Lucien's soul already cremated himself and threw the ashes to the sea.
Ahhhh!! Why is there another one??
Did this guy just call for help?
Are they in one group or something??
Thump.
Thump.
Seeing the new worm already so close that he could see its throbbing mouth, Lucien gritted his teeth and ordered in a cold voice.
"Kill this one! Now!"
The two giant slimes immediately excreted even more corrosive saliva, dissolving the hard armour-like shell and quickly penetrating into the soft flesh beneath.
"Hissss!!"
The subdued shelled worm trashed around in pain but this time, the strength was clearly lacking.
It only wriggled feebly a few times before it slowed down, its breathing almost non-existent.
Before Lucien could even check whether the worm was still alive or not, the second worm was already right in front of their house.
Its tail stiffened, its huge body swayed like a pendulum.
!
That familiar stance—
"Block it!!"
BANG!
The worm swung its body towards the house and slammed hard, but the two slimes immediately used their own bodies to receive the hit.
Slosh!
"Glurg!"
The two slimes' bodies immediately excreted a flood of corrosive liquid, touching the worm's hard shell and slowly melting it.
"Hissss!!"
The new worm immediately retracted its body and wriggled around like a snake, its bloody eyes fixed on the two slimes with a hint of wariness.
The two slimes blocked the damage in time, but they staggered for a split second.
Their huge bodies deformed and some blue essence leaked out of their belly.
Tak. Tak. Tak.
The second shelled worm immediately caught on this weakness.
It shot towards the slime queen's bleeding belly, its suction mouth wide open.
"Hissss!!"
"Muuu!"
—Mom!!!
Mumu's voice tore through the night sky and somehow also tore Lucien's heart apart.
"Mumu! It's okay!"
Lucien gritted his teeth as he watched the slime king wrap its body around the worm's head, immediately saving his wife.
"Glurg!"
How dare you imbecile attack my wife?!
The slime king's body immediately excreted corrosive liquid and doused it onto the worm's head.
"Hisss!"
But the worm was faster.
Before the liquid touched its armoured head, it immediately dodged, barely missing the corrosive liquid by a few inches.
This time, the worm hissed threateningly as its eyes darted around, its gaze still fixed on the weakened slime queen, but it was waiting—
Waiting for an opening.
Lucien subconsciously gripped Mumu's body tightly and coaxed the crying cub with a softer voice.
"It's okay. They will be okay."
Lucien looked at the anchoring countdown and a glimpse of hope immediately rose.
[02:59]
Only less than three minutes left until they could return.
The two slimes could definitely hold on for that long!
After that, he would help them heal their wounds, feed them energy and food, take care of their dungeon—
Thump.
Thump.
Another thumping noise sounded...from another direction.
Lucien's body stiffened as he looked at the distance with his 360° vision—
His soul that had been cremated immediately came back from death.
Why is there—
Another shelled worm?
Thump.
Thump.
The third shelled worm came out of the red fog, its huge body already close to the house.
But there were no giant slimes on that right side.
Lucien's heart fell into despair but he immediately whistled at the two giant slimes, his legs trembling with fright.
"One of you! Come here! There's another one!!"
Thump.
Thump.
The third worm's tail stiffened, it raised its body high and swung its upper body like a hammer!
The slime queen, the weaker one, had already slid to block the new worm's attack, yet her injury inevitably slowed her down.
Swish!
The worm's body was enlarged in Lucien's eyes, the sparse moonlight was completely blocked and the huge shadow completely overwhelmed his house.
It's...too late!
"Glurgg!!"
—Not too late!!
The slime queen threw herself into the third worm, slamming it away and veering its direction with her last remaining strength.
BANG!
The worm's body grazed against the house's right side and the entire house instantly shook, fine cracks started to appear on the intact right side too.
Just a graze, yet the house was already on the brink of collapsing.
If that was a direct hit...
Lucien shuddered and he couldn't help but want to amplify his landlord aura—
Wait, no! That thing only agitated the worm even more!
Lucien immediately let out his true self— ah, no, acted like a weakling and suppressed his landlord aura to the minimum, making him look no different from a weak prey.
Too weak for the third worm to even notice.
[02:00]
"Hang on, guys! Two minutes!"
They just had to survive for two minutes!
But those two minutes felt like forever.
"Glurgggg!!"
The weakened slime queen blocked the third worm with her own body, more and more blue essence splashed onto the yard.
"Muuuu!!"
-Mom! Mom is losing so much blood!
Even the slime king wasn't without injury.
They managed to burn the shelled worm's armour, but the wound wasn't deep enough to penetrate the soft flesh under the hard shell.
[01:30]
"Glurggg..."
The slime queen's body swayed, her huge figure deformed time and time again.
Tak. Tak. Tak.
As more and more blue essence leaked out, her body somehow shrank bit by bit.
Compared to the third worm, she really looked much...smaller.
The third worm keenly sensed its prey's weak state and its huge mouth immediately contracted, its body shot out towards the slime with an agility that didn't match its huge build.
"Hisss!"
The slime queen's movement slowed down and she didn't dodge the bite in time.
"Glurg!"
Blue essence spurt out of her skin.
Rows of sharp, long teeth pierced into her body, tearing her jelly skin apart.
"Glurg!"
—My queen!
"MUUUUU!!!"
Mumu screamed and wriggled anxiously.
—Mommmmm!
Mumu...
Mumu smelled the scent of death.
[01:00]