And then an hour pa.s.sed .

I returned to the inn and continued to monitor the enemy through the slimes…and then the enemy started to do something .

They had entered a building that was hidden inside a forest–and they began to pull away the floorboards .

“So that’s how they hide it…”

From the outside, the building just looked like a small shed where hunters would store their supplies .

But it seemed that opening the floorboards revealed a pa.s.sage to their base .

‘Are you sure that we aren’t being followed?’

‘Yeah . We’re good . ’

The two a.s.sa.s.sins said as they looked around before going in .

And then the floorboards were closed over them .

As the slimes were hiding away from them, they were shut out…

‘Slimes . Can you get in?’

‘No problem!’

The slimes said as they slipped through a small crack between the boards .

If you wanted to keep a slime out of something, it had to be so tight that water could not seep through .

And the enemy had not been so thorough .

Well, it was an unnecessary measure unless your enemy was a slime .

‘Reporting . ’

The a.s.sa.s.sin didn’t even say his name as he began to talk into a magic communication device .

After a short pause, a cold, calm voice came from the other end .

‘What’s the situation?’

‘We followed the Adventurer Yuji . But he’s no threat to our order . This is a man who takes E-Rank quests seriously . ’

‘…Isn’t there a chance he realized he was being followed and so pretended to be a normal Adventurer? Isn’t he a B-Rank Scout?’

So they even knew that I was a scout .

Well, it was clear that I hadn’t been put on their list by accident .

‘That’s impossible . He showed no signs of noticing that we were following him . …Besides, there is no way any human would have taken notice, the way we were following him . ’

‘Scouts have that certificate because of their ability to track monsters . It requires different skills when dealing with humans . ’

‘…Very well, then . Now, go on to the next mission . ’

The calm voice continued .

It seemed that though they had finished one mission, there was no time to rest when you were an a.s.sa.s.sin .

‘Tailing Father Shtyle? …Can’t you let us just a.s.sa.s.sinate him instead?’

‘…Matters have made it necessary to postpone the monitoring of Father Shtyle . But as you wish, the next mission is an a.s.sa.s.sination . ’

‘YES!’

One of the a.s.sa.s.sins cried out with glee .

I couldn’t understand why he was so happy about killing…but I was glad that the next mission was an a.s.sa.s.sination .

Because if it had been another tailing mission, they might think the next target was the one to kill the a.s.sa.s.sins . And that wouldn’t end well for the target .

And I wanted to avoid making things worse for others .

‘The a.s.sa.s.sination target is Adventurer G.o.da . Can you do it?’

‘I don’t care as long as I can kill them . We’ll contact you when it’s done . ’

So saying, the a.s.sa.s.sin broke the connection .

Then they pushed away the floorboards . One of them started shouting .

‘Yes! Let’s go and kill!’

‘Yeah . I want to get this over with . ’

…It seemed that I wouldn’t be getting any more information from them .

Unfortunately, the enemy had not gone directly to their headquarters . They just contacted them with this device .

I thought regretfully as I activated some magic .

‘Magic Transfer—Area Freeze – Medium . ’

When I said this, the magic was unleashed from the slime .

And before they knew what was happening, the two a.s.sa.s.sins were frozen to death .

‘Now… Go and gather anything that could be useful . ’

‘Okay!’

So saying, the slimes started to pick up things off of the floor .

As these a.s.sa.s.sins looked like they were at the bottom of the organization, it didn’t seem likely that there would be much…but anything was better than nothing .

In a short while, the shed became completely empty .

…Good .

‘All right, now get away from there! I’m going to set it on fire!’

‘You’re going to burn it?’

‘Yeah . …Because if I don’t, the enemy will know that I used ice magic . I’m going to destroy the evidence . ’

‘Okay!’

And so the slimes left the shed .

Once I saw that they were gone, I chanted the words .

‘Magic transfer–Fireball . ’

And then the structure went up in flames .

It would not take long for the whole thing to burn up completely .

Had I used their communication device, I might have gotten more information—but it was possible that they would end up detecting me instead, and so I didn’t .

‘Continue to watch the shed . …Members of the Blue Moon of Salvation might come to see what’s happening . ’

They would find it suspicious that they are no longer able to contact them .

And so if I left slimes there, I might be able to track the members who came to see what had happened . And they could lead me to their base .

…But then again, the enemy might think it’s dangerous and not come at all .

‘Okay! …How long should we watch?’

‘For 2 days . If it’s hard, you can take turns . ’

‘2 days is nothing! Besides, there’s lots of tasty food here!’

The slimes said as they started to eat the gra.s.s that was growing around the shed .

Slimes were very good at adapting to their environment .