Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Arezia, a small border town located on the edge of the Eastern Empire, was built by most of its residents who, after hearing about the power of the Eastern Empire, gathered here to escape war-torn countries.

From the initial scattered settlements, the Eastern Empire's attention was drawn as more and more refugees fled here. Subsequently, under the command of people sent by the empire, the city was gradually built by the efforts of many refugees.

After decades of living here, all the residents have regarded this place as their home, and they have settled down here to have children, and the city has slowly begun to prosper.

Today, peace reigns in Arezia as always. The sounds of children playing, vendors hawking their wares, and people talking rise and fall on the paved streets. Occasionally, adventurers in armor and armed with weapons walk through the crowd.

Whenever adventurers pass by, the vendors and passersby greet them warmly. When the children playing see those majestic adventurers, their big eyes can't help but reveal envy and longing.

Such scenes occur on every street in the city. For the residents here, this city is their common home, built brick by brick with their own hands. In addition, the tens of thousands of residents in the small city always meet each other because of various things, which also makes the residents of this city full of enthusiasm for others.

Most of the adventurers in the city are descendants of the original refugees, so they don't have the difficult-to-approach feeling of other adventurers, and they are full of friendliness towards the residents of the city.

"Hey! Tuka, aren't you going to the sewers today?"

Inside a tavern outside the Adventurers' Guild, the tavern owner, who was originally idle, suddenly saw the Tuka squad passing by on the street and waved to Tuka jokingly. Many people in the city have heard of Tuka's adventurer squad, which has been dedicated to cleaning the sewers.

In addition, Tuka's steady, responsible, and serious attitude has made him friends with many people in the city, and the tasks they usually assign to the Tuka squad are also a major part of their income in addition to cleaning the sewers.

"I'm not going to clean the sewers today. I took Miss Lisha's task of repairing the damaged house."

When Tuka heard someone calling his name, he turned his head and saw the boss waving in the tavern not far away. He nodded with a smile and told him about today's task. Originally, Tuka was planning to take on a less difficult city exorcism mission because of Keith's complaints not long ago.

But strangely, something seemed to be happening at the Adventurers' Guild today. Not only were most of the staff not around, but even all the missions related to outside the city were canceled, leaving only the missions issued by the residents of the city.

For this reason, Tuka also curiously inquired with the young lady at the counter. He heard that the city lord had something to summon the Adventurers' Guild and all the imperial personnel in the entire city, and they left the city early in the morning.

And before leaving, he told the people who stayed behind to cancel all missions related to outside the city, saying that he would solve the matter outside the city at the latest tomorrow, and then open the missions related to outside the city.

Although the people who stayed behind felt a little strange about this, they didn't think much about it. After all, they had heard many times that small towns on the edge of the empire were destroyed by monsters, so after the city lord left, they all speculated whether a powerful monster had appeared nearby.

For the sake of the safety of the entire city, the city lord summoned everyone to crusade.

As for the matter of whether the city lord would run away, no one who knew about this matter would have such an idea. You must know that when the city lord was sent to unite the refugees, he personally hunted monsters and beasts for them as food, and during the construction of the city, he personally worked with the workers and guarded the safety of everyone at night.

And the name of this city was named after him in gratitude for everything the city lord had done. Moreover, after the city was built, the residents here were able to live and work in peace, thanks to the leadership of the city lord.

It can be said that the city lord of Arezia is respected and supported by all the residents, and many residents even regard the city lord as their own belief.

As for Tuka, after knowing about this, he didn't care too much, and even worried about the city lord and those who left for a while. Then he randomly took a task from the task list and led the team to start today's work.

"Captain, something's wrong!"

Suddenly, Keith's voice interrupted Tuka, who was reminiscing. Tuka, who had recovered, also noticed that something was wrong around him. Although this place belonged to the wealthy area near the city, it was usually a bit quiet, but it would never be so quiet that it was a bit strange like now.

"Gordon!"

"Understood."

Without Tuka saying anything, long-term tacit understanding had already made Gordon understand Tuka's meaning with just a look. He carefully took out the dagger smeared with poison, jumped nimbly onto the wall, and then jumped to the highest roof nearby. The whole process didn't even have a trace of extra movement.

"Keith, you protect Nina. Also, if something goes wrong in a while, Keith, you brat, take Nina directly to the Adventurers' Guild."

After speaking, Tuka took the brand-new shield behind him into his hand. Compared to the previous round shield made of iron and wood, the shield in Tuka's hand now was half a meter wide and almost as tall as a person. The whole thing was made of refined steel.

Although it was much heavier, it gave Tuka an unparalleled sense of security. Coupled with his skilled shield skills, even ordinary monsters (intermediate monsters) who had just become D-level could be blocked by him before he fell. It was precisely because of this shield that Tuka had the confidence to take Keith and the others out of the city to crusade against monsters.

Pa!

"Tuka, there's no one nearby. Everyone has disappeared."

Suddenly, Gordon's figure landed beside Tuka. He solemnly told his companions everything he had seen. Currently, the entire wealthy area where they were located was empty, and according to Gordon's observation, many of the houses were already empty. It could be seen that the owners who left were not acting on a whim, but had been prepared for a long time.

And without exception, the owners of those clean houses were all imperial employees, that is, the managers of this city. Apart from these houses, the remaining few houses were in a mess, and there was blood in the rooms.

"Something's wrong. All of this is wrong. Something we don't know must have happened!"

At this moment, Tuka's face became extremely ugly, and a shadow like a mist shrouded his heart. Looking at the empty wealthy area in front of him, the unease in Tuka's heart became more and more serious, as if the wealthy area in front of him was like a monster, opening its mouth wide and waiting to devour everything.