Chapter 14: Arc 1, - 14: Jig’s Up!
"He's not going to be happy with this," she took out her wand hid behind her back and waved it at the creatures.
The shadows disappeared like holograms, the moonlight shone through the illusion till it faded completely. Now, giant greenish-blue slimes were fast approaching their location.
"He wanted to come to Kria and fake a velatos attack so that he could get more customers; he said, "It's free advertising," and made me tell a fake story," Asobi's mouth ran.
"Why would he do that?" Jotou inquired.
"The circus was dying down; we were losing money to live. If a big deal happened around the circus, people would get interested. I had no choice!
Both of us were going to take the money and quit, so he raised the ticket prices and everything, I'm sorry!" she begged on her knees.
"Time for this later, move!" Hotaru warned as they all scattered from their hidden spot into the open. The two other slimes were fast approaching, with each push their momentum grew, only making them faster.
"Up the hill!" Fumeko rushed up the slope followed by the others, but the slimes had no issue scaling upwards.
They circled around the clearing, trying to lose the slimes' hunt. The slimes only shifted faster, bubbling up all the shrubs as it got engulfed by their gelatinous form and leaving behind acid-burned plants.
Their translucent eyes were locked on fleeing targets. Their sound, their shadow, the ruby red—were nothing more than illusions. "We need a plan; we can't outrun them!" Jotou lost all her silence.
"What else do you know about slimes Hotaru!?" Fumeko was even louder.