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

The slime immediately cast a spell on the Skeleton King who had jumped into the air. The Ink Raven flew over and collided with the spell, neutralizing it. The Ink Raven withdrew its ink and drew another Ink Raven. Then, it came to the slime with its Ink Sword and slashed three times, but the slime skillfully dodged them all.

The Skeleton King's slash hit the Mimic, which was slammed into the ground from mid-air. The Skeleton King, falling from the sky, delivered another kick, causing the ground to sink half a meter deep. It seems the Mimic was in quite a bit of trouble after taking this hit.

“Ugh—!”

For some unknown reason, the slime suddenly unleashed its full power, and lightning exploded around it. Mo Yueya immediately ordered Mo Yueya to hoist it away. He saw that a completely unfamiliar magical circle had formed behind the slime, and this magical circle actually spewed out white flames, propelling the slime at high speed towards the Skeleton King.

The slime, crackling with lightning, crashed into the Skeleton King at high speed. Although the Skeleton King managed to regain his footing and blocked the impact with his shield, he was still sent flying by the impact.

As it crashed into the ground, the slime unleashed another spell, a magic circle unlike any seen before, though somewhat similar to the previous one. This time, instead of spewing white flames, it emitted several thin, crimson beams, its target naturally the Skeleton King.

Mo Yueya sent out Mo Ya to block the beams of light, but unexpectedly, Mo Ya was instantly vaporized. He immediately withdrew his command, and Mo Ya went to attack the caster instead, while the Skeleton King quickly moved out of the beam's range. However, the beams of light swept directly past the Skeleton King's feet, instantly robbing him of his ability to move.

"Moyueya! Tell that skeleton to raise its shield and block the light!"

"Brave?"

Xia Que had already been treated by Seria and the dizziness was gone, so she immediately returned to the front line to help Mo Yueya.

She certainly recognized what those two spells were, but she couldn't understand how they had appeared here, or rather, how magic had been used to recreate those two technologies in this world. However, she at least knew how to deal with the current spell.

Mo Yueya nodded. Xia Que usually spoke without much confidence, so it was rare for her to speak so confidently. Mo Yueya felt that there was some credibility to her words, so he decided to try the method Xia Que had suggested.

He had the Skeleton King raise his shield to shield himself, but the light that hit the shield was actually refracted back. The slime was so frightened that he immediately dispelled the magic and then cast a spell on the approaching Black Ravens to drive them all away.

"I knew it! That's a laser weapon!" Xia Que guessed correctly.

The reason she had Mo Yueya order the Skeleton King to raise his shield to block was because she guessed it was a laser weapon. While the Black Knight's shield was black, it was as smooth as a mirror, and might be able to reflect the laser back—which it did.

"So the Black Knight's shield is this useful..." Mo Yueya rarely showed a look of astonishment.

"Let's go! Let's go together!"

Xia Que summoned back the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow to chase after the falling slime. Mo Yueya understood and immediately recycled all the remaining Mo Yueya into ink, then used it to replace the Skeleton King's foot, allowing the Skeleton King to move again. After the Skeleton King stood up again, he and Xia Que charged towards the slime.

Suddenly, a pincer shot out from the ground, tripping Xia Que. The slime seized the opportunity and immediately unleashed "Water Blade Strike" to finish her off. After Mo Yueya commanded the Skeleton King to block the attack with his shield, another pincer emerged from beneath the ground.

“Wow—?!”

Startled by the pincers, Xia Que immediately rolled away. The treasure chest monster actually ran out from underground. It turned out that it hadn't been dead for so long, but had been burrowing underground to launch a surprise attack.

It was attacked so powerfully but was completely unharmed; it was close enough that it could have caused quite a ruckus.

But just as it was about to cause a ruckus, it was kicked away by the Black Knight who joined the battle midway.

"Yo! I'm back again!"

The Black Knight struck a comical pose to announce his recovery, and Ink Moon Crow immediately ordered the Skeleton King to release the shield and hand it to the Black Knight. The Black Knight caught the shield and immediately used it to ram the Mimic again, preventing the Mimic from regaining its footing and retaliating.

Celia used magic to support them from behind, and the wind spear swept past them and struck the mimic. The Skeleton King also raised his greatsword and slashed down, followed by another strike. Xia Que ran out from beside the Black Knight, took a hit, and immediately rushed towards the slime.

Despite enduring so many attacks, the mimic seemed unfazed, gripping the ground firmly with all four legs and colliding head-on with the Black Knight. The Black Knight couldn't even budge it. Of these attacks, only Xia Que's strike had been effective. The Holy Sword's destructive power was far beyond what their weapons and magic could match, but as things stood, it seemed that no one but Xia Que could harm the mimic.

Chapter 48 The outcome is decided

"So tenacious...!?"

While the Black Knight was talking to himself, he was suddenly pushed back by the Mimic. Instead of being suppressed by them again, the Mimic started to fight back.

Under his command, the Skeleton King once again swung his greatsword at the Mimic, but the Mimic grabbed the greatsword with its pincers and crushed it to pieces.

The Black Knight relaxed his grip and guided the mimic, which had been wrestling with him, behind him. Because the Black Knight, who had been wrestling with it, suddenly stopped exerting force in its original position, the mimic lost its balance and fell down. Celia seized the opportunity to unleash a wind spear that struck the mimic, but it remained unharmed.

"This is way too hard..." Seria couldn't help but complain.

She is in a similar situation to Mo Yueya, but she has more magic power left, so she still has enough to unleash offensive magic.

But she won't experiment anymore, because she's confirmed that her magic isn't powerful enough to effectively damage the mimic. Even if she attacks the slime over there, it will probably neutralize it with other magic.

These two monsters are absolutely monsters among monsters. The Mimic's defense is unimaginably high, and its magic resistance is also extremely high; the Slime is a monster on another level, a monster that seems to have no upper limit.

"Ugh!?"

The situation on Xia Que's side was not optimistic either. She originally wanted to rush up and deal with the slime that kept attacking them with magic, but she did not expect that the slime would start to use ice magic to interfere with the terrain and make it impossible for Xia Que to get close.

This slime was incredibly agile; since it appeared, Xia Que and the others had never been able to directly attack it successfully, as it always managed to cleverly deflect their attacks.

Now even Xia Que can't get close to it. Not only has it created a smooth ice surface, but it also maliciously attacks her with other ice-type magic.

Even if you can't hit the summer sparrow, the magic will still become an obstacle on this ice surface, and you might accidentally bump into it.

No... I have to go back and be with the Black Knight and the others...

Xia Que is extremely worried about her master, Hao Er, who is engaged in a fierce battle with the Dragon King, Lei Erfa. Despite being a hero, she is unable to intervene in their fight, which fills her with resentment.

But she couldn't let Hao Er be distracted by worrying about this, and she would feel terrible if Hao Er got hurt because of this.

Xia Que cautiously retreated, but the slime saw through her plan. The slime, which already held the upper hand, became even more ruthless and attacked Xia Que with magic, which Xia Que was slightly unable to defend herself against.

The ice blade shattered upon impact with Xia Longque's blade, and tiny shards grazed her body, leaving wounds. She desperately wanted to turn and run, but Hao'er had told her not to expose her back to the enemy, as it was a very dangerous act.

"Black Knight. Forget about the mimic monster, hurry and help the hero."

"it is good."

Mo Yueya noticed that Xia Que was in trouble and sent the Black Knight to help Xia Que. He commanded the Skeleton King to intercept the treasure chest monster that was trying to chase after them.

The Skeleton King immediately grabbed the Mimic, leaving it nowhere to stand and then repeatedly slammed it to the ground with his hands.

Although Mo Yueya understood that such an obviously ineffective attack was useless, the Skeleton King only had this kind of ordinary attack method left.

However, the Mimic was indeed unable to fight back, because it was almost powerless in this situation, so it could not break free from the Skeleton King's control.

The Black Knight rushed to Xia Que's side, used his shield to block the magic for her, then slammed the large shield into the ground to stabilize himself, pulled Xia Que along, and pushed the shield so that he and Xia Que could slide backward, while casually pulling the shield away.

The slimes realized that attacking them would speed up their retreat, so they redirected their magic towards their backs, embedding sharp ice blades into the ground.

If Xia Que and the others maintained this speed and crashed into it, they would definitely be sliced ​​into pieces.

"Your Highness the Brave One!"

"I know!"

Xia Que swung the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow to cut all the ice blades in half, clearing a path for retreat. Seeing that it had no effect, the slime turned its magic towards the Skeleton King.

Several meteors rained down from the sky, instantly turning the Skeleton King back to his original form. Unexpectedly, Mo Yueya was the first to leave the battle line, and all he could do now was command.

The slime's intention was to save the mimic. After landing, the mimic immediately rushed towards the Black Knight and Summer Sparrow, probably intending to knock them back.

The slime also ran onto the ice and slid after them, turning silver-gray as it crashed into the Black Knight's shield at high speed, allowing them to approach the mimic even faster.

"This isn't good..." the Black Knight said with a wry smile.

"Slime! Calm down! Don't hit me too hard!"

I quickly stopped the slimes from unleashing a super-powerful spell, and at the same time spat out paralyzing wooden spikes to temporarily incapacitate them.

However, this is a bit too much. It wasn't a big deal to begin with, but to kill someone outright is just unacceptable.

"ha?"

The slime's magic eventually stopped at the stage of accumulating magic power, but it turned silver-gray and crashed into the large shield with a loud clang. Ouch, that hurt my ears.

Actually, we were going all out during the fight, but it didn't seem to be having much effect... We managed to take down quite a few slimes, but I was constantly getting hit...

Speaking of which, I have to say something! Why were those guys hitting me so hard?! I almost thought I was going to die! That huge, black thing slammed right into my face! It knocked me to the ground!

It's strange, I don't seem to be injured at all... What happened... I thought I would be hurt at least a little, considering how hard those guys were fighting...

But I only got a few thin scratches on my shell, hey... at least give me some leeway...

In short, I wasn't seriously injured, and there was no need to beat someone up so badly that they lost an arm or a leg.

"That's enough, stop fighting. Didn't we already fight back?" I reasoned with the slime.

"...If you think this is good enough, then let's leave it at that."

The slime was silent for a moment, then accepted my explanation, sticking to the Black Knight's shield, turning golden, and then paralyzing them with electricity—more effective than paralyzing wooden spikes… By the way, the electricity is coming from the ice! You stupid slime!

boom--!

"Whoa?!"

The huge explosion was certainly not caused by the slime. We turned our attention to another battlefield, the one we had been unable to intervene in, where the outcome seemed to have been decided.

Hurry... I can't keep up...

Hale began to feel that he could no longer keep up with Relfa's pace. The speed at which he swung his spear gradually slowed down, and he began to lose control of his thoughts. He no longer had the strength to deflect the force of Relfa's attacks; each strike felt heavy.

"Can't keep up yet?" Rielfa coldly added a kick.

"..." Hao Er silently blocked the kick with his spear, but was kicked back half a meter.

Rielfa showed no intention of letting him go, spreading her wings and rushing straight at him, delivering a knee strike and then casting a spell to slow him down.

Hale dodged Reilfa's follow-up spinning kick while slowing down, and then quickly got out of her attack range, but he was probably too tired and forgot about the dragon's tail.

The dragon's tail swept across his chest from a blind spot, sending Haul flying. This time, Rielfa had no intention of holding back. Multiple magic circles overlapped and unfolded, and at the center of the magic circles was the dragon mark possessed by all dragon kings—Relfa's dragon mark, "Time Traveler."

"Is it... a breath attack?!" Hale could already sense the turbulent magic in the air.

Chapter 49 The Broken Hero

The dragon race's most proficient skill is breath, an ability that dragons must learn before reaching adulthood. Its destructive power is incredibly strong. It is said that the breath of a dragon king is comparable to strategic-level magic, which explains why humans would suspect Rielfa.

The Dragon King doesn't usually use his breath unless there's a specific reason, except for a certain rather foolish fellow, who has already been tricked by the other Dragon Kings into staying in a volcano.

Rielfa is widely recognized as the weakest dragon king, and she herself doesn't particularly enjoy fighting, so she uses her breath attack very rarely.

But it was baffling that she would use her breath on a human so aggressively, especially since it was the first time Hale had ever seen Raelfa.

But no matter what, you must get away from it...!

If he were to take that breath attack, Haul would be reduced to ashes. In the past, death wouldn't have mattered. But not now. He still had things he wanted to do, and... there were people waiting for him to return.

"Goodbye, false priest." Rielfa released her accumulated magic power.

Hale spun around in mid-air, and Rielfa's breath was already exhaled. Endless streams of light engulfed Hale's figure in an instant before exploding.

"—!"

The slime and Ri were also shocked by what they saw. Even Ri, who knew nothing, understood that after taking Rielfa's attack, there was no hope of saving it.

The power of this breath was even greater than that of a slime's miniature hydrogen bomb magic. Moreover, Raelfa had deliberately compressed the power into a small-scale breath attack. No one had ever survived being hit directly by this attack.

"I'm not confident about what to do next..." the slime muttered to itself.

"Twisting probably won't work either..." Rin imagined herself using magic to block the breath attack head-on.

However, with their current strength, they cannot withstand it, no matter what, because the breath attack is always a sure-kill blow for the dragon race.

"Hey...you're kidding, right...hey!?"

Seria stared in disbelief at the spot where the beam of light had passed, where there was only scorched earth and smoke. She couldn't find him; she couldn't find any trace of Hoel.

"Damn..."

Without hesitation, Mo Yueya rushed into the range of the breath attack. He didn't want to admit what was happening before his eyes. Even if he didn't have the strength to fight, he had to find Hao'er's body first.

Raelfa dispelled the magic circle and stood silently, looking down at her masterpiece. She didn't even look at what Mo Yueya was doing, because she had already done what she needed to do.

"A 'dragon'... huh..." Rielfa chuckled dismissively. "Maybe it really has become a 'dragon' now..."

Raelfa knew perfectly well what she had done, but it was merely a trivial act of revenge to her, hardly enough to quell her hatred. She knew everything Hale had done, and besides, they had brought it upon themselves.

The kingdom wants to wipe out the "Corridor of Time" and its master, Rielfa, for some reason. Humans have taken the initiative to attack the Dragon King, who is not usually very active. Don't they have any reason to fight back?

Even if Rielfa were the weakest dragon king, this alone would be enough to attract the attention of the dragon race, and might even draw the siege of other dragon kings.

Why is the kingdom suddenly so confident? Perhaps only a handful of people know the truth, because most people died along with the truth. But this is a matter for humanity, and Rielfa has no say in it, nor does she want to.

That's good... Let's see what happens over there...

As Lerfa dusted herself off and was about to leave, she sensed a completely different aura—a cold aura as if something had gone bad.

Not long ago, Rielfa had experienced the baptism of this aura, but that aura was calmer and purer than the current one. This aura, however, was extremely violent and had an uncontrollable feel to it.

As soon as Lerfa left, she found the source of the scent: a summer sparrow that had already stood up from the ice.

An endless chill appeared around Xia Que, freezing everything around her.

Even her companion, the Black Knight, was no exception; after being enveloped by the cold air, a thick layer of frost had formed on his black armor.

"Your Highness the Brave?!"

The Black Knight was also taken aback by this sudden change. He hadn't expected such a situation to occur. Xia Que no longer looked like a hero; he seemed more like someone who had lost hope and given up on everything.

Xia Que was now like a broken doll, muttering something and staring blankly ahead. The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow endlessly released cold air, which even turned into icy flames that engulfed her. She raised the hand that was holding the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow.