“Come back Ayane. It’s time to begin.”
“Ah, yes!”
Ayane comes back with River the sand golem.
“Listen to this, darling. When River defeated slime, they dropped magic stones!”
“Eh? How many did it beat and how many magic stones came out?”
“Ten and ten!”
“…Seriously?”
I can’t see their stats, but could it be that their Luck uses me as a point of reference?
“Isn’t that great?”
“If my hypothesis is correct, if you loaded a golem core IV to capacity with magic energy, you could create a being on par with you, master.”
“That sounds unthinkable.”
Says Maki.
“No, I don’t know if it’s using the whole thing as reference or just part, but if it guarantees a minuscule magic stone drop, it should have at least a hundred Luck.”
And if it’s referencing my stats, I want to see what happens to the exp when the golem takes down a monster, and if it counts for the hundred monster rule.
“Also, I think it wants magic stones. Can I give them to it?”
“Hn? Well, it was River who got them, so it’s fine.”
River gets a magic stone, and presses it on its golem core. It then slowly melts into it and disappears.
‘!’
…Did it absorb it? It does it three more times, and seems satisfied, but the other golems start asking for it too. We give them the remaining magic stones, and they all look happy.
‘!’
‘!’
“Come to think of it, they were created with magic energy, and that is the source of their power. That is probably why they use magic stones.”
“I see. So they can’t operate forever without getting more.”
“If they are happy for the day with a few minuscule magic stones, they might have good fuel efficiency.”
Fuel efficiency… Okay.
“Everyone, listen. I think the golems might be more useful in battle than I thought. I want to do some experiments, so I’ll make new ones to test in battle, but I want you to help me with stuff outside of fighting, like stuff related to fuel consumption and what they can and can’t do in our daily lives.”
“Leave it to me!”
“Yes!”
“I’ll do my best darling!”
“Very well.”
“But let’s not do that today. We didn’t plan on it, and we don’t have much time.”
Everyone nods.
It’s my first time here in a while, and I also want to see how far I’ll go with the slime colors.
Well, if there are a lot of them, I’ll take out a few hundred to thin them out.
“…Hn?”
Hold on. Aira talked about attracting slime with that incense, but they’re really slow. They only have two Agility, right? How long will it take for them to reach us? I got onboard with that plan because the idea of an avalanche of slime seemed funny, but will they make it here…?”
“We should activate it soon. A smoke that draws them will come out, but rest easy knowing it has no effect on people.”
“…Aira.”
“Yes master, your concerns are valid.”
“O-ou?”
“However, since we have the item, would it not be a waste to not use it?”
This Aira… Always reading my heart with her back to me.
Still, Aira has a cute side. Leaving aside how she got it, she’s definitely itching to use her new item. But the problem is…
“If we wait ten minutes and they don’t come, I’ll go to them.”
“Yes, thank you master.”
Says Aira before taking the cap off, and a pink mist quickly spreads.
Sniff.
I try smelling it, and feel a strange sensation I’ve felt somewhere before. What is it? I’ve smelled something like this recently…
After a while, as I wait for slime to come, it hits me.
“Aira. The description said the item was improved, but who did it?”
“It was me.”
Normally I would be impressed by her skill for improving a forbidden item, but my mind is elsewhere.
“…Did you mix that thing in it?”
“Fufu, is it not ideal for something alluring?”
I see. So she did want to test her new item, but I was a little off the mark.
To be precise, she wanted to use her new item that she tampered with.
“You mixed a forbidden item in a forbidden item.”
“…I don’t see anything.”
“I only see Shouta.”
Say Aki and Maki.
“Ah, not fair!”
“Haha…”
“Mu…”
Suddenly, I feel the ground shake.
It’s still shaking a little. It’s like a tsunami of monsters is pushing its way here. And a lot faster than I thought…
“Fufu, it seems mixing that amplified its effect. Did you feel that tremor, master?”
“Don’t do crazy stuff like this, just because it worked out in the end… Wait. Come to think of it, it’s strange. There’s no way there’s enough slime to make the ground shake. One slime weighs at most a hundred grams. No matter how much they bunch together, I don’t think the ground would shake like this.”
“Come to think of it, you’re right. Master, do you have a bad feeling?”
I close my eyes, but don’t really feel anything.
“Not really. No matter how many there are, they’re just slime.”
“Then let us wait.”
“Hey Shouta, should we back off?”
“No, you can stay there, Aki. There’s nothing worrying here…”
Just as I say that, I see a single slime turning the corner.
It’s like it’s moving its soft body as hard as it can to crawl here… Strange. It’s far away, but it’s like it’s close…
“…Eh?”
“W-what is that?”
As I start seeing the full picture, it becomes clear that this slime is giant.
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Name：Huge Blue Slime
Agility：50
Intelligence：20
Luck：None
Equipment: None
Skills：Physical Resistance, Automatic Recovery
Drops: Condensed slime jelly
Magic stone: Large
＊＊＊＊＊
A few more come pushing down from behind it.
“Are those what caused the tremor…”
“What is that? I don’t know this monster! Shouta?”
“If I did, I wouldn’t have lived to tell you about it, Aki.”
“Master, did I mess up?”
Asks Aira with a smile like she’s hinting at something.
But there’s some bewilderment in her voice. She didn’t expect this either.
“Joke later, we need to exterminate them!”
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