Chapter 430: Eden
It was a translucent, jelly-like blue spherical creature.
Its smooth surface reflected rainbow-colored light.
A pair of harmless-looking black eyes stared blankly back at Gauss.
Seeing the slime appear, Gauss couldn't help raising an eyebrow.
Aside from its appearance, which was completely unlike that of an ordinary slime, it also gave Gauss a very unusual feeling.
To be precise, in Gauss's perception, it seemed to blend completely into the air. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have seemed like nothing more than air that wasn't there.
The discovery made Gauss wary.
He rarely encountered creatures with such a complete lack of "threatening presence."
Even the lowest-ranked goblins and slimes, though they could no longer harm Gauss in any way, still gave him a sense of "hostility."
This hostility had nothing to do with the difference in strength between them. It was simply the instinctive rejection of "outsiders" at a biological level.
But the creature before him showed nothing at all. It was a complete blank.
That meant that, at the very least, its ability to hide was exceptionally impressive.
Gauss could also faintly sense that this slime was far more intelligent than its kind.
Besides watching Gauss, it swept its gaze over every adventurer present, its eyes glimmering with a humanlike curiosity.
But when it looked over the monster corpses lying on the ground, it showed little emotion. It seemed quite indifferent to the deaths of its companions.
That ran counter to Gauss's initial guess.
He'd assumed that a monster which had arrived so quickly had to be a protective, belligerent leader.
But now, he felt that the creature was driven more by intense curiosity.
It was like someone who, after a long, uneventful life, had suddenly spotted a group of strange