Rimuru followed Shion to the infirmary, where many sick monsters had gathered. They were either sitting or lying down, all holding their stomachs with pain on their faces. Even the goblin village chief, Ligurud, who had followed Rimuru the earliest, was infected.
"Lord Rimuru..." Seeing Rimuru coming, the painful Rigurud wanted to struggle to stand up and salute Rimuru, but was stopped in time by Rimuru.
"Lie down, Ligurd." Rimuru pushed Ligurd back to sit with a serious face, "Don't move for now." Then he turned to the nurse who was taking care of him and said, "What's the situation now? Have you found the cause?"
"I'm very sorry, Lord Rimuru." The doctor looked up from the pile of bottles and jars, walked over quickly and bowed to Rimuru, and said apologetically, "They don't just have stomachaches. While in pain, their magic essence is also rapidly decreasing. I can now temporarily alleviate their magic essence loss, but it is still very difficult to cure it..." After saying this, the doctor did not dare to look at Rimuru's face, and lowered his head and said, "I'm doing my best, but so far... I still have no clue. There has never been such a case before, and there is no record of it in medical books."
"Hurry up and find the cause." Rimuru did not blame the doctors too much. He asked them to do their work quickly and then returned to Ligurd.
Great sage, please analyze the reasons why they are like this.
[Analyzing...]
Although he could indeed control his body, that was limited to daily activities. He was still unable to perform difficult attacks, jumps, somersaults, etc.
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Relying on thick skin and brute force? [There is also a slime attack, which seems to be able to swallow up the magic element and take it for itself. ]
What? Rimuru was shocked. There are living things in the body? How did these living things enter the monster's body?
Xian didn't say anything, he just walked over and pulled Rimuru's sleeve, then pointed outside the door, as if signaling Rimuru to go out.
Such a big ball is really a slime!!!
"Shunai, you stay here and watch over everyone. Souei goes to notify Besta to come and assist the doctor. Benimaru, Shion, you follow me." Rimuru thought for a moment and gave the final order.
[Answer. This mutant slime has the ability to [split and reborn]. The slime that splits and dissolves into water also has life and the ability to absorb other monsters.]
"Hey... Everyone be alert, we seem to have angered it." Rimuru stared at the mutated slime without blinking, and he did not forget to push Xian, "Hurry up, try to hide far away."
That's enough, I can't.
What happened? Xian listened to Xiao Si's hesitant voice and could only stick his head out a little to watch.
Rimuru was about to ask what they did before their stomachache when he heard a deafening wail: "Ah ...
“What? You’re the one who came to our country to cause trouble!” Shion instantly became murderous, drew out the big knife behind him, ran over, flew into the air, and slashed at the slime, “Look, I’m going to chop you into pieces!!”
Everything here is very peaceful. The river is neither wide nor narrow, and the flow rate is just right. The water hits the stone wall and washes the stones on the shore. Accompanied by the chirping of summer cicadas and the rustling of leaves in the wind, it makes people feel relaxed and happy.
It's too quiet.
"Damn it! You're so thick-skinned!" Ziyuan flipped several times in the air and finally fell down.
The northern river, this location had been mentioned since the first day he crossed here, so it was almost certain that the crisis would be in the northern river. And these monsters had stomachaches, probably because they had eaten something bad. Since it was not a problem with food, it could only be a problem with the water source necessary for making food.
Eh? Isn't this similar to Rimuru's skill? Xian thought.
"No... I hate fish soup the most." A monster said tremblingly, "I drank mushroom soup."
Hmm... pointing outside again. Rimuru's eyes flashed with deep thought. Is it possible that this child actually knows something, but because he can't speak, he can only express it to him through actions? [Host, do you know where the specific location of the crisis is? Just pointing outside like this, Rimuru should follow you this time, right? ]
[Can you control this body to perform difficult attack moves? ]
Rimuru knew without looking back that this was Gobuta's masterpiece. Only he could howl so openly and without any scruples.
Food? As expected, since those life forms gave the monsters stomachaches, they must have done something with their food.
Rimuru's eyebrows also twitched, and the corners of his mouth twitched a little. He said to the Great Sage in his heart, "Great Sage, I have a guess..."
[Can you...]
Rimuru: ...
Xian has been slowly figuring out the topography of the Demonic Federation these past few days, figuring out what things are in which places, so that he can quickly lock onto an area when something really happens.
"…What is this?" Shion's face was filled with disgust. If it was just bouncing back and forth, she might still be able to think of Lord Rimuru, but it was sticky and dripped some disgusting liquid into the river from time to time, which made her unacceptable.
Rimuru finally chose to trust Xian. Although he had not been with him for a long time, he always felt that he was a good boy who would not have any bad intentions. Moreover, the boy seemed to want to tell him something from the beginning. Maybe he really knew something.
Wait, it's not the fish soup? Rimuru sweated a drop of sweat on his forehead. Everyone ate something different, but they had the same symptoms. Why? Isn't it the food? "Slime? Why are you here?" Shion turned around when she heard the movement behind her, and saw Xi'an with white hair slowly walking towards her.
And the direction he pointed to... Rimuru finally remembered what Souei reported to him before leaving the office, about the unusual movement in the northern river.
This group of unidentified creatures was blue-purple, and seemed to be dark blue to purple. The whole creature looked gloomy and did not look like a positive character at all. The pitiful amount of river water flowing out from the other side of the cave was obviously mixed with the blue-purple liquid of the same color as the creature after flowing through this group of creatures. Only the section of the river around the cave had a very obvious color, and the color of the river water further down returned to its original color.
Oh no, things seem to be a little bad.
"Wow me too, I just ate some pastries."
"Ah? I didn't do anything." Gobuta looked aggrieved. "I just drank a bowl of steaming hot fish soup. That was the fish I just caught today. I waited for several days to get it..."
The closer you get to the middle reaches, the more you can feel that the wind is getting weaker and the cicadas' chirping has disappeared. Only the river is flowing steadily. In fact, even the sound of the water has gradually become smaller, and the whole riverside is frighteningly quiet.
I don't know, but Souei just told me.
But... water source. Slime is also a kind of liquid... Could it be that as he guessed, these monsters ate slimes and were retaliated? No, he remembered that the mission was about a great crisis of the slime race. Could it be that they were eaten to extinction? It's not that exaggerated...
Won't.
Hongwan swallowed with some palpitations, and inexplicably thought of the food made by Shion, which seemed to be in the same style.
[Answer. It was detected that this monster is a special monster, which is a mutated slime after special treatment and has a certain degree of toxicity.]
[Bingo! Congratulations to the host for getting the answer right! ]
Is there any way to solve this problem? [Answer. It can be detected that the life form belongs to a special monster, and its vitality can be dispersed. Only by finding the [original monster] and killing it can it be stopped. ]
Wait...how did he do that? [I don't know? I didn't watch the whole thing, but it seemed like he just stretched out his tentacles and started hitting.]
Xi'an didn't reply, and saw that Shion just bowed slightly to her as a greeting, and then continued to walk to Rimuru.
A huge, sticky mass of unidentified creature covered the entire cave, blocking the river water from upstream that wanted to flow downstream, but it did not seem to be completely blocked, and a small part of the river water was still flowing.
What... Rimuru gritted his teeth. This was indeed the culprit that made everyone sick! "Lord Rimuru, what do you think?" Hongwan asked.
"Ah... Is there something wrong?" I was a little anxious when I went out just now and forgot about him sitting on the sofa. No wonder he came to me at this time.
Rimuru immediately asked, "Did you all drink fish soup?"
Didn't he just say there was a problem with the northern rivers?
Just when Xian and Xiao Si were chatting, the outcome of the three-man battle against the slime was already clear. Benimaru and Shion, who were demons, were beaten all over and were obviously about to lose their fighting power. And Rimuru, who was the ceiling of the three in terms of fighting power, was also obviously lacking in strength.
Failed to analyze? This rarely happens to the Great Sage. Whenever it happens, it is always a very difficult matter! It seems that the matter is serious.
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Hmm... Rimuru was worried. What should he do now? Oh, the most urgent thing now is to stop the number of monsters being inhabited by life forms from increasing.
Xian blinked, neither nodded nor shook his head, but just obediently leaned back towards Rimuru as he exerted force.
Xian almost lost control of his facial expression. It was really hard for him to accept the creatures from this magical world. Their looks were too...wait.
cannot.
How come it's a bit like some of the games I played in my previous life? Only by killing the big boss that controls these life forms can all crises be resolved?
Then how can I help him defeat this mutated slime? ! Xian beat his chest and stamped his feet. This guy is Long Aotian. He will be done soon! ! [Uh... Host, maybe we can't finish our work yet...]
The first monster...
So he just needed to take Rimuru to the river in the north to take a look. Anyway, something happened in the city now, so it was estimated that it would not be peaceful there either.
"Everyone be careful." Rimuru narrowed his eyes and slowly tensed his body, getting everyone ready for battle. At the same time, he pushed Xian, who was straightening his sleeves and walking forward, back and said, "Okay, now that we're here, anyone can see the difference. You're behind me. If there's any danger later, find a place to hide and don't get hurt."
After the large sword hit the slime, the slime's body sank due to the force, but it was not cut in half. Instead, when it was about to be cut to the bottom, it bounced back with great force. Shion was not careful for a moment and was bounced back by this powerful force.
Rimuru usually doesn't call Xian Slime, he always thinks it's weird, but he doesn't know the name, so he can only ignore the name issue as much as possible.
"This guy... is the root cause of the illness of the residents in the city." Rimuru pointed at the huge slime with a look of joy in his eyes, "As long as we get rid of it, everyone in the city can return to normal."
I want to hide too, but I should help you! Xian was going crazy.
When they arrived at the cave where the river flowed in Rimuru's memory, they were stunned.
The mission is Slime Crisis. You said this, this thing...it can't be a slime?!
"Lord Rimuru!!" Shion and Benimaru shouted anxiously.
[But host, do you have any skills? ]
So this kid really does know something.
"Hey! Shion, don't be impulsive!" Before Rimuru could stop Shion, she had already rushed out.
Rimuru brought Benimaru and Shion to the north and walked up the river. The Demonic Federation is located in the middle of the Jura Forest. In fact, there is no source of the river, but the river passes through a small mountain in the middle, and the river flows through the mountain and flows through the Demonic Federation downstream. When Rimuru saw the river flowing down through the cave, he was surprised and exclaimed that it was another scenic spot.
Xian: ...Then, such a cute and bouncy slime...why did it become like this!!!
But today, Rimuru already felt something was wrong before he even got close.
Then, then he is the unknown life form mentioned before? [Answer. Correct.]
What kind of life form is this? [Report. Analyzing...Analysis failed.]
"yes!"
"Gobta!" Rimuru turned around, and the medical staff skillfully handed a bottle of medicine to Gobta, and then Gobta became much better visibly. Rimuru then asked, "Gobta, do you remember what you did before your stomach hurt?"
[Answer. The reason why the monsters have stomachaches is that an unknown life form has entered the monster's body, and the loss of magic essence is because the life form is absorbing the host monster's magic essence. ]
"I didn't drink the fish soup either. I didn't even drink the soup. I just ate a few side dishes..."
Here, he is just a worthless person.
The Great Sage did not reply. Rimuru was used to her not replying to these things, and continued to ask if he could know where the [first monster] was now? [Report. Unknown.]
Rimuru was sweating. Damn it... Why is this guy so hard to beat? The Predator is actually useless, and this guy's ability to swallow other monsters' magic is very similar to his Predator! Is this a mutated slime?
What should I do, Great Sage? [Answer. It is recommended to use the [Purification] method to purify it into a normal slime.]
Ah... That's what he said, but he can't purify at all! ! Shuna seems to be better at this kind of thing.
[Answer. This monster is of the same origin as you, and is a subordinate monster to you. You can use [Thought Transmission] to purify it.]
Eh?! Is this even possible?! (End of this chapter)