Lucien, who was connected to the slimes through the dungeon merge, could feel the slime queen's rapid vitality loss and his face turned pale.
No! Mumu's mom can't die!
Not to mention sentiment, if the queen died, their house would be done for.
"Hold on! Hold on! Just one...minute..."
But it seemed that...she couldn't hold on for one minute.
Chomp!
The third worm tore into the worm queen and the second worm sniffed the enticing smell.
It immediately abandoned the slime king, rushing to feast on the slime queen.
"Glurgggg!!"
The slime king blocked the second worm, its corrosive liquid had been sprayed again and again, but...
It took the two of them to barely take down one of the shelled worms.
How could they do that again when they were exhausted and alone?
"Muuuu!!"
Mumu was already struggling to break free from Lucien's arms, about to bolt out to save his mother.
Lucien immediately held him back and scolded coldly.
"Are you stupid?? What can you do?? Even the elite slime guards will only end up as snacks in one bite!"
The scolded Mumu shrank and hiccuped, definitely digging out Lucien's non-existent conscience.
"Ugh...okay, don't cry! I'm your landlord, I can save your mom!"
Lucien gritted his teeth as he closed his eyes, his mind spinning fast.
Quick! There must be a way!
The house!
There should be a cheat or something, regeneration or healing—
Lucien's extreme concentration immediately caught a flashing memory.
Unlock...new...facility—
Yes, a new facility!
Lucien's eyes snapped open and he immediately called out the system guide.
[System! I still haven't chosen my new facility that Mumu unlocked!]
Please, please, let it be something good.
DING! [Please choose your new facility carefully as it may affect the tenant's future growth direction!]
[00:59]
Three panels popped up in front of Lucien, along with 3D images.
[Facility A: Corrosive Pond]
[Description: Continuously generating corrosive liquid, the best choice for offense]
[Facility B: Slime Skin Barrier]
[Description: Generating an F-rank barrier that grows along with the tenant's rank. The best choice for defense.]
[Facility C: Healing Slime Pool]
[Description: Increasing regeneration speed by 20%]
[Emergency mode: Keeping the user's vitality in exchange for the connected tenant's own vitality. The best choice for support]
[00:50]
Lucien's eyes wavered for the first time.
The options all looked good.
Offense and defense would both protect his house and even strengthen it.
But...
Lucien looked at the dying slime queen.
Her body was already gnawed by half, leaving only a sliver of breath away.
Lucien could see the visualised life force above the slime's body.
[Life force: 20%]
She will die.
Lucien's heart wavered.
His rational mind told him to choose either the corrosive pool to kill those worms or the protective slime skin barrier.
"Muuuu!!"
Mumu gripped Lucien's body tightly, his head was bent to the left, forcing his tears away from touching Lucien.
"Mu! Mu!"
-Uncle! Good uncle! Help my mom, please! Mumu will be a good boy! Mumu can help you!
"Muuuu!"
-Uncle, please! Mumu can do anything!
Mumu hiccuped so badly that he's about to die by choking.
Such a fragile boy...for a landlord, he's a useless tenant.
But...
[00:30]
Lucien squeezed his eyes shut and finally let out a long sigh.
"You owe me one, Mumu. Oh. But this will also change your future growth— are you willing?"
A prince of two boss monsters turning into a support—
With his fragile body, that would spell disaster.
But Mumu didn't waver in the slightest.
"Muuu!!"
-Mumu can do it!!
[00:15]
[Slime queen's life force: 10%]
Lucien closed his eyes again and immediately visualised the healing pool.
DING! [You have chosen the Healing Slime Pool! Please place the new facility around the house!]
Lucien visualised putting the slime pool to the backyard and the next second, a blue seed came out of Mumu's body, flying towards the backyard.
"Mu..."
Mumu suddenly felt as if he was drained of all energy but in Lucien's 360° vision, that blue seed quickly grew into a small pool filled with glistening blue water.
It looked like it wouldn't be big enough for the slime queen, but the pool held a different dimension on its own.
DING! [Congratulations!]
[You have successfully built a new facility: Healing Slime Pool (F-rank)]
[00:15]
[Slime queen's life force: 5%]
Lucien immediately shouted at the slime king.
"Retreat! Retreat! Bring your wife with you! Hurry!"
The slime king had been waiting for this command and he immediately grabbed his wife's shrunken body and bolted towards the house in one move.
Swoosh!
[00:10]
[Slime queen's life force: 3%]
"Go to the backyard! Put her in the slime pool!"
"Glurg! My lord!!"
Tears streamed down the king's cheeks as he carried his wife to the backyard, something burst out of his heart.
The lord...is so kind. So good for them.
He...was willing to die for him!
At that moment, the king silently pledged his loyalty as he put the barely breathing queen into the pool.
[00:05]
As the pool glowed in a blue light and locked in the queen's vitality, Mumu's own vitality rapidly declined.
[80%. 70%. 50%]
"Muuu...."
Mumu whimpered in pain, but Lucien couldn't pat his head because the two big worms raised their bodies high, their huge bodies swinging simultaneously towards the house.
Swoosh!
[00:03]
If those hits landed, the house would definitely crumble on the spot!
Lucien's eyes under his eyelashes sharpened and his suppressed aura instantly surged wildly.
BOOM!
A pair of amethyst eyes opened behind Lucien, its cold, unfeeling gaze landed on the two worms.
"Hisss!!"
The worms' bodies stiffened for a few seconds, unmoving.
But that split second was all Lucien needed.
[00:00]
A familiar white fog rose around the house and the system's voice immediately sounded.
DING! [The secondary anchoring has been completed!]
[Returning to the first anchor's coordinate •••]
The void twisted, the house itself slowly flickered and the worms who were standing at the yard immediately wriggled, their cries urgent.
"Hissss!!"
They could feel the void tearing at their skins, the sharp blade of space piercing their armors as easily as cutting butter.
The smell of death was so strong that the worms desperately lunged out of the yard, but Lucien, who finally regained control of his house, snorted coldly.
"You came uninvited and now you want to leave without greetings?"
"Dream on."
Lucien endured the throbbing in his head as he snapped his fingers at the two worms.
WOONGGGG.