Chapter 125: In a Different League from Slimes
When I arrived in front of the city gate, carriages and people were frantically fleeing in from outside one after another.
Soldiers were calming them and making sure no accidents occurred.
However, everyone seemed full of their own concerns, and among them were some who fled into the royal capital without listening to the soldiers’ words.
While avoiding the waves of people I approached the city gate, saw a familiar face, and called out.
"Captain! What’s the situation!?"
"Lord Raide! Why are you here!? Evacuate!"
"Never mind that, tell me the situation!"
"Kuh! There are still many carriages remaining on the highway! Blue monsters are coming from behind them! They just keep increasing and won’t stop!!"
To the soldier captain who made a gesture as if to stop my body, I held out a hand in front to stop the captain and looked outside the city gate.
Raising his voice so as not to be drowned out by the surrounding voices, the captain explained.
Today the number of carriages heading toward the royal capital was large despite the rain, and the soldiers at the city gate could not handle them all.
He had sent subordinates running to call for reinforcements from the soldiers and knights of the royal capital, and upon hearing the report of the subordinate he had sent on reconnaissance he had rung the bell.
Hearing the words I slipped past the captain’s side and dashed outside the city gate.
A blue surface visible as if on the horizon — that was all Blue Slimes.
The captain who hurriedly chased after me beside me turned in the direction I was looking and spoke with a frustrated look.
"They look like slimes! Magic doesn’t work, they take in things and increase! We can’t even find the cores! What should we do!?"
"Calm down! Those absorb magic power and increase! You must not use magic!"
"Lord Raide, you know about those!?"
I nodded, took something out from my magic bag, and threw it to the captain.
The captain caught it with both hands, looked at the object with a surprised expression, then raised his face and looked at me.
"If they approach in front of the city gate, smear that on and attack! Absolutely do not use magic, okay!? I’m borrowing one horse!"
"Wai— Lord Raide!?"
"I’m going to the front line!"
I borrowed one nearby horse, mounted it, and made the horse run toward the Blue Slimes.
I had it run a little outside the flow of carriages and people, and took a bow out from my magic bag.
In this event the royal capital is set to not know much about Blue Slimes.
No, actually solid contents are properly recorded in the academy and royal capital documents.
But for some reason they cannot be found at this point.
If told it is the convenience of the event, that is the end of it, but it is extremely bothersome.
I let out a big sigh, tightened my resolve, and made the horse run.
Thanks to the horse I was able to approach close enough to confirm the figures of the Blue Slimes without even taking ten minutes.
The rearmost carriage was visible in the distance, and soldiers were fighting around it.
I could confirm they were soldiers because the soldiers were wearing silver armor.
"Aaaaaah!! Hel— help!!"
When I turned my face to the side at the scream, a soldier who was about to be taken in from the feet by one Blue Slime was stretching a hand this way and shouting.
Its size was larger than a slime, but the color was blue and translucent.
Even though he was wearing armor, the Blue Slime was trying to absorb the soldier.
The worst, a horror, truly!
I immediately attached something to the arrowhead, nocked the arrow on the bow, took aim, and shot.
The moment the arrow hit, together with the sound of something watery bursting with a pashu the Blue Slime vanished.
What remained was only the bodily fluid of the Blue Slime; this is also extremely sticky.
The soldier hurriedly checked his own legs, then frantically stood up and ran toward me.
A face that mixed relief and fear.
He had probably been that scared.
Even I who was watching was scared; the person himself must have been even more so.
"I’m saveddddd!! Thank you! Thank you!!!"
"Ah, don’t mind! What’s the situation!?"
"Quite a few of my comrades have been done in! Damn it! Those things, we can’t tell where the cores are!"
"Can you use light magic!?"
"I can’t! My comrades... my comrades should have been able to!"
"I’ll say it simply! Shine light magic on the Blue Slimes; the place that shines is the core! Do not use magic, all right!?"
"Wha— hey!?"
Perhaps comrades of this soldier, the figures of several running over appeared at the edge of my vision as I raised my voice.
Leaving behind the soldier who said he did not understand the meaning, I made the horse run toward what was probably the rearmost carriage.
Blue Slimes are in a different league from ordinary slimes; they are not simply different in color.
They absorb magic power and continue proliferating, take enemies into their bodies and proliferate further.
The reason the core positions cannot be found is because the cores are the same color as the Blue Slimes and have assimilated.
It is by no means that cores do not exist; they simply cannot be visually confirmed.
While making the horse run and looking around the overflowing Blue Slimes, I became aware that my mood was rising a little.
When free-playing, times often did not match with friends, so I often went alone to difficult places or monsters.
Perhaps I had become used to that; inviting friends became rare, and solo play had become the basis.
When that happens one begins investigating monsters, weaknesses, ecology, and ways of fighting.
Therefore I am familiar with a certain degree of monsters and know their weaknesses.
Of course not all, but for monsters involved in events I know them and can deal with them.
"Not having equipment ready is tough..."
I voiced it as if murmuring and ended up smiling wryly by myself.
The mass of Blue Slimes squirming about looked unpleasant when viewed from the height of the horse.
In that case Silver Wolves have more cuteness.
Those don’t look unpleasant, after all.
While helping the soldiers who were being attacked, I approached the rearmost carriage and strained my eyes.
Then a blue-haired boy was about to have one arm taken in by a Blue Slime.
Come to think of it, this guy had come to the royal capital!
I immediately readied the bow, nocked an arrow, and released it; the Blue Slime that the arrow hit vanished as if bursting.
"Pull him out quickly! Nearby slimes will immediately cling to you!?"
"Yes!! Instructor!!"
At the returning voice I was surprised and opened my eyes wide; a purple-haired boy dragging the blue-haired boy backward as if pulling him.
Why are they together!?
No... confirming where they joined up can wait later.
Perhaps because they had been hidden in the shadow of the carriage and could not be seen, the figures of Foria and the others were also there.
Seeing the figures of Foria and the others I breathed a sigh of relief and raised my voice while continuing to shoot arrows.
"Do not use magic! They absorb magic power and increase!!"
"Raide!?"
"It’s the Instructor!"
"Sha—, the probability of surviving just went up!"
"The Instructor said it, don’t use magic!"
Relieved also at the energetic figures of the adventurers, I immediately tightened my resolve.
I dismounted the horse, approached the carriage, noticed the family crest on the carriage, and twitched my cheeks.
Strange, it’s too far off!
Why, why is a royal family’s carriage appearing in this event!?
The carriage door opened a little, and a girl with shining golden hair and a noble atmosphere peeked her face out.
First Princess of the Kingdom of Libertonia, Arelia Libertonia.
"Lord Raide?"
"!? Please forgive my rudeness! Please escape quickly while you can!!"
"...What does Lord Raide intend to do?"
"Your Highness!"
Princess Arelia tried to say something, but was immediately made to have the door closed by a soldier.
Well, of course she would be scolded if she showed her face at a time like this.
No matter how much time passes, a tomboyish princess.
I told the soldiers to leave quickly and spoke to Foria who had hurriedly approached.
"Foria! Can you use light magic!? Just illuminating is fine!"
"I can, but what are you going to do?"
"Illuminate the Blue Slimes, please!"
"Wait a second!?"
I released arrows at the swarm of Blue Slimes crowding in, approached Roy, and dropped my gaze.
A blue-haired boy distorting his face in fear and trembling with a kata kata — Hirbyde.
Roy’s rival, and the person who pulls students out from the academy.
I handed something from my magic bag to Roy who was glaring at the Blue Slimes with a serious expression.
Roy who hurriedly received it with both hands tilted his head and looked up at my face.
"Roy, escape together with the carriage. If Blue Slimes approach, smear that on and attack. They’ll burst like when I’m attacking!"
"...Understood!"
"Sorry, you’ll probably have questions, but forgive me for now. Go!"
Roy tried to make Hirbyde stand, but perhaps his legs had given out he could not stand.
I called to a nearby adventurer, handed over the bow, and had them shoot in my place.
I held Hirbyde’s body as if in a princess carry and ran toward the carriage together with Roy.
While heading hurriedly, I was inwardly surprised at the sensation of the hands holding Hirbyde.
They had probably wrapped cloth tightly, but when touching one could tell from the sensation.
Hirbyde... you were a girl!?
Character Profiles
＊Foria
Height: 169 cm
Age: 22
White hair — waved and grown to the waist.
Face is a little slender. Soft atmosphere; if she smiles she seems popular with people.
Body type is average; she herself is concerned about her thighs. Breasts are larger than melons.
One of the four-person harem of the man named Grug.
She prefers wearing robe-like clothes based on white and is entrusted with the rear-guard support role.
She possesses the [Recovery] skill that she hides from everyone.
Shocked by being betrayed by Grug, she was wandering and was saved by Raide.
Thanks to Raide and his lovers she recovers her energy.
However, there are still parts she is dragging, and she often consults Nimi and Elysia.
She has interest in Raide who saved her, but before she knows it she ends up comparing him to Grug and falls into self-loathing.
Every time she falls into self-loathing she consults Nimi and Elysia and is comforted.
＊Roy Dragole
Height: 171 cm
Age: 16
Purple short hair.
The only male in the year Raide is in charge of.
The main character in the game.
A slender yet trained body. Gentle facial features and a considerate personality.
Has Lucy, Sealin, and Runen as lovers.