Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 115
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Chapter 45: The things obtained from slime materials
Queen Slime, as the name suggests, is the queen of slimes. You can think of it as a slime version of a queen bee.
In other words, that queen slime… Can give birth to endless baby slimes.
This is exactly what we are facing right now. The slimes around it weren’t there from the beginning…. They were just born right now. They continue to be born.
This is dangerous, I quickly gave everyone orders.
“… A-All members! No matter you need to do, just annihilate them!!”
“I understand.”
“I- I understand!”
“Kyuuu!”
“Fin, you can use fire magic too! I’ll take responsibility for extinguishing it!”
“I-I understand…!”
All slimes, except for flame slimes, are weak to fire magic. However, since using fire in the forest can cause serious trouble, I had warned her in advance that she can’t use it, but as expected, that was no longer the time to worry about that.
If we don’t increase the speed of annihilation, we will be swallowed up by them!
Shouldn’t you just run away? But, I don’t know what could happen to the nearby Alness Village if we leave that thing alone.
… That’s why we have to defeat it.
Well, if it becomes really dangerous, everyone except me and Uru will be evacuated.
“Rion-san, that’s too much!”
“… As expected, this is a bit of a pain even for me…”
No matter how many times you defeat them, slimes will continue to bubble up, and even if you try to hit the queen slime, which is their source, the slimes around it get in the way and we can’t hit it.
The queen slime in the game had the property of creating ten clones, and unless the clones were defeated first, the main body’s ultra-super defense power would not decrease. Just to be sure, I had Uru throw a fire arrow at her, but it just got stuck and melted, so I guess it’s the same thing with Asteria.
However, even if we try to hit the clone first, it’s somewhere in the large group of slimes and it’s hard to see. When I encountered it in the game, I just compromised that it was natural disaster and that there would be damage to the surrounding area anyways, so I just retreated while using magic arrows, scrolls, and area attacks to annihilate both the slimes and the clones all together with the terrain.
In reality, I can’t afford to cause too much damage, so left area attacks as a last resort, and we’ve been steadily defeating the slimes, but they multiply so quickly that we can’t easily defeat the clones. I’d like to think that it was inevitable that I just got fed up and muttered, “…… Why has it come to this.”, but that was a moment of weakness that I shouldn’t have showed. I shouldn’t have said anything that would make anyone hesitate.
“… Maybe it’s my fault…”
Fricka cried out in a trembling voice as the situation turned into a disaster. She also used her magic, but it lacked its luster and seemed like it wasn’t showing its original power.
… She attracted a group of Magi Slimes. So she seems to have the impression that the Queen Slime also appeared because she was here.
But.
“That’s not true.”
I immediately denied it while shooting an arrow with my now numb fingers.
I purposely interrupted Fricka’s words, which was about to say, “But-.” I won’t let you say any more.
“The appearance of a monster like this is a case of management responsibility of the miko and the creator god. It’s not your fault.”
Even if a monster were to rampage without my knowledge, I know there’s nothing I can do about it. I know, but I say this to keep Fricka quiet. For that, I’ll involve even the creator god.
Even if a monster was born due to Fricka’s unforeseen circumstances, there was nothing she could do about it, and I had no intention of holding her responsible.
… The one who told me not to carry the world on my shoulders was Fricka herself. So if she still tries to carry this weight alone, I will steal it from her without any hesitation.
“Also, even if you were the one who caused it, I am the one who increased your aptitudes. In the end, it will be my responsibility.”
That’s why I’ll take responsibility and defeat it…. Well, since I’m a useless Miko, I’ll need everyone’s help.
I didn’t want to make the atmosphere too heavy, so I playfully said that, while shrugging my shoulders at the end.
I don’t know if it worked, but it seems like Fricka’s shoulders have relaxed a little. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then began to defeat the slime using the heat ray magic while paying attention about our positions so as not to become a friendly fire. The drawback of that magic is that it has a short range, but it’s a fire attribute piercing magic, so you can defeat various enemies at once.
“If we hit it, we can defeat it easily, but it’s hard to find… I wish we could somehow make it easier to see.”
“… Ah, that’s a good idea.”
“?”
… Unuu, it seems my thinking has become dull due my impatience at this situation. Fricka’s words made me think of a way to defeat the Queen Slime. Well, back in my game days, I was able to brute force it… I thought of an excuse that I didn’t let out.
“Everyone, stand back behind me!”
“Mu?”
Once everyone had retreated while reducing the number of slimes as much as possible.
Zuzun! I stacked stone blocks like a wall and crushed the slimes. There was a splashing sound on the other side of the stone wall, but there was no way it would be destroyed by a slime. However, I don’t have that much leeway since they probably can take a detour or climb up soon.
“Uru and Liese, be on the ground defeating slimes. Use these weapons.”
“Umu.”
“Yeah, I’ll do my best.”
I instantly created a heat ray arrow on the spot and gave it to Uru, and also created a fire-attribute spear for Liese. The quality of the tips aren’t very good, so they break easily, but I can make as much as I want, fufufu.
“Fin and Zephyr will search for the Queen’s clones from the sky and shoot it. If you have trouble defeating it, ask Uru or Liese for help.”
“O-Okay.”
“Fricka will climb up on the stone blocks with me and snipe the clones as well. If I build it high, the slimes won’t be able to climb up too quickly.”
“Understood.”
Even if it was hard to find from the ground, it was much easier to find from the sky (apart from the fact that they were buried in a pile of slimes). In particular, Fin and Zephyr were able to move freely in the sky, so they fulfilled their role as enemy searchers.
Not long after that, we were able to annihilate all clones and successfully defeated the Queen Slime. And the problem was solved by gradually defeating the large amount of slimes that stopped spawning.
I was lucky that I was able to get the material from a queen slime unexpectedly, but… That was a hard work.
“… So, what did Rion want to make with the slime jelly after all this work?”
“No, regarding Queen slime it was completely unexpected, okay?”
With a wry smile, what I made was… Cushions and mattresses. Although there’s cotton, this is a new product that is even more comfortable to sit on and sleep on.
Eh? You say “All that work for that…?”. But Uru-san, isn’t sleep super important? A comfortable sleep will improve your performance the next day, right?
By the way, by filling the slime material with magic stones imbued with cold magic, it becomes a cooling mattress or ice pack. It’s much more efficient than just using a cold magic stone. Even in the summer, I have to sleep with my Uru clinging to me, so it’s been a bit hot lately… No, I’m not angry about it, okay?
Additionally, it can be used as a body warmer when filled with heating magic, so it seems to be useful in the winter as well.
Moreover, this is still in the research stage. The possibilities are still vast.
I definitely want to use it for the seat of the golem carriage I’ll be making someday. If I make it a little harder and use it as a coating, I can use it to prevent water leakage. Ah, if I stick it on the door of a box to prevent cold air from escaping, I can turn it into a refrigerator or freezer.
And also――
“… I’m glad that Rion-sama seems to be having fun…”
Fricka looked extremely tired, but she seemed to like the mattress, even though she had mixed feelings about it. Maybe it’s because she can’t see the slime material itself because it’s wrapped in cloth.
If even Fricka, the biggest victim this time, didn’t think it was useful, I would have fallen flat on my face. Phew.
It doesn’t really matter, but when I made a giant cushion that that spoils people* by sewing together little cushions and placed it in the lounge on the first floor, It was Zephyr that got spoiled. Where did his wild instincts go? Or rather, where did he get in from. Huh, did Fin open the window? Ah, okay.
I had no choice but to make a huge cushion in the shape of a white dragon for Zephyr’s bed, but Fin was jealous, so I made another one for her. Furthermore, Regulus and Liese talked about it in Grosso Village and the children wanted it, so I ended making it in large quantities.
“I-I wonder if my popularity with the children’s will be overtaken by Zephyr (Cushion)…?”
“What are you getting worried about?”
It seems that Uru didn’t understand my sense of crisis(?) and was astounded. Uguu.
By the way, after removing Fin just to be sure. I, Uru, Regulus, and Liese formed the group “Magic?
What’s that? Is it something tasty?” Visited that lake, but not only the Magi slime didn’t show up, we also didn’t encounter any other slime either.
Hmm… Maybe because we defeated the queen slime last time, it became harder for the slime to settle here…? I wonder where I can get more slime material next time.
*TN: A giant cushion that that spoils people (人をダメにするクッション), A cushion so comfy that after you sit on it, you become os lazy that you can’t leave. Commonly known as beanbag or beads cushion.
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