Slime Immortal

"There are magical plants everywhere in there. Rumor has it that some adventurers even encountered ruins that suddenly appeared and looted a lot of treasures."

Ella's eyes lit up slightly when she heard this. She had a natural curiosity about unknown magical plants, but then she frowned slightly.

"But Captain Kelvin, the book says that the swamp forest is most dangerous after the spring. Miasma begins to spread, and dormant monsters awaken..."

"Danger? Ha!"

Kelvin waved his hand heroically and almost hit the horse pulling the cart.

"With our experienced brother Bloom leading the way, what monster can't his Mountain Splitter shatter? Add to that the magic of our promising Miss Ella! And me, Kelvin..."

"Visagi's finest guide and negotiator! What danger can't be overcome? Our combination is so perfect it's like a gift from the gods. We're about to make a fortune!"

Kelvin vowed solemnly, his smile dazzlingly bright, but his eyes quickly swept across the entrance to the swamp forest that was getting closer and closer, and he swallowed quietly.

In fact, he was far from being as confident and calm as he appeared. If it weren't for the damn debt chasing him like a whip, leaving him with no choice, he would never have come here.

Experienced adventurers knew his situation and dared not team up with him to enter the swamp forest. Only these two fools were easy to fool and believed his words easily.

Although both of them are rookies, he has no choice but to continue this carefully woven adventure.

He gave the reins a jerk.

"Hurry up! Guys, fortune is beckoning us!"

The carriage kicked up the last puff of dust and rushed into the swamp forest without hesitation.

Chapter 40 Today is Director Slime

A silver arc flashed, accompanied by a slight tearing sound.

"Pfft!"

The tip of the knife precisely cut into the blue-green parasol mushroom of the fluorescent mushroom man, and the legs kicked around for a while before becoming motionless.

Kelvin pulled back the scimitar gracefully and blew on the blade.

"See? Sweetheart Ella, brother Bloom, this is the strength of a veteran adventurer!"

"With the Visage's keen eyesight and the Ranger's precision, it shouldn't be too easy to deal with this 'fluorescent cutie'."

He raised his chin proudly, his golden curls still standing out in the dim light.

Ella paid no attention to the captain's performance. She was squatting not far away, carefully digging a strange plant growing next to a rotten tree root with a small wooden shovel.

"It's the water lily of the valley!"

She raised her head, her chubby face full of surprise.

"The book says it only grows near magic nodes and is a top-quality ingredient for making sobering potions. It seems the magic environment here is even more active than described in the book."

Bloom, on the other hand, was very considerate, grinning and giving a thumbs up.

"Ha, you're worthy of being the captain, this strike is so powerful!"

This simple compliment instantly benefited Kelvin and greatly satisfied his vanity.

He waved his hand, "Let's go, keep moving forward! 'Miracle' Arno's treasure is waiting for us!"

The team continued to trek through the wet forest.

Kelvin took the lead, his mood seeming to become lighter and happier with Bloom's praise and the new and unusual plants Ella discovered from time to time.

The moss beneath my feet was as soft as a carpet, and the sunlight filtered through the cracks, casting patches of light. Everything seemed... too peaceful.

"Tsk, this swamp forest isn't as scary as the rumors say."

"Things like sleeping monsters and widespread miasma... I think they're all made up by cowards to scare people."

He casually pushed aside the hanging vines with his machete, muttering to himself and even humming a Visage tune.

At this moment, a digging beetle the size of a fist was slowly crawling through the pile of fallen leaves at his feet, making a rustling sound.

"Where did this stone lump come from? Go to hell."

Kelvin didn't even look at it carefully and kicked the beetle away.

“Whoosh—Snap!”

The unfortunate beetle drew an arc in the air and crashed into the trunk of a big tree with a dull thud, then fell upside down into the thick rotten leaves, struggling in a daze.

Kelvin scoffed and continued walking forward without caring.

He glanced back at his teammates behind him. Ella was carefully putting the freshly collected water lily of the valley into a small cloth bag with a focused and serious look in her eyes. Bloom was like a mobile fortress, vigilantly scanning the back.

Looking at these two "greenhorns" who believed in him so completely, Kelvin felt an inexplicable ripple in his heart, a sense of distant familiarity.

At the edge of the same forest, there were three people... an equally boastful captain, a similarly timid but determined young companion, and myself, equally ignorant...

Then there was the bear goblin roaring out from the shadows! The captain's face twisted with fear, and his back as he turned and fled without hesitation, disappearing into the dense forest...

All that was left was the desperate me and the young companion who was smashed to a bloody pulp by the bugbear's giant club.

The ease on Kelvin's face froze instantly, and a barely perceptible gloom passed through his eyes.

Oh, adventure?

Damn friendship and glory!

Surviving and getting the money is the real thing.

After that, he understood that one must be cold-blooded and only keep one's eyes on valuable things!

What's wrong with being greedy for money? It's better than dying in obscurity!

He shook his head vigorously, as if to get rid of the unpleasant memory and the softness in his heart that shouldn't be there.

"Look ahead!"

Ella's surprised voice broke the brief silence.

After passing through an extremely dense vine barrier, a small open space appeared in front of us.

In the middle of the open space, there stood several sections of dilapidated low walls, built of black-brown bricks and stones, exuding an ancient and mysterious atmosphere.

"Ruins! They really are ruins!"

Kelvin's eyes lit up instantly, as if he saw a treasure chest full of gold coins.

"I told you, 'Miracle' Arno wouldn't lie. Come on, go in and take a look!"

He rushed in eagerly, almost slipping on his boots on the slippery moss.

Ella walked to the low wall, stretched out her white fingers, gently brushed away the moss covering it, and carefully stroked the material of the wall.

"Huh? Captain Kelvin... why do these bricks... look a bit new?"

Kelvin was excitedly searching among a pile of collapsed rocks. Hearing this, he waved his hand carelessly without even turning his head.

"Oh, don't worry about the details. The important thing is there is treasure! Find where the treasure chest is!"

He was completely immersed in the fantasy of getting rich and ignored the wizard's apprentice's keen observation.

When the three members of the rookie team were immersed in the joy of exploring the ruins, they didn't know that at this moment in the dark swamp, a pair of round eyes were staring at them without blinking.

That round body... is the Slime Lord of this swamp.

Miscalculated, I forgot to give the new wall an aged finish, Chen Yu thought.

Next time, I must remember to apply a thick layer of mud and vines in advance... and then add some bird droppings, and no adventurer should dare to touch it.

"It looks like they're about to encounter the boss I carefully prepared."

Chen Yu looked deep into the ruins, where he could faintly hear a suppressed growl.

That was the actor he had captured with some effort a few days ago—a corrupt jackal with a bad temper.

……

In the ruins, Bloom did not rummage around like Kelvin, but habitually observed the ground and found a few unusual piles of feces under a pile of half-covered dead leaves.

"Captain, there's wolf poop here, and it's... fresh, and it has a rotten smell. Something's not right."

"Wolf shit?!"

Kelvin was trying to move a large rock. When he heard this, his body froze and cold sweat broke out instantly.

Jackal?! Or corrupted?!

These bronze-level bastards usually move in groups, are swift and cunning, and are extremely vengeful!

The members of his rookie team are just new employees, not even formal professionals. They are just okay in one-on-one challenges against bronze-level monsters.

If you are targeted by a group of corrupted jackals, you won’t be able to escape in this ruins with complex terrain!

Ella also gripped her staff nervously, her knuckles turning slightly white.

Kelvin forced himself to suppress the fear in his heart and signaled the two to be silent.

He crouched down and carefully followed the direction Bloom pointed, moving forward with the help of the broken wall, with Ella and Bloom following closely behind.

At the deepest part of the ruins, behind a relatively intact arched doorway, there was indeed a corrupted jackal lying there.

It was a size larger than an ordinary wild wolf, its fur was dirty and tangled, with many ulcers and pus oozing out of it, and it was anxiously digging the ground with its claws.

Not far behind it, a wooden box half-buried in the soil and looking rotten was emitting an alluring "golden light" in Kelvin's eyes.

The three of them watched with bated breath for a long moment. Ella even ventured a tiny bit of her head out to examine it carefully.

"Only...only one?"

"And it seems to be injured and its movements are a bit slow."

Ella said in an almost inaudible voice, with incredible surprise.

"One?"

Kelvin's eyes were instantly lit up with greed.

Chapter 41: The Cunning Jackal

A wounded lone wolf with a treasure chest next to it is simply a gift from the gods.

"good chance!"