Starting A New Life For The Discarded All-Rounder Vol 2 Chapter 7.4

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“Woof woof!”

“Woof woof!”

The twins looked at Roa and howled . Then they lightly waved their front paws . They meant to say that he could relax, they would protect him no matter what .

“Thanks!”

Roa moved his hands, still on their backs, and rubbed them . The situation required them to be tense, but they fully enjoyed the back rubs . Roa was supposed to be their guardian, but in turn they protected him too . Roa and the twins were equal partners who protected each other, albeit in different ways .

As for Nostalgia…Dietrich said that Roa was a comrade . However, Roa thought that he had just gotten in their way . They were not in equal standing, they just protected him one-sidedly . They were not true comrades . That was the reason why he thought that if his own life could be enough to save them, it was worth it, and lured away the golems when they were attacked in the forest .

“Hmm?”

The tremors stopped . In the resulting silence, Roa voiced a surprised reaction .

As if Grandpa Gry’s words were the signal, vibrations much more powerful than the quakes shook the earth, splitting it apart . A deafening roar filled the surroundings .

Then, as if in response…

Grandpa Gry’s cries of glee echoed . Pollen and petals flew everywhere, signaling the gravity of the situation .

They did not reach Roa’s group, however . Soon enough, the vibrations that shook their whole bodies did not affect them anymore . It was all due to Grandpa Gry’s wind magic . It had erected a barrier around Roa and the others, protecting them by making their bodies float . It then made them rise higher in the sky .

Grandpa Gry’s voice echoed again . Roa and the twins felt their excitement abate, their minds grow cooler .

“… . I don’t know who is the real bad guy anymore . ”

“Bow wow…”

“Bow wow . ”

“You’re right, it’s clearly Grandpa Gry…”

Roa patted the twins’ heads while looking at Grandpa Gry with some exasperation . Thinking about it, the golems had their home invaded, were slaughtered without being able to resist, chased the enemy to exact revenge and were greeted by boasting and laughter . The bad guy was definitely Grandpa Gry .

The twins also happily a.s.sisted it, but they acted completely innocent in front of Roa . They might be the most malicious ones, actually…

Slowly, something crawled out of the fissure formed in the earth .

A transparent body, glowing eerily in the sunlight . It rose to the surface by its own will . It seemed liquid, but also showed elastic and sticky properties .

The liquid pushed the shattered ground upwards, forming a larger creva.s.se . What finally appeared was an extremely large spherical body .

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“A slime!?”

A large, sticky creature with a core . It was a kind of magic beast Roa was used to seeing too . He had heard Grandpa Gry’s prediction, but did not think that the golem would really turn into a slime .

Golems were alchemical creatures, created using slimes as base . Through alchemy humans created a human-like carapace, easier to control, improving these magic beasts by making them move like humans .

However, the magic beast before them now had returned to its original form . The driving force behind such a change was resentment . Its resentment had peaked after so many of its brethren were slaughtered, freeing the instincts sealed by alchemy .

The core that surfaced from the creva.s.se was larger than Roa and even Grandpa Gry . It looked like its diameter spanned several meters . Its surface also glowed in a familiar way .

“Grandpa Gry, is that mithril?”

A slime’s body was composed mainly by water . Because of this, underground its presence was just like water, making it very difficult to detect via magic, but the magic absorbing capabilities of the mithril which protected its body disrupted detection even more .

Because of such difficulty of detection, Grandpa Gry predicted that it would be protected by mithril, but it was much st.u.r.dier than expected .

The core had already surfaced, but the transparent liquid continued oozing from the fissure . If it was simple water, it was enough to form a lake: it was now occupying the area for several hundreds of meters, maybe even exceeding one thousand .

Grandpa Gry’s group was unaffected, as they had rose in midair, but the ground was being devastated .

Slimes melted anything they touched . That was the only offensive these magic beasts possessed, but if they turned so large it was extremely dangerous . The ground was scorched, plants and trees dissolved .

“…and it was such a treasure trove of ingredients…”

This was what Roa was thinking about while looking down at the slime . Most of the plants growing on the hill had high reproducing abilities . If they suffered such damage, however, it would probably take dozens of years before things returned to normal .

Can slime ingredients be used for anything…?

The unreal view of the gigantic slime swallowing anything and everything as far as the eyes could see made Roa think of that instead of instilling fear into his heart .  

The slime had tried attacking them, with tentacles the size of adult humans, but Grandpa Gry’s magic repelled them . That was the reason why Roa did not feel in danger .

Slime materials normally scattered everywhere after they were defeated, like a spray of water, so it was impossible to collect them . If the slime was this large, however, things would be easier, so Roa thought if they could prove useful for anything .

Grandpa Gry grinned .

Grandpa Gry’s tone was totally excited .

“Is this really the only way?”

It seemed so excited that Roa started doubting if it wasn’t pulling them into another prank .

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“I guess it’s because of your usual behavior…”

“You could do something about that though, couldn’t you? You took it easy until now, didn’t you . ”

“Sigh…”

Roa sighed loudly and clearly .

“You acted so high and mighty, but your detection abilities sure have their limits . ”

Roa and Grandpa Gry both grinned . Banter before the fight: to dispel any nervousness in this manner was the mark of the adventurer Roa aspired to .

The twin magic wolves nodded vigorously . Roa rode one of them, the twin with blue fur . It looked a bit too small for Roa to ride on, but it was always a magic wolf . It was much more powerful than an average horse .

“Yes!”

Grandpa Gry started a countdown .

A magic beast using numbers…

Roa thought Grandpa Gry could do math, as it freely modified spell formulae, but he couldn’t help reacting like this when it started counting .

The moment Roa was getting ready, the magic under their feet suddenly disappeared and he fell along with the magic wolf .

“Waaahhh!!”

Roa was thinking that he still had some time left, so he screamed because of the sudden fall .

Grandpa Gry’s voice reached his ears as they fell .

“You cheating magic beaaaaast!!!”

Roa’s scream and Grandpa Gry’s laughter echoed together .

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