But at the next moment, we had an unexpected situation.
Chiyuurun.
The Slime have slipped away from the grip of the shadow.
With a Poyon, it falls to the ground.
And as if nothing had happened, he resumed to eat grass.
Wh-what, how .!?
The creature could get away from Momo’s Shadow!?
Uu .!
Mo-momo is mortified by the sight.
Wait, it is kawaii.
Calm down Momo.
I caress Momo to calm her as I take the refrigerator out.
It’s fine.Even if not restrained by Momo’s Shadow, the creature has dull movements.
Bring it down for the kill!
The released refrigerator crushes the slime.
But once again my expectations got betrayed.
Out from the bottom of the refrigerator crawled the slime with its flattened body.
The part resembling its core also got flattened.
Then, as if nothing happened, the slime reformed and began eating grass again.
Annoying.
Perhaps it is wrong, but after what we did was ineffective, there’s something very frustrating with it eating grass again!
Gurururu .!
Momo’s groaning.
Ca-calm down Momo.
Momo as such, for the first time. Kawaii.
I mean, seriously, is the slime immune to any physical attack?
What about a slash?
I take out the kitchen knife and approach the creature.
The slime is still munching, there’s no reaction to my approach whatsoever.
By now with the Shadow』and the attack with the refrigerator, the slime should have noticed us already
Perhaps a slime has no means of attack?
No, since Hostility perception』shows no reaction, is it because there’s not even an intent of Hostility』?
I brandish my knife, ready my aim and slash at the nucleus. What?
Aside from a little change in the slime’s shape, it is perfectly intact.
There it starts eating the grass again.
Take this! Take this! Take this!
Gunyun, pururun, poyonpoyon.
The slime is completely unharmed.
Gunununu !
It’s tough.
What with this?
A slime is such an annoying opponent!?
Even if you crush it, you can’t kill it; it is also impossible to defeat with a physical attack.
Physical is useless . If so, how about other attack methods?
Fire for example.
I take some oil out and a match to light it.
If I had a spray, I could so something like an instant flamethrower but I don’t have any consumable of the kind at hand.
Considering I could get burned if I start the fire directly, Momo forms its Shadow』like a hand and hold the match.
The action caught the slime on fire.
Oh.
The effect was immediate.
As soon as the slime to which we couldn’t do any damage a while ago started to burn, it immediately rushed and struggled.
The creature desperately tries to extinguish the fire but to no avail.
Before long the slime’s body broke and disappeared.
The Heavenly voice echoed in my head.
Where the slime stood before disappearing, a green magic stone now stands.
After I put it in my store, the name displayed was Slime’s magical stone (Minimal)』
In a way, this was the most troublesome thing we encountered so far.
It was my first time meeting a monster that could withstand physical attacks.
For the time spent and the tools used, the value of experience is simply too small.
I used a considerable amount of oil to defeat one.
Hmm, the return for the labor and resources isn’t worth it.
Also considering the creature doesn’t attack on its own.
The slime is harmless and just eat grass; if I notice another slime I just have to ignore it.
Is fire the weakness of a slime?
I hope that there will be weaknesses for that High Orc too.
It’s improbable, that guy .
I gave the slime’s magic stone to Momo and we resume our movements.
We hunted three Goblins on the way.
Yes, it’s easy when we’re against Goblins.
But my level didn’t rise.Too bad.
Momo and I arrived at the home center after a while.
The neighborhood is a shopping mall lined with commerces.
Home center, supermarket, drug store, book store and more. The parking lot is wide and there’s a lot of customers.
There seem to be no monsters around, I can’t see any.
However some Returning customers』are here.
That’s what I tell you, we came here first! It’s not my problem idiots, stay outside! Well, that! This place isn’t yours! We desperately escaped and ran for our lives! It’s fine, until the
JSDF
came to rescue us! True! It would be normal to help each others like this! Quick, let us in! What if some monsters attack us, what will we do! I don’t know! You can die! Anyway, this place is ours!
They are near the entrance of the home center.
There are several delinquents with weapons and close to them stand nearly ten men and women voicing protests.
Uwaa .
CH 28
Chapter 28 – Students and refugees.
There’s also troublesome people staying here.
I sighed in my mind.
From a lowered position at the corner of the parking lot, I take a look at the situation.
The escapees altogether are twelve people.
They are mostly adults.
As for the students they are five in total.
They resemble delinquents, dressing like the kind usually do.
They have iron pipes and survival knives in their hand and are intimidating the people who evacuated.
There are also people inside the home center.
At least four.
I’m a bit far from the home center, the range of Search』 can’t cover the entire home center. But it appears that they have at least one group of companions inside.
With the skill Improved hearing』 I could listen to their conversation.
We occupied here first. Go seek another place! We-well please don’t say such a thing. At least just the children . We can’t afford to do that, do something yourselves. You suck. Please, I beg you.
They keep repeating the same conversation.
Now, what should I do.
For the time being, let’s remain quiet.
There would be no benefit to get involved.
Perhaps I would cram with them unskillfully, it would be troublesome to get caught within the group wishing for help.
Another student came out from the store when the refugees were too persistent.
The person is wearing flashy clothes but not vulgar.
With fashion and seemingly wanting to comprehend the situation, he stops next to the students.
The bad guys at the entrance are surprised, the new person is probably their leader.
What with the commotion? Ni-nishino-san.These guys-
The students at the entrance explain the circumstances to the student Nishino.
The evacuated people also have an expression of relief at the appearance of the young man.
After he listened, he came in front of the people.
So I heard your story. The conclusion is still the same, we cannot accept you. No way-
Despair found its place on the faces of the evacuees.
With certain conditions however we could be able to add you among our companions.
Conditions .?
Only the cute girls?
Such thoughts crossed my mind but he said something totally different.
Is there anyone experienced in killing monsters here? If so, I’ll accept you. What did he say?
Under this condition, the people are confused.
It doesn’t appear that way. From now on, if you manage to kill one monster. It’s true for everyone. We will accept you among our companions.
The people evacuated are crying and shouting; they don’t understand but I do.
Kill monsters. What does it mean?
. Some of these students, they have skills.
I know nothing about their levels, but they certainly do have some abilities to fight monsters.