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Putting my head back in its rightful place, I felt the headache subside a bit, but I still felt some discomfort - under the stares of the trembling little ones, I made a quick lunge, killing three of them at the same time. The goblins immediately panicked and fled.
Ohhhh... how did I do that? It was fine, almost, except for the hole in the throne... - another one fell from a kick, and then his head was smashed by a foot. The goblins tried to run away, but I was faster.
I must have overworked myself, I'm not in the mood... - so soon there were no survivors, and the room was drenched in blood and excrement with a distinctive stench.
A glimpse of the experience I was getting, and I sighed with a sigh. Not many, but the souls jumped to a dozen after I stabbed their bodies with my sword. I was also convinced that the soul is stored somewhere in the chest,' I said, looking at the headless corpse and returning the sword to its scabbard.
I didn't even want to look for possible hiding places, but I had to, because I didn't want to miss possible loot, even if it was in the shit. This time I had a double defence made of a glove and a wrapped rag. I wasn't exactly squeamish about looking around the room, occasionally using my spear in the manner of a shovel. I should have brought a shovel, it would have come in handy, it really would have,' I wrinkled my nose at the headache and began to search the room....
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In the end I found nothing and gave up on it, leaving the room with the goblins I had killed,' I wrinkled my nose irritably, stepping on another flatbread. - I still have a few passages unexplored... one... two... three! - I counted the passages to the other rooms, listening to the sounds and trying to scrape the crap stuck to my soles off the wall.
Three passageways out of the fat boss's main throne room... not counting the one I came out of. I searched it badly, but it's disgusting to get my hands dirty, even through the first rag defence... fuck it, I'll search the walls and go on exploring the cave!
But first...' I looked at the dried-up corpse of a goblin. I tried to take it in the ring and after ten seconds the corpse disappeared. Alas, I couldn't get the other one after twenty seconds.
Okay, that's enough,' I decided, moving to the right passage. I didn't search the walls, as I thought it was a waste of time....
...
Hmm, wishes come true? - I stopped next to a suspicious blockade of wooden bark and supports with stones. In fact, I got here by turning round a few more passages, and for the thirtieth minute I was walking forward on a relatively dry road. Surprisingly, there was no shit here and I should have turned back, because there are no goblins here and it's not a residential area, but driven by curiosity I went forward and finally managed to find something interesting! There is a blockade here for a reason, and maybe there is something there that might interest me. There's a reason the gobs forced a passage to another cave... or whatever it is, I don't know.
Ahem, never mind. I lost my fear ten minutes ago. And the possible collapse didn't even scare me! Although I'm not sure it could happen here. I'm not a geologist. But the ceiling, given my height, is two metres high [4].
Now I had a choice of how to deal with the rubble.
Roughly, fuck magic.
Careful - use my own hands.
Considering where I was, I was reluctant to use magic. I had to roll up my sleeves and tear it down with my hands, slowly removing stanchions and some rocks the size of my head. It didn't take me long, and I safely knocked down the last obstacle, a large tree bark.
I immediately saw an unremarkable long passage ahead, like hundreds of caves. I turned back and caught a strange feeling of uneasiness, but I moved on to the new passage, driven by curiosity.
I wondered if that girl had survived, or if she had killed herself after all. I think I'll stop by that room on the way back and... perhaps consume her soul... damn, and I forgot to check her assessment! - I stopped for a moment, slapping myself on the forehead. This is the second time I've stepped on the same rake. Hiro's a hero girl and that girl... hmm, considering she'd been demolished by weak goblins, she wasn't exactly a hero, but she didn't look like a village girl either.
I wish I could have found her things nearby, but as it was, looking over her body from head to toe, I could see some signs of hard physical work... I mean, her body was trim. Not muscular, but the muscles showed through. Okay, what was, was past, and now I have new adventures... down the monotonous aisle.
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Fifth minute, and I kept running until I heard a suspicious sound at the end of the corridor around the corner that sounded like... the gurgle of water... or something. Stopping and listening, I slowly peeked around the corner under the cover of darkness.
*Bulk-Bulk-Bulk* Something behind a wide stone, or somewhere nearby, was making sounds... after looking around the passage and not finding it with my eyes, I slowly moved closer, approaching the stone and climbing on top of it, trying to get a good look at something making the sounds.
*Two slimes, one pink and one blue in colour, either oval or round appeared before my eyes, jumping upwards on the wall, soaking up the oozing moisture from the wall....
Looking up I noticed the stalactite, and the occasional drops dripping from its end down the wall....
Hehe, well, that's not important. The important thing is that I found what I was looking for. Blue and pink slimes, or slugs, I don't know, about the size of a goblin's head were bouncing around merrily while making gurgling noises. They were transparent, and in their bodies you could see a tiny black core about the size of a seed. The rare drops of water that they absorbed quickly dissolved into them.
Cute...
'Score!'
*Rating is a success
-35MP*
The blue slime is a newborn slime.
Danger level: None.
Attitude towards you: -
Jump-4, Digestion-3, Omnivore-5, Absorption-3, Physical Damage Resistance-7, Magic Damage Resistance-1
Strength - D
Dexterity - A
Stamina - S
Intelligence - C+
Pink Slime is a newborn slime.
Danger Level - None
Attitude towards you: -
Jump-3, Digestion-3, Omnivore-4, Absorption-4, Physical Damage Resistance-5, Magic Damage Resistance-1, Healing-1
Strength - D
Dexterity - B
Stamina - S
Intelligence - B+
Oh-ho-ho! Damn... so much desire to absorb, and get those skills! Oh what a huge desire! Hmmm... wait, souls. Where's the soul slime? The slimes were bouncing around, translucent with magical vision and glowing a soft blue and pink colour, but there were no souls to be seen!
Damn... is this a bummer? Or is the core a soul... or is it not a soul? Oh, and the skills are a bit strange, such as jumping. Although... considering they don't have legs, the skill is justified.
Okay, I'll try to tame it, shall I? Just how? Water... they want to drink water... hmm... I can provide it in huge quantities! But how will they react? Alright, I'll create a ball of water in my hand and see what happens. Quietly jumping down from the rock, I removed the veil of darkness and created a small ball of water in my hand, hovering above my hand. It eats a lot of mana this way, but the regeneration works.
*♪ Bump, bump, bump ♪
Slowly, without making any sudden movements, I peeked out from behind the rock, extending my arm with the balloon.
Just as I came into sight of the slimes, they stopped jumping on the wall and froze....
Standing there, looking at each other. Nothing happens.
The slimes froze. I froze.
First minute...
Second minute.
We're a metre apart.
Um... are they just gonna stand there? Pretending they're rocks....
Suddenly, the blue one trembled and jumped into my hand. And the pink one just stood there like that.
*Bulk*
The water balloon disappeared into the body of the slime and it added to its volume right before my eyes, just a little bit, but the dramatic growth was noticeable before my eyes.
*♪ Bump, bump, bump ♪
The slime quickly braided my gauntlet with the rag and... began to dissolve it. After a while the rag disappeared, and then my hand started to tingle a little, as if... the old skin was gone... I don't know how to describe it, but it tickled. Really not sure if he was thanking me like that, more like he wanted to eat the yummy treat, of which there was another yummy treat....
Yeah... come to think of it, there should be more slimes further down the path. And this one is kind of weak... - I looked at my sword and decided to check if it had a soul or not. After all, I need a helper, not just a sponger monster... and this one will eat me up and ruin my gloves. Then we'll test the pink one.
Taking my sword out of its sheath, I poked at the slime with the sword, but the blade didn't pierce it... What if I pressed harder? Now the end was sinking a bit into the slime's body, but it didn't care. It continued to pinch itself, gurgling to itself under its... nose?
Hehe... it was like a parasite, glued to my hand and devouring the deliciousness....
*Bulk-bulk-bulk* Vibrating its whole body, it increased in volume... The pink one came a little closer.
What the hell? It's growing right in front of my eyes... stop, the mana scale is slowly dropping! One unit, and then the regen regenerates mana again! So it's eating mana too? Hmm... I'll have to see if he has a soul after all.
I summoned fire this time, but it didn't work. And the slime gurgled quite a bit, covering my arm up to my elbow...
That way it would devour me all over... but there was no panic or fear, though its growth rate was disconcerting.
Then call fire to the other arm. This time the fire worked properly, and the slime moved away slightly as I brought the fire to its body and it returned to the palm of my hand.
He's afraid of fire, then. Well, that's useful information. It would be a shame to kill it, but I'll have to check it out.
Since he was clinging to my hand and his core was in my field of vision, I was able to grab him and then activated the soul eater skill.
*Bulk* He felt something.
Slime froze in place. And from my chest appeared transparent tentacles, this time I didn't see a toothy mouth, but the tentacles quickly clung to the core and began to lick it from all sides, and then, as if not getting what he wanted, returned back.
What? The skill didn't work? What's that? Fuck... the slime started enveloping my hand again, where's my light there.
...
Heh... have to admit the skill didn't work... fucked up my chance... now I have to wait 24 hours again - fuck! Okay, then it must be fate! Since the skill didn't work and he's still alive...?
Meanwhile, the slime was growing in volume and no longer resembled an innocent little slime.
Even its characteristics had jumped in level.
Blue slime is a newborn slime.
Danger level: Medium.
Attitude towards you: Love.
Jump-4, Digestion-3, Omnivore-5, Absorption-6, Physical damage resistance-7, Magic damage resistance-1
Strength - D+
Dexterity - A+
Stamina - S+
Intelligence - C+
Oh... suddenly the 'love', he or rather she, like a pet now started petting, asking me for more goodies. Here's the pink one slowly creeping towards me, cautiously and... with curiosity? I can directly feel the emotions emanating from the two of them. One is loving...I don't know how, the other is watching with interest and shy? Really, the danger level has been raised from none to medium.....
Fire as a deterrent no longer frightened the slime. I created a water balloon in my other hand, the pink one cautiously approached, and then jumped on my hand absorbing the balloon. Now they both became like cats, soaking up my mana and nuzzling at me. At the same time, they never stopped radiating love, and even the pink slime began to envelope my hand with tenderness. Regeneration could no longer make up for the loss of mana.
Skill core small mana regeneration boosted!
Ugh... hopefully not all slimes will react to me like this... although they are newborns... one can understand them. Now I had two slimes of different colours lounging in my palms. One blue, one pink... hmmm... funny. Suddenly I remembered an anime, should I try it? Oh, okay, I've been there!
- I'm going to call you Rem! - I called the blue slime a female name as it vibrated and began to caress, pleasantly enveloping my palm. Yes... I called the sexless... a female name, well, why? I'm going to call the pink one Ram.
- And you're baby Ram! - to which she did the same thing as Ram, but with love for me. Yeah... incomprehensible love... or what is it? Tenderness or pleasure? Hard to say, but the evaluation revealed the following.
Ram is a newborn slime.
Danger level: Medium.
Attitude towards you: Love.
Jump-4, Digestion-3, Omnivore-4, Absorption-6, Physical Damage Resistance-6, Magic Damage Resistance-2, Healing-1
Strength - D+
Dexterity - B+
Stamina - S
Intelligence - B+
Rem is a newborn slime.
Danger Level - Medium
Attitude towards you: Love.
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Now, two tags with the names Ram and Rem suddenly appeared on the minicart... that's the master tag skill! They are... um, now numbered after Elvina! This is unexpected, but it solves a lot of problems.
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After a while.
Hehe... now I have two slimes flanking my chest, radiating love and joy to me... or something. It feels good, damn it. Admittedly feeling cold, semi-liquid bodies stroking me all the time was... weird. It's new! I decided to put them under my armour after a short thought. Since they were mine, and now they were obviously weak and could die, I took off part of my armour and they pounced on me, enveloping my chest and belly, radiating curiosity - exploring with their bodies a new understanding for them - breasts. Good thing they didn't get between my legs....
Ugh... it was like cold, gentle hands exploring my breasts from all sides, radiating love, and they were also feeding on mana... and here was another plus. After they've enveloped me, the regen is working all the time, and the mana regeneration core skill is now steadily increasing. Already 33% in a few minutes of feeding them!
Next, I moved forward and after about three minutes, I saw already a group of three individuals of slimes. Different colours.
There was a pink one, a blue one, and a black one! Fucking hell, there's a whole family of them! And when they saw me, they all jumped at me.
I took my sword out of its sheath and I reinforced myself and sliced the first blue slime in half. Except it split into two halves! I didn't hit its core, so I had to bounce back to avoid the others, hide behind a rock, and then activate the cloak of darkness!
Already there, I quickly bounced off the rock and was just in time. Where I was before, a pink one and half of a blue one flew in at the same time. Not finding me, they froze, as if listening for sounds... or something else, while I tried to freeze in place and didn't even breathe.
They're more dangerous than goblins! If I didn't have my disguise, I'd be eaten alive! Fuck, I didn't know they were so fast... they could split apart... except I didn't see any cores on these slimes, although the blue one that split in two from my sword had a core.
Disguise? - I swallowed convulsively, gripping my sword tighter. Very dangerous enemies. Especially when there's a whole pack of them from different individuals.
'Evaluation.'
Evaluation skill has been upgraded!
The pink slime is a normal monster
Danger Level: Medium
Attitude: Food.
Jump-6, Metamorphosis-5, Digestion-8, Omnivore-11, Absorption-11, Fission-3, Resistance to physical damage-5, Resistance to magic damage-6, Healing-3
Monster's progression to new evolution is 37%.
Strength - C
Dexterity - B
Stamina - S
Intelligence - B+
This slime was like Rem when she got fat on me, but his intelligence was equal to hers, and the healing skill... interesting. Mine has it too, but how exactly does the skill work? I'll think about it later.
Black Slime is a normal monster
Danger level: Medium
Attitude towards you: Food.
Jump-2, Metamorphosis-1 Digestion-11, Omnivore-16, Absorption-19, Fission-19, Physical Damage Resistance-1, Magic Damage Resistance-1, Link-1, Sticky-10.
Monster's progress to new evolution - 64%
Strength - B
Dexterity - D+
Stamina - S+
Intelligence - D
Fat and big is what I can say about him. He was the biggest among the slimes and was as tall as a goblin! Almost a metre tall.
Fuck... fuck... how am I supposed to kill them with a sword? If they can hide their core... or even change its location? Wait, I think I've been lost and they're leaving? - I watched as the slimes began to crawl briskly backwards. The pink one stood still for a while, and then followed the others.....
Well, let's see where they go....
My journey didn't last very long, but the further I followed them, the more I saw similar groups of slimes like the one I was slowly following. I became more and more interested in where they were going, and within minutes I reached a vast room... a very huge one....
*Bonk-bonk*
A hundred... or more slimes were crawling, jumping back and forth. Once in a while, the black ones would join in a group together, and then crawl somewhere afterwards.
Somewhere off to the side, I heard the sounds of water squelching, and looking around, I noticed a large lake off to the side... where were the black slimes dumping water?
Is this...the kingdom of slimes? Then where is the king himself? - Shock, admiration... I didn't know what I was feeling right now, watching such a bunch of them.
*Bulk, bulk, bulk*