Chapitre 54: Closer
"Y'know, I really wonder how you manage to keep them in line." Vayne remark as he stares at the long line of slimes following behind them.
"What do you mean master, aren't they bowing to your command?" and as if on cue the slimes bent their upper blob-like body in a bow, making him flustered and tell them to get up before they do so.
"With what just happened I'm pretty sure they are following you." Even with the accusing look he gave it, it just gave him a smile while hugging the silvery-white slime that had come with them since the start of the floor.. or is it end?
Shrugging his shoulders he let the matter slide before pushing the door towards the boss room, taking the stairs up he entered a large spacious space with a high level of moisture and a slight smell of the sea.
Turning around he could see the line of slimes following them pile over the entrance/exit like they are stuck on an invisible barrier, but glancing to the side he could still the white slime snuggle comfortably in the thing's arms.
As they walked towards the center he couldn't spot the boss, not even at the ceiling, the map also doesn't show any other signs of life from them and the slimes. Thinking this might be a free room he let his guard down and waltz through the center of the room, but as soon as he reaches it, water starts gushing out from the walls and flooded the room.
He was surprised and almost panic but he calmed down when he saw the white slime engulfed the thing and encase it like an air bubble, he was afraid his companion would drown while he couldn't care less about himself because he can survive without air and he is confident in his swimming skill.
Boy was he wrong, the moment the water reached 50m deep or 1/5 of the room, he was suddenly pulled down into the salty water.
He was pulled by kelp like plants that he thought was the floor, the kelps are around 70 meters long and there are many of them down there. Looking around he spotted his companion are also dragged down but unlike him who's only his left feet are entwined, the bubble is almost completely wrapped up by kelps leaving only a small open area where the thing could be seen peeking outside the translucent bubble.
Cutting the kelp, he freed himself and swim towards the bubble but he quickly pushes the water to dodge a massive speeding shadow passing where he was before.
Shifting around he takes a good look at what the shadow is, it was a huge shark-like creature with a length of almost 10 meters long. as it turns around for another rush, Vayne caught sight of the two long fangs protruding out of its upper and lower jaw as well as the three rows of saw-like teeth within its wide jaw.
With a swipe of its six fins, it propelled itself jaw wide open in high speed, leaving him only a small window he could use to dodge the creature.
Learning from its last drive, the creature slapped it's tail at Vayne as it passes by, throwing the latter some distance away with aching arms as he used them to shield himself.
The impact itself was not too powerful and do little damage, the true attack would be the shockwave spread through the area of contact which causes considerable damage as it ignores his defense and stuns him a bit, leaving him vulnerable for a second. A second that almost robs him of the chance to pedal away from the creature third rush.
This time he retaliate by slashing at the creature top fin but his sword only bounces off it with little to no damage, before the creature fully pass by him he shot a few [dark bolt] at it but it seems the water has a Mana disintegration effect as the bolts grow smaller as they travel through it until they are half its original size when it hits the creature scale, leaving only some minuscule scratches on its bluish-green scales.
The shark-like creature charge him again and he dodges once more but unlike the previous time, he grunts in pain at a sudden electrical discharge at his back.
Looking around he caught a glimpse of something slithering away, camouflaged by the dark walls and the dim light within the waters.
The thing becomes a routine as he dodges the shark only to be hit from the back, after the 12th times, his health has reached down to 64% and counting, his magic is close to useless while his strength was reduced by the water but the whole thing had given him enough time to recognize and predict the shark charging pattern and speed.
He had also seen the creature that's been zapping him, it was a long black eel with a skull-like head. This time when the shark charge at him, he didn't dodge, rather he only adjust his position so the shark swim pass him as he uses the creature own speed to help him lodge his sword through the so of its jaw and rip the side of the creature's stomach, spilling its contents into the waters before turning in time to swim away from the charging eel.
Unlike the shark, he easily slices the eel neck off and only received electric shock through the sword as he cut it. After taking the two aquatic creature down, he swims his way towards his companion.
Just as he got near the sandy floor, a huge claw burst out of the sand and almost clip him in half!
Below him, a huge crab climbs out of the sand floor and keep trying to clip him. Its movements are powerful but compared to the shark it is nothing to be afraid of, kiting each attack he keeps getting closer to the crab before swinging his sword at its claw elbow joint and chop it off.
Once it was cut off, the soft meat and muscle inside are exposed and the shell turned out to be quite thin although extremely durable, these joints are a weakness he happily exposed and abuse as he moves around evading the creature claw and mouth while chopping it to pieces.
After he finishes removing its legs and claws, he slowly pushes his sword through the crab mouth until it pierces its brain.
The moment it died, the water inside the room start receding as the body of the three boss melt to nothing and disappear along with the water.
The kelp turns limp once the water is gone and his companion was freed without him needing to manually help them. Just as the slime release the thing from its bubble it suddenly rushes and hugging him.
Even with his clothes drench, he could feel the shaking of its body as it is crying in his arms, only then did it dawn on him how dangerous was the fight just now if it was a normal person. He had died too many times he started taking his life as a game where he can just continue every time he died, he forgot that is not the case for normal people and certainly not what it thinks, it... no, her, she doesn't know that he is basically an immortal yet but he doesn't plan to see her sad face seeing him die.
Staying in that position until she calmed down, he kept on hugging and patting her back. He also uses the time to contemplate many errors where he had fail in the human factor.
The white slime casually climbs up his shoulder as his companion took some distance and wipe her puffy eyes, two things that made him smile.
"Let's go, I should introduce you to my friends as soon as we found them." He said with a warm smile towards her, after her outburst of emotion just now, he can't just see her as an object anymore. With her nod, they walked through the door out of the boss room.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
stone