Chapter 25 Slime and Wine

Bill looked at her.

"Girl is no adventurer, Bill sees that now... so, you told Bill the truth, no lie was told. Little monkey... is lost."

She got really confused after hearing Minotaurs talk so strangely.

"Um, what? Cough... Why so suddenly trust Bill? Cough... I mean, it's great that you believe me but... cough... why?"

While rubbing his horn with a hand Bill said, "Bill is no fool, only old, Girl probably thinks she has a cold but she does not. Slime is melting her insides, no adventurer makes such a mistake. Bill thought that girl is enjoying Slime's company inside her but now Bill sees that girl just doesn't know any better."

After hearing Bill's words her face turns pale, cold sweat covers her body, her hands start to shake as she slowly touches her stomach. Pressing her both palms against her stomach she can feel how slime was moving around inside her because of a sudden change in the girl's mood and sudden urge to puke. But before she could puke him out Slime hardened preventing it from happening. The moment Slime hardened and the girl realized she can't get it out she got fear struct and began to panic. In desperation, Suzuka started to punch her stomach in hopes that Slime would leave her body but it was in vain.

 Looking at the girl's panic Bill said, "Hahaha! Calm down little monster... don't make it worse."

While panicking and overwhelmed by fear Suzuka Shouted at Bill, "How can I calm down? Slime is eating me from the inside! And shut up about the monster, I'm not a monster!"

Bill got mad hearing the girl raise her voice at him and grabbed her with his huge hand then pushed her down to the ground.

"Only a monster can survive this long with Slime eating you from the inside! Only bones would be left of a normal human by now!"

With tears in her eyes rolling down her cheeks and a wavering voice, she said, "I'm sorry! I'm scared... what do I do! I'm sorry, I was turned into a monster, I wasn't strong enough to protect myself."

Still mad, Bill lifted the girl in front of him and while looking at her sobbing said, "Don't worry! Bill got just the thing!"

Saying that he turned around and went a few meters deeper into his cave while carrying a girl in his hand. He walked up in front of a big pot and removed the wooden lid with another hand. Without any warning, he landed the girl's head down into the pot submerging her head in liquid.

 "Here! Have a drink of Bill's wild apple rush wine! And don't struggle so much!"

A good minute has passed since Minotaur forcefully submerged the girl's head in wine. Beast held her tight no matter how hard she struggled she couldn't break free from his grip. When the girl started to drown and stopped to resist Bill pulled her head out from the pot and dropped her on the ground. As she was laying on her back on the floor gasping for air Bill punched her stomach with his huge finger making her puke Slime that was killed by alcohol. The abused girl was gasping for air even harder after getting punched in the stomach.

 Took her a good few minutes to finally inhale and when she started to breath normal again she said, "God, Bill... did you need to be so rough with me? You didn't need to abuse me like that, you hurt me you know."

"Hahaha! The girl doesn't look hurt, Slime is dead, and all good."

"Yeah, Slime is dead. I guess thank you for saving me and not killing me in the process."

"No problem, girl!"

Suzuka sits down and with her hands, she brushed her wet hair back. Looking at the girl Bill said, "Girl looks pretty with her hair pulled back, Bill like how the girl looks."

"Thanks, that's the nicest thing I heard in a while. But putting my looks aside, I would like to know how Slime found his way inside me. Are you okay? You have been sleeping for at least 12 hours through the night."

"This part of the forest is too wet, rains often, the river is close, and many small caves are good spots for Slimes to live. Bill fine, Bill spills wine on the ground no Slime can come close to me."

"Okay, then how I'm with Slime if wine stops them?"

Bill looked around, stood up, and started to look at the hole in a wall close to the exit where Suzuka spent the night.

"Girl spent the night close to the exit, and Bill spilled wine only close to the bed. Wine is like walking on fire for Slime. That's why Bill is safe."

"Yeah, now that we talk about it, I think it's written in Monsterpedia that alcohol kills Slime."

Bill lay down on his hay bed and starts eating apples. After having a few he noticed his ax was gone.

"Girl! My AX! Oh, that's right... damn, Behemoths broke them. How many days was I out girl?"

"Told you, Bill, you have been out something close to 12 hours. Yesterday early evening and you woke up today late morning."

"That can't be right girl, Bill was hurt badly. Bill should be down for at least a full week. Minotaur heals fast but Bill is old now and healing is harder. What did the girl do?"

"I just stopped wounds from bleeding, that's all. How old are you anyway, you don't look that old to me."

"In human years I would be close to 85 years old, Bill is not as strong as he was before, Bill is not young, maybe half the strength he used to be."

Suzuka got a bit scared after hearing that the beast that was whipping the floor with her was only a weak and old Minotaur.

"85? Half the strength? You kill all these monsters yesterday so easily if not that sneaky Gobliman."

"Ha! Bill could win that fight, Bill underestimated the enemy. That Gobliman was no fool, he was a smart one. That means the Goblin nest grows big. That's a problem, Bill needs to fix axes fast."

"That sounds like a problem, they might attack again soon. As for your axes I know where they are, I go and get what's left of them."

"Little monkey! Bring only the heads of the axes, Bill has spare handles to replace. The girl says Bill was sleeping 12 hours so it's the first day of the week."

Suzuka with a surprise in her voice asked, "Wait! It's Monday today? That can't be right, I got kidnaped on Monday after school."

"Girl, Bill knows how to track time, it's the first day of the week."

"What month then, Bill?"

Minotaur walked up to a wall he headbutted and checked the markings on it then picked charcoal and marked what day it is. Then turned to a girl.

"It's the seventh month, the first day of a week."

The girl grabbed her head and started to talk.

"It's July? But, but... school ended in the middle of June! Are you telling me I was here for more than two weeks?"

Minotaur walked back to his bed and lay down again. After he was comfortable in his bed he started to eat what was left in the bucket. Without making a big deal of girls panicking he said, "Bill doesn't care how long Girl was here, what Bill cares about now is his ax. Now go get them!"

The girl said nothing back to Bill, she just got up and went outside. While walking she thought to herself, "Pfff! Dum ox! Go look for it yourself, you look just fine. Why can't you go and get them yourself? Whatever, I get them for you."

Suzuka went outside Bill's cave and went straight to his broken ax. When she got them she turned around and went back inside the cave. Bill was sleeping soundly again, the girl got angry but she didn't wake him up, she just put axes on Bill's bed.

Without many things to do, she decides to go outside and do a little testing on her powers of the magic box. When she goes out again she looks around for practice dummies, but nothing much around. Lots of sticks, branches, all kinds of sizes rocks, nothing special. As she walks around the field she thinks up some simple things to try out. She put a small rock on the ground and started her training. She targeted the rock with her hand and by using her magic she covered it in the black aura. This time she felt a little resistance as she was trying to curl her fingers into a fist for a crushing motion. The rock size of her head cracked and crumbled into tiny pieces in a few seconds.

"Okay, nice! I can crush rock that big like it's a cookie. The aim is pretty hard though, I'm several meters from it and almost missed."

After a rock, she decided to test her powers on a tree that was a little further in the field about 15 meters from her. She targeted a tree and started to crush it, but as soon as she started, the tree began to make a lot of noise. An unpleasant, squeaking sound echoed throughout the forest. Fearing attracting unwanted attention she stopped crushing the tree.

"Oh my gosh! I didn't think the wood will make that much noise. I better look for some other target."