I could feel my soul getting torn apart.
Endless pain filled my head. If this continued then I would might really die... I hadn't even fulfilled my goals...
My mind raced.
What could I do?
I mean this was a monster that was 1 tier above me in the evolution chain.
Wait a minute. That's it! If I was a baby slime, then wouldn't it be possible to compete against his soul?
That could work...
'System, evolve me into a baby slime...'
[Processing... evolving... error... Due to the massive burden that the host's soul is under, system could not evolve the host...]
Fuck you... system.
Wait to go and crush my hopes of survival. And all in that dead pan tone. Don't you have any feelings towards me? I mean if I die, you sort of get erased as well...
[...]
What could I do?
I could feel my soul crumbling.
[If the host does not do something about the problem that the host's soul is facing, then the host will die in approximately... 3 minutes.]
I really feel like killing... y... o...
My mind began to blur.
I was really going to die.
I don't even have a girlfriend...
I really want to eat a delicious meal before I die...
Random thoughts began to fill my mind.
At this rate, I was going to disappear...
I had so much to accomplish... not really, but I still wanted to experience all of the wonders of this world...
I can't just disappear...
My thoughts raced, as I began to look for a solution to my current predicament.
'System, display 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 glanced at my status for a while.
Was there anything I could do...?
Quite frankly I was pretty weak... I mean I guess that my absolute absorption is a pretty cool skill, but it was still stuck at level 1...
Wait... that's it!
If I can't win against this baby slime with level 1 absolute absorption, then maybe level 2 will help.
'System, put my skill points onto my [Absolute absorption]'
'Processing... [Absolute Absorption level 1 -> 2]... I skill point has been deducted. Host is now able to level up skills without the help of the system'
'I love you, my system!'
[...]
I could feel the pain on my soul lessening...
But it still wasn't enough. The baby slime was still winning.
I put another skill point onto absolute absorption. Nothing happened.
Don't tell me... was absolute absorption maxed out.
[Due to the host not inputting enough skill points, the skill [absolute absorption] was not able to level up]
Ok... So I am not going to die.
I put another skill point into the skill before.
[Absolute absolution level 2 -> 3]
The pain completely disappeared...
Hahahaha...
You are in for it now, my dear baby slime.
My soul overpowered it, slowly assimilating it into my soul.
I wonder how it is feeling.
It was probably thinking that it would be an incredibly easy battle...
I am sorry... that's just your problem for overestimating your abilities.
[*Cough**Cough*]
[...]
Anyway, the rest of the battle was pretty self explanatory...
[Level up! Level 5 -> 10]
I sighed in relief.
[Status]
Status
Name: (unknown)
Race: Jelly
Age: 9 months
Level: 10
Strength: 10
Endurance: 10
Agility: 9
Magic: 10
Spirit: 10
Skills: All Seeing eyes (Level 1), Absolute Absorption (Level 3)
Skill point: 3
I think it's time to evolve now... This event has really opened my eyes. Even with a system and a leveling up interface... I still nearly died to the one of the weakest monsters in this world.
I hardened my resolve...
One day I am going to get so strong that I can eat slimes whenever I want.
Though, that is quite a small goal...
Maybe...
Yeah that's it...
I'll become so strong that I can eat whatever I want!
Although I didn't have any memories from before I reincarnated... I still remembered one thing. What I found most enjoyable in my life...
Not being restricted or robbed of choices... the thing that I desired was to do whatever I wanted!
So that's what I will do. I will do whatever I want to do. I will eat anything I want to!
[System... Evolve me!]
[Confirmed hosts requirements... processing... host has met all requirements... upgrading. Ding! Process will begin in 3 seconds...]
Process? What process? Isn't this meant to be an instant thing?
A sudden sharp pain erupted in my head. Not again... Please no.
I could 'feel' my body convulsing and steadily growing bigger, all while putting a massive strain on my mind. I really need to lodge a complaint to whoever created this damned world. Why does everything have to be so painful? Could the god of this world be a...
As the thought entered my mind, as if serving as divine retribution the pain in my head erupted, to every fiber of my being.
Please... I am sorry my wonderful god... please go easy on this faithful believer and stop this torture...
The pain continued to intensify heavily on my mind and my body.
[Host has acquired the skill: [Pain resistance]. [Pain resistance has leveled up!] Host's soul has grown to the increased pain... Requirements fulfilled... Commencing mutated evolution...]
[Mutated evolution?]
Those were the last words that I said before I blanked out.
...
I slowly became aware...
The first thing I noticed was the the fact that I could see! Finally, I was no longer surrounded by darkness! Light had finally entered my eyes!
The rocks... the dirt... life was so beautiful...
Does that mean that I successfully evolved?
[Status!]
Status
Name: (unknown)
Race: Metamorphosis Slime
Age: 9 months
Level: 1
Strength: 15
Endurance: 15
Agility: 20
Magic: 30
Spirit: 30
Skills: All Seeing eyes (Level 1), Absolute Absorption (Level 3), Pain resistance (level 2), Form (level 1)
Skill point: 3
I looked at my stats in amazement. No wonder my body felt so much better. Compared to before most of my stats had doubled! I felt so freaking bad ass!
But the thing that confused me the most was this new race. Wasn't I meant to evolve into a baby slime?
[System tell me why I didn't evolve into a baby slime...]
[Processing information... Due to the fact that the host met a number of conditions, the host was able to evolve into a different slime. This has opened up a number of new paths for the host to take.]
I slowly processed the information that the system was telling me...
It seems that due to me meeting certain conditions, I was able to evolve into a metamorphosis slime. I wonder what the difference is.
I looked at my own body and then at some of the baby slime patrolling outside the small cavern that I was in. It seems that my body is much bigger than typical baby slime, but other than that it doesn't seem that there is much of a difference.
It seems that this new skill [form] is the answer to my questions.
I activated the skill. I felt my body bulging slightly. I then observed by body. There doesn't seem to be much of a difference. I have noticed that most of the time skills must meet certain requirements in order to activate.
For example, [All seeing eyes] must lock onto a target in order to activate and [Pain resistance] will only activate when I am subject to physical/mental harm.
It seems that my [form] skill will also need to meet certain requirements...
I began to experiment. I tried to mimic some of the inanimate objects around the cave, but it didn't seem to work...
I thought about it a bit. What if I tried to change my form into a living creature. I slowly thought about. The only creature that I remembered apart from a baby slime was a strange creature.
It had two legs, instead of none like a slime and had another two strange legs near its head. It seems that this was a 'human', or what I was before I turned into a slime. It felt weird looking at this strange creature, knowing that I was once this strange creature before me.
But strangely, I felt comforted looked at it, as if I was looking at a dear friend that I had met after a long time. I began to visualize this human in my mind before activating [form]. The slight bulging feeling that I felt began to exponentially increase.
I looked at my 'new body'. I was now standing on two of me 'new' legs. I also had 'arms'. It was quite a new experience for me, who was a slime for my whole 'life'.
But there were some differences. The biggest one was the fact that I was blue. That's right, blue. From what I can remember, humans normally had white, brown or yellow skin...
I also noticed that I had now face. My whole face was just a clean slate, as if all of my facial feature were rubbed of. I had now fingers or toes, just blobs...
[System, why is it that I look so different from a normal human?]
[Processing... looking through data... it seems that the host's current state is the result of the host not having a sufficient skill level on the skill [form]. The host can become more 'human' like, as the host levels up the skill.]
Ok, that explains it. I have to say though that this skill is quite amazing. If I level it up enough, it will end up allowing me to become close to a human which would probably give me an upper edge against all of my baby slime brothers and sisters.
Maybe 'half brothers and sisters' is a better way of describing it...
Anyway, it seems that I am ready to begin. Let's go and get strong enough to do whatever I want in this world!
With a new found conviction and new skills I stepped out of the cave into my first adventure in a new world!
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