The damp, stone-arched corridor was covered in moss, and the foul, stagnant water had already soaked the edges of their boots.
The sewer environment was as unpleasant as ever.
Fortunately, with the help of Echolocation, it didn't take Lynn long to detect the tracks of the Dungeon Slime past a bend.
However, for some reason...
The Dungeon Slime seemed to have grown a size larger compared to a few days ago.
It had also grown darker; while it was originally gray, it was now a mix of gray and black.
But this did not stop Lynn's rising intent to kill.
Lynn reached out to stop Lupa, who was holding her tower shield and planning to keep moving forward, gesturing for her to be quiet.
Lupa pointed to the turn ahead, asking with her eyes, “Is it right ahead?”
Lynn nodded in confirmation, then raised his staff once more.
With Evocation Control, Lynn could now perform all kinds of tricks with evocation spells.
He no longer needed Lupa to stand in front of him to buy time.
Chanting the incantation softly, countless threads of mana extended from the tip of his staff, gradually outlining a blue-red orb of light.
“Vas!”
As the staff kicked upward from the recoil, the blue magic missile shot out in an instant, vanishing around the bend of the sewer.
Boom—
A loud explosion echoed.
Clearly, the Magic Missile had hit its mark.
Immediately after, the ground vibrated, and the water droplets clinging to the cracks in the stone bricks fell even faster.
Its meal interrupted, the Dungeon Slime was furious!
Even though the target was out of his line of sight, with the aid of Echolocation, Lynn could pull off an ultimate budget version of a “beyond-visual-range strike.”
He could attack a monster from outside its field of vision!
In the acoustic map in Lynn's mind—
The Magic Missile slammed into the Dungeon Slime's massive body like a cannonball.
The slime's resilient body could not hold up against the noble magic damage, and it was instantly pierced through.
Then, the Magic Missile's "Explosion" effect was triggered.
A second burst of damage erupted. While slightly weaker in power, its area of effect was much larger than the initial hit.
Under the explosive impact of mana, the Dungeon Slime shuddered violently.
Following that, its massive body burst open from the middle, and the gray slime was blasted onto the walls by the shockwave of the explosion.
By the time the slime gathered around its core again, the Dungeon Slime had shrunk by a whole size!
Even its core had been affected by the blast, showing several cracks.
Despite being heavily injured, the Dungeon Slime, sensing a mortal threat, should have chosen to flee.
But it didn't.
For some reason, the Dungeon Slime was not as calm as it had been a few days ago. It seemed to have lost its mind.
The moment it was injured, it prepared to find the “culprit” and take revenge.
The Dungeon Slime leaped into the water. Its massive body stretched to its limit, turning flat as it hid beneath the surface, surging against the current toward Lynn's direction.
Lynn was in no hurry to use a second Magic Missile to finish it off.
As an evocation spell, Magic Missile's power would be greatly reduced upon entering water.
If he finished chanting in two seconds but the Dungeon Slime had not surfaced, the Magic Missile would be forced to miss.
Since the Dungeon Slime was already heavily injured, Lynn wanted to ensure a one-hit kill.
By this time, the Dungeon Slime had rounded the bend and noticed the two adventurers who had disturbed its meal not far away.
These two adventurers looked somewhat familiar.
Last time, it was this Mage who had blasted it with a missile and then slipped away like a loach!
When enemies meet, their eyes burn with hatred.
The Dungeon Slime accelerated, rushing toward Lynn underwater.
The slime's body blended with the black water, rendering Lynn's Echolocation useless against the submerged Dungeon Slime.
Fortunately, the waves kicked up by the Dungeon Slime's massive body on the surface made it easy for Lynn to pinpoint its location.
Twenty meters...
Ten meters...
Eight meters, five meters.
The Dungeon Slime's speed seemed much faster than last time.
Lupa had already raised her tower shield nervously, ready to block the Dungeon Slime's attack for Lynn at any moment.
She, too, realized that the Dungeon Slime seemed to have grown stronger.
This discovery made Lupa's heart sink.
She wondered if they would be able to escape safely this time.
Before Lupa could think further, the Dungeon Slime arrived in front of Lynn in the blink of an eye.
Having gathered momentum in the water, the Dungeon Slime leaped high into the air.
The black waves it kicked up splashed onto the stone path, bringing with them a foul stench.
The Dungeon Slime intended to use its nearly three-ton body to crush this damn Mage into a meat pie!
But mid-air, the Dungeon Slime realized it had lost its target.
Where was the Mage?!
The Dungeon Slime twisted its body, only to find that the Mage was already several meters away.
Not a single drop of dirty water had splashed onto him; he was as clean as new.
When did he do that?!
Just now, upon seeing the Dungeon Slime emerge from the water, Lynn had triggered 【Burst Step】 using the Light spell.
While the Dungeon Slime was still in the air and had no time to crash down, Lynn had already sprinted to a position that the Dungeon Slime could not touch, no matter how it changed direction.
He had said it before: this time, the Dungeon Slime wouldn't even get close!
Thud—
The Dungeon Slime crashed heavily onto the ground. The long stone bricks paving the sewer were pressed high into the air by its immense weight.
Unfortunately, it was all bark and no bite.
Having missed its strike, the cunning monster actually wanted to turn around and dive back into the water.
But Lynn, naturally, would not give it the chance!
“Magic Missile,” chanting complete—
With a soft shout from Lynn, the blue-red magic missile wobbled and shot toward the Dungeon Slime before it could enter the water.
Puff—
With a muffled sound like a popping balloon, the missile plunged straight into the Dungeon Slime's body.
Boom—
Right before Lupa's eyes, the Dungeon Slime exploded.
The young beastkin girl's mouth was hanging wide open in shock.
Even the black water splashing onto her fair face failed to draw her attention.
The Dungeon Slime had been instantly killed by Lynn with just two spells?
It hadn't even managed to get close to him!
Although Lupa knew Lynn's strength far exceeded that of an ordinary apprentice, she had never expected it to reach such an absurd level.
Probably even normal class-holders couldn't do this, right?
Without a Mage, a Dungeon Slime usually required a whole party of class-holders to defeat.
Yet, just a few days ago, Lynn was clearly not this strong...
The young beastkin girl had not yet recovered from her shock, standing there in a daze.
Meanwhile, Lynn had already walked up to the core dropped by the Dungeon Slime.
The core rolled twice, seemingly still trying to struggle.
Dungeon Slime: “Lynn, do you remember the past?!”
And Lynn, without hesitation, pointed his staff at the core on the ground.
Lynn: “Are you talking about... the past?”
The staff smashed down.
The Dungeon Slime's core shattered into several pieces.
Eight days later, a rematch with the Dungeon Slime, easily won!
“Killed one Dungeon Slime. Obtained Bloodline Points (Slime) * 100 (Over-level kill multiplier 200%).”
A notification came from the monster encyclopedia.
The Dungeon Slime had been successfully defeated!
Lynn looked at the ground. After the Dungeon Slime died, something seemed to have dropped from its body.
But just as Lynn was about to pick it up, a sudden squeaking sound came from a nearby corner—
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