Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Deep within the sewers, in an area no Ellerie adventurer had ever reached, hundreds of thousands of giant rats were gathered. In the pitch-black space, rustling sounds echoed constantly, punctuated by the squeaks of the giant rats, their cries strangely filled with fear.

A closer look would reveal that all the hundreds of thousands of giant rats in the vast space were clustered in the center, with large empty areas around the edges. Yet, the densely packed giant rats, even when squeezed to the point of deformation, were unwilling to leave their spot and venture into the nearby open spaces.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”

At the heart of the giant rat sea, several shadow rats the size of ordinary humans warily surveyed their surroundings. The mass disappearance of giant rats eight days ago had caught the attention of Dicas, the Giant Rat King. However, at the time, he was completely focused on the ancient hero bloodline genes and didn't personally investigate. Even though the giant rats above served as the breeding ground for the entire underground kingdom, providing a large number of elite giant rats and a small number of shadow rats for the entire Giant Rat Kingdom.

Dicas only sent ten giant rats from his personal guard to the upper sewers to protect them. In his view, the hidden figure was definitely not strong, otherwise, they wouldn't dare to hunt and prey on the giant rats, who were low-level magical creatures. With the shadow rats, who had awakened the Shadowstep skill and become lower-level magical creatures, guarding them, they could at least slow down the speed of the hidden figure's predation.

The remaining nearly five thousand shadow rats and nearly three hundred thousand elite giant rats guarded the underground kingdom. The closer one got to the center of the kingdom, the more shadow rats and elite giant rats were guarding it. As long as Dicas successfully devoured Derui, who possessed the modified ancient hero bloodline, he would personally tear that ignorant thief to pieces as a celebration of becoming a 'perfect' being.

“Squeak, squeak!”

In the center of the giant rat sea, suddenly, a shadow rat sensed something. Its sharp cry echoed through the dark sewers. The previously calm giant rats all looked around, only to see a layer of purple mist spreading throughout the dark space, accompanied by a sweet, fishy smell in the air.

The purple mist completely enveloped all the giant rats. In just a few minutes, the initially thin mist had become thick, swirling and surging towards the giant rat swarm in the center.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”

The next second, the miserable screams of the giant rats on the outermost edge rang out as they died. The moment they touched the purple mist, their bodies were completely melted, their bones corroding into a puddle of thick liquid. As more and more giant rats died, the speed at which the thick fog churned increased.

Faced with the threat of death, some of the giant rats began to rush forward, trying to escape before they died, but every giant rat that stepped into the thick fog died instantly, turning into a puddle of thick liquid.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”

In the center of the rat swarm, the ten shadow rats, possessing intelligence not inferior to that of ordinary humans, cried out anxiously, their calls becoming increasingly shrill. They knew that if they stayed here, all the giant rats would die under that eerie mist. Therefore, they decided to disobey the Giant Rat King Dicas's order, allowing all the giant rats to burrow into the underground kingdom and then seal the entrance to block the mist.

“Is it too late?”

Inside the purple mist, Lu Minghao absorbed the thick liquid left behind after the giant rats were corroded, while watching the ten shadow rats in the center of the rat swarm. They were the main course for his last feast before leaving. How could Lu Minghao let them escape?

That's right, these purple mists were created by Lu Minghao. Based on the 'Poison' skill, Lu Minghao had silently left a sufficient amount of venom in all directions of the entire sewer and transformed it into a mist.

Relying on the closed environment of the sewer and at the cost of nearly exhausting his magic power, Lu Minghao successfully used the poisonous fog to trap all the giant rats. Moreover, to prevent the giant rats from burrowing into the underground kingdom and escaping from the beginning, Lu Minghao also weakened the toxicity in the air.

This way, while the poisonous fog caused a large number of deaths among the outermost giant rats, the remaining giant rats would definitely become flustered. During this time, the weakened toxicity in the air would gradually erode all the giant rats' bodies. By the time they reacted, the toxicity would have completely penetrated their bodies, and they would have no chance to escape.

In addition, in order to take away enough rations, Lu Minghao thought of the way spiders eat. He directly used the toxicity to corrode the dead giant rat bodies into a concentrated liquid. This way, compared to the cat-sized bodies at the beginning, Lu Minghao, coupled with the gluttony's powerful digestion and absorption, could eat at least ten times more food than usual.

On the other side, under the command of the ten giant rats, the remaining hundred thousand giant rats calmed down a little and began to crawl towards the nearest hole, but after only a few steps, one giant rat after another fell down, and even many dead giant rat bodies directly blocked the hole.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

In less than half a minute, just as the remaining ten shadow rats realized that the situation was not right and planned to escape, suddenly, a sky-blue, round body appeared from the shadows in front of them. The moment it appeared, the shadows began to twist, eventually turning into sharp thorns aimed at the remaining shadow rats.

“A slime?”

One of the shadow rats looked at the magical creature with the sky-blue jelly-like body in front of it, its rodent face revealing an expression of disbelief. It simply couldn't believe that the slime, which was usually food for their giant rat clan, possessed such a powerful strength.

“Oh? So you guys can talk too.”

On the opposite side, Lu Minghao was also surprised by the shadow rat's sudden ability to speak, but then Lu Minghao realized that communication between magical creatures in this world only required using magic power to convey one's thoughts, and the surprise in his heart disappeared.

After all, even a slime like him, who didn't even have a mouth and completely relied on his body to eat, could speak, let alone the shadow rat in front of him who had a mouth.

“Slime, what exactly do you want to do? Do you want to save your compatriots?”

One of the shadow rats secretly exchanged glances with its companions, and the other nine shadow rats dispersed without leaving a trace. Then, the speaking shadow rat looked at Lu Minghao in front of it and asked. As for Lu Minghao's reason for attacking the giant rat clan, the only thing it could think of was this. After all, the giant rat clan had such a large population, and one of their biggest food sources was slime.

Relying on the slime's inherent asexual reproduction ability, as long as there was enough food, they could be produced in large quantities. In addition, the slime was not picky about food at all, even the excrement of the giant rat clan was acceptable. Therefore, after ruling the giant rat clan, Dicas had long ago created a huge slime farm in the underground kingdom.

“Save my kind? You're thinking too much. I just want to eat you!”

The moment Lu Minghao's voice fell, the shadow rats, who had long dispersed and surrounded Lu Minghao, rushed up, their sharp claws whistling as they slammed towards Lu Minghao's round body.

“Really, don't you understand why I would spend time chatting with you?”

The next second, the bodies of the shadow rats pouncing towards Lu Minghao in mid-air suddenly froze. The toxins that had already entered their bodies finally flowed into their brains along with the blood, followed by sharp shadow thorns instantly piercing through their bodies.