But now she says it's to "resolve the waste treatment plant crisis," which changes the whole concept.

——It's almost like she's saying she bought the special slimes with the intention of solving the crisis from the start.

Faced with Louis' somewhat skeptical gaze, Olivia put her hands on her hips and said:

"Haha~ I'm the Empire's wise one, naturally, at the first sign of trouble, I'm prepared!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Louis showed a slightly odd smile.

He didn't say much and directly changed the topic:

"You mentioned before that among those special slime individuals, most are metal slimes?"

Seeing Louis taking the initiative to change the topic, the little swan let out a sigh of relief:

"Yes, almost all of them are metal-oriented slimes."

Louis slightly bowed his head in thought, not looking at the sweat-wiping little swan.

For the first time, he heard from Olivia that most of the special slimes Limuru devoured were metal slimes.

And then he thought of Limuru's marvelous [Metal Control] ability.

He formed some ideas in his mind and planned to verify them once back in the Imperial Capital.

Collecting his thoughts, Louis focused his attention back on the Fallen Shadow Beauty Snake.

Seeing him silent, Olivia felt a bit bitter inside, knowing that the dubious nation might be suspicious.

After all, in this lifetime, the dubious nation had indeed started using their brains.

Moreover, they were quite adept at it.

She could only force herself to focus on the Fallen Shadow Beauty Snake.

These creatures can be quite troublesome when their numbers increase.

Their weakest are at challenge level LV3 as magical beasts.

Don't think the little swan dealt with magical beasts with a single swing just because one Fallen Shadow Beauty Snake got knocked down.

In fact, it's purely because the little swan was skilled with her stick.

Mage Ense isn't the kind of golden crispy chicken people perceive a mage to be, losing all ability to resist once approached by a melee class.

On the contrary, Saint Louis Academy teaches mage skills, starting with how to wield a stick well.

Her stick skills were on point.

Moving like thunder, striking as fast as lightning.

Moreover, she controlled her strength remarkably well.

Seeing her knocking out the Beauties instead of splitting their skulls shows the Ensemage tribe's fierce yet skilled nature.

Of course, it's said the mages in the Tunisian Republic are even crazier, embracing a close combat mage style with fists and kicks.

Louis now understood why when he and Lord Gandalf discussed the philosophy of "use the sword or don't have one," Lord Gandalf went and got himself a big two-handed sword.

As for the new strategy Louis and the team came up with...

Well.

It can only be said that when it comes to dealing with enemies, these four certainly don't follow any ethical guidelines.

The group plunged into battle.

They no longer tried to lure the beauty snakes onto land.

Louis directly used himself as bait, approaching the beauty snake's nest voluntarily.

Before long, several beauty snakes emerged from the water, wagging their tails eagerly toward Louis.

The little swan and her friends hid, watching in amusement and speechless as one beauty snake after another was lured by Louis towards the ambush behind the rocks.

Ali thought for a moment and said:

"Just learned a rather useless fun fact, these creatures don't refuse impart."

Which made the nearby little swan laugh until her stomach hurt.

Louis remained steadfast.

When he reached behind the big boulder, those dozen or so beauty snakes eagerly followed suit.

Then came cudgels with staffs.

Scepters crushing heads.

Blades and swords stabbing straight through.

When the remaining beauty snakes realize something's off, the four of them had already charged out from behind the rocks laughing.

A sneak attack initiated by a handsome man.

A delightful victory.

Louis' sword was stained with blood.

Limuru got another feast.

After evolving into a giant slime, Limuru's digestion ability underwent a qualitative change.

Even with such a large number of fallen shadow creatures, the digestion process took a matter of minutes.

Frankly, some things taste delicious at first.

But if you eat too much, you start to feel a bit sick of it.

After consuming the dozen or so Fallen Shadow Beauty Snakes, Limuru began conveying a "not liking it anymore" feeling to Louis.

Louis patted it without saying anything.

Limuru obediently resumed digesting.

The power of the fallen shadow within the beauty snakes, as the digestion proceeded, surged into Louis like a wide-open tap.

With every breath, Louis could feel the fallen shadow power surging through his veins.

He felt his heartbeat was several times faster than usual.

The sinister bellow of the sin dragon armament hidden within his skin roared.

It was a sensation akin to a blood-and-flesh transformation.

In a daze, he sensed that the sin dragon's power within him had amassed to a certain threshold.

With a boom!

A series of bones clattered within his body.

His whole body seemed to have grown halfway, becoming more proportionate and slender, but those bright eyes darkened.

The women could distinctly feel that Louis' aura had become more restrained.

If he was like an uncontrollable, sharp sword before.

Now, he had learned to conceal his edge.

Louis, advanced to LV7!

He exhaled deeply and said:

"I was stuck at the level 6 breakthrough for so long, finally broke through."

Ali paused for a moment before speaking:

"Have you chosen an advancement class?"

Louis nodded.

Ali became intrigued.

She curiously asked:

"What class did you choose?"

"Master Blood Claw, Shadow Sun Ninja, or Red Jade Guard?"

The seven advancement classes of the Nine Swords all require meeting specific advancement criteria before transitioning.

However, advancing to a class isn't something to be taken lightly.

Ali spread her hands and said, "There's no way, for the other advancement classes, advancing at this time wouldn't be easy for you."

"The Deep Stone Sentinel requires you to be on the ground to exert the most power, its utility range is quite narrow, and with your disposition, I doubt you'd let yourself have this weakness."

"The Jade Phoenix Mage advancement class is limited in number, only emerging when an old Jade Phoenix Mage dies."

"Currently, there are no slots open for Jade Phoenix Mages, and there have been no reports of anyone's death, so it's unlikely for you to advance."

"Though the Nine Sword Grandmaster is very powerful, the accreditation needed for advancement is too high, even for you, it would be challenging to meet them now."

"The Eternal Blade speaks for itself, this class requires guidance from the Elf Race experts of the Hidden Forest of the Ancient Era."

"Though we have the heritage, without prior preparation, advancing here is quite improbable."

Louis understood.

Simply put, Deep Stone Sentinel is limited, Nine Sword Grandmaster requires higher class levels for the job, while Jade Phoenix Mage and Eternal Blade are "connections class" needing extra arrangements.

Louis chuckled and said:

"I meet the advancement requirements for Master Blood Claw and Shadow Sun Ninja, Red Jade Guard is more complex, as it requires the faith of the Goddess of Death and Magic."

"Which do you think I'd choose?"

Ali's eyes brightened:

"I've long realized you're like me, not just worshiping some powerful god but whichever god is useful."

Louis nodded: "In Ense, they don't worship idle gods, isn't that normal?"

Ali clapped and laughed:

"Makes sense, definitely makes sense!"

"If that's the case, I bet you chose Red Jade Guard!"

Louis was surprised and said:

"Why do you think that?"

Seeing his expression, Ali grinned: "No reason, just because among these three classes, Red Jade Guard has the strongest combat power."

Louis nodded and said: "Indeed, with the blessing of the Goddess of Death and Magic, Red Jade Guard is the strongest among these three classes."

"If I'm not mistaken, you're a Red Jade Guard, right?"

Ali smiled and said:

"To become stronger, being a shallow disciple of the goddess isn't a problem, and anyway, the goddess treats me well."

"So you indeed chose to advance to Red Jade Guard..."

"Nope, I advanced to Eternal Blade!"

Ali: ???

Ali's ample bosom couldn't contain the overwhelming confusion.

Almost spilling out.

"What the heck?"

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