I love time travel the most!

"Did I bother Mr. Hans? I just wanted to say hello because I hadn't seen Mr. Hans in a long time..."

"That's an obstacle!"

I really don't know if she's just naturally a bit dim-witted or doing it on purpose, but Hans, whose identity has been exposed, strikes a pose.

"Wiz, what are you planning to do? Are you going to fight me, or just let me go?"

It seems he was only wary of Wiz.

Wiz quickly said, "How can this be, Mr. Hans? These are all my friends, so can we have a proper talk..."

"Talk it over? Hahaha, you've become so long-winded since you became a lich. When you were still an archmage constantly hunting us down, you would never have said anything like 'Let's talk it over'."

"Hmm... I didn't know how to think things through back then..." the lich girl said shyly, fidgeting.

Kazuma Sato couldn't stand it any longer and stepped forward, saying, "Wiz, he's someone you know, right? If you don't want to fight, then step back. My name is Kazuma Sato, a man who has fought against many powerful enemies. No matter if you're from the Demon King's army or whatever, I will defeat you."

"He doesn't back down at all in front of me. I see, it seems he wasn't just bluffing."

Hans became interested and widened his eyes, saying, "A mere adventurer dares to challenge me? It's been a long time since I've encountered something like this! Everyone else is kneeling on the ground, begging for forgiveness, after seeing my true nature. It seems you have quite the backbone."

What are you talking about, you mere slime?

Just as Kazuma Sato was dismissing it with disdain, Hans opened his arms and shouted, "My name is Hans, I am a cadre of the Demon King's army, a mutant of the deadly poison slime, Hans!"

"...What did he just say?"

Sato Kazuma seemed to have heard the words "Demon King's Army cadre" and Wiz's explanation came at just the right time.

"Mr. Kazuma! Mr. Hans is one of the officers with the highest bounty among the Demon King's troops. He's very strong, so be careful!"

When Hans was fully formed and appeared with a massive body, Kazuma Sato screamed in despair:

"—You call this a slime?!"

Chapter 413 You can't win, you don't have the strength, you know that, right?

As is well known, in typical fantasy MMORPGs set in another world, slimes are the lowest-level monsters, easily defeated by newbies.

But from some point onward, the slimes sounded the horn of counterattack.

They transformed into beings that people had to look up to, and some even became the lords of monsters.

Unlike his cries of "I'm not a bad slime," Hans's presence alone, with the poisonous gas emanating from his body and the oppressive aura emanating from his massive frame, gave Sato Kazuma and the others a headache.

Not anymore!

The opponent is a high-ranking officer of the Demon King's army, with strength comparable to the Headless Horseman and Banir. These few people alone cannot defeat him.

However, at such a dangerous moment.

"Why are you taking off your gear, you perverted knight! Even if you want to do some special play, at least consider the occasion!"

"What are you talking about, Kazuma? Do you think I'm such a reckless person?" Darkness retorted immediately upon hearing her companion's rebuke.

I really wanted to criticize her for being such a pathetic person, but I chose to listen to her explanation.

"Slimes are formidable enemies! Physical attacks are almost ineffective, they are highly resistant to magic, and they have huge appetites, eating anything. Once you get entangled with one, you're probably doomed. They shed their armor because they can sneak in through gaps, stick to your body, dissolve your prey with their digestive juices, or suffocate it by covering its mouth and nose."

"So, the armor that restricts movement has become a constraint?"

Kazuma Sato wasn't an idiot, and he quickly understood the meaning behind Darkness's words.

More importantly, the enemy is a deadly poisonous slime. The fact that it can contaminate so many hot springs throughout the town and harm humans speaks volumes about its potency.

If you were to encounter this, you would most likely die on the spot!

This is bad; my legs have started to tremble.

Kazuma Sato immediately shouted, "Kobayashi-senpai, quickly use your invincible Ryuzu to think of a solution!"

"No chance, no chance. Didn't you listen to Darkness just now? Physical attacks are useless, but magic resistance is very strong."

Kobayashi's threads are currently unable to bind liquids, and all her skill points have been allocated to [Explosion Magic].

Needless to say, even if Liu Zi, who uses pure physical attacks, pauses time and cuts the enemy into tens of millions of pieces, she still cannot damage the enemy's essence.

The only ice-attribute magic that can counter enemies...

Unfortunately, none of the people present were good at it... except for Wiz, who was unable to act due to an agreement.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's poke some oil on the road!"

"Alright, go for it, brave adventurer! Let me have some fun... Hey, why are you running away!"

Hans, who was still making threats, had just struck a pose when he saw Sato Kazuma, who had his back to him, running away with all his might.

"Wait, wait, Mr. Kazuma—! Wait a minute—! Wait for us!"

"You bastards, hurry up and catch up! Or I'm going to abandon you!"

Kazuma Sato perfectly illustrated the meaning of "whoever runs the slowest is in the front row" through his actions.

He was complaining of being tired just now while climbing the mountain, but now he's running like the wind. That scumbag who only cares about himself, he keeps running forward without stopping at all.

There is nothing we can do about this.

It's terrifying to think that you could die from just one touch.

Compared to the previous two Demon King's officers, the Poisonous Slime Hans is the most formidable enemy so far.

"Darkness, run! People are going to die if you do that! Give up!"

"Ah... a slime... it's rare to find a slime."

Darkness's reluctant sigh came from behind, and Megumin grabbed her hand and quickly followed.

I can totally understand why the perverted female knight can't control her agitation when she sees a slime, but she can't stop the attack or cause any damage, and getting entangled with the enemy will only make her companions busy and flustered.

"Mr. Kazuma was out of breath climbing up the mountain, but he came down very quickly..."

Wiz was desperately chasing from the back, while Kobayashi was only slightly faster than the magnanimous lich girl. It wasn't that she didn't want to be in the lead, but rather that the view was better here.

"What a joke! You talked so much nonsense and provoked me, but then you ran away. Don't you feel ashamed as a human being?!"

Following at the very back was Hans, who had regained his human form and was blushing.

"I am an adventurer, that's true, but I'm still the weakest professional adventurer (a novice). How could I possibly deal with a Demon King's army officer!"

"What do you mean by the weakest profession? You actually... what?"

Suddenly, Hans stopped in his tracks.

He seemed to sense that something was wrong.

"You're the weakest adventurer? Not in the general sense of adventurer, but as an adventurer by profession, like mages or priests?"

"Yes, yes, what can I do for you?"

"hiss----"

Hans's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, but he then closed them and sighed. It was clearly a slime, yet its reactions were just like a human's.

"I'll let you go, now get lost!"

After saying this harshly, Hans turned around and retraced his steps, heading back towards the source. He was clearly intending to finish the work he hadn't completed earlier.

Kazuma Sato wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, relieved to have escaped death, and said, "Phew, that's it."

"Solve my foot! What can we do? He's gone back to the source!"

Aqua grabbed his collar.

If this cowardly man hadn't turned and run away, the rest of the team wouldn't have been caught up in the atmosphere.

"But do you have a way to defeat that guy? Senior Kobayashi isn't good at dealing with that kind of enemy, Wiz can't make a move, and Darkness can't withstand Hans's poison. Do you want to send Megumin and Yuyu to fight?"

"Um... if we use explosion magic on Mr. Hans, his body will scatter everywhere after the explosion, polluting the entire area."

"Look. And I'm not bragging, but I really wasn't of any use this time."

Kazuma Sato also has something to say.

What is the enemy's configuration? What is our own configuration?

Can you win?

We can't win; we don't have the ability, you know?

"So Aqua, why don't you just abandon the hot springs in this town and create a new industry instead? And honestly, isn't the Axis Cult a bunch of useless guys?"

Kazuma Sato tried to reason with her, but Aqua resorted to force, grabbing him by the neck and refusing to let go.

half an hour.

“I understand… In that case, I’ll purify that slime!”

The foolish goddess uttered such reckless words. Then, before anyone else could speak, she quickly caught up with Hans, who had already gone far away.

Darkness and the others followed.

"This is really a headache."

Kazuma Sato rubbed his head.

Looking at the man beside him, he asked, "Senior Kobayashi, you should have a way to resolve this situation, right? Why don't you lend a hand?"

"Why are you so sure? I'm not Doraemon, I can't help with everything."

"But Senior Kobayashi must have a way, right? After all, you didn't deny it just now."

"...Hehe, that's an interesting answer."

Kobayashi's smile remained unchanged.

Although it was meant to be a clever trick, Kazuma Sato still sensed that something was wrong.

Having exposed the enemy's objectives several times before, even if they couldn't find out again, they should have been alerted after his reminder. But even so, they chose to remain silent, along with Kazuma Sato.

There must be some reason.

"To give Aqua something to do."

"It's that simple?!"

“Sato-kun. Think about it carefully. Aqua is a goddess, but what has she been doing all this time? She either eats and sleeps or causes trouble everywhere. If this continues, her brain will be full of water! That's why I let her do as she pleases. You've noticed, haven't you? As long as the Axis Cult is involved, Aqua's mind becomes exceptionally sharp.”