After running around for a while and making fun of the mask, alpha finally came to a stop
He walked to the side, leaned on the wall, and sat down "man! that sure was fun"
"What fun? Did you forget our purpose here? You've been running for hours yet you haven't killed a single slime!"
"Okay, first, that's not our purpose, that's your purpose, I just want to leave this place. second, did you see any slime for me to kill?"
"Of course I did!..... not, now that you mentioned it, where did all the slimes go? I thought we would meet more slimes here than the previous floor"
"Yeah you're right, there sure was a lot of slimes on this floor"
"Wait! Was?"
Alpha's smile widened, he stretched his arm forward and opened his DDB, and a bunch of level 2 slime cores fell down from it
That was really surprising, and the mask was shocked "how did you get all of these?! And they are all level 2! How did you even fit them in your DDB? I thought it was already full"
"Well, it was full, but all I had to do was throw out some of the level ones and replace them with the level twos"
"That still doesn't explain how you got them!"
"Oh! About that, I just found a way to change the shape of my Mana zone, instead of just keeping it as a sphere, I compressed it a bit from up and below to make it more like a disk instead, now it only goes half a meter higher than me and half a meter below my feet, this way I could extend it a lot horizontally, and cover a larger distance, then whenever a slime enters my Mana Zone, I immediately cast wind bullet right in front of it, crack it core, then stored it in my DDB"
The mask was really surprised by his achievement, but at the same time she was really happy
' that's it! that's exactly what I have been waiting for! that kid never cease to amaze me, to think he would Master something like manipulating the shape of his Mana Zone, Alpha you're a genius!' the mask thought
But no matter how excited the mask was, she always wanted more "well, that's something, but tell me, how many levels did you get"
"oh, I'm level 26 now"
"Level 26?! That's like 400 XP!! You're growing way too fast!!"
"You think? It doesn't feel fast enough for me, I feel like I'm still too weak, as if what's waiting for me is far more terrifying than I can handle, I have to do more!"
With that said, Alpha grabbed a few slime cores and ate them, then he stood up and departed in his journey
His Target was to get stronger, and his method was simple, use short distance teleportation to go to the edge of his Mana Zone, let it spread out to uncover more slimes, kill them and retrieve their cores, level up and increase his intelligence, then rince and repeat
Eventually, he reached the end of the second floor, and found himself facing another barrier, where the mask stopped him "okay, let's stop for a second, we need to do a recap to keep in check of how strong you're getting, tell me how many XP did you get"
But that was just an excuse, the mask was just probing for more information to fill her ever burning curiosity, she really wanted to know what other amazing feats did Alpha make this time
But Alpha was already exhausted from constantly teleporting and killing slimes Non-Stop
He just answered her briefly "I'm now level 34, do the math yourself" then he proceeded to sit down next to the barrier to relieve his exhaustion
"oh you're Level 34? WAIT WHAT!! THAT'S MORE THAN 2000 XP!!! Are you okay? Aren't you pushing yourself a little bit too much? I thought your only goal was to leave this place, why did you change your mind? why are you working this hard?"
"Do you think I'm stupid? I didn't change my mind, I just know that in order to leave this place I can't avoid getting stronger, but don't worry, I know my limit"
The mask could clearly see that Alpha was exhausted, so she didn't want to push him too far
"Alright, since you know your limits then I won't complain anymore, but I still want to check your status screen"
She couldn't help herself, her curiosity didn't have a cure
And what she saw made her even more excited than she was, alpha's intelligence went all the way to 663, and he even gained another super rare skill
Passive skill [multi-casting] : you can cast two spells at the same time, the higher the skill level the more spells you can cast