Chapter 75: “Are You Cursed, or Just Unlucky?”
After reforming into the Slime Lord, the boss’s health had already dropped to 22%. Victory was now within reach.
The team’s morale surged. With Riverbank Grass’s mana fully restored, any lingering doubts about clearing the stage quickly faded.
Moonlight Beauty and Nightwalker were still hovering at around 30% health due to the red slime’s splash damage and the green slime’s volley of poisoned arrows. Earlier, Riverbank Grass hadn’t had the mana to heal them. But now, she swiftly cast Divine Shield and Renew, bringing some stability back to the party.
Just as she was about to top everyone off, the Slime Lord reappeared.
Recalling its Devour ability, Riverbank Grass chose to focus all her healing on Ryan, their tank, deciding it was too risky to prioritize the others just yet.
Fortunately, the newly re-formed Slime Lord had no tricks left—no special abilities remained except for a berserk phase at 10% health, which only boosted its damage and attack speed. For this team, that wasn’t a serious threat.
And then it was over. The first boss of the Outer Corrupted Forest—Slime Lord—was down.
Its once-pulsing, gelatinous body burst, dissolving into a sloppy splash of goo that painted the dungeon floor. All that remained was a small mound of debris at Ryan’s feet—the Slime Lord’s corpse.
The others turned to him. Ryan immediately understood—they were waiting for him to loot.
Suppressing a flicker of anticipation, he offered a silent prayer to every deity he could think of. Maybe, just maybe, today would be the day.
He reached forward and looted the corpse.
Then sighed.