Angelo and Muning arrived in a white flash. He squints his eyes for a moment, before he got his bearings back. Seeing no one or any monsters in his immediate sight, Angelo observed his surroundings.
There are trees scattered around, some are dead and rotten and some are healthy and still green. There's a small hill of trash in the distance and as he took a step, Angelo quickly drew his foot back.
"Ugh...what the?"
Staring at the black gooey ground, Angelo used <
<< Slime mucus
A gooey mucus left by slimes that seeped into the river >>
<< Slimy River
A river that became gelatinous after being seeped by slime mucus. >>
Eeew...
"Muning, fly above and take a picture of the view up there"
Angelo ordered as he gave his smartphone to Muning.
"Ok nyaa~!"
While waiting for Muning, Angelo took out a baton and a slingshot in his inventory. He also took out a small sack of pebbles. After hooking his slingshot and the sack around his belt, Angelo used <
"Master~ I'm back nyaa~"
Muning handed the phone back and Angelo immediately looked at the pictures that Muning has taken.
"Good job Muning"
Angelo praised as he stare at the makeshift map in his phone.
Muning glowed and twirled happily at the praise.
"Let's go"
"Aye nyaa~"
The both of them walked towards the rotten woods. Angelo spied some black slimes and counted five in his sight.
Taking out his slingshot and a pebble, Angelo squints his eyes and carefully aim his slingshot. A red line appears showing its trajectory.
FWIP!
42 Critical Damage
The black slime's HUD turned red. It wiggles, trying to sense some movements from its attacker.
Angelo quickly hid behind the rotten tree, unknowingly setting ripples against the slimey ground from his movement.
The black slime sensed it and immediately darted towards his direction.
Shit!
Angelo took out his baton from his inventory and quickly dodged from the slime's attack.
The rotten tree broke into pieces sending splinters in the air.
Angelo took some scratches, a thin line of red appearing from his arms as he shielded his face.
<
<< 8/50 HP >>
The slime reformed and attacked again. The black slime's tendril whipping harshly against the air, hitting the ground with a thwack. The ground broke sending black gelatinous debris.
F*ck! This is too much work...
With no time to think anymore, Angelo darted towards the slime and whacked it with his baton.
8 Damage
The slime droops and fades away, leaving a plastic bottle with a black liquid.
<< You have gained 11 Exp >>
Phew...
I really need some mana skills fast...
Angelo pick up the bottle and used <
<< Black Ink
A plastic bottle filled with black ink. >>
Hah...
Storing it in his inventory, Angelo turned to Muning who was hiding behind a tree.
"Wow! What a great help you are" He said sarcastically.
"Nyaa?! I just thought that you can handle it nyaa~" Muning replied, evading his master's gazed.
"Nevermind..."
Angelo looked at the timer besides Muning.
[ 22:48:59 ]
Well, no need to waste the buff...
Without further ado, Angelo turned towards the remaining black slimes.
"Muning, use <
"Aye nyaa~"
Muning floats towards the slimes. Stopping just above them, the cat release a pink smoke. Muning's eyes became huge and sparkling. Behind him, hearts and stars are flying.
"Nyaaa~!"
The slimes turned pink, above them the HUDs reveals a <
Angelo first hit the slime with the lowest level.
18 Damage
18 Damage
14 Damage
<
"Muning used <
"Aye~"
18 Damage
18 Damage
18 Damage
Quickly evading from a level 5 slime who got out of Muning's <
That's f*cking weird...
Angelo looked at his body in bewilderment, but a movement in his side made him immediately bend backward, evading the slime tentacle the Lvl 5 slime sent his way.
"Muning!"
"On it nyaa!"
With the Lvl 5 slime <
42 Critical Damage
He then grab the baton on the ground and started hitting the <
18 Damage
18 Damage
18 Damage
6 Damage
<
6 Damage
<
18 Damage
15 Damage
<
<< You have leveled up! >>
<
With the Lvl 5 Black Slime fading away, Angelo heaved a sigh of relief.
F*ck, too much body workout...
After a quick rest, Angelo picked up the monster drops on the ground. He found another bottle of black ink, a 500 cash, some kind of black stone and some kind of elastic black fabric.
Curious, Angelo used <
<< Black Slime Core
The black slime's core covered in condensed hardened slime >>
<< Black Elastic Fabric
A black fabric with great elasticity and contains slime's absorbing properties >>
"Ooh~! You can used those for crafting weapons and armors nyaa~"
Hmm...
Angelo stored them away and took out a hand sanitizer. He pour it in his palm and wipe it in his hands. After that, he put it back on his inventory.
Muning gazed at him curiously, Angelo just shrugged and said
"Just making sure not to get some disease here, this is after all still the river..."
After that, Angelo remembers that he leveled up. Angelo called the <
<< Rey Perezoso dela Cruz
Name: Angelo Reyes Cruz Level 2 (9/200)
Race: Human Sex: Male Age: 21
HP: 100/100 MP: NA/100 🔒
STR: 11 INT: 30 VIT: 11 DEX: 26
AGL: 15.5 SPD: 5 WIS: 20
ATK: 13.7 DEF: 18.5 DMG: 27.4
CRTCL HIT: 548 CRTCL %: 2%
CHAR: 71
LUCK: 80
POINTS: 5
...
>>
Deciding not to allocate points first, Angelo turns to Muning and asks
"Muning how much MP do you have left?"
"20 nyaa~"
"Just regenerate some mana first and look out for any monsters nearby"
"Roger that nyaa~!"
Angelo looked at his phone again and decided to go deeper through the rotten woods.
He observed that the slime mucus in the ground was black so he figured that black slimes spawn there.
<< Wisdom + 1 >>
Ha...neat
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Deeper into the woods, Angelo crouched behind a rotten tree. He aimed his slingshot to the lone level 5 slime. Red line of trajectory emerged, pointing it at the center.
42 Critical Damage
The black slime fades leaving a stack of cash.
<
<
<< You have gained 5 Allocation Points >>
<< Aim levels up! >>
<< Shoot levels up! >>
<< Keen Eyes levels up! >>
<
Angelo is now level 5 with 20 allocation points to spend. Since Muning's MP is dried out right now, he decided to rest for a bit and spend some points on his stats.
He decided to put 4 points to Strength, 3 points to Intelligence, 4 points to Vitality, Dexterity, and Wisdom.
<< Rey Perezoso dela Cruz
Name: Angelo Reyes Cruz Level 5 (86/500)
Race: Human Sex: Male Age: 21
HP: 92/150 MP: NA/125 🔒
STR: 15 INT: 33 VIT: 15 DEX: 30
AGL: 17.5 SPD: 5 WIS: 25
ATK: 16 DEF: 22.5 DMG: 32
CRTCL HIT: 688 CRTCL %: 2%
CHAR: 71
LUCK: 80
POINTS: 1
...
>>
Angelo pick up the pebbles littered on the ground and place it on his sack. Opening his skills, he tinkered around and stop at <
Almost forgot about this one...tch, I really need to unlock mana...
With Muning out of juice, he doesn't have any control skills to use aside from <
Suddenly, he saw three figures in the distance. As they got nearer, he can see with <
The man with the green shirt started yelling and waving his arms.
What?
"-UN!!!"
Angelo's eyes widen as he gazed at the horde of Trash Golems lead by a Boss Trash Golem behind them.
"RRUUUUUUUNNNNN!!!"
F*ck! F*ck! F*ck!
Angelo immediately run.
Shit! Where to run? If I just randomly go and chance upon mobs and those golems catch up, then it will just start a f*cking train!
What to do...
His eyes catch sigh of a tree, still standing tall and full of leaves.
I got it!
Angelo climbed the tree and settled on a particularly thick branch.
He took out his slingshot and aim for the Trash Golem about to swipe one of the trio.
35 Damage
Angelo started sniping in the tree. He aim again at the one he shot before.
35 Damage
30 Damage
<< You have gained 66 Exp >>
35 Damage
35 Damage
The guy in the green shirt whose name he can now make of, quickly dodge the trash golem who have been distracted by the attacks.
Marco's back is full of cold sweat and thank whoever it is who distracted the golem.
Angelo paused and tried to shoot with three pebbles at the same time.
Three red trajectories emerged, tracking the path the pebbles will land to.
Angelo patiently aligned the red tracks but with the targets moving, he can only estimate it.
THWANG!
Two golems are hit while one pebble missed.
30 Damage
<
35 Damage
Tch...
Deciding to try again, he lessen the pebbles and shoot it again.
35 Damage
35 Damage
Seeing that he can hit with two pebbles, Angelo took aim again.
35 Damage
10 Damage
<
One golem crumbles and fade away leaving a monster drop.
Calculating the possible damage he can cause, Angelo took aim again. Reloading the slingshot non-stop.
35 Damage
35 Damage
35 Damage
35 Damage
35 Damage
42 Critical Damage
35 Damage
3 Damage
<
42 Critical Damage
35 Damage
28 Damage
<
<
35 Damage
35 Damage
35 Damage
30 Damage
<
35 Damage
35 Damage
42 Critical Damage
35 Damage
35 Damage
The trio, having been help immediately take action.
Shaira, the level 15 among them, quickly took out a sword and slash it at the golem near her. Kenneth immediately aid her and also took out a staff. He aimed it at the golem Shaira attacked and shouts
"FIREBALL!"
A ball of fire came out of the staff and quickly killing the golem.
What the? He got mana skills!
That shit is expensive!
Staring envious at him, Angelo focused his gaze at the Boss Golem who's attacking the trio again.
Marco became a blur and reappeared behind the Boss. He held a shinai in his hands and attack it from behind.
This...
Angelo stared at the trio in bewilderment, moreover as he saw Shaira releasing a sword skill that produces a whirlwind.
Are they in a class system?
So a swordsman, a mage and an assassin...
Ha...neat.
Having figured them out, Angelo refocus his sight and attack the Boss together with Marco.
35 Damage
Suddenly, the Boss glows golden and Angelo's attacks are being repelled.
3 Damage
3 Damage
Tch...
Changing his target, Angelo aim at the golem behind Kenneth and Shaira.
35 Damage
35 Damage
42 Critical Damage
35 Damage
3 Damage
<
Angelo grab a pebble again but having felt around with his hand, he looked inside the sack and counted ten inside.
Shit!
Meanwhile at the trio,
Marco throw three shurikens at the Boss. The Boss just received some slight damage and it quickly swung its arm and hit Marco.
"Marco!"
Marco flew back and hit a rotten tree, breaking it into pieces.
<< Marco Sanchez Estanislao Lvl 10 >>
<< 49 / 350 >>
"Shit! Back! Ken attack with <
Shaira ordered as she flip back and head towards Marco.
"You little shit! You're not a freaking tank! You're an assassin!" She scolded as she help him up.
"I'm sorry..."
"THUNDERBOLT!"
A blue lightning emerged from the staff and attacked the monsters nearby.
"Quick, while they are stunned!"
The trio immediately escape, heading towards Angelo's hiding place.
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< 113 /1000 >>