Chapter 101: Sticky Situation (3)
Seeing the behaviour of the small slime in front of the group slowly moving towards them, Shinto and the rest were baffled at the situation.
"T-They really are plotting to kill us!" Kon cried out.
"Argh... did we let our guard down too much?" Shinto clicked his tongue as he held onto his staff tightly, quickly observing the conduct of the slimes.
"Gloop!" With his eyes on the monsters, he saw that they were wriggling about in a frenzy. "Gloop!!"
"Those slimes aren''t moving near us, but they seem scared?" Frey thought to herself. "...ahh! I don''t get what''s going on!"
"Ugh. Neither do I," Ethaniel frowned at the current predicament that they were in, slowly unsheathing his sword to prepare for any attacks.
"W-what do we do?" Kon muttered out. "It seems like we still have the first move if we do something right now..."
"This situation..." Shinto mumbled in an unsure tone. "I''m not sure..."
From the looks of things, if the group were to do any wrong moves, the slimes around them might swoop in and kill them off in an instant. By estimation, there seemed to be around ten to twelve slimes in the vicinity, and this was only in the area. Who knew how many more would be up ahead if they were to hear this outcry?
"You''re not sure?" Ethaniel clicked his tongue. "Do we have to run again?"
"No, no!" Frey frantically shook her head. "Nothing of that! Look, look, that little slime is trying to say something!"
"Hah? What can we even get from this?" he raised his brow in confusion, quickly, he moved his eyes over to the slime.
"...gloop! Gloop!" The slime at the front of them seemed to be bouncing up and down in a hurry. Unbeknownst to them of the meaning, the slime continued to do this action,pletely disregarding the tense atmosphere.
"See, see, it''s trying to say something!" Frey pointed out.
"Even if it''s trying to say something, what can we get out of it if we don''t understand theirnguage?" Shinto sighed. Unlike the bizarre words of the Altrguage that he saw in the dungeon before his reset, his passive skill [Eyes of Altric] was only limited to the readings of the Altrguage, not so much for understanding monsters speech.
"Uh... well..." Frey was stumped for words.
"Gloop! Gloop!" The slime continued to bounce.
"-Maybe it''s trying to tell us to follow it?" she tilted her head in uncertainty.
"How does bouncing up and down tell you it wants us to follow it??" Ethaniel said in a confused tone.
"What else could it possibly be huh?"
"I don''t know, maybe it''s asking to go away or something?" Shinto said.
"It''s either the two! I''m taking the former," Frey stated.
"And I''m going with thetter. if he wanted us to follow it, he''d try to bounce up and down and then he''ll try to move ahead whilst looking at us or something!" Ethaniel clicked his tongue.
"Well it''s doing it right now!" she pointed straight to the moving slime, leaping ahead of the halls.
"H-Huh?" Ethaniel blinked at the sight.
"...so, we follow it?" Kon asked, still wary of the surroundings.
"Agh, whatever! Just follow it, I give up!" Ethaniel scoffed.
"Things still don''t make sense though. Why does it want us to follow it?" Shinto questioned.
"Does it look like anyone knows?" he red at Shinto. "We were going to Raina anyways! If there isn''t any interruption, then let''s hurry it up already."
"...ahem. You''re right," he calmly walked forward. "This slime might just lead us to her."
...
Persisting on in the hallway, the group followed after the slime who only bounced up and down. From their surroundings, more slimes appeared, however, those slimes seemed to be watching the group moving.
"...more slimes appeared huh?" Shinto inquired.
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Kon asked. "One wrong move on our side and we''re dead!"
"Bah. Is that all you''re worried about? We should be wondering where the hell this guy is taking us," he said in an annoyed tone.
"Gloop gloop!" From the front of them, the slime stopped at its footsteps. Soon after, he began to jiggle, as if pointing over towards its front.
"Oh? It stopped..." Ethaniel''s eyes narrowed.
"Hmm... if we look upfront- Eh?" Frey blinked at the sight. "Isn''t that the statue we saw earlier?!"
"Gloop!" The slime bounced happily.
"The statue with its sword facing upright..." Shinto muttered to himself. "The boss room?"
"HUH?! The boss room?!" Kon cried out. "Is this slime leading us to our deaths?!"
"It can''t be this easy arriving at the boss room for an instance dungeon, right?" Shinto said in an unsure tone. "I doubt it..."
"Then what can it mean then?" Frey pondered. "The base of where the slimes live?"
"Don''t be stupid. How can that be?" Ethaniel refuted.
"Well, it''s a possibility!"
"Gloop, gloop!" The slime jiggled once again, as the door soon opened.
"Ah... it opened..." Kon said in surprise. "We''re dead aren''t we?"
"Gloop!" The slime seemed to turn towards the group as it bounced. Momentster, it entered the room without waiting for the party.
"Um, what do we do?" Kon muttered out. "...are we just going to go into our deaths?"
"Well in the end we were going to head inside there either way..." Shinto sighed. "There aren''t any corridors or turns while we were moving through the hall, so by logic, Raina should be inside there."
"I''m calling it, It''ll be a den where slimes live!"
"Sure..." he answered half-heartedly as he began to enter the room. Following that, the rest headed in.
The moment the party stepped foot into the room, they were greeted by the sight of a group of slimes, all moving about as if they were moving on with their daily lives. Shelters and shops could be seen in the vicinity.
"...I TOLD YOU!" Frey shouted out. "And you said that it wasn''t possible."
"...bah. I stand corrected then."
"Gloop! Gloop!" Still bickering, they were interrupted as they heard the small slime who had been waiting for them. "Gloop!" Turning in its direction, their eyes opened wide in shock as they noticed arge slime from behind it. This slime was much bigger than any they''ve seen.
"...more hoomans?" An unknown voice spoke out.