The location was unknown. The place was already dark since the nighttime was coming.
Pant- Ha... Ha...
A young girl was running as if he was being chased by some monster. She was taking deep breaths as she hurriedly run for her life
She stumbled then, she proceeded to run again.
Got her foot trip over to something, she stood up again and continued her run.
Even if she can't see the path she's running, she won't stop running.
Even with those branches of trees she run across hurts her face, she recklessly run like a warrior.
A small body she has- but that cannot be underestimated for it can run very fast despite those small legs.
Why was she running?
"Ha, ha! H-help!!" The young girl shouted as her feet were still running.
She shouted a few times, but even if she already lost her breath, no one responded to her shout.
It was because she was in the forest alone.
No one was there except for her who was running. Her stamina was really big.
And it seems like she really was being chased by a monster- a bunch of slimes.
"H-help! I don't like slimes! They're disgusting! I don't wanna be that character in a hentai manga who got raped by a slime!!"
It also seems like she still has some energy to shout.
Slimes are very easy to kill since they're the lowest in the food chain, but.... She really was scared that she ran like she was in racing.
The slimes were just bouncing and following her, but because it's night, the appearance of the slime looks like that thing in a horror movie that made the young girl even more terrified.
"W-what should I do..!? I don't like punching them since it feels like they're gonna swallow my punch with their slime body..." She thinks heavily.
About 16 slimes were following her. They were as big the size of her stomach- the size isn't what she was afraid of, but their numbers.
"Damn slimes! I don't know how to use magic! This world isn't even fun at all! There was no tutorial! Wahh..!!" She cried at last.
"But... Let's try something!" She mumbled then stopped her feet from running.
Since this world looks like a vrmmorpg, the basic magic should be fireball.
Yes! That's the thing!
The slimes who followed her also stopped.
The young girl and the bunch of slimes were facing each other about 11 meters apart.
The young girl posed a stance, then her right hand was alleviated pointing at the slimes, she then-
"Fireball-!"
But.... Nothing came out from her hand. Only the sounds of the crickets can be heard in the forest.
"What the heck!!!" She shouted in vain. "There was no magic?!" She cried again, then ran again.
She was confused, she expected that there would be a ball of fire coming out from her hand- but nothing happened.
She ran again, and the bunch of slimes also followed her.
But then- she felt something tingling in the tip of her fingers.
As she ran, she looked above her head and saw the floating letters again.
「 Name: Mareine
Title: None
Guild: None
Class: Puppeteer
Level: 0 」
A puppeteer? What's that again? I never heard of that kind of class... Is this the other word for summoner?
As she thought about what that word was, a thread slowly appeared floating above her fingers, 1 inch above each of the tips of fingers on her right hand.
She didn't notice but she felt something tickling in the tip of her hand.
Just when a crucial scene happened- The slimes emerged together to form a mega slime and became thrice her size and the heavy bounce the mega slime made, the ground shook and pounded in every bounce- A floating screen appeared in front of the young girl and this made her surprise as she looked at her right hand that has threads floating.
「 Distinctive Passive Skill: Silk thread activated. It will now be activated whenever the owner wants. 」
Silk thread....!
A smile forged in her face, at least she had something to use against the mega slime that was heavily bouncing following her.
Haha.... A skill and the name was silk thread...? What's this...? Am I a spider now..?
But, I'm thankful for this! Let's see what this skill can do!
And then again, she pauses, stops and faces the mega slime.
In every bounce of the slime, she can feel the ground moving slightly.
And-
She raised her hand again then pointed the index finger of her right hand to the gigantic monster.
At such a high speed- Even faster than she can run, a thread pierced through the gigantic slime's body. This made the mega slime to be more aggressive and angry.
"It does have damage. Even if it's only like two percent, I can do this thread thing all night!" She concluded, then decided to face the slime and face this giant creature.
"Let's do what this class 'puppeteer' can do!"
The young girl then jumped backwards, pointed her finger again, and the silk thread pierced again.
She did it a few times, and for the 21st time, the mega slime was still standing.
The young girl was tired from repeating the same thing again and again, but no matter what she did, 2% is just 2%- it's very small.
Probably because the mega slime has a regeneration passive skill.
The young girl backed out, stepped out and let the "silk thread" activate on both hands, all fingers.
"L-let's try this kind of thing..."
The mega slime starts to move and bounce again to her and-
She unleashed all the threads in her fingers and let the threads strangle the gigantic monster and....
'It's very strong! It feels like I'm trying to squish a stone!'
She closed her eyes since she has no choice. 'If I pull my string with my full force, will the silk thread break? I don't know...'
A tear fell from both of her eyes as she muttered some words.
"Hng... I'll do it!! I'll pull it even if it breaks this thread!" She shouted, crossing her hand as she moved backwards pulling the thread.
The mega slime didn't seem to resist it and then, ding!- a sound appeared following the screen floating in front of her.
「 Distinctive Passive Skill: Skill Thread was upgraded. Silk Thread ----> Iron Thread. 」
With the sudden skill upgrade, the thread in her hand became even stronger and- boom!
Due to the tightening pressure of the grip of the iron thread, the mega slime exploded.
The juices of the giant slime scattered all around the diameter and the young girl was also covered in a blue-colored liquid from the slime.
A screen then showed up again in front of her.
「 Level up:
Level: 0 ----> Level: 2 」
「 New Skill Acquired:
Distinctive Passive Skill: Puppet Control
Distinctive Skill: Summon Puppet 」
New Title Obtained: Mega Slime Slayer
The young girl fell from her knees.
"I-I did it... I a-almost died!" She said then relaxed herself, sitting on the grassy ground of the dark forest in front of the blue liquid splattering around.
"I hope there will no.. Ha, slime again!"