Alexander was ecstatic at this amazing new reward from Bucephalus. The legendary mitosis skill! How much better could it get? He was pretty sure legendary was the best category skill that one could obtain! Also, the skill was just what he had been hoping for. This skill seemed to be tailored perfectly to Alexander. It would be his first step in building an empire!
He eyed the blue holographic screen with excitement and read the description of the skill.
[Mitosis: legendary skill specific to the slime species. Allows the user to expend mana to create another of the same species, which will be completely loyal to the user.]
Wow! It's even better than Alexander had originally thought! He would be able to make a completely new being that could learn and grow on its own!
He had to try it out. Alexander first had to find a place to recover his mana; it had all been used up while fighting the adult vampire rabbit. He rolled around for a minute before finding a soft patch of earth, in which he dug a hole. Using his digging skill to replace the dirt behind him, it was almost like he was slowly swimming through the earth. He dug a few feet into the ground and then stopped, fashioning himself a makeshift cave in which he could replenish his mana.
Alexander used his increased energy absorption skill to draw mana from the walls of the cave and slowly regained his mana.
[Increased energy absorption has leveled up: 3 -> 4.]
Nice! Regaining mana would be much quicker now.
After Alexander had completely filled up his mana capacity, which was much greater than before due to his maxed out intellect, he came out of the cave to try his new skill. Emerging from the forest floor, Alexander readied himself for just what kind of being the skill would make
Would it make a slime exactly like him? How much mana would it use? How many slimes could he make at once? Of course, all he could do was try it and find out.
Alexander activated the mitosis skill, the magic formulas and knowledge of the proper mana control for the skill flowing into his head. The information contained in this skill was the most that he had ever attempted to process at once. Interestingly however, this seemed like the easiest it had ever been to process the information from a skill. His brain flew through the grunt work of categorizing the extremely detailed spells and mana control techniques, giving him instant access to any of the skill's data whenever he wanted it.
Of course! Alexander knew what must be happening. His intelligence stat that he had so highly raised had an effect on the processing power of his brain as well as his mana! It felt like he could process information as fast as a laptop that he remembered from his first life!
As he experimented further with his brain, he realized that his memory had also improved and he could draw up ideas and previous experiences from both of his lives extraordinarily quickly. This newfound memory would be invaluable if he ever needed knowledge from the 21st century!
Now that the skill had completely integrated into Alexander's brain, he was ready to cast it. Beginning from the very center of his core, Alexander began to draw on the hefty mana capacity which he had been honing for the last half of a month. At this point, Alexander had reached the maximum mana capacity for his level, which was measured at an astounding 12 mana points. This means he could produce six fire lances at one time!
Finally, Alexander started the skill. He pulled all of the mana out of his core, depleting it until the very last drop and moving it outside of his body. Slowly, according to his knowledge on the mitosis skill, he condensed and condensed the mana that was hovering in front of him. By the time he stopped condensing the mana, the ball of mana had become so dense that it had formed into a solid sphere.
The moment he finished the skill, slime tendrils shot out of the newly formed mana sphere and wrapped around and around until they formed into a large squishy mass that was almost identical to Alexander! He had made the slime's mana core! The newly formed slime wiggled a bit, attempting to discern its new surroundings. Although the slime was almost a carbon copy of Alexander, there was one very large difference. It was about the size of a basketball, which made the little slime extremely cute, although, Alexander guessed, not too effective in battle.
Luckily, Alexander knew that the tiny slime could level up from fighting monsters, just like Alexander himself. All he had to do was go grind levels with the slime and he would have a fearsome partner in crime!
"I must give this magnificent slime a fitting name as the first of its kind!" Alexander proclaimed. "You shall hereafter be referred to as Bjorn, meaning bear in a very cold country back on earth."
Bjorn continued to wiggle around, thoroughly confused. Alexander sighed. This may turn out to be more of a struggle than he had previously thought. He wove a mind bridge to his new baby slime. Bjorn stopped struggling and started to slowly roll towards Alexander.
"Bjorn? Can you hear me?" Alexander said hesitantly.
Bjorn said nothing and squished over to Alexander, nuzzling up against him like a small dog with its owner.
"Alright, I guess you can't talk," Alexander mused. "If you can understand what I'm saying, then move towards me."
Alexander rolled backwards. Bjorn followed, seeming to be getting the hang of his body a little bit better now.
After rolling back and forth a bit and talking to Bjorn, Alexander had deduced that Bjorn, although cute, was severely lacking in the intelligence department. He could understand simple commands, such as come, spin, or attack (Seeing a tiny slime attack a tree was a very cute spectacle).
Finally, it was time for the two to start off on their journey. Alexander turned towards the spot in the sky where the plume of smoke continued to billow into the sky a few miles away. Adventure awaits!