Foreword: My dear readers, if you are reading my novel for the first time you can skip the auxiliary chapters as they only served as notes for fantasy world-building. Just imagine these auxiliary chapters as a scrapbook of both published and unpublished works for "Training as a Slime". But if you are interested to know more about the setting and tiny details, it will all be in here.
I hope you will enjoy my novel and do leave a review or comment to let me know what you like about it. I will also be happy to explore new ideas to make the novel a better read.
Settings
The monster training school is located at the west edge of the Wind Forest.
The Wind Forest do not have autumn or winter. It is an evergreen forest, there are not a lot of flowers but if you look hard enough there are some. In the Wind Forest, there are no villages or villagers. It is a place where children are abandoned and left to fend for themselves. Sadly, most of them passed away due to malnourishment.
Despite its peaceful name, it can be quite creepy and lonely at night. There are rumours of a vicious beast with blood-red glowing eyes roaming the forest at night.
The world is made up of monsters that can evolve. There are also plants, florals, crystals, minerals, magic stones, livestock, and animals. Eating any monster is considered cannibalism and forbidden. However, there are circumstances which allow that (for example if a monster is turned into an animal, monsters are allowed to eat the animal).
Skills can be obtained through blessings, skill books, monster evolution, job evolution and also through hard work.
The deity of the world set up a system for monsters to monitor their own progress. Once they managed to advance to the final level, they can upgrade their rank beyond UR - ultra rare. There is also a star ranking system based on how rare their job is.
Oh, and there is a small wooden cabin in the Wind Forest. It could be a church for the deity, a respite for the visitors. There is a small wooden idol of the deity in the cabin to which isekai heros usually pray to receive divinations (basically a fancy way of calling).
System settings- in the system setting screen, one can adjust location of the pop ups, adjust eye sight brightness, image sharpness, colour saturation, surround sound - bass and treble (although it is usually already optimised), notification types.
Status- it will show points available, skills, strength, defence, attack power, agility, luck, rank, title, job, advance job, level, age, birthday, blessings, curses, health, vitality, active, passive, and hidden.
Cori's status as of day 1:
Title - baby slime
Level- level 0, age - 1 day old, birthday - 14/11, 900 skill points.
Job - N.A.
Advance job- N.A.
Health- 1000
Vitality - 1000
Mana- Infinite
Spirit- Infinite
Strength - 10
Defence - 10
Attack power - 1
Agility - 10
Luck - 100
Rank - unranked
Blessings-hidden, Curses - nil
Passive skills - nil
Active skills- sticky fluid (1), flatten (1), pain tolerance (1)
Hidden skills- Level too low to see.
Cori Byten's family backstory- Cori's parents passed away when he was a baby. He and his twin brother and sister were with his grandma while his parents met with a tragic accident. Cori is one of the triplets. His family travelled extensively around the world, only for them to settle down in the same country as his dad's company headquartered in Southeast Asia. After the tragic accident, the company faced hostile takeover from the competitor, leaving little inheritance to the children as most of the assets were sold off to settle the debts and loans. The only consolation was their mortgage was fully paid off, educational fees fully accounted for and they have a roof over their head. Their grandma managed to use her savings to raise them until the age of 10, however, that fully depleted her bank account except for the fixed deposits she left for the 3 of them in case she passes away.
Cori's status as of day 7:
Title - baby slime
Level- level 0, age - 7 days old, birthday - 14/11, 900 skill points.
Job - N.A.
Advance job- N.A.
Health- 1000
Vitality - 1000
Mana- Infinite
Spirit- Infinite
Strength - 10
Defence - 10
Attack power - 1
Agility - 10
Luck - 100
Rank - unranked
Blessings-hidden, Curses - nil
Passive skills - Hyperthymesia, Leftover-fats (recover 5% hp)
Active skills- sticky fluid (1), flatten (1), pain tolerance (1), Qing Gong (1), sticky paws (1), observation (2)
Hidden skills- Level too low to see.
Item obtained - a pair of sunglasses with tinted red lenses.
Slimes can float naturally. Slimes can capture light in their body.
Cori's status as of day 10:
Title - baby slime
Level- level 0, age - 10 days old, birthday - 14/11, 900 skill points.
Job - N.A.
Advance job- N.A.
Health- 1000
Vitality - 1001
Mana- Infinite
Spirit- Infinite
Strength - 110
Defence - 10
Attack power - 1
Agility - 10
Luck - 100
Rank - unranked
Blessings-hidden, Curses - nil
Passive skills - Hyperthymesia, Float
Active skills- sticky fluid (1), flatten (10), pain tolerance (2), Qing Gong (1), sticky paws (3), observation (2), swim (1)
Hidden skills- Level too low to see.
Itemology
Everlasting fire - common fire that could last forever if it was not put out.
Red sunglass- shades that inhibit light.
Unique Ornate boxes - boxes with ability to only store gases.
Everlasting cup - A refreshing and cooling cup of fresh milk tea with chewing bobas. The milk is forever fresh and bobas super nice to chew. No one will ever get tired of it. It can be quite addictive.
Unnamed Wand - wand that conjures squid ink. (can be used as a pen). The core is made from the spine of a rumoured sea god or sea monster that resembled a giant squid.
Liberty- The iconic brand, symbolizing freedom, features four distinctive symbols: a dandelion for the brand flower, an encompassing 'L' for the brand emblem, an arctic tern-like bird for the brand animal, and a queen carrying a torch for the brand legend. All Liberty backpacks share common design elements, including a dimple smile flap, two and a half folds on the sides, self-adjusting shoulder straps, and recesses for a tidy appearance. The backpacks also showcase iconic sage green linings and platinum gold hardware.
Cori's Liberty backpack- a brown backpack adorned with a monogram brand emblem featuring mysterious inscriptions that grant indestructibility to the gemstones it houses. The backpack possesses complex enchantments capable of accommodating interdimensional objects. Its lock is enchanted, recognizing only its rightful owner. The backpack's bottom combines flexibility, lightness, and solidity, resembling a light steel plate. Four mysterious gemstones, resembling moonstone, rainbow moonstone, or labradorite, not only support the bag but also power its enchantments. The strap features iconic gold platinum ends resting on a dandelion seed motif latch. Self-adjusting shoulder straps with hidden mechanics provide comfort and style, seamlessly blending with the tranquil sage green inner linings.
Weapons
Knives
Ornamental Knives set- 18 pairs of knives made with 18 unique materials (Kirin tooth, Sabre shark tooth, Mermaid claw with luminescent moon pearl, 6 un-named crystalised outer space minerals, Titan tooth, Tooth Fairy's magic tooth, Ice dragon scale, Lich demon god's refined bone, Millenia metal, Dungeon core, Phoenix beak, Griffon nail, and Dark matter), each with special characteristic to enhance the taste of ingredients.
1) Phoenix Knife- a knife that will self-repair and never go blunt. All ingredients cut by this knife will gain a new lease of life. You can even cut a live fish and make it into 2 instead!
2) The fairy knife- A tooth for a tooth was the usual decreed. But this knife shall cut your target and make money rain!
3) Dark Matter - cut and absorb the abilities of it opponent.
Armours
Extremely well made Pan- extremely durable pan made of dragon tooth. Resistant to fire, ignore 100% physical defence. Good to whack others with.
Extremely well made Pot- extremely durable pot made of dragon flints. Resistant to fire, could be use as helmet to eliminate any physical damage.
Gems and Crystals
red gems - power stones
the blue crystals -mannas crystals
yellow gems - spirit stones
clear stones with white light - holy diamonds
System OS
1. The world runs on standard OS.
2. All standard OS can be linked.
3. Alice is an updated OS and is genderless (I mean why would you want to give a gender to an operating system? Susssssss...) Alice is capable of showing emotions, moods and preference. Although Alice is a girl's name on Earth, and the OS speaks in a womanly, lady like manner... Alice can also speak in a deep husky voice. Alice can project itself as a hologram. Alice is not part of the world's standard OS.
"Haunted Museum" aka Museum of Diplomatic Gifts and Artefacts - Annabella (encased in holy dollhouse), Emperor's cursed throne, dybbuk box, holy rosary, murder weapon of a serial killer, atomic bomb in world war 2 (undetonated), ghost ship from Bermuda Triangle (magically miniaturised and secured by angelic runes), ghost plane (magically miniaturised and secured by angelic runes), Robert (encased in holy dollhouse), shrunk and preserved heads of resentful angry tribesmen (secured by angelic runes), bone of the damned (secured in angelic forcefield), coin of Judas (in holy pouch), black prince's ruby (secured by angelic runes), Cain's vampiric jaws (protected by holy forcefield and angelic runes), ghost fires (harmless and restricted movement by angelic runes), holy sceptre, a petrified figure pierced by cursed holy sword and restrained by cursed holy chains with angelic ruins (otherworldly demon), scarab with protective symbols, silver bullets and ivory gun, talismans of several temples, amulets of several shrines, sealed abandoned tori gate, other worldly Stonehenge ruin (magically miniaturised and sealed), haunted paintings of different eras on earth, cursed cookware that made food taste bad and inedible, cursed pill maker that turn any medicine poisonous, silvery shield (holy object with upgradable functions and inputs), holy scriptures from different religions across different universe.
Museum (Modified)
Natural History
Evolution of Weaponries
Cori's status as of day 23:
Title - slightly golden baby slime
Level- level 0, age - 23 days old, birthday - 14/11, 900 skill points (unassigned).
Job - N.A.
Advance job- N.A.
Health- 1000
Vitality - 1001
Mental (hidden stat revealed) - 100
Stamina (hidden stat revealed)- 50
Mana- Infinite
Spirit- Infinite
Strength - 110
Defence - 10
Attack power - 1
Agility - 10+50
Luck - 100
Rank - unranked
Blessings (revealed)-weapon mastery (x2 wands, x3 swords, x1 others)
Curses - nil
Passive skills - Hyperthymesia, Float, holy aura slightly golden fibrous armour, Leftover-fats (recover 5% hp)
Active skills- sticky fluid (1), flatten (10), pain tolerance (2), Qing Gong (3), sticky paws (3), observation (3), swim (1)
Hidden skills (revealed)- holy aura shield bash (1) , merge skills
Weakness: Ghost type
Cori's Status from Alice's screen (Artificial Linguistic Computer Entity)
Title - slightly golden baby slime
Level- level 0, age - 23 days old, birthday - 14/11, 900 skill points (unassigned).
Temperament: confident crybaby.
Job - N.A.
Advance job- N.A.
Health- 1000
Vitality - 1001
Mental (hidden stat revealed) - 100
Stamina (hidden stat revealed)- 50
Mana- Infinite
Spirit- Infinite
Strength - 110
Defence - 10
Attack power - 1+50
Agility - 10+50
Luck - 100
Rank - unranked
Blessings (revealed)-weapon mastery (x2 wands, x3 swords, x1 others)
Curses - nil
Passive skills - Hyperthymesia, Float, holy aura slightly golden fibrous armour (any attack will be absorbed by spiritual power with spillover probability of 1%), Leftover-fats (recover 5% hp)
Active skills- sticky fluid (1), flatten (10), pain tolerance (2), Qing Gong (3), sticky paws (3), observation (3), swim (1)
Hidden skills (revealed)- holy aura shield bash (1) , merge skills
Weakness: Ghost type
Primordial holy power (?)- power from ancestral world tree. Curse or blessing?
Side note: interlink power = truck kun. He used to be a delivery man for the deities in the very beginning.
Oliver the Octoman, a subtype of merman. Like octopuses, Octoman has 3 hearts and are extremely intelligent. Oliver's specialised skills include 'Camouflage, Eloquence, and Stealth'
Cori's status as of day 29:
Title - slightly golden baby slime
Level- level 0, age - 29 days old, birthday - 14/11, 900 skill points (unassigned).
Job - N.A.
Advance job- N.A.
Health- 1000
Vitality - 1001
Mental (hidden stat revealed) - 100+100
Stamina (hidden stat revealed)- 50+100
Mana- Infinite
Spirit- Infinite
Qi- Infinite (Strengthened: +1output/input)
Strength - 110
Defence - 10+100
Attack power - 1+50+100
Agility - 10+50+100
Luck - 100+150
Rank - 200+
Blessings (revealed)-weapon mastery (x2 wands, x3 swords, x1 others)
Curses - nil
Passive skills - Hyperthymesia, Float, holy aura slightly golden fibrous armour, Leftover-fats (recover 5% hp)
Active skills- sticky fluid (1), flatten (10), pain tolerance (2), Qing Gong (3), sticky paws (3), observation (3), swim (1)
Hidden skills (revealed)- holy aura shield bash (1) , merge skills
Weakness: Ghost type
Primordial holy power (?)- power from ancestral world tree. Curse or blessing?
Cori's status as of day 33:
Title - slightly golden baby slime
Level- level 1, age - 33 days old, birthday - 14/11, 893 skill points (unassigned).
Job - N.A.
Advance job- N.A.
Health- 1000
Vitality - 1001
Mental (hidden stat revealed) - 100+100
Stamina (hidden stat revealed)- 50+100
Mana- Infinite
Spirit- Infinite
Qi- Infinite (Strengthened: +1output/input)
Strength - 110
Defence - 10+100
Attack power - 1+50+100
Agility - 10+50+100
Luck - 100+150
Rank - 200+
Blessings (revealed)-weapon mastery (x2 wands, x3 swords, x1 others)
Curses - nil
Passive skills - Hyperthymesia, Float, holy aura slightly golden fibrous armour, Leftover-fats (recover 5% hp)
Active skills- sticky fluid (1), flatten (10), pain tolerance (2), Swift Steps xsealedx (1), sticky paws (3), observation (10), swim (1), butthrust (1)
Hidden skills (revealed)- holy aura shield bash (1), merge skills
Weakness: Ghost type
Primordial holy power (?)- power from ancestral world tree. Curse or blessing?