The examination for advancement to become an E-rank adventurer - the battle against the slime - had begun.

''Is it okay if our party kills one of them first?

　Yoko stepped forward.

'Yeah, okay,'
My party will stand by.
Okay, we'll go next!
Then, sir, we'll take care of the rest.

Okay. So,

　It was decided that Yoko, Luke, and Citry's party would attack in that order.

　Somehow, Tina doesn't seem to have any intention of participating in the attack.

　Could it be that she knows that I'm secretly strengthening the slime?

　Well, but even so, Tina would read the air and deal with it in a good way.

　In the meantime, as planned, I'll let Yoko and Luke and the rest of them lose.

　What about Citry?

　She's pretty strong, so even if I strengthen her, she could probably beat the slime.

　Hmm, if that happens, that's fine.
　It's just that the members who tend to overestimate their own strength are the first to fight.

　I'm going to ask the slimes to do their best.


Well, shall we go now?
Hang in there!
I don't think I'm going to need the recovery.
He's a slime.

　The first fight will be with Yoko's party.

　The members of this party are...

　Demon of Misfortune (nine-tailed fox) Yoko
　Strongest demon (color dragon) thing in the world: Chalk.
　Ex-Saint Seira.
　Former head of the Holy Order, Elmia.

　As for Elmia, she wore the armor of a baboon kane and was clearly not a novice adventurer.

　The four of them set their sights on a single slime.

''Cupi.''

　The slime was not at all alarmed.
　He was not afraid of Yoko and her friends.

　Even when Yoko and the others closed the distance, he didn't move from the spot.

　In fact, when Johan-san called out the slime, he suddenly tried to jump on me, so I instantly used the connection of my emissary magic to order the slimes to 'stay quiet'.

　I firmly obeyed that order and the slimes have been quiet.


''This guy...........doesn't even try to run away.
He didn't even try to pounce on me.
I feel sorry for them attacking us.
Yeah, I guess so.

　The four of them were hesitant to attack.

　With no resistance, would it be hard to attack as expected?

　Thinking this, I was about to let the slime attack me when Yoko moved.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, my Lord will not praise me if I don't defeat you.

　Flames appear in the palm of her hand.

'Farewell, my dear.'

　He was at least trying to get rid of it in an instant.

　A mass of fire that was infused with too much magical power to defeat a single slime struck the slime.


''Cupi?''
"...What?

　Yoko was astonished.

　Her magic was sure to hit.
　The magic she released should not be something that a slime could withstand.

　And yet the slime was pulling on the spot as if nothing had happened.

'Yoko, you're being too hard on yourself.

No, no, that's not it. This can't be...

It's okay, honey. I'll do it myself!

　Hakua interrupted Yoko's words and released a flying fist at the slime.

　Learning from Meldi, Hakua was also able to release his flying fist.

　As a dragon, Hakua's flying fist is usually powerful enough to crush A-ranked demons with ease.

　The White Chalk Flying Fist is...


　With a light sound of poyon, he was swallowed by the slime.

''──Eh, eh?''

　Like Yoko, Hakua also couldn't understand the situation in front of her.

　It was because her own attack, which was an S-ranked (strongest) demon, didn't work on an F-ranked (weakest) demon.


''Yoko, Hakua, you're both being too easy on each other.''

　Elmia raised her holy sword and slashed at the slime.

　Elmia's sword sliced the slime in half.

　But──.


Hmmm...　I'm such an idiot!

　The slime that had been cut in half grew into two as it was.

　The two slimes that became two bodies danced for a bit on the spot, then stuck together again and returned as one.


''Already, Elmia. There's no way a slash can work on a slime!

　As she said this, Seira now created a spear of light in the air.

　She saw that Yoko, Hakua, and Elmia had failed, and she decided not to go easy on them.

　She thought that if the four of them failed to attack, it wouldn't be a good sign for Johan, the test supervisor.

　Seira unleashed a magic that poured in enough magic power to annihilate a B-ranked demon with room to spare.

''Holy Lance!''

　A spear of light pierces the slime.


'Cupi.'
Oh, no...

　The slime was pulled.

　Yeah. Yeah!
　That's pretty good.

　I was happy to see that the slime I gave my blessing to was quite durable.

　((灵しゅ人-sama)

　Through the messenger magic, I heard a voice that I thought belonged to the slime.

　Great. Can you talk to them?

　() I've tamed demons such as mahonomes and kirenou, which normally can't talk to the human race, but I couldn't talk to them, even through the messenger magic.

　((Slime... right?

　((Yeah, right))

　((meaning: ))

　((Yeah, right))

　She had a lovely, soothing voice.
　((She's a bit soothing.

　((what do you want?))

　((Yeah. ) ((Yes.)) ((Should I not make an attack yet?

　Yeah, I remember ordering you to be quiet.

　So that's why you didn't fight back. ((You don't fight back, right?))

　((you can fight back))

　((You sure?))

　((but you'll have to be a little easier on yourself.

　((Okay))

　The next moment, the slime disappeared from Yohko and the others' sight.

Huh?　It has disappeared!
Where is it?

　Yoko and chalk are hurriedly searching for the enemy.

　Oh, they're pretty fast.

　I could see the movement of the slime.

　Moving at high speed, the slime approaches behind Yoko and the others while hiding itself.

　Tentacles extend from the slime.

　Those tentacles instantly restrained the four members of Yoko's party.

''Nugu!''
You can't let go.
Oh, yeah, don't put it there.
Sayre!　Huh?　No, no...

　It was a bit erotic.

　(() ) ) ((Other, Kanryo) ) (() ) ) The four of us who were bound by the tentacles on all four limbs struggled desperately, but the slime's restraints were unlikely to be released.

　((besides, Kanryu)

　A happy slime's voice echoed through the messenger magic.


''Liushin!　We're gonna save Joko and her friends!
Oh, oh!
Us too.
I'm in!

　Luke's party prepares to fight next and goes to rescue Yoko and her friends, but...


Nah!

　((i.e.: ((I'm the one between you and me))

　A second slime stood in front of Luke and the others.