I came back to my home after another successful hunt. I had killed about 123 slimes today. I think I was getting better at finding them and and can take as many as 12 at a time. What's more important is Slimy Sensation:The feeling you get when you kill a slime. I gave the name to the feeling I get when I kill slimes. I feel like I have a deep connection with slimes because of that feeling.
The slimes weren't that powerful and I didn't get hurt, but that's natural because they were just slimes. I'm not the type of person who uses that one organ that's located in your head, but if I had to use it to express how I felt about slimes, then I would be talking for days.
I have been hunting slimes for about three years now and I learned way too much about them. Not only is it fun to kill them, it's also fun to learn about how they live so it's easier to kill them! The past 3 years helped me a lot to become closer and think like a slime. I feel ten times smarter(maybe)!
Slimes aren't always dumb and they actually create small villages if there is a big group of them, but I only encountered one and I wasn't strong enough to handle them all. I was very sad that day, but I did kill way more slimes than I usually did.
Today was a special day however. I killed plenty of slimes and was almost at my goal. I only needed to kill 15 more then I would be at one million! Yes, one million, a very big number that comes after nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine! I bet you're surprised I can count that high.
When I reach one million slimes I would be recognized by the hunter's association for the first person to kill one million slimes ever! I'm surprised that no one has ever done it before and I was going to be the first. People don't kill slimes unless they have to because they think they're slimy, boring, and gross, but I believed that someone in the past would have enjoyed killing slimes like I do now. Apparently that isn't the case.
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My house isn't that big or small. It's a nice medium sized house with a garden. I bought it using money I got from hunting slimes. Inside my house I have a collection of bottles of slime liquids from the different types of slimes I killed over the years. I have about one thousand different bottles and I put the majority in my bedroom. I remember when I made each bottle and they are all precious memories to me.
I looked ata bottle that contained a bright green slimy liquid. The memories started rushing back into my head. I was only 17 years old. I was in a cave that was filled with skeletons. I ignored the skeletons because my destination was a source of water that I had heard about from the other hunters. The skeletons were easy to avoid because they were low-level and the water wasn't that far.
When I arrived I found an empty dark space with a medium sized puddle of water. The area had a musty smell, but no monsters. I was well aware of where slimes come from so I sat there and waited for a few hours.
SLOSH! SLOSH!
A slime that was almost my height was right behind me trying to engulf me. It had a light green color and the usual retarded face. I had quickly grabbed my sword and tried to slice the foul beast. My sword went right through it and I felt the heavenly sensation. It didn't die though. It split into two slimes which immediately merged back together. It was a Rank 2 slime. I wasn't strong enough at the time to defeat it and wouldn't stand a chance. I wasn't really a brave or courageous person who was arrogant and thought I was the strongest, but I didn't run away. I thought if I kept slicing it in half then I would be able to feel the sensation of the slime infinitely. That's exactly what I did.
I used rapid Zendu slashes and sliced in half about twenty times repeatedly. The slime was smarter than I thought and tried something else on the twenty-first slash. Slime shoot. Since this slime was bigger, the shot was more powerful and I was unable to dodge. I took the hit straight on and-
Sorry I kept rambling on about slimes. I got a little ahead of myself and started telling a story. It isn't that important so I'll stop boring you.
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I was going to reach my one million goal later in the day when I had more energy. Zendu slashes are quick and precise, but they will gradually take up your internal energy. I had to rest to recover my internal energy, so I wouldn't be able to kill slimes for awhile. I got use to the feeling of not being able to kill slimes and I would take care of my other business while waiting.
I don't have many things to take care of. I organize my collection, straighten up my house, and visit my dad to tell him I'm not going to take care of the farm. I also go to the Hunter's Tavern to tell stories about slimes I killed. People enjoy the stories and laugh wholeheartedly while I'm telling them. They also tell their friends about me and they enjoy talking about me. It makes me feel special even though I'm not. I'm so happy that the other hunters like my stories, but I don't understand why they avoid me when I ask them to go hunt.
I tried to share the feeling of slicing through the sticky substance of a slime, but people just don't understand. It was sad because I had no friends to hunt slimes with, but I soon got over it because there were more slimes for me.
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I'm currently a Rank 5 Hunter. Rank increases when you kill a variety of powerful monsters and bring in their body parts of proof. My rank stopped going up because the Hunter's Association leaders are mean and want me to kill other monsters. I made a vow to never kill any other monsters unless I really had to. I haven't killed any monsters other than slimes before and my streak continues even till this day. My rank isn't really important to me anymore and I receive enough money from my moist slime liquids to make a living.
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Finally! I had enough internal energy to go and kill more slimes! Tingles of happiness filled my body and touched me all over. It felt so great to be so close to my goal. I went to my favorite slime hunting place: The River of Swog. It is more of a long swamp than a river. It goes through a forest and is surrounded by monsters. Especially slimes!
The closer I got to the "river" the faster my heart started to beat. I could hear myself breathing the breaths of happiness and I was sweating the sweat of joy. I was really just tired from running fast, but it felt very special to me. All the memories of me killing slimes were coming back into my head. It felt as if the slimy sensation was already at my fingertips even though I had to run a few more kilometers.
The warmth of the sun reminded me of the warm slime juice that splashed on my body when killing a slime! The color of the sky reminded me of the beautiful color of the basic slimes! The smell of the outdoors and nature reminded me of when I got sticky slime in my nose! The taste of the humid air during the hot weather reminded me of when… Well I don't really want to talk about that right now. I would continue explaining what I feel right now, but I don't want to be called a weirdo again.
I finally arrived at the River of Swog. It took me a few hours of travel because I was conserving my internal energy for this holy sacrifice. I walked down the "river" until the ground became mushy. I recognized I was getting close and continued until the muddy ground was up to my ankles. Here I was-
"SLIME HEAVEN!!!"
I actually shouted it out loud. Very loud. The sound of my voice echoed through the forest and the birds started flying from the trees. I was really loud, but I stopped caring because I saw something very important. A group of River Slimes! I gave them this name because they are always the same color as the river. They use it for food and transportation. There are actually just normal slimes with a little more intelligence, but I think all slimes are different and special!
I pulled out my sword and dashed towards the slimy monsters. I swung my sword in a wide arc, so all the slimes could feel my wrath. I tried to keep my composure when slicing through the slimes' stimulating bodies, but I let out a "Ooh!" to express my excitement.
11 more slimes and I will reach One million! I really want to tell you how I feel right now, but my wording will start getting weird again. After traveling a bit further down the river I saw Tier 2 of Slime Heaven! There were about eight slimes. I could see them moving their bodies weirdly while facing each other. This is how slimes communicate! I didn't try to study Slime language, but I know how they talk.
The motions they were performing looked familiar. I started to remember where I saw them before. I smiled. A very big smile that showed how I was feeling. I began to follow the slimes while hiding my presence. I had my sword ready in my hand and kept my outward excitement to a minimum.
Slime Village
As expected of Tier 2 of Slime Heaven. The slimes were leading me to a small village of 34 slimes. A slime village is formed by slimes moving sticks and stones around to locate the most nutrient part of a river(in this case). Slimes in this village will work together to defend themselves from other creatures and will actually try to take river territory from other monsters.
"YESS! THANK THE SLIME LORDS!!!"
I ran in there like an intelligent idiot and swung my sword around to kill as many slimes while they were still surprised. After I killed about five they formed a wall of slimes and started to launch slime balls at me. I stood tall and let their attacks come at me.
"ZENDU SLASH!"
I didn't need to yell my attack out loud so it would work(just so you know). It felt cool to slice through the slime balls and it confused the slimes. I took advantage of their confusion to use skill called Blow. I learned this because I found it it was useful against slimes and didn't require that much stamina. The wind caused parts of their slime to come off their bodies while decreasing their size.
"Yesss!"
It was the first time I used this skill on a group of slimes. I was surprised on how successful it was. Some of them actually died, 2 to be exact. They were weakened and didn't have enough mass to fight back. I decided to kill all the smaller slimes before moving onto the main course. I sliced away at the tiny squishy bodies of the crippled baby slimes. There were three of them and all their deaths felt splendid.
Even though the slimes outnumbered me they began to retreat into the river. I was to distracted by the beautiful feeling of killing babies that I failed to recognize this in time and was able to kill one.
"MY ONE MILLIONTH SLIME!!!" I was about to express my excitement some more when something happened. Something strange.
*You have killed one million slimes and gained the Slime Hunter System.*
"Hmm?"
*You are now able to use slime skills.*
"Slime Skills!"
*You are able to choose your first skill. Future skills will need to be collected.*
[Organ Manipulation(active)] or [Absorption(passive)]
A reward from the slime lords! I knew the slime lord noticed me and was rewarding me for my work! I don't understand why the slime lord wanted me to kill slimes though.
I looked at the two options in front of me and saw that they were basic slime abilities. Slimes don't have organs, but strong ones have monster cores. They are able to move their core around their body however they want. Organ manipulation probably worked like that. There would be plenty of benefits for moving my organs around:
First, it would be cool to know what it feel like for my brain to go in my stomach. Second, if a murderer tried to stab me in the heart he would be like, "where the heck is the heart?!" then I'll be like "right here" while ripping theirs out of their chest. Third, It would be so awesome to prank a priest (doctor) if they tried to heal me. I could move my damaged organ somewhere else in my body and they wouldn't be able to find it There were also many advantages to using this skill in battle, but they're pretty much the same as the previously mentioned.
Absorption was kind of different. Slimes got into water to regenerate their bodies, eat, and become stronger. They needed liquid nutrients and the more they got the stronger they became. They could get this nutrients by absorbing dead monsters' bodies if they were big enough. The monster would slowly start to dissolve and become part of the slime making it more powerful. This is how slimes would evolve into a different type of slime like acid slimes.
I guess the absorption skill allows me to get stronger by absorbing the nutrients that enters my body. I won't be able to control the absorption and I don't think I will evolve, but I believe I will get cool skills. It has its uses as well, but they aren't as fun as organ manipulation.
Overall organ manipulation seems to be the better choice, but neither of these are going to be useful in my life. That's because I only kill slimes.
"Neither!"
*User has to choose prefered skill or system will prevent user from hunting slimes.*
"What!? Why!?!"
It started sounding more like my dad than a reward from a great slime. Didn't it call itself the Slime Hunter System, isn't it suppose to help me hunt slimes. It even gave me skills that belong to my beloved creatures. Now it's acting like a jerk and is forcing me to do something I don't want to.
"Fine, I choose Organ Mani- No I choose Absorption!"
I changed my mind because I realized I could kill more slimes faster if I chose absorption. I also wanted to absorb a slime to see what happens. Don't think weird of me.
*Gained Skill: Organ Manipulation Lvl 1(active). Read skill description for details.*
"NOOO!! I wanted absorption you stupid system!"
*Confirming User's statement…*
"Huh?"
*User's statement is true. System will update to not make mistakes again.*
Well I guess that works as an apology. It said it wouldn't make any more mistakes so I forgive it.
*Gained Skill:Absorption Lvl 1(passive). Read skill description for more detail.*
"Yes! Thank you!.. I'm sorry for getting angry at you and I hope we can hunt slimes together and be friends."
I tried to show the system how much I forgave it for giving me both skills. I'm not that good with words because I don't think that much, but I'm really good at talking when I give it my all!
*You are now able to access the Skill Window.*
I was confused by what it meant by skill window. The questions that were running around in my head were soon answered when something popped up in front of my eyes...