Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Sin Spreads, ’Greed Dominator
After coming out of the sewers, the group was forced to interrupt their adventure.
Alice, with great interest, asked Louis, "How does it feel, your first big adventure in life?"
Louis’s expression was a bit awkward.
Covered in sticky blood from his wild rampage, he felt nauseated once he came to his senses.
"It’s okay, it’s just that the new adventurers in the Imperial Capital seem to be really deep in hot water."
Alice exchanged a glance with William.
One of them couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
The other seemed concerned about maintaining their lord’s dignity, trying hard not to laugh, but their expression began to contort.
Louis finally realized something: "Did I say something wrong?"
With a helpless tone, Alice explained, "The sewer situation today was a bit unusual, there were more giant sewer rats than usual, and even some level 3 prarie giant rats showed up."
William nodded: "It was indeed much tougher than a regular mission, even the Tree Demon there wouldn’t be as dangerous as this."
Louis nodded.
He thought to himself!
Such pressure from a regular adventure made him start questioning Instructor Jino’s credibility.
He thought so, even the Captain of the Royal Guard had become diluted pork, how terrible is that?
...
"Achoo..."
Somewhere, a Hell Instructor, who was rigorously training the Personal Guards, suddenly sneezed.
The adjutant beside him looked at him in surprise: "Captain, have you caught a cold?"
Jino waved his hand: "Perhaps someone is thinking about me?"
"Should I tell sister-in-law later? That someone is thinking about you?"
"No, spare me, I’m not fiery enough recently."
...
The scene shifts back to Louis’s side.
The group returned to the Adventurer Guild for a bit.
He went to the showers equipped at the adventurer guild’s backstage for a rinse.
When he came out, he saw Alice joking around with her cup of alcohol with the receptionist at the front desk.
William stood aside with a straight face, pretending as if he saw nothing.
As Louis walked over, the receptionist’s eyes lit up. Before she could step forward and speak, Alice said:
"Darling, we need to discuss some private matters."
The receptionist could only leave with a face full of annoyance.
Alice stated with righteousness:
"I suggest you just equip a full-body armor to avoid constant harassment from the front desk ladies."
She was initially just joking, but did not expect Louis to lower his head, thinking deeply about the feasibility of the suggestion.
Alice’s eyes brightened, she quickly added:
"I see your combat skills... huh, are quite strong, but your physical constitution indeed needs enhancement."
"You’ve inherited the succubus’ power. Wearing armor means you don’t have to worry about running out of stamina in normal circumstances."
"And considering your fighting style, which indeed results in a mess, having full body armor would also save you from cleaning troubles."
"How about this, Captain, I’ll shell out some money for you—"
"To buy a helmet for you to wear!"
It has to be said, Alice could articulate her demands so reasonably, truly a little clever devil.
Louis immediately saw through her plan, but he still nodded in agreement.
After all, he intended to separate Louis and Caesar’s identities.
This face, really easy to be recognized by others.
...
When William brought out full-body armor for Louis from the armory, Alice finally remembered something and curiously said:
"How do you still manage to use the Scorching Ray? You’re not a Light Priest, much less a Mage, and there isn’t such a thing among the succubus’ pseudo-spells, is there?"
Louis shook his head without explaining.
Alice saw this and didn’t press further.
Louis heaved a sigh of relief.
The main thing was, he couldn’t explain it!
This was one of the rewards given by the Future Diary after he completely resolved the Tino explosion incident and revealed the giant slime evolution path 19 years early.
The night Limuru evolved, he got two rewards.
One was the assimilation of the succubus bloodline.
Unlike the first time he obtained a portion of the succubus power, this time, he completely devoured the power of the succubus bloodline.
Even the succubus physique was an extension of this reward.
The second reward was a further extension of the power of Greed, one of the Seven Sins.
Following "Greed’s Curiosity," he gained another ability in the series of Greed, named—
"Greed Dominator"!
The effect is simple—
Any magical creature that becomes a companion of Louis will have their spells, pseudo-spells directly shared with the host.
As a result, he rightfully inherited all the pseudo-spells mastered by a paragon-grade magical creature.
Even the innate abilities of the most basic slime.
——Bludgeoning Resistance!
The unique skill of the giant slimes built of multiple cores.
——Divided Thinking!
The embodiment of superior digestive talent.
——Iron Stomach! Pica!
Pseudo-spells mastered after evolving into giant slimes.
——Super Acid Spray! Metal Shaping!
And the special magic awakened after absorbing a large amount of magical waste during this period.
——Scorching Ray!
Consequently, the Bludgeoning Resistance turned Louis’s originally somewhat weak tail into an iron whip capable of directly thrashing people.
The ability to Divided Thinking allowed him to make a split between rationality and beast-like instincts, thus achieving the simultaneous use of two martial styles.
Iron Stomach and Pica provided him with the power, impossible for humans, to survive even by eating dirt or magical waste.
Super Acid Spray and Metal Shaping... He was too low level, even insufficient to activate the magic required by these spells.
Even Louis himself couldn’t help but marvel, it’s no wonder Beatrice deemed his original self a qualified protector.
This crazy, growing power, given more time, indeed has the potential to protect others.
...
After William reported the sewer incident to the guild, the group decided to rest first and fight another day.
While passing by the second-hand marketplace, Alice said:
"Let’s part ways here today, see you at the guild tomorrow."
Louis nodded: "Alright, see you tomorrow."
With that said, Louis headed directly towards the second-hand marketplace.
He was going to visit the retired adventurer who had helped him greatly.
Just as he took a step, he felt something was off and turned his head to look at Alice following him closely.
They blinked at each other.
"Why are you following me?" ×2
"..." ×2
Alice sighed and interrupted the repetition, "I need to visit someone, a senior."
A question mark slowly appeared on Louis’s forehead.
"Me too!"
Seeing that Alice was looking at him with the eyes usually reserved for fools, he realized there was no Zhang Fei joke in this world.
So, he awkwardly smiled: "Could it be so coincidental?"
Alice waved her hand: "Alright then, let’s each go our way after entering the market."
"Okay."
...Ten minutes later...
In front of Limuru’s stall that Louis was about to buy from.
Alice and Louis continued to blink at each other.
Alice just felt her lips were a bit dry, licked her lips, and said: "What are you doing here?"
Louis chuckled: "I’m here to visit a senior."
Alice: "..."
Alice: "Me, me too?!"
William, who received professional training, generally wouldn’t laugh, unless he couldn’t hold it in.
Now, it’s an exceptional time.
The stall owner, who had once sold Limuru, looked at the two fools with a speechless face and said angrily:
"Alice, if you’ve got nothing to do, go squat over there, don’t disturb my business."
"Aren’t you the young lad who bought the slime previously? Just a heads up, no refunds, okay!"