I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Tentacle Slime~ I Want to Live a Comfortable, Secure Life and Do Whatever I Want~ - Chapter 59

The next day, after confirming that the grassland on Floor 17 had returned to its original state, I set it ablaze again before descending to Floor 18.

I’ll leave the development of Floor 17 to the young slimes; all they need to do is plant Monster House apples.

The monsters on Floor 18 were bees. Their color and shape resembled ordinary bees, but what set them apart was their size, they were about 30 cm long.

Unsurprisingly, the bees had large stingers at their rear, dripping with liquid.

Yeah, that’s definitely poisonous.

Upon spotting us, the bees immediately launched their stingers at us.

“Huh!? Isn’t that their trump card!?”

The stingers flying towards us were slower than those of wind wolves using the [Gale] skill, allowing us to evade them effortlessly. Still, the bees showed no signs of panic…

At that moment, the soundwave sensor picked up an anomaly in the trajectory of the stinger.

Isn’t the needle’s trajectory not straight? It’s changing into an arc and continuously expanding in circular motion.

Without averting my gaze from the bee, I gather information about the needle using only sound waves.

At this rate, will the needle attack me from behind?

Suddenly, I heard a sharp “Bash!!” sound from behind.

The needle was knocked down by one of the child slime’s tentacles.

“Father-sama, the needle was following an unusual trajectory, so I knocked it down.”

Caught off guard by the sudden interference, the bee panicked and tried to flee.

“Too slow!”

The bee was knocked down by the child slime’s tentacle slap and impaled by the fire-affinity wolf spear, perishing instantly.

Come to think of it, it wasn’t a one-on-one fight. From the child slimes’ point of view, I must have looked like I was doing something weird right in front of them.

“Alright! Father-sama, that was probably a skill just now. Please devour it and analyze it.”

As I thought, this girl has a bit of a musclehead vibe… Well, guessing from skills rather than behavior is more reasonable, so she is correct… Well, anyway, I’ll eat it.

The new skill obtained from the bee was [Remote Operation].

Remote Operation: Able to manipulate objects separated from one’s own body. Number of objects controlled = Level × 2. Effective range expands with level.

In other words, even if the tentacle is cut off, I can continue attacking, and I can also guide the Molotov’s when I drop them.

Furthermore, the charcoal kiln and the dining hall’s oven are part of me, so I can control them whenever I want.

Regarding the girls, I can wrap them in my slime body and make them do forced muscle training. The mother’s health is important after all.

In this case, it’s important whether I can transform myself. If I become a slime suit, I won’t be able to transform into another being. If I separate it, I can transform if it’s treated the same as a tentacle… I won’t know until I try it.

“I see, so it was guiding the needle with the [Remote Operation] skill. It’s a useful skill with practical applications.”

“As expected, it’s quicker to consider things after eating.”

I feel like I can hear a snort, something like ‘Hmph!’

“Additionally, this creature holds honey. And it tastes good.”

This will make a good souvenir for the village. However, while we found sugar, we haven’t found salt…

Since this is also an insect, I thought its shell might be hard, so I hit it with the scorpion shield, but the bee dented instead. Seems it’s not that hard.

Getting the [Remote Operation] skill and honey is probably sufficient.

“Well, once we know the trick, it’s not a big threat. It definitely carries poison, so just be careful about that.”

Well, considering the skill level of the wind wolves, I don’t think the poison will affect us who have poison level 5, but better safe than sorry.

From here on, nothing noteworthy happened, and we finished conquering the 18th floor safely.

《Name》

Cruz

《Species》

Multi-Core ・ Tentacle slime

《Traits》

Heptacore: Possessing seven cores

Progenitor: Has command abilities over its kin +α

《Skills》

Lv**: Full Drain

Lv**: Transmutation (Transformation & Ecstasy)

Lv05: Bludgeon

LV05: Pierce

Lv05: Slash

Lv05: Blunt Resistance

Lv05: Piercing Resistance

Lv05: Slashing Resistance

Lv05: Fire magic

Lv05: Water Magic

Lv03: Wind Magic

Lv05: Healing Magic

Lv05: Fire Resistance

Lv05: Wind Resistance

Lv03: Earth Resistance

LV05: Flight

Lv05: Swimming

Lv02: Remote Operation (New)

LV05: Soundwave Manipulation

Lv05: Water Source Detection

Lv05: Heat Source Detection

Lv05: Oil Generation

Lv05: Bipedal Movement

Lv05: Quadrupedal Movement

Lv05: Hardening

Lv05: Swift Wind

Lv05: Adhesion

Lv05: Paralysis

Lv05: Acid

Lv05: Poison

This time’s results:

・ Acquired Remote Operation. Looks like it has many possible uses.

・Acquired honey. Useful not just as a sweetener, but also for preservation and mead.

Chapter length 1949 characters.