I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Tentacle Slime~ I Want to Live a Comfortable, Secure Life and Do Whatever I Want~ - Chapter 74

A new 146 slimes were born, and 96 who were born two births ago and have completed training were assigned to each team as combat forces.

This brings the number of slimes in training to 268, and those already assigned to 128.

Four slimes including Mika lead 32-member teams, while six slimes including Mia assist them.

Once the next 120 slimes finish training, Mia and her group will become leaders, creating a 10-team system.

By the way, the numbers of births per individual, ovulations, and the remaining cores after subtracting the three cores used for birth are as follows.

―――――Births, Ovulations, Remaining Cores

Rio: 10、 70、 40（70-30）

Leonora: 10、 50、 20（50-30）

Riora: ８、 40、 16（40-24）

11 Village girls: 88、330、 66（330-264）

3 Nursery girls: 30、300、210（300-90）

Number of births: 146, ovulations: 790, remaining cores: 352

I’ll give 300 leftover cores to Mía and the others, helping them grow to 80 cores, and keep the remaining 52 cores for myself.

(Once Mía and the others have grown, I’ll start developing the 24 village girls who’ve had their first births.

Leonora, Riora, and the village girls have low ovulation numbers. I’ll have the slime girls staying in the village help them with ovarian hypertrophy development. Meanwhile, Rio and the nursery girls will gather ovarian cores.)

I didn’t use the male types because I didn’t want another man to insert himself into the village girls’ wombs. The slime girls can still inject nutrients and develop their ovaries, and since they’re the same gender, they might have more detailed knowledge of the development process than the male types.

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With 96 members plus myself in our exploration team, we set out to explore floors 26 and beyond.

We decided to form 10 teams, each consisting of 9 to 10 members, and employ a human wave tactic to clear the floors. While the exploration efficiency didn’t increase by tenfold, it definitely became over five times more efficient. Every hour, we gathered to exchange mapping data from each team, filling in the unexplored areas, which allowed the floor maps to be completed at an incredible speed.

The monsters from floor 26 onward are significantly stronger than before. A single slime can consistently take down about four monsters by targeting their weak points. When facing bronze golems, we can handle over 20 at once, so we’ve become considerably stronger. However, even now, we fight 2 or 3 enemies at once with around 10 people, so it’s still a chaotic brawl.

There’s been a slight change in the terrain of the water zone. The water depth has risen to about the level of my thighs on each floor, which will restrict the movement of species that can’t fly or stick to walls. Also, there’s about 20 cm of sand on the floor. I tried moving in my human form, but the water’s resistance and the sand slowing my steps drained my stamina. The best solution here is definitely to shift into my wind wolf form and move along the walls and ceilings.

Now, let’s introduce the monsters on each floor.

[26F]

A one-meter-sized bivalve monster. It seems that when attacked by the shell, it causes a [Silence] effect, preventing magic use. The reason I say “seems” is because I didn’t take any damage. It hides in the sand and waits to ambush its prey, likely using a surprise attack to disarm the enemy of ranged attacks and bring the fight into close combat underwater.

However, for us, using [Water Source Detection], it has less moisture than water, and with [Heat Source Detection], the temperature is higher than that of water, so it’s completely visible. We all dropped bronze stakes from above and impaled it in one strike—well, maybe ten strikes. I probably wouldn’t have been able to land the killing blow alone, but once again, numbers make all the difference.

The materials are the shellfish meat and the shell itself.

[27F]

A slime that holds salt in its body. Finally, I’ve obtained salt. I never expected that I’d have to get this far to find such a basic necessity.

These slimes act in groups, with one floating in the waterway and moving around. Since the salt inside their bodies is clearly visible, they can’t become nearly invisible like the slimes on floor 9. While one attracts its attention, the other slimes attack from the ceiling.

Additionally, these slimes come with the full set of [Paralyze], [Poison], and [Acid], limiting movement and applying continuous damage. Since we move along the ceiling and walls, we ended up finding the ceiling slimes first…

The materials are salt and slime skin.

[28F]

A group of one-meter-long shrimp dressed in a flashy costumes. Apparently they’re called the Shrimp Troupe.

The shrimps, dressed in various costumes, start a performance as soon as they spot us. For some reason, I can’t attack and end up getting absorbed in the play… If it weren’t for two slimes who happened to be out on reconnaissance noticing our strange behavior and bringing us back to our senses, I don’t know what would have happened…

It seems the skill we were affected by is called [Charm]. The terrifying part is not noticing that we’re under a status effect. If we had been hit with something like [Poison] causing continuous damage, we might have died.

Charm: Charms the target. Also has resistance to Charm.

The materials are the shrimp meat and the shrimp costumes.

[29F]

A small shark about one meter in length. It attacks directly without any tricky behavior.

There was nothing particularly noteworthy because it attacked in a straightforward manner. I was fortunate to be able to increase my attack power because it had a skill called [Herculean Strength] that boosts its strength.

The material is shark meat. It’s not the kind of processed fish like the sharks in the real world, but it’s big and delicious, so I think I’ll switch to this shark as the fish I bring to the village.

[30F]

It was a blue dolphin statue. I thought it was another round ball, but it turned out to be in the shape of an animal. However, its attack method was the same as the round balls, so I dealt with it the same way as before. There were no new skills, but there were variations of water bullets: some increased the number fired at once, while others enhanced the power of a single shot. It also learned healing magic to cure minor status effects, improve recovery amounts, and a new spell for continuous healing.

The material is a water magic stone. It’s slightly larger than the blue orb.

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I thought the water area was over, but then I found a room with the words “Boss – Undefeated” written on the floor.

The inside couldn’t be seen from the outside, and it was written that there was a black gate ahead. After checking around, it seems there is no bypass, and it looks like I have to defeat the Boss…

“We’re not all here, but should we go? With 20 people, we shouldn’t lose!”

I entered the boss room once the other team had joined.

・The monsters from the 26th floor onward have become a level stronger.

・There seem to be many enemies with abnormal conditions in the second water zone.

Number of slime offspring: 396 (↑146)

Number of own cores: 246 (↑52)

《Name》

Cruz

《Species》

H-Hundred Core ・ Tentacle slime

《Traits》

OH Over-Hundred Core: Possesses more than 100 cores.

Progenitor: Has command abilities over its kin +α

Storage: Can store objects inside the body ignoring their weight (not possible for living beings). Capacity depends on strength.

Ability Improvement: Improves basic abilities and skill abilities.

《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

Lv05: Wind Magic

Lv05: Earth Magic

Lv05: Healing Magic

Lv05: Fire Resistance

Lv05: Water resistance

Lv05: Wind Resistance

Lv05: Earth Resistance

LV05: Flight

Lv05: Swimming

Lv05: Remote Operation

LV05: Soundwave Manipulation

Lv05: Water Source Detection

Lv05: Heat Source Detection

Lv05: Wind Pressure Detection

Lv03: Vibration detection

Lv05: Oil Generation

Lv05: Bipedal Movement

Lv05: Quadrupedal Movement

Lv03: Herculean Strength

Lv05: Hardening

Lv05: Swift Wind

Lv05: Adhesion

Lv05: Paralysis

Lv05: Acid

Lv05: Poison

Lv03: Charm (New)

Lv05: Woodworking

Lv05: Stoneworking

Lv05: Metalworking

Lv05: Cooking

Level 5: Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

Chapter length 3236 characters.