Crossover Anime: A Dimensional Journey Starting with Frilian

"It might not even be true..."

"Damn it! Even if you don't believe me, don't you believe Shichen?"

“This…” Darkness looked at the time.

"Believe me, this time it's a high-ranking member of the Demon King's army who's up to no good. Use your position to do him a favor."

"A high-ranking officer in the Demon King's army? Really?" Darkness became serious.

"Well, I wouldn't joke about something like that."

"I understand, I believe you!"

"Alright, let's split up. You guys go to the Adventurers' Guild and let them know. I'm going back to Axel to ask about something."

"Shichen, what are you going back to Axel for?" Youyou couldn't help but ask.

"I'd like to ask a certain lich about something," Shi Chen said with a slight smile.

......

When Shichen returned, he met up with Aqua and the others on the hill behind the inn, where the source of the hot spring was located.

Megumi and Frilian are not here.

Aqua and the others have already notified the guild. With Darkness's identity as a witness, the Adventurers' Guild has no choice but to believe them.

"Shichen, what exactly did you go back to do?" Aqua asked.

"Go find Wiz and ask him about that cadre."

"So what did you ask?"

"I've figured out that guy's true identity. He's quite something; he's a variant of the Deadly Poison Slime."

"What? It's actually a deadly poison slime!" Youyou exclaimed in shock.

Slimes are known to be weak, but that's only for small slimes. Larger slimes are incredibly strong; physical attacks are almost ineffective, they are highly resistant to magic, and they have huge appetites, eating anything. Once you get entangled with a slime, it's practically hopeless.

Even armor can't stop a slime. It will sneak in through the gaps in the armor, stick to the body, dissolve its prey with digestive juices, or suffocate it by blocking its mouth and nose.

"It's a deadly poison slime? No wonder it can pollute the hot spring!" Aqua wasn't afraid at all; in fact, she was furious.

“Time, I don’t think I can’t defend against slimes,” Darkness said.

"It's alright, I'm here. It's just a slime." Shi Chen comforted him, and even rubbed Youyou's head.

"let's go."

"Let's go!" Aqua led the way up the mountain.

This time, Darkness was not stopped by the guarding knight. He showed the necklace that proved his identity, and the knight let him pass.

Aqua wasn't interested in showing off to the knight she was guarding; she was worried about the hot springs and led the way up the mountain.

She didn't know how far they had walked. Normally, Aqua would have been exhausted by now, but she kept a serious face and didn't say a word to sleep.

There's only one road here, so it's impossible to go the wrong way.

To transport the hot spring water from its source to the town, the town built six huge water pipes on the mountain. To reach the source, one simply had to follow the pipes.

As they approached their destination, the clock struck midnight. While he was drinking Artoria's blood, he had awakened a new familiar, which could have taken them directly to the mountaintop.

He also gained the ability of familiars, and can now fly freely.

I'm still not used to flying freely. Why walk when you can fly?

"What is this!?" Aqua stopped at the end of the pipe, her face filled with barely concealed anger.

In front of the water pipe was the source of the hot spring, which was constantly bubbling up, but the water was black.

"Has it been poisoned?" Youyou couldn't help but ask when she saw the state of the hot spring.

"They really were poisoned! How despicable!"

Aqua spoke angrily, reaching her hand directly into the dark spring.

Ouch! It's so hot! Whoa! It's burning hot!

Despite saying that, Aqua still didn't pull her hand away.

"You idiot, what are you doing?" Shi Chen immediately came to her side and pulled her hand away.

Her once fair and clean arms were now bright red.

"heal"

Shi Chen felt sorry for her and helped her with the treatment.

"But...but..." Aqua's voice trembled with tears as she still wanted to reach into the dark and murky spring to purify it.

"Idiot, I'm here too. Don't you know you can ask me for help?"

"Time... Waaah~"

"Don't worry, I'm here." Shi Chen rubbed her head.

"I understand." Aqua nodded, looking aggrieved.

"Freeze."

Shi Chen cast a rudimentary freezing spell to cool the spring. His magic was immense, and the hot spring quickly cooled down considerably.

"Oh~ Thank you, Shichen."

"Idiot, why are you thanking me?"

"Hehe~"

Aqua smiled foolishly, then put her hand into the dark and murky hot spring. Visibly, the hot spring gradually became transparent.

"That's fine, but the source of this hot spring may not be usable for the time being."

After purifying the hot spring, Aqua was not happy; instead, she looked dejected and very sad.

When Aqua gets responsible, she's quite serious; after all, she truly is a goddess.

Aqua then went to the source of other water pipes to purify the hot springs.

With her abilities, purification is easy, but as she said, these sources will have to wait quite a long time before they can be used again.

Five of the six water pipes were quickly purified, and the last one was at the top of the mountain. When Shichen followed Aqua to the top of the mountain, he noticed a figure.

Upon closer inspection, Shi Chen recognized him immediately; he was the same man he had seen in the mixed-gender bathhouse yesterday.

"Wait a minute," Shichen called out to Aqua.

"What's wrong?" Aqua asked, puzzled.

"Look there."

"what?"

"Huh? There seems to be someone over there." Youyou noticed it too.

“I saw it too. What is he doing over there? Isn’t that the source of the hot spring?” Darkness asked, puzzled.

"That guy must be poisoning the hot spring source! He must be the culprit!" Without saying a word, Aqua stormed over.

They quickly followed.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Aqua approached the man and questioned him directly.

"What do you mean, what do you mean? I don't understand." The man looked puzzled, but he did notice the time.

He also recognized the time.

"Hmph! Stop pretending! You're acting all sneaky, you must be the one poisoning the hot springs here, right?"

"That's ridiculous. How could I possibly poison someone? I'm just here to investigate."

"Investigation?" Aqua looked at Shichen.

Shi Chen patted her shoulder and stepped forward: "Hans, you don't need to hide anymore. I've already recognized you. You're a cadre of the Demon King's army, a variant of the Deadly Poison Slime."

"..."

Chapter 364 The Unconventional Things Before the Battle

"How did you know me? You did overhear our conversation yesterday, but how did you know me?"

Having his identity revealed by the timing, Hans decided to stop pretending.

"To tell you the truth, it was Wobak who told me," Shichen replied with a smile.

"Lord Vobak? No way! Don't try to fool me." Hans naturally didn't believe it.

"It's true. Worbak was attracted by my looks and didn't want me to get into trouble here, so he told me about the situation and even told me your identity so I could understand how dangerous it was."

"Hmph! Do you think I'm that stupid to be fooled by you?" Hans still didn't believe it.

"Why don't you believe me? Besides Warbak, who else can tell me who you are?"

"..." Hans frowned silently at these words.

Very few people know his identity; without an insider revealing it, no one would know who he is.

However, he still didn't believe that Warbak would just betray him like that.

Wobback isn't love-struck.

"Stop trying to sow discord, but Lord Warbak might actually be attracted to you... Fine, you can leave now, I'll let you go."

Hans had no intention of attacking Shichen and his group, and turned to leave.

"Where do you want to go, Hans?"

"You won't escape, Hans!"

"Hmph! You're not afraid of us, are you, Hans?"

Aqua, Yu-Yu, and Darkness immediately called out to him.

"..."

Hans, who had only taken two steps, stopped, turned his back to Shichen and the others, and trembled all over.