Gojo and Grisella felt a little tired when they exited the sewer. The awful stench and the darkness had been a bit stressful for them. They had been inside the sewer for four hours.
The both of them lied down on the grass after getting out from the sewer. The stench was still present, but fresh air was flowing. They looked around them. The place around them was littered with garbage. There were small piles of garbage all over the place.
After sometime, both Gojo and Grisella got up. Their little rest was over and they started looking around to find a path to the city. Soon there were bushes and trees alongside the road. They heard some rustling in the bushes. Then, out of the bushes came a slime followed by several others.
Soon dozens of slimes were flocking around Gojo and Grisella.
" Be prepared Grisella, looks like we have to fight them. " said Gojo as he prepared himself.
The slimes spit out their slimy fluid at the both of them. Gojo used lapse blue technique to round up the slimes at one place before destroying them with reverse red. Grisella lit her torch again to use it against the slimes.
They managed to kill hundreds of slimes and made their way through the path. After sometime the slimes started to disperse. Gojo heaved a sigh of relief but soon enough he detected multiple movements in the bushes and the trees.
" What is it Gojo ? You look pretty tense. " Grisella asked him out of curiosity.
" Be alert, I have a bad feeling about this. There may be an attack soon. " said Gojo. His sight was on the nearby bushes and trees. He didn't have to wait long.
Suddenly multiple spits of slimy fluid were fired at them. Fortunately Gojo had managed to detect them on time. He pushed Grisella away, nothing happened to him due to infinity. Slimes capable of camouflage were targeting them from the bushes and trees.
" Grisella, let me handle this. You stand back for a while. " said Gojo since he was the only one who could detect their attackers.
With his six eyes, lapse blue technique and reverse red technique he started taking out the camouflaged slimes one by one. After facing lots of losses the slimes retreated into the forest.
" Looks like you have successfully defeated the slimes. " said Grisella who was hiding behind him. Gojo nodded his head in agreement but very soon he detected some movement not much far away from them. Thinking that it might be a monster he walked in through the trees.
He walked for sometime following the movements he detected and came across a clearing in the forest. He hid himself behind some bushes and looked into the clearing. There he saw an enormous slime, red in colour moving slowly at the forest in the opposite direction.
" That one looks like a king slime. " said Grisella who had caught up to him " Will you fight it as well ?" she asked.
In order to kill a king slime one had to find the core and destroy it just like in case of the other slimes. The only problem was that a king slime had a lot of slimy fluid in it's body. So it was really hard to find the core.
Regardless Gojo stepped forward. He used his levitation to fly able the slime king. The slime king attacked him a few times with it's slimy fluid but he dodged them all. He then used reverse red again and again to plummel and flatten it to find it's core.
After continuous strikes he noticed a small golden shiny spot. Gojo used reverse red on the spot and managed to clear a lot of fluid. There he saw a shiny golden coloured core. He the used lapse blue to pull the core towards him before destroying it with reverse red.
As soon as the core got destroyed all the slimy fluid started melting down signaling the death of the slime king.
Gojo and Grisella continued walking in the previous path and after a few turns managed to reach the eastern gate of Geradin city. By this time Gojo felt a little tired as he had used a lot of cursed energy that day. They went straight to the adventurers guild.
" Hey, wasn't it you two who took up the slime extermination quest yesterday ? So how was the quest ?" asked the receptionist of the adventurers guild as she saw Gojo and Grisella approach her.
" We managed to kill a lot of slimes, I think it's safer now inside the sewer also please take a peek inside here. " said Gojo and pushed the sack containing the tin jar towards her.
The receptionist looked inside the tin jar. Her face lit up. " Can you two wait over here for a moment ? I am going to meet the guild master. " she said and walked into a room behind the reception.
A little while later she came back and said " Both of you, come with me. It looks like the guild master wants have a few words with you. " She gestured towards the open door behind her.
Gojo and Grisella followed the receptionist. At the other side of the door was hallway. Lots of rooms were on both sides. The receptionist led them into one such room. The room had a painting depicting a hunt on one of it's walls. On floor was a bear skin belonging to a horned bear. There were an armchair and a sofa at the middle of the room. Behind the armchair was standing a large well built man who gestured them to take seat.
After all of them took seats the guild master began speaking.
" You two have brought quite an interesting treasure to me. We will send a squad to inspect the sewer tomorrow. Based on their investigation we will give you the rewards. Also you have brought back a bio-luminescent slime for which you will be rewarded separately. This slime will be sent to the ' Survey and Research Bureau ' in the capital as it is a rare find. " the guild master said.
" Sir, that's not all. We neutralized a huge crocodilian in the sewer. We also defeated a slime king outside the exit of the sewer located at the eastern part of the city. Please check on them as well. " said Gojo
" Is that so, okay, we will investigate those as well and if we manage to find evidence then you two will be rewarded accordingly. Now you can go, we will check everything and prepare your rewards by tomorrow. " said the guild master as he bade farewell to them.
Gojo and Grisella went back and eagerly waited for the rewards they would get the next day.