Madman in a Fantasy World – Chapter 46

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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After leaving the Adventurer’s Guild, I stopped by the blacksmith, which I hadn’t visited in a while, to prepare for the hunt.

Clang, the familiar sound of the bell.

“Hey, mister~ we’re back~”

“What, you were alive? I thought you were dead since you hadn’t come for so long.”

“Hey, the world would end if I died, you know?”

Honestly, with that idiot possessed by Arthur, I think there’s a 90% chance the empire will fall if things go as in the original story.

“Yeah, yeah. You’re great. You’ll be an S-rank adventurer in no time.”

“Mochiron. I’m already in the middle of the C-rank promotion quest.”

“Wha, what? You little brat, already C-rank?”

“Talented people rise quickly, you know.”

S-rank? If it were me, even SS-rank would be easy.

Though SS-rank doesn’t actually exist.

“By the way, kid, it seems like the number of girls around you increases every time you come.”

“It’s the inevitable fate that girls are attracted to a strong man, you know?”

“You’ve become even more cocky since I last saw you…”

But for a guy like me, only having two is actually a small number, don’t you think, mister?

“Your shop is still as deserted as ever.”

“Mind your own business.”

He’s secretly happy that I came, but he’s just pretending not to care.

“Luna, do you need to buy anything?”

“Not really.”

Saving money on hunting isn’t really a good choice.

A true hunter doesn’t hesitate to use any means when hunting, right?

“What about you, Yui?”

“M-me?”

“Yeah, you.”

Since she was a shut-in until recently, she seems amazed every time we go somewhere, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

Even now.

“I’m a mage, so I don’t think there’s anything I need here.”

Yui, that’s what you call a fixed idea.

It’s a very dangerous thing that eats away at people’s imagination.

Isn’t it possible for a mage to swing a staff and blow up a monster’s head?

There are even magical girls who throw magical punches.

A strength-focused mage is pretty normal.

Nowadays, there are even healers who smash monster heads with maces.

“Then I guess it’s just me who needs something.”

I took out the limbs of the Iron Golem I caught last time from my inventory.

“Mister, can you make a circular plate out of this?”

“What did you bring this time?”

“An Iron Golem.”

“An Iron Golem… I guess a lot has happened since I last saw you…”

“Not really?”

There were a lot of things, but were they difficult? Not particularly.

Everything was actually quite easy.

Was possession always this easy? It’s so different from what I knew that it feels surreal.

Even if they are extras, the possessed go through all sorts of hardships, but since I was possessed, I’ve only been endlessly provoked, but there hasn’t been anything I’d call hardship.

“It’s easy to make, but why not a weapon with such good material?”

“What’s the point of having many weapons when neither of them can use them?”

Honestly, I’m satisfied with the weapon I’m using now.

“If I’m going to change weapons, I’ll change to something better later.”

I made my current weapon out of necessity because I had nothing to use at the beginning of the possession, but it’s beneath my pride to make one from a mere C-rank monster.

I’ll make one from the material of an S-rank monster after I smash its head.

“If you say so. So, how should I make it?”

“Just as wide and large as possible.”

“It’s easy to do… but what are you going to use it for?”

“I need it for my C-rank promotion quest.”

“Is that so… I still have no idea what you’re trying to do. Alright, I’ll make it, so come pick it up tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

The next day.

Right after picking up the item from the blacksmith, we immediately took a carriage to our destination.

The destination was the Slime Hill, far from the empire.

The name Slime Hill is a joke in itself, and when I asked why it was so far away, they said it was more strange to have such dangerous monsters near where people live.

In my knowledge, slimes were common monsters that could be found even in nearby grasslands.

I lost my words in the face of this reality that defied common sense, a reality that bore no resemblance to anything I knew from my past life.

Clatter.

In the carriage moving on the unpaved road, I thought.

‘I’m bored.’

Even in my past life, when I had to travel long distances, I would spend hours on a bus or in a car.

But at least then I had a smartphone. Now, the ride is terrible, and no matter where I look, there’s nothing but fields and trees, nothing to see.

“Yui, I’m bored.”

“W-what can I do for you?”

“I don’t know. Do something.”

“Even if you say that…”

If your master is bored, you should create something to do.

“I feel like it would be fun to kill you.”

Hunting is the most fun, after all.

Even if she hasn’t awakened, she’s a vampire queen, so wouldn’t I easily level up by 5 or so?

Just imagining it makes my mouth water.

“H-hiik…! I’ll do it! I’ll do anything! So please don’t kill me!”

As I licked my lips, Yui, startled, quickly raised both palms and created a blood orb.

It was a technique using blood magic.

The blood orb soon took on a human form and began to fight on Yui’s palm.

The soldier on the left hand fought with a one-handed sword and shield, and the soldier on the right hand fought with a spear.

The scene was quite a grand battle, and it was fun, like watching a small play.

“Yes! This is it! Why didn’t you do this earlier if you could!”

“Y-yes! I’ll do my best!”

“…”

“We’ve arrived, sir.”

After watching Yui’s little play for a while.

The coachman stopped the carriage near a place where Slime Hill was visible and let us off.

I asked why he stopped before we even arrived.

He said that coachmen usually don’t go near places with monsters for safety reasons or something.

‘What’s with all this fuss over slimes.’

If a slime pops out in front, just run it over. I don’t get why people in this world make such a big deal out of slimes.

We got off the carriage and watched the coachman leave.

It wouldn’t be a monster that could be dealt with in a few minutes, so I couldn’t ask him to wait this time.

The coachman didn’t seem to like waiting here either, so I just let him go.

Anyway, I brought a tent with the intention of camping on the way back today, so it’s fine.

I took in the field in front of me.

A green sea of grass with trees and rocks sparsely growing.

Even from afar, I could see the slimes, translucent liquids that could be mistaken for water, wriggling about.

It’s not called Slime Hill for nothing; the only monsters around are slimes.

But there were bones and melted flesh in between, suggesting that monsters or wild animals that strayed in were caught and eaten.

On Slime Hill, there were not only normal slimes but also metal slimes with a dark gray color that I saw in a previous quest, and strange slimes with various colors, and there were quite a lot of them.

Without even counting, just by rough estimation, there are easily over 100 of them.

“Just… looking at it makes me lose motivation.”

A prospective C-rank adventurer coming to hunt mere slimes.

“Um… Luke. It might be strange for me, a vampire, to say this, but slimes are actually incredibly terrifying creatures!”

Gone was the tearful look from earlier, Yui spoke with her arms wide open.

She looked exactly like a girl in a dinosaur costume crying ‘Roar!’

She’s probably trying to warn me, but surprisingly, it’s not scary at all.

It even reduces any existing tension.

“Listen, Yui. There’s only one reason why people should be afraid of acid.”

Acid rain.

It causes hair loss.

Honestly, as an ordinary person in Korea, there’s no way I’d see acid strong enough to cause a problem.

If bleach gets on your hands, you just rinse it with water.

‘There are so many ways to use slimes, but here there’s only one useless way. Sigh.’

In an adult novel, it could be used as a sex toy or a condom, but in this world, slimes are made of acid, so they can’t be used as sex toys.

Even if it’s not an adult novel, there are slimes that only melt clothes, providing enjoyment to the reader.

Some worlds even tame slimes and make them the strongest.

Compared to those, the slimes in this world are absolute trash.

Not even a mob, and no utility.

“Luke, how are you planning to hunt today? You haven’t prepared anything other than that mysterious plate you received this morning, have you?”

“That’s enough, what else do I need?”

Well, do I need a nuclear bomb or something?

“But, I don’t see the King Slime?”

“You’re right. Adela wouldn’t have given us wrong information, though.”

She said it was a few meters tall.

Then, on this flat land, it should be visible to the naked eye no matter how far away it is, right?

But I can’t find any monster that could be called a King Slime, no matter how hard I look?

“If it’s not here, shouldn’t we lure it out?”

“How?”

“If we kill the slimes in front of us, wouldn’t it appear?”

“Oh… that’s a good idea.”

I don’t know much about King Slimes, but wouldn’t it be the parent of the slimes in front of us?

Whether it’s the father or mother, if it’s hiding somewhere and watching, it won’t just stand by while its children are being killed.

“Luring it out by killing its children in front of it. Luna, you’re finally starting to become as smart as me.”

“…”

Wow, the luring method is really good, but isn’t the demon god crying unemployed right now?

How can you suggest beating up children in front of their parents to lure them out so casually?

But if there’s no other way, then I guess it can’t be helped.

“Alright. Let’s lure it out right away.”

We started the operation immediately.

I dealt with the metal slimes that were somewhat susceptible to physical attacks, while Luna and Yui handled the rest.

If I set my club on fire, I could probably kill slimes too.

But Yui or Luna can kill them with a single magic shot, so why would I do such an inefficient and bothersome thing?

We hunted for quite a while.

Almost 20 slimes each, close to 60 in total.

Strangely, my level didn’t rise at all.

At first, I thought the slimes, which were so hyped up, were actually just weaklings that didn’t give any experience, but the answer to that question was quickly found.

Just as we were getting tired and thinking of laying down a mat and having a meal before continuing, the slimes suddenly started gathering together, merging as if they were one from the beginning.

“Oh, oh…”

As all the slimes on the field gathered, the amount was substantial.

The more the slimes merged, the larger their volume became.

Finally, a giant slime, 5 meters in size, was completed.

Is this how Pikachu feels when facing a Dynamaxed opponent?

The pressure of a mere slime growing larger before my eyes is no joke.

If even I, a human, feel this way, how must it feel from a Pokémon’s perspective?

If it were me, I would’ve Iron Tailed that piece of shit, Jirachi, in the cheek, knocked it out, and used it as a shield.

‘I wondered why I wasn’t leveling up, but it’s because these were parts of the main body.’

What I had been hunting were just fragments of the King Slime, so of course, my level wouldn’t rise.

If I were to level up by hunting fragments while the main body remained intact, I could have leveled up by cutting off just a finger or toe of any other monster.

“I thought they were its children… but it was the parent itself?”

It’s like cutting off a finger right in front of the person.

Honestly, I thought slimes lacked emotions, but now it seems that’s not entirely true.

How do I know?

Well, it was colorless before, but now it’s turning red like that, what else could it be but anger?

“It’s appeared, Hans!”

“Hans…?”

“There is. An executive of the Demon Lord’s army.”

“…?”

-Bubbling.

Then, bubbles started forming rapidly inside the King Slime’s body.

It spat out liquid from its body as if spitting.

This action was repeated three times.

Of course, we didn’t just stand there and take the hit; we easily dodged it.

-Sizzle…

Then, the trees, soil, and even the rocks behind us began to melt.

It seems to contain a very potent acid.

Maybe the pH level decreases as it gets angrier.

Before coming here, I thought fire was its weakness and was thinking of giving it a warm Fire☆Hug, but now I see that if I did that, not even bones, let alone a corpse, would remain.

I took out popcorn from my inventory and threw it at the slime.

As expected, the popcorn disappeared without a trace in an instant.

“At this rate, it could easily win the Guinness World Record for catching thrown snacks, couldn’t it?”

Just for fun, I threw another one, and this time it shot acid at me.

“Oh, shit, this slime is more vicious than a rabid dog.”

“Luke, what are you going to do now?”

What am I going to do?

“Listen, Luna. It’s slow. The fact that it’s not moving from its spot is proof of that.”

“Yes.”

“We’re going to use our legs, which it doesn’t have.”

“What’s the method?”

The method is, of course…

“Nigerundayo~ (Run away~)”

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