This instantly made Lynn realize that the Dungeon Slime's spell resistance was probably very low!
At this moment, the Dungeon Slime's aggressive momentum faltered due to the power of the spell.
Meanwhile, Lynn had already successfully triggered the Rune 【Burst Step】 by casting the spell.
A surge of energy gathered in his legs, giving Lynn the illusion that he could fly with just a gentle leap.
Taking advantage of this split second, Lynn kicked off the ground and appeared behind the slime in the blink of an eye.
Neither the slime nor Lupa noticed Lynn's movement!
Lupa didn't even see what had happened; in a daze, she saw Lynn already running ahead of her, even grabbing her along the way.
“Lynn?!”
How did he get in front of her?
Lupa was temporarily speechless, but the threat from behind still urged her to keep pace with Lynn.
The slime, hit head-on by the Magic Missile, was clearly severely injured. However, it was a ranked monster after all, and a rather large one at that.
Although the Magic Missile easily pierced through its body, a hole less than half a meter in diameter was not yet a fatal wound for the massive Dungeon Slime.
But even though it still had the strength to fight, the Dungeon Slime did not pursue them directly.
If it had been a naturally wicked goblin, it probably would have chased after them.
But for a slime, survival was its primary instinct.
Facing a mage whose depth it couldn't gauge, the Dungeon Slime rolled in place twice and ultimately gave up on continuing the pursuit.
Dragging its injured body, the Dungeon Slime returned to its territory.
Not far away lay the corpse of its fellow kin.
The Dungeon Slime rolled twice in place, and the corpse of its kin was absorbed into its body, becoming a part of it.
The wound on its surface gel layer shrank and closed up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the blink of an eye, the Dungeon Slime's injuries were basically healed...
However, as a low-level monster whose instinct outweighed its intelligence, even after recovering from its injuries, the Dungeon Slime did not decide to hunt them down or relocate.
It continued to follow its instinct to feed, squeezing into the cracks of the sewer walls to suck up those nutrients.
As it sucked, a black substance gradually integrated into the Dungeon Slime's body, forming a black network like blood vessels.
...
On the other side, even though he noticed that the Dungeon Slime wasn't pursuing them, Lynn didn't dare to relax. He dragged Lupa and ran a long way.
It wasn't until the sewer entrance completely vanished from sight that Lynn finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness he had chosen 【Burst Step】; otherwise, he wouldn't have escaped so easily.
Although this quest couldn't be considered a narrow escape from death, it had certainly been a roller coaster ride.
Fortunately, the outcome was good. He had successfully completed the quest and witnessed the power of 【Burst Step】 and Magic Missile.
Speaking of Magic Missile, there was actually one thing Lynn was slightly hesitant about.
It was about how to deal with the Dungeon Slime.
To be honest, after seeing the lethality of magic against the slime, Lynn had developed a desire to kill the Dungeon Slime.
He currently held the initiative. He could easily go back down to finish off the Dungeon Slime after recovering his mana.
If one Magic Missile couldn't kill it, then two. If two weren't enough, then four.
Within a few days, he could wear the Dungeon Slime down to death.
If he could kill the Dungeon Slime, the benefits would undoubtedly be immense.
He would obtain a large number of Bloodline Points, as well as any adventurer relics that might exist inside the Dungeon Slime's body.
However, the risk was equally high.
On one hand, Lynn was unsure about the Dungeon Slime's self-healing capabilities.
If his damage output couldn't keep up with the slime's recovery speed, he would be in a tight spot.
On the other hand, this plan was somewhat idealized. In practice, facing a ranked monster without any assistance, it would be all too easy for Lynn to make a fatal mistake.
After all, his spellcasting required more than four seconds of chanting.
After careful consideration, Lynn ultimately abandoned this tempting plan.
The risk was too great, while the reward was merely Bloodline Points, something that could be accumulated over time.
There was no need to take this risk.
Lynn did not know at this moment that his cautious decision had saved him from a head-on confrontation with a Dungeon Slime that had already restored itself to its peak condition.
However, Lynn did not plan to let this monster off so easily either.
He planned to take a two-pronged approach to deal with this monster that had put him in danger.
This was definitely not because he, Lynn, was petty!
It was entirely out of consideration for the safety of the Wingen Town adventurer family!
“Lynn, other people are looking at us...”
Lupa's slightly embarrassed, soft whisper pulled Lynn's thoughts back to reality.
Coming to his senses, Lynn realized that he and Lupa were standing on the street. Their clothes were still covered in slimy mucus, emitting a stench that made passersby avoid them.
Seeing the strange looks from the townspeople, even Lynn blushed slightly and quickly led Lupa away.
“Oh, right.”
Lynn turned back to look at Lupa.
He handed over a red beret in his hand.
“Your hat fell off when we were running just now.”
As he spoke, Lynn dusted it off.
But for some reason, upon seeing the hat, Lupa froze completely.
After a few seconds, as if waking from a dream, she shrank back uneasily and let out a pleading cry.
“Ah!!”
With her cry, Lynn was also slightly taken aback.
For he saw, amidst Lupa's smooth silver hair, two fluffy, gray triangular ears playfully pushing through her hair and standing upright.
They looked like wolf ears.
Lynn: “?”
Lynn: “Whoa, she's actually a beastkin girl. I wonder if she has a tail.”
Although Lupa's various unusual behaviors earlier had already given Lynn a faint suspicion, actually seeing someone with such realistic animal ears still surprised Lynn a little.
So there really were half-beastkin in this world.
He had previously heard Uncle Rogan mention that in the southern part of the kingdom, at the border between the beastkin tribes and the human kingdom of Vallenia, young humans driven by raging hormones would often taste the forbidden fruit with beastkin of the opposite sex.
At the time, he had even marvelled at how heavy these humans' tastes were.
After all, the beastkin in this world were truly exotic creatures covered in scales and feathers, completely different from the anime beast-eared girls of his previous life.
But thanks to those degenerate beast-lovers, a race known as “half-beastkin” had emerged in this world.
Still, Lynn hadn't expected to encounter a half-beastkin here in the far north of the kingdom.
No wonder when Lupa was buying time for him against the Dungeon Slime earlier, she suddenly seemed to enter a blood-frenzy, her body visibly bulking up.
It must have been the activation of the beastkin bloodline within her body that allowed her to achieve such an effect.
Staring at those fluffy, dusty, twitching ears, Lynn felt a slight urge to give them a pet.
However, he had heard that touching a half-beastkin's ears was highly impolite, so Lynn refrained.
Noticing Lynn's gaze, Lupa quickly snatched the beret from his hand. Not caring if it was dirty, she put it straight back on her head to cover her animal ears.
Lynn didn't mind Lupa's timid attitude, turning around to head toward the guild.
Lupa hesitated for a moment before following him.
...
Inside the Adventurers' Guild, the hall was still bustling with noise.
However, the adventurers who were originally gathered together very considerately cleared a path for him to go to the second floor the moment they saw Lynn enter.
Well, probably... hopefully, it wasn't because Lynn was covered in the stench of the sewer.
Ignoring the disgusted looks from the other adventurers, Lynn walked straight up to the counter.
“Submitting the quest. Here is the request form and the proof materials.”
The receptionist took the request form, checked the materials to ensure everything was correct, put them away, and then placed a cloth bag in front of Lynn.
The crisp clinking of coins from inside the bag instantly lifted Lynn's spirits.
“This is the quest reward of sixteen silver and eighty copper coins. Please verify.”
Lynn didn't check, picking it up directly.
The Adventurers' Guild wouldn't stoop to shortchanging him of this petty sum.
With the quest settled, Lynn didn't leave. Instead, he spoke up again, “By the way, I have a report to make.”
“While we were doing our quest in the sewer, we encountered a Dungeon Slime.”
I might not be able to beat you, but there's no way the Adventurers' Guild can't deal with you, right?
“Hmm?”
The receptionist was somewhat surprised.
As a clerical staff member of the guild, she had learned about most common monsters during her induction training.
The Dungeon Slime was, of course, no exception.
Yet in her memory, the Dungeon Slime was clearly a monster with a Challenge Rating.
If they had truly encountered a Dungeon Slime, how had this obscure two-person team managed to escape and return?
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