Musou Slime 53

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53. The Slime Assassin Lacks Common Sense

"May I be of service, Arx-sama?"

Ohhhh!! A real maid! A fair-skinned maid in a gothic Lolita outfit stands expressionless!

"Don't get all lovey-dovey!"

"I'm not!?"

Dodging Raize's slap, I looked again at the Slime Assassin.

Yeah. The Slime Assassin's definitely seems capable. Perfectly exudes an aura of competence.

"Hey, hey, what can you do as an assassin?"

"I can handle poisons, blades, as well as cleaning, laundry, errands, and general household chores."

"Wow! Like a ninja!"

Irena's eyes sparkled as she clenched her fist. So a ninja refers to assassins from the eastern country.

Ninja? It sounds cool. It fits her perfectly, giving off a cool vibe.

"Then your name shall be Assassin Shinobi!"

"Stop with those incomprehensible names!"

Clearing my throat to veto Raize's naming, I spoke.

"It's Shino. Your name is Shino from today."

"Receiving a name is the utmost joy. I shall henceforth go by the name Shino."

Shino tugged at the hem of her skirt and struck a graceful pose.

Truly flawless manners. Shino seems poised for success.

"Shino, I'm counting on you. I'll trust you with my back in the dungeon."

"As you wish. Then, if you'll excuse me."

"Eh!? Wait!?"

Standing behind Raize, Shino grabbed her shoulders with both hands and pulled forcefully.

"Ouch! What are you doing!?"

"Since you mentioned entrusting your back to me, I thought to take you up on that offer."

"That's not what I meant!!"

Shino remained expressionless as she calmly pulled up Raize's back.

I have a bad feeling about this.

"Could it be that Shino lacks common sense...?"

"I apologize. I have not learned such things."

I knew it! Wasn't that what I expected?!

She's incredibly airheaded! Following Chia, another eccentric!

Oh well, I'll have to teach her little by little. After all, she's like my alter ego, like family.

Feeling a bit weighed down, but for now, I decided to take Shino back and head to the dungeon.

"Oh! Is this the dungeon!?"

Upon arriving at the dungeon, Irena began to act like a country bumpkin.

The entrance to the dungeon was still as eerie as ever. Why she's so excited, I don't know.

But... I've returned, to the Ash Dungeon. The place that made me stronger.

Now, shall we enter the dungeon?

"... But before that,"

I summoned a Warp Slime and registered the Ash Dungeon in the warp destination list.

――

Destination registered.

Elstead Kingdom, Ortea, Front entrance

Elstead Kingdom, Within the territory, Front of the Ash Dungeon

Unregistered

Unregistered

Unregistered

Unregistered

Unregistered

Unregistered

――

From now on, getting to the dungeon won't take long.

With preparations complete, we delved into the dungeon.

"Hey, Arx. How far are we going today?"

"Today's just a warm-up, so I'm thinking we'll go down to about the 15th floor."

The last time we went to the dungeon, we defeated the boss on the 7th floor and made it down to the 8th floor.

Before leveling up, I had enough leeway to reach the 10th floor, so with my further level up after the incident with Dan, I should be able to easily conquer up to the 20th floor.

As we stepped into the dungeon, I immediately summoned all the slimes.

The plan is the same as last time. Have the slimes explore the dungeon and signal when they find enemies or stairs.

Ordinary adventurers often spend time searching for stairs, exhausting themselves before reaching their destination.

But, thanks to the slimes, there's no need to worry about that. For adventurers, the fewer worries, the better.

"Ugh!!"

At that moment, a familiar weak monster, a werewolf, came running from ahead, baring its fangs and charging towards us.

"Oh, finally my sword gets to shine..."

"That'll be a bit later. Let's leave this to the slimes."

Just then, a slime appeared around the corner of the dungeon.

The slime abruptly slammed on its brakes, quivering, and faced off against the werewolf.

"Grargh!?"

Caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the slime, the werewolf panicked. The slime gathered momentum and charged forward, delivering a powerful body slam.

"Grrraaaagh!?"

The moment the slime's body sank into the werewolf's torso, the tenfold difference in size got nullified, and the werewolf got sent flying, crashing into the wall.

"Eeeh!? What's going on!? The slime took down the monster!?"

Irena looked astonished. And understandably so. People generally perceived slime as the weakest monster.

As if wanting praise for its achievements, I picked up the slime, and Irena gave me a skeptical look.

However, the surprise is yet to come. Our strength, mine and the slime's, is nothing like this.