<h4>Chapter 1103 Rescuing More Slimes</h4>


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    We stepped inside of the pyramid after Aquarina''s father did the trick. There was a very long, dark corridor ahead, barely illuminated by the golden walls. We noticed many writings and engravings across the walls. Which my mother quickly identified as thenguage of the gods again. We ignored them for now, feeling they weren''t as important. Pyuku looked very excited as he ran in front of us. The golem carrying the rest of the slimes sticking close to us as well.


    However, I couldn''t really shake off this feeling of uneasiness, the same feeling I had when we entered that abandoned temple where we confronted Apollo, or the other one with Yggdrasil''s Clone. It was all a bit scary, even though I had grown so strong. We never know what sort of things await us at the end of these corridors. The temples of the gods tend to harbor either weapons of mass destruction, forbidden artifacts, or horrors beyond ourprehension.


    "Sylphy, you okay?"


    I felt Aquarina''s warm hand touch mine, as she quickly held it tightly. Her beautiful azure eyes soothed down my heart. I had grown a bit scared of these temples after all. But with her at my side, I think I can handle just about anything.


    "Yeah, I''m fine, just a bit… nervous. I hope we can find the slimes alive." I whispered to her, while sighing.


    "It''s fine. We''ll find them, Pyuku can sense their life signals, remember?" Aquarina winked at me. "I know each time we''ve explored these temples we''ve found some horror or another. But let''s just have faith. And we got our parents here too!"


    "Yeah, yeah, I know~" I said, smiling a bit. "I-I''m not scared or anything! I''m fine. Completely."


    "Okay, then can you let go of my hand? You''re grabbing it very tightly…" Aquarina raised an eyebrow.


    "No." I denied her request nonchntly.


    "Hahah, then you''re still nervous." She giggled, pecking at my nose with a little kiss.


    "I''m fine, cut it off!" I pouted a bit, feeling more embarrassed than anything.


    Any nervousness or fear I had over what awaited us at the other end of the corridor had already dissipated after all the teasing from Aquarina. And without realizing, we reached the end of it,nding on a huge, expansive area. There were many little houses built out of stone and y, contrasting the gold floor and walls.


    There were many vestiges of civilization here, of people, of their houses. And of the things they used, amongst other things. However, everything seemed empty of life. There was nobody here… Until I expanded my senses, feeling hundreds of faint life signals.


    "There are people around here." I said. "Somewhere. Let''s look!" N?v(el)B\\jnn


    "Pyuku, can you sense them?!" Asked Aquarina.


    "Y-Yeah!" Pyuku nodded. "Everyone, please me help me find them too!" As he called for help, ever slime being carried by the golem leaped out of their transporter and started searching everywhere.


    We did the same. With Aquarina, we ran to the nearest house, entering, and finding inside three small, dried slimes. They looked several times smaller than they were originally, and looked more like dried fruit than the gtinous bodies they hold! What happened to them?!


    "Aquarina!"


    "Y-Yeah, I''m on it!"


    She let go of my hand as she conjured water magic and poured it over the dried slimes. Their bodies swiftly absorbing all the moisture as she kept sshing them, finally. They regained their sheen and transparent color, bing all bubbly and big.


    "Gubo?"


    "Guuu!"


    "Geeh?!"


    They panicked after seeing us, quickly leaping away and beginning to tremble at a corner of the room. We slowly walked back while feeling relieved.


    "Don''t worry, we''re not enemies."


    "Are you okay?"


    As we asked them, they couldn''t really understand our words. Until Furoh summoned himself out of my Soulscape, andpletely mimicked Pyuku''s appearance, and also his dialect.


    "Let me handle this."


    He talked with them using Pyuku''s slimenguage and convinced them we were not enemies. The trio calmed down and exined to Furoh they were a family taking refuge from the monsters outside that had suddenly taken over their routes towards an Oasis right behind the pyramid, which we didn''t see.


    "I see, without the oasis you had to hibernate here, and… you''ve been here for two years?!" Furoh was shocked. "We need to quickly give water to everyone else, before it''s toote!"


    "Yeah, let''s go!" I nodded.


    Like that, we continued finding new slimes. Some of our friends that didn''t knew water magic spells brought them to us themselves. Aquarina used her water magic in great quantities, conjuring a rain of water over the entire ce to quickly hydrate the slimes. Meanwhile, I used my Mist and Aqua Spells to spread moisture around the entire area.


    Eventually, after an arduous hour and a half, we were able to save every slime we found. There were roughly one hundred and fifty of them living here. Including arger, purple colored slime, their chief.


    "W-We did it everyone!" Pyuku was in tears once more. "I''m so d you''re all okay!" He ended stretching his huge arms and hugging everyone together.


    The slimes were confused, but instantly trusted him after seeing his strange yet divine appearance to them. They quickly started calling him a messiah too. The other tribe greeted them. Some of the older slimes still alive recognized each other from before they split their tribes.


    Apparently, although slimes cannot grow stronger, they are very resilient and can live without food or water for up to five years. So even if we were two yearste, they could have still hold on for a bit longer… Nheless, I''m relieved. They''re also long-lived, the oldest slimes here, ording to Pyuku, were roughly three to four hundred years old.


    "So that''s what happened. I see." My mother nodded, after hearing from Pyuku what the slimes from the pyramid told him had happened. "Those birds led by the Phoenix took over the pyramid and blocked the way to the Oasis where you get your food and water. Is that Oasis behind the Pyramid? We never saw it. We should go check it out now that I think about it! Oh, and don''t worry, we''ve in those monsters."


    The slimes celebrated after Pyuku told them that, so happy they hugged us and leaped over our heads… They were adorably yful.


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