Chapter 387 - 387: Back to Airst! Monster Hunt and We Capture the Slime Queen!

A message hit my phone. From the guy I stole Haruki from. The cringe Master name, Magi of the Blue Sky.

He wants another match. So he is trying to get Haruki Karen back.

He does not learn. He will just lose another card. Being a college student does not get him mercy. I am a college student too.

Haruki Karen is mid training on watch-only, and it is fun. I am not giving her up.

I replied that I was busy. Let him grind for revenge without knowing what his little sister is going through.

I logged into World.

"Welcome back, Master."

All three in sync. Haruki had a normal face on.

This one gulped my piss, with a face that young.

"Akie, what events are up?"

"Yes. The large event is Defeat the Goblin King. The mini event is Defeat Master-Class Monsters."

"Explain."

"A large event is one a lot of people finish together. Goblins are spawning heavy in a set region. It is because of a Goblin King, a monster born once every few years. The goal is to keep killing goblins and, in the end, kill that Goblin King."

"We can do that from World?"

"I think Master knows that better than I do."

Right. Liner said World is a higher build of MANHUNT. It takes MANHUNT's specs as they are, then adds things only World can do. Sex, for example. Sex. Sex.

"The mini event?"

"Yes. Most monsters have a higher type, a Master class. Some do not. The goal is to beat those Master-class ones. Tickets for packs go out based on how many you beat."

Packs. Last pull was an old man.

Normal party cap is six, so gathering up to six is fine. A harem, basically. Is three already a harem?

"For packs, you can pull one free Common pack a day. Do you want to?"

"Common. I do not need it. Wait, ten of them turn into a medal, right?"

"Yes. Shall I pull them, and turn them into a medal at ten?"

"Oh. Kind design. Do that."

A weirdly cute girl showing up and making me raise a Common card is not good either. Akie's idea looks like the best choice for me.

"There is also an advanced pack that can go up to R, once a day if you spend G. Do you want to pull?"

"Possible, not fixed R, right?"

"Yes. Commons are the high chance."

"Then no. Nanao was a UC and a hit, but that is not guaranteed."

Called a hit, Nanao got shy. Cute. I will spank her ass and fuck her again.

"Cards besides packs are scans, or steals."

"Also, the Master-class monsters I mentioned can sometimes be Captured."

"So you make a monster a party member. A slime Master would be, what, beach-ball size. Use it as a cushion?"

"Who knows."

Even Akie winced. Cute. I will cock-press her again.

"Right. Airst, where the slimes were everywhere. They said something settled in the deep woods."

"Yes. A slime Master class is possible."

"Did you not say it was not an event?"

"This event gives you entry the moment you encounter a Master class."

"So if we do not go look at whatever settled in that forest, we do not know what it is."

What to do. With those two, I think we can beat a Master class.

"What do you think? Hunting the forest monster."

"With my skills and Nanao's, I do not think we fall behind."

"Yeah. What about whether we should go at all."

"Yes. For me it is also one option just for leveling."

"Meaning?"

"A Master class gives a lot of EXP. We are low level, so if we beat it, levels jump. Then more skills unlock off level."

"Reasonable. Nanao?"

"Yes. I agree. On top of what Akie said, if we Capture a Master-class monster it should be R or better. That also fills an empty party slot."

If it is an old man I am not putting it in. A monster is not an old man, right.

"Haruki?"

She flinched at the question. Akie put a hand on her shoulder.

"It is fine, Haruki. When Master asks for an opinion, answer."

Haruki looked up at Akie. She still hesitated.

"When I ask, say what you actually think. I do not want you holding back then."

She finally nodded.

"Um. I want to beat it for the villagers who are in trouble."

Very Haruki. Feelings.

There might be a hidden setting for how they judge. Theory type, feeling type.

Either way it was unanimous. I did not care either way, so I had no reason not to go.

"Then we go kill the monster in the deep woods."

I turned the three smiling faces back into cards and cast Transport.

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The road was still nothing but slimes. We found the big rock the chief mentioned, halfway down the path. A clean spring was bubbling. Villagers rest here a lot, he said. The rock was a good seat.

"Wah, cold. Can I drink this?"

Haruki stuck her hands in the spring and looked happy, like a girl. Hm. Cute. I will make her drink piss again later. For now, drink the spring.

In the end everyone drank it. Haruki insisted it was good, and it actually was.

A bit farther and other colors mixed in with the slimes. The labels said Poison Slime, High Slime. Slime variants.

Nanao still did not give them a turn. The only hit she took was when six High Slimes spawned at once. She took it, dodged, and Counter one-shot them.

I had set Akie and Haruki to skip their turns even if they were in the fight. Too much work.

After a run of full six-monster encounters, a cave showed. Not that deep, but tall. A person could walk it fine.

"Looks like in here."

"Yes. Do we go in?"

"We came this far. Of course we go in."

"Then can you use the Master skill Daylight?"

Daylight is wide-area magic that lights a dungeon. Nanao has killed so many monsters my MLv went up. I can cast Daylight easy.

Giant Slime, Black Slime. Strong-looking ones. Strong enough that Haruki's level, which had barely moved, went up.

I turned off the skip on the other two.

Then she was in the back. Probably the boss.

"This a slime?"

"Yes. Slime Queen. A Master-class monster. We are in the mini event now."

"No, she looks like a slime, but."

I sounded lost for a reason. Slime Queen had a half-clear slime body, but the shape was a woman.

"She is dressed like a woman."

"Yes. She is a queen."

Not what I meant.

"Well, well. What do humans want, this far in?"

She talks too.

"She talked."

"Some Master-class monsters talk, it seems."

Why are you agreeing that easy.

"What are you muttering. Reaching here is impressive, but your luck ran out. This Slime Queen, Lime, is about to dissolve you."

She is posing hard. Full nude spec, so her breasts bounce. Hmm. I want to grope those. Slime, so they should be soft, right.

I got motivated all of a sudden.

"Shut up and become my card."

I said it, then leaned to Akie's ear.

"If we beat her, can we Capture her?"

"No. Leave a little HP, then cast the Master skill Capture. A set chance."

"I can use Ultimate Capture."

"The success rate gets very high."

So I cannot let Nanao one-shot her. I need the adjustment.

"Nanao, you can use Mercy Punch, right?"

"Yes. I can."

Mercy Punch is an advanced skill that leaves the target at 1 HP. Made for this.

"Then that. After, I Capture her."

"Yes. Understood."

The little fist pose is cute.

"Well, humans. Do you fear this Lime and run, or do you choose to dissolve and become nutrients?"

High and mighty. Her breasts are bouncing, so that is all I am looking at.

I hit Battle. The field opened.

Nanao Mercy Punched Lime right away.

"Fugeh. Eh? Ehh?"

Slime Queen, shocked face. For a monster, she has expressions. What face would she make if I groped her breasts.

"Ultimate Capture."

I cast it. Slime Queen stayed shocked, turned into light particles, and became a card.

"Well done, Master."

"That easy."

Akie praised me. Haruki was surprised.

We went back to the village and said the monster was dead. We returned so fast the villagers thought we had turned around. When they heard, it turned into a festival.

They had been suffering that much from the slime bloom.

They offered a thank-you meal. We declined politely and went back to base. I had something I wanted to do.