Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 158 Overwhelming Aura

"Wait, wait! You idiot, are you even listening to me?!" Sato Kazuma exclaimed, somewhat agitated. "He's a high-ranking officer in the Demon King's army! A high-ranking officer in the Demon King's army! How could we possibly possibly defeat him?!"

"Kazuma, why are you such a coward!? We've already defeated the Headless Horseman and the Clairvoyant Demon, so even if another Demon King's army officer comes along, it'll be a piece of cake!?"

"That's right, my explosion magic is invincible!"

Aqua and Megumin were shouting and acting completely fearless. Darkness, on the other hand, had been muttering things like, "Will the slime play a suffocation game?", "It must feel amazing to have all the holes in its body blocked up", and "Crawling in through the gaps in its armor"—things that made it hard to believe.

Sato Kazuma was disappointed in this group of idiots with inexplicably overflowing confidence. Thinking of something, he whispered to Charlotte, "So, Charlotte, can you handle this?"

"Well—I'm sorry, it might not be possible this time."

"Really? We're all counting on you! Don't let us down at a time like this!"

"Thank you for your high hopes, but you should know that I am essentially just a priest. Even if my fists are powerful, but—"

"Yeah, he's a slime!"

"It's so good that you understand."

Just as Aqua's Divine Light Fist had no effect on the giant toad, Charlotte's fists would probably have no effect on the Poisonous Slime Hans either. This kind of soft monster, which is immune to beating attacks, is naturally at odds with him.

Let me reiterate one point.

Although they were speaking softly, in this silent battlefield where tensions were building, speaking softly was meaningless.

Therefore, Hans also heard it.

"Hahaha, it seems Ms. Yasaka was right! She told me you excel in close combat and don't use weapons, and I'm your nemesis! That's why she entrusted me to finish you off here!"

He laughed triumphantly.

"Tsk." Kazuma Sato curled his lip in displeasure. "What good can a mere slime do, even if it's a high-ranking officer in the Demon Lord's army?"

The adventurer, who was just moments ago trembling with fear at the mention of the Demon King's army officers, is now scoffing at the sight of slimes. It's unclear which side of him is truly the same. However—

"Hmph, mere slimes? -- It's been a long time since I've encountered anything like this! After seeing my true nature, everyone knelt down, covered their heads, and begged for forgiveness. Looks like you all have quite the backbone!" With those exaggerated, leader-like lines, Hans spread his arms. "My name is Hans! I'm a cadre in the Demon King's army, a mutant of the Deadly Poison Slime, Hans!"

Then, his body began to throb and expand rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, he became a huge entity several meters tall, pitch black, and looking very poisonous—Super Slime!

"You're kidding, right? How could this be? Slimes are just minions, how can it be so big!?"

"Slimes are minions? Who told you such a stupid thing? Small slimes are one thing, but large slimes are formidable enemies. First of all, physical attacks are almost ineffective; they are also highly resistant to magic, and have huge appetites, eating anything. Once you get entangled with one, you're probably doomed. Slimes will sneak in through the gaps in their armor, stick to your body, dissolve their prey with their digestive juices, or suffocate them by blocking their mouth and nose—hahaha—what does that feel like?"

Don't let yourself get hacked on purpose!

"I know!!"

Darkness looked very interested.

What she didn't mention was that Hans's poison could contaminate a large number of hot springs throughout the town, so it must be highly toxic, and touching it carelessly would probably result in instant death.

"W-what do we do, Charlotte!?"

Kazuma Sato immediately cried for help.

"While I don't have any great solutions either, we have a software-killing expert!" Charlotte stepped aside, revealing the lich girl behind her. "Ta-da! Wiz is two for one!!"

"----I?"

The timid lich pointed to herself, then quickly waved her hands, "No, no, Mr. Charlotte probably doesn't know, but I actually signed a treaty with the Demon King, which prevents me from..."

"I know. I also know you can't act without a reason, so—"

Charlotte interrupted her, then looked at Hans, who had finished transforming, and said loudly, "Hey Hans, you only managed to infiltrate this place by mimicking the hot spring manager, right? What did you do to the real manager?"

"It's eaten."

Hans said this very naturally and very briefly.

"Eaten it—ate it—?"

"I ate him. I'm a slime, eating is my instinct. Besides, the only thing I can mimic is—"

""

Just as the words "the people I've eaten" were about to slip from Hans's mouth, a chilling, quiet voice echoed across the snow-covered mountain.

"A Curse of Hell Ice Crystals!"

With a sharp sound, half of Hans's body was instantly frozen, and the intense pain made him scream.

Everyone turned to look at Wiz, and couldn't help but shiver. They didn't know if it was from the chilling air or from Wiz's expressionless and extremely stressful face. The usually timid lich girl had now displayed the terror of an ice witch. Even Hans recalled the fear of being constantly chased and hunted by her, and couldn't help but tremble.

"Wei, Weiz—wait—"

"I remember my condition for remaining neutral and not attacking members of the Demon King's army was limited to targeting adventurers and knights, and not killing members who were unable to fight, right?"

"Wiz! Stop! Dispel the spell! Wiz—!"

Hans shouted this, but Wiz didn't hear him at all.

"Adventurers dying in battle is inevitable. They too take the lives of monsters day and night for a living, so they should be prepared to be hunted in return: the same goes for knights. They collect taxes in exchange for protecting the people. Given this exchange, taking and losing lives is unavoidable. But—but, the old man who manages the hot springs, he has done nothing wrong!"

No, that's hard to say.

You have to understand that the Axis cultists can't be viewed through the lens of ordinary people. The Demon King's army might be having a lot of headaches because of the existence of the Axis cultists. You can't say that the Demon King's army is innocent just because some of them didn't go to the front lines, can you?

However, Charlotte wouldn't say something so inappropriate.

Hans shouted, "Wiz! Do you really want to fight me?! If we fight here, this whole area will be completely polluted—!"

It was both a threat and a plea for mercy.

Just as mollusks are Charlotte's nemesis, Wiz, who is skilled in ice magic, is also Hans's nemesis, hence "Mr. Charlotte".

"Here it comes, here it comes."

Hearing Wiz's call, Charlotte walked briskly to her side, extending his hand as if prepared to have his magic drained. However, to his surprise, Wiz suddenly grabbed Charlotte's waist, a domineering move completely different from her usual personality, leaving him somewhat dumbfounded.

Then, "Cursed Prison Ice Crystals! Cursed Prison Ice Crystals!! Cursed Prison Ice Crystals!!!" N

The magical feast has begun.

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