Ben gave Zen a warning look as he handed the repaired wakizashi over. The young cook promised that he would be careful with the weapon even if he did not know how long he could keep his word.
Leaving the town once more and hunting green slimes along the way until he reached the spot where he accidentally birthed a green slime, Zen reached into his inventory and rearranged the items. This time, he prepared a lot of coffee. He wanted to know how much coffee it would take to paralyse or kill a boss slime. The area boss was slightly smaller than big pink, but Zen thought he could calculate how much caffeine would be an overdose for a slime that huge for preparation.
Gilda generously sponsored almost five gallons of coffee for his experiment, and Zen improved on that spit gun. He decided to borrow some things from Paul’s armoury and fashioned a coffee tank usi
Liu Feng and Akiko stared at the slime pudding Zen passed them. It wasn’t even an hour since Zen started his diving session when he found something miraculous.“Do you have more of this?” Liu Feng asked, barely containing his excitement.Zen shook his head. “It’s a daily item that I can claim so that’s all for today, although if I had the ingredients, I could make a less effective slime pudding. It’s half as effective in the boost, and the ingredients are a hassle to obtain.”Akiko held Zen’s hands so quickly that Liu Feng could not stop her despite seeing her vague outline rushing over to his sworn brother. The long-haired assassin hissed when she touched his cook.“Tell us what you need. I’ll get the oth
Standing outside of the familiar double doors in the cave made Zen very nervous. However, the reassuring presence beside him reduced the quaking in his legs. Liu Feng placed a hand on Zen’s shoulder when he heard how Zen’s heart rate increased drastically from where they stood.“It’s alright. I’ll protect you.”Those words left no room for doubt, and Zen closed his eyes, trusting the man who made an omerta with him. Even if Liu Feng had to take some damage, he reassured that Zen would not be the first to visit the chapel.Liu Feng’s strategy was simple. He would distract the boss slime and carry Zen up to the ceiling whenever an area attack would happen. During the third wave, Zen would attack the boss after Liu Feng cleared a path. The small slimes were annoying for Zen but
Pink Boss Slime Eyes? Checked.Pink Boss Slime Goo? Checked.Pink Boss Slime Skin? Checked.Pink Boss Slime Hair? Checked.Pink Boss Slime Lungs? Checked.Zen inspected the looted items from the first dungeon boss slime kill and beamed. He could make the slime puddings with these ingredients and a cure potion. Not to mention, he might commission a small ranged weapon using the boss slime lungs he received. It sucked losing his weapon, and if Liu Feng had not retrieved it for him, Zen might not be able to end the battle so quickly.“Six minutes,” Zen breathed. “Six minutes to kill one boss with you.”Liu Feng chu
“Y-You! You’re crazy!” Ben stuttered. “Did you really defeat that monster ten times? You and those weak arms? There’s not a single scratch on the sword either!”Instead of feeling offended, Zen could only laugh weakly. If it wasn’t for his extremely capable older sworn brother, that wakizashi would be broken several times over. The boss slime simply did not have a chance against the impatient assassin who went forward to lead the new floor raids.“I had help,” Zen admitted. “But I definitely killed the boss legitimately. It was difficult, and I died too many times to learn everything.”===Quest: Ben’s Apprentice Part 1Requirements: Purchased a weapon fr
The slime nursery was full of adorable pink slimes. Zen realised that they came in different sizes, and none of these slimes was anywhere near as large as the ones Liu Feng smashed during their first boss dungeon run. Those slimes were at least as high as Zen’s knees, while the pink slimes in the nursery could fit in his palm. The biggest was only as big as his face.Seeing how defenceless and afraid they were, Zen almost felt for them. If this was reality instead of a game, he might forfeit killing them. However, this was a game. Zen could not help but feel like the game developer was trying to make fun of the hardened Mafiosi by adding such weak creatures in a secret dungeon. Did they really think those seasoned assassins would hesitate?“Go along, join your siblings,” Zen let the lost slime down, and the little creature bounced back as quic
When Zen returned with his pink slime hearts, Ben dropped his smithing hammer. How did Zen turn up with so many pink slime hearts for someone who looked like he was as gentle as a lamb? Honestly, even if Zen failed to collect those hearts, Ben would have given him a better weapon.===Quest: Ben’s Apprentice Part 2Requirements: Purchased a weapon from BenObjective: Collect Smithing Materials99/5 Pink Slime HeartsReward: 40% Friendship Bonus with Ben===“C-can I turn in the slime hearts?” Zen asked after Ben did not reply for a good while.
“Designated firewood chopping area? It’s just behind the weaver’s hut near the potato fields. Everyone in this village chops their firewood there although most of the time, the men will do it,” Ben told Zen.Hearing that there was a place designed for firewood chopping in this village, Zen wondered why the game developers included this detail. Was it really necessary? There was also a system restriction. Something felt fishy.When Zen found the firewood chopping area, he unloaded all the firewood he collected onto the ground. The designated chopping area was rather simple in design. Most people would not register the straw-thatched shelter with only an old axe stuck on the tree stump used as a wood splitting workbench.Zen tried to pry the axe from the tree stump, but the item would not budge
Swish!Swish!Swish! Swish-swish!Zing!Crack!Even though it was impossible to break into a sweat in the virtual reality, Zen felt as if his body was on fire after practising the art of swinging something in his hand. These dull daggers were hurting Zen’s hand more than the firewood. The grip on their handles made his hand blister, and even though his virtual character looked flawless, Zen could feel the pain they caused after swinging the daggers a hundred times.As a chef, Zen did not have a chance to find out if he was ambidextrous. He only knew that he was taught to use a knife in his right hand to avoid bumping elbows into other cooks in the kitchen. Sometimes, he woul