Chapter 29: Chapter 29
Reinhart-san won’t be able to join us in the afternoon training, so our group only consisted of me, the ojousama, the madam, and Reinbach-sama .
“Good grief, father always ends up like that when it concerns his work…” [Elialia]
“I can’t believe he actually neglected Ryoumkun and his own daughter . ” [Elize]
“I’m partly responsible for this too… But at least he’s really devoted to his work, right? I mean wouldn’t it be worse if it was the other way around?” [Ryouma]
“Maybe… We’re here . ” [Elize]
As the 2 adults led us, before we knew it, we were right before the entrance .
“From here on, the two of you should be the ones to decide how to proceed . Me and grandpa will just quietly follow . We’ll help out when things look bad, but don’t expect us to provide any help other than that . ” [Elize]
“We’re here to help Elia gather experience, after all . Ryoumkun you already have plenty of experience, so I’ll have to ask you to let Elia make her own decisions . ” [Reinbach]
All of the sudden, the ojousama has her work cut out for her .
“I’ll do my best . ” [Elialia]
“I understand . ” [Ryouma]
Seeing how the ojousama wasn’t perturbed in the slightest, it seems she’s used to these two suddenly giving her an assignment .
We continued into the tunnels without a word of complaint from the ojousama .
The tunnel this time was a lot bigger than before, and parts of the walls were covered in moss .
We could slip if we’re not careful, so we better watch our step .
“It’s dark, so I can’t see very far . ” [Elialia]
I’ve realized this since this morning, but it seems unlike me who’s used to hunting in the night, the ojousama has a hard time seeing in dark places .
“Ryoumsan, you have experience hunting in the night, right? Do you use light magic then?” [Elialia]
“Only if I don’t mind others noticing me . Otherwise, I use the neutral spell, Search . There’s still a chance the target might notice me because of the flow of mana, but the odds are much lower . ” [Ryouma]
“I can’t use Search very well . How do you do it? I know I’m supposed to spread my consciousness, but I don’t really get it . ” [Elialia]
Search, huh . Well…
After thinking a little, I made a vessel out of stone using earth magic, and then filled it with water using water magic .
“Please look at this . ” [Ryouma]
“?” [Elialia]
I threw a stone into into the vessel, and ripples rose on the surface of the water .
“Think of the center as you and the ripples as the flow of mana . Make yourself the center of the mana flow while you spread it around you, and when a monster shows up—”
I threw several more pebbles into the vessel, calmed down the ripples with magic, then threw another stone into the center . When I did, ripples appeared again, but the small stones interfered with some of the ripples .
“Mana will crash into the monsters just like these ripples . You should treat that as the reaction a monster or a human gives to Search . ” [Ryouma]
“I see . That’s a lot easier to understand . Umm… ‘Search’!” [Elialia]
When the ojousama invoked the Search spell, a great amount of mana gathered around her . It was an amount I’ve never felt before from anyone else other than myself .
It’s amazing how I can feel the mana hitting against me even without focusing, but if there’s an enemy mage present, we’ll definitely be found out .
Sensing mana is the most basic of basics, so there’s no such thing as a mage that can’t sense mana .
“There’s a lot of something up ahead . ” [Elialia]
“You succeeded . But you should rein in your mana a bit more . If an enemy mage were around, we’d definitely get found out like this . ” [Ryouma]
“R-Really? It seems I really do need to practice some more . ” [Elialia]
“For now, let me be in charge of the front and Search . You just focus on your spells just like you did this morning . ” [Ryouma]
“Alright . I’ll be counting on you, Ryoumsan . ” [Elialia]
I used Search to see what’s up ahead, and just like she said, there were indeed a lot of monsters . But it seemed to be a gathering of many small monsters .
“The road opens up up ahead, but there seems to be a lot of something filling up the ceiling there . I think they might be cave bats . ” [Ryouma]
“Those are probably cave bats, yes . ” [Reinbach]
“Could Elia take them all out?” [Elize]
“That would provide some shooting practice, but if it’s a huge cloud of bats, then it wouldn’t matter if she aimed or not, she’s bound to hit something . ” [Reinbach]
Cave bats are only about as big an adult’s palms and mostly fed on insects . They don’t have a lot of options for attacking, but they do fly around, so they’re ranked F . Even children could beat them, but they can get troublesome when they’re all bunched up . The two adults didn’t look like they wanted to deal with a cloud of cave bats either .
“Then how about we try an experiment?” [Ryouma]
“An experiment?” [Reinbach, Elize, Elialia]
“Yes . If it goes well, then we might be able to take out all the bats in one go . ” [Ryouma]
Volume 2 Chapter 29 part2I double-checked on the ecology of the cave bats, and as expected, they’re no different from earth bats . In that case, I should be able to knock them out if I cause powerful sound waves to erupt .
Stun grenades were a thing in my previous life, so as long as I use my magic, I should manage .
Silent, a spell that seizes the oscillations in the air to mute sound, and its opposite, a spell that amplifies the oscillations in the air to make the sound louder, Big Voice .
Voice Change, a spell that changes one’s voice like when one sucks in helium, and Whisper, a spell that allows one’s voice to reach greater distances .
And lastly, the resulting spell from the fusion of Big Voice and Whisper, Sound Bomb .
All of the above are spells I came up with after much experimentation in the forest .
I came up with Sound Bomb specifically for situations like these . It’s pretty effective too considering it was able to rupture the eardrums of a black bear and knock it out .
I should be able to knock out the bats with it as long as the spell doesn’t fail .
Speaking of Whisper, I practiced it a lot before by talking to myself in my room, but I haven’t used it since .
Anyway, the possible problems I see with this method is one: the tunnel might collapse; two: there might be other people nearby; and three: cave bats might survive .
“You don’t have to worry about the tunnel . This tunnel has been reinforced with earth magic to prevent it from collapsing, so it’s unlikely you’ll cause it to collapse . As for the people, we’ll check with Search to ensure there’s no one in the area, and in the case you’re not able to kill all the bats…” [Reinbach]
“…How about leaving it to my slimes?” [Ryouma]
“Alright . If that’s still no good, I’ll lend a hand . ” [Reinbach]
And with that our plan was decided .
I took out a big sticky slime from my Dimension Home .
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“I’m counting on you . ” [Ryouma]
I ordered the big sticky slime to block the tunnel with its huge body while taking care not to alert the cave bats as it approached them .
With that my sticky net was ready .
Lastly, I erected a sound-muting barrier to cover us .
“I’m ready . ” [Ryouma]
“We’re ready too . ” [Reinbach]
“Then… ‘Sound Bomb’” [Ryouma]
In that instant, a terrifying explosion sounded from outside the barrier . We couldn’t actually hear any of the sounds, but we could still see the shadows falling from the ceiling .
“Looks like a success . Let’s go . ” [Ryouma]
After dispelling the barrier, we continued onwards with the slime net as our shield . Before long we came across a great number of cave bats laid out on the ground .
Almost all of the bats were knocked out .
Of those that did manage to fly away, they did not number even 10 . And yet even then, some of those remaining bats flew in a daze, eventually crashing into a wall .
Some of the cave bats did manage to fly toward our direction, but they immediately found themselves within the sticky slime net .
“Ho, not bad…” [Reinbach]
“You really took them all down with one spell, huh . ” [Elize]
“That’s amazing, Ryoumsan!” [Elialia]
“It’s been a while, but it looks like it’s a success . Cave bats have good ears, but that’s also their weak point . Ah, do you mind if I feed these to my slime?” [Ryouma]
“They’re your spoils . Do as you please . ” [Reinbach]
“Cave bats don’t have any parts worth selling anyway . ” [Elize]
I ordered the big sticky slime to break up and eat the sleeping cave bats . When I did, 364 sticky slimes treated themselves to an eat-all-you-can cave bat buffet .
Oh, it looks like the cave bats can now split again . I’ll have them do it back at the inn .
After that I continued to support the ojousama with both action and word of advice as she hunted the remaining monsters in the tunnel for the next hour .
“Hey, Ryoumkun . ” [Reinhart]
After cleaning up the second tunnel, Reinhart-san was waiting for us at the entrance .
“Did something happen?” [Ryouma]
“It’s about the iron . Can you make me a sample to show to a possible partner? It’d be best if you could make it rectangular like an ingot . ” [Reinhart]
“Sure, no problem . Alchemy also has a formation for changing shapes . ” [Ryouma]
“Really? Then if you could ready one soon, please . ” [Reinhart]
Like that I exchanged places with Reinhart-san and went to work on the ingot .
He offered to help too, but it wasn’t necessary, so I suggested he follow after the ojousama instead .
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It’s not difficult work, after all .
As proof of that, I was able to finish making the ingot almost immediately . It barely took longer than walking to that slag heap .
“Sebasu-san, the ingot is ready . ” [Ryouma]
“Thank you . What will you be doing now, Ryoumsama?” [Sebasu]
“Hmm…” [Ryouma]
After completing the ingot and handing it over to Sebasu-san, I didn’t have anything left to do, so I was thinking of following after the ojousama to help out with her monster hunting, but they’ve already entered for quite some time .
Should I just go ahead and enter a tunnel on my own? But the monsters around here are weak, so there’s not much merit in fighting them, and it’s also questionable whether that’s a good idea considering how much time we have left… Moreover, our main purpose here is to scout out the place . A lot of adventurers are gonna be hired to take care of the monsters here, so there’s no reason to rush . Huh, in that case, I think I’ll just let the slimes split .
“I think I’ll just let the slimes split for now . After that I’ll contract them and do some training . ” [Ryouma]
“In that case, please use the corner over there . It’s open and if something happens, we’ll be able to hear you . ” [Sebasu]
And so, that’s what I did . After the slimes split, I leisurely spent the remaining time training .
One hour later .
The ojousama and the others came back . They walked over to where me and the slimes were .
“Ryoumsan!” [Elialia]
“O-Ojousama . Are you done with your training?” [Ryouma]
“Yes . We’re done for today . Actually, I have a present for you . ” [Elialia]
“Present?” [Ryouma]
“He he he… I think you’ll like it very much, Ryoumkun . ” [Elize]
As the ojousama and the madam said that, Reinhart-san came with a box of stone .
“Inside is a monster . It’s weak, but you should still be careful when you open it . ” [Reinbach]
When I heard from Reinbach-sama that a monster was inside, I carefully opened the lid . In the next moment, I saw the monster inside .
“A slime?” [Ryouma]
Inside was a dark gray slime, a slime I’d never seen before . It wriggled about inside the stone box as if it were looking for the exit .
“It’s one of the many advanced slime variants, a metal slime . We stumbled onto it by coincidence and caught it . ” [Elize]
“I can have this? Really? Thank you so much! I’m so happy! I have another slime variant I can add to my collection . ” [Ryouma]
“It may be a slime, but you should still contract with it first . ” [Reinbach]
Oh, right .
Just as Reinbach-sama reminded me, I went ahead and formed the contract . After that the metal slime started behaving within the box . When I lifted it up, it was indeed made of metal and was harder than any slime yet .
So this is a metal slime . I guess it must feed on metal then .
“Reinhart-san, could I get some of the iron soil around here to feed this slime?” [Ryouma]
“You’re going to feed it with soil?” [Reinhart]
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“That or the iron from it . I also want to run some experiments with the other slimes . ” [Ryouma]
“Take as much as you want . Originally, all this soil would have just been treated as trash . If not for you, we would have never looked at it again . ” [Reinhart]
“Thank you so much!” [Ryouma]
It should be fine if I get just enough to fill a corner of the Dimension Home .
Will the slime eat iron? Will a slime turn into a metal slime after eating iron? Or will it turn into something else? …I can’t wait to find out .
“By the way, Ryoumsan . What were you doing?” [Elialia]
“Oh, I was letting the slimes split just a while ago, and then after that I thought I’d train them a little…” [Ryouma]
“Train? You mean the slimes?” [Elialia]
The ojousama could not comprehend .
Well, it’s not like I don’t understand .
She might understand how convenient slimes are, but I’m sure she still can’t see them as anything but useless in battle .
Slimes are weak, after all . I mean they’re G-Ranked monsters that even children can beat .
But the truth is that slimes possess a super flexible semi-liquid body that won’t die unless the nucleus is hurt .
Slimes can move their nucleus anywhere in their body, so if for example a slime is kicked somewhere, it could simply move its nucleus away to protect it while nullifying the damage with its semi-liquid body .
At first, that was just a theory of mine, but after spending a lot of time training with the wild slimes – and I mean a lot of time since at one point I even thought it was hopeless – the slimes became agile .
They learned to use basic martial arts, allowing them to dodge an incoming weapon while rushing into the enemy to secure his arm .
They learned how to use their semi-liquid body to parry attacks – My teachings focused mainly on defense and evasion – And today, there are even some among them who can extend a part of their body and use it to control a spear or a rod .
“That being said, they still can’t beat a goblin one on one . They just really lack the overall strength needed . ” [Ryouma]
“Not at all! I think it’s plenty amazing that a slime’s actually learned to use weapons . ” [Elize]
“Ryoumkun, what do you think about attending a short course for beginners at the tamers guild? It might do you good to learn some common sense for once . ” [Reinbach]
“Maybe he should be teaching them instead…” [Reinhart]
It looks like they’re starting to get that my slimes are amazing, but… That was uncalled for .
The expression on the three adults quickly changed to that of exhaustion as they listened to the crazy things my slimes can do .
Before long the ojousama came to ask for help and I went to get my red soil .
After that I spent some time until it was time to go back .
By the time we left, there was a mountain of red blocks at a corner of my Dimension Home .
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