Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Noon. The scorching sun baked the earth, and the grayish-white stone slabs were starting to feel hot. The once bustling crowd on the road had thinned out considerably. Sally, who had just walked out of the Adventurers' Guild, raised her head to look at the large fireball hanging in the sky, instinctively squinting her eyes.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to inquire about the mission details, she had learned some information about the noble Arnold from the Adventurers' Guild staff member. What concerned her most was that the noble Arnold not only lived in Elchea, the capital of the Kingdom of Yst, but was also an A-rank mage and one of the Kingdom of Yst's top combat forces.

In other words, Lu Minghao had to take Sally and run. As for going to find trouble with Arnold... Lu Minghao would never even think about it without sufficient strength. He wasn't going to take Sally to go and slide-tackle Arnold to death, was he?

"Sally, let's go."

At this moment, Lu Minghao's voice rang in Sally's ears. Lu Minghao was not surprised by the strength of the noble Arnold. After all, this world was a world where the strong preyed on the weak. How could the weak become nobles?

In such a world, nobles could be cruel, lewd, and perverted, but they were never allowed to be weak. Everything about nobles was based on one thing: having great strength. Weaklings with no strength could never become high and mighty nobles.

"Mm."

Sally nodded and walked in a certain direction of the city. That was where the adventurers who had accepted the war mission gathered. They would be led by soldiers to the front lines of the war between the Kingdom of Yst and the Kingdom of Edras.

Before long, Sally led Lu Minghao to a plaza where a large number of adventurers were gathered. A small number of them were filled with a bloody aura, and it was clear at a glance that they were elites who had survived the meat grinder that was the battlefield. Of course, there were also many young adventurers who were excitedly gathered together, discussing something.

They seemed to be fantasizing about killing the enemy on the battlefield and becoming adventurers famous throughout the Western countries, or becoming brand new nobles through war missions.

At the edge of the plaza, there were also many existences like Sally, wrapped in black robes, silently watching everything. Even Sally's arrival only warranted a single glance before they lost interest.

'There are really a lot of strong people here.'

Lu Minghao slightly lifted a corner of his hood and peeked out, quietly sizing up the many adventurers in the plaza. There were already nearly five thousand adventurers gathered here. Most of them had formed small teams, relying on their teammates to make up for their own shortcomings in order to better survive on the battlefield.

Among these teams, according to Lu Minghao's observation, three had already reached the level of mercenary groups. Each group had nearly a thousand adventurers, including many strong individuals. At least, many people in the three major mercenary groups gave Lu Minghao a dangerous feeling. It could be said that these three mercenary groups were the main force of this war mission.

In addition to these three mercenary groups, there were also many lone wolves whose strength was quite strong, especially the black-robed people. As for those guys who were gathered together, looking excited, they were all the kind who had no idea of their own strength.

They would probably be mostly dead as soon as they got to the battlefield. However, Lu Minghao understood this very well. After all, he, who was once human, had also gone through this period, feeling that he was different and could definitely accomplish great things.

Until he entered society and was beaten down in every way...

He believed that after the war ended, most of these young adventurers would be dead or alive. Those who survived would either have good strength, or would have recognized reality and learned to hide themselves, like a viper.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Lu Minghao and Sally. After arriving on the battlefield, Lu Minghao would take Sally to find a chance to fake their deaths, and then hide in the shadows to quietly clean up the 'garbage' for the two kingdoms.

After all, Lu Minghao and Sally were not really participating in the war mission to help the Kingdom of Yst fight. They were only there to devour the 'garbage' that was everywhere on the battlefield, to obtain enough nourishment to grow.

As for the victory or defeat of the war, what did it have to do with a slime and a half-human, half-ghost girl? The two of them were just garbage collectors going to pick up 'garbage'.

"Minghao, someone's coming."

Just as Lu Minghao was thinking about how to run away with Sally after arriving on the battlefield, Sally suddenly pointed to the edge of the plaza not far away. A group of several hundred soldiers wearing dark red armor were walking towards them, and in the front was a man wearing extremely gorgeous noble attire.

"Thank you, adventurers, for accepting our Kingdom of Yst's war mission. I am Baron Kapeh Bourbon, the master of this city."

As he spoke, Kapeh Bourbon walked to the highest point of the plaza, looking at the many adventurers below with a gentle smile on his face. Compared to when Sally had just arrived, there were now nearly six thousand adventurers gathered in the plaza, a small number of whom were adventurers from the Kingdom of Yst itself, and most of whom were attracted by the generous rewards of the war mission from the Western countries.

The most typical of these were the three mercenary groups with nearly a thousand members. They usually survived by relying on various war missions. It could be said that at least ninety percent of the adventurers who could join these three mercenary groups were war fanatics.

"I believe that all of you adventurers have learned almost everything about the mission details from the mission list. In order to resist the invasion of those damned monsters, our Kingdom of Yst is willing to pay you adventurers extremely generous rewards. Whether it is money, status, magic, strength... As long as you adventurers complete the mission, our Kingdom of Yst will grant it all to you."

On the high platform, Kapeh Bourbon looked at the many adventurers below who were becoming excited by his words, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes. Although their Kingdom of Yst did indeed give the adventurers who participated in the war mission extremely generous rewards.

But all of this had to be based on the premise that these adventurers could come back alive. Of course, if any adventurers could come back alive, the Kingdom of Yst would not be stingy. After all, the only adventurers who could survive were the strong.

For the strong, any kingdom would be very generous.

"Heh! As expected of a noble, he really has a way of忽悠 people."

In the plaza, Lu Minghao looked at Kapeh Bourbon, who was eloquent on the platform, through a gap in his hat, and then looked at the many adventurers. It could be said that most of the adventurers present, except for those who had already seen everything clearly, had been mobilized by him and had already begun to fantasize about the happy life after completing the mission and receiving the rewards.

Especially those young adventurers, who were now so excited that they were panting heavily, their eyes filled with blood. If there were monsters here, they would probably draw their weapons directly and rush up, howling.

"Then, I will prepare the rewards and look forward to the performance of you adventurers."

On the high platform, seeing that the adventurers had been mobilized enough, Kapeh Bourbon chuckled and waved his hand to let the soldiers behind him step forward, while he turned and left.