The valiant battle between Lee Shin-Woo, the twelve Pauls, as well as the King Slime—which tried to swallow them all—had continued for at least 20 minutes.

If they hadn’t been in a cramped underground sewer, the battle might've already been over, but the level 3 Poison Skeletons were somehow standing their ground against the King Slime due to it not being able to charge properly.

"Put your back into it, Paul!"

[I'm Paul Ten!]

[Gureureureureuaaah!]

"Nice, you're blocking it well, Paul Ten. I'm taking another shot!"

[Low Rank Catapult is now Lv2. The launching speed increases. Agility has increased by 1.]

While the twelve Pauls were busy holding off the King Slime's attacks, Lee Shin-Woo used the Pauls as a moving trench to protect himself; He continued to launch Grenades so long as his mana would allow it. It wasn’t the first time he had this thought, but there really was nothing more reassuring than having allies keeping the enemy at bay!

[Gureureuoooooh!]

Whenever a portion of the King Slime's body burst, it desperately collected the mana from those pieces. Although Fire Bullet would’ve been more effective with Flames of Revenge doing continuous damage, the Grenades had at least forced a significant amount of the Slime’s mana to be concentrated in its body.

Rather than killing it with a clear cut, Lee Shin-Woo needed to slowly condense its mana through either fire or explosion in...