Slime Immortal

He lowered his voice, a calculating glint in his eyes.

"Brother Bloom, you attract its attention from the left. Ella, prepare your magic and strike it hard. I'll flank it from the right and give it a fatal blow! Remember, move quickly!"

After a simple tactical arrangement, the three of them rushed out at the same time!

"Roar!" The jackal was startled and turned around suddenly. Its cloudy eyes instantly locked onto Ella, who looked the weakest.

It kicked its hind legs and rushed forward with a fishy gust of wind!

Ella was so frightened that her face turned pale, her mind went blank, and she forgot all the magic spells.

Seeing that stinking mouth dripping with saliva was about to bite her, her survival instinct made her scream, and she closed her eyes and swung the oak staff in her hand out like a stick!

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, the staff hit the jackal's nose hard!

"Ouch——!"

The jackal let out a shrill howl, and its charge came to an abrupt halt. Its head was hit so hard that it was stunned and stood there dazed.

"Pfft!"

Kelvin seized the perfect opportunity with his scimitar and accurately stabbed the jackal's relatively soft neck from the side.

Bloom's battle axe also fell at the same time, hitting its back hard.

The battle ended with extraordinary ease.

Kelvin drew his scimitar and looked at the twitching jackal corpse on the ground. He couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Hahahaha, sweetheart Ella, well done! That blow from you is like a dwarf warrior. I think you should change your career to become a warrior."

The girl was still in shock, her face pale as she stared at the staff in her hand, seemingly not realizing what she had just done.

Bloom also grinned: "Haha, little Ella, this stick is really strong!"

Kelvin rushed to the rotten wooden box impatiently, pried open the rusty lock with a machete, and yanked open the lid -

The box did not contain the glittering golden treasures one had imagined, but was covered with a thick layer of moonlight moss that emitted a soft moon-white glow, dotted with a few dark green translucent stones that looked like solidified swamp water.

"We've sent it! We've sent it!"

Kelvin grabbed a handful of moon moss in ecstasy, and the soft glow illuminated his face which was distorted with excitement.

"Look, Ella! Bloom!"

"I said that 'Miracle' Arno's guidance is true. If we take these to Iron Boots Town, no, take them to the capital, how much gold coins can we exchange for them?"

He was dancing with joy and spitting everywhere, and had already begun to imagine the extravagant life he would lead after paying off his debts.

Ella was also infected by the joy of the harvest. She squatted down and carefully examined the rare magical plants. Bloom stroked his beard and calculated how much high-quality tobacco and beer he could buy with the money.

Just when the three of them were immersed in the ecstasy of getting rich and their vigilance dropped to the lowest point——

"Ouch——!!!"

"Ouch-ouch-!!!"

The shrill, dense, bloodthirsty and frenzied wolf howls suddenly sounded from behind the ruins like a tide!

A group of corrupted jackals with rotting fur rushed out roaring like evil spirits emerging from hell.

"Jackal Pack!!"

The dwarf's fighting instinct made Bloom immediately take a defensive stance, but facing the enemies coming from all directions, his face became extremely ugly.

The ecstasy on Kelvin's face froze instantly, transforming into a deadly fear. A huge despair washed over him like an icy tide.

It’s over! It's all over!

He seemed to be back in that desperate afternoon shrouded in the shadow of the bear goblins!

run! Must run!

This was the only thought in his mind!

"Captain, I'll hold on here, you take Xiao Ai away!"

At this critical moment, it seemed as if time had stopped.

Kelvin saw Ella standing there in fear, her face as pale as paper, and saw the dwarf Bloom bravely standing in front.

He was shouting in his heart, run!

Just like that bastard captain back then.

Cold-blooded! Eyes open to money!

This is the law of survival!

...But...but...they...are just like...me and that silly boy back then...

The captain's resolute back when he escaped and the desperate eyes of his companions before they died are still deeply engraved in his memory.

Pain and guilt intertwined.

"what--!!!"

Kelvin let out a roar that was not like a human voice. It was not a scream of fear, but a kind of determination that came from being forced into a desperate situation.

"Fuck your cold blood, I can't learn it!"

He suddenly stopped running, looking at the wolves rushing towards him, the dwarf warrior's leather armor being torn apart by sharp claws and the blood oozing out, and the girl's terrified and helpless eyes...

"Bloom! Take Ella away!! Go--quickly--!!!"

Kelvin's eyes were bloodshot, and his voice was distorted and hoarse due to extreme emotions. He completely forgot about fear, the gold coins, and his own cold-blooded philosophy of survival.

Like an enraged lion, he gripped the scimitar tightly in both hands and rushed towards the jackals that were pouncing on Bloom and Ella.

……

In the darkness, Chen Yu blinked in confusion.

Ok?

A pack of jackals?

"It seems that there are no such stinking jackals in the script."

This group of corrupted jackals most likely came from the Death Swamp in the south.

How dare he trespass into his territory and not take him, the Slime Lord, seriously at all!

Seeing that the situation was critical, Chen Yu no longer cared about his identity as a "director" and shot a small arrow directly.

"boom!"

The power of the small archery released by the mid-stage cultivation was astonishingly great. The two jackals were directly blown away by the powerful impact of the water arrows, and their bodies were hung on the trees.

This sudden and precise attack made the frenzied jackals pause for a moment, and a trace of instinctive fear flashed in their turbid red eyes.

It's that damn slime coming!

"Woo..."

A low whimper came from the pack of jackals, and the remaining jackals gave up the attack without hesitation. They tucked their tails between their legs, turned around and fled while wailing, quickly disappearing into the dense forest.

On the other side, the three survivors sat on the ground, gasping for breath, after escaping a long distance.

Although they looked miserable at the moment, there was no doubt that they survived.

Kelvin knelt on one knee, leaning on a machete, his whole body trembling slightly, his face pale, and cold sweat soaking his lining.

The reckless charge just now had almost exhausted all his courage and strength. The fear slowly dissipated like the receding tide, leaving behind a sense of relief and an indescribable shame...

He actually abandoned the cold-blooded rules he believed in at the critical moment.

Kelvin, what kind of hero are you trying to be?

"Team...captain..."

"Thank you! If it weren't for you..."

Ella's voice was tearful and full of reverence.

Bloom also gasped, endured the pain, and laughed.

"Well done, Captain! I, Bloom Stonefist, have finally been impressed by you today!"

"So brave! So manly! So fucking nice!"

Listening to his companions' sincere gratitude and praise, and looking at their faces that had survived the disaster, Kelvin's pale face slowly regained some color, and he coughed lightly in embarrassment.

"Ahem... you must be kidding. A few blind jackals are no match for me, Kelvin."

After catching their breath, the three members of the rookie team did not dare to stay in the dangerous swamp anymore, so they decided to quit while they were ahead and evacuate.

Chen Yu poked his head out from behind the oak tree, and only turned around and jumped after their figures completely disappeared.

"A cunning jackal."

They dared to invade his territory in broad daylight, and he didn't dare to imagine what they were going to do from now on.

You must strike hard.

Let them know whose territory the swamp really is.

Arno seemed to be coming back, so it was a good opportunity for him to lead the newly formed castle guards south to investigate the situation in the Death Swamp.

Chapter 42 Is This Still a Swamp?

"Boss Arno, are you really not going back with us?"

At the entrance of the swamp forest, a four-member adventure team stopped by the carriage, their eyes fixed on the figure going deep into the swamp.

Arno waved without looking back and said something that he thought was very cool.

"Go back, children. The swamp is nothing to me."

His figure gradually disappeared under the shade of the trees, leaving only the team of adventurers sighing in place.

"As expected of 'Miracle' Arno, the man who can become my boss."

"I heard that Boss Arno once participated in a knight training camp. The training location was either deep in the mountains or in dangerous magical environments. For him, a mere swamp is as relaxing as going home."

"This is the composure of a veteran adventurer."