And so, the battle began.
"Alpha!"
Lumin called out, his form transforming from a skip back into a Blop as he fell to the ground.
"Right away."
Alpha pulled off the cloak around her body and charged straight for the slime monster.
The slime immediately went on defense, it flung the two girls to the side, and formed a giant fist that was aimed directly at Alpha.
"Careful, don't let the slime touch you too much, it will mess with your mind!" Yelled Lumin.
Alpha nodded, already locked in. As she sprinted, she used the red energy around her body to form a blade.
Slash!
The blade sliced the slime's fist body apart, causing it to push back a bit to take yet another shape for attack.
This was where Lumin came through, he transformed into an owl to lift himself from the ground, and then once he was right on top of the slime, he shot out a huge rush of water.
This water began to fill the slime from the inside, causing it to expand a bit; although it didn't give up.
It stretched out one of its Tentacles to grab the Blop, but to its surprise, Lumin had turned into a tiny insect and had dropped inside the slime's body.
Fire began to show inside the slime's body, slowly rising and increasing, and then, in the blink of an eye, the slime exploded into multiple parts.
The red crystal that had been on the slime's head flew out, giving Alpha to opening to cut it into two with her blade
[The enslavement has been broken.]
'I hope I didn't kill it.' The Blop asked, crawling out of the sticky goo on the ground.
[Negative, just like Blops, slime's can regenerate endlessly, as long as their core is intact. In a few minutes, it's slimy parts will connect together.]
'Sigh! Good, I'm sure bro must have thought I was trying to kill it with that explanation, oh well, doesn't matter, I'll be out of this dungeon before then'.
"My lord? What do I do with this?" Alpha askew, holding up the broken crystal.
'Destroy it completely,' he replied.
While that was happening, Lumin crawled over to the two unconscious girls on the ground, covered in slime and completely damaged.
'Humans, didn't think I'd run into them so early. But then again, it works for me, I just need to gain their trust so they can help me get out of here.'
[Caution is advised.]
[Humans are known to not take a liking to monsters.]
'That shouldn't be a problem, if they take a single action to attack me… I'll kill them.'
The Blop moved closer.
'The language they spoke earlier, can you analise it so I can mimic it and start a proper convo with them?'.
[Certainly.]
[Analysis is complete.]
[The language is called Eugli, a worldwide language.]
'Okay, let's get this over it'.
Tomoe, the girl with the black hair, was the first to slowly wake up, her entire body covered in slime.
"Ah, I see you're awake." The Blop spoke, standing a few distance away from her head.
'Well I'll be damned, it worked, I can speak their language fluently.'
As soon as Tomoe noticed the Blop beside her, she immediately jerked up from the ground and pushed her back against the wall.
She looked around and noticed the slime guts scattered everywhere, her friend in front of her, and the Skeleton walking around the place.
'She's still in shock, and I don't blame her. She was so close to death, seeing another set of monsters must be triggering.'
"P-Please no more… i … I don't want to do this anymore." Tomoe began, her hand covering her face, as she began to sob, "I can't take this anymore, I… I don't want to be an adventurer again".
Lumin was confused, a trail of sweat at the side of his head as he watched the woman tear up like a little girl.
Alpha, who was standing behind Lumin, walked forward and began to pat the girl's head after she knelt beside her.
"There there, you'll be alright. The slime monster is dead now, Yosh yosh, you're safe." Alpha sang.
'Yosh? Where did she even hear that from.' Lumin sighed.
"Really? You killed the-"
Before Tomoe could complete her words, she noticed the legs of the person talking to her.
It was just bones, with no flesh whatever. Her soul had left her body at this point, but her instinct was still taking over.
She slowly raised her head to see the face of the person talking to her. Her face turned white and she saw the skull with no flesh or features.
Tomoe's eyes rolled over and she collapsed back to the ground.
"Ahh, My lord, she fainted." Alpha announced.
"Well duh! You startled her, geeez, what did you expect?! Sigh! We don't have time to wait, wake her up." Lumin voiced.
"H-How do I do that My lord?" Alpha replied with a cracky voice as if about to die.
"Slap her".
"Sla-'
"You heard me, take your palm and ram it up her face".
"H-,Hia." Alpha did just that, she grabbed the shirt of women and with a swift movement, slapped her.
The slap was so hard, two of Tomoe's teeth flew out and her cheeks were emitting steams.
Lumin was shocked at how hard that slap was, he expected Alpha to give her a little push, not a freaking sonic boom to the poor girl's cheeks.
"Look My lord, I did it!" Alpha reported excitedly.
Just then, Tomoe woke up and sat upright, her back resting against the wall with a throbbing cheeks; she didn't say a single word.
'Game is game I guess.'
Lumin cleared his throat.
"Human, do you mind telling me how I can possibly leave this dungeon?' He asked straightforwardly, without wasting any time.
Tomoe's eyes shifted to him, and her pupils went tiny - fear had crept inside her.
And for one reason alone.
The dangerous aura around Lumin's body was so thick and deadly that it made it almost impossible for Tomoe to keep calm.