Reset: DPS to Support?!

Chapter 103: Slime's Den (2)

"Gloop!" The small slime leapt around the streets as the group silently followed it from behind. Whilst doing so, the party glanced around the area, looking at the semi-circle stone structures.

"...these buildings sure are built strangely huh. The architecture is... interesting," Shinto pondered to himself as he scrutinized the structure, seeing the size and height of the building seemingly big enough to minimally fit humans. Although the houses were customized for slimes, it was as if the architect considered humans in its design.

Walking on the stone paths of the slime's retreat, his eyes soon moved over towards the small litmus bugs flying around in the area. Some stuck to the grey walls, some at a lamp while others were floating around on the streets. All of them lit up in a yellow hue, giving off a feeling of a moonlit night.

"Gloop! Gloop!" The slime jiggled to the side as if it was telling the group something.

"Bah... You know we can't understand a single thing you're saying, right?" Ethaniel scoffed.

"Gloop..." The slime continued to slightly move to the side as if wanting to show them something.

"Hey! Maybe it's trying to give us a tour?" Frey pointed out.

"Hah? A tour of what? What's there to see?" he raised his brow. "All I see are stone buildings, litmus bugs and slimes moving about everywhere."

"Gloop! Gloop!" The slime seemed to be pouting.

"...it's saying maybe you should just enjoy the scenery or something?" Frey muttered out. "In any case, just enjoy the scenery!"

"Why are you saying this as if you're translating whatever 'gloop' means?" Ethaniel frowned. "I still don't understand how you are even able to understand that guy."

"It's called looking at its body language!" Frey stated.

"...ugh," Ethaniel shook his head helplessly, quickly glancing away from Frey. "Whatever you say."

"Gloop!" The slime bounced up and down.

"Man, I wish we can just understand whatever this slime is saying," Kon sighed. "Why can't any of the slimes speak normal Arcos?? And why is it only the king able to do speak it?"

"Well most probably because it's the king," Shinto answered. "Though it's weird that the slimes are able to understand us. Usually, there'd be a language barrier for them as well..."

"So they can understand Arcos but can't speak it?" Kon questioned.

"I guess so. But, I'm curious as to why the king knows the language when no one else speaks it here," he thought.  "Could there be someone else here?"

"Someone else..." Frey muttered out as she suddenly remembered a fact. "Perhaps the old man?!"

"The old who now?" Ethaniel blinked at the statement.

"That guy I escorted here," she said. "He gave me the keys to this place and then suddenly disappeared!"

"Right, the one you escorted..." Shinto nodded his head in understanding. "If things are how it seems to be, it means that he must be here."

"Hmm... so do we find him then?" Frey tilted her head. "Maybe we can get much clearer answers from him!"

"You say as if it's so easy to find that guy," Ethaniel shrugged.

"Maybe that slime knows?" Frey turned over towards the slime as she quickly took note that the slime seemed to be slightly angry.

"Gloop... Gloop! Gloop!" The slime looked to be shouting out in its language as it quickly bounced over towards the group. Soon after, it attached itself onto Shinto who was at the front of the group.

"...?!" The group opened their eyes wide in shock as they witnessed the scene before them. However, without being able to react in time; the slime began to forcibly drag Shinto over towards a building.

"Eh?! What is this slime doing?!" Kon cried out.

"Gloop!" Heading into the building, the slime detached itself from him. Moments later, it jiggled as if pointing upfront.

"Huh...?" Shinto raised his brow in question as he moved his eyes over to where the slime was pointing towards, noticing a slime at the counter.

"Gloop?" The slime at the counter looked at Shinto seemingly with a confused expression.

"...you dragged me here to the inn?" Shinto blankly stared at the slime. "You could have just moved into the building and we'd know to head inside..."

"Gloop!" The slime bounced in anger.

"I can't understand what you're saying..." he sighed. "Can you just do it through your movements?"

"Gloop..." The slime irritatedly pounced over towards the counter, quickly, it attached itself onto a small book. In the next moment, the slime dragged the book over towards Shinto. "Gloop!"

"Gloop...?" The slime by the counter continued to confusingly look at the group who had rushed in when the small slime took Shinto into the building.

"Gloop! Gloop!" The small slime seemed to be explaining things to the other slime.

"...what's this book?" Shinto bent down as he took the book from the floor.

"Eh? What's that?" Kon tilted his head at the sight of the item in Shinto's hand.

"No idea, that slime just gave it to me."

"Open it! Let's see what this is all about!" Frey said excitedly.

Quickly, Shinto began to scrutinize the details of the book, opening it.

[ Gloop Gloop Gloop. ]

Gloop Gloop...

At a glance at the item given by the slime, all he saw was the writing of 'Gloop'.  He felt like coughing blood upon seeing that the word filled up the entire book.

"...this," Shinto let out a tired sigh as he turned to the slime. "Is this a joke?"

"Ugh... are you making fun of us for not understanding the damn language?" Ethaniel frowned.

"Gloop?" The slime appeared to be staring at the group in bewilderment, seemingly wondering why his reaction was as so. Suddenly, upon a faint realization, the slime hurriedly leapt towards the book in Shinto's hand as it flung it across the room. "Gloop!!"

Acting flusteredly, the slime moved over towards another book as it attached itself, later bringing it to Shinto.

"Gloop... gloop..." The slime seemed to be apologizing.

"...so that was the wrong book, huh?" Picking up another book that the slime gave, he began to scrutinize the details of it once again.

The moment Shinto opened the book, a bright flash of light shone out.

[ The ('Gloop' chronicles) has been opened. ]

"...!!"