The Day After the Giant Slime Mid-Layer Dungeon Opens
The day after the Giant Slime mid-layer dungeon opened.
I ended up chatting with the surface Reclamation Army, thanks to Joodak hooking me up.
"Ugh… My head's already starting to hurt…."
This guy's gotta be a total hardass…
That's how I ended up chatting with the commander's adjutant, and just like Joodak warned, the guy was impossible to reason with.
What kinda bullshit is this…?
Explaining the value of potions in war is pointless—they're essential, especially since no priest or paladin wants to volunteer for surface hell.
But…
I should talk to the actual soldiers…?
Just yesterday, I saw Jeonbung-i—who enlisted in the Reclamation Army—post on the gallery wanting to go to the park.
When I brought that up…
Sigh… This feels like talking to that delusional patient back in the day…
I get it—I'm the only supply line for potions, so they'd have to beg me if they depend on them.
But the world's already gone to shit, everyone's holed up underground—logically, what gain is there in influencing a surface army?
What the hell is this guy even fighting…?
This son of a… Words… Words aren't getting through!!!
It's like talking to a bureaucrat spouting nonsense!!!
This prick probably doesn't even know what he's saying…
"Hoo…."
What the hell's going on up there…?
The next day.
Raid day had finally arrived.
The award winners from the subspecies contest—who were also in the previous park experience group—plus 450 more recruited from the manpower office, totaling 500 people, gathered inside the new raid dungeon.
The new dungeon's name was…
Advancing Slimes Raid Dungeon
Terrain: Plains
Temperature and humidity: Perfect for activity
The raid participants had finished introductions in the waiting room I made yesterday.
"Hmm… Is it okay for that guy to lead? We've got mid-layer vets here…."
"Well, he's a former war mage with battlefield command experience, and he's got noble backing, so what can ya do…"
The raid leader was Bram.
The middle-aged mage who'd been Charlotte's guard the day Elise and I went to the park.
He was biting his nails, fidgeting restlessly.
…Damn, I never wanted to come back to ticket dungeons… Good thing that creepy killing intent from before isn't here…
That day had left him with trauma from the mysterious malice…
But his employer, Charlotte, had nagged him relentlessly to get a golden ticket somehow, forcing him back into the dungeon.
The park experience group members were swapping stories too.
"Bro Victor! How've you been? It was awkward to chat in the waiting room yesterday…."
"Oh, Victor! I'm always good, man! Waiting room was all formation practice—no time for hellos."
"Do we really need formations for slimes though?"
"Hmm… You still don't get the Dungeon Master, Victor… I reckon some fools'll underestimate slimes today and get wrecked."
"…If you say so, Bro, I'll stay sharp."
Some were tense about variables, but most were underestimating the slimes.
"…Just slimes, what a pain in the ass…."
"Let him be… Vera's Dad's been slime-hunting for years and just now climbing—probably traumatized."
Not just explorers gathered.
As it was a new dungeon launch, Goseongji's experience broadcast had started too.
"Hello, everyone. I'm inside the newly opened raid dungeon, Advancing Slimes Raid Dungeon."
Of course, not just Goseongji—for safety, the veteran trio DragonMaskPadak was here too.
"Hmm… No tension at all… Facing an unknown enemy, and their attitudes are all wrong."
"They'll learn soon enough—how careless they were against unknowns on the battlefield."
And the priests and nuns hired for emergencies.
"…Just slimes, probably no injuries."
"We're just for show, I guess."
They weren't volunteers—these were pros hired under my name with hefty donations, sticking around for future raids.
Goseongji started the real broadcast, sharing basic info I'd given him.
"Boss respawn takes about 30 minutes after entry. Five minutes left now. Participants are forming up."
Suddenly, light gathered in the air.
"…It's starting. Mages and archers, prepare to fire—!!!!"
At Raid Leader Bram's shout, mages began casting, archers nocked arrows.
But the light kept gathering—no form yet.
Unlike instant regular monster spawns, this took time.
Goseongji and gallery viewers watching wondered.
"Respawn's taking a while…."
Everyone watching the Giant Slime respawn fell silent.
The light filled their vision…
Slime form took shape inside, then crashed to the ground.
BOOM—!!!!!
The earth shook from the Giant Slime's impact.
Wobble—
"Gahhh, earthquake…!!!"
"No way… That's…."
"Super… colossal slime…?"
"Am I seeing this right? That's a slime?"
"What the fuuuuck—!!!!! That's too damn big—!!!!!"
A nearly 10M slime appeared, overwhelming explorers who tore at their hair in despair.
"Ah… Shit, I'm dying here…!!"
"…Dunbung you bastard… How the hell are we supposed to kill that…."
"I don't wanna do this. Let me out."