*Slime Hunter Rank increased. Slime Missions Available.*
"EXCITEMENT!!!"
I was truly running out of ways to show my happiness and I repeated that word while leaving the Forest of Swog. I was returning to my town called Astasia. I was about to go in on the details about my town, but you're lucky I caught myself. The only thing that I'm going to tell you is that monsters(including slimes) are prohibited. Prohibited means not allowed, so I can't bring my slime buddy into the town. I'll think of a way to hide the slime before we enter.
As we were heading to the town I was looking into the Slime Missions option. Currently it wasn't that useful(sadly). It is suppose to allow me to go on adventures and hunt powerful slimes. The reason it isn't that much of a use is because the slimes it allows me to hunt are based on my own strength. You probably already know how strong I am(not very).
There are plenty of types of slimes I have researched over the years. Acid slimes, completely liquid slimes with no shape, nasty slimes that enter your body and digest you from the inside, slimes that work together by fusing and becoming giant, ice slimes, and slimes that are… not really slimes. I don't want to talk about that last type of slimes I listed. The Slime Missions allows me to look through a menu of slimes(kinda like the ones you see in restaurants) and know more about them, like where there located.
The slimes looked so delicious and I wasn't able to taste them all just yet, but I wanted to eat them all up. By that I mean I want some Slime Sensation and I want it now! The slimes I'm not strong enough to kill are located in dangerous areas. Easy slimes that I haven't killed are far away and I would have to travel through dangerous areas to fight them. I'm currently not able to use the Slime Missions because I'm not strong enough and that is why the Slime Lord(Slime Hunter System) wanted me in peak condition before using it.
*User can train by killing slimes.*
"I know that. I'm not that stupid."
*User is 'that' stupid.*
"No I'm not. Sob!"
*Gosh you're so sensitive.*
"WHAT'S WITH THAT SASS!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FORMER FORMAL SELF?!!"
*That form is long gone, baby.*
I wasn't sure if I was hallucinating at that point because the system completely changed in personality. It even ended the sentence in "baby" and I don't even do that.
*User referred to the system as the slime lord himself. System silently updated to match the Slime Lord's personality.*
"I don't remember doing that, but I change my mind!"
*Updating system to match User's preference.*
It may seem like I was upset by this whole scenario, but it actually made me happy. The Great Slime GrandMaster I dreamed of was real! This system actually had some sort of connection to him because it knew his personality and maybe in the future I would be able to enter Slime Heaven Tier 1000! I accidentally added another zero, but that extra zero is still a possibility. I'll find more information about the system's connection to the Slime Grandmaster later.
…
I was approaching the town with the cute slime on my head. I was still quite a distance from the guards, that are in charge of protecting people and reporting possible monster attacks. Since I was so far they couldn't recognize me or see the slime on my head, but I was close enough to see that the town was near.
"Sorry little buddy, but I have to hide you."
"..!"
I knew that the cute one was sad, but I had to do what needed to be done. I put the slime into the excess space in my stomach area and used my excess bodily fluids that were in place of my stomach to satisfy the slime's needs.
"!!!"
The slime was scared. Tears came to my eyes as I put the slime away, but it didn't need to worry I wasn't going to let the slime get absor-
*Slime has been absorbed. Pet has been created.*
"NOO!! Did little slime die!!"
*No. Slime was mixed with User's bodily fluids causing slime to become User's pet.*
"YEEAAAH!!!"
Usually a person would be disgusted to have a semi-liquid monster mix with their bodily fluids, but as you should know by now, I'm not that type of person. I was very excited that the little slime mixed with me! I didn't feel any different, but I decided on waiting to check if anything has changed. I was getting close to the town after all.
I fixed my appearance a bit and I kept the little slime in my stomach area because I wasn't able to let him be seen by the guards. The guards were Soldiers from the army of some name I couldn't remember. Since I can't remember where they came from I'll call them SNICR Knights. They were powerful and trained by the most powerful generals of the SNICR Army. I'm not going to go into that much detail about Soldiers, but I'll tell you that they are on par with Grand Hunters(second stage of hunters that are very powerful).
"Hello!!" I cheerfully greeted the two guards like I normally did.
"Greetings! Another successful slime hunt?" The Guard 1 asked with actual curiosity unlike some people.
"Yess! Actually I had recently killed my one millionth slime." You're probably surprised it's the same day.
"For real!? No one in the past has ever had the dedication to kill the same monster one million times!" Guard 1 and 2 spoke in unison. It was weird because that sentence was pretty complicated and it would be pretty hard to say something like that simultaneously. But they did.
The two guards were surprised and their reactions made me happy. They were staring at each other weirdly. I don't really understand that confused expression very much so I'll just say they were happy. I was about to speak when I felt something in my stomach area hurt a lot.
*Pet functions are now accessible. Gained Skill: Slime Communication Lvl 2(passive)*
"YEEAAAH!!!"(x2)
I didn't understand what pet functions were, but I knew that it had something to do with slimes so it was cool. The guards were startled by my random outburst and stared at me for a few seconds before asking-
"What's wrong!? Did something happen?" asked Guard 2.
I was planning on hiding my slime skills because I have a trump card that can't be revealed. I always wanted a trump card and even if mine is cowardly, it's still a trump card and trump cards are cool!
"Nothing I'm just excited to think about my one millionth slime."
My body was still acting weirdly and I held my stomach area. It hurt a lot like a twisting and turning pain. It was like something was trying to escape from the inside of me, but I'm still wondering what. I had blood on my clothes, but the guards are used to seeing that kind of thing and prefer not to ask about it. That helped until I held my stomach in pain.
"Are you okay, do you need a priest." The guards were seriously worried about me.
Guard 1 grabbed a purple crystal that is in the center of the chest plate on their armor. They pulled it off and was about to say something, but the other guard stopped him.
"What the heck are you doing!?" Guard 2 asked.
"I'm seeing if there is a trace of monster energy!" replied Guard 1.
"You don't need to do that, he isn't powerful enough to handle the Elopesion Crystal."
"Yeah he probably isn't. I shouldn't go to such extreme measures."
That insult hurt me even more than the pain in my stomach area. I didn't know what this crystal was, but I knew they were indirectly calling me weak. I'll prove them wrong-
"GIVE IT TO ME BABY!!!
That was the first time I ended a sentence with baby. That was also the first time I exerted enough energy for me to pass out without killing slimes. I didn't see the reactions of the other guards and I was probably asleep for a long time. Hopefully I wasn't asleep for a day because it would ruin my daily slime killing streak.
…
I woke up to numbness and inability to open my eyes. This feeling didn't allow me to open my eyes, but it allowed me to think everything over. I recognized that I always go all over the place when I'm talking about things and explain stuff that have nothing to with my situation. I like the fact that I go all over the place, it make me feel like I'm exploring a mental space as I'm talking to you. I also got the chance to understand the system and its functions.
-Slime Points/Skills-
Slime points are a currency that is used to upgrade my skills and learn skills quicker. I earn these points from killing Any type of slimes. When I have a skill fragment I'm able to spend five slime points for each of the missing fragments to completely learn that skill. For Example:
[5/10 of Slime Shot Learned.]
[25 Slime Points were used to learn Slime Shot.]
*Gained Skill Slime Shot Lvl 1(active). Read skill description for more information.
As you can see that is how this function works. It can also upgrade skill levels and if I have enough points I could evolve the skill to a new one. 50 points starting from the first level and it increases by 50 until skill reaches max level. Max levels tend to be level 5~10 or ∞ for some reason.
-Slime Missions-
I already explained how this worked earlier, but here is a summary. This function allows me to choose a listed slime as my target and it will give me multiple quest in order to kill that slime. After successfully killing that slime a new option will appear in the system and I will be rewarded with slime points and, of course, God's Pleasure. Rewards will only come if I defeat a slime that is above Rank 5.
-Pet Function-
This allows me to have a monster under my control. The monster doesn't necessarily have to be a slime, but the one I have is the cute one that was giving me weird body problems. Pets can increase in number and they also get skills like me. Unlike me however, they can kill other monsters to get stronger. I'm able to communicate with my pet no matter the type of monster and the taming process takes a long time and depends on my "strength". I currently am not strong enough for multiple pets and the one I have will have to suffice for now.
.....
I was entering deep intellectual thought and at that moment I actually felt smart. I don't know where I was or how long I was laying down unable to move, but I was able to think rationally during the whole period of time. I didn't even need to talk to the system to be smart!
I came up with more reasons to hide my system and more reasons to become powerful. I really liked slimes and people who aren't able to recognize the satisfaction of killing slimes were not worthy of knowing my abilities. Only people who solely enjoyed the slashing, tearing, smashing, and gruesome violation of slimes could learn of my ability.
I wanted to become more powerful because I would be able to defend myself from my own body in the case of me wanting to put another slime in my stomach area. I might need to withstand the power of an Elopesion crystal(What ever that is) if I want to be saved in a situation like that. In order to become powerful I must increase my hunter rank. I'm not going to do it by killing monsters. No!, I'm going to do it by killing slimes!
I was beginning to feel my dreams of my childhood return. I was also feeling my body again. I was lying in a bed in a priest's office. I've never had to come to one of these rooms because of my own injuries, but I have came here for my father before. That was really sad and I don't want to talk about it.
...
I looked around the room to realize that no one was in here. I wasn't able to focus on the room for long because I recognized my pain has subsided. I also wasn't wearing my low-level armor my dad gave me when I was a few years younger. I still felt the cute slime in my stomach area, but he wasn't moving that much. I'm going to punish that son of a slime later!
THUD!!
I didn't hear the door open, but it shut behind a familiar person who entered the room. I knew this person very well and I thank them very much. They haven't met me that much, but that's because they are famous. They became a very successful priest after becoming a very powerful Hunter Archer. They smart and have great memory and can remember plenty of techniques to kill monsters without writing them down.
I met them a few years back before I started killing slimes. They are responsible for me killing slimes to this day. Even if they didn't directly tell me to kill slimes they indirectly forced me to by taking my kill. I never got to thank them for it though. They are smart, tall and I don't know their name so I'll refer to them by the glasses they always where on their face.
"You we're probably exposed to too much monster energy. I found a slime stored in this drinking bot-"
"THANK YOU!!!"
"Huh?"