I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Tentacle Slime~ I Want to Live a Comfortable, Secure Life and Do Whatever I Want~ - Chapter 114

After having breeding and modification s3x with the village girls, I returned to Spada city late at night and broke into Kurinde’s house. Then, after casting [Charm] again, I slipped into the bed where Kurinde and Christia were asleep.

I wasn’t planning to attack them while they were asleep, I just wanted to play a small prank. Wouldn’t they be surprised if they woke up and found me next to them?

So what happened? I was the one who woke up late and didn’t notice a thing… Now that I think about it, the people in the city do wake up early.

According to Rafa, who was awake, both of them were pretty shocked. Too bad I didn’t get to see it… They’d probably get used to it the second time anyway.

At any rate, I satisfied my morning wood by using Kurinde and Christia’s vaginas.

With their wombs swollen with my semen to the size of late-term pregnancies, the two of them lay there as I rose from the bed.

Seeing the mother and daughter lying on their backs like frogs, legs wide and twitching with spasms, was quite arousing. Excited, I stuffed another dose of semen into each womb to make them swell even more, then cast [Charm] again and left the bedroom.

It wasn’t a problem to settle in here on my own, but I felt it would be a bit much to become a kept man living off the girls, so I brought two one-meter-square wooden crates filled with fruit from the treants in my dungeon. I haven’t made any preserved meat yet, so I decided to go with just these, which, for some reason, last a long time.

I left the boxes with their lids open near the kitchen and headed to the guild, leaving the girls behind. The reason I left Kurinde behind was because I wanted to make plans after hearing the information obtained from reaching the 5th floor.

If it turns out to be nothing special, I plan to earn money on the 5th floor with Kurinde and Rafa, then ask Kouga and the others to do the clearing.

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[Anyway, for you to pull it off in a single night, just what I’d expect from you, Kouga, Uri. And even bringing information on magic tools, I’m honestly impressed.]

[It was just luck, but glad we got the information! You going to collect all three of them today, old man?]

As we walk toward the guild, I speak with Kouga and the group through ultrasonic communication.

[That’s right. Since it’s good info, it can also serve as proof that we’re properly gathering intel.]

[Getting everything with just 40 golems is a bargain. Wouldn’t it be better to save up and buy higher-grade items?]

[I guess it depends how much more expensive it gets. If the price goes up tenfold, we might be better off researching and gathering other things. There might be magic tools for camping in the waterways from the 6th floor on, and we should look into tools suited to each elemental area too.]

[Come to think of it, the receptionist who talked about magic tools said three would be enough up to the 5th floor. I think there will be more tools we’ll need from beyond there.]

Rafa’s point makes sense, and Uri’s argument is valid too. Maybe we really should make today a day for earning money.

While walking and discussing today’s plan, we had somehow arrived in front of the guild before I realized it. Time flies when you’re deep in thought.

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I made Kouga the party leader, updated our reached floor in Dungeon 4545 to 5F, and then entered the guild.

“Good morning, Cruz-san!! You’re early today, aren’t you? Did something happen!?”

Natalie’s as energetic as ever. Her white bunny ears twitch, and a nice scent wafts from her golden hair. Looking at her belly, has it starting to show a bit?

“Yeah, (Kouga and Uri) gave it their all, and we reached the 5th floor.”

I put my adventurer card down on the counter, making sure Natalie could see the updated floor.

“…Eh? …Huh?”

Natalie froze up, unable to comprehend the situation.

“See? The highest reached floor in Dungeon 4545 is properly listed as 5F, right?”

“Huh? —Ah, y-yeah, that’s right! C-could you please wait just a moment!?”

Natalie went into the back of the counter and vanished from sight…

(Huh? Aren’t we supposed to get new info…? We worked so hard for this too…)

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After waiting a little while, Natalie came back.

“Excuse me! Cruz-san! Would you be willing to meet with the Guild Master!?”

“Ehhh!!”

(Did something happen while I wasn’t paying attention!? Did I overdo it that badly!? I need to run!!)

While I was falling into panic,

[What excellent timing, don’t you think? If we pitch ourselves to the guild master, we might be able to get support.]

[Shouldn’t we at least get the new info now? It’d suck if we missed it because something went wrong later!]

[Since we didn’t do anything against the guild’s interests, they may just want to meet us out of curiosity.]

Ah, they’re so reliable. Meanwhile, I was just panicking…

[Yeah, we haven’t done anything wrong to the guild. Acting jittery might make us look suspicious.]

“I’m sorry! I didn’t explain properly! The Guild Master seems interested in you, Cruz-san, because of how quickly you’re progressing through the dungeon and would like to talk to you. Um, is that okay?”

“Yes, I got flustered because it was so sudden. I’m fine with meeting them. But first, could I hear the new info from 5F? I feel like I’ll miss it if I’m too nervous later.”

“Y-yes, you’re right. I might forget to mention it too. Then, I’ll take you to the room in back. We can’t really talk about it here.”

I was guided to the usual room where we do exchanges.

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As I sat on the sofa, Natalie sat down on the sofa opposite mine.

Rafa stood beside me, and Uri and Kouga stood on my opposite side.

Natalie had set aside her usual lively air and wore a serious expression. Affected by that mood, I also tightened my expression.

“There are three important pieces of information that can be revealed at 5F. These will continue to be important going forward, so please remember them well.”

“Yes.”

I nervously swallowed.

“The first one. We have a concept called ‘level’ that measures one’s strength.”

Natalie showed me her adventurer card. In the upper right, it said “Lv02.”

“If you’re unaware of the concept of levels, it won’t increase at all. Cruz-san, please take a look at your own card.”

Urged on, I looked at my own card and saw that “Lv01” had been added in the upper right.

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(Wha… the…?)

I was so shocked that I lost my words.

(So I’ve been fighting at Lv01 until now!? And even against the Snow Woman at the starting level!? There’s no way I could win!!)

…No, but no one died fighting the Snow Woamn. Should I consider that lucky?

Seeing my face, Natalie probably judged that it was newly displayed.

“Good, it seems to be properly displayed. From now on, Cruz-san can level up. Defeating about 200 monsters of the same level tier will level you up. Since experience is split in a party, in a 5-person party you need to defeat 1000 monsters to level up. Is that clear so far?”

“Y-yes… So leveling up makes you stronger?”

“You’re perceptive! That’s exactly right. Even just leveling up from Lv01 to Lv05 makes quite a difference.”

My head hasn’t caught up yet, but thanks to the familiar game-like concept of levels, I think I can understand it.

Come to think of it, with skill windows already appearing, it’s not so strange for something like this to exist too.

“You can apparently raise your level to up to five above your current floor, but unless there are major issues like no funds or no camping gear, most advance once they’re one or two levels above the floor.”

“So, just to confirm, defeating monsters from now on will raise our level and make us stronger, correct?”

“Correct!”

In that case, a question comes to mind.

“Why isn’t this revealed until reaching the 5th floor? If you told people at registration, more adventurers could advance.”

Natalie made a troubled face.

“That’s true, but giving power to people on the lower floors can lead to public disorder. If such people become bandits, they’re a threat to those outside the dungeon, city folks, rural towns, and villages. And there are a lot of kids on 1F, right? Having power from a young age isn’t good for education either.”

Ah, so floors 1 through 5 are like a screening process.

“Those who reach floor 5 no longer struggle to eat, and rarely become bandits. Plus, when your level goes up and you gain strength, you come to understand the gap between you and higher-ranked adventurers, so you don’t go around acting arrogant.”

I see, then I’ll let my slimes know. They might just be able to hold out against the Snow Woman’s Ice Storm.

“That concludes the explanation of the level system. Any questions?”

“No, I think I need to actually level up and feel it for myself first…”

“Hehe, that’s right! Ready to get even stronger?”

“That’s true. We’ll probably gain levels fast on the 5th floor.”

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“Now, I’ll move on to the second point. It’s not something that’s being hidden, so apologies if you’re already aware of it.”

I wonder if this is something the townspeople already know?

“You know we have skills, right? You and your group probably absorb them from monsters.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

As I thought, other slime species must also acquire skills by devouring their opponents.

“Skills are given by the gods when you’re born, but they can be developed or learned later too.”

“Seriously…?”

No way… I thought that was our special privilege, but humans have tons of skills too…?

Our advantage is slipping away even more now…

“Yes, really! Here, at the Spada Grand Cathedral, you can receive skills through a divine blessing! The conditions for that are—”

“What are the conditions?”

I leaned forward, waiting for Natalie to speak.

“Money!”

(Whaaat!? Money!? How shamelessly materialistic is this god!?)

“M…Money…?”

“That’s right! I don’t know why it’s money, but if you pay a certain amount, you’ll be blessed and granted the skill of your choice by the gods.”

S-Seriously…? So the reason my skill levels haven’t gone up lately is because I’m supposed to buy the rest with money?

“Skill levels can only be raised up to base level divided by 2, plus 5. If it’s less than 1, it’s rounded down. So for regular townspeople, the max is around Lv05. At level 50, it’s 25 plus 5, so 30.”

Ah, so it depends on level. Then if my level goes up, my skill level should go up too, right?

“I see. Then, is it only at Spada Grand Cathedral that you can gain skills? Other temples or churches don’t work?”

“Yes. The reason is a bit… well, it has to do with the Earl…”

Yeah, it would be a big problem if something happened and people couldn’t learn skills anymore. Makes sense they’d keep it secret. If I were the Earl’s enemy, I’d attack the church and destroy the skill-granting system.

The learnable skills are body enhancements like [Herculean Strength], [Hardening], [Gale], and melee techniques like [Bludgeon], [Pierce], and [Slash], as well as resistances to those. For magic, it’s fire, water, wind, earth, healing, and their resistances. Things like [Poison] (abnormal statuses) or [Flight] (special skills) weren’t mentioned, so maybe they can’t be learned.

(Should I go to the cathedral once and check for myself?)

The amount of money you have to pay depends on the level. From Lv01 to Lv10, it increases in increments of 10 silver coins. To learn Lv10, it costs 200 silver coins.

So going from no skill to Lv10 takes 550 silver coins… That’s pretty rough.

Also, the reason she said I might already know this at the start is because its common knowledge among Dungeon church’s believers.

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“Lastly, starting from the 6th floor, water-attribute enemies will appear, unlike before.”

“Water attribute?”

I actually know that, but there’s no way I can just say, “Yeah, I already know.”

“Enemies with attributes have strengths and weaknesses against certain other attributes. Water is weak to earth and strong against fire! So before heading down to the 6th floor, learning earth magic will make things easier! Or you could get earth-element equipment instead!”

Here comes something new again. So there’s such a thing as elemental equipment?

“There’s equipment with attributes?”

“Yes. It’s similar to magic tools. If you attach a magic stone of the same attribute, it uses that stone as fuel to perform powerful elemental attacks! You can buy them at the guild, but many high-level adventurers get theirs custom-made at the Magic Equipment Guild.

Once you reach the 6th floor, your adventurer card and tag materials change to copper, so you’ll be able to purchase them.”

“Oh, does it work together with [Enchantment] magic?”

“―――Yes! As long as it’s the same attribute, you can! Using both together is really powerful, so be sure to remember that!”

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Then came mostly things I already knew, such as how every 5 floors alternate between the Water, Fire, Wind, and Earth zones.

Apparently, Earth-attribute gear is the most expensive because the Earth zone is in the deeper floors. However the Water area is considered the hardest due to the added difficulty of traveling through water.

Also, it seems there’s a special camping magic tool for the Water area that raises up dirt for half a day to pitch a tent on.

While other areas have their own complications, only the Earth zone can be managed with just three magical tools.

“That’s all. Now then, since we’ve kept the Guild Master waiting, let’s go!”

I really could’ve done without that bit of info… I just want to leave now…

With no idea what lay ahead, I followed behind Natalie with sluggish steps.

・The reason slimes have been able to fight the monsters until now is because they absorbed the monsters’ strength, traits, and skills, gaining equal or greater power. While also having the added stat bonuses from the number of cores.

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