4. The pain of defeat
With my apron in hand, I followed Miss Lizardman out of the tavern through the bar door and into the backyard.
I thought she would assign me to wash the dishes or clean them, but she led me to an area with many cages or clear boxes for monsters.
The monsters locked up here are not very large, just like ordinary poultry and domestic animals, and their appearance is slightly similar.
It seems that this is an area dedicated to raising monsters.
Based on my experience with playing games, reading comics, etc., I can roughly tell the types of them.
"There aren't enough slimes in front, you deal with two first." She pointed to a transparent two-cubic-meter box.
The transparent box had fine ventilation holes above it, and it was filled with dozens of jelly-like slimes of various sizes, with zipper-like openings on the side facing us.
She saw that I was a little ignorant, sighed, and said, "I'll demonstrate it, you can see it." ”
I saw her neatly unzip it, pull a pigeon-sized slime from it, close the zipper, put the slime on the counter with a "pop", and knock it out with a wooden stick.
She thrust her long, long, clawed fingers into the slime and pulled out a hexagonal dark red crystal from it.
"This is a magic crystal, there are in each one, remember to take it out when you deal with it, and use this to calculate the salary."
She said and threw the crystal to me, and the moment I took it, the crystal seemed to beat a little, and it felt warm to the touch.
"The magic crystal is our heart." She added.
My hands shook a little, and the crystal almost fell to the ground.
"Take it!" She said solemnly, "Although it is a low-level monster magic crystal, in the sense of life, it is the same. ”
I nodded solemnly, thinking to myself that I didn't think so much about chickens, ducks and geese when I used to eat them, unless they were not used as ingredients but as pets, I would feel that their birth, old age, sickness and death would be pitiful.
"Then I'll leave it to you, I'll send it over when it's time for lunch, and I'm going to start getting busy, so you have to be careful not to let the food go." When she was done, she was going back.
"Ah...... That one...... What's your name? "I still don't know her name, I asked.
"They all call me a lizard." She said.
"Oh, my name is ......," I introduced myself.
"There's no need to say it." She shrugged, "Here, when you're not recognized, you don't need a name." ”
I opened my mouth wide and couldn't speak for a long time.
It's no wonder that I, a weak brave, are really insignificant to this dungeon that respects strength.
A brave man who doesn't even deserve to be mentioned? Oh, how can it be so easy to admit defeat!
It's hard to come once, and if I don't let my name ring through the dungeon and make every monster I hear it tremble, then what's the point?
Isn't it a slime, a first-level monster in the novice village, and there is no difficulty at all. so easy!
With that in mind, I went to the box where the slime was kept, opened the door boldly, grabbed the door with my right hand, and aimed at the largest slime (the size of an adult goose) with my left hand and reached over.
It didn't panic, it didn't run away, it froze in place, and I easily caught it.
I was overjoyed, and I was about to take it out when it suddenly wrapped its body around my hand.
I immediately sensed something was wrong, and tried to withdraw my hand, but the many slimes around me swarmed up, grabbed my arm, and dragged me into the box.
I was stuck in a pile of slimes, like falling into water, out of breath, surrounded by slimy liquid, unable to exert my strength.
The mucus choked into the trachea, and the irritation was very sour, and I suddenly reacted to the fact that the mucus was digestive juice!
This realization alarmed me.
Twisting desperately, thrashing his limbs, trying to grasp something, but he couldn't grasp anything.
Consciousness was moving away from me again.
Whether I will return to the original world or dissipate is something I don't have a chance to consider.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I felt an itchy throat and something pressing on my stomach.
"Poof!"
After squirting a mouthful of viscous liquid out of my stomach, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was able to breathe!
After gasping for breath and coughing up the remaining mucus, my lungs, stomach and esophagus were very uncomfortable.
After a sigh of relief, I opened my eyes and looked around.
I've come out of that damn chest now, but it's empty and all the slimes are gone.
Squatting next to me, the person who had just saved me stood up, and I looked up, only to realize that it was a beautiful woman more than two meters tall.
The beautiful woman is wearing tight leather armor and carrying a bow behind her back, she has long wavy blond hair, green pupils, pointed ears, and fair skin, like a large Barbie doll.
"Goblins!" I blinked again, confirming the idea.
"Luo Bai, how is he?" The lizard asked.
"Cat thinks he's woken up." The cat crouched down and tilted her head to look at me.
"I can't die." The large beauty Luo Bai said coldly.
"Thank you." I say.
"There's no need, if you die here, it will affect business. You still have to think about how to compensate for the loss of the store. Luo Bai said angrily.
I looked back at the proprietress with a tense face, rolled over and got up. "I'm sorry, I'll make amends."
Luo Bai raised her eyebrows and said, "What do you pay?" Forget it, Cat, you take Mr. Gourd to find the green dragon. ”
"I said I'll be responsible!" How can I bear to be looked down upon again and again.
"I don't know. Oh, it's up to you? Luo Bai raised an eyebrow.
"I can." I retorted.
"You almost got killed by a slime." Luo Bai said.
"I said I could!" I said loudly, "Don't bully young people into poverty!" Now I'm just not familiar with the world, three, no, a month, I'm going to impress you! ”
Luo Bai folded her arms in front of her chest, noncommittal.
"I am a brave man, and I am destined to defeat the evil dragon and rescue the princess!" I said angrily, breathing heavily from the excitement, my chest heaving violently.
As soon as these words came out, the cat covered her mouth with her hands, and the lizard grabbed the placket on her chest, and Luo Bai frowned.
"If you can do it......" the proprietress said suddenly.
I interrupted the proprietress and swore a promise, "Tomorrow before dawn, I will get all the slimes back that escaped, definitely." When the time comes, please remember my name! My name is Xue Mufan! ”
Xue Mufan, when he was in elementary school, he was most afraid of copying a few words, and he had a lot of strokes. But now, I desperately want it to be a flag, a flag that symbolizes myself.