I love time travel the most!

"Yeah... indeed."

Kazuma Sato pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Whether it was discovering problems with the hot springs, finding the mastermind behind it all, or mobilizing and defeating the enemy, Aqua was incredibly active in this incident, to the point that it was hard for others to accept.

Kazuma Sato asked curiously, "But the Axis Cult collapsed as a result..."

"Isn't this better?" X2

The two of them spoke in unison, as if by perfect understanding.

Clearly, a consensus was quickly reached during the brief exchange. It would be better for that troublesome religious group to disappear.

Of course, I also want to see what an angry Wiz looks like.

After all, he loves the contrast between cute and unexpected traits!

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"What, you're here again?"

When Aqua rushed to the source, Hans said impatiently, "There's only one source left anyway. Once I've polluted it, I won't need to stay in this hateful town anymore!"

God knows how much suffering he endured while lying in ambush in the town.

Kazuma Sato couldn't help but ask, "How long have you been in this town?... Ah, so you were able to infiltrate this place by posing as the hot spring manager, what did you do to the real manager?"

"eaten."

Hans answered very naturally and very briefly.

“Huh, what you just said…”

“I ate him. I’m a slime, eating is my instinct. Besides, the only thing I can mimic is being eaten…”

"Cursed Crystal Prison!"

Just then, a quiet, cold sound spread across the snow-covered mountain.

"Ughh ...

With a chilling sound, the source of the contamination, along with Hans's outstretched right hand, was instantly frozen.

With his right hand frozen and his entire body fixed at the source, Hans screamed in agony.

Turned.

That was Wiz completely devoid of his usual gentle demeanor, displaying the style befitting the strongest undead—the lich.

She said expressionlessly, "I remember the conditions for maintaining neutrality and not attacking the Demon King's army were limited to targeting adventurers and knights, and not killing members who were unable to fight, right?"

"Wait, wait, Wiz, stop!"

"It's inevitable that adventurers and knights will die in battle; after all, they take the lives of monsters day and night, so they should be prepared to be killed. But... but the old man who manages the hot springs, he hasn't done anything wrong at all!"

"Do you really want to fight me? If we fight here, this area will be polluted...!"

Hans seemed to be about to say something more.

However, Wiz, with a sorrowful expression, calmly made this accusation.

At that moment, someone grabbed Xiaolin's clothes tightly.

Turning his head, he saw Huihui and Youyou clinging tightly to his back, treating him as their safe haven, as well as Aqua, who had just been shouting.

He was probably startled when he saw Wiz get serious and act differently than usual.

"Wiz! Sorry, I have no intention of fighting you! I need to finish my work as soon as possible and get out of here!"

Then Hans cut off his own arm and ran toward the last source.

"Stop right there! Don't even think about running!"

With Wiz joining the fight, the situation immediately reversed.

Originally being chased, Kazuma Sato and the others became the ones chasing the enemy, and under Wiz's intimidation, they even became more assertive in their speech.

“Mr. Hans, I will not let you go any further! Cursed Crystal Prison!”

Just tens of meters from the last source, Wiz's magic froze Hans's lower body.

The slime has strong magic resistance, and it is a mutant slime of the Demon King's army level, yet Wiz was able to freeze it easily.

"Damn it, you really are my nemesis!"

Hans cursed.

But he didn't give up. Instead, he tore off his other arm and threw it towards the source.

"I still have this trick up my sleeve! Wiz, you're still as meticulous as ever, yet you still have a slip-up!"

"Ahhh!" xN

The crowd gasped in astonishment as they watched the arm trace a perfect parabola as it fell toward the source.

And just as it was about to fall into the hot spring—

"Sniper!"

An arrow shot it down.

It was Kazuma Sato who stepped in during the crisis!

Hans stared in surprise, then gritted his teeth and tore his frozen lower body into pieces, throwing them one after another toward the source.

Are they really willing to go to such lengths to address the source of pollution?

"Aqua, quickly give me a luck-boosting buff!"

"I see!"

Large pieces of body debris were thrown towards the source. In desperation, Kazuma Sato had Aqua cast a spell on him to improve his luck. Arrows with enhanced range and accuracy thanks to sniping skills were fired in succession, hitting the numerous pieces that Hans had thrown out without missing a beat.

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Except for Hans.

He burst into a tirade of incredulous anger, yelling, "That's...that's ridiculous! Are you kidding me? How can the hit rate be so absurd?!"

"After all, this man's luck is ridiculously high."

Aqua was also a little jealous.

Compared to Kazuma Sato, her luck has plummeted to the very bottom.

But he was mostly relaxed, and even had time to put his hands on his hips and loudly mock, "Kazuma, you can shoot as much of that stuff as he throws in, right?"

"That's right, I've got it covered... wait?"

Just as Kazuma Sato, who was putting on a brilliant performance, was about to make a boast, he suddenly discovered something.

"What's wrong, Kazuma?"

Just as Aqua asked in confusion, part of Hans's body fell into the source with a plop.

At this moment, Sato Kazuma said in a low voice, somewhat embarrassed:

"...We're out of arrows."

"Huh—!" xN

Everyone present, including Hans, gasped in surprise.

Chapter 414 Hoping the body is alright

Failing at crucial moments has become a tradition in the team.

Needless to say, Aqua and the others, even Kobayashi has had her share of blunders, but this time it was Sato Kazuma who messed things up.

It should actually be considered more of a case of being carried away by success.

"Waaaaaahh ...

Seeing the source of the contamination gradually becoming visible, Aqua screamed and ran over quickly. Ignoring the fact that her hand was burned again, she plunged it directly into the contaminant.

"Purify, purify, purify...!"

"No, no, Lady Aqua! There's a part of Mr. Hans's body inside, and it's a completely different level of contamination from before."

Wiz's advice had no effect.

"It hurts! It's burning! The last source is about to be contaminated, Kobayashi, hurry and think of something!"

"Light of Saber!"

Hearing Aqua's cries for help while enduring the pain, Kobayashi quickly used light magic to cut the contaminated pipe, temporarily saving part of the hot spring. The severed pipe could be completely repaired in no time.

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a cracking sound came from behind them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hans actually completed his transformation, and he became twice the size of his previous size, swelling up to the size of a mansion!

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh————"

Kazuma Sato's voice became high-pitched.

Even a sadistic man who always believed that big is good and big is perfect couldn't help but wonder if he had developed megalophobia after seeing Hans turn into a slime. Would he only be able to date girls with small breasts in the future?

"Mr. Kazuma, get out of the way!"

"Danger, Kazuma!"

What are you looking around for?!

As his thoughts wandered, he heard shouts from others, which startled him awake, and he quickly fled to the side.

The giant slime, which had completely lost its human form and become round like a gummy candy, devoured the nearby trees and absorbed them into its body.

"Oh no, Hans's getting serious!"

Sato Kazuma and the others screamed and fled, running nonstop to avoid being devoured by Hans.

"Wiz, figure out how to deal with that guy! Use that spell you used to freeze him, finish him off quickly!"

"If I use the magic I just used, my magic power isn't enough to completely freeze Mr. Hans, who has grown so large! I need some magic power!"

Upon hearing what the lich girl said, Kazuma Sato immediately thought of Kobayashi.