Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

"Let's keep moving."

Tuka glanced at Keith on Nina's back and silently moved to the back of the group, continuing towards the sewer leading out of the city. The thought of abandoning Keith, who had now become a burden, never crossed his mind, nor did it occur to anyone else in the team.

They were comrades who had shared life and death, entrusting their lives to each other. How could they abandon a teammate?

Half an hour later, Gordon cautiously peeked his head out from around a corner, scanning the surroundings. After confirming there were no magical creatures, he quickly waved to the others behind him. The group carefully followed Gordon, stepping out of the corner and into a sewer that was partially flooded.

Liquid mixed with blood and sewage instantly submerged everyone up to their thighs. Tuka and the others, having anticipated this, silently continued forward. This was the sewer they had found while chasing the magical creature, leading out of the city.

Swish...

Accompanied by the sound of flowing water, Tuka's team continued to move forward. Perhaps because this sewer was located in a relatively remote area, they did not encounter any magical creatures along the way. The expressions of the group became somewhat relaxed, their hearts filled with motivation. They only needed to walk a little further to successfully escape this hell.

"What... what is that?"

Suddenly, Gordon, who was walking in the front, stopped. His body trembled as he raised his head, his face filled with despair as he pointed forward. At the sewer exit, dark red tentacles were constantly writhing, and beside them lay a large number of corpses of common low-level magical creatures found in sewers.

The corpses had all become withered and charred. Their heads were split in half, and their eyes were filled with fear and a desire for life.

Thump!

"Is there... no hope left?"

The next second, Tuka's wife collapsed powerlessly into the sewage and mud of the sewer, her eyes vacant as she stared at the exit, which was blocked by a large number of tentacles. As an ordinary person, she had been on the verge of collapse after experiencing this series of events, even with the support of her survival instinct and the presence of her husband and child.

Now that their last hope had disappeared, the sudden blow left her unable to even stand.

"Hold on! We can definitely survive! We absolutely cannot die here!"

At this moment, Nina, who had been silent all along, suddenly stepped forward, forcibly pulling up the woman who had collapsed on the ground. Her face was full of determination and firmness as she looked ahead. No matter what, she had to survive... she absolutely could not die here like this!

"Nina is right, we all must survive!"

Tuka's voice came from behind. His tall and sturdy figure walked to the front of the group, a smile on his face as he looked at everyone. Then, Tuka hugged his wife tightly, patted his son's head, and looked at Gordon beside him.

"I'm counting on you after this."

After saying that, Tuka didn't wait for Gordon to reply. He resolutely raised the shield in his hand, took out the only three alchemical bombs left from the pouch at his waist, and looked up at the tentacles blocking the exit.

"Stay close to me!"

The next second, Tuka roared and threw the alchemical bombs in his hand towards the front. Immediately after, he raised his shield and charged forward, intending to create a passage for everyone using this method.

"Tuka... you bastard, follow him!"

When Gordon heard Tuka's words of entrusting him, he had a bad feeling in his heart, but before he could stop him, Tuka rushed out directly. Seeing this, Gordon could only grit his teeth and shout at the few people behind him who were stunned, and followed him.;

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A huge explosion sounded in the sewer, and the tentacles were caught off guard and blasted a gap, but a large amount of flames also began to pour back. Seeing this, Tuka did not retreat but advanced, directly holding up his shield and rushing up, blocking all the flames and shock waves in front of him.

"Ahhh! Hold on!"

The high temperature of the flames burned Tuka's shield red in just a few seconds. Tuka's body, holding up the shield, kept making sizzling sounds, and a burnt smell permeated the air, but Tuka seemed to be unable to feel it. The veins on his arms bulged, and he roared with a ferocious expression, continuing to charge forward. Gordon and the others followed closely behind him.

Bang!

Suddenly, Tuka, who was at the very front, felt his shield lighten, and his body flew out, crashing heavily to the ground. The red-hot shield produced a large amount of white steam the moment it came into contact with the sewage.

"Tuka!"

Seeing Tuka fall, Gordon rushed up directly and quickly helped him up. However, when he saw Tuka's appearance at this time, even Tuka, who had expected it, couldn't help but feel his eyes turn red.

Half of Tuka's originally resolute face had become a bloody blur. Blood mixed with sludge flowed down from the charred flesh in his empty eye sockets. The hands that originally held the shield had also become half-cooked, and bones could be clearly seen through the charred flesh. His body was also covered in scars.

"Cough cough, Gordon, I didn't expect you to cry too!"

Tuka opened his only remaining eye and looked at Tuka in front of him. A smile appeared on his ferocious and terrifying face. Then, Tuka struggled to raise his head and glanced at his wife and child, raised his charred arm, wanting to say something, but the next second Tuka's arm slammed heavily into the sewage, and his breath had disappeared, leaving only one eye still open.

"Tuka!"

"Captain!"

"Father!"

In an instant, the remaining few people rushed to Tuka's side, pushing his body hard, wanting to wake him up, but all of this was useless. Tuka, whose body and most of his internal organs were almost half-cooked, was completely dead.

"...Let's go!"

A few seconds later, Gordon suddenly stood up and forcibly pulled the others away. His red eyes stared at them, saying word by word. The explosion just now must have attracted the attention of the magical creatures. If they didn't leave now, then Tuka would have died in vain.

"Okay!"

Seeing this, the few people nodded with difficulty and followed Gordon, continuing to walk forward, while behind them, Tuka's body lay on his shield, his only remaining eye watching the backs of the departing crowd... the corner of his mouth seemed to have a trace of a smile.

In the next journey, everyone moved forward silently with heavy hearts. Tuka's death could be said to be a huge blow to everyone. Tuka had always been the core and captain of this team. He took care of every teammate, and every time there was danger, he would stand in the front alone, protecting them.

Suddenly, a ray of light shone on everyone's faces. Gordon quickly ran up and saw that outside the passage was a river several meters wide, and beside the river was a dense forest. A large amount of sewage mixed with blood flowed from the sewer into the river at their feet.

"Finally... we escaped."

Looking at the bright sunshine and lush green trees outside, the faces of the crowd, which were originally full of sadness, couldn't help but reveal a trace of a smile... but what they didn't know was that the shadows behind them began to twist little by little.