At that moment when Rok entered the sub-dungeon.
The harpy diligently went back and forth between the dungeon's back passage and river, fetching water.
"Uh.... I brought water...."
She brought water, but the person himself wasn't there. The only one present was an elf who looked somewhat strong. Judging by her ear shape, she was definitely a high elf, but she looked like an elf who hadn't yet undergone the 'ceremony.'
And the harpy was a fairly quick-witted monster. The dungeon's master, the orc, valued this young elf quite highly, and if she acted out of line, she might tattle.
"What are you doing?"
"Ah, this?"
Lune pointed at the wooden cups that had somehow increased to 13, smiling brightly. Next to Lune, Lime lay on the floor with a swollen belly, digesting the residue.
"Master ordered me. He said to fill all of these."
"...."
It seemed the harpy's suffering would last quite a while. The harpy's eyes welled up with tears of misery as she looked for the person who gave the order.
"It's just too hard to do alone...."
"It's okay, I'll help you too!"
Lune smiled brightly and lifted a wooden cup.
"Huk...!"
The harpy's eyes suddenly teared up for no reason. After temporarily staking the wooden cups Harpy brought into the ground, Lune grabbed a cup and left together to fetch water.
"..."
And at that moment, May, who'd been locked in the cell, began to toss and turn.
***
Boom!
Slimahole sprayed bodily fluids in all directions, keeping me in check. I completely blocked the ghouls from entering the boss room and went into the boss room alone to face the slimahole.
Thwack!
I stomped on the arm trying to wrap around my ankle. As soon as the slimahole's stretched arm was stepped on, it immediately severed the stepped-on part and retracted the arm.
"Really annoying."
Just the slimahole's mucus I'd already torn off was enough to fill the surroundings.
Slimahole had fast regeneration abilities and was smart enough to use that regeneration ability as a weapon.
'That's Lime's next evolution.'
A form close to a mannequin modeling only a woman's body. I didn't know why it was named Slimahole, but I could clearly see it was gradually becoming human.
Gurrrgle.
Slimahole was mocking me. If the reason she appeared instead of the slime dragon was to mock me, Slimahole had made a serious, very serious mistake in judgment.
Boom!
I stomped hard and leaped forward. Slimahole was startled and sprayed bodily fluids at me while backing away.
But I was faster. I shifted my center of gravity forward and ran as if I'd fall.
Gurrrrgle?!
Slimahole inflated her body like a balloon at my reckless charge. Too late to dodge, she seemed to be thinking of bouncing me off or stopping me.
"Stupid thing."
Try stopping me if you can. Just before reaching Slimahole, I stomped hard and jumped.
Sploooosh!
My head dove into Slimahole. It felt like being sucked into a water balloon with a tough surface, and Slimahole tried to devour me as I entered her belly.
I dove into Slimahole, and she swallowed my upper body, trying to consume me into her body.
Thud, thud thud!
I swung my fists inside Slimahole, but it was useless. Only strong vibrations rang out, and Slimahole was already swallowing me up to my stomach.
Gurrgle.
'Idiot.'
Slimahole mocked me for charging in stupidly. I also mocked Slimahole for swallowing me defenseless.
I didn't have a blade. But there was clearly a means to tear Slimahole's skin.
Crack!
I gathered Slimahole's epidermis with my hands and bit and tore it. Soon, red bodily fluid like blood flowed from Slimahole's epidermis.
"Nice juicy burst there."
I might not have a blade, but I had fangs sharper than any blade. My sharp fangs pierced a hole in the epidermis, and the movement of Slimahole trying to swallow my lower abdomen stopped.
Rrriip!
I threw my head back and tore off a chunk of Slimahole's body. Slimahole's torso shook violently, and it was clearly a sign of suffering.
'She can't regenerate.'
Slimahole tried to push me off to regenerate the epidermis. But I didn't make the foolish mistake of missing the opportunity I'd created.
Squelch!
I shoved both hands into the torn epidermis. Slimahole's squishy bodily fluids caught in both hands, and I rummaged through it, pushing my arms deeper inside.
'Then now—'
Rrrriiiiip!!
I spread my arms wide to the sides inside Slimahole. The already torn epidermis was pushed by my arms and tore vertically, and bodily fluids began to flow out.
Slurp.
I licked Slimahole's bodily fluid that splattered on my mouth with my tongue. Maybe because she was much higher level even as the same 3-star, Slimahole tasted like thick pudding.
Crack, gulp.
I quenched my thirst through Slimahole's bodily fluids, and Slimahole was struggling desperately to push me out. But as I stirred my arms inside Slimahole, I found a lump with a slightly different texture.
Gurgle?!
Slimahole shook more violently than ever. She rapidly moved the bodily fluids in her body to try to remove my hand gripping the lump, but I grabbed the lump and pulled it to my chest.
"Kruuuk?!"
Though only level 50, inside her body the flow of bodily fluids was fiercer than the current of a decent flood. Having no base to support myself, I almost lost the lump for a moment.
Gurrgle, gurrrgle!
Slimahole rapidly circulated her bodily fluids to protect the lump from my hands. I barely succeeded in pulling it to my front, but Slimahole also firmly held the lump with bodily fluids and wouldn't let go.
"Damn it!"
I couldn't let go after catching her weakness. I shoved my head into the hole I'd torn open. It was unpleasant like sticking my face in mud and I couldn't breathe, but my mouth achieved its objective.
Crack.
I bit Slimahole's lump. If I couldn't pull it out, I had no choice but to eat it.
Munch, munch!
Slimahole poured bodily fluids into my mouth to try to pull out the lump. But I swallowed all those fluids too while devouring the lump.
Crack!
The moment I ate half the lump and drove in my sharp fangs, Slimahole's bodily fluids, which had been surging like a flood, stopped moving.
Gurrgle....
Slimahole lost strength like a deflated balloon, and I backed away with the lump in my mouth and exited Slimahole.
"Ptooey."
It felt like hard jelly but tasted sour. I wanted to rinse my mouth quickly.
[Achievement: You have cleared the hidden boss of 'Sub-Dungeon-Slime'!]
[Evolution Route - 'Slimahole' unlocked]
[Reward: Monster Summoning Ticket x1, Mid-Grade Magic Stone x1.]
"I did all the work but Lime gets the honey."
This won't do. I should go make her suck white honey.
'Still, thanks to this I discovered this kind of sub-dungeon, so I should reward her.'
I looked up Lime's evolution tech tree. The slime evolution system seemed to branch from the slime stage, and Lime, being a slimefolk, could only evolve into Slimahole.
[Slimahole: A slimefolk that has gained a slightly more human form. Devours prey like a black hole no matter how much there is. Prefers the form of the prey eaten most.]
[Evolution Conditions: 1) Max out level. (00 / 35), 2) Devour 10 entities of a specific species. (0 / 10)]
"...?"
Wasn't the condition to devour 50 big slimes? Ah, that was the evolution condition for slime dragon? Momentarily confused, I pondered for quite a while with Slimahole's evolution information screen before my eyes.
Specific species. Prefers form.
Meaning if she eats humans, she'll take human form.
'Then if I feed her harpies, will she become a winged slime?'
Harpy gained one more use. I didn't know if it was actually possible, but at least it wouldn't hurt to try.
'Making her give birth and then eating them is a bit much, so I should hope for more Dimension Stones.'
There probably wasn't just one type of sub-dungeon. So if a sub-dungeon where harpies mainly appeared came up, I could just deploy Lime to devour them all.
Or devour other species. Like elves, or elves, or elves.
"My greed really has no end."
Still, good things are good things. I ordered Hases to collect the 1 Monster Summoning Ticket and mid-grade magic stone that dropped before me.
Kruurk?
Hases tilted head with an expression asking why I was giving this. It was a very important item, but I had other things to collect.
"I need to grab that."
After pouring out some of Slimahole's bodily fluids outside, I tied up the epidermis well and slung it on my back.
"Food jackpot."
I couldn't keep feeding Lune my white honey forever. A child with a big appetite needed snacks.
I exited the sub-dungeon with the ghouls, and just then Lune had fetched water in wooden cups with the harpy.
"Master! Let's eat dinner!"
"Yeah. It's dinner time."
I poured Slimahole into storage Lv.1, which I'd planned to use as a food warehouse. Then I filled an empty wooden cup full with Slimahole's bodily fluids.
"Let's eat dinner. ...Hm? Why do you look so disappointed?"
"It's nothing...."
Lune was definitely disappointed. She wiggled her fingers and rubbed her knees while her gaze scanned up and down my body covered in Slimahole's bodily fluids.
"...."
I flopped down on the bed. Then I gave Lune an indifferent order.
"Eat dinner on your own."
I needed to tally up the results of clearing the sub-dungeon. And as a bonus, I wanted to see how Lune would react.
"Heehee...."
Sure enough.
Lune knelt beside me and started licking the Slimahole bodily fluids on my body with her tongue.