The chat window became chaotic at the Orc King’s comment.
▶ You're sending your subordinates?
[Noblesse Fire] ▶ Are you from the Derxia continent?
[Squishy Queen] ▶ What do you plan to do by sending your subordinates?
As curiosity spread through the chat, the Orc King chuckled and continued typing.
▶ Of course, Squishy will fight alongside the human. I’ll send over some of the stronger ones just for you.
▶ But your subordinates might die, is that okay?
▶ What’s the problem? I can do whatever I want with my own subordinates for my own fun.
Kya-kya-kya.
▶ His thinking was just on another level.
▶ Honestly, if they’re weaker than me, they should listen to me lol.
No one criticized the Orc King for sending his subordinates—those weaker of his own kind—to the slime.
Even if they were all monsters, they were still different species.
There was no reason to feel pity for how the Orc King treated his underlings.
Because monsters follow the law of the jungle.
It was only natural that the weak obey the strong.
Especially since, unlike the intelligent ones who use the system, most of the weaker, less intelligent ones of their race were basically subordinates who obeyed him.
Sure, there were monsters who valued their own kind, but they were a minority.
And since it was the Orc King, he could carry out this kind of content.
▶ Fewer members of the race?
▶ He could always increase their numbers again.
▶ That’s how easily he thought about it.
Most viewers were instead looking forward to what kind of fun content the Orc King would create with this.
▶ Squishy, don’t move from that village. The subordinates I send will be raiding that village.
▷ No raiding! People will get hurt!
▶ Lol I don’t care if humans get hurt. If you don’t want them to get hurt, then do your best to defeat my subordinates.
▶ That’s fair, lol.
[Thread-Lady] ▶ Squishy, good luck!
[Just Slam First] ▶ Let’s take this chance to wipe out all the guys he sends and see some serious body slams!
[Gothic Luxury Bone] ▶ Hoho, looks like we’ll finally get to see Squishy in action again.
[Squishy Queen] ▶ O My kin! Show your strength! Defeat the ones coming your way and grow stronger!
The other viewers didn’t try to stop the Orc King and instead looked forward to or cheered for the slime’s performance.
Unless it was someone like Jessie, Godrick’s party, Amelia, or Paulen—people who had appeared on the stream multiple times.
They didn’t really care if humans who barely showed up on screen and had low star ratings got hurt.
What they really cared about was something else.
▶ So, which subordinates are you sending?
[Squishy Queen] ▶ If you’re sending them with the intent to kill my kin, I won’t forgive you!
▶ I’m sending orcs. I’ll mix in some Orc Warriors, and if they put up a good fight, I might even send an Orc Champion.
[Noblesse Fire] ▶ Ugh, you're just another filthy human lover like the goblins.
▶ Being compared to goblins was a bit much...
▶ So you're admitting you're a human lover? lol
▶ Ahaha, just stating facts lol
[Just Slam First] ▶ There’ll be lots of them, so we’ll get to see plenty of body slamming!
"Orcs! Bring lots!"
The slime figured that even if it said not to send them, the Orc King would send orcs anyway.
So, the only thing it could do was deal with the orcs trying to attack the village.
▷ Orcs! I’ll defeat them!
▶ Olololol
▶ Squishy’s so fired up.
[Squishy Queen] ▶ A fine resolve, my kin! Show your strength to that fool who only knows how to increase numbers!
[Thread-Lady] ▶ You can do it, Squishy~!
▷ Okay!
The slime’s enthusiastic reply made the Orc King believe the slime had accepted the content plan.
▶ It’ll take a few days for my subordinates to arrive, so spend the time doing quests with the human you’re with.
***
‘What should I do?’
It was the third day since arriving in Chilture.
Thanks to two days of rest, Claire had completely recovered from the fatigue of travel.
‘What do I do...’
Her reluctance to travel long distances had lessened compared to yesterday.
But one of the excuses she had thought of yesterday—the possibility of missing someone if she left for the Holy City—now felt like it could actually come true.
After much thought...
“Tongtong.”
Claire decided to ask the slime’s opinion.
“Are you going to the Holy City?”
‘No! I can’t go to the Holy City! The orcs will come!’
At her question, the slime twisted its body side to side.
“You don’t want to go?”
‘No! I really can’t go now!’
Boing!
“I see.”
‘So the slime doesn’t want to miss someone either.’
Claire assumed the slime didn’t want to go to the Holy City for the same reason as her.
Even though the slime hadn’t said anything about possibly missing someone, Claire didn’t think that deeply about it.
“Then what should we do here?”
‘Quests!’
Boing!
Pop!
The slime bounced once to get Claire’s attention, then extended a tentacle to point in a direction.
“Hm?”
Claire looked where the slime was pointing.
She was currently sitting in the inn’s first-floor dining room.
And in the direction the slime pointed—there was the Adventurer’s Guild.
“You want to go to the guild?”
‘Yes!’
Boing!
“Alright. Hop on.”
Boing!
The slime immediately hopped onto Claire’s head.
Following the slime’s suggestion, Claire headed for the Adventurer’s Guild.
As soon as they entered, the slime slid down from Claire’s head to her shoulder and poked her cheek with a tentacle.
“Why?”
‘Quest!’
Stretch!
The slime extended its tentacle toward the quest board so Claire could see it.
“You want to take a quest?”
‘Yes!’
Shiver-shiver!
A slime asking to take a quest on its own.
Claire thought to herself as she watched.
‘What a strange slime.’
A slime that wants to take on quests to defeat other monsters.
But after a moment, Claire tilted her head in confusion.
‘Isn’t that... strange?’
Now that she thought about it, when they first met, it had also protected her by attacking other monsters.
So maybe it wasn’t so strange that a slime like that wanted to take on a monster extermination quest.
‘Anyway, it can fight monsters.’
Setting aside the very unusual slime, Claire still had a strong desire to kill monsters that harmed people.
Monsters that wanted to hurt others.
“Let’s take a quest.”
‘Okay!’
Shiver-shiver!
Claire walked over to the quest board and picked a C-rank monster extermination quest near the village, then brought it to the receptionist.
“I’ll take this one.”
“Understood. By the way, what do you plan to do about the slime?”
“I’m not sure yet. I’ll think it over a bit more.”
“Alright then. Good luck.”
***
The monster Claire chose was a C-rank called Ugly Mouse.
It was a very grotesque monster with a long, straight body, a round head, and thick teeth.
Worse, it had no eyes, nose, or ears on its head—just a huge mouth—making it the number one most grotesque monster reported in the village.
It was quite tanky and hard to bring down, and its powerful bite force could easily cut through flesh, which was why it was rated C-rank.
As soon as she left the village, Claire sharpened her senses to look for the Ugly Mouse.
In monster hunting, the most time-consuming part is often just finding the monster.
There’s even a specialized job among adventurers called a “tracker,” whose sole role is to locate monsters.
But since Claire was a beastkin, her sense of smell and hearing were more sensitive than a human’s, so she could find monsters more easily than other adventurers.
Still, there was someone even better than Claire at finding monsters.
And that was the slime.
‘Ugly Mouse! I’ll find it!’
Ziiiiing.
The moment they left the village, the slime activated its detection skill.
It was far more precise and wide-ranging than simply relying on hearing and smell.
Fifteen minutes later, while Claire was still searching, an Ugly Mouse entered the slime’s detection range.
Boing!
Pop!
‘Over here!’
The slime hopped down from Claire’s head and extended a tentacle to point the way.
“Huh? You want to go that way?”
‘Yep!’
Boing!
The slime bounced in the direction it had indicated.
Claire followed, but she had her doubts.
That’s because at first, when the slime had tried to lead her, it had gone in the opposite direction of the village.
Besides, Claire had confidence in her own tracking skills, so it was hard to believe the slime had already found the monster she couldn’t even sense yet.
But her doubts didn’t last long.
‘It’s there.’
As she kept following the slime, listening carefully with her ears perked, Claire began to sense it too.
There really was a monster in the direction the slime was heading.
She couldn’t be sure if it was the Ugly Mouse, but at least it proved the slime wasn’t just moving randomly.
And sure enough, after continuing a bit further, Claire finally encountered the monster she’d been looking for.
The Ugly Mouse.
‘So ugly.’
Even though the drawing on the quest sheet had looked bizarre, seeing it in real life was enough to make her grimace.
It wasn’t the kind of creature that could earn anyone’s affection.
And apparently, she wasn’t the only one who thought so.
▶ So freakin’ ugly.
▶ Ugly!
[Squishy Queen] ▶ What is that freakish thing?
[Thread-Lady] ▶ Not even remotely cute!
[Noblesse Fire] ▶ What the hell is that thing?
Through the stream, even the watching monsters were giving the Ugly Mouse very low ratings.
The moment Claire spotted it, she readied herself and tightened her legs for a charge.
But before she could move—
Boing!
SMACK!
“Squueeak!”
The slime tackled the Ugly Mouse head-on with a powerful bounce.
The impact shattered the monster’s massive teeth, which clattered to the ground.
[Just Slam First] ▶ Damn! That was a perfect tackle, Squishy! Great timing and power!
▶ You’re dropping mid-tier mobs in one shot now.
▶ Lol those muscle gains weren’t for nothing~
[Squishy Queen] ▶ Truly excellent, my kin!
[Gothic Luxury Bone] ▶ I don’t think there’s another slime with Squishy’s level of skill at this stage.
‘Hehe. Awesome!’
The flood of compliments in chat made the slime very happy.
Meanwhile—
‘Still amazing.’
Claire watched the slime’s performance and was impressed.
A slime that could consistently pull off such powerful tackles.
‘I can’t fall behind. I’ll become stronger too.’
Most adventurers would probably just let the slime carry the quest and take it easy.
But Claire was different.
Instead, she felt her motivation burning.
She promised herself she’d become stronger than she was now.
‘Next time, I’ll attack first.’
After collecting the Ugly Mouse’s tooth to use as evidence, Claire turned to the slime and said:
“Tongtong, next time I’ll do the fighting.”
‘Okay!’
Boing!
Having previously fought alongside Godrick’s party, the slime understood the idea of taking turns in battle.
“Good.”
Satisfied with the slime’s quick response, Claire smiled.
“Let’s find another one. Can you find one?”
In response to her question, the slime activated its detection skill again.
Ziiiiing.
‘Found one!’
Fortunately, the next Ugly Mouse was not far from where they were.
‘This way!’
Pop!
“That way, huh?”
Thwack!
This time, without any doubt, Claire sprinted in the direction the slime pointed.