Chapter 24.

Chapter 24. Wow

"Wow! Wow!"

What on earth am I being forced to do in this other world?

I was named Slime Slayer by a guild employee and carried around the town on a slime-collecting mikoshi, hoisted by many female adventurers.

Ordinary women who were waiting at home were looking at us curiously from their windows.

It was a ridiculous spectacle. I wondered about the meaning of this public display, which felt like an ancient punishment, and now I understood.

It's embarrassing and painful to be a spectacle like this.

"Wow! Wow!"

The women carrying the slime-collecting mikoshi were full of enthusiasm.

Why were they so motivated? Was it because they could kill a lot of slimes and earn money? Was it because they were carrying me, a man? I didn't know.

However, even in another world, when you walk with something shaped like this, it naturally draws attention.

"Wow! Collect slimes and kill them! Wow!"

Aren't they saying something noisy? Well, we are indeed collecting slimes to get rid of them.

"Wow! It's a man, it's a man! Wow! It's a meat stick festival! Wow!"

"Who just said meat stick festival? Was it Lucia?! It's Lucia! That idiot!"

However, I wish they would stop making such calls. Thanks to this, I was the center of attention for the whole town. Embarrassed. Walk quieter. Be solemn.

Despite the stupidity of the situation, the slime-collecting mikoshi was effective.

When I looked around, I saw many slimes chasing us in a row. Briefly, there were probably more than 100.

They were all aiming for my crotch. What a terrible habit. However, this device had a significant drawback. It had no roof. Because of this, the slime raining down from the sky kept falling on my head.

"Kyukyu! Derya!"

I had no choice but to throw all the slime that fell on me backward. When this is over, I need to ask the guild staff to add a roof.

In the meantime, we finally circled the town and returned to the square in front of the guild, our starting point.

Many adventurers were waiting there who weren't carrying the slime-collecting mikoshi. Seeing the large amount of slime following us, the female adventurers were stunned.

"Then the slime hunt begins!"

At the signal from the guild staff, the square in front of the Adventurer's Guild became a battlefield.

Many female adventurers jumped into the swarm of slimes, crushing them one after another.

Lucia and Noelle were also there. Both were desperate for money. Above all, they seemed to be working off their hangovers. On the other hand, I had nothing more to do, so I just sat on the pedestal of the shrine.

"Thank you for your hard work, Akira."

A guild staff member approached me and offered gratitude. My job was to collect the slimes, and it was up to the other adventurers to defeat them. That's how the roles were divided, so I was done.

All I had to do was watch the adventurers defeat the slimes... But. The number didn't seem to be decreasing. It looked like the adventurers were being gradually pushed back by the horde of slimes.

If I looked closely, they were just attacking the slimes with their weapons. 

Wait, what about magic? Shouldn't it be easy to defeat slimes with magic?

"Uh... Why doesn't everyone use magic?"

When I asked the guild staff, she smiled wryly.

"Our adventurers, Akira... Everyone is bad at magic."

Hey, hey, hey. Are they all muscleheads?

But there is Noelle, the witch. Noelle should be able to kill slimes with her magic.

I looked at Noelle with hope and...

"Chain Rock! Ahh, crush it or crush it and it will regenerate!"

The slime was crushed with a chain and regenerated, crushed, and regenerated, over and over.

"Hey, Noelle! It seems that slimes can be easily defeated with elemental magic!"

I shouted in desperation, and Noelle's screaming reply came back.

"What are you talking about, Akira? Witches aren't supposed to use elemental magic! Creation magic is the best of witchcraft! It's wicked to use elemental magic! Frankly, I can't use elemental magic!"

So, Noelle can only use physical attack magic, which is to create chains This is no good. We can't defeat many slimes like this.

As much as he gets along with Lucia, Noelle is still a bit of an idiot.

The other adventurers are also relying on physical attacks... Slime is still raining from the sky, and I don't know what to do.

The warm hand of the guild employee popped on my shoulder as I held my head.

"It's okay, Akira. Everyone is fighting so hard to show you their good side. They're taking this more seriously than usual! Thanks to your help, they were able to gather the slimes in one place, and thanks to your watching, everyone's motivation increased... I can't thank you enough."

Certainly, everyone was desperately fighting against the slimes they weren't good at.

Slowly, they were starting to push back the wave of slime.

At this rate, it would take some time, but they would surely exterminate the slime in the town.

Frankly, I hadn't done anything, but just being a man could be useful in this world. I was a little embarrassed to be so thanked, but I decided to be honest and happy.

"Now, once you've defeated all the slimes here, you can collect them again with the Slime Slayer." 

"What?"

Will I be humiliated again?

I retract my previous statement. I don't like this kind of role. I want to somehow acquire combat skills.

Just as I was nodding my head, the square suddenly erupted in noise.

"Hey, hey!? For some reason, the slime suddenly began to gather in one place!?"

I heard Lucia screaming. I looked and saw that in the center of the square, slimes were gathering and piling up like a mountain.

It wasn't just the appearance that was strange. A purple wind enveloped the slimes.

What I felt from there was a terrifying sense of power. Could it be that the strange wind was a visible mass of magical power? I get it. If this continues, something terrible is going to happen.

"This is... bad."

The staff muttered softly next to me.

What's wrong? Before I could ask, I saw the answer.

"Kyukyu!"

Just when I thought the slimes started squealing all at once, the slimes that had been piled up like a mountain... merged one after another.

"Squeeze!"

There was a huge slime as big as a mountain.