A slime came out of the pillar

Sagiri Mountain is already shrouded in smog, but because of the rainy season, the visibility is even lower, and the flowers, plants and trees on the mountain are almost invisible.From a distance, the whole mountain seemed to be sealed by a cloud of fog. It looked cold and damp, and no one dared to approach it.

There are some scattered villages not far from the mountain, and the people in the village will hardly trespass into that mountain without authorization, but they know that there is a mountain guard living not far from the top of Sawu Mountain.

From time to time, the sound of raindrops beating against the leaves could be heard outside the window. Inside the house, a man wearing a tengu mask sat silently by the fire, carving a wooden doll in his hand with a knife.The room was silent, except for the occasional crackling of sparks splashing on the fireside.

The sound of the pattering rain was mixed with the sound of hurried footsteps at some point. The man stopped what he was doing and listened carefully for a while. After confirming that he had heard correctly, he put the things in his hands on the ground and walked slowly. stood up.

The road in the mountains was very muddy due to the rain. When the feet stepped into the puddle, the splash of muddy water splashed on the ankles, which made people feel a little annoyed. Even though the haori was used to cover the head, it was still completely drenched from head to toe. , Chloe, who was wet all over, looked at the seemingly endless mountain road, and finally couldn't help asking: "How long is it from where your master lives?"

"It's coming soon." The rabbit next to him didn't know how many times he responded like this, just when he wanted to use his perception to gain insights, he heard the tone of the person next to him suddenly become cheerful: "Look! I can already see it!"

Chloe looked up, and through a water curtain, she could vaguely see an old bamboo house at the end of the road not far away. It should be the residence of the two masters Sato and Yiyong.

"It's Master Lintaki." Yi Yong, who hadn't spoken for a while, raised his eyes and saw the man standing in front of the house door. He couldn't help speeding up his pace, and ran forward quickly. The dark red feather was supported by him on his head. At this moment, he Running, the haori fluttered behind him like a hero's cloak.

"Hey! Slow down!" Although Sato shouted from behind, he quickened his pace, and Chloe, who was left behind, hurriedly followed.

The three of them ran to the front of the wooden house one after the other. Chloe had been listening to Sato and Giyuu describe how powerful and good their master Rinaki was, and now they finally saw the real person, so they had to take a closer look. Fan, I saw that he was wearing a wave patterned haori with a wave pattern, and a red tengu mask completely covered his face. Chloe could only roughly judge from the short white hair on the top of his head that he should be an old man .

"Master Lintaki, we're back!"

Sabito's excited voice received no immediate response.Lin Taki just stood upright in front of the door without holding an umbrella. He quietly set his eyes on his two disciples, thinking about something until he saw the water falling down from their hair. Only then did Zhu slowly open his mouth: "...Come in and change your clothes first."

Inexplicably, the three masters and apprentices were standing outside the house in the rain. Fortunately, the charcoal fire in the house was very hot, and when they entered the house, the warmth rushed to their faces. Sato and Yiyong wiped the wet Hanging his coat on the bamboo rack in the room, he turned around and found Chloe standing awkwardly at the entrance, and quickly turned his head to Lintaki and said: "Master Lintaki, this is Chloe, during the final trial saved me."

Chloe noticed Lin Taki's gaze towards him, and quickly nodded politely at him. While they were standing just now, he had already used his own ability to dry his clothes and hair.

After listening to Satoshi's narration, Rinaki first thanked him earnestly for saving his disciple, and then said that if Chloe has nowhere to go now, he can stay with him for a while.

Yiyong, who was obediently sitting by the stove warming himself by the fire, suddenly poked Rinaki's arm, leaned into his ear and whispered so loudly that everyone could hear: "He is a fairy."

Chloe, who unfortunately has very good ears: "You are a fairy! How many times have I said that I am a slime!"

After spending a short time with Tomioka Yoshiyuki in the past few days, he found that this person's brain didn't seem to work very well.

This morning he explained to Sato and Yiyong that he was a low-level monster slime, but neither of them seemed to understand very well, one regarded him as a little monster in the mountains, and the other regarded him as a fairy.

Chloe explained it to them countless times on the road, but...it was of no use.

Chloe, who had given up on Satoshi and Giyuu, saw Rinaki seemed to be a very decent person, so she didn't deliberately hide it, and told him her identity bluntly.

After listening to his story and showing the prototype of his own slime, Rinaki nodded seriously: "Okay, I understand."

Chloe: ...Could it be that he understood?

In his expectant eyes, Zuo Jin put some more firewood under the stove again, and said solemnly: "It's like the goblin in Hyakki Night Walk, right?"

Wow, that's totally wrong.

...Forget it, let them think what they want.

Chloe, who had completely given up on explaining, slowly moved to the stove, Satoshi saw his loss, and comforted him with a helpless smile: "It's okay, Chloe, no matter what monster you are, we will treat you as a monster." friend's."

"I'm not a monster, really." Although Chloe didn't want to say any more, she still insisted on her final dignity.

"Gollum—"

Just when Chloe turned back into the slime prototype and was about to tell the chemical principles that make up the slime again, Yiyong's stomach made a hungry sound inappropriately.

"Ah, it's already this time." Lin Taki looked up at the foggy window, stood up, "Shall we eat salmon and radish tonight?"

Chloe saw Yiyong's eyes lit up on the opposite side.

"That's great, Giyuu." Satoshi smiled knowingly.

"Yeah." Yi Yong nodded, looked at him, and slowly raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a satisfied smile.

Chloe, who was not very good at observing micro-expressions, watched their interaction and sat beside her thinking.

Even though Chloe showed that he could survive without eating, Master Rinaki still made him an extra meal.

Looking at the steaming salmon and radish in front of her, Chloe turned her head and glanced at Yi Yong next to her, and brought her own share to him: "I'll give you my share, too."

Instead of giving it to him who doesn't need to eat, it's better to give it to those who really need it, and Giyuu really seems to like this.

Yi Yong looked at the bowl that Chloe brought to him, his face no longer had that indifferent expression, and he looked up happily and smiled at Chloe: "Thank you."

It seems that this guy really likes to eat salmon radish, which is surprisingly easy to understand.

Looking at the volunteer who was so happy that pink flowers appeared all over him, Chloe had a new understanding of him.

……

Chloe stayed in the mountains for more than ten days, and learned more about ghosts and ghost killing teams from Master Lintaki. Unlike the ghosts I met in GF before, ghosts in this world can use a method called The special spell of vampire art hides one's aura and mixes with ordinary people, making it undetectable and difficult to deal with.

It is precisely because there are evil spirits walking in the world and killing wantonly that there is a ghost killing team.Their duty is to kill ghosts, even if they do everything they can, they must kill all the evil ghosts.

"Did you develop a special breathing method because your physical condition is more disadvantaged than that of ghosts?" Chloe suddenly realized after listening to Lin Taki's description.

He has been idle on the mountain for the past few days, and occasionally stood by and watched when Sato and Giyuu held swords to learn from each other. In addition to seeing that their swordsmanship is very gorgeous and has many moves, he also noticed their breathing method Not the same as ordinary people.

"Well, you noticed it." Lin Taki looked up at him with hot tea in his hand, "There are many schools of breathing methods, and what I taught Sato and Giyuu is water breathing, that is, using breathing to connect yourself with water. into one."

"Oh, that's right." Chloe nodded violently as if she had enlightened instantly, but she didn't understand at all.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, he can ask the "Great Sage" for help.

[Information obtained.The full concentration breathing method uses a special breathing method to mix a large amount of oxygen into the blood cells of the body to strengthen the heart and lung function, so as to effectively enhance the body skills. 】

It turned out to be like this, then if he also learned this way of breathing, he would be able to use that cool sword skill like Sato and the others, right?

【answer.cannot. 】

Eh?Why?

Chloe, who thought that she could learn anything as long as she had the assistance of the "Great Sage", was surprised for the first time.

[First, slime's activities mainly rely on the magic essence in the body, and it does not need to breathe, nor can it breathe.Second, every cell in the slime's body is a muscle, that is, a brain cell, which cannot produce blood supply and cannot achieve the hypothesis just now. 】

The blunt explanation dispelled Chloe's enthusiasm for studying, and she turned around to continue catching rabbits.

In the past few days living in Sawu Mountain, relying on his previous knowledge, he ate a lot of plants that can be made into therapeutic medicine. Although he couldn't overcome the nausea and swallow insects again to gain skills, he was already very satisfied.

Because few people went into the mountains to hunt, there were a lot of wild rabbits nearby. A few days ago, a rabbit accidentally broke into the trap set by Master Linlong for training, and was discovered by Yiyong passing by.

Although Chloe doesn't need to eat, he is still very happy to taste animals like rabbits, because he hasn't obtained the mimicry of rabbits yet, and he might get them after eating them.

Chloe had already set up a roasting net, but was stopped by Sato who came back halfway. She released the rabbit and taught them a lesson.

From then on, Chloe somehow developed a rebellious mentality. He usually has no desire for food, and he took Yiyong to hunt birds and hares in the mountains every day when Sato was not paying attention. So far, I have not succeeded once, but the quality spirit of getting more and more courageous after setbacks is commendable.

One morning when it was just dawn, Chloe quietly woke up Giyuu, because the relationship between the two had improved a lot after the salmon radish incident last time.His mother was sneakily preparing to go out with the bamboo cage that Master Linlong had just woven yesterday, and just as he opened the door, he heard the tinkling of wind chimes.

Turning around, I saw a man wearing a bamboo hat covered with wind chimes, walking towards them step by step.

Chloe and Yiyong looked at each other. Although they were curious about the identity of this man, they both stood there tacitly without moving, waiting quietly for the man to approach.

"My name is Iron Mound. Tomioka Yoshiyuki and Saito's knives have been forged. I'll deliver the knives." The man in front of him was wearing a fire man mask, and he couldn't see his appearance. Is there a requirement to wear a mask?

"Please come in." After listening to the man's self-introduction, Giyuu turned sideways politely and wanted him to enter the room.

"Huh? You are the child that Lin Taki adopted a few years ago. You don't look like that at all. He wrote to me and told me that you were a crybaby..." Steel Zhong ignored his words and moved closer Giyuu watched his face carefully.

"...Please come in." Feeling as if he was offended, Yi Yong tilted his head back a little and repeated with a blank expression.

……

Both Satoshi and Yoshiyuki's Japanese knives turned blue, Iron Mound was very disappointed, he was lying leisurely on his side with his feet up: "It's boring, I thought I could see the blades of different colors Woolen cloth."

"Both Sato and Yoshiyuki are suitable for water breathing, and it's normal for the blade to turn blue." Rinaki explained while sitting upright, in sharp contrast to the casual steel mound.

Satoshi stood aside and completely ignored their conversation. He was crossing his arms at the moment with a serious expression on his face, while Chloe and Giyuu were obediently kneeling in front of him, with their heads down and serious reflection, looking pitiful.

"Frankly, what do you want to do in the morning?" He pointed to the bamboo cage at his feet, raised his eyebrows and questioned.

Never betray your teammates.

Chloe and Yi Yong exchanged glances, and they both saw the meaning in each other's eyes.

"It was Yiyong who encouraged me to go."

"Chloe woke me up first." Unfortunately, in the next second, the boat of friendship was severely capsized by Breath of Water.

"Chloe, I didn't expect you to be such a person." Yi Yong reacted quickly, and he immediately turned his head to look at Chloe, condemning with a straight face.

Chloe was not to be outdone: "Don't push all the pot to me, you made the cage yesterday with the help of Master Linlong."

"You set up the roasting net a few days ago, and you still said it was me."

"Then last time you accidentally tore Sato's clothes and said I did it."

The rabbit was listening to one head and two big ones, and the two people in front of them were arguing vigorously, when suddenly two crows flew in from the window.

"Send the order, Sato, there are children disappearing at night in the towns to the northeast, hurry up and investigate—"

"Tomioka...Giyuu...Go...to the southwest..."

Compared with the other crow that was full of spirit, the one that flew to Yiyong's shoulder was obviously not energetic, and it looked very old.

For a while, there was a lot of chatter in the room. Chloe felt relieved when he saw only two crows flying in. It seemed that the crow that had been following him before had been taken back by the headquarters of the Ghost Slayer Squad.

Um?Why is it so heavy on your head?

Chloe's neck was tilted by the weight of the top of his head. He looked up in confusion, and just stared at the crow that was sitting on top of his head and bent down.

Ah, the crow is still there.

One person and one bird stared at each other silently for three seconds, only to hear that the crow above his head suddenly went mad and began to scream violently, which startled him: "Chloe! Now go to the headquarters of the Ghost Killing Squad quickly! Your lord wants to meet you!"

"……Eh?!"