The Boy Who Fell to the Lowest Level of the Dungeon, Becoming the Strongest and Returns to the Surface After 10 Years~He Just Wants to Live a Quiet Life, but His Childhood Friends Who Have Risen to Prominence Won’t Leave Him Alone~ - SS 4: Elta, Befriending the Weakest Monster (The End)
“I wonder if there will be a new discovery today~”
Elta is happily walking along the forest path.
This is a certain forest in the Asterla Dungeon.
Recently, Elta has been really into exploring this place.
About eight years ago, Elta fell into the dungeon.
Still trapped in the Asterla Dungeon, but already at the strongest class.
“Hmm-hmm-hmm~”
Swinging a wooden stick, Elta is skipping.
He seemed to be in a good mood, but the people around him were not at all.
“Grraa…”
“Raaah…”
“Grooo…”
The ferocious monsters are always ready to attack.
It seems like they are watching the defenseless Elta with hawk-like eyes, waiting for an opportunity.
In a world where the law of the jungle always prevails, there was no way that the demons would watch over the carefree.
If the rumored strongest, Elta, is letting his guard down, it’s only natural to aim for his neck.
And then, the monsters all attack at once.
“””Grrruuu!”””
In response, Elta said a single word.
“Are you really going to fight?”
“””…Gr!”””
Elta just glanced over.
Just that alone emitted an incredible aura (unconsciously), and the monsters came to a complete stop.
Then, they were shivering as they retreated.
“…Huh?”
However, Elta was just asking.
There was no intention to intimidate at all, but the monsters retreated on their own, leaving him feeling somewhat anticlimactic.
And then, a monster appeared before Elta.
“Plump!”
“Huh?”
A light blue, spherical monster suddenly jumped out at his feet.
The body is plump and small.
“Could this be… slime?”
“Pururu!”
What appeared was──a slime.
According to Fen, the Fenrir, who is his master, is the weakest magical creature.
However, they are showing a willingness to fight.
“Are you going to fight me?”
“Plump!”
“Hmm…”
Though he is putting on a brave front, Elta just can’t seem to feel intimidated.
Rather, he thought it was “cute.”
So, he crouched down and reached out his hand.
“Oh, good, good.”
“Puruuh!?”
However, it seems that the slime felt attacked.
From the slime’s perspective, the overwhelmingly powerful Elta made the slime flee.
“Plop!”
“Ah, wait! Wait, what!?”
However, they suddenly disappear while running.
It might be the ability of the slime.
However, they won’t be able to escape from Elta at that level.
“Hmm… So that’s it!”
“Plump!?”
Footsteps, presence, direction of movement. He accurately tracks the slime with his “wild instincts.”
Even though their figure shouldn’t be visible.
“Pururu!”
“I won’t let you escape!”
And so, he pursued for a while.
“Maybe they went ahead.”
While gazing at the massive stone wall, Elta murmured.
He lost track of the slime, but its last trace ended here.
“Oh, there’s a gap.”
Then, he found a small gap at the bottom.
Considering the size, it seems just right for a slime to come and go.
“Ahahan.”
He must have figured out where the slime was trying to escape to.
Realizing it, Elta pulled his fist back sharply.
“You were hiding there, weren’t you!”
Just like that, he smashed the giant wall with a bang.
Then, there were a large number of… slimes.
“Eh!”
“””Puru…!?”””
Beyond the massive wall, a village of slimes spread out.
However, the houses are smaller in size to match the slimes.
(C-cute…!)
It made him feel affectionate again.
However, the slimes are terrified of Elta.
“Um, um…”
Suddenly, the wall that had been hiding the village was smashed.
It’s not surprising to feel fear.
Amidst all that, a slime with a white beard approached him.
“I am the village chief slime! What on earth do you want here?!”
“Oh, you can talk. I’m Elta.”
“I am aware.”
“Huh?”
Even slimes knew the name Elta.
Elta was a bit puzzled, but he answered the question.
“I’m sorry, it’s not like I came to attack or anything. I just ended up in this place while chasing a slime…”
“You have no intention of attacking? That… Elta-sama?”
“Yeah. I don’t know which Elta, though.”
“Hmm…”
Even in this magical realm, Elta is rumored to be the “strongest.”
From the perspective of a slime, he would seem like an incredibly terrifying person.
However, the Elta they actually saw did indeed seem kind.
“I wouldn’t do something like that.”
“R-Really…?”
“That’s true. Thus, where is this place?”
“…Ugh.”
Did they trust Elta, or were they more afraid of being deceived?
Anyway, the village chief slime started talking.
“This is a village where slimes secretly live. Please keep it a secret.”
“I got it.”
“However, we have recently fallen into a crisis.”
“Crisis? Can you tell me more about it?”
So, when he listened to the story, the situation in the village was bad.
The slimes are simply weak.
Since they can’t directly defeat the monsters, it seems they usually sneak around scavenging corpses and such.
It seems that disappearing midway was also a skill they acquired to survive.
However, for some reason, they haven’t even been able to collect the corpses lately.
As a result, the entire village is facing a food crisis.
Hearing that, Elta has a hunch.
“Ah, maybe it’s my fault.”
“Elta-sama?”
“Yeah. I’ve been coming around here a lot lately, but for some reason, the monsters have been fleeing. I wonder if that’s why the conflicts have decreased.”
The monsters that usually fight here were desperate to escape from Elta.
Unknowingly emitting an aura, Elta was changing the ecosystem just by taking a walk.
And so, Elta learns the intention behind the slime’s actions.
“So, that slime from earlier was on a trip?”
“That’s right. It mustered up its courage and went to look for prey.”
“Puruu…”
Then, the slime approaches.
“Oh, Slime-kun. I’m sorry about earlier.”
“Plump!”
Elta thinks for a moment while stroking the slime.
He was the one who destroyed the ecosystem and tracked down the village. It was his fault.
After that, it seems he wanted to save the cute slimes.
“Then should I help out?”
“Elta-sama!? Is it really okay!?”
“I was wrong, too, and I’m bored.”
“Then, please go ahead!”
In sync with the village chief slime, the other slimes also bow their heads respectfully.
It’s hard to tell because it’s a sphere, but they probably lowered it.
Then, the village chief slime cautiously makes a suggestion.
“If you don’t mind, would you like to join our telepathic conversation?”
“Does that mean we can have a conversation!? Yeah, please!”
“Then… [Circle of Telepathy Chat]!”
When he can talk to the cute slimes, Elta responds with excitement.
Then, the voices of the slimes suddenly could be heard.
“Hello!”
“That’s that Elta-san.”
“He was scary, but he seemed kind.”
“Wow! So cute!”
They were scared until just now, but now they seem friendly, perhaps because the village chief acknowledged them.
This lack of vigilance might be the reason for being the weakest.
Still, they were cute, so it didn’t matter to Elta.
“Take care, everyone!”
“Yeah!”
“Yo!”
“Friends!”
Thus, Elta decided to think of a way to be self-sufficient together with the slimes.
“How about planting this in the soil?”
First, what Elta brought was a certain fruit.
Just by planting this seed, it will turn into various types of fruit over time.
“Is this the fruit that can be found on ‘Demon Mountain’!? Is it really okay to have such a precious thing!?”
“Yeah, if you ask the Fierce God, they’ll give it to you.”
“Huh?!”
The slimes got some fruit!
“How about drawing water from the nearby river?”
“It seems difficult for us…”
“Hmmm!”
“Yay, we did it!?”
The slimes have obtained a water source!
After that, Elta continued to help the village to the fullest.
“Let’s think of a safe path!”
“Let’s learn to hunt!”
“Let’s create a special move together!”
By the time a month had passed, the slimes had become self-sufficient.
“””We caught a lot again today!”””
“Wooaah!”
The cute slimes and Elta have the same mental age.
It seems they brought back food again today.
In such a dreamlike situation, the slime village chief was shedding tears.
“Elta-sama, thank you very much!”
“No! I had fun too!”
However, a shadow of a monster appears there.
“Gruooooo!”
“””Kyyyaaaaa!”””
The slimes let out a scream at the enormous monster.
The monster attacked without a moment’s pause.
However, the monster from behind… is knocked out.
“Hmm, has Elta been coming and going here?”
“””Huh!?”””
The monster fell, and from behind appeared a white divine wolf with a noble demeanor.
She is Fen, the Fenrir who is Elta’s master.
“Ah, Fen…”
“I thought you were coming home late recently, but you were here all along.”
“Y-yeah. I’m sorry.”
They share their meals and sleep together, but it seems that Elta kept his promise to the slimes and didn’t tell Fen about the village.
“So, you guys are Elta…”
“””Eek!”””
The slimes were startled when Fen peeked in.
However, Elta suddenly stepped in.
“No, Fen! The slimes were in trouble!”
“Hmm, I understand. I won’t disregard what Elta holds dear.”
“Huh?”
However, Fen made a suggestion instead.
“This place has started to be discovered. Then, let’s make it our territory so that monsters won’t come near. Have the slimes obtained a means to gather food?”
“Fen…!”
The monster from earlier was also targeting the slime village.
To ensure that such things do not happen again, Fen herself will protect it.
“But occasionally share some plants with us. In return, we will offer you meat.”
“””Meat—!?”””
Furthermore, they exchange items collected in the village for the meat of the monsters that Fen and the others defeat.
For the slimes, it was the best possible condition.
Elta and the slimes express their gratitude together.
“Thank you, Fen!”
“””Thank you!”””
“Hmm, I am a noble race. I don’t really care about that… Woof!”
Fen was overwhelmed with emotion as she let out a joyful howl.
The slime village should be fine now.
“Then I’ll come over regularly!”
“””Yeah-!”””
By a chance encounter, Elta became friends with the weakest monsters, the slimes.
It’s a different story for Elta and the slime to team up and cause an incident.
And so, a new bond was formed in Elta.
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Afterword
It’s been a while since my last SS, but thank you for reading!
If you haven’t yet, please rate it ★★★ if you found it interesting!
This time, it was a story about Elta-kun being in the deepest part of the dungeon!
I thought slimes were cute, so I wrote them, haha.
I hope all the readers are feeling healed too!
And, I’m posting new works like the one in this story!
It’s a story about a young tamer and his slimes!
You can view it at the URL below or on the author’s page!
Please take good care of the new work as well!
Abandoned in the Enchanted Forest, I Became the Strongest Tamer and Survived~The Useless Gift [Slime Tame] Seems to Be a Broken Cheat That Allows Me to Tame Slimes “Infinitely”~
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