Chapter 21

Chapter 21

Was it because I was too tense.

I concentrated on farm work without even sleeping.

Then in the end the time of the decisive battle approached.

“Shall I cancel even now.”

Holding the copier in one hand I looked at Puu waiting with a bewildered appearance before my eyes.

An abnormality won’t occur to Puu. Since it’s only being copied.

“Haa...”

One copier contained the value of 1 year.

Of course thinking of the past 3 years of running in place it was only 1/3 of the time but the density then and now was different.

If you had to compare the story that one day now could have the same value as one month then, or maybe even 1 year.

Shall I postpone just one more day.

Anyway even if not using today nothing happens.

A tendency to avoid appeared for a moment but I came to my senses.

Smack!

Puu?!

“Anyway there’s no way I’ll wait 1 year. I’ll use it now.”

There was no choice to begin with.

Postponing because it’s a waste was only wasting precious time.

Waiting for Mark Two’s level 10?

Rather making Puu level 11 in the meantime and rolling the snowball is much more gain.

Muttering alone just in time time came.

“Here I go! Puu!”

Puu?

I used the slime copier without hesitation.

[Using slime copier.]

[Target confirmation]

The copier held in hand melted then headed to Puu wriggling. Soon after increasing volume in an instant and wrapping Puu, then started shining.

“I threw the dice.”

I waited slowly with a slightly hollow feeling.

The light gradually faded. The wrapping copier fell away and soon a slime of the exact same exterior as Puu was created.

[?? Slime LV.10]

It is not an ordinary slime.

Sealed state.

‘Liquid Synthesis possible’

Ability:??

It came out completely the same.

I never thought even the question mark would come out as is.

“Puu, now it’s time to combine.”

Puu?

Puu?

Even the reaction was the same so the real Puu and the copied Puu were confusing.

Anyway level 11 slime, sortie.

[?? Slime LV.10 and?? Slime LV.10 will be synthesized.]

[The combining slimes share all memories and experiences.]

Something was different from before.

Unlike before where it just smoothly combined and the result came out immediately it undulated for a long time and synthesis delayed.

“Did something go wrong?”

I watched for a moment with an anxious heart.

But there was no sign of ending at all.

Just in case approaching closely and trying to check even the status window fortunately the display appeared.

[Synthesizing...]

“This is the first time like this.”

Not that it’s wrong but seeing the display appear like this it seemed not an ordinary matter.

As expected level 10.

Or is it because Puu is a special slime to begin with.

The cause was unknown. But there seemed nothing I could do right now.

Wriggle?

Just in time Mark Two approached wearing the straw hat crookedly and tilted its head. The synthesizing Puu seemed amazing.

Undulate?

“Synthesizing. Just in case don’t touch.”

Wriggle!

The guy nodded its body then soon shook its body as if telling me to follow.

“Finally has the harvest time come.”

I looked back at the synthesizing Puu once more. Watching the yellow slime still mixed and wriggling I decided to wait slowly.

“Tell the other kids just in case not to touch.”

Wriggle!

Just in case I carefully passed without touching Puu.

Going to the place Mark Two guided several slimes were already gathered in one place and doing something diligently.

“Ambergrill?”

Thinking of Leila’s harvest time it was extremely fast growth speed.

Even if dungeon crops not all are the same but prejudice still remained.

“But it really grew a lot.”

It was a plant in the form of a small tree.

But the form of the branches was winding and had an exterior similar to vines.

Because I didn’t know the harvest method for now I watched the appearance of the slimes doing for a moment. Then the slimes used each other’s bodies like a ladder and matched Ambergrill’s height.

Grrung! Grrung!

Even so whether not reaching they were straining and I immediately approached and lifted the new recruit guy on top with my hand.

Wriggle!

The guy that wriggled as if thankful soon started harvesting Ambergrill. Like picking tea leaves it tore the youngest new shoots.

“Waa, I can’t recognize this?”

To my eyes all looked like the same new shoots but some were harvested and some were passed. If I did it I would clearly have harvested all indiscriminately.

Helping the slimes like that and going around all the area where Ambergrill was planted I could harvest a considerable amount of new shoots.

Not even picking all and harvesting with the slimes’ own standards yet quite many.

Undulate! Undulaaang---!!

“Hm?”

I was going to gather them in the storage as is but suddenly Mark Two reacted violently.

I couldn’t accurately judge the meaning but for now I put down the harvested Ambergrill and watched the appearance of Mark Two doing.

The guy picked a handful of Ambergrill then started carefully putting them one by one on the nearby empty lot where nothing was planted.

“Ah! Trying to dry?”

It looked like a drying process was needed like drying tea leaves. But the Ambergrills I’ve seen and heard until now were all raw leaves not dried.

‘Mark Two would know better anyway?’

I decided to trust Mark Two who possesses the farming ability. Even so I was puzzled that the item display didn’t appear on the harvested Ambergrill, maybe through such a process it could become an item.

The slimes all gathered and started spreading the harvested Ambergrill new shoots. But it didn’t stop there and each smeared bodily fluids on the spread new shoots.

“Really strange.”

Last time I already sent bodily fluids to the research institute and analyzed but the result came out that there was no particular singularity.

But no matter how I looked at the guys’ actions there was a strange corner.

The shining stones installed here and there on the walls shone light in place of the sun. Waiting for Ambergrill to dry like that and casually examining Puu once more it was still undulating and synthesis was in progress.

It seems like it’s shining a bit differently from earlier?

Undulate!

“Why again?”

Mark Two who completed the Ambergrill work pulled me again. It was felt as the meaning that there’s something to harvest again. Looking at the direction being taken it was finally the turn of the long-awaited carrots.

Not just ordinary carrots.

Carrots that started cultivation using seeds imbued with mana.

“But somehow the size seems smaller?”

The carrots imbued with mana harvested before were far larger in size than ordinary carrots, but this time rather looked smaller than ordinary ones.

“Strange.”

Still if only the taste is there it’s okay.

Moreover from the point that the exterior is different from before it was already proven to be a new carrot so rather expectations arose.

“Here, here. If everyone rested enough let’s go work again.”

W, wriggle?

The slimes whose Ambergrill work just ended wriggled as if what kind of outrageous words are those.

I lightly passed such gestures and showed the example first myself.

“Hm?”

Gently shaking off the soil and confirming the carrot’s body something was strange. The leaf part revealed outside was smaller than before, and because it didn’t reveal outside the ground I thought the size was small...

Pop!

“What is this?”

A carrot only the size of a slightly large strawberry popped out.

At the size much smaller than my expectation I was slightly flustered.

-Pabam!

[Discovered a new crop.]

Please give a name.

The same phrase as before blocked my field of vision.

But for now I decided to check the harvested crop first.

[?? LV.1]

A crop containing mana.

Harmless to the human body.

Upon intake, ‘clairvoyance’ is obtained for 15 seconds.

Upon intake, a small amount of mana increases for 3 seconds.

“Oh?”

A small amount of mana increasing was the same as cherry tomatoes. But the clairvoyance ability existing above that was new.

“It feels like the effect related to vision is more strengthened.”

Honestly I can’t say which is better but with a feeling-like feeling this looked better.

If really curious just eat directly once and experience.

“I’ll decide the name after eating. I’ll eat well.”

Receiving the glances of the gathered slimes before I knew it I immediately chewed the carrot in one mouthful. It felt like eating a strawberry.

“Uum?!”

But that taste was clearly that of a carrot.

[You can use clairvoyance.]

Along with the display that the ability can be used the concentrated carrot scent pierced the brain through the nose in an instant and left an intense impression.

“Delicious!!”

Naturally I thought it would be delicious but it was much more delicious than expected. This was a taste that even people who dislike carrots would greedily covet.

But the funny thing was that the taste and scent of the carrot were clearly felt thickly.

“The small size is a bit regrettable but...?!”

While savoring the carrot I watched the actions of the slimes wriggling and doing something before I knew it and ended up surprised.

They dug more the soil of the place where I took out the carrot then soon pulled out small carrots one after another from there. Watching the strawberry-sized carrots pouring out like sweet potatoes or potatoes I lost words.

“It wasn’t small for no reason. To think it changed like this.”

Tomatoes just changed colors variously and there was no big difference. That’s why I thought carrots would also only have that degree of change but I never dreamed it would change in this way completely.

“...Let’s make it mana little carrot.”

Immediately the message asking if to register appeared and this carrot’s name became mana little carrot.

By the way looking at this harvest amount it seemed it wouldn’t lose even compared to carrots imbued with mana.

Rather when eating this was much better for convenient eating.

“This also has addictiveness like cherry tomatoes.”

Eating the 3rd before I knew it I was personally feeling the scariness of the carrot. Because sorry to eat alone I said to the slimes they can eat little by little while working and the harvest amount reduced by half.

“Still quite many.”

I haven’t measured the weight yet but it was more amount than last time. That too was the amount set aside separately for seedling use.

The harvested carrots were immediately moved to the storage and sealed with the slime’s bodily fluids. Somehow the slime’s bodily fluids felt omnipotent but since I couldn’t know the reason only mystery piled up.

Wriggle!

Undulate!

When the work ended it became quiet again.

Still Puu showed no sign of synthesis completing and the slimes brought the carrots distributed as their shares to me and wriggled.

“What, asking to cook again?”

Undulate!

Wriggle- Wriggle-!

These guys.

They know delicious things.

Honestly even just eating it feels delicious but I become curious how much more delicious it would become if cooked.

“...Shall I just call Jaeseong this way.”

Anyway he said he quit work and what’s waiting is also my crops so rather having him live directly here and practice cooking with my materials also didn’t seem bad.

While at it making him a dedicated chef for slimes and giving salary too... Probably he himself would be startled.

“Then I have to contact first. Kids wait a moment don’t eat.”

Strike while the iron is hot I’ll call right away.