Volcanic Slime
"What is this place?
Are we really in a dungeon?"
A cat-eared girl with black hair and black ears, about 17 or 18 years old, is excited to see the log cabin by the lake, my base of operations on the 22nd level.
"Yeah, and your job from today onwards is to water this vegetable garden!”
I lead her to the garden, which is about 2 tatami mats in size, next to the wooden deck.
"Do I just water this vegetable garden?"
"Yeah, once a day please!"
"I understand! I'll do my best to take care of it, and when I do, please give me Shiro-san's clothes!"
"Yeah!"
"Master, there's no need to be nice to such a greedy woman!"
Shiro has been pouting since yesterday.
Ignoring Shiro,
"So, when will the Demon King be back?"
Asked the cat-eared girl.
"Hmm? Wait a minute! I’m not the Demon King!
I'm an authentic and genuine hero!"
I corrected the cat-eared girl's words.
"That's not possible!
I've never heard of a skeleton hero!"
"It’s true!"
"Surely, you jest!"
"Like I said, it’s true!"
"Again, you're jesting!"
The cat-eared girl doesn't believe me at all...
"Master, I believe that you are a hero!"
Shiro comforted me.
"Shiro, you're the only one who understands me."
"That’s right. So, forget about such a greedy woman!
Now! Let's go, Master!
The adventure of the unexplored floor begins now!"
"Yeah, that's right!"
I somehow regained my composure and started walking with Shiro.
"Hey, wait!
How long are you going to be gone!"
"We'll be back in 10 days."
"What am I supposed to eat!"
"Eat whatever's inside!"
I threw away some of the magic bags I stole from the adventurers yesterday to the cat-eared girl, and headed to the lower level.
ーーーー
I was damaged by the cat-ear girl, whom I had invited in with the best of intentions, and headed straight down to explore the lower levels.
"Master! Like I said, that woman is no good!
That woman is only interested in money, just like when Master was a Lich!"
Shiro was buzzing all by herself.
"True, but that girl's cherries, they were pale pink and beautiful......"
"If it's a cherry, I'll let you lick mine, so let's evolve quickly and get your tongue back!"
"That's right!"
My goal is set.
I've got to get some flesh on my body.
Without flesh, I would be called a demon king!
As long as I have flesh, I can be a normal hero!
And I can lick cherries as much as I like!
I suddenly felt motivated.
While talking like this, Shiro and I quickly proceed to the 28th level.
To put it bluntly, the monsters from the 23rd level to the 28th level are very strong, but they don't give as much experience as Mithril Slime.
What I'm aiming for is a monster that can give more experience points than Mithril Slime.
For example, I've never seen or heard of it, but it would be helpful if there were Orichalcum slimes.
If there are iron slimes and mithril slimes, I think there will definitely be one.
Well, I don't know if I can beat it...
Just like that, Shiro and I finally set foot on the unexplored 29th level.
The 29th level is an active volcanic stage where a sea of magma spreads out.
Volcanoes are erupting everywhere, creating oceans of magma on the plains.
"Master... it's really hot..."
"Really?"
"Master, you don’t know because you only have bones!"
Shiro casually disses me.
But be patient here. Great heroes don't get angry over small things.
"But since you can use fire attribute magic, you have some resistance to heat, right?"
"Even if I have fire resistance, hot things are still hot!"
"Then, how about making ice with water attribute magic and making something like an ice pillow?"
"That sounds great!"
Shiro immediately knits a pillow with thread and puts ice made with water magic inside it to cool her head and neck.
"It feels good~"
"Well, that's good."
While we were talking, a bright red slime suddenly appeared from the sea of magma.
I quickly appraise the bright red slime.
[Volcanic slime, a brutal slime that emits 5th rank fire attribute magic. Aggressive despite being a slime]
"Shiro, this guy looks dangerous!"
"I know!"
When Shiro said that, she used earth magic to create an earthen wall between us and the Volcanic Slime.
Boom*!
The Volcanic Slime's magic attack hit the earthen wall.
"It's a little too powerful, though..."
"Master, please be quiet!
The Volcanic Slime is not compatible with Master!"
Certainly, as Shiro said, I don't have water or earth attribute magic that can deal with Volcanic Slime.
"I'm counting on you!"
"Please leave it to me!"
Spider species are naturally weak to fire attribute magic, but Shiro is no ordinary spider species.
Arachne, the strongest spider species, can use four attribute magic: fire attribute magic, earth attribute magic, water attribute magic, and wind attribute magic.
Shiro ran up the earthen wall she had built and threw the ice pillow at the Volcanic Slime.
Pshhh*!
The ice pillow hits the Volcanic Slime perfectly.
Then, from the Volcanic Slime, a steam overflowed.
"Is it working?"
"Yeah, it's working! Shiro, hit it with ice as hard as you can!"
"Understood! 3rd rank water magic, Ice Lance!"
Shiro fired Ice Lance four times in quick succession at the Volcanic Slime.
Crash*, crash* crash*ーー!
All of those ice spears hit the Volcanic Slime.
Pssshhhh*ーー!
The Volcanic Slime disappears along with water vapor.
Then, after a while, when the steam cleared, the vicious Volcanic Slime that had been there earlier was gone.
It looks like Shiro has succeeded in defeating the volcanic slime.
"You did it."
"It was quite a formidable enemy..."
"Yeah, if I was alone, I would never have been able to defeat it..."
"It's okay! I'll protect Master!"
"Shiroーー! You, you really are!"
In this way, perhaps due to the suspension bridge effect, the bond between Shiro and I became even stronger as we both defeated the powerful Volcanic Slime.
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