"That's him! He did the same thing to our Galleon!"
Ruby ran towards the source of the fire. Her face was contorted into that of annoyance and disgust.
Emerald pulled Sapphire and ran toward their frustrated sister.
Gloppy was about to use his authority as their superior to call them back.
"Just let them do it, follow them in case something happens."
[New Quest]
[Knock out the Fearmonger]
[Rewards: Pirate subclass, Conquered Cutlass, 20 Summoner's Slots]
A window popped up, but not in front of Leo.
This time, his summon was blessed with the opportunity to grow stronger, which in turn made his Master more powerful.
"I'm taking 50 slots with me then."
He decided to keep it to himself since it didn't seem like Leo knew about it.
[Relationship increased with Warlord: Gloppy]
[Copies 150% of attributes of his owner]
In a moment, he caught up to the three gems, the slime staff ready in hand.
"Will he be fine?"
Blackbeard asked without even looking back at what was happening. Picking his nose and flinching the boooger away.
"I wouldn't let him go if I didn't believe in him."
Leo stared at the sky with hands in the pockets of his jeans.
'I can summon him again like he did with Ruby.'
Cien tightened around his arm like a heart rate device, filled with anger at the decision he took.
As soon as he read the window, the summoner turned the other way, ready to rush to Gloppy and assist him.
However, he was stopped by one of the reanimated pirates who had grabbed him tightly.
He groaned in pain as the creature dug its nails into his flesh.
"Don't move away."
A stream of runic energy surrounded them and the earth shook.
"Let me leave! I need to go help him!"
Blackbeard threw a rock at the barrier around them. The moment it made contact with it, a bright spark disintegrated the projectile in an instant.
Its dust scattered to the ground.
"What was that?"
Leo pushed the undead's arm away and massaged the sore spot while looking at the barely visible wall. If he was stopped just moments later, he would take its place.
But why would there be something like that on an empty island, it didn't seem to be a trap as The Apex continued walking without paying too much attention to it.
"Oh, it's just a small thing I prepared last time we were here."
Whatever exactly it was, he couldn't pass it.
'I hope you make it Gloppy...'
***
Meanwhile, on the other side of the island, the forest was engulfed in flames, the temperatures were far too high for the slimes to withstand as the weaker ones popped one by one.
"gulp gulp Ruby, how is it on your end."
The red girl controlled her dozen of slimes from a tall tree, where the temperature wasn't as high.
"It's cut off here too! What about you Emerald?"
Their plan was simple, getting The Fearmonger as close to the water as possible without fighting at all.
'We don't have enough manpower to cut its way off... if only I had more slots.'
His wishes seemed to be met as Leo opened a window to allocate everything The Slime Overlord needed.
[Warlords]
[Gloppy the Slime Overlord - 80/80 ⚚ - 3/3 ⚚⚚]
In an instant, the amount of slimes almost doubled as he poured them to overpower the new General.
Due to the heat, they weren't able to get a good look at him just yet, but its terrifying screams turned Sapphire into a crying mess.
"Sapphire, help us control them!"
Ruby shouted at her sister for not supporting them, the sheer amount of different actions she had to control at once due to the sudden increase in Summoner Slots left her messing up slowly but surely.
ROAAAAAR!!!!!
Another wave of heat knocked the red slime over to the ground. A tree that she used as support fell onto her and incapacitated her.
Her part of the summons was instantly taken over by Gloppy who was already busy controlling part of them before.
Slimy veins started popping up on his forehead as he was waving his hands around with grace. To the 3 inexperienced girls, he looked like an opera conductor of the highest level.
But in reality the ragged terrain and having to keep up with the heat resistance of the slimes being close to none, he was slowly losing ground.
"Sapphire! Get it together or he will run amock again!"
The Overlord snapped at her, the potions seemed endless but there was something far worse than Mana at the moment.
Because of the humanoid slimes having limbs, controlling them takes way more focus and he for sure won't be able to use all 80 by himself.
So he needed to use the three gems' assistance before they popped from the heat themselves, and right now only one of them was helping.
"But... But I..."
Slowly the forest succumbed to the flames. The trees continued to fall one by one and the heat didn't stop for a moment, getting stronger with time instead.
Ruby groaned in pain as she was on the verge of popping, trying to hide just how hard it was on her.
"Saphhire!"
She called out, unable to say anything else. Sapphire ran off with tears in her eyes, shocking all of them there. The Fearmonger used that moment to his advantage as he struck Emerald, instantly turning her into a puddle of ooze.
Now Gloppy had to control all 80 by himself, which surprisingly didn't feel as hard as he thought.
'I just need to push him into the water... just that.'
He could feel his arms slowly turning into nothing but a mess, his staff fell to the ground as there was less and less of him.
In the distance, a terrifying creature, the scarecrow walked towards him. The bats that hung on it before now merged and worked as its organs, which were fully exposed.
The hellfire it emitted turned the terrain under its feet into a charred wasteland. Its face tore apart to have an opening that imitated the mouth.
"Me.... Pain... Help"
Even though it spoke, the mouth didn't move an inch, being fully open the entire time as the raspy stuttering voice came out.
A big ball of flame started to form in the middle of the creature as it screamed in agony once again.
Gloppy was far too weak to summon more slimes, as his last ones popped right in front of him.
splash
A small ball of water flew its way, evaporating before it could even reach it.
Then the small ball turned into an enormous stream like a water hose the size of a human was pointed at it.
"I won't let you hurt them!"
Sapphire shouted as she commanded a row of slimes to put out the fire.