Another New Spell

"Whoosh!"

A razor-sharp whistle tore through the air as the foremost Slime was instantly split in two!

Wind Blade!

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At the sight, Vales and Marcus turned back in surprise.

Had Zeliel cast that spell just now?

Had he learned another new spell?

Ignoring his teammates' astonishment, Zeliel began gathering power for another Wind Blade after firing the first one.

With the white ash wand base's enhancement, Zeliel's casting time for Wind Blade had been reduced to just over three seconds, and its power had increased somewhat. It was remarkably effective against Slimes.

Wind Blade's current lethality was roughly comparable to a warrior's full-force slash.

However, Marcus's slash could only cut halfway into a Slime's body, while Zeliel's Wind Blade could cleanly split one in two.

Even after cutting through one Slime, the Wind Blade retained enough power to carve into the next Slime's body and continue cutting.

Zeliel silently guessed.

Was it because of mana...? Did mana deal especially amplified damage to Slimes?

After a brief daze, Marcus and Vales threw themselves back into the fight.

Only now, Zeliel had become the team's main attacker.

The Wind Blades he released cut through the Slimes like a hot knife through butter. One shot could slice apart two or three Slimes, making him far more efficient than the others.

Even when a Wind Blade failed to hit a core and kill instantly, the Slime would become sluggish after losing part of its body. It was basically no longer a threat and could easily be finished off.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Invisible Wind Blades began rapidly reaping the battlefield. Large chunks of gel littered the ground, all of them Slime bodies Zeliel had sliced off.

Marcus and Vales only needed to follow up at the right moments, driving their sword and arrows into the cores to finish them off.

"Ha!"

Marcus brought down a vicious shield bash, bursting a crippled Slime like a water balloon!

Vales also decisively abandoned his bow and drew the curved blade at his waist to fight.

Before long, the more than twenty rampaging Slimes had been completely wiped out. The last Slime that tried to flee was killed by Zeliel with a final Wind Blade.

The entire battle had been exceptionally efficient, taking less than five minutes.

"Whew..."

Zeliel let out a sigh of relief.

He had cast six or seven Wind Blades in total just now, and the mana stored in his Sea of Consciousness had dropped significantly. He had roughly half his reserves left.

At the same time, his experience panel had been steadily rising.

From lv.3 (33/150) to lv.3 (87/150), he had gained a total of 54 experience points.

Zeliel made a rough estimate. He had directly killed more than a dozen Slimes.

The remaining Slimes had been finished off by Marcus and Vales after Wind Blades had cut away part of their bodies.

The experience from those assists must have been counted as well.

He still needed 63 experience points to level up... If there were no other monsters, he would probably need to take another mission.

"I have to admit, you far exceeded my expectations."

Vales patted Zeliel on the shoulder. "You've improved far too quickly."

"Thank you." Zeliel smiled as he accepted Vales's praise.

A mage who knew Illumination, Fireball, and Wind Blade was already highly sought after by low-level adventurer teams. He would never lack people willing to team up with him.

However, Vales still harbored some doubts.

Zeliel had now displayed two new spells, and he had also acquired a wand base... That must have cost quite a bit as well.

Were four gold coins enough to buy two spell scrolls and a wand base?

No matter how he thought about it, something felt off.

"We'll split this reward by contribution. Zeliel gets forty percent, and Vales and I get thirty percent each. Any objections?" Marcus said.

Vales had no objection, and Zeliel did not stand on ceremony either. He calmly accepted the larger share.

He had indeed contributed the most in the battle. He deserved it.

Next, the team began cleaning up the battlefield.

They had eliminated a total of twenty-four Slimes. Based on the bounty, they could receive seventy-two silver coins.

Like the wild wolf bounty mission, this mission only paid for kills, while the spoils could be handled however they wished.

Each Slime Magic Core had a market price of two silver coins. The twenty-four Slime Magic Cores could be sold for another forty-eight silver coins.

So their actual earnings were one hundred and twenty silver coins, or one gold and twenty silver.

Zeliel could receive forty-eight silver coins.

Hmm... That was fairly decent.

After all the Magic Cores on the ground had been collected, Marcus glanced toward the depths of the cave.

"Let's keep going deeper and take a look. There may be more Slimes. We need to wipe them out completely."

The commission required a detailed investigation of the situation.

And this was a commission issued by the Blackstone Town Administration. If they were not thorough enough and something went wrong afterward, they would be held accountable.

"No problem." Zeliel had no objections.

He would be delighted to find more Slimes. He was short on experience points for leveling up.

The group continued deeper into the cave.

Small streams had begun appearing on the ground. They were branches flowing out from the underground river deep within the cave.

Vales crouched down to inspect them, then shook his head slightly.

"As expected... There are more Slimes inside. This water has been contaminated too."

As the team advanced, the sour, rotten stench grew stronger, and the temperature became increasingly cold and clammy. It had reached the point where they wanted to cover their noses.

Before long, they heard the familiar tapping sounds again.

This time, however, the tapping was far heavier. With every rise and fall, the ground itself seemed to tremble.

"Doesn't that sound wrong?"

Zeliel frowned. "Can a Slime really weigh that much?"

Marcus and Vales both looked much more serious. They slowed their pace and tried not to make any sound.

After walking for several minutes, they finally arrived before an even more spacious, enormous cavern.

A branch of the underground river cut across the cavern, its current rushing violently. Beside the river, a Giant Slime more than three meters in diameter was moving!

It was as massive as a small hill, its gelatinous body much darker than that of an ordinary Slime.

Its thick body contracted, as though gathering strength, before it sprang high into the air with a bang and leaped into the river.

A huge spray of water exploded upward. As the current washed over it, the water immediately became viscous the moment it touched the Giant Slime's body.

All kinds of unidentified fluids wound along the underground river, flowing toward Blackstone Town.

Zeliel could also see many small Slimes separating from its body before merging back into it. They rose and fell in dense clusters, making his skin crawl.

"What the hell is that thing?" Zeliel suppressed his nausea.

"A Giant Slime. It's an abnormal variant of an ordinary Slime, and it's very troublesome," Vales said quietly.