CH 119

“To the impure, may your soul rest in peace. [Purification]!”

With the activation of the magic, the glow of the aura emitted from my right hand filled the passage, purifying the black dirt that had covered the floor, walls, and ceiling, turning it into white grains. The white grains began to fall from the ceiling.

“It’s no good. There’s no end to it.”

I entered from the stairs and proceeded down the passage while purifying it, then descended the U-shaped stairs and proceeded down the passage again, but I couldn’t see the target. I was purifying myself because I somehow felt that this black dirt was bad, but if I keep going like this, I’m going to run out of magic power. I don’t think I can go on while purifying.

As I was thinking about this, I heard a sound like a heavy object being dragged from the top of the passage, followed by the sound of something hitting the ground.

“Ah! …Huh?”

I couldn’t see it from here, but it was the sound of Eraldin’s Door closing.

“I hope I’m not trapped…”

It’s probably safe. It’s just an automatic door that closed. If you touch it, it’ll open again.

I took a step into the black dirt. It feels soggy, like stepping through fresh snow. It made me feel really uncomfortable, but I ignored it and checked my footing, rubbing the sole of my shoe.

“Should I go? It’s really hard to walk.”

“Eh?”

As I made my way through the jet-black passageways and stairs, making sounds that sounded both squeaky and gooey, I noticed that about ten meters down the road, there was some reaction to the [Magi Location]. I readied my spear. I cautiously approached the source.

As I approached, the [Light Source]’s magical light gradually illuminated it, revealing its form.

Its color was black, the same as the passage. However, unlike the black pumice stone texture of the passage, it seemed to be slippery.

What was there was a black puddle of water that looked like crude oil.

“A slime?”

It looks similar to the slime I saw in the beginner dungeon. But the color is different. It is possible that the slime has simply been dyed the color of this passage, but—

“–Tsu!”

Suddenly, the black slime seemed to curl up and suddenly jumped at me with great speed. I avoid it by twisting my body and parrying it with my spear. However, the black layer of dirt caught my foot and I lost my balance.

Damn! This is not a normal slime!

As I stand on my feet, I almost click my tongue, realizing my mistake.

I should have at least purified the ground first. This makes it hard to fight!

Using my left hand to wedge myself into the black dirt on the ground, I supported myself and turned to face the slime. Then, I intercepted the black slime as it pounced on me again, keeping my movements to a minimum so as not to slip.

I hit the flying black slime back with a spear thrust. The black slime slammed into the wall with great force and immediately used its recoil to bounce off. The black slime slams into the wall with great force, and then bounce away again. As it did so, I clashed with the black slime over and over again, sometimes losing my balance and falling to the floor, my whole body turning black.

In the end, the black slime’s movements slowed down and it fell from the wall it had blown off to the ground, where it melted into the black dirt on the floor, leaving behind a black magic stone.

“…Oh, it’s over… *cough*! *cough*!”

I think something might have gotten into my windpipe. I picked up the black magic stone while holding back a cough.

The size of the stone is about three centimeters, which is about D-rank. It’s hard to tell for sure because wild monsters don’t have a consistent size of the magic stone. But I don’t think it’s just F-rank with this size.

“It’s that strong, huh?”

This black slime was no ordinary slime. It was clearly a different kind. I’m not sure what kind of monster this is, but I’m pretty sure it’s the result of something down the path.
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