Seeing the behaviour of the small sli in front of the group slowly moving towards them, Shinto and the rest were baffled at the situation.
"T-They really are plotting to kill us!" Kon cried out.
"Argh... did we let our guard down too much?" Shinto clicked his tongue as he held onto his staff tightly, quickly observing the conduct of the slis.
"Gloop!" With his eyes on the monsters, he saw that they were wriggling about in a frenzy. "Gloop!!"
"Those slis aren't moving near us, but they seem scared?" Frey thought to herself. "...ahh! I don't get what's going on!"
"Ugh. Neither do I," Ethaniel frowned at the current predicant that they were in, slowly unsheathing his sword to prepare for any attacks.
"W-what do we do?" Kon muttered out. "It seems like we still have the first move if we do sothing right now..."
"This situation..." Shinto mumbled in an unsure tone. "I'm not sure..."
From the looks of things, if the group were to do any wrong moves, the slis around them might swoop in and kill them off in an instant. By estimation, there seed to be around ten to twelve slis in the vicinity, and this was only in the area. Who knew how many more would be up ahead if they were to hear this outcry?
"You're not sure?" Ethaniel clicked his tongue. "Do we have to run again?"
"No, no!" Frey frantically shook her head. "Nothing of that! Look, look, that little sli is trying to say sothing!"
"Hah? What can we even get from this?" he raised his brow in confusion, quickly, he moved his eyes over to the sli.
"...gloop! Gloop!" The sli at the front of them seed to be bouncing up and down in a hurry. Unbeknownst to them of the aning, the sli continued to do this action, completely disregarding the tense atmosphere.
"See, see, it's trying to say sothing!" Frey pointed out.
"Even if it's trying to say sothing, what can we get out of it if we don't understand their language?" Shinto sighed. Unlike the bizarre words of the Altric language that he saw in the dungeon before his reset, his passive skill [Eyes of Altric] was only limited to the readings of the Altric language, not so much for understanding monsters speech.
"Uh... well..." Frey was stumped for words.
"Gloop! Gloop!" The sli continued to bounce.
"-Maybe it's trying to tell us to follow it?" she tilted her head in uncertainty.
"How does bouncing up and down tell you it wants us to follow it??" Ethaniel said in a confused tone.
"What else could it possibly be huh?"
"I don't know, maybe it's asking to go away or sothing?" Shinto said.
"It's either the two! I'm taking the forr," Frey stated.
"And I'm going with the latter. if he wanted us to follow it, he'd try to bounce up and down and then he'll try to move ahead whilst looking at us or sothing!" Ethaniel clicked his tongue.
"Well it's doing it right now!" she pointed straight to the moving sli, leaping ahead of the halls.
"H-Huh?" Ethaniel blinked at the sight.
"...so, we follow it?" Kon asked, still wary of the surroundings.
"Agh, whatever! Just follow it, I give up!" Ethaniel scoffed.
"Things still don't make sense though. Why does it want us to follow it?" Shinto questioned.
"Does it look like anyone knows?" he glared at Shinto. "We were going to Raina anyways! If there isn't any interruption, then let's hurry it up already."
"...ahem. You're right," he calmly walked forward. "This sli might just lead us to her."
...
Persisting on in the hallway, the group followed after the sli who only bounced up and down. From their surroundings, more slis appeared, however, those slis seed to be watching the group moving.
"...more slis appeared huh?" Shinto inquired.
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Kon asked. "One wrong move on our side and we're dead!"
"Bah. Is that all you're worried about? We should be wondering where the hell this guy is taking us," he said in an annoyed tone.
"Gloop gloop!" From the front of them, the sli stopped at its footsteps. Soon after, he began to jiggle, as if pointing over towards its front.
"Oh? It stopped..." Ethaniel's eyes narrowed.
"Hmm... if we look upfront- Eh?" Frey blinked at the sight. "Isn't that the statue we saw earlier?!"
"Gloop!" The sli bounced happily.
"The statue with its sword facing upright..." Shinto muttered to himself. "The boss room?"
"HUH?! The boss room?!" Kon cried out. "Is this sli leading us to our deaths?!"
"It can't be this easy arriving at the boss room for an instance dungeon, right?" Shinto said in an unsure tone. "I doubt it..."
"Then what can it an then?" Frey pondered. "The base of where the slis live?"
"Don't be stupid. How can that be?" Ethaniel refuted.
"Well, it's a possibility!"
"Gloop, gloop!" The sli jiggled once again, as the door soon opened.
"Ah... it opened..." Kon said in surprise. "We're dead aren't we?"
"Gloop!" The sli seed to turn towards the group as it bounced. Monts later, it entered the room without waiting for the party.
"Um, what do we do?" Kon muttered out. "...are we just going to go into our deaths?"
"Well in the end we were going to head inside there either way..." Shinto sighed. "There aren't any corridors or turns while we were moving through the hall, so by logic, Raina should be inside there."
"I'm calling it, It'll be a den where slis live!"
"Sure..." he answered half-heartedly as he began to enter the room. Following that, the rest headed in.
The mont the party stepped foot into the room, they were greeted by the sight of a group of slis, all moving about as if they were moving on with their daily lives. Shelters and shops could be seen in the vicinity.
"...I TOLD YOU!" Frey shouted out. "And you said that it wasn't possible."
"...bah. I stand corrected then."
"Gloop! Gloop!" Still bickering, they were interrupted as they heard the small sli who had been waiting for them. "Gloop!" Turning in its direction, their eyes opened wide in shock as they noticed a large sli from behind it. This sli was much bigger than any they've seen.
"...more hoomans?" An unknown voice spoke out.
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