Slime Immortal.

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, his tone immediately becoming somewhat guilty and flustered. Sermia withdrew her gaze from the pile of moonlight moss at her feet and sighed softly.

"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.

She just prayed devoutly for a few words and said nothing more, as if she agreed to the matter, and turned to leave.

"Sister, wait a moment. Keep this."

Segash handed one of the leaves to Semia.

"If...if anything happens, the Messenger's power can protect you."

Semia looked at her and finally accepted the leaf.

"Nature protects those who do not believe in nature. Hopefully..."

……

Arno had only been away for half a day when a drizzle began to fall in the swamp forest.

[Small Archery Lv.2 → Small Archery Lv.3]

[Devour and Digestion Level 3 Triggered - Megavein Leech Characteristics Recorded, Talent Incubation in Progress (8/10)]

"Chew, chew, chew..."

A giant-veined leech lay limply at the edge of the swamp, its body hollowed out and its magic organs in the stomach of the slime next to it.

Perhaps it would never have thought until its death that it would be hunted by a group of slimes.

"belch……"

Chen Yu burped and let the bubbles out.

Fishy.

It tastes terrible, but Slime can't stop eating it.

What a strange food.

The cold raindrops hit the slime's head, and Chen Yu jumped into the depths of the swamp.

When the demihumans started a war, he was ready to join in the fun.

But before that, his monster level seemed to be about to break through the bronze level.

This is a big deal for a slime.

He was just about to gather all the talents for the Megavein Leech, so he might as well go into the depths to hunt and see what his neighbors were doing.

Chen Yu groped his way into the darkness. Soon the soft swamp under his feet was replaced by broken stone bricks, and the roar of a crocodile seemed to be heard from the front.

Chen Yu sneaked closer to take a look. At first he thought the crocodiles were fighting, but when he saw clearly he realized that—

Seven or eight sturdy corrupted crocodiles were now forming a semicircle, blocking a much smaller crocodile of their kind in a corner of a collapsed stone wall, and hitting it with their bodies again and again.

The poor little guy was still shivering and curled up.

Huh?
It turns out that swamp creatures also bully their own kind?

Who is the one who brought about this bad atmosphere?

Why are all the people born and raised in the swamp bullies?

Must eat them hard... Bah, criticize them!
We must effectively rectify the bad bullying habits.

Then Chen Yu saw the little crocodile stand up tremblingly, as if it had become cannon fodder, walking in front, and several corrupted crocodiles followed behind it.

And the direction they are heading is...

Ok?
How come it's his castle?

(End of this chapter)