Arriving at another group, Yuu once again took the initiative to charge towards a goblin and bandit working together to fight against a guard and presumably a mage, looking at the outfit she was wearing.

Despite sneakily taking the initiative to attack the goblin first, it seemed like it was someone that had a lot of experience in battle as the goblin quickly blocked his attack. The bandit noticed the goblin’s movement and looked behind him before striking a knife at James. Seeing how the goblin and bandit were distracted, the woman began casting a spell while the guard went to Jame’s side, noticing how James was blocking and attacking in place, not moving an inch.

As the two guards handled the bandit, Yuu kept on dodging the goblin’s attack. Even though he easily took out one of the goblins, this was under the condition that he landed a sneak attack and that they were injured. He still wasn’t used to actually fighting goblins or any other beings for real at full force.

Seeing how the goblin was closing in, not allowing him to even breathe, he barely managed to block the short sword with the shaft of his scythe and both were locked in a stalemate. Despite being in a stalemate, the goblin was only using one hand, while Yuu had to use both hands. Using this advantage, the goblin pulled out a sharp object, similar to a knife but even smaller, and threw it at him.

Even though the object was smaller than an average knife, it had a small purple liquid hanging off it. He had heard of some people, specifically bandits or assassins using them, but regardless, it was a weapon that despite not having much impact, went a bit deep into the body before leaking out small amounts of poisonous jelly.

Leah, who was at Yuu’s side, quickly jumped as soon as she saw the goblin reach into its pocket and pulled out its weapon. Seeing this, Yuu’s heart almost collapsed, causing him to push against the short sword with strength making the goblin reinforce itself as it was surprised by the sudden change, but Yuu was too late as he could see some chunks of slime flying in the air.

“Ice Spear!” the female adventurer finished casting her spell before a sharp chunk of ice pierced into the goblin’s head, killing it. She did the same to the bandit, killing him quickly.

Yuu lowered his guard and looked for Leah. Yet despite his panic, he quickly took a deep breath after seeing her nudge against his leg. She seemed a bit smaller, but she didn’t seem to be in a critical state. Grabbing her into his arm, he spoke to her in a worried tone while looking for any stab wounds, “I thought that it pierced you!”

Seeing the concern on his face, Leah spitted out a small piece of slime off her body into the air before being absorbed back in. Though the term “spitted” probably wasn’t right, but more so it just plopped out of her body as she didn’t really have a mouth.

Understanding what she was trying to show, he heaved a sigh of relief and quickly thanked the female adventurer. “No worries, just trying to help the guards with defending the city I was born in,” she said as she made sure the two guards were okay before bolting towards other battles nearby.

After taking a breather, James and the other guard dragged Yuu towards another battle before quickly clearing it. Taking a moment to look around, it seemed like the battle was slowly easing its way to victory as some of the goblins and bandits were retreating.

More and more started to leave as reinforcements arrived, though they were a bit late due to the attack being a complete surprise, causing those farther in the city, away from this side of the gate not hearing of the news so quickly.

Quickly helping a guard struggling against a bandit, Yuu distracted him before the other two quickly killed him. The guard who was struggling quickly joined the group as he used a bow, being a big help as the four of them rushed to assist others.

They battled a bit more before they could finally relax. The goblin and bandits that were left started to either leave or got killed.

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After the battle, he sat amongst a group of guards and adventurers, waiting to see a doctor as he was concerned for Leah. During the battle, after she got injured, he had to constantly hold her on his arm, making him forced to wield the scythe with one hand as she couldn’t catch up with him.

While he waited, he quickly heard the reports being given nearby. From what he could salvage from the conversation, it was estimated that there was a mix of goblins and bandits, accumulating to around fifty. Fifteen of them managed to escape, whether injured or perfectly fine, while the rest got killed or were under arrest for interrogation.

As for this side, at the start, there were twenty-five guards in the vicinity, but due to the surprise attack, only fifteen remained. Luckily there were twenty-one adventurers in the vicinity who quickly arrived to help and with Chrisel and the others arriving a couple of minutes after, amongst the thirty-six of those who battled, excluding the guards who died at the beginning, only two deaths occurred, with many injured.

Even though they won, the report wasn’t uplifting. This wasn’t an all-out war, but a mere surprise attack. If the numbers were in the tens or twenties, this wouldn’t be so bad, but the enemy was able to dish out about fifty people like it was just a small amount.

While thinking about the report he heard, Yuu heard a voice talking to him, “Sir, is there any healing or diagnosis that you need?” he turned to see a man in a robe talk to him, presumably one of the healers helping everyone who battled.

Quickly explaining that he wanted him to check up on Leah as she seemed very weak at the moment, the healer asked him to wait before getting another person, telling Yuu that this person had more experience with monsters.

Retelling the story and issue, the healer examined her before telling him, “She will be fine if you feed her some medicine. While slimes will die after suffering intense physical pain, they can throw out their bodily fluids, while weakening themselves, allowing them to not suffer damage. It gets much more complicated, but you should understand that. Let me write a list of herbs you can feed her.”

Writing down some words on a crappy and dirtied paper, he handed it to Yuu before heading towards another person.

Relieved that she was fine, he carried her in his arms while walking towards the gate where Chrisel and the other two were at.

Noticing the two, he waved at them, “I heard you helped James, clearing out over five battles. For only being in this world for like seven days, you did great,” he placed a hand on Yuu’s shoulder.

“Hmm, good work.” Even the quiet Bedgard complimented him.

The only person who didn’t compliment him was Kebfa, but she usually acted like a tsundere anyways, “Hmm? Is it me or is Leah a bit smaller now?”

Explaining the situation, Kebfa’s cheeks puffed up slightly, “Those darn goblins! And why didn’t you push earlier?!”

“Kebfa. It’s not like she died or anything, just needs to rest. And keep in mind, he’s only been here recently, still fresh blood,” Bedgard sneered at her.

Realizing her tone, her eyes went to the floor, “S-sorry Yuu.”

Knowing that she was just hot-tempered he shrugged it off, “No worries.”

Before letting him off, Chrisel suddenly remembered something, “Ah, Yuu, does Leah happen to have a strong absorption ability? Slimes can eat almost anything similar to mushrooms and other funguses, including dead bodies. As weird as it sounds, it is nutritious for slimes, apparently being one of the many factors to evolution, but who knows.”

Pondering on it for a bit, Yuu asked her if she wanted to do so, and only taking a second to think, she made a “Hrm!” noise.

Even though he kind of expected an answer along the lines of yes since slimes really did eat almost anything, he still found it a bit disgusting since he usually associated that with flies.

Realizing how death wasn’t usually a common occurrence for him, Chrisel tried to ease the situation, “If you want, have her only take the bodies of the goblins instead of the bandits if that helps the situation.

“I’ve also reported the event to the guilds as well. When an adventurer helps a major or emergency event that isn’t requested of them, their deeds get credited. They get no rewards, but it goes towards any future promotions, or just for them to have tabs of the things you have done since so many go in and out of the guild, it’s impossible to keep track of those who do good and those who do bad.”

Reaching into his pocket, he took out a bottle and placed two spherical pills, like those bubblegums back home, onto Yuu’s hand, “Also take this. I should’ve given you this earlier but it helps calm the nerves. Usually, only rich families give these to their kids who are starting out but think of it like a thank you gift. Save the other one if you ever face a traumatic event worse than goblins.”

Understanding what he meant by “worse than goblins”, as in, killing other humans or something similar, he kept that in mind in case he ever did. Saying his goodbyes, he walked towards where the bodies were, he spoke to the guards about what Chrisel said and soon looked away while Leah did what she did.