[Liu Feng “Seer” sends a party message. “Do you need me there?”]
Zen smiled and replied to his party that he wanted to try clearing the first floor’s boss alone. After all, he didn’t need to clear it only once. Zen did not want them to know he intended to kill the pink slime ten times by himself.
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Beginner Cure Potion Recipe:
0/1 Pink Boss Slime Hair
4/2 Dewy Grass
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Zen already collected the dewy grass that was required for the beginner cure potion. He had no idea how useful it was for dungeons but seeing how he would kill big pink ten times, it would not hurt to make spares.
Groaning, Zen did not want to wake up. He was starting to get familiar with this smell, sound and feel. There was no other place that would give him such a peaceful vibe after that horrific death.“Welcome back, Zen. Did you rest well?” Father Clarence’s gentle voice drifted to his ear, and the young chef sighed. There was no use pretending to be dead when the clergyman was here already.“Sorry about that,” Zen apologised as he crawled out from his respawn coffin. “I’m alright.”Feeling vexed by the death caused by an area attack, Zen wondered if there was a way he could survive that second wave. Usually, there are several ways to overcome such patterns.Area effect attacks did not discriminate between tanks or healers. How
Several deaths later, Zen had all the splash poison potions he needed. This time, He wasn’t here to observe how to beat big pink. He was here to prepare a big pink killing spree.It turned out that potion crafting was a skill that gave him perks. The more he did it, the more efficient the potion was. The only downside was the amount of materials Zen needed just to become better at crafting potions. Gathering the red spider flowers was harder than smashing yellow slimes for their poison sac.Thankfully, sleeping potions were easier to craft than poison potions. Zen made a moderate batch of sleeping potions and dipped his shortsword into that foul-smelling liquid to deal with the spiders. It was disrespectful to a sword as well made as his, but Zen wasn’t a swordsman. He was a gamer, and it was the only logical thing to do.
All night. Zen spent the whole night just trying to kill the pink slime, but he failed no matter what he did.He was woken up two hours after he rage quitted by Liu Feng, who wanted to make a breakfast request.Not in the best of moods after last night, Zen growled at the blind assassin before his mind cleared. Realising that Liu Feng woke him up, Zen quickly apologised and tried to explain the situation in a muddled way because his brain refused to work coherently with only two hours of sleep.“It’s alright,” the Seer chuckled. “You stayed up very late last night. Did you manage to clear the first floor yet?”Zen slumped back onto the bed glumly. “I wish I did. I’m out of tricks.”
Armed with coffee, Zen tried the coffee shooting technique on all other slimes. It turned out that slimes were actually allergic to coffee. After getting sloshed on by enough of that dark liquid, they would explode into gooey bits. Then again, only the orange slime behaved differently after getting hit by coffee. They turned rigid into a stone-like structure that Zen could easily smack until their health vanished.He did not know how much coffee he needed to battle big pink, but if there was one thing Zen knew, the pink boss slime’s hair did not need killing to obtain. He checked his inventory after logging in again and found that he had a few locks already.===Beginner Cure Potion Recipe:2/1 Pink Boss Slime Hair0/2
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