Chapter 358 : Slime Grand Prix!
The following days passed in calm tranquility.
The ship sailed leisurely through the clouds—since there was nothing obstructing their view, the girls didn't need to worry about enemy surprise attacks.
Everyone was as relaxed as if on vacation, and at this time...
It was Suling's turn for the "Slime Adventure" she had purchased to come in handy.
"Ta-da! Since there's nothing to do right now, let's all play together~~"
Zhou Suling happily set up the board game on the table.
To be precise, this was no longer a board game, but more like some kind of miniaturized amusement park... with castles, drawbridges, forests, all the game components built as 1/50th scale replicas of real buildings.
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"Mm, it looks very interesting. Suling, how do we play this?"
Having finished her year beast investigation work, Elucia stretched and walked out of the study together with Lonis.
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"Yes yes, we first need to pick a little slime, then make it our slime adventurer!"
"Slime adventurer?"
"Right, then we can place it on this platform. After that, we'll use these little horns and small flags to command our slimes, and whichever slime gets through all the obstacles first wins."
"What do you mean the slime wins? Shouldn't it be that this young lady wins if the slime I chose wins?"
"Ah ah, that was Suling's slip of the tongue!"
"Good, then dummy maid Lonis, transform into a slime and compete."
"How could I possibly transform! I'm not some Rimuru!"
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After Suling's explanation, Lonis finally understood how this Slime Adventure worked.
It turned out these slimes were all specially bred "racing slimes." Unlike ordinary edible slimes, they were somewhat more intelligent and smaller in size.
Even the largest was only 4 centimeters, looking just like an eraser.
This competition was for two-person teams, with two people commanding different slimes. The team whose slime reached the finish line first would win, so this game really tested cooperation.
"Mm, the dummy maid can team up with this young lady. Otherwise, no one would want such a silly maid anyway~"
"Who says that? I'm very popular..."
"Oh?"
"Woo woo..."
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Since she had decided to spoil Elucia into a soft girl, Lonis had no choice but to not argue with her wife's decision.
And on the other side?
The other girls had also formed their teams.
Since there were 9 people on the ship now and they couldn't divide into 5 teams, Suling volunteered to take on the role of host.
Meanwhile...
At Candel's strong request, Princess Sethilu could only team up with her.
Bai Ye teamed up with Senior Zhou Mixue.
Luozhi Sheng originally didn't want to participate, but unable to resist the pink-haired girl's persistent pleading, she had no choice but to reluctantly agree.
"I feel like I'll just drag down Senior Yicheng..."
"Don't worry, Senior Luozhi. Senior Yicheng is amazing—last time she teamed up with me in a competition, we got second place."
"Last time's competition...?"
"Yes, it was the Little Fox F1 Invitational!"
"What Little Fox F1 Invitational? Don't mention that again!!!"
Just thinking about that fox-eared girl racing made Lonis's cheeks turn completely red.
Really...
It was bad enough that she had been hypnotized into becoming a little fox, but even Elucia had gone along with her nonsense.
And for this competition, Elucia wasn't satisfied with just plain fun and came up with even more strange ideas:
"Mm, if it's just ordinary winning, that's still a bit mundane~~ So how about this—the winner of this competition can make one wish, and for the next day, everyone has to fulfill that wish!"
"Eh?!"
"Of course, nothing too excessive, but wishes like wanting to be the leader or wanting to be taken care of by everyone are fine!"
This made the little game much more interesting.
This was equivalent to a one-day king game reward, where you could give orders to other companions, meaning you could do many interesting things.
So even Senior Luozhi Sheng, upon hearing such a reward, said in surprise: "Is this kind of thing really okay? If I wanted everyone to experience the customs of Drowning Mist Archipelago, that would be fine too?"
"No problem, of course it's fine!"
"In that case..."
"Senior, quickly come pick a slime~~"
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In the slime's little ranch, there were over a dozen slimes bouncing around in glass boxes, looking very active.
However, Elucia?
She chose what looked like the laziest slime.
It lay in a corner, completely motionless. But the patterns on its surface were very luxurious, looking full of luster and magic power.
"Mm, I'll choose this one. Although it doesn't look lively, when it doesn't move it's really still, but when it moves it's startling."
"Is, is that so..."
Lonis looked at the slime Elucia chose... The girl quickly noticed that this slime was the most profound and lustrous of all the slimes, very similar to the girl's hair color.
So what should she choose?
Lonis heard Suling say that when choosing slimes, fate was very important. You had to feel that this slime suited you well to conveniently command it.
So...
She would choose this silver one?
Although its luster wasn't bright, it looked quite cute. Maybe it would create good results and get first place?
As soon as Lonis made her choice, Elucia smiled and said:
"As expected of a dummy. A dummy maid choosing a dummy slime—how fitting."
"Damn, Elucia is bullying me again. Just wait and see my performance, Miss Elucia."
"Hehe, don't drag me down. I'm going to get first place and properly teach you a lesson, little maid."
Meanwhile, the other girls had also chosen their respective slimes.
Like Lonis and Elucia, this pair of "feuding master and servant," everyone basically chose slimes that resembled their own image, with hair colors almost exactly the same.
"Suling, I've chosen... this green one, is it okay?"
"Yes yes, of course it's fine."
"Suling, I want this red one, but she looks very hot-tempered. Can I discipline her with a toothpick?"
"No way! That's harming the slime, it's prohibited!!!!"
"Then I'll also choose this slime. Mm, Miss Slime, please do your best."
"Why not Mister Slime?"
"Eh, that's true... How do you determine a slime's gender?"
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Just like that, after brief preparations, the competition officially began.
The game board wasn't very large, just a 1.5-meter table. But since all the scenery was miniaturized by 50 times, it looked quite vast.
Bending down to observe, you could see various internal details of this "amusement park": miniature tree scenery, souvenir shops, little figurines representing tourists... and of course various mechanisms, mazes, and traps.
Seeing everyone ready, Suling smiled and asked:
"Is everyone ready? Now, we're about to start~~"
"Mm, ready."
"Suling, I'm ready too!"
"Good, then 3, 2, 1! The competition begins >