The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 31 A Glimmer of Hope

Klein was somewhat dazed. The bloody slime had no interest in him, and he could easily protect himself.

But... what about Yanami?

What else... what else can save Yanami?

What else do I have...?

Klein looked at Yanami, and a determination seemed to flicker in her eyes.

"Klein! I've subdued it with a mental shock... Now, Klein, you can escape!"

Yanami's body trembled, her pale lips even turning blue, but her gaze remained firmly fixed on the bloody slime.

"Run away...no, it's you who should run away, I—"

I don't need to run away, because it's not interested in me; I should stay and hold it back.

Klein swallowed back the words he was about to say.

Yeah... Yanami doesn't know it's not interested in me.

Yanami had no chance to observe these things, and too many other things were happening that filled her mind.

This should have been easy to spot.

"Klein, thank you for saving me and for being so kind to me. I am truly grateful to Klein."

"What...do you mean?"

"So, let me repay Klein. If it were Klein, maybe he could crawl through the pile of rocks!"

Yanami grabbed Klein, who had turned into branches, and tried to throw him into the passage buried by rubble.

"Wait! I have a plan!"

Klein quickly grabbed Yanami's shoulders to prevent her from actually being thrown out.

"Really?! What method?!"

I have a way, I have a way, what way do I have?

Klein's mind began to race. He had to figure out a way before the Blood Slime finished devouring flesh and blood while it was still busy eating.

Parasitism? No way!

Magic? No way!

Bayonet? No way!

Bullet pods? No way!

Seeds? No way!

I've already tried it! The seeds will be detected as soon as they're placed near it; there's no way it can trigger the event!

Oh, right...!

It also needs to use magic itself, and it certainly won't attack if it's just fluctuations in its internal magical power.

But how do you get the seed inside it?

And I have no magic left... and not many seeds left either.

and many more……

Klein sensed the seeds around him and suddenly discovered an area where the seeds were extremely dense.

That is—inside the Bloody Slime.

Why...? Is it because of the slime that died?

It swallowed the bone-stealing badger with seeds in its belly pouch, as well as the seeds that Yanami had dropped on the road.

Now, the newly arrived Bloody Slime has swallowed the flesh and blood of the dead slime, and the seed has entered its body!

All we need to do is activate accelerated growth within its body, then find its core and destroy it...

But I have no magic left!

Can we wait until our mana is restored?

Klein looked at the slime, which was devouring the scattered flesh and blood. It had now become a huge creature with very little flesh and blood left.

There's no time left... Is there any way to quickly restore magic power?

Oh, right, the Demon Sword Blood Eater!

"Yanami! Where is the Demon Sword?!"

"It seems... in that pile of flesh and blood, I'm sorry... I threw it out."

Flesh and blood? Great! That means the magic power has already been accumulated in advance!

"No, you've been a huge help!"

Moreover, the Demon Sword Blood Eater also carries Klein's offspring, which can be found directly!

However, if you try to control the seed remotely from outside the slime's body, you'll be interrupted by the tentacle attack first...

In other words, you need to find the Demon Sword Blood Eater inside it, restore your magic power, and then cast a spell inside it.

But... wouldn't this be dangerous?

The idea that it wouldn't be attacked inside its body was just Klein's guess; no one really knew.

It poses no threat to me.

Do I really have to take these risks for Yanami?

But these hesitations lasted only a moment; Klein remembered Yanami's words from earlier—

"Klein, you should run away!"

There was no hesitation, no agonizing, only resolute determination and unwavering resolve.

Klein didn't know how he could find another partner like that in this unfamiliar world.

So... let's give it our all!

"Yana..."

"Um?"

"No, it's okay, I'm going to kill it."

Let's skip the sentimental stuff.

Klein calmed his mind and prepared himself.

found it.

The soul jumped to the offspring of the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword, absorbing its magical power. Inside the Bloody Slime's body, it was indeed safe.

Klein sensed the location of all the seeds, which were scattered throughout the Blood Slime's body and were slowly being expelled.

So... how do we find the core?

The answer lies in Klein's persistent efforts.

Activate skill: Remote control

Activate skill: Accelerate growth

fine……?

Klein's gamble paid off; he cast a spell inside the creature without being attacked by the tentacles.

Meanwhile, the seeds scattered everywhere sprouted at the same time, and the vines struggled to break through the flesh and blood, then spread all over the bloody slime's body, using the vines to repair all the capillaries in its body.

But that alone is not enough.

Activate Skill: Perception & Touch

The instant the skill was activated, countless sensations assaulted Klein's soul—viscous, soft, the feel of flesh and blood touched by each vine…

The sensation of each vine was clearly visible, and what Klein had to do was find the core of the rhombus.

Found it... There are several hard objects inside it, some of them might be stones or something, but there's only one rhomboid stone.

Klein aligned the vines around the rhombus, then hardened them, using up all his magic to turn them into wooden spikes.

The next step is to dry and crush it!

Just as Klein was about to gather strength in the vines, the flesh and blood enveloping him suddenly exerted tremendous pressure. The flesh and blood, along with the vines, exerted such force that it was about to tear Klein apart.

It's about to... jump!

The vines will break if this continues!

"Yana Mi! Mind Shock!"

As Klein shouted at Yanami in his mind, the compression and twisting of flesh stopped.

Contraction...Storing energy.

Please! It has to break!

Thrust out!

Snap.

Klein's vines shattered, along with the pierced slime core.

Immediately afterwards, the flesh and blood began to shake.

After doing all this, Klein transferred his soul to the offspring of Yanami.

"Haa...haa...Klein...what have you done?"

Yanami frowned and gasped for breath on the ground, staring at the bloody mess before her, her eyes filled with astonishment.

From Yanami's perspective, the bloody slime seemed to be melting, its flesh slowly collapsing and flowing down like mud, revealing a large clump of intertwined vines inside.

It worked!

Klein felt neither happiness, relief, nor the relief of surviving a disaster.

He felt a little uneasy, as if none of this was real.

Unexpectedly, he actually managed to kill it using seeds and a bayonet.

I could never do this again; it was an inevitable result of countless coincidences.

"Yanami...we survived."

"Yes, yes, that's true..."

Yanami's legs suddenly gave way and she sat down on the ground.

It seems her body has reached its limit, considering how far she ran...

"Ah...that's wonderful, Klein..."

"Yana Mi?!"

Yanami's abdomen... now had a bloody, mangled hole.