Chapter 1113 Greedy Slimes
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With everything finally said and done, we walked outside of the Dungeon as we stretched a bit. The wave of heat from the desert quickly hit everyone. It didn't really affect me, but it was a stark difference from the Dungeon's First Floor, with its humid and cold winds, and the gentle sunlight, which was a much more pleasant weather than the hellish sunlight of this place.
"Ugh, we're back outside already... This place's so hot I'm dying." Aquarina groaned. "A-Anyways, we're done with evolutions and stuff, right?"
"Yeah more or less." I nodded.
"Then I'll be going. I need to continue training with Arafunn..." Zack sighed. "Wish me luck, please. I'll really need it if I'll have to continue doing the tasks he'll ask me."
"Good luck Zack!" Mist ran to his side. "Here's your good luck kiss and hug!" She kissed his cheek and hugged him tightly.
"Ahahah, maybe I can do anything now." He giggled playfully, walking away.
"Well, we'll be going with my mom to investigate the pyramid's interior." I said. "Aquarina's coming too. Anybody else wants to come along?"
"Me!" Mist said, quickly joining us.
"I think I'll pass; I need to train my new ability." Luck said. "Sorry, but it's a bit hard to use this new power..."
"It's fine, no pressure." I nodded.
"I'll go!" Lara said, pumped up.
"Wait, what? I thought you were going to stay alongside me!" Luck complained a bit.
"Yeaaah!" Everyone cheered.
We swiftly decided to enter the pyramid after things were ready. What my mother spent most of her time preparing was her "special gear" which included a lot of tiny gadgets to help her clean, break through, and decipher ancient languages.
She didn't have them beforehand, she actually created most of these recently. Her alchemy is pretty good, she can create accessories as long as she got materials. She doesn't like bragging, but father said her alchemy was only second to the Witch of the Blue Mountain.
And that's saying a lot!
We reached the old village of the slimes after just a couple of minutes. We were greeted with the half-destroyed and old looking village, which only brought a bit of sadness of their former inhabitants.
"Alright guys, pick everything valuable and bring it along! Sylphy will store it inside of her pet Glutton!" However, Pyuku's cheerful voice full of guidance quickly lightened their mood. The colorful slimes leaped from one place to another, beginning to gather all sorts of materials.
It was just wood they had here, piles after piles of rare and precious metals, spirit crystals of all kinds, orichalcum growths that probably grew out of walls over millennia, giant monster crystal cores, and all sorts of other treasures. My mother had to contain herself from asking them if they could let her see them. Some seemed to have some connection with the gods too.
"Pyuku, would it be alright to later talk with your people?" Asked my mother. "I am rather interested on the prospects of perhaps exchanging, buying, or perhaps renting some of their items. I think they could help me further investigate the relics and ancient objects of the Gods."
"Oooh! I see, I'll ask them later then." Pyuku nodded. "And sorry about that, I know they might be very valuable to you, but I can't just ask them to hand them over... They trust me, but asking hoarding slimes to handle their treasures is like insulting them in the face."
"Hoarding Slimes?" I asked.
lightsΝοvεl ƈοm "Yes, among our kin there is a sub-culture of people that likes hoarding shiny things! We call them Hoarding Slimes, most of the desert dwellers here moved to the desert mostly because they were driven by the shiny." Pyuku laughed.
"I-I see..." I felt slightly perplexed by that information.
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