0p0 #197 - Can you show me that again, that
#197 - Can you show me that again, that
“Hey, hey, hey, is this for real… …”
Kazuma Satou watched the slime grow larger and larger, his mouth also widening, involuntarily taking several steps back.
“Zun Zun, quickly think of something… …”
“Light of Saber!”
Before he could finish speaking, bright lightning struck Hans's massive body, but it was like a pebble thrown into the ocean, causing no damage other than a slight tremor.
“I see, slimes have extremely strong resistance to magic, and Hans, as a member of the Demon King's army, is even more so.”
“Is this the time for calm analysis!?”
Kazuma Satou shouted at Zun Zun.
In such a critical moment, having someone who can remain calm is a good thing, but for someone as uncalm as him, it's not a good thing at all.
“What is it, Kazuma? Are you blaming me for taking action, or are you actually adhering to chivalry, planning to wait for Hans to finish transforming before attacking?”
“No, no, no, it's not like transformations can't be interrupted. If we could interrupt the transformation and get rid of him, that would be a good thing too.”
As expected of Kazuma.
For him to be able to say such a thing so nonchalantly, he must have reached the end of the road to being a scumbag.
Perhaps Zun Zun was too calm, as the agitated Kazuma Satou also calmed down, looking at the rampaging slime Hans and asking, “So, since you've targeted a member of the Demon King's army, you must have a way to deal with him, right?”
“Of course!”
Zun Zun stretched her hands back, as if introducing someone, and shouted loudly, “Next to appear before you is someone with super high level, super strong magic, super good popularity, a household name in the kingdom, a true martial faction representative, former member of the hero's party, currently one of the Demon King's army executives, a powerhouse who can single-handedly take on many Demon King's army executives, represented by ice magic — — — — — —”
The series of titles left Kazuma Satou dumbfounded. How could he not know that there was such a powerful character in the party?
“Welcome! Let us welcome with enthusiastic applause, Wiz — — — — — — Mis — — — — — — ter… … Ah, ah!? ”
Zun Zun's voice grew softer and softer.
Because in the rear of the crowd, the poor lich girl shopkeeper, who should have been silently following behind them, did not appear here!
“Where's Miss Wiz?”
“She was forcibly taken by Aqua to soak in the hot springs all night yesterday, and is now resting in bed at the inn. I say, does Wiz being here or not have anything to do with dealing with Hans?”
“If Wiz isn't here, how are we going to deal with Hans!?”
Zun Zun shouted at him.
No wonder something felt off, it turned out someone was missing, Wiz wasn't here at all!
“You idiot goddess!”
“… … Eh? Is it my fault?”
Aqua pointed at herself in a daze.
“Wait, Zun Zun, are you saying that only Wiz can deal with Hans?”
Kazuma Satou also reacted, after all, with such a long list of titles just now, it was impossible not to care.
“Speaking of which, is Wiz such a powerful character!? You can't tell at all from her appearance. I must ask her properly about her past when we get back!”
“That's not the problem right now!”
Zun Zun also started to panic.
She thought that with Wiz, there was nothing to fear. If she had known, she would have saved some skill points to learn ice magic!
… … Wait.
Wasn't there a similar situation before?
Megumin couldn't help but shout at this time, “Zun Zun, can I blow it up, can I blow it up!?”
“Don't do that!” Yunyun quickly held down her raised magic staff, shouting, “If you use Explosion magic on it, its body will scatter everywhere, causing this area to be polluted!”
This was the headache-inducing problem.
Physical attacks were ineffective, magic attacks had little effect, and Explosion magic was sealed.
“I say, Kazuma!”
“Yes, I'm Kazuma.”
“What should we do now!?”
“I'm just a Silver-rank, why are you asking me!”
Kazuma Satou really wanted to say that he was just the lowest-ranked adventurer, even a beginner among adventurer classes. What could he do at a time like this?
“There's no choice, there's only one way now.”
“What is it?”
“… … You give him the Luda yo!”
Kazuma Satou immediately turned his back to everyone and ran away with all his might.
“Ah, he ran away… …”
Before anyone could react, he had already run quite a distance, his running speed abnormally fast.
“Kazuma, you bastard… …!”
“Wait a minute!”
“You bastard, hurry up and catch up! Otherwise, I'm going to leave you guys behind!”
Kazuma Satou shouted without turning his head.
The others chased after him, only Darkness kept looking back.
“Ah ah ah, slime… … It's rare to see a slime… …”
The perverted female knight sighed with a reluctant voice, while Megumin and Yunyun held her hands, dragging her along as they ran.
Darkness, who showed an unusual obsession with slimes, monsters with slippery mucus, originally wanted to fight Hans alone, but the others ultimately stopped her.
Although they felt that Darkness, whose body was rock-hard, might be able to withstand Hans's attacks, her attacks would not work on Hans.
No, rather.
It was that everyone's attacks were ineffective.
“Kazuma, you bastard, you were panting when climbing the mountain, but you're so fast when going down.”
“Don't tease me! Speaking of which, DoraeZun, don't you have any ideas?”
“Sorry, I don't know ice magic.”
“Damn it! Do we have to go back and ask Wiz?”
Seeing Zun Zun's helpless look, Kazuma Satou gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
Although he didn't know how powerful Wiz was, judging from this, she probably could deal with the slime Hans. But now Wiz was so weak that she was about to ascend to heaven, and even if they went back and brought her back, the hot springs would have been completely polluted long ago.
“I say, Kazuma!”
“Yes, I'm Kazuma.”
“What should we do now?”
“Not to brag, but I'm really completely useless this time. If it were an opponent that physical attacks could work on, maybe I could let my newly bought beloved sword show off, but… … I say, Aqua, why don't we just abandon this town? Let's create a new business. And to be honest, the Axis Church itself is a bunch of useless guys.”
“What did you say!?”
Probably Kazuma Satou felt there was no hope, and tried to persuade Aqua with reason, but she angrily reached out and grabbed his neck.
Just as the two were wrestling, Hans did not chase after them, but instead went back.
Probably in his opinion.
The few people who turned and ran were like cowards, and there was no need to pay attention to them. The top priority was to destroy the hot springs first.
Under the persuasion of their companions, the two stopped arguing.
Aqua saw that Kazuma Satou wouldn't budge, looked at the huge slime's receding figure, and said, “I understand… … Since that's the case, then I will purify that slime.”
What came out of her mouth were such reckless words.
When they went back, they found Hans soaking his house-sized body in the hot spring source, and anyone who didn't know would think he was there to enjoy the hot springs.
Speaking of which, doesn't he feel hot?
Probably because his main body was showing, it seemed that a lot of poison had mixed in. Even from such a distance, they could see that the source had become turbid and black.
The speed of pollution was too fast!
As expected of a Demon King's army executive.
Presumably, the pipes that transported the hot springs were also filled with poison.
“These pipelines seem to be made of magical metal, so it's not so easy to destroy them. After all, the hot springs are the lifeline of this town, and those pipelines are used to transport the hot springs, so they were specially built with a lot of money.”
“I see, so that's how it is.”
Hearing Zun Zun's explanation, Kazuma Satou looked enlightened. But Aqua was extremely anxious.
“Can you guys be a little more nervous? This is a very serious matter! If even the last source is polluted, the hot springs in this town will be unusable. If that really happens, the Axis Order in this town will also collapse!”
“Wouldn't that be great?” X4
Kazuma Satou, Darkness, Megumin, and Zun Zun said in unison, causing Aqua to run to Megumin to cry.
Among these people, only Megumin sincerely didn't want the Axis Church in this town to collapse. After all, she had enjoyed the benefits of the Crimson Demons here, enjoying the flattery of the Axis Church. If the church collapsed, where would she go to find people who spoke nicely?
“Zun Zun, don't you have any ideas?”
Megumin asked.
Aqua also raised her tearful face, looking at him with full of hope.
But in reality, Zun Zun really had no ideas. When she came, she had placed all her hopes on Wiz, because ice magic was the bane of slime-type monsters, so she had recklessly added skill points to magic power and magic expansion.
If she had known this would happen, she would have saved skill points to learn ice magic, so she wouldn't be so constrained now?
“Why not let Megumin use Explosion magic?”
“Eh — — — —! But that would make the slime's body fly everywhere, and it would still pollute the hot springs.”
Hearing Zun Zun say this, Aqua was the first to object.
Kazuma Satou pointed at her forehead, scolding angrily, “You idiot, what other choice do we have now! Rather than the hot springs being completely destroyed, it's better to suffer different degrees of pollution and purify it slowly! Besides, we don't have the ability to kill Hans without destroying his body… … Hmm?”
Saying this, he paused, as if he had thought of something.
Megumin couldn't wait, “Can I blow it up? Can I blow it up? To be honest, it's my first time blowing up such a big slime, I'm looking forward to it!”
“No, wait Megumin.”
Kazuma Satou looked at Zun Zun and said, “I remember you have a special move that you're good at, right?”
“Which one?”
“That one, can you perform it again?”
“You mean that one… …”
Zun Zun looked at Hans soaking in the hot springs, thought for a moment, and nodded.
“Let's give it a try!”