"Paradox, can you hear me?" Adrian asked but then he realized that he flung to the past without his trusty weapon.
"That damn old man. I told him that I should have time to get ready first, but he just had to send me here in his excitement. What I am most curious is the reason why the Cube of Paradox is not transported with me. It is a bound weapon." Adrian thought to himself as he searched his inventory for a spare soul glove.
"Why are you still here?" Pann asked the floating rotating cube beside him then also noticed that Adrian's soulbounds are still left in the Paradox Planes.
"You have successfully sent our master to a wormhole that defies the logic of time and space thus his link with us is not severed despite being flung to the past. Worry not for him as we know that he will survive.
We will be immediately transported to his side when your one-hour protection has disappeared." The Cube of Paradox stated which made Pann very curious about it, but he was not that into weapons.
"Whatever. Then all of you will help me in my ranch while waiting for my protection to disappear. Come now. It is better if you are much more useful to me than your master." Pann suddenly shifted back to work mode.
"I cannot summon my soulbounds nor my psyche…they are called primordial armaments now. I guess I should just use the magic I have at my disposal. Thank God that I can still use Greater Seal to obtain some monsters." Adrian muttered as he went to place where slimes like t gather and that is caves.
Slimes are one of the most mysterious monsters due to their origins. Not many books are written about slimes because they are volatile when subjected to experimentation. Slimes either easily die or suddenly multiplies when subjected to experiments.
No tests of slimes also held conclusive evidence due to each experiment that has been successfully recorded having different results each time. Thus, it was only published that no two slimes are ever the same because they do not move in packs and are more of the lone type of monsters.
"If there is a cave where moss and bacteria grow then a slime would be there. Overhunting is really scary." Adrian thought as he has read that slimes are commonly found in areas like these.
Adrian then suddenly heard the rustling of the trees behind him. He was not alarmed much because he was invisible, but he still decided to hide behind the bush. Adrian noticed that the figures coming out from the rustling leaves were the three individuals that he saw fighting the Red Bear.
"We would have easily killed that Red Bear if Ascalor contributed to the fight aggressively." The human stated with a displease tone, but Adrian's ears immediately perked up upon hearing the name Ascalor.
"If I made a mistake in teleporting you guys then you would be the ones dead and not that Red Bear. You did see the way the portal I conjured suddenly closed and sliced the Red Bear's arm. That could easily be one of your heads." The young Ascalor replied but Adrian could not bear to laugh silently at the feeble looking Ascalor.
"Anyways, the cave you say that slimes come from are not far from our current location, right?" The dragonkin asked in order to dispel the bickering of the two.
"Lead the way Allen. Do your best not to get us lost." The young Ascalor teased.
"Do not worry. I grew up near this forest, so I know it like the back of my hand unlike some people who just used his magic to do pranks and make other people's life miserable." Allen rebutted.
"I was practicing my magic. Their sudden frightened reaction is not my fault." The young Ascalor rebutted and the dragonkin can only sigh as she pushed the two away from each other.
"More action, less talking." The dragonkin stated as she took charge of the two.
Adrian who was hiding behind a tree heard their conversation and decided to follow the group closely. He did not mind having to pick up the scraps of others. He only had 40 minutes left before he gets pulled back to the present anyways.
"But why does the name Allen sound so familiar?" Adrian thought as he followed the group closely.
The three individuals that Adrian is following were bickering and taunting each other on the way but he could feel the bond of closeness between the three. They might be different from one another, but they understand each other on an emotional level as if they are brothers and sisters.
"Ascalor, how is it with your stalker? Did you already do the deed?" Allen teased while the three individuals started to enter the cave.
"You mean Danaya? I do not know about that crazy dryad that is all over my face whenever she sees me. I do not have the luxury of falling in love anyway. I need to build strength to better protect the world like the other elders of my race did." Ascalor stated in a serious tone which made Allen shut up as he did not expect that reply from the mischievous demon.
"That is good. You must always strive for strength. Other tasks can be done later when you have enough strength." The female dragonkin stated but she had a look of relief written all over her face when she heard Ascalor's answer.
"Damn, the old man…I mean the young man still has the thang even before he was already old. I cannot believe that Elder Danaya was that lovestruck. At least her determination finally bore fruit but what happened with that dragonkin, I wonder?" Adrian thought as he does not know that Ascalor has an acquaintance from the dragonkin race.
The three individuals scoured the cave, but no signs of slimes were seen. The cave is not even that large to begin with as five minutes were all that is needed to traverse it in Adrian's full speed.
"There are no signs of slimes. It seems that others have already beat us to them." Allen grumbled.
"Let us search the other areas of the forest. We must have missed some on the way here." The dragonkin stated as they left the cave, but Adrian could see differently.
"It seems that Allen boy was right. The slimes are here in this cave, but it seems that they are not here in this exact area." Adrian stated as he used his evil eye to search the cave and he found out a mass of souls just below the cave floor that is bigger than the cave area itself.
"I found myself a Slime Den." Adrian said while he smiled in anticipation.