Seiya felt a warm sensation hitting his backside and he woke up completely overjoyed.
'So it wasn't a dream! Yes!!' He exclaimed to himself. He spun around, facing the entrance of his makeshift home. A large hollow tree, space for ten of him to fit!
He bounced forward, exiting the tree at lightning speed. The sun beat down on his jelly body, shining straight through him.
There was a smile on his soul, his very own light beaming back at the sun. He looked around, checking the area. He had bounced himself to this tree last night, entering, finding a wall, and passing out instantly.
He didn't feel very tired, but when he wanted to fall asleep, he fell without so much as a second thought.
His body slid forward into the clearing, his system panel opening up in his mind as it did so.
Now that he was... level headed, he took this moment to truly go over his system.
The previous day, he awoke to a lowering sun, and a cluster of thoughts.
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[Title(s)]: {Descendant of the Planet Eater, Rycluster}
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'Planet eater? Rycluster?' He mumbled, 'He was probably a slime too... A Predator Slime maybe?... That's probably why I'm so OP.'
Closing the panel, Seiya looked ahead.
He bounced forward some meters, his vision tracking the massive tree in front of him.
Almost parallel to the tree he now called home—albeit rather far away—was another tree.
He bounced for half a minute. The tree base was in his view even from a ways away. It was huge after all. This tree was far thicker than all those that surrounded it.
When he entered a little less than 15 feet, his metaphysical eyes squinted.
'Inspect...' He muttered to himself...
-{ Target Status }-
[Title(s)]: {Ancient Demon}, {Soul Stealing Tree}
[Race]: Ruforn Soul Eating Demi-Tree
[Class]: -
[Level]: 217/300 | 5th Tier
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Hit Points: 18,200 | Mana Points: 690
Vitality: 182 | Defense: 100
Strength: 273 | Agility: 41
Aptitude: 69 |
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[Danger Class: B ]
*[Examination]: A semi-sentient tree monster. A species of tree that has a high affinity with souls, able to consume and trap them within . Usually hibernates, but when in danger or in the presence of a powerful soul, it will wake up to devour and add to its collection of souls trapped within itself. Beware, despite being a tree, this foe is rather quick.
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'Level 217?...' With an agape slime jaw, Seiya slowly craned his neck upwards.
Out of his deepest nightmares, the bark started to spread apart halfway up the tree. A monstrous mouth opened, a red light escaping.
*ROAR*
A guttural scream came from the over 100 meter tree.
Seiya gulped.
'Shit!' He spun around, leaping forward.
Right as he jumped, a branch came crashing down on where he previously was, piercing straight into the ground.
He could feel the ground rumble with that attack.
"Eee!" He yelped, bouncing forward again. He leapt in a zig zag line, dodging branches and roots for far too long.
He ran at speeds he didn't think possible with his slime body, but eventually he seemed to leave the trees range. As for the demon tree in question, it experienced some sadness. A free meal had just escaped its grasps.
Of course, it was quite confused on why a slime seemed to be so tasty, but it didn't have the brain power to ask too many questions...
When Seiya reached what he thought was a safe distance, he slowed himself down.
'What the hell is this place!' He yelled internally. 'Thousand year old herbs, soul eating trees!' He was panting, his body becoming more of a sludge than a slime.
'If these are the plants... I wonder what the actual monsters are like! Maybe if I'm lucky I can find something that's already dying... Would a corpse give me some strength?...'
His body jiggled, going through his situation in his head.
'Maybe like a beast baby... They should be weak. Like giraffe babies can barely even stand.'
Maybe it was the gods, or maybe it was the devil, but in that same moment...
*Rustle*
He turned around, watching as bushes parted, an animal breaching the small clearing he had found himself in.
A low growl spread into the space, followed by the high pitched sound of a slime clearing its throat.
'I-Inspect.'
-{ Target Status }-
[Title(s)]: {Descendant of the Primordial Wolf, Adoflo}
[Race]: Divine Knoxus (Infantile)
[Class]: -
[Level]: 19/300 | 1st Tier
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Hit Points: 1,300 | Mana Points: 70
Vitality: 13 | Defense: 1
Strength: 20 | Agility: 14
Aptitude: 7 |
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[Danger Class: D]
*[Examination]: A Descendant. Laced with powerful abilities, and great potential. A worthy foe when fully grown, rather weak however in adolescent stages. Beware.
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'I-I can win this!' Yet, before he could truly ready himself-
*BARK!*
His opponent jumped. The wolf soared towards him, forcing him to dig his body into the ground and bounce sideways. Seiya dodged towards the left, the wolf charging straight into a tree, its nose bending against it.
"Yip!"
-60!
Red numbers floated above the wolf's head, Seiya scooting backwards.
But then he saw it as a chance!
As the wolf shook off the pain, Seiya tumbled forward, welling up his very own special attack!
'[Acid Attack]!' He yelled to himself. With a quick spout, a small portion of his health decayed, and a sticky ball of slime shot forward.
*Splat!*
Landing straight on the wolf's anus!
-170! Critical!
"RUFF!"
-10
-10
-10
-10
...
Damage numbers repeatedly appeared above the wolf. Seiya watched as it buckled under the pain, before swiftly swinging itself around.
With anger clear on its face, the wolf rushed him. Unfortunately, the speed it used this time was too fast for Seiya to dodge completely!
Amidst his jump, a claw came crashing through him, ripping an entire third of his body away from him.
-340
{Ding!}
{Your body has been split! [Sentient Body] is activating!}
Boom! The world hit him from two different angles. A splitting headache erupted for just a second as his vision separated.
He was looking at the wolf from two totally different views! He struggled, but time seemed to be slow, and despite the fact his control was slipping...
He gave his all!
With all the power he could muster, two [Acid Attacks] were charged, spewing forth from the two slime bodies.
One of them hit the wolf's side.
-90!
-10!
While the other dug directly into it's left eye!
-270! Super Critical!
-25!
-10!
-25!
-10!
...
The wolf yelped louder than ever before, Seiya tumbling to the ground on two opposite sides of it.
'Ugh!' He groaned, his eye glazing over the trembling opponent. The wolf was clawing at its face, shaking back and forth, trying to rid itself of the acid.
Fortunately it wasn't so simple.
'Inspect!'
-{ Target Status }-
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Hit Points: 425->400->390->375/1,300
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There was acid all over the wolf's side, face, and even rear end. It was eating at it's skin, sizzling away fur and muscle. Just from a glance it seemed that acid was able to negate the defense stat to an extent. It was like defense referred to the degree of the hardness of skin.
Yet Seiya's slime seemed to be potent enough to melt through even metal.
One Defense point was not enough to nullify acid...
'Maybe just one more crit hit... Then this will all be over! I'll walk out of this with new strength and... I don't even know!'
With a swiftness he didn't think he could still muster, he sped around the wolf with one of his bodies. He snuck behind, positioning himself at the perfect angle.
With his other self, he plopped himself in front of it. His internal slime juices swirled around each other, the wolf shaking its head for the final time.
*Bark!*
It roared in anger. Its eyes were red, and skin was melted off of its face. That only made things worse!
With another bark, it got into stance, preparing to charge Seiya.
But!
'[Acid Attack]!' He yelled!
A green blob shot forward, but this time the wolf had caught on! With a quick dodge to the right, it avoided the acid shot.
Of course, this was totally predicted!
'[Acid Attack]!!' He screamed, the clone behind the wolf leaping forward and shooting forward with all of its strength.
At the same time, the wolf leapt forward towards his other self.
*Slash!*
-340!
And just like that, one of his views went dark, everything focusing back on his body behind the wolf.
But then again, his [Acid Attack] was speeding through the air!
-270! Super Critical!
The wolf tumbled forwards, sliding into the ground as it's body went limp.
Seiya stood there, experiencing phantom pain, and panting.
There were no more damage numbers, but a screen did pop up.
{Ding!}
{Due to being severely damaged, your mind could not be kept within your other body. Instead, it will try to refuse with the main body.}
The slime puddle beneath the wolf started to curdle, attempting to slide out from underneath.
'Haaa~... Still... alive!' He mumbled to himself, sliding forward, lacking the energy to jump any longer.
'Status...'
-{ Personal Status - Seiya }-
[Title(s)]: {Descendant of the Planet Eater, Rycluster}
[Race]: Predator Slime
[Class]: -
[Level]: 16
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Hit Points: 140/300 | Mana Points: 0/40
Vitality: 4 | Defense: 3
Strength: 4.5 | Agility: 5
Aptitude: 4 |
(Stats lowered due to separation)
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[Stat Points: 0]
[Danger Class: E]
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'God... I'm almost dead!' He laughed.
*Growl...*
His vision shot upwards, looking straight at the wolf he had just defeated.
It's body shook, it's legs quivering as they struggled to extend.
The wolf rose, a strange smell, heat, and aura emanating into the surroundings.
A red light rose off of its backside, spreading into the air.
*ROAR!*
It yelled, spinning around and locking onto Seiya. There was a beaming red light replacing its eyes, and fear crept into Seiya's heart.
'I-I thought I killed you!' He stumbled backwards. He glanced at the panel to his side, honing in on the fact he had zero mana left.
That meant no more acid shots...
'Ugh! If I'm going down...'
"YOU'RE GOING DOWN WITH ME!" His slime voice screeched, no audible words escaping!
The two monsters beamed towards each other, leaping in a rage.
Seiya soared through the sky, finding himself above the wolf.
But that did not matter!
"RAHHH!" He screamed, tucking himself and dropping his imaginary shoulder.
He felt an impact, his body bouncing against the snout of the wolf.
There was a small pain in his side, and he closed his eyes, bracing for all the pain in the world.
{Ding!}
{"Divine Knoxus (Infantile)", has been slain!}
{You have earned the "Title", [Divine Killer]!}
Seiya found himself on the ground, laying directly next to an unmoving wolf corpse.
"Ha... Haha..." With little energy, he laughed to himself.
He rolled over, coming into contact with the body as he thought only one thing.
'Ab...sorb...'
His consciousness faded as his body spread over the Beast.
{Ding!}
{Congratulations on devouring a "Descendant"! As a "Descendant" yourself, [Devour & Absorb] is able to assimilate the target's greatest skill no matter what!}
[Ding!]
[Successfully [Absorbed] "Divine Knoxus (Infantile), Descendant of The Primordial Wolf, Adolfo"]
["Div...ne Kn...s Descend.... Ado..fo" has t..o [B ...] Sk..... [A ...nk] Sk..., on [...Ra...] Ski..., and one [X Ra....] ....
[Obtai..... Skil..!!]
Unfortunately, he was too tired, and far too damaged.
He could no longer hold himself together.
Reluctantly, he went to sleep.
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