Episode 3 : Work game

Aya continued to kill slimes as much as possible.

Every time they came into view, she continued to swing the hammer as if they was her parent's enemy, creating a pile of corpses of over 100 slimes.

"I feel a lot better."

With my hands as if I had finished a task.I wiped my forehead and put the hammer down.

"Okay. I wonder how much my level has gone up."

How much will my level go up if I defeat that many?

"Level 7?"

Aya frowned at the fact that her level hadn't gone up as much as she expected, perhaps because it was a small fry monster.

"In this case, I should have defeated a monster with a lot of experience points."

Even if you are able to relieve stress, if you lack a sense of accomplishment, stress will build up. Instead of relieving stress, this is putting the cart before the horse as it increases stress.

"I wonder if there's a monster somewhere with a lot of experience points."

Then you called? As if to say that, a silver slime with a quatrefoil pattern slowly appeared from the grass.

"Another slime? I hope I've defeated enough of them already."

Even if you kill 100 animals, you won't get tired, but it will be mentally exhausting.

"Well, I'll beat you though."

Aya's thought process was based on the idea that slime = enemy = defeat.

Aya raised her hammer high and tried to slam it into the silver slime.

Then, the silver slime ran away into the grass at an unusual speed, like the black creature G.

"Huh? Were you able to escape?"

I push through the waist-high grass in search of silver slime.

"Oil"

From quick movements to slow movements, it moves around with a silver sparkle.

"Alright, hold your breath this time."

Approach slowly and swing the hammer aside. It hit the silver slime and swung it away with its momentum.

However, the attack that was supposed to defeat the slime in one blow ended up bouncing the silver slime on the ground, keeping its shape intact.

"What!?"

The silver slime moved swiftly in a zigzag pattern and hid in the grass again.

"Mmm, that doesn't feel good."

I didn't feel refreshed and was a little stressed out.

"Now that I think about it, I have some skills, right?"

Say "Status Open" and check my skills.

"A hammer of passion. I wonder if I can defeat it easily if I use this."

How to use skills...Ah, I see. If I say it out loud, the skill will be activated.

"Okay, if that's the case."

I continued searching for the silver slime, determined to defeat it next. Then she spotted a silver slime leisurely strolling around.

This time, Aya approaches it slowly so as not to be noticed, and grips the hammer tightly, hoping to defeat it with one blow.

"Alright, skill 'Passion Hammer'!"

Aya sweeps away without the slightest hesitation and sinks the hammer into the body of the silver slime.

The silver slime burst into the air and disappeared into a black mist.

"Gained 629 experience points."

"Leveled up."

"Obtained the Lux Slime magic stone."

The announcement echoes in my head, and I open the panel to check.

"Oh, the level is now 12. And the Lux Slime magic stone? That's a name I've seen before."

Where did I see it...well, it's okay. On top of that, the fact that I leveled up to 12 just by defeating that silver slime was just too delicious.

"Hehe, if that's the case, I'll keep hunting Lux Slime!"

Raising her fist toward the sky, she focused on defeating the Lux Slime.

After that, I continued searching for Lux Slime while hunting other monsters.

"Oh, look!"

There are three Lux Slime in the grass. However, since the Hammer of Passion can only be used two more times, Aya puts her hand to her mouth, unsure of what to do.

(Well, if I want to defeat them, it would be nice to put them all together, but it's impossible because they're separated.)

Stop once and recheck my skills.

Hammer of Passion: 2 times left, 1 recovery after 1 hour (real time)

Effect: Physical range attack that ignores defense, resistance, and skill effects. Also, the range and power increase depending on the amount of HP and MP consumed.

When I read the description, a flash came to mind.

"By consuming HP and MP, I can expand the range and defeat it!"

I don't know how much I need to consume to stay within the range, but as long as I use all my MP and defeat it a little even if I go over it, there's no problem.

"Skill 'Passion Hammer'!"

Activate the skill by chanting in my mind that the MP should flow into the hammer.

Then, the hammer starts to glow white and slams into the ground. The ground cracked with a cracking sound, and a strong shock wave ran through the surrounding area.

The Lux Slime was foolish to run away, and was caught up in the shock wave, exploding into pieces and disappearing into a black haze.

"I gained experience points."

"The level has increased"

"I obtained Lux ​​Slime magic stone x2 and a Lux Slime den map."

"Oh, oh, it was a lot wider than I expected."

The ground was gouged out about three times as far as the Lux Slime was, and I was sweating coldly.

"Well, I overkilled it, but I was able to defeat it, so it's good!"

It's bad for Lux Slime, but the lion will do her best to hunt the rabbit, and if she slacks off, she might get killed, so it can't be helped.

"One more time left"

Who will I give my last chance to?

As I was deep in thought, a larger red slime appeared in my field of vision.A countless number of colorful slimes appear in a swarm and approach.

"Do you want to die? If so, I'll give you a blow with all my strength."

I had to run out of slime both at the beginning and at the end, but it was really helpful as a stress reliever.

"Skill 'Passion Hammer'!"

Consumes most of the HP and swings the hammer in a large swing to release a shock wave. The shock waves gouged the ground, and even though the slimes looked like they were there, they were mercilessly blown away and torn into pieces.

The announcement echoed in my head like a wave of anger, and it didn't stop for a while.

"I have earned the title [Slime Slayer]"

``I have acquired the occupational skill <Insanity >.''

"I have acquired the job skill <Demon Slayer>"

"I have acquired the general purpose skill <Slime Killer>"

"I have acquired the permanent skill 〈Those who stand on the brink of death〉"

After that, the log finally stopped ringing.

"finished?"

It was a boring time where I just turned off the audio and looked at the log for a while.

When I checked to see how high my status had become, I had grown to such an extent that I was mistaken.

​Player name [Aya]​

Occupation [Berserker]

Lv"28"

Title [Slime Slayer]

​​────[Status]​────

HP〈1/580〉

MP〈0/76〉

STR〈198〉

INT〈8〉

DEF〈48〉

RES〈8〉

AGI〈162〉

LUK〈10〉

​─── [Equipment] ​────

Both hands (iron hammer)

Head〈──〉

Arm〈──〉

Chest (cloth clothes)

Waist (cloth pants)

Feet (leather shoes)

Accessories〈​──​〉

​───[Skill] ────

Unique skill [Batterhammer of passion]

Occupation Skills〈Insanity〉〈Majin Slayer〉

General-purpose skill〈Slime Killer〉

Constant skill〈Those who stand on the brink of death〉

Aya looked at her status seriously and let out a voice.

"Oh, I'm getting pretty strong."

I can't really feel it, but if I look at the numbers, it's a significant increase. I want to see how strong I have become, but fighting with only 1 HP is...unreasonable.

"Do I want to go back to town?"

It's a pain to walk back. I wonder if there will be some sort of warp.

"Ah, I can warp to the initial location."

I'm grateful for the kindly designed management that allows me to warp.

Aya pressed the button displayed on the map and disappeared into particles of light.