Translated by Netblazer
Edited by XCrossJ
Chapter 59: The Threat of the Grand Slime!
When Hiiro landed on the coast, Mikazuki collapsed on the ground in exhaustion. Apparently, it was caused by the fact that she just flew across such a long distance for the first time. Not sure what could happen next, Hiiro wrote the word <Restore> 『全快』on her body, restoring its stamina.
Hiiro, still having a high tension due to arriving on a new continent, began running around the beach shouting. After doing so to his heart’s content, Hiiro used the word <Search> to look for the nearest village.
The moment he activated the word, an arrow appeared before him, pointing in the direction of the nearest village.
“There should be a village up ahead, huh.” (Hiiro)
The arrow that had appeared was pointing towards the mountains up ahead.
“Is the village hidden in the hill, or is it beyond the mountains? Either way, I need to be as careful as possible.” (Hiiro)
“Kui!” (Mikazuki)
Mikazuki nodded and shook her back, telling Hiiro to get on. Hiiro ran beside Mikazuki for a moment before hopping onto her back and heading in the direction of the arrow.
After leaving the beach, Hiiro saw a vast grassland spread before him. Beyond the grassland was the hill and mountain range that he witnessed before.
(It feels calm right now but, I’ll never know when something might happen.”
From what he read about the [Evlia] Continent, the monsters in this area were numerous and more formidable when compared to the other Continents. He didn’t feel that monsters would openly come out and attack, however, as he could be attacked anytime, he decided to prepare some words in anticipation.
Using <Simultaneous Invocation>, he was now able to set up five words at a time. He wrote the words <Speed> and <Protect> on himself and Mikazuki. He also wrote the word <Extend> on his sword. The words faded into the objects. With his preparations complete, he would now be able to activate any of these words at will.
And yet, if he used a Two-Word spell, all the One-Word spells he had set up at that moment would disappear. Thus, he need to be careful to avoid using Two-Word spells.
“If I level up, I might be able to do more than this. However, I better watch myself for now.” (Hiiro)
The idea of being able to use Two-Words with his current abilities made him excited. He was determined to continue hunting monsters to raise his level.
While he was casually riding Mikazuki, he saw something move at the edge of his vision.
“Stop!” (Hiiro)
“Kui!?” (Mikazuki)
Mikazuki skidded to a halt.
“Kui?” (Mikazuki)
“Look over there” (Hiiro)
Hiiro pointed at a monster before him.
It was a slime that was 10 times larger than normal slimes. As it moved around on the ground, it kept making a puni-puni sound. Its body was green, however, it was transparent, to the extent of being able to see the other side of its body. Near the center of the body, there was red mass.
“Could that red, heart-like thing in the center be its weak point? My first opponent is a monster that isn’t in the illustrated book huh…” (Hiiro)
Hiiro was surprised because this was a demon that he didn’t know anything about. He thought it was a unique monster, but he had also seen something similar a while back. Unlike the unique monsters, who generally wandered around alone, these monster looked as if they were working together.
“Just as I heard, the demons of the Evila continent weren’t listed in the encyclopedia.” (Hiiro)
The encyclopaedia that he had read, only listed the monsters in the Humas Continent and the Gabranth Continent. It didn’t look like it listed any monsters on the Evila Continent.
“I want to find a reference book for this area as soon as possible.” (Hiiro)
If he didn’t do something like that, he would be significantly disadvantaged when fighting the monsters in the Evila continent. He would definitely be more prepared if he knew about the monsters he was facing beforehand. Of course, he could use word magic to find out about the monsters, however, doing so would not be an efficient use of MP.
Thus, it would be much more efficient if he could find a reference book.
“That is true, but first off, let’s see what the first fight on the Evila Continent would be like.” (Hiiro)
Hiiro got off of Mikazuki’s back and drew out Thorn-Piercer.
“You, stay back.” (Hiiro)
“Kui!” (Mikazuki)
It was familiar exchange. Following Hiiro’s order, Mikazuki fled the battlefield immediately.
“First off, let’s try and look into something.” (Hiiro)
As the slime still didn’t notice Hiiro, he used this opportunity to write the word <Pry> in order to view the monster’s <Status>.
“Let’s see…its name is Grand Slime, Rank S. Seriously!? There are several S ranked monsters crawling around here?!” (Hiiro)
He looked around, noting that there were several other Grand Slimes nearby. He had met S-ranked monsters before, but they were generally considered unique and they were always by themselves. However, as expected, in the Evila continent, there were a lot of S-Ranked monsters wandering around.
(If a rank SS or a rank SSS monster came out…)
In the past month, Hiiro had fought with an SS rank monster in the Gabranth continent. Its strength and power were in orders of magnitude stronger than anything he had encountered thus far. He had barely managed to defeat it by making full use of his Word Magic. If he had made a single blunder during that encounter, he would undoubtedly have perished.
At that moment, he felt that he was dancing on a thin line between life and death.
He didn’t want to face another SS rank monster. As his affinity with the type of monster and topology had worked in his favour, he was able to somehow win thanks to good luck. He knew that it was way too soon for him to face an SS rank monster. If he didn’t level up significantly, then he would definitely die the next time.
(Ever since then, I haven’t wished for Arnold and Muir’s presence more strongly.)
Although he didn’t show it, when he was working together with Arnold and Muir, they were very helpful. If they were with him when he was facing that SS Rank monster, the battle would not have been so dangerous.
And yet, from now on, he was all alone. Furthermore, the monsters on the [Evila] continent would be much stronger than those he encountered before. If his level was low, he could be killed off pretty easily.
(Taking all that into account, I have no choice but to raise my level as fast a possible.)
He had a strong premonition that he would eventually be fighting monsters that would be of a higher rank than SS in the future.
“For that purpose, these guys will be my food.” (Hiiro)
Sensing bloodlust, the Slime stopped and slowly turned to face him. Following this, it leaped at Hiiro with unexpected velocity.
“Fast!” (Hiiro)
Even though it had such a large body mass, it moved with the speed of a small animal. It was full of openings so Hiiro took this chance to jump past the Grand Slime and slice it with his sword.
Zuba (Sound of sword through a slimy body)
He thought he inflicted a significant blow to the slime, yet it was unfazed by it.
“Crap? It didn’t hit?” (Hiiro)
Hiiro wanted to avoid physical contact with it. However, a bullet-like object suddenly detached itself from the slime’s body and flew towards him. Using both hands, Hiiro braced for impact. However, it was so soft that there was no impact or damage at all.
(What’s going on?)
He raised his eyebrow, wondering what had just occurred. However, something happened in the following moment.
Boutsu! (Sound of a puff of fire appearing)
The part of Hiiro that was hit with the Slime abruptly burst into flames.
“Hot!” (Hiiro)
He tried to put out the fire by waving it in the air, but nothing happened.
“Damn!” (Hiiro)
He squatted on the ground and pressed the burning part into the soil. At that moment, the fire went out.
“Hah, hah, hah…this bastard.” (Hiiro)
Not only did Hiiro suffer some burns, his red robe was scorched, left in tatters by the flames. He began to regret that he hadn’t used the word <Protect>.
“Damn…this can’t be easily restored either.” (Hiiro)
He drew his sword and slashed at the Slime again. He once again felt the weapon land a solid strike on the monster. Yet, similar to before, it had no effect. Looking closely, he noticed that the parts he had damaged had already been regenerated.
“I see. Physical attacks don’t work on this thing. Now what……” (Hiiro)
mrkeper said:
Thanks for the chapter
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Casey said:
Thanks for your hard work. I’m starting to learn Japanese, got the Hiragana chart memorized 🙂
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spoilerproof said:
thanks for the chapter
I wonder if he hit the core like thing…
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Harem Bast@rd said:
I think he only hit the body, which would be why it easily regenerates, he has been fighting small spikes so far so it’s possible he did enough damage that small slimes could not regenerate from. Or the small slime core is close Enough to the surface that his sword could reach it
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capsusingshift said:
Wait until the next chapter to find out! 🙂
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nafe98 said:
Thanks for the chapter
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rustedge said:
thanks for the chapter.man this author is getting good with the cliffhangers
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ant said:
thanks. ^^
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ryuuseigami said:
Thanks 😀
freeze him hiiro~ ^^
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kirindas said:
Thanks for the new chapter!!
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fayte413 said:
Thanx for the chapter
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namamiri said:
Thx for the chapter. The release Speed really multiplyed since all of you are working as a team.
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whome said:
Thanks for the chapter!
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joe said:
fantastic. thanks!
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~Shiriyasha~ said:
Huh? Physical attack not working on slime is.already a common knowledge, hiiro’s prett y slow…thanks fo!r the update
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netblazer said:
True, but in video games you can hit and beat Slimes with anything that might have been his reference until he faced a real one.
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Firestorm said:
Depends on what game and what type of slime. Some slimes ARE immune to physical attacks and require magic and some are not. Of those that require magic some even require specific types of magic as well
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killerwakka said:
well he saw something that resembles a core of a monster so he thought if he cut the core the slime would be dead
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Lux said:
yeah but it wasnt mentioned whether he attacked the core or not
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scowly said:
On Humas Continent, Hiiro grinded on slimes, on Evila Continent, the slimes grind on Hiiro.
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fuzor100 said:
arigatou
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fuew12 said:
An rank S slime @.@
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TheFrostDude said:
Thanks for the new chapter!
Glad to know there are many different types of slimes in this world.
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Faust Voncleave said:
Losing to a slime. Even if I knew it was a rank s monster i’d still feel bad. Damn you dragon quest for instilling the weakness of slimes into my mind!!!
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Jake1456 said:
play FFX and see how annoying the slimes are in there
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Gren said:
Thanks for the chapter!
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Giried said:
He should have made Mikazuki able to fight like a certain gluton fat bird.
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Deadaluis said:
he does a bit later in the series read ahead a few chapters but I really don’t understand much Japanese so I really am not sure.
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Hydrogen said:
If it is a glutton bird it might look like Firo on Tate no Yuusha. LOL
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vedacool said:
Reblogged this on Novel Translation Reblog.
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Unknown said:
Thanks for the chapter.
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Jeroen said:
“Using , he was now able to set up five words at a time.”
I think should be .
Referring to chapter 57:
<> MP cost: 250
It is now possible to manipulate the invocation of a maximum of 5 words. It is possible to activate a previously written word at any given time. However, this skill can only be applied to the <> skill. In addition, the user must be within 300 meters of the words written before they can be triggered.
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Jeroen said:
So apparently things in between brackets get left out.
“Using, Simultaneous Invocation he was now able to set up five words at a time.”
I think should be Invocation Management.
Referring to chapter 57:
Incovation Management MP cost: 250
It is now possible to manipulate the invocation of a maximum of 5 words. It is possible to activate a previously written word at any given time. However, this skill can only be applied to the One-Chain Word skill. In addition, the user must be within 300 meters of the words written before they can be triggered.
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Raximus said:
I always want more.
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AnotherKirito said:
Lol is evila russia or something I hate to see dragon quest with the starting slimes all lvl 30 or something
Why isn’t he using salt like he did in the caves
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Jake1456 said:
in the cave he was fighting slugs or snails
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Ingro said:
Thanks for the chapter.
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Orages said:
It would be pretty humiliating to lose to a slime…
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Brandon Heat said:
How embarrassing, it’s a common sense that slime has physical null and weak against magic!! lol
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GonZ555 said:
Thank you!
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zbrosdivz said:
Thanks for the translation!
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Assassin said:
It feels the Rank S Slime is a same type of boss at Brave Frontier Game also Thanks for the chapters =3 more Konjiki no World Master drugs to come
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Assassin said:
I mean WORD sorry miss type
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moonalice13 said:
Thank you for the chapter! Can’t wait to see what happens next 🙂
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Hai Kun said:
he shoud write out the word nuke, and nuke that slime XD
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Hydrogen said:
No it is the best to activate the word protect that is written on him and to his bird then write Atomic Bomb. WAHAHAHAHA
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Deadaluis said:
actually do you you remember what it took for him to use a simple word like “sleep” there was a rebound he was unable to complete the word for a few seconds and that was just sleep.
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Jake1456 said:
might not do depending on what the magic is doing to target
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k said:
isn’t that overkill ?
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MMZX said:
Thanks for the chapter! I never thought I seen/read a slime that powerful since I always known they were the weakest.
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Snowflake said:
Even slimes are X-ranked o.O
Thanks for the chapter!
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Snowflake said:
S-ranked, I mean.
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joao hack said:
gracias por el capítulo
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sherlockbelmont said:
Thanks for the chapter!!!
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Carl said:
Since he cant cast normal magic, I wonder if he could write ‘trap’ magic on his weapons/armor/etc – like writing ‘ice trap’ on his sword would make the next thing he hit instantly freeze into a block of ice.
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Deadaluis said:
actually I believe he does something like that in the next chapter not 100% sure I can read some Japanese but its only the non dialogue segments but I understand the main part
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DMR said:
Haha, he’s back to being challenged by a slime 😛
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ryuketsu said:
Thank ya very much for the translation translator!! Many thanks towards the Author!
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Elsie said:
Thanks for the chapter
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