Slime Immortal

"Captain Alice! You're here. Why did you go to the tavern?"

Alice turned around, her expression regaining its businesslike calm.

"Good afternoon, Sheriff Wheeler. I'm just stopping by to see the adventurous atmosphere of Ironboot Town and get a feel for the local situation."

She changed the subject and her tone became serious, "Also, we received the latest report from the Border Guard Corps."

"The weather station has observed signs of large-scale magical riots in the Corrupted Miasma Mountains, which is likely to cause continuous heavy rain."

"Summer is approaching. Ironboot Town is located in the lower reaches of the valley and close to the swamp forest. You'd better prepare in advance."

Sheriff Weller's face sank, and sweat broke out on his forehead. "Yes! Yes! Thank you Knight Alice for the reminder! I'll arrange it right away!"

He did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly bowed, turned around and ran back to the town.

Watching the sheriff leave, Alice said to Deputy Karen: "Let's go, we still have a mission."

Karen looked at the sheriff's receding back, and couldn't help but look towards the swamp forest.

"Sir, shouldn't we check out the swamp and those corrupted lizardmen that are suddenly roaming around the reedy banks?"

"No, corrupted creatures are extremely difficult to deal with. They have strong vitality. Killing them is very time-consuming. Besides, that swamp..."

She paused, as if recalling something.

"It's far more dangerous than it appears. Without a detailed map and sufficient anti-venom potions, rushing into the swamp and getting lost is tantamount to seeking death."

Adjutant Karen was clearly shocked when he heard this.

"Even you...are not sure you can get through that swamp?"

In his mind, this knight from the border garrison, who was powerful and had firm faith, was almost a symbol of omnipotence.

Alice glanced at Karen, her eyes calm and composed. There was neither anger at being questioned nor any boasting in her eyes. She was just stating the facts.

"My strength is enough to deal with most threats on the periphery, but if I want to go deep into the core area and face unknown monsters and poisonous fog and find a way out alive, the success rate is very low."

"Even a powerful legion commander wouldn't do such a stupid thing."

She jumped onto the horse with smooth and agile movements.

"The mission is crucial. Those cunning 'Rusty Key' guys won't foolishly wait for us in the ruins of the outpost. Catching them won't be easy. We can't let this clue go."

She pulled the reins and gazed calmly at the rotting mountains in the distance, shrouded in mist, looking gloomy and mysterious.

Only she herself knew that tracking down the Rusty Key, a thieves' guild active in the border ruins, was not the only purpose of her trip, nor even the main purpose.

The ruins of the outpost, this place name weighed heavily on her heart.

It was once a border fortress during the glorious days of the White Horse Kingdom. However, due to frequent and uncontrolled magical riots, it became a deadly place and was abandoned by the kingdom.

For more than a decade, it has become a graveyard for adventurers and a hotbed of illegal activities.

She took on the task of tracking down the thieves, ostensibly for the Border Guard Corps' duty.

But deep down in her heart, what drove her to this borderland was her brother who disappeared in Ironboot Town more than ten years ago, a legion knight who also believed in Cardos.

She recently received some clues that her brother was last seen at the ruins of an outpost.

There has been no news for more than ten years, no one has seen him alive, and no body has been found after his death.

This time, no matter what dangers and secrets are hidden in the ruins, she will go in.

Even if all she found in the end was a weathered skeleton, she had to give him and her family an explanation.

Alice clutched the silver sword pendant on her chest.

Witnessed by Cardos, courage and protection are her vows that she will never betray.

Chapter 45: The Swamp's Ethics Are Too Bad

"Wow…Wow…a…ethnic term…a student."

The sunlight filtered through the window into the oak treehouse, casting a warm glow on a ball of slime and the book in front of it.

Chen Yu was studying the "Basic Grammar and Vocabulary" book brought back by Arno with his poor pronunciation.

Although his pronunciation was not very standard, he could still understand the basic common language and had no problem communicating with it.

It's just that slimes don't have vocal organs. He can understand, but if he wants to speak out he has to rely on telepathy.

But this has already made Slime very satisfied.

He was practicing when the prompt "Proficiency +1" kept popping up on the panel. Finally, he saw what he wanted to see.

[Common Language Level 1 → Common Language Level 2]

Phew, it wasn't easy... I finally upgraded.

Chen Yu was moved by his own diligence.

The level 2 common language should be enough to understand most of the daily conversations of local humans.

It’s a pity that Arno has returned to Iron Boots Town, otherwise I really want to try looking for him.

Just as he was feeling regretful, he heard shouts coming from outside the castle.

"Boss, it's me, it's urgent!"

Arno's tone was a bit anxious, as if it was this urgent matter that made him return to Tiexue Town yesterday and come back again today.

Chen Yu found that he could understand what Arno said, but that was not the point. He opened the maze and jumped down the stairs step by step to greet Arno.

"Are there corrupted lizardmen breaking in?"

Arno took the dew handed to him by the stinging bee and drank it all in one gulp to relieve his dry throat.

"No...no."

"Boss, you know I've participated in knight training before. Actually, that training was to recruit new knights for the kingdom's border garrison."

"Just today, I received news that Instructor Alice from the Legion had stopped in Iron Boot Town."

Chen Yu was puzzled.

"what?"

"You mentioned this. Could it be that you, Arno, or some other traitor to the Legion, and she came to capture you?"

"Ahem...actually, Instructor Alice brought back observations from the weather station. They say magic is gathering and rioting deep in the swamp, and a heavy rainstorm is coming!"

"When I was gathering intelligence at the Old Oak Tavern last night, I heard that quite a few adventurers had been attacked by those corrupted monsters recently. I suspect... they won't be too quiet before the heavy rain arrives."

After Arno's reminder, Chen Yu felt that it made sense.

Ever since he used the adventurers from Ironshoe Town to drive away those corrupted lizardmen, he has rarely heard from them.

Now it seems that they are planning something, preparing for a big wave to take back their original territory.

There are corrupted crocodiles to the west of the swamp, corrupted jackals and hyenas to the south, and two major sub-human tribes of lizardmen and gnolls living on the southeast river bank, all of whom have accepted corrupted beliefs.

As the commander Slime, he said that the battle front looked very worrying.

If the corrupted lizardmen really took back the territory on the east bank of the river, he would be surrounded again.

He might just wake up from a nap to find the castle crowded with corrupt believers who are here to usurp his title of overlord.

Uneasy.jpg

Seriously uneasy.

However, compared to him, the Rotten Moss Tribe seemed more unwilling to see the return of those who betrayed their faith.

Arno mentioned that the Rot Moss Tribe was planning to hire human adventurers to encircle and annihilate the Scale Claw Tribe.

Chen Yu gave the stored moonlight moss to Arno, and sent a team of stinging bees to follow him to find Segash, hoping to help the Rotten Moss Tribe recruit more adventurers.

In this way, while the lizardmen of the Scale Claw Tribe were being surrounded, he could sneak up behind them and...steal the lizardmen's butts.

……

Arno hurriedly left the Oak Territory and, according to Chen Yu's instructions, hurried to the Rotten Moss Tribe on the north bank of the river. It took him some time to find the lizardwoman named Segash and handed the talisman and moonlight moss to her.

Segash didn't seem surprised by Arno's arrival, but just asked curiously.

"Did the Messenger give me these two leaves?"

Lord Messenger?

This probably refers to his boss.

Arno was not very familiar with the Demihuman language and didn't care too much.

"Right. The boss said this was called something... um, I forgot. Anyway, it should be similar to an evil... blessed item."

After explaining how to use the leaves, he hurried back to Tiexue Town.

"Given by the envoy...it must be something good."

Sergash carefully put away the two strange leaves. Just as she turned around to leave, she saw Semya staring at her from a distance.

"Sister?" Sergash was startled, and his tone suddenly became guilty and flustered.

Semia withdrew her gaze from the moon moss piled at her feet and sighed slightly.

"Segash."

"You've been hiding something from me since we left that swamp over there."

"Even I can't know this?"

Sergash hesitated and whispered in a tangled voice, "I just think you won't believe it..."

Semia came over and gently stroked her cheek.

"Silly child, if I don't even trust you, who else can I trust?"

"Um……"

Finally, Sergash told her about his encounter with the messenger from Putu in the swamp.

"The Putu Envoy... is a slime?"

Semia pondered.

Although she thought this was ridiculous, if it came from her sister who believed in nature, then it must be true.