BOOOOMMM!!!
The powerful Shield that Drake summoned to aid Hector unleashed a powerful explosion of flames through its own Ability "Flame Barrier". Despite the normal-sounding name, this ability had the power of absorbing the blows of enemies and then, when it was activated, it would unleash all this power accumulated into an explosion of flames that would also generate a barrier to give an extra layer of protection to the wielder of the shield! Of course, the barrier only lasted a few seconds, as its primary effect was this flame burst, in fact!
"Gruoooohhhhh…!"
The Miasmic Slime was consumed by the flames, as it quickly turned into ashes completely, it was finally defeated, and what left behind was a big, black-colored core falling over the floor and rolling around, it slowly emanated a strong aura of dread and chaos, which Drake immediately noticed.
"This thing… It is not really a slime, isn't it?" Asked Drake in surprise, as Hector sighed in relief, resting over the floor while sighing, moving away the massive tower shield.
"Ugh… And you're certainly not a normal slime either!" He cried.
"Hahaha! I guess you could say that!" Laughed Drake.
"…W-Whatever you are, you have my gratitude… I almost died there, I really thought I was going to die without ever seeing her again…" Sighed Hector.
Drake heard Hector's words, as he decided to use this Slime Clone as an alter-ego instead of his own true self, without revealing his rue identity to Hector. After all this slime also had a different soul, it was a small soul fragment from his original soul, which was also sharing his own mind at this moment, but it could be said that it was technically not him… In the most technical of levels.
"Ah, I am glad you're a grateful man." Said Drake. "I am… the servant of my Lord, I have sent here to monitor you guards, but over time, I grew fond of you, it wasn't within my duties to help you, but I decided to do it because you gave me the feeling you were a good person."
"E-Eh? I see… W-What sort of lord tamed you? And how can a slime so small have such powers?" He asked.
"Stop asking questions!" Said Drake, as he quickly moved the topic to what was occurring right now in front of the two!
"Ah…!"
SPLASH!
SPLASH!
SPLASH!
Without even giving Hector a minute for a break, three large Miasmic Slimes of almost the same size as the previous one fell from the sky, as if some sort of catapult sent them here! All three of them splattered over the ground rather uglily, but quickly gathered themselves once more into the intimidating masses of black gooey miasma.
"S-Shit… Ugh… I can barely move." Muttered Hector, slowly standing up.
"Your body is pretty beaten up, yeah…" Said Drake, quickly sprinkling some ice dust over hector, which was actually a healing spell, Healing Cooling Winds, which slowly began to recover Hector's superficial wounds, stopping his blood loss…
"A-Amazing you can even heal? I also have healing spells but I had no mana…" Sighed Hector.
"More importantly, your friend reached the gate! Also, my master and his companions are already outside of the village, a few of them are rushing here as well! We'll handle things from all perimeters, so don't worry, we won't let any chaotic creature step into this innocent village where the cute Benladra had enjoyed her favorite orange pie!" Said Drake, as Hector suddenly got confused about what the slime was even talking about, but by hearing that companions and his "lord" whoever that lord could be were coming to help, he quickly smiled and nodded.
"Hector!!!"
Suddenly, Brace came back from the gate, rushing outside of the gate with dozens of other soldiers, and even many sect disciples too!
"Brace! You're back with reinforcements!" Said Hector, filling himself with hope.
"FIRE!"
And then, from atop the wooden walls, dozens of archers loaded their bows with magic, as mages also pointed their staffs at the enemies, not only soldiers or sect disciples were here, but various famous magician adventurers that were resting here!
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Magic of all colors and magic-infused arrows began to fall from the sky, reaching the three Miasmic Slimes and bombarding them with powerful magical attacks! The strong yet gelatinous bodies of the slimes trembled, many of them splattering over the floor to slowly attempt to gather themselves once more into a compact form.
"Continue firing!" Roared Brace, reaching his friend, and quickly giving him a blue potion.
"Drink this mana potion! You did well resisting for so long- What the heck is that spear?!" Asked Brace in shock, as he then noticed a small blue slime sitting atop the head of Hector. "And that slime? What's that monster doing over your head?!"
"I am not a simple slime!" Proclaimed the small blue slime.
"It can speak?!" Cried Brace, almost about to get a stroke out of the many surprises he was having today…
"Ah… I don't even know very well but… Erm, I tamed it or something, and I got this spear from… The slime itself." Said Hector.
"What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Ah, it doesn't matter, we can worry about this later, let's fight!" Said Brace. "How did you dealt with that thing though?"
"Those things are weak to light, it startles them, they're very strong, probably around Rank 3 when going all out, but they're slow moving when they get startled by the light!" Said Hector.
"Light…!" Said Brace. "But there is no other light users than you, actually, not even the adventurers joining us today…" Brace suddenly noticed that the Miasmic Slimes bodies were recovering already from their wounds, it seemed that the desperate attacks from soldiers and adventurers was only partially working, as the slimes were relentlessly healing themselves, growing more furious with each passing second and rushing towards them!
"Fight from a long distance, don't get closer, those things can digest metal in seconds!" Said Hector, moving to the front. "I'll use my light to startle them!"
