Chapter 2: Fighting Slime

Kazuma POV

The vast open plain are now lie in front of me…

I am now standing at some road, and around me I can only spot rock grass and mountain. A vast land with no car, building, or electric poll. The only thing that can be spot from here that caught my eye are city within a giant wall similar to one in Manga and Anime.

"… Another world… Hey, it really is another world. Eh, it's for real? I am going to used magic and adventure in this world?"

I was trembling with excitement because of the scene before me and started talking to myself.

"Fufu, now, calm down me. First of all I should get to the city, and then register to adventurer gui-"

"Uweeeeeeh!"

…A cry? Where is it come from?

Then begin to look around myself, and finally found someone.

"…Huh…You…"

I ask with trembling voice at a certain person with a blue hair crying of the ground.

The one behind me is the so called Goddess Aqua.

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"Ah, Ah, Waah!"

It had been 3 minutes, since I arrived in this world, but for some reason, I'm now busy trying to stop a girl crying.

To be honest I have a choice to just left this women, but as you expect I end up feeling too guilty to let her alone. She is a B*tch yes, but I still owe her to reincarnate me…

"Hey, please stop crying already. What's wrong seriously?"

"U-Ugh…*sob*…! I-It is because, UWEEH!"

"Ah, look at you! You're in a mess! Here I lend you a tissue, blow your nose on this."

I handed her a tissue I have on my pocket.

"…*Sob*…Thank you… you're unexpectedly pretty nice despite being a HikiNEET who die so vainly."

"Hey!"

…This fellow

Why did she make fun of me after I help her?

"Forget it! Hey, you now that you finally calmed down. Can you explain, why you are here?"

"…Umm… Well you see…a bunch of Goddess got jealous with my beauty, and they forced me to fell to this wor-"

"…I'm leaving!"

"E-Eh, W-Why?"

"You're not even try to explain thing properly."

…This B*tch might be beautiful, but that is only by standard of a human.

There is no way anyone will bother with her just because of her face. It will be more believable story if she tell me that the Goddess who send her here are simply angry because of her bitchy attitude.

"Well then I should get going, don't get eaten by monster."

"W-Wait! Please wait! I will explain properly this time, so please don't leave."

Aqua grabbed on my leg as I try to leave.

"I got it, I got it. Begin to talk then."

Aqua then begin to explain to me the real story of what happened after I leave. This is the gist of it.

An angel appear (Damn I wish I can met her)

Aqua crime for spreading bad rumour about other Gods got found out

The Gods decided to give her some punishment ('lol' serve her right)

The punishment is for her to help me in defeating the Demon Lord…

"Muahahahaha! Serve you right! That's what you got for always acting like a stuck up bitch!"

"Uwaaaaaahhh! I'm being make fun of by a HikiNEET!"

She call me HikiNEET again, but I don't even care.

Right now I'm too focused on laughing, the stuck up B*tch got her karma, I couldn't be happier.

"Haha… I had my feel of laugh. Anyway Aqua, is this mean that you will be my companion from now on?"

"*Sob*…I don't have a choice, right? If I want to go back I need to help you the stupid HikiNEET to defeat Demon Lord."

"Okay first of all stop calling me HikiNEET! I have a name called Kazuma! If you plan to be my companion call my name properly."

...Aqua is an annoying person, but she is still a Goddess, there are no disadvantage making her a companion. Still if I have to bear her calling me HikiNEET every-time I will seriously get angry.

"Fine, Kazuma!"

"Good! Now let's get going to that city at the end of this road! From the distance if we walk it probably going to take us 20 minutes. After that we need to gather information about our location, and then before night come we need to get ourselves a place to sleep."

"Huh…! You are just a hikiNEET, why are you acting so reliable? Ah, by the way Kazuma, make sure to call me Aqua. I don't mind you addressing me as Megami-sama, but do call me by my name whenever possible. Or else we would be surrounded by citizens and couldn't go on adventures and take down the demon king. This might be a different world, but I am still one of the revered gods of this world."

… Where exactly the idiot got this baseless confidence?

"…Don't worry I will refuse with all my power to call you Megami-sama. In fact let's call you B*tch from now on!"

"What?!"

And like this my journey with B*tchy Goddess begin.

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"Hey, Aqua! There something I want to ask since just now?"

Aqua and I are now walking alongside each other while heading toward the city direction. At or pace we should arrive in 15 more minutes or so. At this time I decided to come up with some talk.

"What is it Kazuma?"

"Why did you transfer me outside the city wall? Couldn't you just transfer me inside the city?"

That way we have no need to walk like this.

"Hmm? There is no reason at all. All the people that summoned here are teleported randomly after all. We did make sure that they arrived near a city, but the exact location they arrived is up to their Luck."

…So we are here because my luck?

Seriously? I have confidence with my luck you know?

"Oh, well it can't be helped. By the way this place sure is empty. I would expect because it is outside a city wall monster would be running around all over."

"True. Even if there are adventurer Guild at that city it is weird for not a single monster here. At least there have to be 1 or 2 monsters here. I wonder if something happened."

Got send in unknown place…

There are no life whatsoever near here…

…Wait isn't this a flag?

"Gunununu."

"Eh? What's with that sound?"

I then turned around to look out the source of the voice.

At this time I feel that I might run into some incredible monster, but it turnout to be anticlimactic. The one behind us are merely a small monster with a liquid body. For those who play Game you should know what it is.

"….eh? A slime?"

In front of me a green slime with some tentacle are now looking at us.

Haha! What the hell? I thought because we triggered a flag we would run to dragon or something. But we just see a slime.

"Yosh! I will defeat this slime to gain my first exp-"

"GUWAAAH! It's a slime!"

Aqua who raise another cry grabbed my hand and start to run. We hen hide behind a giant rock as if we are hiding from a strong opponent.

"Hey, why are we running?! It just a slime, the weakest mob in game."

"Slimes are mob monsters? Where did you hear that nonsense from? Leaving small slimes aside, slimes above a certain size are powerful adversaries. Firstly, physical attacks are useless. Their magic defence is high too. They eat anything, so it's over if they stick on to you. They could seep in through the gaps in your armor, touch your skin and dissolve you with digestive fluids, they could also block your mouth and suffocate you to death. On top of it that tentacle slime seems to be a mutant! One like that can only be defeated by level 40-50 adventurer!"

…What's that? That was too scary!

—SMASH!

A rock destroyed.

I noticed that the rock we use to hide are destroyed to pieces, and the one responsible for that is the .damn slime. Apparently he used those tentacle of him like a whip and destroyed the rock.

"Aqua."

"Yes?"

"Do you know what I'm thinking?"

"Yes."

"I see, well then…"

""RUN!""

We are then both running with all our might trying to escape from the monster behind us.

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"…Haa…Haa… why is that thing chasing after us?"

Aqua and I are now running with the full extent of our might.

Maybe it is because we're in the middle of desperate situation but I run faster than usual. Nevertheless the slime still right behind us, and it doesn't show any sign in slowing down at all.

At this rate my stamina will run out first.

"Hey, Aqua! You are a Goddess right? Do something about that!"

"D-Don't ask irresponsible thing! I am a Goddess of healing, I don't have any attack spell. It will be one thing if this is a monster that still can be damaged with Physical attack, but slime can only be harmed by magic or enhanced weapon."

…Guu this girl is useless.

No I'm barking at the wrong tree here. I need to calm down and think up a plan.

Wait, isn't this the time to use my cheat? But first of all…

"Hey, Aqua! Do you have any long stick or anything long enough to be used as a weapon?"

"Ah! I don't care such thing! Ah, wait, I still have my staff!"

"Hurry and give it to me!"

"A-Alright!"

Aqua then summoned her staff out of nowhere, and then she handed the weapon to me.

Now then, time activate my skill!

"Ripping Arm of Silver"

As I said that my right arm start to be covered by Silver, and then some silver aura start to surrounding the staff. I felt as if the staff are now part of my body, and it gave a feeling of security.

W-What is this so cool!?

I didn't know that my arm would become silver like this, it seriously tingle my chunibyou side.

"Hey! If you done there, hurry up, and do something about that slime!"

…Tch, damn b*itch she can't read the mood

"Alright I'm ready here I co-"

I shouted loudly as I try to engage the slime

However, the Slime give me no such chance, it had extended it and thrusted my leg

"Huh? G-Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!"

…Suddenly I felt a large amount of pain on my leg.

It Hurt! It hurt! It hurt! It hurt!

Being a hikikomori I'm I had never got into a fight in my whole life, and so this is the first time I really felt pain. The most painful thing I ever felt is probably when my ad punched me in the past, but that are just mosquito bite compared to this.

And with this pain I come to realization that I will die.

This is totally unlike game where I simply seating on the chair and give command to my character.

This is reality where slightest bit of mistake will cost my life.

Dammit what should I do?

"Heal!"

…Huh? Wait the pain gone?

Is this healing magic of Aqua?

"What the hell are you doing?! Hurry up and move, I already healed your leg."

As I heard that I immediately get up on my leg.

Seriously to think I got helped by that wanabe goddess.

No, that is not important for now I need to focus on this guy first. Even if my leg healed I don't think I can escape from this guy. That only leave to win here. I need to focus here my life is on the line.

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I said some stuff about focusing on this guy, but seriously what should I do?

It is clear from just now that this thing can attack me on the speed faster than my body can keep up with. In order to dodge those I need to have more AGI and DEX.

"All Stat Buff!"

Aqua use some buff skill on me, and after that I feel my body a lot lighter.

"Kazuma I had buffed all your status! So hurry up, and finish this."

…Oh! I would expect she would just act selfish and start running on her own, but she actually able to give proper support. Yosh! I don't know to what extent my physical ability had increased, but now at least I should at least stand some chance.

The slime once again extended one of it's tentacle and plan to attack me

However, unlike before I manage to dodge it, and without stopping moving I cut the tentacle.

"Haha, take that Slime!"

"Gunununu!"

While I'm being happy for managing to cut off it's tentacle the slime already managed to regenerate.

…Seriously?

"Hey, Aqua! Is there no way to defeat this thing?"

"There is! You need to destroy it's main body! Any other part is useless even if you land hit, it will just regenerate you need to destroy the body completely!"

Said Aqua who are now several meter away from me

That girl she plan to run by herself huh. She will get it later!

Forget it the more important thing I need to get near him to win!

"Gununu!"

The slime then begin to attack once more this time he send several tentacle at once.

One by one the tentacle come at me at a high speed.

Thanks to Aqua buff one way or another I manage to avoid them, and thanks to the staff I also manage to cut them.

However, at the same time I merely running around him

"Gununu."

"What are you doing Kazuma hurry up and charge?"

The idiot Goddess shouted at me, but I couldn't lend an ear on her right now.

"Gunuuu!"

"Ah!"

It seems the slime and Aqua had noticed, that's right while running around the slime. I've been shortening our distance little by little.

In RPG Game it is a common tactic to circling the enemy while shortening the distance.

I have doubt that it will work in real life, but it seems to be working, and my distance with the slime had become closer.

"Gunu!"

The slime who noticed this then start to make a move.

It start to jump backward in order to increase our distance

"Like I let you!"

I rushed like an idiot at my max speed in order to catch up with the slime.

Now that he busy to escape is likely my most chance to get near him. Even if by chance I got counter-attacked by the tentacle I need to take risk!

"UOOO!"

I run and run!

While dodging the tentacle that coming down at me like a rain I keep on running to get close as possible with the slime!

When I get close enough I immediately swing my sword, but then…

"Gaaaahhh!"

The tentacle come at me from behind me. Thrusted through my stomach.

This is painful! It is even more painful than when my leg got stabbed.

But…

"Like I down from this!"

"Gunuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

Despite the pain I held up and swing my sword!

I then cut the slime body in half.

"G-Gu, G, Gunu…"

The slime let out a weak voice

After that the body of the slime start to evaporate like water and disappeared. It's over!

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Aqua POV

"Gaaaah! It hurts!"

After Kazuma defeated the slime he collapsed on the ground. He crawling on the ground while crying so loudly.

…His body did got stabbed at the stomach so I guess it is a given.

"Wait hold on! Heal!"

I casted basic healing spell heal on Kazuma after that the wound on his stomach disappeared.

Kazuma then start to get up.

"That was reckless of you for rushing like that! What if you die?!"

…If you die then I can't return to God realm and that is a big problem!

Then again if that happen I can just revive him as long as his body intact.

"Shut it! If I don't fight the slime there sooner or later I will run out stamina first, so the only way to survive is to engage it there. In the first place if you think it is dangerous, why didn't you help?!"

"What did you said?! This Aqua-sama simply watch is because I believe that this is necessary trial for you to become strong!"

"Like hell! You definitely look like, you about to run!"

…Geh he found out!

"Ah, I was right huh. Don't try to lie your face tell me everything!"

"I-I am not."

"*Sigh*whatever. Anyway thanks for giving me support. You sure help me out."

"Fufu, you finally realize my greatness huh. "

…As expected with my charm it is a matter of obvious before this HikiNEET know just how amazing I am.

"Don't get full of yourselves! I'm only saying that you help me out a little. Anyway let's get going already. The slime don't drop a single item anyway so we should get going."

"Okay!"

After that the two of us begin to move again.

…still though is this guy really just ?

He look stupid and lame, even in the battle his movement look like amateur.

But this kid gut is amazing.

For normal Japanese that come here most of them give a story that they got numbed from fear during their first encounter with monster. Yet, this HikiNEET manage to move just fine, and he even do some planning during the battle. On top of it he actually manage to withstand the pain from being stabbed.

I don't think type like this are the type of people that will become Hikikomori easily. Or at least that what my friend said.

Hmm… I don't get it.

Thinking is just too troublesome, I will just ask him later.

Author's Note:

Done for the 2nd Chapter.

Hope you enjoy my change about Kazuma having a fight right after arriving in this world instead of arriving inside the Axel City.

Also I hope you don't think Kazuma being a bit OC for fighting the slime directly.