Aeon and the others who killed the stingray are proud to be back. But I haven't let my guard down yet. Because there's still no level-up information. So what this means is...something is coming up behind Aeon from the sky.

This guy doesn't learn his lesson...

Hiyori!

On my signal, Hiyori beats up Sifuqd. Hiyori beats him up one-sidedly and it's over. If the sheaf-kind gets found out, it's over. That's where the level up info comes in.

There's no leveling up for me. My high-speed chanting skills are improving, but I'm not aware of it at the moment. Well, I guess it's going to get faster now. And then Puyosuke will level up and evolve.

'Puyosuke's level has reached 8. You can evolve.

Hmm. Well, let's see.

Red Slime.
blue lime
green slime
yellow slime

So there are four possible evolutionary destinations. But the only difference in names is the color... what should we do about this... let's see the explanation for now.

Red slime... a red slime that lives in warm regions. A troublesome slime that raises its own temperature, dealing fire damage and burns enemies.

It's a fire attribute, after all. But a scalding slime that sticks to you and won't leave you is just normal harassment. The next one is a surprisingly unpredictable slime.

Blue slime...a blue slime that lives in swamps and other places where there is a water source. Normal slime is also blue, but blue slime is bigger than normal slime. It completely engulfs enemies and suffocates them while dealing ice attribute damage.

Hmmm... this one is probably the most average slime. Just how big does it get? "Able to walk in on the enemy"... a mystery. Let's move on.

Green Slime...a green slime that lives in the forest. Its body is made of poison, and if it latches on to an enemy, it deals wood attribute damage and poison.

It's a wood attribute version of Red. So I guess I can expect another one.

Yellow Slime...A yellow slime that lives in the grasslands. A nasty slime that generates electricity inside its body, inflicting lightning damage and paralysis on enemies.

It's a slime that paralyzes your enemies and deals lightning damage forever. It's scary!

All of the slimes are full of harassment elements, but the blue slime is the one I'm interested in. I've learned in today's battle that being big is a big advantage for slimes. I'll choose Blue Slime here. So, here's the evolution.

Name: Puyosuke Slime Lv8 -> Blue Slime Lv1

Life force 20 to 30.
Magic power 0
Strength 0
Defense 30 to 40.
Agility 10 to 20
Dexterous value 10 to 20

skill

Predation Lv1→Lv3 Defense Lv1→Lv3 Physical Disable Lv1→Lv3 Transformation Lv1→Lv3 Shock Absorption Lv1→Lv3 Regeneration Lv1　
Splitting Lv 1 Underwater action Lv 1 -> Lv 3 Extreme cold body Lv 1

The evolved Puyosuke grew from the size of the palm of my hand to as tall as I am in one fell swoop. He's gotten big. If I was eaten by a Puyosuke, I'd probably die. But it wasn't big enough to wrap around a large monster, though. But a stingray would be able to capture a whole one. Puyosuke, you've become a terrifying fellow.

Since the evolution is over, Aeon brings the stingray to me.

'I'm sorry!　I got caught off guard...

Ion apologizes for his apology. I'm serious! I put my hand on Aeon's head.

'You did a good job of killing that stingray. Great job.

'What?　Huh?　...Oh, thank you.

'Everyone lets their guard down and lets their guard down. I got caught off guard too, and Puyosuke protected me. That's what I think our relationship is about.

It's a two-way street. I think that's what our relationship is all about.

So thanks for the evening. And that's good, isn't it?

Aeon looks at me. Did I get my point across?

'Yes, sir!　Thank you too!

Good. Good answer. You must be tired from your first fight along the coast, huh? You must be tired of fighting along the coast for the first time.　Let's get some rice.

The summons will be voiced in favor. But first, demolition.

Stingray: Rare Level 4 Food Item Item Item E
It is considered to be one of the most delicious ingredients among the rays. Be careful not to give off a foul odor after a period of time.

Can you get the stingray as it is? And the seaforked still didn't drop anything. This guy can't do anything about it...at least be a chicken meat.

Well, you could slice up a stingray, but I'd rather not. I know what I know. I know what I'm talking about, and that's what makes me hesitate.

"How soon can you cook this?

Aeon asks innocently.

'Oh...oh. If you're going to eat it, you'd better eat it soon or it's going to stink.'

Huh...

Ion distances himself from Stingray. Well, it does... but that's not the problem. This smell is an ammonia smell, but it's not a problem because you can remove it with water.

The problem is the internal organs and other parts of the fish when it's dismantled. The appearance is out. In the first place, when we dismantled a ray that looked like an alien, it was natural that we would get something terrible out of it. I have a bitter memory that I felt like throwing up when I saw the old man of the fishmonger dismantling it.

It's not something a girl should see. So I told Aeon not to look at it, and we dismantled the stingray.

When I disassembled it, it was just like real life... I want to cry... I was hoping it might not be real because it's a game, but I was betrayed... this game is not an all-ages game! I want to scream.

Dump your guts into the ocean as soon as possible! I didn't see anything.

Okay, now I'm going to process the rest of the meat. The flesh of the stingray is pink and is said to be the most delicious of all the rays. It turns white when it's blanched, and actually tastes almost like white meat. The taste is not so bad, but slightly sweet. It goes very well with soy sauce. Let's eat it with sashimi with fish sauce here.

This is the result.

Sashimi of stingrays: rarity level 4 Cuisine Quality E+
Effect: 20% recovery of satiety, increased agility for 2 hours (large)
Stingray cut up and sashimi. The seasoning is fish sauce.

When the material is good, the effect is also high. The dismantling of the stingray is something I want to refrain from, though.

For the time being, I hope it is okay to open my eyes to ion. We all ate a meal.

Afterwards, while we were fishing, Ion came to lay on my lap.

'...no one else is here today...so let me spoil you.

Yeah.

Lily and Love Fire always come to spoil me, not caring, but Aeon and Setia basically only spoil me when I'm alone. Maybe fishing time is one of the few opportunities for Aeon to be pampered.

We caught a lot of horse mackerels with Ion in our lap. The old man at the fishmonger was right.

After we enjoyed fishing, we went to find a big hermit club. The members were Aeon, Setia, Yuuga, Airy, and Puyosuke. We chose Airy because we judged that we could hunt even with him there.

Yuu Fang finds it right away. Then let's hunt it. I'm comfortable with this since I know the strategy.

We'll start with the first attack.

"Atmosphere!
Fire!
Water Blade!

Setia's fire magic makes too much difference in firepower to love fire flames, but that's my instructions, skills need to be trained when they can be trained.

The starting damage is less than last time, but as expected, Big Hermit Crab squeezes into the shell. This is where Puyosuke comes in.

While Puyosuke gets close to the Big Hermit Crab, Aeon throws and Setia alternates between wind magic and fire magic. I level up my wind magic, too. Probably because I have a feeling that a new magic will be released at 20. Let's aim here.

When Puyosuke approaches, he stops improving his skills. Then Puyosuke will go into the shell and snuggle into the body of the Big Hermit Club. At the same time, damage is dealt. That's a success. Physical attacks don't work on Puyosuke. If you pinch it with scissors, it will split up and increase. That would be a natural enemy for the Big Hermit Club.

"Poison!
Binding!

The rest of the time I'll poison it with Poison and Setia will bind it with Bain Bind.

The poison and Puyosuke's damage makes it impossible for me to come out of the shell, but I'm bound and unable to move. I'm restrained with my face out, so Aeon and Yuu Fang can attack without hesitation. That's the end of it.

It was a much smarter hunt, wasn't it? Setia and Puyosuke are wandering around.

The level up info is played. I don't have my level up as usual, but my wind magic levels up as aimed, and the info comes.

''The level of wind magic has reached 20. 【Wind Barrier】 and 【Downburst】 have been acquired.

The wind barrier is probably a wind shield spell. And a downburst is a real-life natural phenomenon. I'm pretty sure it's a type of downburst, and when this one hits the ground, it's a disaster that causes gusts of wind over a wide area.

I looked at the sky and accidentally spotted a Sifuqd. I hope you're unlucky enough to find me.

Downburst!

A magic circle was drawn in the sky above, and in the next moment, the she-fukud crashed to the ground due to a furious downward motion. To top it all off, a gust of wind sent it rolling across the ground. Pathetic.

This proved that Downburst was effective against flying enemies. The downside is that it still takes a long time to chant, probably due to its powerful spell. In addition, I tried using Wind Barrier, but it was a spell that created a wall of gusts of wind around it. I wonder if its chanting time is shorter than Earthwall? It could be pretty handy magic.

Now, when I dismantled the neglected Big Hermit Crab, I got a hermit crab scissor leg and a hermit crab shell. No water-based stone. Hmmm, I got them from mining when I was in Desnia. I can't get a stone for sure. However, everyone's level has been improved, so I'll be satisfied with it and go home.

Name Tact Intermediate Summoner Lv 7

Vitality 41
Magic power 82
Strength 30
Defensive Strength 20
Agility 26
Dexterity value 57

skill

Fighting lv7 Kicking lv12 Staff lv16 One-handed sword lv8 Throwing lv3 High speed chanting lv1 -> lv3 Summoning magic lv20　
Sealing magic Lv 1 Alchemy Lv 9 Mining Lv 14 Logging Lv 10 Dismantling Lv 19 -> Lv 20 Appraisal Lv 9 -> Lv 10 Identification Lv 15 -> Lv 16　
Wind magic lv19 -> lv20 Fire magic lv19 Earth magic lv19 Water magic lv19 Dark magic lv18 Light magic lv22　
Lightning magic 16 -> Lv 17 Explosion magic Lv 15 -> Lv 16 Wood magic Lv 16 -> Lv 17 Ice magic Lv 15 Space-time magic Lv 14 Reading Lv 5　
Cooking Lv 20 Feeding Lv 6 Fishing Lv 5 -> Lv 8 Synchro Lv 4

Name Aeon Drago Newt Lv 24 -> Lv 25

Vitality 38
Magical power 51 to 52.
Strength 30
Defensive Strength 20
Agility 72 to 74
Dexterity value 62 to 64.

skill

Two swords Lv 17 -> Lv 18 Throwing Lv 2 -> Lv 5 Underwater action Lv 5 -> Lv 7 Water blade Lv 9 -> Lv 10 Pseudo dragonization Lv 3

Name Sethia Elf lv 22 to lv 23

Vitality 30
Magic power 74 to 76
Strength 21
Defensive Strength 16
Agility 20 to 21
Dexterous value 74 to 76.

skill

Staff Lv 9, bow Lv 2, woodwork Lv 5, harvesting Lv 8, medicine Lv 5, wind magic Lv 1 -> Lv 3, fire magic Lv 1 -> Lv 3, water magic Lv 12.　
Earth magic Lv 12 Wood magic Lv 11 -> Lv 12 Tree magic Lv 4 Elven knowledge Lv 5 Spirit summoning Lv 2　

Name Chess Polar Bear Lv 6 -> Lv 7

Life force 34 to 35.
Magical power 24 to 26.
Strength 36 to 38.
Defensive Strength 33
Agility 18 to 19
Dexterity value 18

skill

Bite Lv 6 -> Lv 7 Bare-handed Lv 9 Assault Lv 6 -> Lv 7 Swimming Lv 1 -> Lv 3 Ice claw Lv 7

Name: Hiyori, Hawk Lv8 to Lv9

Vitality 28
Magic power 27 to 28.
Strength 36 to 38.
Defensive Strength 20
Agility 34 to 36
Dexterity value 21

skill

Flight Lv8 -> Lv9 Assault Lv6 -> Lv7 Claws Lv8 -> Lv9 Wind Magic Lv8

Name Yu Fang White Wolf Lv5 -> Lv6

Vitality 27 to 28.
Magic power 18 to 19.
Strength 28 to 29.
Defense 25 to 26.
Agility 33
Dexterity value 23 to 24.

skill

Bite Lv 8 -> Lv 9 Attention Detection Lv 6 -> Lv 7 Night Eyes Lv 7 Watering Fang Lv 8 -> Lv 9

Name Aranea Large Spider Lv1 -> Lv3

Life force 25 to 27.
Magic power 15 to 17.
Strength 15 to 16.
Defensive Strength 10
Agility 13
Dexterous value 40 to 44.

skill

Biting Lv1→Lv3 Viscosity Lv5 Soft thread Lv1→Lv3 Hard thread Lv1→Lv3 Trap setting Lv5→Lv6 Thread detection Lv1→Lv3

Name: liqueur, unicorn, lv3.

Life Force 24
Magical power 2
Strength 24
Defensive Strength 17
Agility 39
Dexterity value 34

skill

Angular attack Lv1 Kicking Lv1 Rushing Lv1 Riding Lv4 Sprinting Lv1 -> Lv4

Name Airy Goat Lv 1 to Lv 5

Life force 15 to 23.
Magical power 1
Strength 10 to 14.
Defensive strength 5 to 8.
Agility 10 to 15.
Dexterity value 1

skill

Horn Artillery Lv 1 Danger Sense Lv 1 to Lv 2 Running Foot Lv 1 Leap Lv 1 Breastfeeding Lv 2

Name Puyosuke Slime Lv 8 to Blue Slime Lv 1

Life force 20 to 30.
Magic power 0
Strength 0
Defense 30 to 40.
Agility 10 to 20
Dexterous value 10 to 20

skill

Predation Lv1→Lv5 Defense Lv1→Lv3 Physical disable Lv1→Lv5 Transformation Lv1→Lv5 Shock absorption Lv1→Lv3　
Splitting Lv1→Lv3 Regeneration Lv1→Lv3 Underwater action Lv1→Lv3 Extreme cold body Lv1→Lv3