Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

Tsk... So they really came...

The development that Hale had anticipated has occurred.

Xia Que could not refuse, nor did she have the right to refuse. A day later, this weakest hero led her companions into the labyrinth, unaware of what shady business the kingdom was secretly plotting.

Chapter 5 The Blue Giant

Wow... I can't see the end at all... This place...

I gazed at the endless army of the undead and sighed.

For convenience, I call this huge crater the Sea of ​​Blood. There's no actual sea of ​​blood flowing in it, but the ground here is completely blood red, and the smell of blood is extremely strong.

In this environment, an endless army of undead was spawned. I have no idea where this blood came from. Could it be that slime magic can generate blood?

If it could generate blood and even distinguish blood types, that would be a groundbreaking discovery on Earth. It would be wonderful to bring slimes back with us.

No, this isn't the time to talk about that.

"!!!"

A group of skeletons wielding bone weapons were chasing after me from directly in front of me. Three days ago, I probably wouldn't have been able to handle this number, but now it's nothing; I'm used to it. I calmly charged towards them, then used a pincer to sever the legs of the front-row skeletons before dodging the bone weapons that followed. These kinds of weapons are usually quite brittle, so they broke off when they hit the ground.

I started by taking the heads of the front-line skeletons, smashing them one by one, then breaking their spines. I grabbed one of them and slammed it into the remaining skeletons that were still able to move freely. Skeletons collided, bones shattering everywhere—a sound I was already used to. These were just small fry; the troublesome ones were the others.

For example, liches or something...

Fireball.

While I was still battling the skeletons, a fireball came hurtling towards me without a second thought. This slime-like attack hit me directly. It wasn't slime magic, because slimes know I have fire resistance, so they use other magic to attack me.

Ugh, I won't even go into why the slime hit me... I just have this feeling that this guy really dislikes me.

Actually, it wouldn't have mattered if the fireball had hit me directly, but that's not the point. That fireball has a very troublesome characteristic.

Further away, there stood several liches. Although they looked like skeletons, they used magic to give themselves flesh and blood, and their dream was to become human.

Although they are very similar to me, I have absolutely no intention of supporting them! I'm not one of those heretics!

Because of the curse of the dead, resurrection is impossible. And that's not the point! All of the lich's attacks are cursed!

The fireball hit me directly. I don't know what curse effect it had, but I'd better get out of here quickly. The curses that were stacked on me haven't been removed yet. I'd conservatively estimate there are about twenty different curses...

Just as I was about to run, a hand reached out from the ground and grabbed my foot. Damn it, why are these guys so annoying?!

I tried my best to pull my feet away, but more and more hands reached out, and more and more skeletons surrounded me. In the distance, the liches, draped in tattered rags, had eerie eyes in the shadows, holding bone staffs with purplish-black magic circles at the tips. Getting hit by that magic would be extremely bad.

I feel like I can't escape now, you bastard!

Why don't I use magic?

First, as I mentioned, I'm under a curse, something like a bebuff, one of which is magic immunity, meaning I can't use magic. I'm not entirely sure what the other curses are, because these guys' curses are all pretty chaotic.

I curse you to never have a partner for the rest of your life!!

I curse you to be eaten by a mimic!

May your wallet fall to the ground and be picked up by a dog!

May your roof leak!

So what kind of weird curse is this?! And that thing in the middle that got eaten by the mimic! Haven't I seen you before?! Please don't talk about such terrifying things!

Never mind! I'm going to use a grenade!

Without thinking too much, I spat out a grenade from my body, pulled the pin, threw it on the spot, and then retreated into the box. By the way, I recently counted carefully, and I only have five grenades left. I just threw one away, so I have four left.

Boom! Ouch, that hurts!

The outcome was somewhat different from what I had imagined. According to the standard ending, shouldn't I have been blown away unharmed, with all the surrounding skeletons destroyed? Why were the skeletons destroyed, but I was blown away and suffered damage equivalent to nearly half of my HP?

The heat from the explosion blew me away from the minions, and I quickly rolled a few times to regain my footing. These skeletons are endless! I've been fighting them for three days already!

Because of this unexpected situation, I've been cursed again, and I don't even know the effects of this curse. I'd better run. Come to think of it, this is the first time I've ever taken so much damage from my own grenade. Something's wrong. Speaking of which… where did that slime go?

Let me make this clear first: we're not here for three consecutive days. When we collapse from exhaustion, Rielfa will take us back. Wow, what is this? This Spartan training! Even though I agreed to it myself…

Every time I come here, the slime always runs away before I do, and then I can't find it. Strangely, however, it always appears whenever I encounter something really difficult, solves it for me, and then mocks me. I don't really understand what it's trying to do; maybe slimes are just smarter than humans? Ugh… it's terrifying to think about.

In short, just run first and think about the rest.

I really don't want to fight such a massive army of undead in this situation; it's terrifying. Wait, why am I suspended in mid-air? Wow, so many skeletons have surrounded me already? Huh? Wait a minute? What lifted me up?

I struggled to get down, and upon closer inspection, I realized I was being grabbed and lifted up by something. I didn't want to turn around to see what that thing was, because something that could lift me up so high, and that I couldn't even see it, gave me a bad feeling. Yes, that's right, it was one of those intangible ghosts. If it was something like that, there was nothing I could do.

"Roar…………"

A deep voice sounded, and a blast of cold air hit my shell. I felt my shell was already frosty because I was so cold! Ugh, please don't breathe on me! Monsters and demons, get out of here!!

While I was in mid-air, I naturally had no power to resist. The monster that was grabbing me forcibly twisted me around, and I saw what it looked like.

A gigantic lich... or something like that...

Five meters tall, completely covered in blue muscles, no skin... My god, is it that terrifying? It looks like a gigantic muscular brute... Wait, why does it look so familiar...?

"You stupid box, get out of there!"

Huh? Why am I hearing a slime talking?

Chapter 6 I don't have any cough syrup, you bastard!

The instant I heard the slime's words, a fireball flew towards me. It was about the size of a ghoul's head, but I felt something was off. How could a slime use such ordinary magic? I chose to retreat into my shell. Out of my sight, the fireball struck the ghoul head-on, causing it to release its grip, and I was finally free.

"Run! Don't look back!"

The slime's telepathy sounded very anxious, but I can't see it. Where is it now?

But even without its reminder, I knew I had to run. If that weight landed on me, I'd be doomed. I immediately stretched out my arms and legs, and after landing precisely, I used my survival skill: don't think about anything else! In this life-threatening situation, the best way to escape is to think about nothing but running away; that's the most efficient way.

Dozens of red lights flashed before my eyes—those were the slime's magical lights. Red meteors streaked across the sky, and a meteor shower fell in this direction. Why is there such terrifying magic?! This place has already been bombed by a hydrogen bomb, okay?! Don't bomb it with meteors anymore!

"Meteor Shower." As the name suggests, it's a fire-based spell, a level 4 fire magic that drops meteors from the sky to bombard enemies. Its power is similar to a grenade, but it has gravitational potential energy, making it more damaging. Because this spell is easy to dodge, it's generally used against larger monsters. But what's with using dozens of "Meteor Showers" at once? Are they going to blow me up too?

A meteor shower streaked across the sky above me, heading straight for the ghoul behind me. I could hear loud thuds followed by massive explosions. I didn't dare stop and look back. And the meteor shower showed no sign of stopping. Was this ghoul really that terrifying? It hadn't died after consuming so many meteors.

Whoosh—! Thump!

A massive arm slammed down beside me. The ghoul had broken through the meteorite and attacked me. The shockwave from that attack alone was enough to make me lose my footing.

Mara, why did I have to come to another world to suffer like this? I'm like a living, breathing blue fat cat from Attack on Titan!

At this point, the meteor's continuous attacks had stopped; the slime probably stopped using it because it was worried about hurting me.

But then I'll have to rely on myself!

I looked up at what was in front of me—an endless army of undead, mixed with other undead creatures. If I charged straight in, I probably wouldn't survive.

But then I looked behind me, and there was that huge blue ghoul staring at me, breathing out icy breath, looking like it was determined to kill me instantly. How could I possibly back down when I saw that? I would definitely die!

Then, the meteors appeared again, but this time they weren't aimed at my back, but at my front, directed at the seemingly endless army of undead. The meteors fell into the dense mass of undead, killing hordes of skeletons without even needing to aim. This bombardment lasted only a short while before stopping, and a path free of undead appeared before me.

The slime used meteors to clear an escape route for me, but that route leads to the depths of the Blood Sea. What is the slime up to? Is it preparing something in the depths of the Blood Sea?

With these questions in mind, I charged into the road, smashing all the undead that surged towards me one by one. I didn't need to pay any attention to the ones surging up from behind, because the ghouls were still chasing after me.

The towering creature didn't even need to look at its feet; it just stared at me, chasing after me relentlessly. Many undead monsters lunged at it, but what could the skeleton soldiers, barely reaching its calves, do? The ghoul didn't even glance at them, simply trampling them to death...

Uh, maybe we can't use "living"? Because they are monsters that are already dead.

So why are you all so obsessed with hunting me down?! Did I even give you any cough syrup?! I'm just a treasure chest monster!

I broke through the encirclement of the undead army and saw the end of the road, the heart of the undead army...

You damn slime, are you trying to trick me?!

In the brief moment I stopped, the ghouls caught up, and the undead army surrounded me. I had nowhere to run now. This was a truly desperate situation.

"Stop talking to yourself! Every time I try to save you, it's such a hassle!"

The guy who yelled at me like that while I was talking finally appeared. The slime suddenly rushed out from the skeleton army. It seemed to have also gone through a very fierce battle, and its HP was still below half. We had seen this situation many times after going to the Blood Sea every day. Now, for us, half HP = full HP, and full HP = invincible.

The slime used magic several times within the army, carving a bloody path through them, only to be devoured by the undead in the blink of an eye. It seemed impossible for it to escape from the heart of the undead army. The fact that the slime brought it here suggests it probably had some ingenious strategy, although it seems there's little need for such tactics when fighting these creatures with virtually no intelligence.

It's better for the slime to come and rescue me, rather than trick me into coming here to die... It better have some kind of plan, otherwise we'll both die here. Raelfa is completely unreliable; expecting her to rescue us is impossible.

"Everyone, get out of here!"

Om-!

Golden light emerged from the blood-red ground, drawing a circle that gradually formed intricate patterns and revealed the world's writing. This magical circle expanded, continuously constructing concentric magical circles that enveloped the center of the blood sea. The appearance of this enormous magical circle instantly illuminated the blood sea. The magical power flowing along the patterns was immense, causing the magical circle to gradually begin to operate.

I now know what this magic circle is; is this the legendary magic circle?

In this other world, there are two types of magic: the more convenient circle magic and the powerful but extremely complex ritual magic, which requires even more intricate spells to construct. I see. The slime had prepared a magic circle here all along, planning to use its magic circle class to decide the outcome in one fell swoop. No wonder it sent me here.

The undead creatures wailed within the massive magical circle, as the golden light intensified, causing them immense damage. It seemed to be a light-attribute spell.

"Let's go! Time to run!"

Huh? What?! Can't this magic handle these monsters?!

"Absolutely not! You stupid box! This is a cheap, rushed product! It can only glow, it has no offensive capabilities!"

Huh?!?!?!?!

Am I still stuck running away?! Why do monsters keep targeting me?!

Chapter 7 Slip away

The magic circle was fully activated, and the light before my eyes was now even stronger, but not so strong that I couldn't open my eyes. I followed the slime and chose a direction with fewer undead to break through.

The slime used a spell to knock away some of the undead in the path, then rushed in and dealt with the remaining undead in one blow. I don't know how long this spell will last, but judging from the slime's haste, time is definitely running out.

The ghoul howled in agony, its magic clearly having a stronger influence, yet it was now hysterically destroying everything around it.

It rolled on the ground, crushing the undead at its feet. Wow, really? Are all undead this stupid? It even attacks its own kind?

But I had no time to sympathize with those skeleton soldiers. I quickly caught up with the slime and killed the skeleton soldiers around me as well. Even though I was running away, I couldn't forget to fight monsters and gain experience. This was valuable experience I got from my friend on Earth.

Haha... Although I have mixed feelings right now, I never thought that what I used to listen to to pass the time would become my lifeline.

I'm so sorry... bro... I don't even know your name...

I apologized to the guy in the next bed in my heart, and then, please lend me your strength, how exactly do I get out of this predicament?

"You still have the leisure to take a walk?!"

To concentrate, I slowed my pace. The slime grumbled at me, while simultaneously delivering a finishing blow to the skeleton soldier beside it.

Think about it, think about it! What did I learn from my little brother in my past life?

Game trivia about the undead! Come out here now!

Hmmmm, no.

slip away~

"I heard everything you were saying to yourself, you stupid box!"

The slime suddenly retorted, "When did you become a sarcastic character? Why are you suddenly criticizing me?"

The slime seemed to glare at me before returning to the fight. I didn't think much of it and focused on dealing with the skeletons along the way.

Because the magic circle was still active, we easily broke through to the outer perimeter, and those disgusting hands no longer appeared beneath our feet to restrict our movements.

However, the magic circle's effect had begun to weaken, and some of the monsters had already broken free from the intense light and were becoming restless.

Before we could break through this place, the magic circle began to disappear from the outside towards the center, and the light gradually dimmed.

"—!" The skeleton soldier next to me roared something (there was no sound), then swung his bones and smashed them onto my shell.

The bone was definitely broken, but to my surprise, my HP dropped significantly, and I was left with about a third of my original HP.

"Stupid box!?"

I'm fine! Keep running!

So please don't call me a stupid box! Am I really that stupid...? Maybe I am... What do you guys think?

The slime glanced back at me and then went berserk, unleashing the same spell xn in one go. Because I didn't have time to count, a large number of 'ice swords' shot out in one direction at the same time.

The silvery-white, transparent ice swords shot out in unison in one direction, leaving behind white frost mist that drifted down in mid-air, giving off a feeling reminiscent of a fantasy novel.

Yes, it's that kind of thing where you shoot spells at each other with a whoosh, like flying on a sword or using a star-absorbing technique. Well, I do feel a little disappointed that this world is in the Western fantasy style.

After all, we can't see that ethereal, otherworldly lord... the one with long, flowing hair.

The ice sword cleared a path through which no monsters lurked. The slime and I said nothing and simply passed through. Being attacked again would be disastrous; I think I now know what kind of curse this is.