The injured Giant Slime's jumping speed slowed down considerably.
The holes on its body, corroded by the Slimes' Acid Spray, also healed much slower.
Before it could run a hundred meters, the Giant Slime's body was covered in holes, constantly oozing Slime!
Adrian was a little excited watching the Giant Slime weaken bit by bit.
However, a large group of low-level Slimes appeared ahead, and if the Slime continued to retreat into the grassland, Adrian would be blocked by these low-level Slimes.
"I can't let you get away!"
Adrian was waiting to Summon the Giant Slime to be his Summon, so how could he let it escape back?
With a burst of power in his legs, Adrian 's speed increased sharply, and he quickly overtook the Giant Slime ahead, blocking its path.
"Squeak!"
An anxious cry came from the Giant Slime's body.
Seeing Adrian blocking its way, it sprayed acid, then leaped with all its might, trying to jump behind Adrian .
After easily dodging the Acid Spray attack, Adrian looked up at the Giant Slime in mid-air and Summoned the Slimes that were ready to strike.
The Summoned Slimes appeared in mid-air, only two meters from the Giant Slime.
Four streams of acid precisely hit the Giant Slime.
After the Giant Slime landed, due to gravity, a large amount of Slime shot out from the holes in its body!
Like a fountain, the Giant Slime lay motionless on the ground.
At this very moment, the Slimes' magic power was all used up, and Adrian 's pitiful magic power had long since been depleted.
Holding a wooden stick, Adrian cautiously walked up, intending to deliver a fatal blow.
Just as Adrian reached two meters beside the Giant Slime, the latter suddenly erupted, its heavily wounded body splitting open horizontally from the middle, and it lunged at Adrian .
"Holy crap!"
Even though Adrian was very careful, he never expected the Giant Slime to pull a trick like that.
In a panic, he Summoned the four Slimes to block in front of him, while also fiercely swinging his wooden stick.
Adrian , having struck once, did not linger and immediately created distance.
The Summoned Slimes took a hit for Adrian ; they filled the Giant Slime's large mouth.
As the large mouth closed, Adrian sensed that they had perished.
"Phew ~!"
Adrian looked at the Giant Slime, which was spurting Slime all over and slowly wriggling towards the depths of the grassland, filled with lingering fear.
The wooden stick in his hand had also been half swallowed just now, its rough, slanted surface covered with corrosive marks.
If his reaction had been a little slower, it wouldn't have been the Slimes that were swallowed and corroded, but him!
"That was quite a close call!"
Adrian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and forcefully threw the wooden stick in his hand at the Giant Slime.
"Pfft!"
The bitten end of the wooden stick directly pierced into the Giant Slime's body.
Adrian saw the Giant Slime's body tremble, and it stopped even wriggling.
After waiting for less than a minute, a green mass Ruth from the deflated Giant Slime and melted into Adrian 's body.
"The color changed!"
Adrian was puzzled when he saw the green soul.
When he saw the panel display "Obtained Large Slime soul x 1, Experience + 120", Adrian was so excited he almost jumped.
Clearly, the monster Adrian had always called a Giant Slime was originally named a Large Slime, and its level was very high!
When Adrian , at level 0, killed a Goblin, he only received 70 experience points.
But the Large Slime gave him 120 experience points!
"The Large Slime's level is definitely over five!" Adrian stated with certainty.
Not only was the soul's color different, but the panel also listed the Large Slime soul separately!
Previously, whether it was a level 1 Slime soul or a level 4 one, all he received after killing them was a Slime soul.
Adrian picked up the Large Slime hide from the ground, eager to Summon the Large Slime, but found he lacked magic power.
Retreating to a safe spot, Adrian recovered his magic power while also resting to regain his stamina.
After fighting the Large Slime for about ten minutes, Adrian 's stamina was already as depleted as his magic power.
Ten minutes later, Adrian , having recovered some magic power, prepared to Summon the Large Slime, but the panel displayed that his level was too low to sacrifice a green soul of level 6 or higher!
"Damn it!"
Adrian was so angry he wanted to curse; he was still 60 experience points short of level five, let alone level 6.
Packing his things, holding the Slime hide and the half-broken wooden stick, Adrian prepared to return to Gruer Town.
Judging by the position of the sun, it was already noon.
From a distance, Adrian could see the cooking smoke rising from the chimneys.
Walking into the blacksmith's shop, Adrian placed 200 Slime hides on the counter and shouted to Old John: "I'm here to sell!"
Old John stared at Adrian , who was covered in dust from fighting the Large Slime, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably a few times.
In one morning, he had killed several hundred Slimes again.
Is this guy really an ordinary person?
He can't be, can he?
He definitely can't be!
If ordinary people had this ability, there wouldn't be so many Slimes outside the grassland; they would have been cleared out long ago!
"Here are 2 silver coins, keep them safe!"
Adrian didn't pay attention to the change in Old John's tone, took out his half-broken wooden club, and asked: "My weapon broke, do you have any weapons here that cost one or two silver coins?"
It wasn't that Adrian didn't want to buy a good weapon; he had coveted that fine steel longsword for a long time.
But he had no money!
Including these 2 silver coins, Adrian 's entire fortune was only 4 silver coins plus a few copper coins.
Old John took the wooden stick and examined it for a while, clicking his tongue, then went to the weapon display wall, searched for a bit, and took down a short sword.
"This short sword is 50 centimeters long in total, with a 12-centimeter hilt and a 38-centimeter blade, priced at 8 silver coins! However, I can give you a discount; I can sell it to you for 5 silver coins!"
Old John handed the short sword to Adrian and said with a smile: "However, any Slime hides you get in the vicinity from now on must be sold to me first, and I will still buy them for 1 copper coin!"
He was willing to lower the price by 3 silver coins because Old John had a good impression of Adrian .
Slime hides can be used to make clothes or leather goods, and in Valkam City, one hide can be sold for 1.3 copper coins.
Old John bought them from Adrian for 1 copper coin; after deducting various expenses, he could earn 20 copper coins per hundred hides.
At Adrian 's speed of killing four or five hundred Slimes a day, Old John would earn back 3 silver coins in just a few days.
This deal was not a loss at all.
Adrian understood that Old John wanted to cooperate with him long-term, to prevent him from selling Slime hides to other merchants in town – the merchants at the market also bought Slime hides, also at 1 copper coin per hide.
He was actually very tempted, but the problem was...
"I don't have that much money!"
Adrian couldn't produce 5 silver coins.
"Hahaha, at your speed of hunting Slimes, you'll have it soon!" Old John laughed heartily, showing no intention of taking back the short sword, "You can pay a 3-silver-coin deposit first, and as long as you can make up the remaining 2 silver coins within two days, I won't charge you interest!"
Saying that, Old John took out a piece of parchment, wrote down the priority purchase right for Slime hides and the 2-silver-coin debt they had just discussed, and then handed the pen to Adrian .
Adrian glanced at it, found no issues, and signed his name.
Walking out of the blacksmith's shop, Adrian had a short sword at his waist, only 1 silver coin and a few copper coins left in his possessions, and he still owed the blacksmith's shop 2 silver coins.
"Only 2 silver coins, I can pay off the debt this afternoon!" Adrian stroked the short sword's scabbard with his right hand, took a deep breath, and muttered to himself: "With a new weapon, I'll set my afternoon goal at 300!"
With Adrian 's current strength, plus the newly equipped short sword, killing 300 Slimes in an afternoon was not an exaggeration.