"… You still haven't taken care of those sticky Slimes that are everywhere?"
In the Bardi capital, Dragon Knight Archduke Halent was famous for being strict and unyielding. However, he usually treated everyone coldly. Actually, he was quite famous in the Bardi Empire. This was especially so when the princes of the Bardi Empire were fighting against each other, causing his reputation to plummet. However, he voluntarily left the Bardi Empire to fight against the undead. This made him even more famous and famous among the younger generation. In fact, he even had many followers and suitors who voluntarily submitted to him.
However, his current appearance probably couldn't even be considered dignified.
His muscular six-pack caused the maids beside him to point at him. Yet, as usual, he intentionally had a serious expression on his face. However, everyone knew that he was only doing his best to maintain his dignity. After all, the short pants made from tree leaves were the only thing covering his body. Maintaining his dignity while wearing only half a pair of underwear was a joke in and of itself.
However, everyone else couldn't be bothered to laugh at him. It was still good enough to have a pair of tree leaves. Everyone else had it even worse.
His butler directly made two holes in the big porcelain vases and put them in. Some people directly put themselves in the wooden barrels and walked on the ground with only two feet. They looked like unlucky people who had lost all their money and were thrown out of the gambling city.
Most people discovered that the best concealment item was actually hemp rope. As a result, all sorts of trendy clothing was discovered. For example, two ropes were tied around one's lower body and the other around two points on top. Some people even had ropes tied around their private parts … Looking at it from another angle, the human imagination was limitless. Some clothing was even worse than not wearing it at all.
Recently, many street artists had been searching everywhere for inspiration. All sorts of mosaic sculptures appeared on the streets. If it wasn't for the fact that the Slimes had started eating paper, perhaps all sorts of wonderful paintings would have appeared, enriching the people's spiritual lives.
Perhaps everyone already knew what had happened. There wasn't anything special about this incident. It was just that the Slimes Calamity suddenly swept through the entire city. Those sticky, soft-bodied creatures suddenly rushed out of the sewers, gutters, and alleyways to attack everyone.
If these were ordinary monsters, the capital's defense wouldn't be weak. But what was surprising was that these soft-bodied Slimes had astonishing resistance against physical and magical attacks. Ordinary people would be completely unable to resist them. Fortunately, these Slimes didn't have any offensive capabilities. The most dangerous part of their bodies was their digestive fluids that corroded clothing and attached metal.
First of all, they had incredibly strong lifeforce. They were completely immune to any ordinary sword or saber attack, and anyone caught by them would be left naked. And for the strong, it wouldn't be difficult to kill them with a single sword strike. However, they would immediately self-destruct if they were too heavily injured. Their mucus would splatter in all directions with incredible speed and range. Just a tiny bit of it would be enough to destroy any ordinary clothing. But if it was metal armor, enchanted mage robes, or any other precious defensive equipment, it would transform into brownish-yellow sludge in the air, giving off a disgusting stench … Alright then, we all knew what that would make people think of it. Actually, no matter if it was color or appearance, it was no different from that thing. A certain someone had no intentions of hiding his evil intentions.
And the worst part was that the stench was incredibly difficult to wash off. Not only did the Slimes directly touch armor and weapons, even Halent himself had to wipe off an entire layer of his skin in order to wash off the stench. Even now, his skin was still bright red.
Even the prideful Dragons hated these creatures. For example, Halent's brother. Halent had simply descended from the sky like he usually did and stomped a dozen Slimes to death. However, the result was that Halent was still lying in the public square outside his window, having his servants clean his body. The water he used was filled with a disgusting stench, and all the servants passing by would clamp it on their noses, making the Slimes quite embarrassed.
The most disgusting part about the Slimes was their excellent reproductive abilities. It was quite common to see Slimes splitting into two after eating too much.
Originally, the Dragons' dragon flames and large-scale magic spells would still be effective against the Slimes. But in this city filled with ordinary citizens, it was likely that the moment they killed the Slimes, they would also destroy the entire city.
If it wasn't for the fact that Halent learned from a certain source that the Slimes didn't have a long lifespan and would die of natural causes within a week, the entire capital city would have fallen into a state of panic.
As Halent read the information letter written on the table using shells, he sighed about how a certain individual was able to use his personal abilities to cause the downfall of civilization. He also sighed about how his trade with the southern minorities had allowed the Slimes to have their shell coins again.
"… This really is pure, undisguised revenge. Still, this really is that person's usual method. "
You want my people to suffer the humiliation of having trash and trash thrown at them? Fine, I'll let your entire city enjoy running around naked and smelly. Halent felt as if he could see that person's malicious smile in the shadows.
"Perhaps this is also a method to show off his power."
From a certain standpoint, diplomacy was no more than a game of compromise and exchange of benefits. The result of a negotiation would usually be decided before the negotiation even began. What couldn't be obtained in battle would also be impossible to obtain at the negotiation table … Let's ignore the Bardi Empire, which had broken countless records of how shameless they were. From a certain standpoint, their diplomats were nothing more than pitiful messengers.
But although the final result was already decided, the weaker side naturally wouldn't just sit around and wait for death. Over the past few days, Orloss's "amusing story" of how he toyed with the Mage Country's ambassador had already spread throughout the entire city. The nobles were even betting on when this pitiful girl would explode in a fit of rage.
In fact, every day, there would be youngsters describing how the Mage Country's ambassador had been forced to flee like a rat by the furious citizens. Some nosy individuals even personally intervened. From a certain standpoint, as a young lady born in the Bardi Empire, not only did Cher have no good feelings for her homeland, but her reputation was also in the gutter. Yet, she couldn't come up with a method to deal with the Mage Country's ambassador. This made it even more obvious that she lacked the ability to be a diplomatic ambassador.
If this continued, it was likely that even the Cloud Tower would need to change ambassadors.
This doubtlessly allowed the nobles to stand on high ground and laugh at the large country on the other side of the ocean. This also helped reduce the pressure on the Bardi royalty, who was surrounded by enemies on all sides. But in Halent's eyes, this wasn't a good solution at all.
While Halent made the pitiful female ambassador into a clown to amuse the public, he didn't think too much about what would happen to the big boss if he provoked the small boss. And the big boss never seemed to have a good reputation. At the very least, he was famous for holding grudges.
And now, as expected, the Mage Country's revenge had arrived. While ordinary people didn't know whether to laugh or cry, a military expert like Halent was actually thinking about the consequences of using this calamity on the military.
"A forbidden spell to cleanse the land? Casting a forbidden spell on their own country? How dare they even think of something like that. "
Was this a groundless worry? If that person was able to make the Slimes only spit out digestive fluids that would corrode clothing, wouldn't it be possible to make the Slimes spit out fatal venom? If the Slimes could make the sticky liquid stick to metal and swiftly transform it into a foul stench, wouldn't it be possible to make the liquid corrode metal and cause a fatal explosion?
At the very least, according to the information obtained from the high-ranked alchemists, this special digestive fluid was far more difficult to concoct than poison and liquid explosives. Since the other party was absolutely capable of concocting an extremely difficult digestive fluid, it was only natural that they would be able to concoct an even easier lethal poison. Making the digestive fluid only work on clothing fibers and paper fibers while ignoring wood fibers had become the main focus of all the alchemists in the capital city.
In fact, if the Slimes were to be more vicious, they would only need to add meat to their menu. Perhaps there wouldn't be anyone alive in the Bardi capital right now.
And so, Halent directly came up with a plan that included these two possibilities: "If the Slimes attacking us are venomous Slimes, exploding Slimes, or even man-eating Slimes, how should our country deal with them?"
Halent couldn't come up with anything, so he tossed his proposal to the military's general staff and the Bardi Royal Mage Association. Both of them came to the same conclusion, but Halent was greatly disappointed. They didn't have any new methods to deal with the Undead Calamity. They would either eliminate the source of the Undead Calamity before it started, or they would directly abandon a large area and cleanse the land with a forbidden spell.
Without a doubt, this Mist person had used his own method to teach the people of Bardi a lesson. Everyone who knew about the Bardi Empire now had a deeper understanding of just what sort of trash the top 30 of the Calamity Rankings were.
Due to this commotion, Emperor Orloss's visit to the palace was naturally delayed. Emperor Orloss was probably affected as he sealed himself in his room and refused to see anyone. By now, the other members of the Bardi royal family had finally stopped their senseless secret fights. After all, not everyone could fight while naked. Even the streets were completely empty. After all, nobody wanted to come out clean and go back in a foul stench.
The result was that the city that had been bustling with activity just a few days ago had now become a dead city. Slimes roamed the streets, and when the Bardi royal family announced that "Slimes will automatically disappear within a week," nobody wanted to provoke these disgusting creatures.
Of course, not everyone was affected. At the very least, the Mage Country's diplomatic group wasn't affected. In fact, there was quite an interesting conversation.
"Just what are these Slimes? How did you know beforehand that they wouldn't dare to come in if you sealed all the cracks with wood? "
Everyone looked around but maintained a strange silence. In the end, it was Eaglestorm who spoke up.
"… I really miss those happy days. Last time, our Wild Bull Sect's members increased by more than ten times. It's a pity that the Slimes now have an additional stink attribute. Otherwise, we could have used this opportunity to spread our teachings. How about we try contacting Milord Orloss and have him change the rules?"
"I feel like you won't be able to find him, at least not until Lady Little Red calms down …"
From a certain standpoint, dragons were the same type of creatures as cats. For example, whenever a dragon was angry, it would pounce on something it didn't like, bite it, and sweep its tail around. And as long as a dragon was pounced on, it would explode like a balloon …
Little Red and Molly went to find a volcano to bathe in the hot spring on the very first day they arrived in the city. Even now, their skin was still quite red. It was unknown whether it was because they were too hot or because they were angry. But judging from how the black-haired girl was constantly muttering "Damned Roland, that bastard …" and would occasionally glance outside the window as if she was looking for a target to take revenge on, it was likely that she was still angry.
But after learning about a certain person's astonishing past achievements, when the royal family's representative used obscure words to express, "We were wrong before, and now we can't take it anymore. Please ask Elder Roland to retract his Divine Ability." After Shirley let out a sigh of relief, she inwardly marveled at that "irresponsible fellow"'s astonishing achievements in the field of Creation, but at the same time, she also felt indescribably happy.
"He's actually helping me … helping us take revenge? Since the Bardi Empire has shown their sincerity, we'll be able to get back on track. With such a forceful return, our negotiations will go much smoother. Perhaps he's not as irresponsible as I thought."
However, nobody responded to Cher's words. Even Lilith, who had always been quite tolerant of Roland, couldn't help but comment in her mind.
"You're definitely overthinking things. He's just that unreliable. He's even more irresponsible than you think. He's definitely not as nice as you think!"
At this moment, in the Bardi Empire's royal mage association, a white-robed mage suddenly sneezed for some reason. He then shook his head and continued working on his new potion with his head alchemist.
"The X-19 variant has already begun to weaken. However, the two variants are far more active than the original species. It would seem that the Slimes have a new species. This time, the target of their corrosion is adamantine, melting it into powder. Yep, next up will be the 108th experiment. Hopefully, they'll be able to survive for two more days. "
"… I suggest that we extend the lifespan of the Slimes. Last time, my Slimes didn't even manage to find many targets before dying of natural causes. I didn't collect enough data at all."
Perhaps Cher hadn't noticed yet, but Olivia, the head alchemist of the envoy group, had silently vanished without a trace. And right now, Olivia was also wearing the Bardi royal alchemist's robe. She was an important member of the three-member research group.
Roland's undead structure, Miracle Alchemist Olivia's potions, and Omniscient Heloise's magical knowledge. From a certain standpoint, this was probably the worst and most evil combination in the world.
Even Halent, who had been incredibly confident in himself, would never have guessed that their conclusion was that the previous underground Slime Calamity had only lasted for a short period of time. That time, Roland had tossed out his experimental subjects and then left them to their own devices. It wasn't that he didn't have the ability to continue experimenting.
But this time, not only were there other experts helping out, Roland himself was completely engrossed in his experiments. How long this Calamity would last would depend on how long it would take for him to get tired of it.
Soon, people learned that the Smelly Slimes had a new type of mutated species. It was likely that more unfortunate individuals would appear. The so-called wooden defense line might vanish at any moment, just like Roland's moral integrity.
Even Heloise, who had always tried to persuade Roland, had no intentions of stopping him. After all, every single mutated species was now a part of her, a new ability. As Roland's power level increased, Heloise's power level was gradually being unlocked. The city-type Calamity called "Greed" was currently displaying to the world the power that she should possess.
As for diplomacy and negotiations? Would the three mad mages who had sunk into research still remember such things? They were only overjoyed at the fact that there were more than one million experimental subjects. They were overjoyed at the realization of a new idea and the birth of a new branch of research.
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