Chapter 887 Eiji: Megumin!!!
In this Konosuba world, slimes are incredibly powerful Magical Creatures.
Physical attacks are completely ineffective, and they possess astonishing resistance to magic, essentially eliminating the possibility of most adventurers soloing them.
Moreover, once entangled by a slime, it will target every crevice on your body, infiltrating your insides. No armor can stop it—once caught, it's certain death!
As a Death Poison Slime, and a variant at that, Hans is even more troublesome. Capable of concocting any poison, even a slight touch from him means instant death without extremely high poison resistance!
After revealing his true form as a Giant Slime, the threat escalated to its peak!
But once his true form is exposed, his greatest weakness is laid bare.
That is, the loss of intellect.
Giant Slimes possess no intelligence, acting purely on instinct to devour everything around them. No matter how deadly the substance, they'll swallow it all without hesitation.
Eiji used his demon sword to unleash massive cold currents. The Giant Slime, completely unaware, actively swallowed the frigid streams. Without needing to do anything else, it froze itself solid from the inside out.
This is also why Hans, despite his strength, is only a lower-ranking officer in the Demon Lord Army.
Soon, the Giant Slime was frozen stiff, unable to move.
It wouldn't be able to act again until it digested those cold currents.
"That should do it."
Eiji raised his Excalibur.
He hadn't originally intended to execute Hans; coming here was merely to stop Hans' plot to destroy Alcanretia and let him fake his death to return to the Demon King's Castle.
But unfortunately, the guy brought this upon himself.
"Die—Sacred Explode—"
"Explosion—!!!"
A colossal pillar of flames descended from the sky, combining explosive and blast forces, instantly engulfing the Giant Slime. A shocking heat wave swept across the entire mountaintop.
By the time the flames subsided, not even a fragment of the Giant Slime remained.
Eiji stood disheveled in the wind.
"Megumin!!!"
"Ye~s."
At the back of the party, Megumin made a V-sign with her hand and let out a triumphant laugh.
Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, she slowly collapsed onto the ground.
"I've used up all my magic. Can someone help me up?"
Kazuma hesitated for a moment, but considering she had supported him all the way here, he stepped forward to assist.
"Kazuma."
"Yes, boss!"
"Get lost."
"Understood, boss!"
Under Megumin's disbelieving gaze, Kazuma swiftly vanished without a trace.
"Kazuma, you traitor!"
Kazuma paused for a second, as if Megumin's words had struck a chord.
Then he ran even faster!
"Stealing my kill, huh?"
Megumin's vision suddenly darkened; not even holy light could block Eiji's face, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"Ah~ I'm gravely injured, I'm dying~! Gack!"
Megumin stuck out her tongue and lay on the ground, motionless.
"Kazuma."
"Coming, boss!"
"Carry her back."
"Understood, boss!"
Eiji gazed intently at Megumin, who was feigning death.
"You may have dodged the first strike, but let's see you avoid the fifteenth."
Megumin, who was clinging to Kazuma's back, shuddered abruptly at those words.
"Wow, we're amazing! We defeated a Demon Lord Army executive—I wonder how much bounty we'll get?"
Aqua ran toward the mountaintop hot spring, purifying it as she spoke with a face full of anticipation.
"Yeah, you all are truly impressive."
Eiji nodded expressionlessly.
"If it weren't for you, Hans wouldn't have lasted two minutes—he'd have been instantly wiped out by me from the start."
In every sense, they were incredibly capable, especially when it came to holding others back!
Aqua barely managed to contribute a bit of damage, and then... that was it.
Darkness not only contributed little damage but also hindered Eiji's output.
Kazuma was utterly useless, cowering like a coward, and Megumin straight up stole Eiji's kill!
You people, each and every one of you, are remarkably skilled in your own ways!
Aqua suddenly shivered, her neck twitching.
For some reason, she felt like something terrible was waiting for her!
"Miss Darkness, why not let Miss Aqua detoxify you first?"
"No need, no need! I'm fine! In fact, this is perfect, hehe!"
Darkness wore a lecherous grin.
Since the poison wouldn't kill her, she might as well indulge to the extreme!
Enjoy it first, think later!
Yunyun showed a perfectly standard, polite smile.
She had given up on thinking again.
...
"Waaah! Give me back the bounty, give it back to me!"
Early in the morning, Aqua's wailing could be heard outside.
"What's going on?"
The golden-haired girl rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up from Eiji's embrace.
Her white yukata immediately came undone, revealing large patches of snow-white skin and a generous exposure of her chest.
The girl glanced down at her chest, where a chill breeze seeped in.
Then, she calmly yawned.
Waking up with her chest wide open had become a habit.
Oh my, she had no idea how it kept happening!
Tch!
Pervert!
All he knows is how to take advantage of me!
"What else could it be? It's Aqua again."
Eiji pressed her back down with his hand.
"I'll go check it out. You go back to sleep."
"Okay."
Darkness responded and lay back down.
They had stayed up late playing last night, and she was still a bit sleep-deprived.
"Denied."
"?"
Darkness was puzzled. What did that mean?
Eiji dressed, glanced around, and taking advantage of the empty doorway, quickly slipped out of the room.
Kazuma and Megumin already knew he slept with Darkness, but Yunyun didn't.
No, she absolutely must not find out now!
He could bring it up later, when they could all share the same bed!
After all, this was a world with ancient customs—it was normal for those with power and status to have multiple wives and concubines.
On the street in front of the inn.
A guild employee looked extremely troubled as Aqua clung to him desperately.
"But, Miss Aqua, while you did purify the Death Venom Slime's poison, you also rendered the entire mountain's hot springs unusable. It'll take ten, twenty years to recover. The Hot Spring Capital will be in name only for a long time..."
"But I contributed! We defeated a Demon Lord Army executive, saved many from dying of poison, and rescued the entire town!"
"However, all the shops in town have suffered heavy losses. We had to distribute the bounty for defeating the Death Venom Slime among the shop owners... and even that wasn't enough to cover the damages!"
The guild staff member said with a headache.
"We estimate the direct economic losses could exceed two billion, while the bounty you received is only a little over two hundred million. Can you pay more in compensation?"
Aqua guiltily let go of her hands.
Two billion! That could buy several divine artifacts, enough to cripple a kingdom financially. Even selling herself wouldn't cover the debt!
Not wanting to be pestered by the crazy woman, the staff member seized the chance to slip away.
Leaving Aqua alone, desolate in the wind.