this, but my body…"

She wanted to say everything, but the shaking wouldn't stop, frustrating her.

"Well, I do think that it's a trauma. It's fine if you don't want to talk to us about this." Albert waved his hand with a smile, trying to calm her down.

Erica bit her lips and looked down. Suddenly, she opened her mouth while recalling what had happened in the past.

"When I was an adventurer, I had four teammates, all succubus. We traveled to various places and reached C Rank within three years. We enjoyed a lot of stuff, created an orgy party, and did other stuff.

"One day, we were too confident with our strength and challenged the slime with a few other groups. The reports only told us there were around fifteen slimes, so thirty people should be enough.

"The report turned out to be true and we fought the slimes bravely. However, everything changed when ten slimes fused with each other, creating a bigger slime.

"Everything went wrong at that point. The entire group was obliterated and I was the only survivor.

"I could see back then how my teammates were captured with their stomachs bulging because the slime created a huge tentacle for them.

"When I called for help, the slime was nowhere to be seen, leaving only many corpses with their lower half split apart. That was when…" Erica bit her lips and started shaking again. "I quitted."

The darkened expression already told Albert a lot about her feelings and her clutching her hands to cover her face made him pity her.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I thought I'd got this over, but I became a dead weight again. If you ask for my replacement, I wouldn't say anything. I would take responsibility for my actions." Erica hurriedly replied.

Her eyes filled with fear told him that she wouldn't be able to do anything in this mission, so it was better for them to find a replacement.

Seeing how sad she was, Albert couldn't help but place his hand on top of her head, startling Erica.

Erica raised her head with a dumbfounded face while Albert simply said, "Then, what do you want to do? Do you want revenge?"

The moment those words ran in Erica's ears, Bonkey's notification also appeared in front of him.

[You can't recruit a succubus because they're constantly horny. Unless you have the Anti-Horny Tab, it would be impossible for you to suck the power of her horniness. So, if you wish to get her in your party, then that's what you need to do.]

'I guess I need to get Healing Job as soon as possible. Alright. After returning to the town, I'm going to search for the temple and learn healing spells.' He thought and looked at Erica with a serious expression, asking for her wish.

Erica shook her head. "No. I've promised myself not to go adventuring again other than a mission from the queen, like this. At the same time, I've grown accustomed to my current life… Although I'm grateful for your thought, I don't wish to take my weapon for this anymore."

"I see." Albert nodded, contemplating for a moment. "Then, do you want to stop here today? Yale And I shouldn't have any problem in defeating the rest of the slimes."

"No. I apologize for showing you this display, but if possible, let me continue to follow you." Erica pleaded. She had promised Lilith that she would take care of this, so it didn't sit right if she actually abandoned the job.

Albert scratched the back of his head and asked, "What do you think, Yale?"

"That's your choice, Teacher." Yale smiled.

"…" Albert sighed. "Well, you can be with us. But just make sure you maintain your distance. It will be a problem if another Mutant Slime appears and attacks you."

"Understood." Erica nodded furiously. "If I ever get captured, you could simply leave me there. I don't mind. This will be my fault anyway."

"Hah." Albert snorted. "Don't joke around with me."

Albert had no one to stand by his side when he died, so he didn't like a companion telling him to leave her to die. It didn't sit right with him.

"Anyway, get up. We'll come closer to the lake to eliminate more slimes." Albert turned around as he planned to hunt more slimes, not wanting to bother with Erica's problem anymore.

Yale followed him with a serious expression, preparing to kill as many slimes as possible.

As one would expect, the closer they came to the lake, the more slimes appeared. The slimes seemed to be able to sense them through the ground or the liquid underneath it.

However, Albert and Yale were their worst enemies. Not a single tentacle could survive touching Bonk Bat or Justice Robe.

Although the slimes were quite hard to deal with, Albert and Yale managed to kill at least seventy of them within four hours.

The EXP wasn't that much, considering they didn't kill as much as they expected. So, Albert was a bit disappointed with the result of this hunt.

After having their lunch, they were about to come back to the lake, but the situation became even more dangerous as they saw a slime with a golden core.

The slime body was twice as big as normal slime, so it didn't look that dangerous or massive compared to the Mutant Slime. But the golden core was actually emanating a powerful Magic Power.

Even Albert was quite surprised with this wave of Magic Power to the point he stopped and dropped his jaw to the ground.

"This is…" Albert sucked a cold breath.

Yale was shaking in fear as he realized this was the worst thing that could come out of this lake.

"Impossible." Erica dropped on her butt and pointed at the slime. She had gotten over the Mutant Slime because there were a few of them in the past few hours. Unexpectedly, there was another monster that would surpass the Mutant Slime.

The monster was far stronger and more dangerous than any other slimes. After all, this monster could raze the entire town to the ground.

"Why does a Slime King decide to appear here?" Erica panicked as she turned her head around as though looking at the town on the horizon. "I need to bring back the news so they can evacuate the town."

"…" Albert fell silent. He was sweating for another reason.

Name: No Name

Race: Slime King

Level: 121

Gender: -

Jail Time: 72+ hours

'Oi, oi. Even though the enemy is a slime, I'm still not prepared enough to deal with a monster twice my level.' Albert gulped down, wondering what he should do. He asked, 'Bonkey, do you think it's possible for me to send the slime to the Horny Jail by bonking its tentacle?'

[No. The liquid might be covering its body and becomes its weapon in the form of tentacles, but slime only has one main body. It's the core. In other words, you need to hit the core.]

Bonkey gave him the bad news, making Albert rethink his decision.

On the other hand, Yale was thinking, 'This is not good. A slime king can disperse its body into thousands of slimes if it's threatened.

'If we want to kill a slime king, we should make a containment structure and destroy every single clone. If it's not possible, kill as many clones as possible until the slime king retreats by itself.

'However, we don't have the resources to do something like this. So, what should we do?' Yale frowned and glanced at Albert. The slime king continued moving toward them, but since they had some distance, Yale still had the luxury to ask his teacher, "What should we do?"

"Do you think it's possible for us to kill it?" Albert asked.

"No. The slime king has a spell that splits its body into thousands of slimes when it feels threatened."

"That sounds bad."

"How do we kill it?" Albert asked.

"Put a containment structure to trap it. Make sure there's no gap or the slime king might escape."

"Is it possible within three days?"

"Teacher…" Yale frowned as if he had come to a realization. The 'three days' from his mouth was enough to tell him his plan. "Are you planning to bring it to the Horny Jail?"

"Yes. You said it can use a spell to split its body, right?"

He nodded.

"I have a spell that can reduce the Magic Power of that slime king. It shouldn't be able to split its body if the slime doesn't have Magic Power, right?"

"Yes. But do you think your Magic Power is enough to do that? The slime king has a considerable amount of Magic Power."

"Do you have any other solutions?"

"Other than escape? No."

"Do you want to gamble with me?" Albert smiled. "What we need is just one hit. Although it's stronger than us, we have our speed."

"I understand. If that's what Teacher wants, I shall follow you." Yale nodded with a serious expression.

"Erica. We're planning to seal the slime king for a period of time. Do you think Lilith will rush here to kill it if that happens?" Albert asked.

Erica wanted to refute him when he called the succubus queen with her name, but she was shocked when she heard the question. "You're not planning to…"

"Of course. She better give me something good since I risk my own life for this shit."