165. I hate to lose




 In the morning, in front of the transporter room.
 I came back after dropping Aulum back to the dungeon, who was completely fine, and Celeste and I were standing there talking.

''Terdungeon 15th floor, husband and wife slime. Commonly known as the 'Strong Man Killer'.

 I was in a hurry yesterday, so I went into it for the first time, but I still wanted to get some information for the future, so I grabbed Celeste to talk to her.
 The family's wizards told me easily and with a flat expression on their faces.

'Apparently the silver slime is the husband and the golden slime is the wife.
Huh? This kind of thing, if it were gold or silver, I would have thought gold was my husband.

 Maybe I'm preconceived and prejudiced.

The reason for the strongest killers is that the dungeon is in a different space that isn't normal, where you're sent to be alone at all times, and on top of that, the silver one goes with the magic-based abilities of the person who enters it, and the gold one goes with the physical-based abilities at all.
'I could see it in my own skin. He was strong, fast, hard, almost dungeon master level.
'If it were me, the golden one would be weaker than the normal slime on the ground floor.
A complete copy of the ability ...... is exactly what a strongman killer looks like. On balance, it's tough when both are high.
And then,
Is there more?
Yeah.

 Celeste nodded.

'The golden slime has the property of being magic-disabled and the silver slime one has the property of being physically disabled.
'Yeah, ...... means ......'
Yeah. We'll be forced to compete with each other in the same capacity. That's another reason for killing the strong. If you're weak, you can just play house. ......

 I see.
 I suddenly remembered Margaret.
 While her drops are all A's, she's an F with every other ability, from HP to luck, which is the worst of all.
 With Margaret, both gold and silver are all F-equivalent, which means it's a sour and salty match between F and F.
 Even with the same ability, if it's a fight between Fs and A's (I'm an SS), the latter is more dangerous than the latter.

 The strongman killer ...... is pretty egregious.

One more thing.
Is it still there?
''Yes, this one is called 'Couple Slime' for a reason. If one of them is defeated, the survivor goes into a state of rage and his or her full ability goes up a notch.
Your mate's revenge.
'That's what I'm talking about. There are two strategies: if you don't have A status, start with the strongest one and kill the weak one later, and if you have A, you can't go higher than A even if you're in a rage state, so you have to start with the weak one and put a ceiling on your ability increase.
Okay, so you didn't feel like I was particularly strong yesterday?

 I beat the silver one first yesterday, the surviving golden gold slime is supposed to be stronger, but the fact that it's the same as my ability means it's all SS.
 It's above the ceiling, which originally didn't exist, so it doesn't feel stronger because it didn't go any higher than that.

It's a tricky hierarchy.
I'm good at some of them.

 What's it like? I was about to ask, when Alice returned to the transporter room.
 She has four fellow monsters on her shoulders and is pushing a magic cart.

'Huh?' We were both here. Didn't you go to the dungeon?
I was just asking Celeste about the 15th floor of Tellurium.
Naru. Oh, good, I was just there.
"Huh?

 Alice walked out into the hallway and showed me the magic cart she was pushing.

'Look, I got a bunch of peaches. I heard from Aurum that they were really good, so I'm going to ask Emily to make them for me.

 The magic cart has about twenty peaches in it.
 It's not much to earn, I guess they took them for the family dessert, as I declared.

 Anyway, ...... so much from the first thing in the morning?

'Lyota, she's the type of person you'd be better off with. I'm weak, and I can get in with a fellow monster who is clearly stronger than me.
...... I see!

 Celeste's explanation convinced me again.

When I heard about the 15th floor, I thought to myself, "Well, I wish I could have made it out of Lyota's peaches, but I'm sure Emily's skills would have made it better. I'd like to have you use Lyota's peaches to make it, but if you're an Emily, I'm sure you'll be able to make it just as good.

 Alice said, pushing the magic cart to the kitchen.
 I'm going to leave the peaches with or without Emily.

 Not good for me. ......?

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 Telldungeon, 15th floor underground.
 I came to the arena-like dungeon via the transporter room.
 I waited for a while, and then a gold and silver slime appeared.

 They're flirting as they did yesterday, and if you look closely, you can see that the gold slime is pampering the silver slime.
 The theory that the silver one is a male is a somewhat convincing sight.

''Whoa!''

 I rushed towards the slime.
 When the two slimes noticed me, they broke apart in a flash and attacked me at the same time.

 Electric lightning.

 I grabbed them while guarding the silver attack and threw them as hard as I could towards the day after tomorrow.
 The remaining gold slime attacked, avoiding it with a single piece of skin in the manner of a counter, grabbing its body and continuing the rush.
 I push the gold slime against the wall of the arena, the wall cracks with a crack.

 A series of guns fired from close range.
 Zero range penetration rounds. The countless bullets that continued to shoot at a single point gouged through the body of the slime like a drill and eventually penetrated.

 The gold slime disappeared with a clunk, and the two guns that were firing continuously also disappeared.

 Turning around, a change occurred in the remaining silver slime.
 The silver body, to my surprise, began to take on a golden aura.

 I see that's the enhancement .......

''But!''

 He holds out his hand towards the silver slime, which is about to jump on him, and casts a spell.

 Repetition.

 The most powerful circumscription magic, no matter how strong your opponent is, no matter how much you strengthen it afterwards.
 As long as you can use the magic - if it works, your opponent will fall the moment you cast it.

 The Silver Slime disappeared, disappeared, and dropped a peach and a gun.

 I'll pick up the gun and peaches.
 If I give it all I've got, I can go around.
 As long as I can kill a gold slime of my own equal in the blink of an eye, the silver slime will be able to repetition.

 By the way, the gold slime is impossible, an opponent I've defeated before, but that one has the property of disabling magic.

 Suddenly, I felt something dripping from my chin across my cheek.
 I wiped it with my hand, thinking it was sweat or ...... because I gave 100%, albeit for a moment, and it was red blood.
 I could see it had been cut with a snap, touching my cheek.
 It looks like I couldn't avoid it on the counter and got grazed.
 I knew it wouldn't go so well between the same SS.

 ...... though.
 I shot myself a recovery round like an injection to recover my HP and MP, and waited for the next one.
 After a while, a new gold and silver (meoto) slime will appear again.

 I challenge you to fight, fight with all your might.
 Isolate the Silver and defeat the Gold in a heartbeat.
 Practicing how to defeat an opponent as fast as possible.

 I'll be cooped up on the 15th floor of the tellurium for the rest of the day.

 Besides for family dessert.
 I made 770,000 pirouette in peaches.

 I thought there was still room to update it.