LRAB #200 - Slime Set
#200 - Slime Set
Kazuma Sato and his party were, for the time being, regarded as heroes who saved the town.
How should I put it…
After all, when they were defeating the leader of the Demon King's army, there were no outsiders present, meaning there were no witnesses.
If it weren't for Yunyun's adventurer card clearly stating the name of the Demon King's army leader, the Poisonous Slime Hans, they might have been treated as the culprits who ruined the hot spring… Honestly, it felt unpleasant.
However, they didn't leave.
After resolving the disaster in this town, Kazuma Sato's first reaction was to quickly leave this demon's den, but Aqua insisted on staying to purify the contaminated hot spring.
I can understand her concern for the future of her own church, but I also wish she would consider the feelings of her companions a little.
…The feelings of her companions?
Kazuma Sato looked at the people, who had formed two distinct groups.
“As expected of a great archmage of the Crimson Demons. I was quite worried when Jesta-sama said he wanted to form an alliance with you, but now it seems you are really strong.”
“That's right, that's right, as expected of the Crimson Demons.”
“Ah, although Aqua-sama's blue hair and blue eyes are enviable, little sister, your red eyes and black hair are especially adorable.”
Megumin and Yunyun were enjoying the praise.
“That's right, that's right, this time the incident was resolved thanks to my Explosion magic!”
“U-Um… I didn't do anything special.”
It was clearly the party's achievement, but for some reason, the Axis Church was attributing the credit to the Crimson Demons… Oh well, after all, Yunyun is also a member of the Crimson Demons.
As for the other side.
“This time, thanks to the help of you from the Eris Church, the hot spring wasn't 'damaged'. We are really grateful.”
“That's right, that's right, thanks to your 'help'.”
“If there's anything, please 'feel free' to come and find us, we will definitely 'help'!”
Darkness was also surrounded by the Axis Church followers, but even though they looked enthusiastic, the heavy words they intentionally said and the small tricks they secretly played were particularly excessive, but Darkness seemed to be enjoying it very much.
“Kazuma, this kind of thing is really irresistible! Although I didn't have much to contribute in this battle, everyone is still praising me so much, it's really… wonderful!”
“Is that even considered praise!?”
Has her brain gone soft?
Kazuma Sato sighed and rubbed his forehead.
Honestly, unlike Darkness from the Eris Church, he was also being lavishly praised by the Axis Church followers, and there were quite a few beautiful and shapely women of the older sister type that he liked.
But knowing that they were Axis Church followers and knowing their true nature, how should I put it…
It was like when he was secretly grabbing his gun, and Aqua was next to him, he immediately lost interest.
One shouldn't, at least shouldn't…
However, the Axis Church followers were indeed very pleasant to talk to, and everyone here was talented. If it weren't for Axel having an irreplaceable treasure—the succubus shop—he would really want to settle down here.
“Oh my, it's almost time.”
Kazuma Sato looked at the sky.
“Listen up, you can't just use the few methods I taught you before to recruit believers. Next, I will impart to you the most invincible method! That's right, this is specifically for male adventurers, and I call it 'The Seduction Tactic'! The specific method is…”
“Don't teach them such terrifying methods!”
After listening to a few sentences, his expression suddenly changed, and he dragged Megumin and Darkness away from there.
“Sorry everyone, we still have important things to do next. The purification work of the hot spring still needs our help, so… goodbye!”
“W-Wait, wait, Kazuma! My method, my experience… I haven't finished speaking yet! Let go, let go quickly!”
Not giving these people a chance to speak, he grabbed the two of them and turned to run, and Yunyun also hurriedly followed.
They ran for a long distance.
Seeing that no one was chasing after them, Kazuma Sato relaxed and let out a sigh of relief, then turned to scold Megumin.
“You… big idiot! Why did you teach the Axis Church followers that kind of method! Speaking of which, it's all your fault that the Axis Church has become like this! What are you thinking in your head!”
“T-That's right, Megumin, everyone has become even stranger.”
Yunyun also complained.
Megumin pouted and said: “What does it matter? Now the Axis Church has formed a strategic partnership with the Crimson Demons, it's okay for me to help them a little as a companion, right?”
“This is not a little help! Look, Darkness has become like this!”
He saw the perverted female knight trembling all over, seemingly having reached her limit, panting and slumped on the ground.
“Uh…”
Even Megumin was frightened by her.
She couldn't help but start to think about whether she should restrain herself a bit.
“Let's not talk about that, you haven't forgotten the purpose of our outing this time, right?”
“Of course!”
“T-To sell Mr. Hans, right?”
The wording was a bit ambiguous, but it didn't really matter.
To be precise, it was to sell Hans' core. Even though he was a slime, he was still a leader of the Demon King's army. His core should be able to sell for a high price no matter what, right? However—
“10,000 Eris.”
“…1…10,000!? W-Wait, wait, boss! This is the core of a Demon King's army leader, and it's only worth 10,000 Eris? Are you kidding me?”
“Guest, you're the one who's kidding. It's clearly just a slime core. A slime is a slime. If it weren't for the fact that it's much bigger than an ordinary slime core, I wouldn't have bought it. It's worth 10,000 Eris at most!”
“How could this be…”
Should I say that the other party has no discernment, or that this core is just worthless? In short, his enthusiasm for making a fortune from this was immediately extinguished by the 10,000 Eris.
The three of them walked out of the shop, looking at the bustling street.
“…Let's go back.”
They chose to return to the Axis Church headquarters.
Currently, Aqua was purifying the contaminated hot spring. It was thought that this work would be very simple. After all, without Hans' interference and threat, it could be purified in no time.
However, the source of the hot spring was too hot, and plus Aqua's purification would cause the hot spring to turn into hot water, so this work was extremely difficult.
Especially after Yunyun didn't know what she said to her, this idiot's eyes lit up, and she would temporarily give up purifying the hot spring, and instead, the two of them didn't know where they ran to fiddle with something, along with most of the giant slime's body.
They arrived at the back mountain of the church headquarters.
“Oh, Wiz, you're still working. It's three o'clock, let's have tea.”
“Thank you, Mr. Kazuma.”
Wiz wiped the sweat from her forehead.
She was using ice magic to slowly separate Hans' huge body, in order to prevent accidents that would lead to the contamination of the hot spring, ice magic was needed to freeze it.
When Wiz heard that they had defeated Hans, she showed a lonely expression, but when she learned that Hans had eaten ordinary people, she applauded their actions, making it a little difficult to understand her view of her colleagues.
“Speaking of which, where are Yunyun and Aqua? Haven't they returned yet? We can't just leave this big guy here forever.”
“...No need to worry about that. We already have a solution.”
A familiar voice came from behind the three of them.
Yunyun and Aqua appeared.
Kazuma Sato couldn't help but complain when he saw them: “Where have you two been? And Aqua, aren't you supposed to be purifying the water source? You just left this big guy here. Are you really a goddess?”
“I purified the water source a long time ago! My lovely Axis Church followers were a great help. The town's hot springs have already started operating normally!” Aqua retorted loudly.
Yunyun looked at the giant slime frozen by Wiz, “Actually, Aqua and I left to discuss how to deal with this.”
“...What do you mean?”
“Kazuma, do you notice anything different about me?”
Yunyun spread her arms, letting Kazuma Sato get a good look, but he couldn't see any difference even after circling her several times.
“...Are you wearing underwear?”
“Careful, or I'll pull your underwear down.”
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“Never mind then.”
Kazuma Sato took a step back, unable to find any difference.
“Enough, stop being so mysterious and just tell me!”
“Then—”
“Waaahhhhhh!” X3
As Yunyun snapped her fingers, Kazuma Sato immediately screamed and covered his eyes, because he saw Yunyun's clothes melting away, revealing her very fair shoulders.
“W-W-What are you doing!?”
“Why close your eyes? How can you understand what we've done if you don't open them?”
“N-No, shouldn't you avoid looking in this situation?”
Kazuma Sato instinctively shielded his eyes.
Yunyun frowned, dissatisfied: “Hurry up, what are you being shy about? You're the guy who dared to go to a mixed bath without changing your expression, so stop being so coy.”
“I-I'm just…”
Kazuma Sato wanted to make an excuse, but soon realized something wasn't right.
Wait a minute.
He shouldn't be shy in this situation, right? Besides, he already got her permission, so that means it's okay to look directly without getting hit, right? That's right, if Yunyun wants to hit him, he can completely retort with the reason 'You asked me to'!
In just 3 seconds, he completely convinced himself, and then opened his eyes wide to look.
“...Tch.”
She clicked her tongue in annoyance.
The naked body he imagined didn't appear. Yunyun was actually wearing a tank top underneath, and pants, no doubt. It was all because he panicked too much just now and accidentally misunderstood.
Aqua covered her mouth and giggled.
“Mr. Kazuma, were you expecting something?”
“N-N-N-No… No! Shut up, what's going on? Explain it to us quickly!”
“I was just about to explain.”
Yunyun pointed her hand downwards, and Kazuma Sato saw a sphere appearing at her feet, round and rolling, with slight undulations from time to time. The black appearance looked quite familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen it before.
“This is…?”
“Slime.”
“...What?”
“So, it's a slime.”
Kazuma Sato twitched his lips.
The topic jumped too much, and he couldn't keep up.
Yunyun signaled to Aqua, and the idiot goddess cheerfully explained to everyone.
“Actually, I originally planned to completely purify this giant slime, after all, it contains toxins and takes up a lot of space, but Yunyun said why not try to make it into equipment? I originally thought it was impossible, because it has strong toxicity, and even if it is made into a weapon, it will cause damage to yourself before harming the enemy.”
“Indeed, so how did you solve it?”
“Because I can purify! After completely purifying the slime's toxicity, it can be used smoothly. At this time, it was discovered that it has particularly good plasticity and ductility. I don’t know if it’s because it’s part of the body of a Demon King Army executive, but it’s very suitable for making defensive equipment. Under my efforts, this is the final result!”
Aqua introduced proudly.
Yunyun also nodded.
“I also gave a lot of suggestions in it, but Aqua's ability to realize it is still impressive. As expected of the Goddess.”
“Not at all, it's Yunyun who has such whimsical ideas, as expected of the genius of the Crimson Demons.”
The two smiled and flattered each other.
Apart from her main job, Aqua can do everything to the best of her ability. You can call her the Goddess of Banquets, the Goddess of Odd Jobs, or the Goddess of Toilets, but I didn't expect her to become a Seamstress Goddess, and the material she uses is slime!
“So, you're saying this giant slime can be made into armor?”
“That's right! Although it's too soft to be made into a weapon, it has a very good defensive effect when made into armor, almost equivalent to Adamantite ore! The most important thing is that it doesn't have the weight of Adamantite ore, even Kazuma, you can easily equip it! How is it, isn't it amazing!”
“S-So amazing!”
Even Kazuma Sato had to admire this whimsical idea. Making armor out of slime, this idea is too genius!
“Don't praise, basic operation, don't 6.”
In fact, Yunyun was also imitating Shadow-sama.
She didn't have this plan originally, but when she saw this giant slime, a flash of inspiration came to her, and she had this idea.
Unexpectedly, it's really feasible!
“Slime is immune to physical attacks, and also has strong resistance to magic attacks. In addition, this is made from the body of Demon King Army executive Hans-san. If it can retain its toxicity… That's great, it must be a very good product! Aqua-sama, please make a few more pieces, I want to sell them in the magic item shop!”
Even Wiz, who has almost zero sense of business, noticed its market potential.
Darkness twisted her body with a flushed face.
“Made from Hans' body… Doesn't that mean that my body is always in contact with Hans, always intertwined with his flesh… This feeling… Ha… Ha…!”
She started fantasizing again.
The others exchanged glances.
“Well, Darkness doesn't need it.”
“That's right, her body is already very hard, so she doesn't need this kind of thing.”
“That's what I think too.”
“D-Don't, don't exclude me! B-But, being bullied by my companions like this is also… so great…!”
The cry of the perverted female knight came from the back mountain.
Seriously, she is invincible.