[System... can you describe the surrounding...?]
For the first part of his plan, he would need to first know the things in his surroundings.
[Analyzing the surroundings... analyzing the lifeforms.]
[Host is currently in a small cavern, separated from the main cave. Inside this cavern, there are currently hundreds of jelly, surrounded by a number of baby slimes. The baby slimes are slowly filtering in insects into the swarm of jellies.]
Huh? This surprised me... I mean why would the baby slimes try to limit the number of insects that are filtered in. Normally wouldn't the baby slimes try to help the jellies level up. And if they don't want any more competition, shouldn't they just stop sending in insects...
It's strange... it's almost as if they are trying to control our growth...
[System is it normal to see stuff like this happen...?]
[Processing... No... All evolutions off slimes are solitary creatures. They only gather for mating]
So it seems that this is odd. Something is going on here.
[System, tell me the distance to the closest jelly]
[There are jellies on all sides of the host, roughly 2 meters away from the host]
Ok... it seems that my plan might work...
I slowly move my sticky body towards one direction.
Slowly... slowly... slowly...
I don't want to alert the baby slimes.
[The host is extremely close to the nearest jelly]
My body, for the first time feels something. It is something sticky and wet.
I'm sorry my brother Jelly... this is a cruel world... may your soul rest in peace. After I told my prayers, I completely enveloped the jelly... After a short amount of time, a notification rang inside my head.
[You have ingested a jelly... your level has increased!]
[You have gained one skill point]
Status
Name: (unknown)
Age: 9 months
Level: 2
Strength: 1
Endurance: 2
Agility: 2
Magic: 2
Spirit: 1
Skills: All Seeing eyes (Level 1), Absolute Absorption (Level 1)
Skill point: 1
A cool sensation enveloped me... I could instantly feel that I had become much more powerful.
HAHAHAHAHA... I am so sorry my fellow sibling... your sacrifice was not in vain.
I slowly moved around, in one direction.
[Host is extremely close to the nearest jelly]
Thanks... system.
I am sorry, my fellow brother or sister... this is an extremely cruel world... I am sorry that this will happen to you... may your soul rest in peace...
I enveloped the jelly in front of me.
[You have ingested a jelly... your level has increased!]
[You have gained 1 stat point]
Thank you for the meal!
This was to easy...
I slowly travelled through the cavern, making sure not to get detected.
[You have ingested a jelly... your level has increased!]
[You have gained 1 stat point]
[You have ingested a jelly... your level has increased!]
[You have gained 1 stat point]
[Status]
Status
Name: (unknown)
Race: Jelly
Age: 9 months
Level: 5
Strength: 4
Endurance: 5
Agility: 5
Magic: 5
Spirit: 4
Skills: All Seeing eyes (Level 1), Absolute Absorption (Level 1)
Skill point: 5
I am sorry my fellow sibling... your sacrifice will not be in vain...
[You have met the conditions to evolve into a baby slime! Would you like to evolve?]
That quickly? I would have thought it would be harder...
But then again... I doubt that there has ever been a jelly that eats other jellies...
[No...]
I think that there is something fishy with this situation, there must be some sort of plot going on...
I owe it to the souls of my brothers and sister that I ate to find out the truth...
And also, this place has so much good food. If I was to evolve into a baby slime, then I will probably get killed by the other baby slimes... so I won't be able to continue eating by siblings...
What am I saying?
I mean I won't be able to escape...
That's right...
[Hey System, what are these skill points that popped up in my stats?]
[Skill points are points that can be allocated to the host's different skills in order to increase their level]
[Hey... then can't I allocate the system points to my 'all seeing eyes' or 'absolute absorption'?]
[Positive]
[Then please put all of my stat points into 'absolute absorbtion']
'All seeing eyes' sounded really cool, but it is a bit hard to use that skill... when I have no eyes...
[Processing... skill level increase... Absolute absorption has increased to level 2! Processing... Summary has been updated. Would the host like to view summary?]
[Yes]
[Absolute absorption: Allows the host to ingest living things and absorb the targets skills. The host is now able to absorb more than one skill]
Mmmmm... I see... So every time this skill increase, I can absorb more of the target's skills.
It's a pity though... my brothers and sisters don't really have many skills, so I can't really profit from this...
Well... whatever...
I should continue to eat.
[Warning... system has detected a baby slime approaching your direction]
What the hell...
I am so dead...
Karma... for eating my siblings... I didn't think that it would be this fast...
What should I do...? What should I do?
I panicked for a moment. This was the first time that I had found myself in a stressful situation...
Information! That's right! All I need now is information.
[System tell me the basic stats of baby slimes]
[Computing... 13 points per stat]
I think I really screwed this up.
I should have been more careful and less greedy...
Wait... why is only one slime coming after me... I mean if I alerted them... then they should all have come after me... an unknown variable in their plans.
This can only mean...
[System... is the baby slime approaching me directly]
[Processing... Negative... the baby slime is not directly approaching the host]
That means that I am safe...
Its probably patrolling the premises for some creepy plan or something...
Wait... not only am I safe... this could be a fabulous opportunity!
[System... do baby slimes have the ability to see?]
[Although inferior to the visual capabilities of normal slimes, the baby slime does have the ability to see...]
Ok... I have a chance... If I don't screw this up...
I will finally be able to see!
This darkness is killing me!
[System tell me how these baby slimes are 'inferior']
In the light novels that I could vividly remember from before, slimes were creatures with the ability to see in all directions...
[The baby slime does not have the ability to see in all directions like a normal slime, rather a baby slime can only see in one direction]
I know that I cannot evolve into a baby slime although I am able to, as that would attract the attention of the other slimes... so there is really just one option...
Sneak attack!
This might be cowardly... but I have to do anything to survive!
[System tell me when the slime passes me and then direct me towards it]
After this event... I realized how powerless I am... I mean I can't even defeat a baby slime... one of the weakest monsters in this world!
So I have to get stronger quickly! My previous strategy was flawed. Although I might be able to get so much stronger by absorbing my brothers and sisters... I would probably get found out soon... so the only thing I can think of is to defeat this baby slime and quickly level up!
[The baby slime has passed the host]
I slowly followed the slime, by following the systems directions.
I have to wait for the perfect opportunity.
[System tell me when the slime goes into a more isolated area]
[Affirmative]
I slowly followed the baby slime... I don't know how long I followed the directions that the system gave me... just that it was a long time.
And the slime didn't even turn around once!
What an idiot!
[The baby slime has entered what appears to be a small resting cavern!]
My chance
I quietly followed the slime into the cavern, before waiting for the system directions.
[The baby slime has stopped moving.]
I slowly followed the direction that the system had given before.
[The baby slime has entered a resting state... now is the best time for the host to strike! The slime is 10 meters away from the host!]
I slowly accelerated my pace. I was soon at my maximum pace. I charged headfirst into the baby slime before me...
A sharp pain erupted throughout my head.
[Due to the strength of the organism before the host, compared to the host... absolute absorption has failed! The host's soul and the baby slime's soul are now engaging in a soul battle]
Terrifying waves of pain entered into my head.
What is this?
The pain magnified.
I could feel my whole body shaking. I could also feel the soft quivering of the baby slime.
This was the battle!
Our souls directly attacked each other!
More and more sharp waves of pain hit my head.
The pain slowly escalated... over and over and over and over and over again.
Again and again and again... our souls directly confronted each other.
More and more pain seeped into me.
My whole body was shaking... the mental pain was so strong that it was even affecting my body...
The baby slime was also shaking more and more. But it was shaking less.
It was winning...
What the hell? Aren't I meant to a reincarnator? Aren't our souls meant to be the strongest things in the world? Why the hell can I not even defeat the weakest monster in the whole bloody world?
I really fucked this up...