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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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Since returning to the empire from the Count’s territory, we spent a week without any major incidents.
We didn’t work for a week, we just played.
One day, my past self possessed my body and I slept all day.
This was possible because the original reward of 15 silver coins was tripled, and also because we unexpectedly received 3 gold coins from an emergency request.
What? If you don’t work hard and just play when you have money, you’ll soon spend it all?
There are no banks or interest in this world, and there’s no such thing as an installment savings plan, so what’s the point of working hard to earn money?
Most people here live day-to-day anyway.
Anyway, we’ve been playing and eating for a week, so it’s time to get back to work.
So, after a long time, I came to the Adventurer’s Guild.
“Welcome…”
“Why are you so down?”
Adela seemed a little depressed.
“Yeah… It was a bit more comfortable thanks to that.”
“Who’s been bothering our Adela? Just tell me. As a prospective C-rank adventurer, I’ll teach them a lesson.”
“…”
Then, Adela stared at me intently.
What? Did I unknowingly release some kind of pheromone?
Unfortunately, I can’t control this pheromone, so I can’t stop the attraction.
“Adela. I’m sorry, but I’m not interested in people without combat ability…”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but for some reason, it’s making me angry.”
For some reason, it’s making her angry…?
“Is it that time of the month for Adela?”
“…Are you crazy?”
“Nevermind then.”
It’s not that time of the month, so why is she so sensitive?
“Anyway, what did you do in the Count’s territory to come back with a girl in tow?”
“A girl?”
I turned my head and looked behind me.
Behind me were Luna, as usual, and Yui, a high-class slave I picked up this time.
But Yui looks like a child at first glance, so I guess she thought she was a kid.
She doesn’t even know that she’s the oldest one here.
“She’s a high-class sla… I mean, a new party member.”
“We don’t say we ‘picked up’ a party member…”
What’s wrong with that?
“Anyway. We caught an Iron Golem, so can we take the C-rank promotion exam?”
I assume that during the week we were playing, the news that we successfully resolved the missing persons investigation request from the Count arrived, and there must have been talk about the Iron Golem as well.
I think that’s enough to qualify for C-rank.
“Yes. I heard the news through the Count’s letter. Although it turned into a raid, the results were good, so the Guild Master believes you have met the requirements for the promotion exam.”
“Really? That’s a shame.”
“…What is?”
“If they said it wasn’t enough, I was going to beat up all the C-rank adventurers here to prove my strength.”
I took a quick look around the inside to see if there were any good C-rank adventurers, and for some reason, all the adventurers who met my eyes avoided my gaze.
Sigh.
Adela shook her head.
For some reason, she seemed to have another wrinkle on her forehead.
“I’ll explain, so please hurry up and go.”
“You don’t even doubt that I’ll fail anymore?”
“Haha… Right. It would have been nice if you at least lacked in ability.”
“Just kidding.”
Since we’re close, she even jokes like that now.
But her eyes look lifeless, maybe she’s sick.
Adela took out a large book from the bookshelf and opened it, just like last time.
She flipped through the book again, I guess she has memorized where everything is in that big book.
“Just like last time, it’s the easiest quest.”
“I’d prefer the most difficult one.”
Choosing only the difficult ones is the secret to rapid advancement.
“…At least look at it before you speak.”
“Okay.”
“I recommend that you check it once since it’s now a 2-3 person party.”
“Okay.”
The first monster.
Salamander. Also known as the Fire Lizard.
It covers its body in flames and uses close-range attacks.
The easiest way to hunt it is to bring someone who can use water.
Alternatively, hiring a porter to carry a barrel of water is also a method.
“Adela, I think this information is wrong.”
“Huh? Where?”
“Why do we need to use water? Can’t we just kill it while it’s hot?”
“…If that were possible, everyone would do it. People get burned when they touch fire, Luke.”
“No, it was just a little hot.”
“Yes, yes. I’m sure you did.”
“It’s true.”
She doesn’t believe me.
Judging by the fact that the easiest one is a Salamander, the monsters are definitely of a higher grade than the ones we saw during the last promotion exam.
“What’s after the Salamander?”
I won’t do it anyway, but I’m curious what’s there.
There are many monsters in this world, but because it’s academy-focused and monsters are unintelligent, more demons and devils appear than monsters.
The protagonist grows by beating them up.
So, the Ogres and Iron Golems we caught last time were monsters that never appeared in the story.
“It’s a Ghost.”
“A Ghost? The Ghost I know?”
“I don’t know what kind of Ghost you know, but it’s probably the same.”
A ghost is C-rank?
And it’s stronger than a Salamander?
I don’t get it.
“Isn’t a Salamander stronger than a Ghost?”
“That’s true when considering only a single entity. But Salamanders are solitary creatures, while Ghosts are monsters that appear in abandoned graveyards, so they appear in groups.”
Oh, so the conclusion is that there’s no match for a group beating.
“Moreover, Ghosts are spirits, so physical attacks don’t work on them. The only means of attack is magic or magical items, but it’s not cost-effective to use a magical item just to catch a Ghost, so parties without a mage don’t even go there.”
Salamanders are difficult to approach because they’re covered in fire.
Physical attacks don’t work on Ghosts because they’re spirits.
Is there some kind of warrior discrimination in C-rank? They say this and that is not allowed.
I didn’t plan on catching it anyway, and I don’t have a way to catch it.
If I were to catch it, should I hold a torch and dance?
Why bother thinking about it when I don’t plan on catching it.
“The last monster is on the next page.”
“Okay~ Let’s see the last monster~”
The long-awaited last monster.
With a pounding heart, I turned the page of the book.
Then, the first thing that caught my eye was the name of the monster.
King Slime.
…I thought I might have seen it wrong, so I blinked once and looked again.
Still King Slime.
I wondered if I was hallucinating, so I rubbed my eyes and looked again.
But still King Slime.
I wondered if it was just a slime in name and a different monster in gel form, so I looked at the picture below.
Round and smooth even in the picture.
No arms, no legs, no mouth, no face, just a smooth appearance.
It was the same slime I knew.
“Fu, fu-cking, fu, fu-cking, fu, fu-cking slime!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????”
The same fucking weak monster slime that’s on par with the Goblins I know?!
There are many worlds where slimes are not weak these days, but was this one of those worlds!?
“Wh-what’s wrong all of a sudden…?”
“Luke, calm down a little.”
Adela, startled by my sudden outburst.
And Luna, trying to stop me from behind.
“No, how can an Ogre and a Salamander be pushed aside for a mere slime!!”
“M-mere, you say! King Slimes are different from ordinary slimes, they’re very dangerous monsters!”
“That’s the problem!”
Ugh, I want to give the author a good hard flick on the forehead.
Well, slimes can be strong depending on the setting.
But why did you make the other monsters so well, only to have a slime suddenly pop out here?
Is it because it won’t appear in the story, so you just made it as dummy data?
“I don’t know why Luke is like this, but King Slimes are more dangerous than you think.”
“What is?”
My mood is ruined, so no matter what I try to do, only cynical words come out.
“Even the weakest ordinary slime is made entirely of acid, so if you touch it, your flesh will melt. Moreover, it doesn’t have a core like a golem, so most physical attacks are ignored.”
No… It’s a common setting, but it feels a bit strange to hear such a serious explanation about a mere slime, different from the slime I know.
Is it going to have Tempest attached to the end of its name?
Then I’d acknowledge that it’s strong.
“Most means it doesn’t completely not work, I suppose.”
“Even so, blunt weapons like hammers are more effective than slashing weapons like swords.”
It’s called a blunt weapon, but the conclusion is that you can only use a blunt weapon or a hammer.
It’s made of acid, so I can’t just punch it.
I know the best blunt weapon, but unfortunately, there are no heavy types of machinery in this world, so I can’t do that.
“But last time, the Metal Slime was E-rank?”
“Metal Slimes are closer to solids than liquids, so even people without magic can easily catch them.”
Metal Slime is usually an evolved species of slime…
It’s somehow degraded here.
I read the description in the book belatedly.
A slime that is several meters in size.
Its entire body is made of acid, making its very existence a threat to humans.
It traps its opponents in its body and melts them to death.
Its usual weakness is magic, especially fire magic, and conversely, it is necessary to refrain from using water magic. This is because it absorbs water and increases in size.
Contrary to its appearance, it is quite an intelligent monster, so caution is required when fighting.
“Sigh, this is the strongest one, so I have to do this, I guess.”
“Um… Luke? We don’t have a fire mage in our party, do we?”
“We don’t.”
“Then how are you going to catch it…?”
“If we don’t have one, we do it without one. What can’t we do? There’s nothing we can’t do in this world, Luna.”
You probably haven’t heard of it because there are no soldiers in your world.
The moving castle of the army.
There’s nothing impossible in this world.
“Honestly, this time I’d like to agree with Luna’s opinion. Luke’s main attack is physical.”
If people are told not to do something, they want to do it.
“There’s no time to hesitateeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I burst out of the Adventurer’s Guild.
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