Countless ellipsis ran through Neo's head and the little slime wanted to bang its head to the rock nearby.
Damn it. Stupid! Stupidddd!
He is so stupid!
That fcking slime is here to eat him!!
Neo finally panicked.
As an ordinary human being, someone who had never been exposed to such a danger, Neo couldn't think straight for a while.
But his survival instinct was still there.
He quickly tried to dissolve the rock that blocked his way out behind, but after dissolving the rock for a few seconds, he realized something belatedly.
The slime outside could catch him faster than him dissolving the rock that blocked his path.
Damn. He's done for.
Neo helplessly watched as the ambitious slime's big "hand" approached him bit by bit while continuing to dissolve the rock that created the gap!
At this moment, Neo had been cornered to the rock behind him that covered his way out.
The little slime continued to wriggle, trying to get into some cracks or other places, but to no avail.
The gap he found after much difficulty was not a new house at all, but his coffin.
Time seemed to slow down and Neo could see clearly how the elastic transparent slime glowing in a strange light slowly approached him.
Neo immediately tried to use [Acid Spray], but when he looked at his system panel, his heart went cold.
[Acid Spray] skill cooling down countdown: 5:00
There were still five more minutes before Neo could use another acid spray!
If Neo was an ordinary slime, maybe he could forcefully use the skill despite the lack of energy because slimes didn't have a clear [skill cooling down] period, unlike humans.
But he is a human.
And he had the system.
Neo had never expected the thing he deified, the almighty system, would indirectly kill him.
Ironically, he didn't die in the hands of the hunters, but in the hand of a fellow slime!
Neo's heart bursted with frustration, helplessness and a hint of fear.
No! No! Don't give up! There must be a way—
Oh, yes, skills!
There must be other skills more useful other than [Acid Spray].
Quick! Think of which skill can handle this slime?
The [Cub's Cry] skill, [Protect The Cub] skill…[Absorb], [Devour]...
The [Cub's Cry] could soften the hearts of hunters and beasts, but…it worked on a neutral target with not too much malice.
It definitely would not work on the slime that intended to eat him.
[Protect The Cub] skill summoned another creature to help…
However, deep inside this gap, who could help him?
Even the slimes outside were at least a few meters away from the gap.
Judging from the range of his [Acid Spray] skill before, Neo doubted whether the range of [Protect The Cub] skill could reach that far.
[Devour] skill looks promising, but once again, looking at his small body, Neo was slapped with reality.
Before he could [Devour] the big slime outside, that slime would have [Devoured] him!
Time passed by, and the ambitious slime's big "hand" had already touched Neo's slime skin, yet Neo hadn't found a suitable skill to use.
None of the skills would work on this slime!
Just like what Neo thought before, right after the ambitious slime touched Neo's skin, it immediately used the [Devour] skill, catching Neo off guard.
Swoosh!
The whole "hand" of the slime instantly enveloped Neo's whole body, so fast that Neo saw nothing but a burst of light in his field of view!
The ambitious slime "swallowed" Neo's in one gulp and cleverly dragged its "hand" out of the gap, intending to bring the prey onto its belly!
The closer to the slime core, the faster the slime would digest its prey.
That's where their belly was, after all.
Neo, whose whole body was wrapped inside the slime's jelly-like body, slowly felt something strange with his body.
The [Devour] skill was actually a skill that secreted a paralyzing liquid, slowly numbing the prey's senses, even giving a false feeling of comfort.
It felt like he was back in his mother's womb.
Neo's mind gradually became hazy, and he couldn't even move his body around just to struggle.
His whole body was still, and he couldn't sense it at all.
It was as if he was detached from the body he was using.
Maybe the fit between the soul and the body was too low...
Neo's mind went blank, but deep inside his heart, a sense of unwillingness emerged.
He was unwilling.
Unwilling to die.
Unwilling to be eaten by another slime.
More unwilling to be a mere slime!
The little slime's instinct for survival was so strong, just like the human Neo.
At this moment, both the soul and the body had the same thoughts—
They want to live!
They want to survive!
A strong emotion burst out of Neo's heart and a strong will forcefully broke free from Neo's small body.
He still couldn't do anything and could feel nothing, but a strange feeling suddenly swept his soul.
Yes, his soul, not his body as a slime.
That feeling was so mysterious and difficult to explain, but it was similar to how a person could exert an unimaginable strength in an emergency.
The adrenaline soared, and something, a kind of potential deep in the soul was awakened.
If the hunters were here, they would definitely know what Neo was experiencing.
It was indeed an awakening.
The awakening of the chosen human who later became what humanity called "hunters".
They hunted dungeon beasts, cleared up new dungeons and continued to explore for the sake of humanity.
The feeling of "awakening" was as if something that was sleeping for a long time slowly regained its sense.
Second by second, this feeling became stronger, so strong that Neo shuddered from head to toe— albeit he had no head nor toe.
The moment the strange feeling reached its peak, a surge of comfortable and warm energy burst out of Neo's soul!