Alex, who just eliminated the fake Alex (Emperor Slime), sent a glance in the girl's direction, and seeing that everything was fine, that could hold on, on their own, he sat on the ground to rest.
The injury he received in the stomach has been healed. He had taken a risk; he knew the fake Alex could dodge Erase like he previously did; it was why he asked Silveria to condense Erase into a bullet; its original form was a bullet, to begin with. Holding this bullet inside his hand, he punched the monster and let go of the bullet; once his hand was inside the monster body, Erase disrupted the magic flow inside the Emperor slime, making him revert into his original form, significantly weakened as it was magical creatures, meaning without magic power it became extremely weak. Alex used this chance to finish it, not forgetting to steal some of the monster's abilities.
''Time to check what I got.''
Alex mumbled before summoning his status.
『[Alexander Kael Touch]
Class: Magic Gunslinger
Age: 17
Male
Race: High Human
「 Rank 8]
Level 73
Experience Value (XP): 500/19800
Magic Power: 5200 (+ 10) ➤ 5210/5210
Magic: None
Attack: 1660 (+10 (+20 BP) ➤ 1690
Defense: 1510 (+10) ➤ 1520
Agility: 1650 (+10) ➤ 1660 (+200)
Intelligence: 1510 (+10) ➤1520
Luck: 1290 (+10) ➤1300
BP: 20
SP: 0
Gift: Two Guns * Semi-sealed*
Skills: [Advanced Appraisal Level 1] [Item box Level 2] [Swift Fingers Max] [Divine Sense Level 4] [Throwing knife Level 5] [Dark Vision Level 2] [Dual Wielding Level 2] [Accel Level 3] [Knife Art Level 4] [Link Level 3] [Gun Art Level Level 10] [High Regeneration Level 2] (New) [Mana Recovery Level 7] [Synthesize Level 6] [Shadow Shift Level 3]
Special Abilities: [Language Comprehension][Danger Sense] [Overdrive] [Death's Eye] [Envisage] {Erase} {Magic Bullet} {Snatch} [Hellsing] [Xerox]
Titles: [Otherworlder] [The one who can't use Magic] [The one whose fingers are faster than Flash] [Goblin Slayer] [The Reborn] [Shadow Nemesis] [The Slaughterer]』
'Not bad, I got that High Regeneration skill; even my Mana recovery skill level increased.'
Suddenly, Alex's expression changed. Even though he was busy checking his status, he had one eye on the battlefield; he was checking what was going on through his Divine Sense; it was how he knew that something was wrong; Isabella was about to be seriously injured by the fake Isabella.
''Shadow Shift!"
Without hesitation, Alex used Shadow shift on the fake Isabella and switched place with her; the latter was surprised; before she could respond, a bullet came, though she was surprised, her reaction was quick, lowering her body the fake Isabella managed to dodge Alex's bullet.
''My job is done,'' Alex said with a smile when he saw the fake Isabella dodging his bullet; since the start, he never planned to kill this monster to begin, this role should be left to someone else.
''Water Dragon.'' Isabella roared as she sent her water dragon at the fake Isabella.
Before the fake Isabella could recover, Isabella Water dragon swallowed her. To finish the fake Isabella once for good, Isabella attacked it with her spear.
''Gravity Crush!"
Numerous heavy spear thrusts were sent toward fake Isabella, crushing her.
''Ha! ha!!"
Isabella started to pant after successfully killing the fake Isabella. After a moment, she lifted her head to try to thank Alex.
''No need, I just saved a comrade in the need. Look, the princess is also about to finish her fight.''
Alex said while pointing at Artemia; indeed, she was about to end her fight; even though emperor slime could copy anything, there was a limit, the fake Artemia couldn't copy Artemia Nine Layered Chains ability to perfection, for example, that Nine Form.
''Nine Layered Chains Nine Form: Judgement Spear.''
''Nine Layered Chains Fourth Form: Chains Shield!''
Swoosh! Kaboom!
The fake Artemia was obliterated, leaving almost nothing behind by the Judgement Spear.
Alex gulped when he saw the result of this exchange, it was a good thing he managed to stop, or else he would have died.
The place where the fake Artemia stood became a huge crater. On the other side, Artemia could be seen sitting on the ground.
''That Ninth Form is sure powerful, and you said it isn't perfect because of your current strength and your Gift state. I wonder how powerful the real thing is going to be?"
Alex, who was approaching Artemia, asked while helping her stand up.
''Fufufu! Don't worry, in the future; you will see the full extent of this ability; however, the real thing is nothing compared to that broken ability of yours.''
Artemia replied while looking at him; Alex quickly glanced elsewhere and started whistling. Artemia could only sigh.
The two went to join Isabella, who was resting.
''You two must rest; I will go collect the slime cores.''
Alex declared before leaving, not giving the girls any time to say anything.
Searching through the location where the slime last died, starting from the closest one, Alex found a fist-sized crystal emitting dazzling purple light.
''This will sell for a quit of money,'' Alex said before storing away the purple crystal. Then he moved to collect the other two purple stones. While the three stones share the same color and have the same size, the crystal left behind by the Emperor slime Alex killed seemed more colorful; it was probably because this slime was stronger.
When Alex went back to the girls, he hands over their crystals; they decided to spend the night on this floor.
The next day the group moved to the next floor.
The twenty-sixth floor was occupied by a group of ferocious apes of seven meters; however, Alex's group didn't have a hard time dealing with these apes.
Seven days quickly passed, making twelve days since Alex and others entered this dungeon; they were about to step on the twenty-ninth floor.
A lot happened during these seven days. Alex, Artemia, and Isabella progressed; Alex was now Level 78 while Artemia was Level 90. As for Isabella, she shortly falls behind Alex by four levels.
Taking a deep breath, Alex looked at his comrades and said, ''Let's go.''