True to the system's analysis, the slimes inside the dungeon were all agitated to the point of crowding towards the dungeon's entrance where Lucien was.
But when they got there, an invisible aura spread from somewhere in the dark, suppressing their agitated instinct.
Glurg! Glurg! An E-rank monster!
Glurg! Call the royal guards!
Glurg! One of the royal guards just returned from the outside!
Glurg! Find that royal guard!
The ordinary F-rank slimes trembled, their eyes turning red and their bodies bounced anxiously, yet that aura of a higher being suppressed them like a heavy boulder.
So they could only continue to make noises, scaring a certain someone with that aura.
Ahhhhh—
Lucien hurriedly groped around and hid behind whatever he touched.
The sound of sizzling and other strange noises were still there, but where were the enemies?
Damn it. Who said that an awakener would be like a superman? He didn't have X-ray eyes or night vision eyes that could see in the dark!
"Muuuu!"
The little slime cub immediately rose from the dead.
It could feel many presence of his kind around.
-Is my family coming to save me?
-Mom! Dad! Uncles! Aunties! Wahhh—
But no matter how much the slime cub anxiously cried out, none of the slimes dared to step into the three-meter radius around Lucien.
Lucien held his breath as he listened to the noise, but the longer he listened...the more something felt strange.
How come none of the slimes attack him?
The passive skill [Landlord Conqueror] was shining in the background and Lucien finally got his enlightenment.
Right! His passive skill!
With that kind of cheat skill, why should he be afraid?
No, no, he had to be brave!
Lucien immediately straightened his back and was about to walk out confidently when a particularly brave slime glowing with blue light suddenly flew out of its hiding place and shrieked,
"Glurrgggg!!"
For the glory of our kingdom!
The same shrieks echoed throughout the place.
"Glurgggggg— "
For the glory of our kingdom!
The suicidal slime spat out a blueish liquid saliva straight at Lucien's face.
!!
"Gyahhh!"
Lucien subconsciously raised Mumu to block his face.
A slime is immune to their own kin's saliva, anyway, so this guy won't die—
Sizzle.
The delicate prince's jelly skin melted and he immediately flipped over, pretending to be dead.
— Hic! It hurts! Mumu is dying!
This time, Mumu might actually die because he's melting!!
The system guide immediately pushed up a warning panel.
[Warning! Warning! If the tenant is harmed during their contract with the landlord, the landlord will receive a serious backlash!]
! GYAHHH! Why did he have to pick such a weak a*s baby??
Lucien didn't dare to use Mumu as a shield anymore, but another spit attack flew straight onto his body and Lucien immediately twisted his waist hard.
Swish!
The sizzling liquid flew past Lucien's cheeks, so close that he could smell the familiar burnt aroma in the air.
Time seemed to slow down for a split second.
The corrosive saliva splashed onto the ground, some droplets flew in the air and landed on Lucien's legs.
Splat.
Sizzle.
The droplet instantly burned a hole in Lucien's ordinary trousers and touched Lucien's bare skin.
Tingle.
A sharp pain stabbed Lucien's nerve and he almost jumped three feet high while howling like a wolf.
Ahhh! Fckkk!!
Lucien gritted his teeth and suppressed his body from jumping like a clown.
Instead, he squeezed Mumu— just lightly, and shouted at the suicidal slime in the dark.
"Don't move! Don't do anything! If you even make a single sound— "
Squeeze.
"Your beloved will die!"
Actually, he's the one who doesn't want this brat to die the most.
But the suicidal slime didn't know. It flinched and immediately stumbled to the ground.
Glurg! Despicable intruder! Using his highness as a meat shield!
Threatened with their prince's survival, the other slimes didn't dare to be the "suicidal squad member" and just fretted around Lucien, silently thinking of ways to attack the intruder without harming the slime cub.
Sensing their hostile gazes, Lucien held back the scream in mouth and poked Mumu with trembling fingers.
"Hey, Mumu....take me...to the dungeon boss— ah no...your parents, cough!"
If this brat can't be used as a meat shield, at least work as a path finder!
The innocent slime cub immediately squealed happily and eagerly "sold" his parents.
"Muuu!"
-Here! This way!
Ah...what a silly child.
One day, someone would sell you and you would help them count the money.
'That someone is definitely not me, I'm such a kind landlord, after all.'
The glowing little slime illuminated the path half a meter away from Lucien, revealing the stalactites cave wide enough for two adults to walk side by side.
Whenever Lucien passed by a section, the cave's wall would throb and tremble, as if it was...alive.
The tall, ten-meter-high ceiling were full of glowing crystalized stalactites.
Once in a while, drops of water would slide down, almost touching Lucien's body.
Sizzle.
Fck.
Even the water is corrosive??
Lucien shuddered and decisively walked faster, but the deeper he went inside, the lower the temperature around.
"Huuuu..."
Lucien blew out a white mist from his mouth and his stiff body shivered.
Damn it. How come he didn't have the heat resistant and cold resistant body?
Are all newly awakened people like him or is it just because he's not an offense-type awakener?
While Lucien was dealing with the cold, the corrosive water that would surprise him from time to time and the stinging pain on his thigh, slime Mumu was excitedly bouncing in Lucien's arms.
"Muuu! Muuu!"
-To the left! Right! Left!
The cave actually had many twists and turns, resembling a maze rather than a slime cave that many people talked about on the internet.
Is this really...just the simplest F-rank dungeon?
Even ten F-rank hunters might get lost forever in this place!
Not to mention...
Boing. Boing.
Countless blue glows stealthily followed Lucien from behind, their number too numerous to count— definitely not because Lucien didn't want to count properly.
Lucien's animal instinct was practically already screaming.
Something is definitely wrong!
No, calm down.
Once he take down Mumu's parents, everything will be fine.
No matter how strange the dungeon is, the slime bosses will still be an F-rank!
With his bluffing aura and Mumu as a hostage, there's no way he's losing this fight....
Right?
The flag planter is planting a flag.
"Muuu!"
-It's here!
Lucien snapped out of his grand plan and a huge hall immediately spread in front of him, as vast as a football field.
The ground was polished clean to the point of emitting a faint shimmer.
The ceiling only had a few stalactites hanging down, somehow similar to exquisitely chandeliers.
...is this still an F-rank slime cave?
Haha, surely not?
Shaaa...
Dots of blue lights flickered in the dark and among those small dots, four particularly large glows and two even larger glows caught Lucien's eyes.
The hall was at ten— no, twenty meters high and the two largest blue dots...
Were exactly of that height.
Not to mention...
He felt a way, way stronger aura from those two big blue dots.
Definitely...not an F-rank.
Lucien's scalp instantly tingled.
Sh*t. Sh*t.
Are those really...slimes??
"Hahaha...I think I entered the wrong place..."
The famous Thirty-Six Stratagems said, "Fleeing is the best strategy of all thirty-six strategies."
Lucien decisively turned around and was about to flee— retreat strategically with the hostage when the four blue dots suddenly shrieked.
"Glurggggg!!!"
That's the intruder!!
Forcefully ignoring the powerful aura that Lucien emitted, the four giant slimes puffed their mouths and...
Simultaneously spat out like bazookas.
PTUI! PTUI! PTUI!