Yesterday was a hell for Ariya, not only he is born as slime but at the same time, he does even have fighting abilities as well as good and op skills to help him survive. To make thing even worst, he even meets with a giant lizard that preys on slimes.

** early morning **

Ariya begins his morning by heading straight to the river in order to wash his body that covers by mud. The river is very beautiful with clean and glittering water, Ariya takes a bath there and he keeps thinking about what he has to do in order to survive.

Not far from his location, Ariya spot some movement in the bushes. Scare with the sudden event, Ariya quickly hid in the water, pretending not to be there Ariya monitor whatever has come to the river.

*Pyun - Pyun

Several unknown slimes are jumping and sliding into the river, there are many types of slime as well as size. Ariya noticed that some of this slimes have differences in colour compare to another slime. Then he knows slime is capable to evolve into the next level.

Some of the slimes have a plant on its head, some of it has a shape like a rock. The main question is, how to evolve into this kind of slime, Ariya emerging from the river then all of the slimes notice him. Thinking that Ariya is the same as them, that slime let Ariya unharmed in the pack.

Looking around Ariya spot a single slime is eating leaves on the bushes then suddenly that slime change its colour into green and have seed looking thing pop out from his head. Ariya finally know, in order to evolved slime need to consume something or anything which is edibles.

Ariya: this good, now I know what I need to do in order to become stronger. I need to eat something to evolve.

Eager to test his new finding, Ariya quickly takes a few bites and eating 4 pieces of leaves around the bushes. Sadly to him, the taste of that food is really gross, even so, Ariya keeps eating for his own benefits.

Voice: what you doing small one?

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Ariya turns his body and sees a big slime is talking to him, amazed at what just happen Ariya quickly reply to the question just now.

Ariya: well, I want to evolve so I eat this leaves.

Big Slime: you sure that you want to evolve into that affinity? You should choose really well because once you take that affinity you can't change it for the rest of your slime life.

Ariya: what is affinity?

Big Slime: well it just like the element of this world, there are fire, water, earth, wind and other. In another word, eating rock will turn you into earth affinity slime and if you eat leaves it turns you into life affinity.

Listen to big slime story made Ariya curious if another slime also has abilities to think and talk like that one. Try to communicate with other slime but the only replies he gets is just a sound which slime usually make.

To think that only big slime can communicate and think just like human-made Ariya feels curious about it affinity. But at first Ariya need to become big enough to survive from any attacks and the only problem is what type of affinity he should choose.

The other slimes are started to move from the location, but Ariya decide not to follow them because the direction that slime goes is into the depth of the forest, it not wise for him to go into the forest because he is weak and Ariya would like to avoid unnecessary battle.

Ariya plans to go somewhere safe and nobody or any monsters would likely to be there. Walking toward a different way from the group of slimes, Ariya hoping that he will found an exit from that forest.

Few hours of endless walking, Ariya came across with a wooden old house near the lumber place. Ariya scout around to see if there any people live there but there is no sign of living thing in there. Slowly, Ariya enter the house, inside the house is quiet and messy but there is nothing special that lick his interest until he came across with a single room on the second floor.

Inside that room there is a skeleton of a human lying on the bed, Ariya go near that dead person to see if anything that useful for him but the only thing his found is a book in the hand of that skeleton.

Ariya: what happens if I eat this skeleton, will I be a human or I will become skeleton slime.

Keep on talking with his own mind, Ariya decides to eat that skeleton but in the last moments, before he eats, Ariya change his mind and eat the book instead. The book is gone in a flash like it being absorbed into Ariya body, checking his condition Ariya doesn't find anything weird and change from before.

Suddenly all the surrounding area become dark and Ariya cannot move, it seems that he going to take a deep slumber.

** Status notification **

Shimizu Ariya - Baby Slime (no special)

The requirement to evolved has been reached.

Baby Slime - - > Teen Slime (Wise Slime)

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