Chapter 240 - The Synergistic Duo (2/2)
Vitality - 20
Strength - 15
Defense - 25
Agility - 25
Intelligence - 15
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”To think that my companion would reach the Magic-grade Pseudo-Animate level before me,” Argentum could not help but say as he looked at the holographic screen that appeared in front of his field of vision, letting out a light chuckle. He then went ahead and closed the screen in front of him before focusing his sense of vision back to Blob.
He mulled over what he was going to say to Blob for a bit, eventually finding the right words as he said to Blob, ”I guess our strategy of killing these Fire Slimes will now change.”
”Indeed, it will,” Blob said before letting out a light giggle. In response to this, Argentum went ahead and moved through the area once more, with Blob eventually realizing what Argentum was trying to do a few seconds later, dashing at his maximum speed before shouting, ”Hey, wait for me!”
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After a few minutes or so, the two of them found a stray Fire Slime, making sure that they were a decent distance away from it as they did not want to alert the slime as usual. With Blob beside him, Argentum went ahead and asked him, ”So, how are we going to kill this Fire Slime?”
”Don't you have a strategy already, Argentum?” Blob could not help but ask, to which Argentum radiated an aura of affirmation as he replied, ”Of course I do. I just want to see if you can create a strategy as well.”
”Is that the case?” Blob radiated an aura of slight curiosity before being replaced by contemplation. After some time, he looked at Argentum with an aura of slight uncertainty as he told him his strategy. ”I don't know if this is the strategy you have in mind, but…”
”You want me to attract the slime's attention while you shoot at it from afar until it dies,” Blob said, to which Argentum replied, ”Good strategy, but how are you going to get stronger from just defending its attacks? You need to obtain its precious experience as well.”
”Ah…” Listening to Argentum's suggestion, Blob realized that he had forgotten that part of the fight, mulling over his strategy for a bit before telling Argentum, ”I ask you to stop attacking the slime just when it's on the brink of death, then I go ahead and deal the last blow?”
”Exactly,” Argentum said with a gleeful tone. He then looked at the stray Fire Slime that was not far away from them and uttered, ”Let's go and do it your way, Blob.”
”Alright, Argentum,” Blob replied to his words before going ahead and dashing towards the Fire Slime at his fullest speed, stopping at the very instant he had attracted the Fire Slime's attention.
Boing!
Just as he was about to land a hit on the Fire Slime, making sure that its attention was focused on him, the Fire Slime went ahead and leaped upwards, eliciting an aura of glee to radiate from Blob as he focused his sense of vision back at Argentum, who already had a fireball conjured beforehand, and shouted, ”Argentum! Fire!”
”[Lower Blaze Magic: Fire Ball]!”
”Burst!”
Whoosh! Bang!
As if it was ordained by the heavens, the fireball Argentum threw had squarely hit the core of the Fire Slime before exploding, sending the Fire Slime away from Blob afterward. In response to the Fire Slime flying, Blob went ahead and dashed towards the direction where the Fire Slime might fall, going ahead and using his maximum speed to make sure that he had arrived there first before the Fire Slime would fall.
Fortunately, thanks to his evolution to the Magic-grade, Blob was able to arrive at the area where he thought the Fire Slime would land, adjusting his position to make sure that his body would collide with the core of the Fire Slime. Just as the Fire Slime was about to land to the ground, Blob went ahead and clenched his fist before channeling all of his strength towards this fist, prompting the core of the Fire Slime that had barely landed to shatter into pieces.
Bang!
With the core of the Fire Slime now shattered, the gelatinous body of the slime lost its form, turning into a puddle of viscous fluid as the aura surrounding Blob had slightly intensified while his size had grown by a few notches.
Ding!
On the other hand, Argentum obtained a few notifications from the system after the core of the slime had been shattered. Of course, since Argentum had obtained these types of notifications for quite some time already, he just hastily skimmed through the last notification he had received, finding out that Blob had now reached Level 3.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
This time, instead of Argentum coming closer to Blob, it was Blob who came closer to Argentum, radiating an aura of glee and pride as he let out a cackle, saying, ”My strategy worked, Argentum! Are you proud of me?”
”Sure, sure. I'm proud of you,” Argentum said in a gleeful tone, letting out a cackle of his own afterward. After that, he looked at the position of the moon, noticing that it was already at the peak of the sky. He then pondered over a few things before thinking to himself, 'I'll just head to the Azure Shores once the sun appears.'
'For now, it wouldn't be bad to focus all of my strength in nurturing Blob here. It would definitely be useful in the long run.'
”Let's go and fight some more Fire Slimes,” Argentum said to Blob before adding, ”We'll fight Fire Slimes until dawn appears!”
”Eh? That long?” At first, Blob could not believe what he was hearing, thinking that Argentum was slightly crazy. But then, he thought about it for a bit before letting out a cackle. He then said, ”Then again, fighting against Fire Slimes feels nice! Sure! Let's go, Argentum!”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
And with that, the two of them went ahead and moved through the area filled with Fire Slimes once more, finding more stray Fire Slimes to pummel and beat up as Blob's strength gradually increased with every kill.