Ever since I could remember my vision had always been a double edge sword, well actually a one edge sword or more like a shattered sword. Even now as I am in my laboratory I could barely see my own masterpieces! It's a dam shame! Uh, wait… Is this even my lab? I look ahead, my vision is fuzzy as the blazes like a T.V screen when it loses its connection.
Godammit! My poor vision sucks! I might as well be blind! Well, I already am at this point. I could only see fragments in my eye lens, the poor visibility was both from afar and up close. An estimate would be that I can only see my hands and feet, which means about 2 ft roughly in distances. But when I mean barely I mean its blurred out like a tit censorship. As I gaze ahead I could picture out a certain painting by imagining it. Yes, I knew that painting like night and day, the one I have seen since I was young. The emphatic and glorious Vitruvian Man.
I stand up from my metallic desk chair with a wobble. It was always hard to get up, but harder to walk. I stumble across the marble floors, smacking away canister's and lab equipment everywhere. "Geez leave it to a college kid to make a such a mess. What are you blind? Haha." Snobbishly giggles a female voice I didn't know.
"Tch whatever bitch," I mutter to myself and I shake off her words and finally reach the painting. Up close it was as marvelous as I remembered it. The painting was a symbol of how mankind was so flawed but so beautiful at the same time.
"Z- It is time my apprentice." Says a voice from afar.
"Teacher Oaken? Is that you? Is this your lab?" I reply in a surprised tone as I turn to face him. His voice was the only one I heard for the past couple of years. Before Oaken could respond a loud yell was heard.
"Is everyone ready!? Pull the lever now!" Commands' a rougher male voice than of my teacher's.
"But sir!? It's not ready!" Cries out a frail feminine voice.
"I said pull the fucking lever!"
"Y-yes, sir! All systems nominal! Pulling the lever!" yells the female as loud as she could.
"What the hell is going on?- "A loud "BANG!" sound shot up into my ears. Another "BANG!" followed by a "CLANK!" ringing noise filled my ears. The vibrations were so intense that my body flew up into the air. "Aaahhh!" I frantically yell as I try to see what is going on. My body fiercely slams into a glass window, shattering it into shards of glittering glass. I could taste something bitter, something foul. I look down at my hands which are covered in a pool of fresh warm ruby blood. "Gack! Is this mine?!" I spurt out blood onto the marble floors.
"Everyone we need too!-"
A "BOOM!"* Rings through my ears like a thunderstorm. A static wave zaps me right on my forehead, I could feel my brain violently rattle around in my skull.
"What is happening!?-" I shout out in confusion. Before I could yell again another static wave strikes me with all its force. "GAAH!" I shrill loudly as my body convulsed. Suddenly I start to feel something strange. It feels like a huge gust of wind, almost like a tornado wind! Followed by a burning sensation! It was as if the sun had engulfed me! Flames shot up across my face at an insane velocity. Derby flew everywhere. Next to me was the girl who had made fun of me. Her body was badly injured and covered in blood. I hear cracking noise, the glass windows in the lab were shattering. By I instinct I knew something was going to explode, so I lunged forward and pushed the injured girl out of the way of the incoming flames. My body instantly caught on fire. I yelled to the top of my lungs in agony. Why did I save someone's life? When I knew I was blind. She even belittled me, yet I still save her from the fire? Did I want to become so hero or something? Another "BANG!" sound echoed across the lab room. I rolled across the marble floors helplessly.
Then came the final sound I would ever hear in this world. "KABOOM!" Everything turned to darkness. I could feel and see nothing. Pitch black.
Well, at least I went out with a bang…
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It's funny how life works. You are either born to be great or born to be nothing... I echo to myself in my mind as I fall into an abyss of darkness.
Suddenly a cool wind breeze prickles my skin, a sharp smell of iron and sodium stings my nostrils. The thick odor smelt very strong, it was as if I had fallen deep inside an ocean of blood. I tried to open my eyes, but I couldn't. The pressure was maddening just to nudge my eyelids open. Were my eyes tapped down or something? I roll around in the darkness.
I am alive? Where am I? These burning questions echoed about in my mind. I move around my hands, they feel way more flexible and larger than usual. In fact, I felt like I have way more muscle in my entire arms! Fucking shit when did I get so buff? And dam why do I feel so sore!?
I could barely move my hands up or even wiggle my fingers! What the fuck is going on? I try to remember what happened. I put the missing pieces together like a puzzle, only for the puzzle of memories to break into shards of glass. I didn't remember a damn thing, everything had occurred so quickly it was like a blur to me. Ha. How ironic.
I went to open my eyes again, but this time I added in more force. Not even a budge. Dammit! Why won't my eyes open?! Out of frustration and filled with burning anger, I put my both of my hands on my eyelids and started to pull it open. This movement was like cracking open an air-tight seal on a jar. I pulled and pulled upwards with every muscle in my fiber. Suddenly I hear a loud "Pop!"
Ahh! Son of a bitch! Motherfu-
A ray of bright lights blinded me, I stumble back and smack up against a rocky surface. My body lied against what felt like a wet boulder, I tilt my head upwards. All I see is a string of lights zooming past me. I am going to heaven? Wait I don't believe in God so where will I go? Hell maybe…
The lights beamed harder and harder until it stops and then I saw something I never have seen before. In front of me, I could clearly see a mystic flowing emerald green waterfall. Next to it was a row of goliath roman style limestone statues of warriors raising their battle weapons high up into the air. No this can't be… I can see! I can fucking see everything! My vision was beyond fluid and clear. In fact, my surroundings looked 'realer than real'! Each and every outline of my environment was in full vivid display. Pixels upon pixels weren't distorted, fuzzy, and colors weren't indistinguishable. I could easily see 10 meters ahead, no maybe, even more, about 1 mile!
My senses were also heightened I could smell, hear, and feel my surroundings like never before! By the gods, is this real? Is this really… I slowly look down and see a huge tentacle coming up to view, the thing must of have been 12 ft long! Then more sprang up, about seven more! I jump back in fear, it's a monster! I swiftly search for any kind weapon nearby. Luckily with my new and better eyesight, I found a lance about 4 meters north on top of the statues. The lance had a sharp glittering spearhead at the tip which made it easier to find. I grab a nearby rock and toss it at the lance. The rock completely missed. Well, I guess all the martial arts training and science classes I did was for nothing or was it? Wait how do I remember that? Never mind, there's always a second chance!
I toss out the next rock, but this time at a different and more precise angle. The rock flew across icy stalactites and finally connected with the tip of the lance. The lance flung upwards and came my way, it went down with a "thud." and rolled towards my hands. The tentacles were now closer to me and they were wiggling about as if they had their own life. "Stand back! You monster!" I pick up the lance and stab the dam thing right in the kisser.
[-10% Self-Damage! You truly are a moron!] Rudely remarks a robotic female voice.
"Gaahhh!" I wildly cry out. A searing pain starts to spread throughout my body and into my eyes. I drop the lance only to realize a tentacle arm was holding it the whole time. Wait… No! This can't be! The cold truth was daunting over me. I left up my hands and see tentacles rising. I bring them closer to see that one tentacle still had the lance pierced through it. I… I am the monster! How could I have not realized it?! I was perhaps too distracted and exhilarated by my new godly vision. Shit, if this is real then there is only one way to find out. I grip the lance and pull it off from the punctured tentacle. A gush of ruby blood gushes out onto my eye's. My own warm blood!
"Dammit! That hurts!" I scream to the heavens as I angrily tossed the lance onto the rocky ground. Fuck! It is true! I am some kind of tentacle monster! I run around in a maddening circle, well more like I scuttled around like a manic octopus. After all the years of being blind? And now I turn to this? What the fuck is life anymore!? I gloomy plop down and avert my eyes to the first thing I saw. The majestic waterfall. Surging water currents glimmered across my eyes, through it, I faintly see my reflection. A giant spherical eye spanning 10 ft wide and 9 ft high, oddly enough my tentacles were bigger than my own body and quite slimy and scaly. The color of my eye-body and tentacles was a dark grey color kind of like my surroundings. My body must be blinding, I mean blending! In with the environment. I assume that I am in some sort of cave, but I could be wrong. I gaze around the perimeter and took in the sights to establish my whereabouts of this new world.
In front of me, warrior statues were all lined up in an orderly fashion. This was something a beast couldn't do or a cavemen for that matter. In the middle of the statues stood a large pantheon building supported by limestone columns. Is this an abandoned city? Suddenly something slimy drips into my eyeball. I slowly blinked, no way in hell I am closing my eyes it took a long time to open and plus who knows what could be lurking in this creepy cave. I would be fully exposed if I keep blinking. Another "drip-plop" sound was heard as more slime fell from the icy stalactites. I scuttle back to avoid the sticky unknown substances. My back hits something squishy.
I turn my eyes in a 180-degree direction, behind me was a puddle of greenish slime. It jiggles and wiggles around like shaking a bowl of Jell-O.
"Ploppfoodwo!" Did that pile of snot just speak? I went to investigate this unusual phenomenon, then in a flash, the large glop of slime springs up and dives right on my face or eyeball, you get the ridiculous idea. "Ahhh! Get off me you stupid green shit!" I angrily shout out of my mouth…Wait did I even have a mouth? I tried moving my mouth, but nothing happened. Not a single word came out. Was I talking and yelling in my mind the whole time? Before I could think again. The slime on my eyeball starting spewing out a string of slimy mists from its own body. "Gag!" What is that foul stench? "I said get off me!" I smack off the slim with one fell swoop of my long tentacles, a light silver aura glowed around my body.
"Warrggggh!" The slim fiercely jiggled like a motherfucker and then spit out a green salvia bullet.
[Incoming attack! Slime Bullet!]
Isn't this same grey box that appeared when I stabbed myself? Reminds of the VRRPG games back in my world. As I pounder in my thoughts, the green slime bullet struck me on top of my eyelids. "**Aahhh!" I roll back in pain. The slim bullet was now burning my scaly skin. It felt like I feel in a pool of acid. The searing pain spread all across my tentacles and veins. "I am going to kill you! You green son of a bitch!" I used all 8 of my tentacles to smash down the slime. Its whole body was smooshed under my suction cups. The slimy green bastard now looked like a pancake or a French crepe.
[Tentacle Smash skill gained!] Exclaims a robotic voice.
Ha! Take that! Weak ass slim creature! I am the better race! I see the flatten slim twitching under my tentacles.
Tch. That's what you get for messing with me, my tentacles sinisterly rubbed together and my eyes squinted evilly. Let's see what other skills I have gained. I blink my eye in order to pull out my status screen. I did this because I realized that these status screens only came out when some neural sensor was active. Things like burping, farting, or getting stab and blinking your eyes evoke such sensory. Of course, I chose the blinking option.
[System Index activated!]: Hello, disgusting vile creature! Would you like me to bring up your status screen? You stupid, half-breed piece of excrement.
*Chimes a witty feminine robotic voice.*
"Fuck you and yes I would," I growled at the voice. It must have been an A.I system judging by its erratic behavior. I will have to figure that out soon.
[Status screen activated. To close just close eyes. To open blink eyes or call out System Index.]
[Welcome to the world of Zareth!]
*A grey stats screen now floats in front of me*
Name: Unknown
Race: Tentacle Monster
Class: N/A
HP:40/50 Shield: 3/10
Level: 0
Rank: Bronze
Mana Force: 10
Cultivation Power: 1
Attack: 9
Agility: 2
Defense: 8
Magic:11
Intelligence: 7
Karma:0
Willpower: 5
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[Skills]
[Skill 1]
Tentacle Smash(Tier 1): A self-explanatory technique in which you smash your opponents with your tentacles. I mean what else can it mean? You imbecile. *Unless you have a dirty mind*.
[Skill 2]
All seeing eye(Tier 1): You can see from up to a 1-mile radius( Span time: 10s) When a tier is higher your vision becomes more powerful.
[Skill 3]
Mindscape(Tier 1): Ability to telepathically talk to any race. Inside your mind, you can also train your body through meditation and cultivation and you can create spells. All this can also strengthen your mind.
[Evolution Bloodline Forming...]
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Well, this is a lot to take in. First, let's start with the top section. Shall we. Well, I clearly don't have a name and I can't say I remember it. Next, I guess I am a tentacle monster, not much of a shocker there. Then it seems that my health is extremely low as well as my shield? Strange what is my shield? Is it like when my skin glowed and repelled the slimes attack? And what is manna force and cultivation power?
Anyhow, it looks like my highest attribute is strangely magic and the second highest is my attack, defense is in the middle. By no surprise my agility is terrible and my lowest attribute is my karma which I guess makes sense. I haven't really done anything in this new world accept squish a slime. My skills are Tentacle smash, must have been gained by squishing that slim into a fine pulp; should be useful when engaged up close. All seeing eye sounds like something I like. It sounds better than my past name, the 'No seeing eye'. Last skill is mindscape which answers my question on how I was talking. Telepathy probably works when someone is in close range as well. You know being a tentacle monster ain't so bad, well kind of. I do however want to figure out my past and I want to find out where I was reborn and why. Eventually, I do want to transform back into a human and keep this amazing vision. But for now, I have to-
What's this strange feeling? I glared at the bottom of my tentacle as I left it up, a string of slim sticks up like bubble gum. A pair of angered human eyes creepily stared back at me, what the? The slime is still alive! And are those human eyes? What the actual fuck! The thing had devoured humans and used their body parts!
"Blargggh!" The slim echoed across the cave as it exploded and multiply. Hundreds upon hundreds of slime balls scattered across the icy cave. Great more slimes just want I needed. The same slimy mists it expelled out from before started to envelop and consume the oxygen around the cave. From the mist, I could see even more slimes come out from the nooks and crannies of the cave walls. There were different colors of slimes, purple, orange, and red was seen. The slime cloned itself? Freaking slime clones, really? And it brought its slime buddies as well. Awesome.
I was surrounded by an army of slimes. Shit, this is not good, I will end up like the humans inside of them. I swiftly raise up all of my tentacles in a defense position to protect my eyes. I wonder if they will hear me out? There had to be some sort of diplomatic solution to this insane chaos. I close my eyes and use mindscape to speak to the slimes.
"Greeting slimes I come in peace. Your fellow slime attacked me and I had to defend myself. It was a misunderstanding that is all. Can we call a truce?" I say in a deep calm tone.
"Plurpooo!" One slime bellows out. "Plurpooo!"
"PLURPOOO!" Another one joins the yells as it jiggles its gallantness body with authority.
What the fuck are they saying?
"FOOOOD!" They all wildly shouted out and jiggled towards my way with hunger in their nonexistent eyes.
"Halt! You do not want to fight me!" I deeply commanded into their minds if they even had one. It was already too late. All of the slimes shot out an assault of slim needles out of their back. My system index couldn't keep up with the velocity of the attacks coming towards my way.
I curve up my tentacles into a pyramid formation blocking all of the slime needles. Each slim needle pierced through my scales with ease. "Gahh! Dammit! That hurts!" My arms wildly twitched in agony. Fresh blood leaked down from my tentacles, the needles were sharp as knife blades and fast and powerful like a bullet being shot. In my past, I've felt pain like this, but not as strong as this. These slimes were stupid minded creatures, yet formable opponents when grouped together. From every direction more slime needles, slime bullets, and slime toxic mists hit my body. I wrap around my tentacles over my eyes and over my back this time creating a sphere of tentacles.
[ Tentacle Shield created!]
The hellstorm of attacks rained over me. Impact hit after hit made my body shuffle violently everywhere. I rolled around the cave floors to avoid the barrage, There was just too many attacks. One of my tentacles melted off from the base and fell to the ground it flopped around like a fish out of water. "Shit! My arm!" I roar out. My telepathy sound waves shook the cave to its core.
[Mulitpy damage of -5% for 5 attacks: -25/40 HP!]
[>>Danger! HP:15% Critical Condition!<<]
Some of the slimes slowly dripped into my eyes. I scuttle back in even more agonizing pain. My vision was getting hazy with all the goo accumulated in my eye glands. The slimes began to chant in their own gibberish language as they slugged on top of my body with pride. They then began to latch onto my skin and suck out my mana-enriched blood. I could see my silver aura slowly fading. Blood gushed out everywhere.
This can't be how I die… To finally get my vision back and this is what happens! There really is no God! All my life I have been fighting to survive! I won't let it end like this! I won't lose my sight again! There is only one thing to do! And that is to fight!
My eye's squinted down with rage burning deep inside them. Hatred had consumed me like a wildfire. My pupils turned a dark crimson color. There was no turning back now. I will become the hunter. The slimes were devouring me faster, in a flash, I smack the slimes off my eyes. "Plurrrp!" They fiercely flew across the cave. I then used tentacle smash to flatten the remaining slimes off me. Most of the slimes began wiggling back into shape. Perfect just what I wanted. I turn my eye's to my torn off tentacle which was still floundering about. I used my mindscape to transfer the remaining mana I had into the melted-off tentacle. The slimes finally averted back to their original spherical state and quickly slugged over to me. They unknowingly latched on to the bloody detached tentacle and started to suck again. Ha, fools they took the bait.
My eye's shifted over to the lance I had impaled myself with not so long ago. I extended out my strongest tentacle to grab the lance. I don't know why I knew this technique. Tch that doesn't matter now. I snapped the lance in half and dug the spearhead deep in the rocky ground below so that I could crack a piece of metal from it. I then place three of my tentacles on the wood portion of the lance and start to rub it as fast as I can to cause friction. A tiny flicker of flames was seen in the middle of the wood base. I carefully pick up the cracked spearhead and rub the metal into a nearby rock. Sparks flew into the wooden lance and a flame torch was constructed.
I then toss the flaming torch at the slimes who were too busy munching at their meager meal. When the first flames struck the slimes gave out bloodcurdling shrill. Their bodies absorbed the raging flames, they violently began to wiggle and struggle with suffering screams. "Pluurrrrrpppppp!!!" The slime army melted into a fine pool of sticky slime as they screeched for their lives. As the slimes melted, I watched in pleasure, their yells only made me more ecstatically proud of my plan and myself. The mixed colors of molten slime all formed a glimmering rainbow of goo. Time to finish this.
I talk to the slimes with my mindscape, "I told you that I came in peace and yet you attacked me! For your own selfish hunger! You now will see my powers![ Tentacle smash!!!] I roar out.
I used tentacle smash to its fullest potential, every vein, muscle fiber, and force in all of my tentacles smashed hell upon the melting slimes. A sea of flatten slime covers my seven tentacles. I suddenly felt a tingling spark in the bottom of my suction cups. A current of strong air started to shot out from my suction cups and sucked in all of the slime blood juices. What is this feeling? A rush of energy began to fill my bloody wounds and entire muscles in my tentacle body. I look at all of my tentacles and the one that melted off started to slowly grow back. This process reminds me that of a starfish when it loses a limb or when a gecko tail is cut off and grows back. This must be-
[*Ding!*]
[50 slime monsters eliminated! 50 slime clones eliminated! You are one sick beast!]
Absorb skill gained! +2 Attack and Mana Force!
Regeneration skill gained! + 1 Defense!
Tentacle Sheild Skill gained!
Slime Clone Skill gained!
[You are now Level 1!]
Yes of course regeneration, how could I forget. In my past life, my scientific research was solely based on the theory of stem cells. How did I know this? A spark of energy bursts throughout my mind, I jumped in surprise, rather all my tentacles sprang my eyeball up in the air. What is this feeling? It felt like a rush of memories were entering my mind. But these memories weren't all put together very well. No there were fragments of memories from my past life. Did I gain a recollection of my past by devouring the slime army? I stop and look at all the slaughter I have a cold heartily done.
Pools of dead slimes covered the rocky ground and walls of the cave. My fucking hell…Did I really do this? I was just so into the zone of survival that I forgot that I was killing sentient creatures. Goddammit, these poor slimes must have had families and kids, or something of that nature. Now I have to live with the fact that I massacred an army of sentient slimes and then ate them alive by absorbing their bodies into my hands. Never in a million years that I think I would it come to this. Well, I guess I am… The Slime Slayer.