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"…In short, these are all the precautions."
Kitahara Makoto's gaze swept over the four girls:
"Any other questions?"
"No."
The four girls shook their heads one after another.
"What do we do next?"
Kita asked curiously.
"Next, of course, is monster hunting."
After a brief exchange of their respective skills, Kitahara Makoto led the four girls and officially embarked on the path of monster hunting and leveling up.
"I forgot to ask earlier, Kitahara-kun, what character are you?"
Kita Ikuyo asked curiously while walking.
Kitahara Makoto casually said:
"I'm a Hero."
Ijichi Nijika couldn't help but retort:
"You mean the legendary Perverted Hero, right?"
"Senpai, I really didn't know that unequipping would make all my clothes disappear." Kitahara Makoto's tone was innocent. "It was just an accident. Please give me a chance to be a new person."
"Hmph~"
"The Hero's ability can only strengthen basic attributes, it feels a bit weak." Yamada Ryo tilted her head and looked over, "Could it be like a certain yellow-haired Hero who faints at the slightest provocation and can only serve as a mobile camera?"
"That's a fake Hero." Kitahara Makoto's tone was confident. "Later, I'll let Yamada Ryo see what a true Hero is… A monster has appeared."
Kita Ikuyo gasped softly: "Ah, it's the legendary Slime!"
Bocchi-chan whispered: "It's round and very cute."
"It looks a bit like a jellyfish." Yamada Ryo crossed her arms over her chest. "I wonder how it would taste if made into sashimi."
Ijichi Nijika couldn't help but shout in exasperation:
"Wake up, this isn't the Dungeon Meshi theater!"
"…"
Kitahara Makoto, on the other hand, silently counted the number of Slimes:
"One, two, three, four, five… Last time there were three Slimes, this time there are five Slimes. It seems to correspond exactly to the number of people."
Kitahara Makoto felt relieved.
"That's for the best."
Leveling up unlocks new abilities, and to level up, you need to defeat monsters for experience. If there were still only three Slimes, the experience would definitely not be enough to share. Now, one for each person is just right.
What happened next goes without saying.
Kitahara Makoto led the four girls, fighting monsters and leveling up all the way, and once again arrived at the final checkpoint guarded by the Slime Boss.
"Entering will trigger the Boss battle." Kitahara Makoto stopped and explained the Boss's abilities to the girls. "First is acid projectile spray, which causes damage and also corrodes the clothes on your body."
"Eh?" Kita Ikuyo quickly covered her chest. "Will we explode our clothes if we're defeated?"
Don't bother covering up, it's a foregone conclusion, no need to worry about exposure!
Yamada Ryo crossed her arms over her chest: "After all, it's an 18+ game, so clothes exploding is normal."
Ijichi Nijika: "It's not normal at all!"
"It won't explode clothes, the acid projectiles can be dodged; it's not a lock-on skill." Kitahara Makoto said speechlessly, "If you can't dodge, you can only consider yourself unlucky… Anyway, let me finish first."
"Then there's the shockwave. The Boss will charge up and jump into the air, then smash down violently. The shockwave is visible to the naked eye. Once hit by the shockwave, you will be forced to fall to the ground for several seconds. You can dodge by rolling and jumping."
"In addition, the Boss will summon Slime minions periodically. After its health drops to half, three healing Slimes will appear, which must be killed in advance…"
"In short, to successfully acquire healing abilities, defeating the Boss is very necessary. So, everyone, good luck."
"…"
Information exchange completed.
Kitahara Makoto led the four girls into the open space where the Boss battle was located.
Accompanied by the stirring background music, a giant Slime the size of a house suddenly descended from the sky.
Boom!
The ground trembled.
Dust flew everywhere.
"So, so big!"
Ijichi Nijika nervously took half a step back, unable to help but say:
"The Boss is too big, isn't it?"
"Big is what brings happiness." Yamada Ryo's eyes sparkled, and a rare serious expression appeared on her pretty face. "If it's too small, it only makes people bored, and it's impossible to feel comfortable."
"Wait…" Kita Ikuyo couldn't help but look over, "Yamada Ryo is talking about the Boss, right?"
Yamada Ryo tilted her head and said:
"If Kita understands it as something else, that's also fine."
"I, I wasn't thinking of anything else…"
Kita Ikuyo's face turned red, and she nervously averted her gaze.
Kitahara Makoto looked sideways, with only one thought in his mind:
Yamada Ryo is fired up.
He remembered that the reason Yamada Ryo joined the Kessoku Band was to resist her parents' arrangements. She would even be happy when called a weirdo, truly a standard rebellious girl.
People with this kind of personality usually find real life too bland. Now, being able to personally fight monsters and experience a new life of swords and magic clearly suits Yamada Ryo's taste perfectly.
In contrast.
Bocchi-chan was the exact opposite, an otaku who preferred a peaceful life.
Facing the house-sized Slime Boss, she was already frantically hiding behind everyone before the battle even began.
"Get ready, the Boss is about to spit projectiles."
Seeing the Slime Boss make a charging motion, Kitahara Makoto raised an eyebrow and quickly reminded the girls.
Puff puff puff puff puff—
Without any wasted words, after a simple charge, the Slime Boss quickly spat out soccer-ball-sized water projectiles, flying towards the group.
"Watch out and dodge!"
Kitahara Makoto easily dodged.
Although Nijika and the others were flustered, with Kitahara Makoto's prior warning, they managed to barely avoid the attack and didn't get defeated right at the start.
The battle officially began.
Kitahara Makoto led the charge, undoubtedly the main damage dealer.
Yamada Ryo followed closely behind, uncharacteristically not being a burden, while the remaining three girls were a different story.
Bocchi-chan stayed on the sidelines, a perfect mobile camera, though it was a shame she wasn't a blonde.
Nijika performed her 'as-fate-would-have-it' archery from a distance; thankfully, the quiver on her back was a mystical item that automatically generated arrows at intervals, otherwise it would have been empty long ago.
Kita, as a healing priest, currently had no offensive skills to speak of.
Boom!
The Slime Boss plummeted from mid-air, causing a cracking effect on the ground, followed by a visible shockwave sweeping outwards.
"Ryo-senpai, watch out."
Seeing Yamada Ryo unable to dodge and about to be hit by the shockwave, Kitahara Makoto, quick as a flash, grabbed Yamada Ryo, dodged with a roll, and successfully avoided the sweep.
Looking at the messy battlefield, Kitahara Makoto sighed helplessly:
"It seems we can't reach the other side..."
Five minutes had passed in the battle.
Cat-girl Bocchi-chan was originally a close-range assassin, but unfortunately, she didn't dare to go forward and deal damage. Coupled with her athletic ineptitude, she was unfortunately hit by a missile during the Slime Boss's last round of acid projectiles, and her clothes were largely corroded. Now, she was clutching her chest, her small face flushed, hiding at the edge of the battlefield.
Although Nijika was gradually adapting to the battle, the increasing number of small monsters on the battlefield severely limited her damage output environment.
Kita was very anxious, but anxiety was useless; she could only occasionally cast a heal.
The only true damage dealers were Kitahara Makoto and Yamada Ryo, but unfortunately, they were outmatched, and defeat was inevitable.
"It seems I can only sacrifice my chastity..."
Yamada Ryo knelt on the ground, breathing slightly, and suddenly uttered something shocking.
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