CH 50

Chapter 50 – Slimes Appears!!

This might be the first time that everyone has gone out together.

We walked along the sandy beach towards the ship anchored to the west. Normally, we always headed towards the north, so going west was a first for us.

Here, the terrain turns into a sand dune, and the landscape becomes similar to a desert. It’s a little… hot.

“Oh, so this island also has small hills like this one.”

“That’s right, Skor. The distance is also quite far.”

When I thought Alfred wouldn’t come back after a long time, it turned out he had been walking around here. No wonder it took him so long. Moreover, monsters were also inhabiting the area.

That’s a “Slime”, isn’t it?

Red slimes were moving around here and there.

“That’s a ‘Rose Slime,’ big brother.”

Havamar gave me the name and details of the monster.

[Rose Slime]

[Attribute: Water]

[Race: Plant]

[Details]

A slime that appears in various locations. As the weakest, it’s suitable for beginner adventurers.

“Hey… what is this? I didn’t see this before.”

“Well, I’ve changed my mind a bit. Supporting my big brother is my role, after all.”1

It seems that Havamal has a “Monster Analysis Skill”. She has a lot of useful abilities. It helps out, though.

Speaking of which, was the cushion in the house modeled after that slime? That makes sense.

“I see. Will it attack us?”

“That’s a non-active monster. As long as we don’t touch it, it won’t attack us. That’s why it’s just rolling around like that.”

Heh, there are various types of monsters. I’ve only encountered ferocious boars and goblins so far.

“Then, we can ignore that monster, right?”

“Generally, there’s no problem. However, extremely rarely, a “boss monster” appears. Like that wild boar ‘Grimbrusti’ we encountered before.

When a boss monster appears, it manipulates the surrounding monsters as its “followers” and attacks in groups, so be careful.”

Previously, there were no other boar monsters, but the situation seems to be different this time. I think it’s better to be careful.

We carefully walked through the sand dunes, climbing up and down the hills.

“…Phew, we finally made it to the cliff.”

“Rasty-sama, that’s the small merchant ship over there.”

Alfred pointed with his finger.

“Oh, that one…!”

There was an impressive wooden ship anchored there.

For some reason, it has lots of cannons on it… Wait, isn’t that a “Galleon ship”?! How is that a small merchant ship? Is it the navy or pirates of the Allied Nations Nielsen?

“What an amazing ship. Is the girl named Strelka on that ship?”

“Yes, I’ll call her over now.”

Alfred agilely jumped down the cliff. Meanwhile, we wait.

“I’ve never seen a ship that looks like a house before.”

“Is that so, Skor? Doesn’t the Elven Country have ships or something?”

“I didn’t really go to the port area, so…”

I see.

Skor seems to be a Holy Maiden, so maybe she doesn’t have the habit of walking around outside. Same as me.

“If we can get this ship… we can go to other countries.”

“Wow, Rasty-san, that means we could also go back to the Elven country!”

“Skor, do you want to go back to the Elven country Borodin?”

“No, that’s not what I meant! My place is to be next to Rasty-san!”

Hmm, Skor… she seems a little angry. Hmm… I might have said something unnecessary.

As I was getting a little flustered, Havamar clapped her hands.

“If we can get this ship, as my big brother said, we could go to various continents. With that, we can easily obtain food, furniture, and medicine. Moreover, we could increase our population.”

“Population…?”

“That’s right, big brother. If we were to engage in battle with the empire from now on, we may need more manpower. And if that’s the case, we may need to hire mercenaries or welcome guilds.”

To think that just having one ship would increase our options so much… I want that ship.