NOVEL WEB Chapter 201
201. The Secret of Teleportation
“Laura, you’ll recover soon!”
I summoned a healing slime on the spot and had it inject her arm with a syringe.
“Arx… When did you gain such monstrous strength?”
Laura’s expression betrayed astonishment.
Well, that’s understandable. Anyone would react that way if I suddenly lifted something this massive.
“I’d love to explain in detail… but it looks like we’ve got bigger problems right now!”
“Guhhh… W-who the hell are you?!”
Lloyd frantically flailed his four legs, finally managing to roll onto his stomach.
The more I looked at him, the more grotesque he appeared. Was this truly the same cranky Lloyd?
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Next, I summoned an appraisal slime to analyze Lloyd’s information.
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Target: Lloyd Skewer – Level 7
Estimated Difficulty: Level 79
Weak Points: None
Skills:
<蠎慕┌縺励?鬟「鬢薙→鄒ィ譛?>…<鬟滉ココ鬯シ>繝サ<證エ鬟溷シキ蛹?繝サ<迢ゆケア縺ョ謌ヲ螢ォ>繧医ｊ逕滓?縲
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“What the heck…?”
The advanced appraisal confirmed that the monstrous toad before me was indeed Lloyd.
But something felt off—his skill information was garbled, an incomprehensible mess of sounds and symbols.
This was a first. What kind of skill was this!?
“Lloyd, when this is over, you’re telling me everything! What happened to you!?”
“If you’re done babbling—”
At that moment—
“UOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!”
A deafening roar tore through the air, loud enough to rupture eardrums.
It felt like being hit by a waterfall head-on. After the sound subsided, I could hear Lloyd panting heavily.
“You lowly adventurers dare to order ME around?!”
“…You always talk like that?”
“I didn’t—until I gained this power. But now, in this form, the more humans I consume, the stronger I get! I feel like I’m in my prime again! Wahahaha!”
This guy… he’s eaten people?
If he can absorb the strength of those he devours, his rapid power growth makes sense.
“Hah… Hahaha…”
“What are you laughing at? Do you enjoy tormenting innocent people that much?”
“Of course! And besides… you’re weaker than me, aren’t you? It’s obvious just by looking.”
Ah, so that’s why he’s acting so cocky.
It’s true my level is 70, nine below his estimated difficulty.
But so what?
“Are you scared? Adventurers like me fight without needing to overthink stats.”
“…I’ve decided. I’ll make you suffer as much as possible before I devour you!”
With that declaration, Lloyd lunged with incredible speed, faster than his grotesque appearance suggested.
“Die, you wretched adventurer!!”
“Arx!”
Lloyd’s massive jaws snapped shut where I had been standing, his rows of teeth grinding with a sharp clack.
Laura’s cry echoed futilely through the air.
“Hahaha! See that? A pathetic weakling like you is nothing to me! One gulp, and you’re done for!”
“Is that so? Good for you.”
“…?!”
At my composed response, Lloyd whipped around to face me, stunned.
He hadn’t expected it. I had teleported directly behind him.
“Impossible… I saw you get swallowed with my own eyes!”
“What did you do!? Some kind of trick!?”
“It’s simple.”
Snapping my fingers, I summoned a slime.
This one resembled any other slime but had a needle-like protrusion on its head.
Cradling it, I began to explain.
“This is a coordinate slime, a new type I created using
“And what does that bug of a monster have to do with your teleportation!?”
“Still don’t get it? The coordinate slime’s ability is to swap its position with mine.”
“…You mean—!”
As realization dawned, Laura gasped audibly.
“Exactly. I first released slimes into the city.
Then, by class-changing the slime at my desired location into a coordinate slime, I swapped places with it.
In other words, my teleportation earlier was achieved by exchanging places with the coordinate slime behind you.”
When I first fought Mira, I dreamed of teleporting like her and spent a month perfecting this idea.
I had hoped to use it against her, but… this was a good stage, too.
“Hah—so what? I’ll just keep an eye on your coordinate slime and counter it easily!”
“True enough. But—do you know why I explained all this to you?”
I pointed at Lloyd and declared:
“This ability isn’t even necessary to take down trash like you.”