Veel World: The Miracle With Flaws
Chapters 5.1
Zhel and the others' journey continued.
Currently they are walking towards the City of Dilemm which is still in the territory of the Safanas Republic, even so the distance of the city is still far let alone they go on foot.
“Then this is possible we can reach the city glued in 2 days” said Helen while looking at the map.
“2 days yes... Huu” said Kon breathed a long sigh of objection.
“Why don't I just carry it? We may be able to go faster until” said Zhel who offers a ride.
“We refuse!!” 2x
Hearing that Zhel had a troubled face, Zhel could not understand why Kon and Helen hated it so much.
“Well then we can camp again in the forest” said Zhel.
“Better so... I do not want to be carried like an item again” said Kon turned his face.
“Camping yes... Even when in the city of Adrazil we sleep on the roadside” said Helen complained.
“You how else... We did not have time to rent an inn, and also uncle Adam did not give the Horse because it will be difficult to enter the city later” said Zhel.
They walked while dropping their shoulders, their tired feeling caused by the short trip that felt long yesterday.
“Hey looks like we can rest here” said Helen pointing to a location on the map.
Helen pointed to a small village near the road, the village named Quet.
“Village Quet yes... Okay it's better than having to stay in the middle of the jungle” Kon agreed.
“Yosh additional destinations Quet Village... I hope there are many beautiful girls” said Zhel hope.
“Passion yes the singles asked Helen on Kon.
“Yes pity the single-lo” replied Kon.
“May the singles find their soul mate”
“Ya hope you”
Hearing the ridiculing conversation, Zhel felt offended and put on an annoyed face.
“This time yes..”
“What's single?” ask Kon.
“If you need something just say singles, maybe I can help.. Ahh but I can't help you find a soul mate ya” replied Helen scoffed.
“Jambla Jambla Jomblo direct from earlier! You guys are mocking me huh?!” shout Zhel.
“Wah the singles temur”
“Absolutely... The singles temur”
“Don't just because you're paired you're free to call me single! I'll prove it later, I'll bring you a very beautiful girl and introduce her to you!” zhel said as he pointed at Kon and Helen.
After that Zhel walked with annoyed steps away from the pair of lovers behind him, the journey towards the night and the golden glistening sky was visible.
Soon, night came and darkness covered the sky. Zhel and the others found the door to enter Quet village.
“Come in” says Zhel invites.
Zhel entered the village followed by Kon and Helen, but in the village all the doors were closed and no one was outside. While walking into the village, curiosity enveloped the three of them, Zhel and others were a bit curious why this village was so close when it was just night.
“Zhel isn't this weird?” helen asked worriedly.
“True... All the doors are tightly closed like fear” replied Zhel.
“Maybe they already smell the upcoming singles” Kon mocked.
“Don't you guys get tired of that talk?!” zhel said furiously.
Then Zhel sensed that something was watching them from behind the tree, Zhel immediately stopped his steps and gave a stop sign to Kon and Helen.
“What's Zhel?” ask Helen.
“Sstt” said Zhel who put his index finger in front of his mouth.
After that Kon and Helen prepared if any attack came, the sound of wind blowing slowly hit their bodies then something jumped from behind the tree.
“Shadow Bullet” says Kon
After that some black bullets shot into the jumping creature, but the bullet penetrated the creature.
“What is it?!” ask Kon.
The creature landed near them, but curiosity enveloped them after seeing the creature they had never seen. The creature looks like a Goblin, but strangely all the body of the creature is purple transparent.
“Slime?!” said Helen.
“But isn't that a Giant Rat? How can?” ask Kon.
“Perhaps there is someone who bred them, I never saw Slime who formed the body remains”, said Zhel.
The slime-shaped Giant Rat came back and was about to attack the three of them, but Zhel who was in front managed to dodge. Behind Zhel there was Kon and Helen who had not had time to react they were both hit by the attack but there were no injuries and only penetrated the two of them like water.
“What is this?” said Kon who fell on his knee.
“Poisons?” ask Helen.
Finally Kon and Helen both fell on their knees, Zhel who saw danger instantly drained Mana all over her body. At high speed, Zhel instantly destroyed the visible Slime Core due to the moonlight.
After the Core was successfully destroyed, the Slime lost its shape and became a pit of poison under Zhel's feet.
“You're okay?” zhel asked in an anxious tone.
“No problem... Fortunately I brought some anti-poison” replied Helen who had taken anti-poison.
After that Helen drank the anti-poison on Kon, the poison in their bodies immediately disappeared.
“Thank God then” said Zhel relieved.
"How can you attack him with Zhel's bare hands? you should have been poisoned too, Lan?" ask Helen.
"I managed to develop my technique, I made a thin, transparent layer of Mana just outside the skin... You could say I made skin from Mana on the outermost part of the skin... But unfortunately every time I was hit by a Mana attack I was immediately reduced a lot" Zhel explained.
But after the victory, some of the doors of the house opened and the citizens saw Zhel and others. A middle-aged man came up to them, he had a fat body with tidy brown hair. His eyes looked friendly and with a thin mustache showed his charisma.
“Adventurer present me is the head of Quet village... If I may know if you guys beat that Slime?” said the brown-haired man.
“Y-ya” Zhel replied.
Then the excitement was seen on the faces of all the citizens, they seemed happy to hear it. Actually Zhel did not understand what an adventurer was, a job as a new adventurer existed in several Kingdoms and in the Kingdom of Waren still did not exist.
“Our adventurous ladies thank you very deeply, said the brown-haired man.
“What happened here?” ask Helen.
“A few months ago near here there was a laboratory that examined living things, as a result they managed to develop Slime mutations... Slime was the result, but chaos ensued and eventually the laboratory was abandoned and the Slime mutation was wandering near the village... Some residents became victims and are still being treated for the poison” said the village chief.
Hearing that, Helen immediately reacted a sign she was worried.
“Are there any residents still exposed to the poison?” ask Helen.
“Ya”
Hearing that, Helen turned her face towards Zhel as if asking “Can?” namum Zhel simply nodded in agreement to Helen.
“Bawa me there” said Helen who was then escorted to a place by one of the residents.
Kon was still unconscious because she was exposed to more poison than Helen, and Kon was carried by Zhel after Helen left.
“Village head... If possible, can we stay in the village for 1 night?” ask Zhel.
“Of course... Come here” said the village head invites.
They walked to a fairly large house belonging to the village chief, after putting Kon in a room Zhel talked to the village chief in the living room.
“Village head... Why haven't there been any adventurers coming here yet? Can't you ask for help in the nearest city?”
“We have sent it, but it seems that the adventurers are not interested” replied the village chief in a sad tone.
“Not interested?”
“True... Slime was a weak monster, and the money we spent was nothing... So maybe that is what makes adventurers reluctant to accept our Quest”
“So ya” said Zhel in a disappointed tone.
“Adventurer sir if can we hire you all?”
“Hire us?”
“Ya this village will pay you, although not how much but we please accept” said the village head with his head bowed pleading.
Seeing that Zhel asked the village chief to raise his head, he felt so uncomfortable with it.
“Please lift your head... I will do so so please lift your head” Zhel said in a troubled tone.
“Really?” said the village chief with a hopeful face.
you want how else? The way you asked makes me uncomfortable. Thought Zhel with a troubled face.
Zhel was actually also a bit anxious about leaving this village with such a monster earlier, especially when Zhel was also hitching a ride in the village.
“Then... May I know where this former laboratory is?”
After the village chief explained everything he knew, Zhel planned to solve the problem of Quet village. At the moment Kon is unconscious so the best option is to wait until he realizes, maybe their trip will be a few days late for taking care of this problem.
Zhel thought it might not matter, after all Helen seemed not to leave this village because of her good personality.
