Of course, although it was mostly slimes, occasionally other large monsters appeared. That's why Skeleton Slimes were needed for guard duty. After all, Skeleton Slimes were no less powerful than Demonized Slimes.
Moreover, because these slimes had a special connection with Takeru, their kills were counted towards Takeru's.
Watching Takeru effortlessly turn killing and collecting into a production line, everyone showed stunned expressions. Feeling their experience points constantly increasing, they were also amazed.
"Alright, let's move to the next location." Seeing that everything was proceeding orderly here, Takeru spoke directly to the still-stunned group.
"Uh, okay." Hearing Takeru say this, everyone naturally had no objections. They headed to the next monster spawn point.
Soon, they arrived at a new monster gathering area. There were giant frog monsters and black cow monsters. The frog monsters basically attacked with their long tongues, but they were also very weak. Their experience was a bit better than the slimes', around 300.
The bulls were stronger. Their attack methods were claw swipes similar to tigers and sharp horn thrusts. They provided Takeru and the others with over 800 experience.
What delighted Takeru most was the black cow monsters' bodies. With simple creation, they could become new high-grade ingredients.
Whether giant frog monsters or black cow monsters, under everyone's overwhelming strength, they caused no trouble at all. Melty, Kizuna, and the others quickly killed large numbers of them.
Soon, a special elite monster appeared in the area: a black cow monster with wings. Its physique was already similar to a tiger's. It was very agile and had explosive power.
But it was directly restricted by Mio's Shadow Bind, then Filo went up and punched it hard, killing it instantly.
There was no helping it. Filo's current level was 95, her strength far surpassing the original work.
Added to that, Fitoria's enhancement and the special gloves Takeru had created, killing a cow with one punch was the simplest thing.
After killing the elite monster, everyone gained a little over 3,000 experience points, increasing their experience again.
Raphtalia directly leveled up to 96. Yui and the others leveled up even faster. Originally, the slime point was constantly increasing their experience. Added to this, Yui also leveled up to 76. Glass and the others also reached level 58.
The fastest levelers were Koyuki and Melty. Among the group, they had the lowest levels, only 40. After arriving here, they had already leveled up to 45.
Seeing her level increase, Melty was amazed. Without Takeru and the others, it would have probably taken a very long time to reach this level.
After killing the elite monster, Takeru stored it away. No one saw a problem with Takeru's actions. Their purpose in coming here was simply to level up.
They weren't very interested in the items or bodies the monsters dropped.
Then, as usual, Takeru took out twenty slimes and led everyone to the next location.
Feeling the marvelous sensation of gaining experience without doing anything, everyone had complex expressions.
But as they continued forward, they soon encountered a crocodile-like monster, as well as a giant crocodile boss.
"Takeru, Yui, leave this boss to me and Glass." Looking at the crocodile boss, Kizuna volunteered.
"Is that so? Then we'll leave it to you. As for the surrounding small monsters, leave them to Raphtalia and the others." Seeing the two wanting to perform, Takeru nodded and didn't refuse.
"Yes!" Hearing Takeru's words, Raphtalia and the others, who were on standby, charged at these monsters. With their superb sword techniques, the ordinary crocodile monsters quickly lost their lives.
Then, only the giant crocodile boss remained. Seeing its subordinates die, the crocodile boss felt extremely angry. It lunged at Raphtalia, jaws wide.
"Your opponent is us. Killing Thread!" As she spoke, Kizuna used her holy weapon to transform into a special fishing rod. She manipulated the thread to bind the crocodile boss. The tough thread made it impossible for the crocodile boss to break free for a while.
However, Kizuna also knew it wasn't realistic to rely on this to kill the crocodile boss. But temporarily trapping it was enough, because she wasn't alone.
"Round Dance Breaking Form: Armor Cutter!" The moment Kizuna trapped the crocodile boss, Glass, who had been charging, was ready. Using a synthesized light sword, she thrust it directly at the crocodile boss. The powerful impact and penetrating power pierced the crocodile boss's head, finishing it off.
With the crocodile boss's death, everyone gained different amounts of experience. The least was over 4,000.
After killing the crocodile boss, Kizuna used her thread to pull the crocodile boss's corpse to her, then brought it directly to Takeru, presenting it to him like a treasure.
"Thanks." Seeing Kizuna's action, Takeru showed a smile.
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On the other side, after splitting from Takeru and the others, Naofumi and his group quickly found a leveling area. It was a group of special penguin monsters.
They had blood-red eyes, long, thin heads, sharp beaks, and three sharp claws on their hands.
Although L'arc had been inadvertently replaced by Yui as the Scythe Vassal Brave, he had still become a strong fighter surpassing ordinary adventurers through continuous training and leveling up. He had chosen a long sword as his weapon and was not weak.
Naofumi also witnessed different magical attacks from another world. The methods were different, and the medium used was special gemstones. Naofumi and Emilie were amazed.
The two also saw the power of the slimes that always accompanied Naofumi. They looked soft and cute, but were so terrifying in battle.
The long sword and armor the slimes transformed into also surprised them greatly.
"Naofumi, there's the monster leader over there." Soon, L'arc noticed the penguin monster's boss.
"Just fighting the boss isn't a problem, but there are too many minions." Looking at the penguin boss and the large number of small penguin monsters surrounding it, L'arc felt it was a bit troublesome.
"Leave this to me. I can gather them all together." Hearing his words, Naofumi spoke directly.
"Then we'll leave the gathering to you. I'll handle them after they're gathered. L'arc and Emilie, you attack the boss." Hearing Naofumi could gather the boss, Therese quickly decided.
"Understood!" Hearing Therese's words, Emilie had no objections.
"Then let's go. Hate Reaction!" After formulating the plan, Naofumi charged out first. He used the shield's taunt skill. Bathed in red light, the penguin monsters acted as if they had seen their mortal enemy, mindlessly gathering around Naofumi and attacking him relentlessly.
However, because Naofumi's defense was quite high, and the slime armor was very hard, the damage he received was not high.
L'arc and Therese, hiding behind, were amazed to see Naofumi single-handedly withstand the attacks of over fifty level penguin monsters. They only reacted when Naofumi called out to them.
"Gemstone power everywhere, answer my request, appear, Sparkling Jewel, Ruby Flame!" After the incantation, a blue flame struck Naofumi's position. Naofumi and the many penguin monsters were hit by the extremely terrifying attack.
"Naofumi-sama!" Watching Naofumi get hit by the flame, Emilie, observing from a distance, called out worriedly.
"Don't worry, it's fine." Seeing Emilie's nervous expression, L'arc quickly reassured her. He knew very well that Therese's attack did no harm to allies. It could even purify curse damage from teammates.
"Inside the flame, it's not hot at all!" Naofumi, in the center of the flame, quickly noticed something strange. Although the penguin monsters were dying, he wasn't receiving any damage at all.