chapter 20

After escaping the cave, I check my status.

Tsumugi(M)

Race: Human

Job: Wizard

Level: 56.

HP: 380/410

MP: 260/290

Attack Power: 380

Defense: 530

Agility: 19

Destiny: 38

Can’t the level go up or …….

My overall status is down, probably because Ouka is leveling up by killing the slimes. I’m glad that she’s doing well.

How about the fact that I”m a magician and I’m losing more and more MP…….

Then the damage to my left hand is reflected in my HP.

This means that wounds caused by the Queen can be healed with the recovery items.

Open the item box.

I put the saber away and took out the bottle with the potion instead.

I opened the lid with my mouth and put it on my left hand.

A green smoke rises and a numbing pain runs through my entire body.

It’s only a moment later, and my left hand is back to normal.

“Phew.”

It’s been a long time since I’ve taken an attack.

The wounds of this world can be managed to some extent. This is because there are people who have recovery potions and recovery magic like Ouka.

But not all of them. I’ve seen all sorts of people since I was summoned to this world, some with scars still on their bodies.

That means that some wounds exist that cannot be fixed by items or magic.

What we do know is that some curses or wounds have passed through too much time and cannot be healed.

Such wounds will not be reflected in your HP; they will not disappear even if your HP is full.

I may have been too distracted.

I didn’t keep in mind that my agility was reduced, which in turn slowed my reactions.

You never know when an attack will cause you great harm.

You don’t take injuries easily just because they might be healed.

I slap my cheek twice with both hands.

Failure is inevitable. Just use the failure to succeed next time.

“Okay.”

Let’s go back to Ouka.

*****

I come back to the big hole and peer inside from the edge.

The lights in the lantern are still on. It seems that the kōmyo stone inside hasn’t been cut off yet.

“…… What?”

I couldn’t hide my surprise at the sight of the lights.

Numerous black stones are scattered on the ground.

A naked Ouka glaring at her enemies.

Beyond that is a mud doll-like object that resembles a human shape.

— it was a Queen acid slime.

Queen Acid Slime

Race: Slime

Level: 16

HP: 256/256

MP: 160/160

Attack Power: 240

Defense: 192

Agility: 208

Abilities: Mimicry

Skill: Absorption and liquefaction

Low level ……? Was she hiding in a swarm of slimes?

And the mimicry is less than perfect for that. It’s as if I’m not used to it.

“Right! It’s my fault!”

With me defeating the queen, the slime swarm needed a new queen to survive and multiply.

Did it metamorphose from the swarm that had been left to Ouka and become a queen?

Does this mean that I needed to pluck the leaves before I cut off the roots?

Ouka noticed something and turned around.

A lone acid slime, perhaps lurking somewhere, came up to Ouka.

“Don’t stick to me anymore!”

Ouka looked flustered and waved her dagger at the slime.

”Ah, fool!”

There is no way you can turn your back on the Queen.

The slime does not attack itself. However, the Queen attacks people for nourishment.

Sure enough, a big hole in the Queen’s lower body.