33 Dungeon cave**

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(Warning! Weird content.)

Nestled within a somber graveyard, shrouded in darkness, one could find an assemblage of weathered tombstones and twisted, desolate trees. Amidst this macabre scenery, where bioluminescent creatures cast an ethereal glow, a peculiar phenomenon had unfolded—a mysterious small cave was coming out from the very depths of the earth.

At the entrance of the cave, an eerie sight greeted the eyes: an ethereal blue glow coming from the strange, luminescent grass that adorned the surroundings. However, the enchanting allure of the glowing grass contrasted sharply with the unsettling presence of a multitude of slimy, gray creatures.

These gelatinous slimes, with their murky exteriors and dark gray cores, formed a clustered mass, seemingly surrounding the strange cave's perimeter.

It was strange but in this place, in this nest of slimes, the unsightly creatures were doing something... strange?

The gooey slimes had gathered in a group of two, three, or four to indulge in this carnal activity, some places even had a group of six slimes doing this strange thing.

It was a strange process that varied a little from one being to another but, it commonly followed this sequence:

The slimes first crawled toward their nearest solo slime.

Then, first, one of these slimes tried to approach the other one and tried touching the other slime with a cylindric, tentacle-like organ coming out of their bodies.

The other one, in response, opened a strange hole to accept this tentacle, and as soon as the rod entered the hole, both of the creatures shivered in a strange way…

It was easy to know what this strange process was but… after this strange shivering, two scenarios took place.

Either the dominant one among the compatible creatures took the lead and started this unique process of mating or, if the slimes were incompatible, the more powerful one attacked the weaker one and drove it away.

It was a simple process and as these slimes didn't actually have a 'sex' they had both, holes and rods.

There was no fixed or specific number of partners in this copulation but the maximum this particular species chose was six so there were some sixsomes going on in this natural breeding ground.

The incompatible ones, driven away by the dominant ones, left to find compatible partners while the compatible ones indulged in a simple process of intercourse.

The rods were inside the holes. And they didn't separate after going in once, as that was the way of these slimes.

If the dominant ones among them were with rods, the rods sprouted like a network of tree branches inside the other half. If the dominant ones were with holes, they started devouring the ones using the rods.

And though the speed of these two creatures becoming one was slow, it was continuous.

Their gooey membranes slowly melted into each other, their bodies became one, they shivered in the joy of this aesthetic feeling, and as these two bodies became one and their two dark cores melted into each other, resulting in a bigger core… their coitus came to an end.

At the end of this process, the resulting bigger versions of slimes, after a brief moment of strange reaction, started the process of giving birth.

The bigger cores started dividing into multiple smaller parts as if a cell dividing and reproducing multiple other copies similar to it.

These cells, or cores, started separating from the main body with a new kind of membrane with their individual cores and were born as new entities.

They were the newborn slime babies. Smaller, somewhat cuter, and not as much gray as their parents.

This was the moment of their birth after their parents actually gave their lives so that they could see this new, beautiful world, this enigmatic dark graveyard.

Such a nice place to grow up and find a mate and repeat the process and increase their population perpetually, don't you think too?

It was something that had always been like this. It had always been this way but not after today…

-Boooooooooom…!

-Swiiiiiiiish!

-Kha-chak!

After an explosion followed sharp winds and a strange sound of a blade cutting through the serene air.

The nest was bombarded with spells, there was a boy, our Lucy, at the front slicing through the newborn little slimes, while El was at the back and just behind her, Eva had a strange feeling bubbling up inside her as she saw the two of their glowing eyes and cold or warm smiles.

They had waited until the most number of groups finished reproducing and there was the most number of babies around the strange glowing cave now.

The cave had an entrance only big enough for two slimes to pass through at a time. So she knew if they were going to go inside that small thing, they would have to bend over.

But that wasn't important right now.

She was seeing the two children she had taken care of for years in a new light right now.

The El, the smart young girl that liked fun things and her brother a little too much, was quiet, merciless, and maybe a little bit crazy as she used powerful, wide-area skills to kill those actually cute-looking things.

Her Lucy, the good, amazing, strong boy was fighting the uncountable blobs of slimes.

His glowing blue eyes were as cold as the blazing fire on his red sword that cut through the acidic slime bodies as if a hot knife cutting through the fine meat.

And he perfectly cut off the moving cores inside their bodies too so the slimes were dying with each passing second now.

He was only using some strange movement skill and breathing skills, coupled with his occasional stone-throwing toward the slimes who were still in the process of childbirth.

The bigger cores were more valuable than the newborn cores so he had to secure them for whatever little fund they could get from them. And his aim was perfect as always so he had no hesitation whatsoever.

-Shwing—!

But his beautiful movements, his every slash, cut, and thrust killing the little slimes, were as gorgeous as a divine swan dancing on a glimmering lake island.

He was amazing but brutal. He was killing the 'children' after all.

With every attack of his wooden sword covered with his blazing red Aura, multiple creatures were put on deathbeds.

He moved so fast that even the sharp slimes couldn't react. His attacks were so powerful that the echoing sound of blades moving in the air was proof of the strength behind those attacks.

His eyes were sharp, his body moving on instincts as if he had already had many confrontations like this one in the past. And throughout all this, his breathing was calm, something that can never be learned through talent and practice alone.

He was amazing, but that sad look in his eyes as he quickly finished the creatures was not.

Maybe he didn't want to kill them when they could have just driven them away from the dungeon but there was no hesitation in the hand that held that blade.

He cut down the newborn slimes one after another. Avoided the assault of the other slime masterfully and cleared the nest.

There were hundreds of slimes and even more newborn ones but in just a matter of minutes, the area was empty. Devoid of any passionate breeding or smiles of the newborn.

The slimes were all dead and only some of their cores were laying around here and there. A scene that could have been devastating to read had the creatures here were not slimes and...

Lucy brandished his sword and splashed the slime fluids lingering on his sword and looked at the two of them.

El nodded after checking the area with her detection magic and ran towards him, picked up all the cores with only a snap of her finger, and stored them in her storage skill, standing before him to give and take some praise for the good work and, when Eva, with a still bewildered expression, reached them, they smiled at her as usual and pointed at the small cave entrance.

"Let's go get it." He was excited as he said that and so was her.

"Finally~! It will be fun seeing all those unique cuties~!"

He shook his head at her usual behavior but Eva was again confused. Did they already know what was inside?

Well, she believed these kids more than her own self so she didn't hesitate and just crawled inside on all fours after the two of them.

And as soon as the three entered the cave, which was surprisingly big enough for them to stand comfortably on the inside, new system windows opened before the three people.

[You have entered the dungeon: Slime Village!]

[You have entered a <F> grade dungeon for the first time! Increasing experience gained for three days.]

…

[Warning!]

[You have entered an area with lower system restrictions. The spectator interference constraints are weakened!]

[Someone is trying to look through your being.]

[A higher grade observation skill has collided with the skill: Six walls.]

[Skill: Red/Blue crown are enhanced inside the dungeon and enhances the skill effect of other innate skills.]

[Skill: Six walls (Enhanced) has detected the attack from a higher level skill and has started examining the invading skill.]

[Skill: Six walls (Enhanced) has judged the invading skill to be inferior to the past skill they have experience with.]

[Skill: Six walls (Enhanced) has successfully blocked the invading higher-level skill and has gained experience of the skill structure.]

…

[Warning!]

[Many higher-grade skills are invading your minds simultaneously!]

[Skill: Six walls (Enhanced) has experienced a strong bombardment for the first time. Linking two walls for strong activation of the skill.]

…

[Some individuals of pure evil faction are intrigued.]

[Some individuals of pure evil faction are complaining.]

[Some individuals of the absolute purity faction are intrigued.]

[Some individuals of the absolute purity faction are complaining.]

[Some gods have filed a complaint for the absurd scenario.]

[Some gods are intrigued and have bestowed some Oz on two interesting individuals.]

[< Worldline has received many complaints and has looked at the situation. >]

…

[< It has judged nothing to be wrong but instead, has found a unique achievement in the actions of IDs: Lucifer and Auriel. >]

[< Analyzing the achievement… >]

"El?"

"The fuck Lucy…?"

"Hmm? What happened?"

Eva didn't know but there was something absurd going on here right now.

Something they were looking forward to seeing the result of but also something that they didn't think would be THIS much absurd.

"Ha… hahaha!"

And the young girl El, partially the creator of most of this system, couldn't help but laugh at this amazing turn of events.

It was beyond her thoughts too… beyond even her wildest calculation, actually.