Let’s go! …Proud Wolf . Can you take us?’

‘Yes, slimes! Of course, I can!’

Without me saying anything, the slime jumped off of my shoulder and tried to leave the restaurant .

It was going to ride the Proud Wolf and go hunt these evil and savage Greedy Boars .

‘Yuji . We’ll have to pa.s.s through areas with people, so hide us with magic!’

The slimes were very aggressive today .

But…

‘Now, wait a minute . I can’t have you all go . Half of you must stay in case something happens . ’

I didn’t like to be a wet blanket . But it was not convenient for me to have no slimes around .

I wouldn’t be able to use Slime Storage and my options for fighting would be limited .

‘…Okay . ’

And with that, the slime split into two .

Slimes tended to grow larger when there were more of them united…and I had asked for half of them to stay . But I was sure that the half that was staying was smaller .

‘Is this really half?’

‘It’s practically half!’

I see .

In the world of slimes, ¼ was ‘practically half . ’

Interesting .

Well, I could still manage with this number .

And so I used concealment magic to hide the slimes .

‘Proud Wolf! Go!’

‘Protect the Lis.h.i.+a Leaves!’

As I leisurely ate my stew, I could hear the gallant shouts of the slimes as they left .

Well, in spite of what they were saying, it was hard for a slime to sound gallant with those voices they had .

And like that, without even having to leave the restaurant, the town’s fields of Lis.h.i.+a leaves were now protected by a defense network of slimes that burned with righteous rage .

They surrounded the fields at equal distances apart and made sure that there were no blind spots .

About 500 slimes had left me, and 100 of them protected the fields while the others left to a.s.sa.s.sinate all of the Greedy Boars .

‘Let’s go!’

‘Kill them all!’

The slimes shouted excitedly as they dismounted from the Proud Wolf and scattered .

This wasn’t human-wave tactics . It was slime-wave tactics .

‘Oomph . Oomph!’

‘I’ll go over there!’

‘Then I’ll go that way!’

The slimes moved their small bodies expertly as they advanced through the snowy forest .

They were much slower than the Proud Wolf, but they had decent speed considering their appearance .

They were likely about the same speed as a slowly walking human .

Actually, considering the snow and unstable footing while navigating through the trees…they might have been faster .

That wouldn’t be much use if there was only one, but there were hundreds of them .

And so the search party for the Greedy Boars spread out and covered more and more ground .

‘A monster!’

‘But it’s the wrong one!’

A slime said as it ignored the monster that was not a Greedy Boar .

As I had cast concealment magic on them, they could pa.s.s by without being noticed .

While the slimes were great in number, they had practically no combat ability .

So they generally moved without being seen . And when it was necessary, I transferred attack magic to them .

And so I continued to eat my food while supporting them until my second bowl was empty .

While the slimes had helped me finish the first bowl, it was still a lot for one person to eat .

I didn’t think I could go for a third .

“Thank you . That was delicious . ”

I said as I got up from my seat and tried to pay for the food .

But the owner wouldn’t accept it .

“I don’t need any money . We wouldn’t have been able to stay open if you hadn’t sold us the firewood . ”

…That being said, it seemed wrong to eat such good food and not pay for it .

Besides, I had been compensated very well for the firewood .

Well, I suppose I could just force him to accept the money .

“I’ve already been paid for the firewood . So I’m leaving the money here . ”

I said as I put it on the counter .

And then I walked out before he could try to return it to me .

‘I found one!’

‘It’s the enemy!’

Just as I left the restaurant, the slimes started shouting .

Apparently, they had found a Greedy Boar .