I felt a bit drowsy. I opened my eyes, and the first thing I saw was a sun. -Hmm, I remember sleeping in a place with a ceiling. I was surprised, and the next moment, I came to myself. I tried to look around; my vision was a bit different.
As things slowly began to clear, what I saw left me speechless. An uneven plain with long and beautifully green grass. But there were bouncing balls of various colors in the plain. It would be more accurate to call them slimes.
I tried to lift my nonexistent hand. I tried to deny that I could be a slime. But I couldn't lift my hand, nor could I find any evidence that I wasn't a slime.
No one wants to be a slime.
And I shouted (thought) the word I wanted to say my whole life:
STATUS
LEVEL 1 RED SLİME
HP 100/100
MP 100/100
INVENTORY
MUSIC
ABILITIES
* (CORE OF RED POTION) (PASSIVE) (2x) Restore 3 HP every 100 seconds.
* (SLIME BODY) (PASSIVE)(RACİAL) Damage does not cause any functional loss.
* (SPLASH ATTACK) (ACTIVE) Consumes 4 mana and deals damage.
While examining my stats, the inventory and music caught my attention. Is it correct for a slime to have an inventory?
INVENTORY
* 2 RED GEL
* (CORE OF RED POTION) SKILL BOOK
Does the inventory consist of things that will drop when I die? I shuddered a bit, but this place is filled with slimes as far as the eye can see. So, I think it shouldn't be too dangerous.
As for the music, why is it there in my status? My status was filled with a bunch of music options the moment I wanted to press it. I was surprised. I didn't know if this was something a slime should have.
While browsing through the music, I saw a type of boss music.
(music set as dark armored bloody boss music.) (You will have no access to any other music from now on.)
Really? I felt disappointed; I was thinking of using music to communicate with people. There might not be people, but I haven't seen a fantasy world consisting only of monsters, so they probably exist.
My eyes (even though they don't actually exist) were drawn to the book in my inventory.
(You have learned the skill (CORE OF RED POTION)).
I remember that I already had this skill."
LEVEL 1 RED SLIME
HP 100/100
MP 100/100
INVENTORY
DARK ARMORED BLOODY BOSS / OFF
ABILITIES
* (CORE OF RED POTION) (PASSIVE) (2x) Restore 3 HP every 100 seconds.
* (SLIME BODY) (PASSIVE)(RACİAL) Damage does not cause any functional loss.
* (SPLASH ATTACK) (ACTIVE) Consumes 4 mana and deals damage.
had a suspicion in my mind that the skill learning limit might not apply to slimes. In my current situation, there were two skills named "CORE OF RED POTION" displayed. If I kept accumulating skills continuously, wouldn't I become very powerful? I wanted to learn another skill book; I wasn't afraid of slimes because I didn't think I would feel pain.
-4 mana
I jumped.
I stuck to the ground. Jumping was a nice feeling, especially when you could jump several times your height.
-4 mana
I descended a bit in front of a yellow slime. One of my skills was named "CORE OF RED POTION," and I thought the yellow one's skill would probably be "CORE OF YELLOW POTION." I didn't know its ability, so I didn't want to fight.
But I guessed that the blue slime's ability had something to do with mana regeneration. I didn't know if attacking one would make the other slimes target me.
I spotted a smaller blue slime near the others. There weren't many slimes around it.
While looking at the other slimes, I noticed that the majority were composed of blue and red slimes. Even though I'm on the ground, my line of sight is quite high because the place we are in is mostly gently sloping. Of course, the grass affects my vision, but it's not much of an obstacle when jumping.
-4 mana
This time I descended a bit away from a red slime. I tried to avoid colliding, and of course, I couldn't control myself in the air.
-4 mana
-4 mana
-4 mana
This time, I had landed next to the blue slime, but there was one problem.
MANA 100/76
My mana needed to be replenished. I guess I had figured out why they weren't jumping much—they had no mana.
MANA 100/77
The blue slime jumped away from me.
...
I was definitely right; the blue slime had a kind of mana regeneration skill. It could jump at much shorter intervals than me. While trying to catch the blue slime, I accidentally landed on top of another slime.
NO PVP ALLOWED IN NOVICE VILLAGE
I looked at the message. I was surprised. Was it really true? I thought for a moment. Was all this effort in vain? I felt a bit relieved; if I couldn't harm them, they couldn't harm me either. During the chase, my nerves were on edge; not all slimes had to be level 1, and I could die as a result of my actions.
Then it felt like I had forgotten something. Yes, I had forgotten.
DARK ARMORED BLOODY BOSS / ON
The music started playing, and the volume was increasing. It was really cool; it was a mix of "He's a Pirate" and Dark Souls boss music. But the volume kept rising. The slimes beside me started trembling. I felt really cool because this music was playing for me. The music made me feel really cool; back in my old world, I used to walk around excitedly when I listened to music.
I looked at the slimes. They were shaking like crazy. Since my ears were slime ears, I didn't know how loud the music was. Was the ground shaking? The slimes were scattering as if they were about to break into pieces.
The grass flattened with the sound waves, then stood up again, and then flattened again. That moment, I realized how loud the music was.
DARK ARMORED BLOODY BOSS / OFF
My slime senses really worked differently from humans, it seemed. Everyone would want to have such a thing, but I wasn't happy. I was a slime, and I couldn't get used to it here. Maybe I didn't want to reject being a slime, but it wasn't a situation I was particularly happy with. The good side was I didn't have to do anything, and I didn't feel hungry. There was no school, no mom, no dad, no girlfriend. Well, I didn't have a girlfriend in my old world. I wanted to console myself with thoughts of my mom and dad. Couldn't they reach me when they called? Or had I died in that world? I didn't know, and I didn't want to think about it. I needed to focus on other matters.
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I spread a bit more on the grass from my light ball shape, like a slime stretch. I had to look ahead to my future life.
...
When I opened the music, I felt really cool. I wanted to open it again, but now I'm thinking. What if every boss has its own music, and they send an army here? What if I caught the attention of a level 20?
My thoughts went in different directions. Since becoming a slime, my mind hasn't been very stable. Of course, I didn't have a brain. A non-existent thought hit my non-existent brain with all its might; my head wobbled, and my face started bleeding.
In games, no matter how many times monsters kill you, their level doesn't increase. Now I see that my name isn't Red Slime; it's Level 1 Red Slime. That's a pretty big problem. My attention quickly shifted to another topic.
Is this slime a result of my brain? Do slimes have brains? Ah, it means I'm brainless. It wasn't the time to think about these; I should leave because of the music, of course.
But where could I go? There are slime-filled fields as far as the eye can see, and the sky is slowly darkening. I chose a direction and started walking (jumping). Mana is really a big problem. I jump, and I'm waiting for 4 mana to fill. I can't be sure how much time it takes to fill 4 mana; I shouldn't trust my slime senses too much.
In the dark of the night, I saw smoke.
And I'm heading towards it. Come on, I'm not brainless. There are slimes all around me. Even if people try to attack me, I can escape by pulling them into other slimes, assuming they don't have a gun. If they have a gun, I think they target the ones nearby. But who said I would approach there? I'll look from very, very far away. I was moving towards the smoke, and I saw a pink slime. It stepped directly on me, but it didn't hurt at all.
Elegant face, pinkish feelings, a slime that looks more like a ball than other slimes, with pink hair behind. Is this love? Did I fall in love? No human has ever felt such emotions at first sight.
It was so cute. I'm lying on the grass, looking at the stars, thinking about it. I haven't moved from where it stepped on me.
MANA 100/97
It seems it's time for me to go. I shouldn't be too affected by it. When I become strong enough, I'll propose to it. But I don't know how I see the night smoke as a slime. Finally, I saw two boxes. As I advanced a bit more, it turned out to be a fortress.
It's a black fortress with towers at its four corners. Actually, we can't call it a fortress; it's small, but it's a fortress from any angle. And in the towers, there are archers shooting arrows at the slimes. 1, 2, 3, 4... There seem to be four archers in each tower.
In the middle of the fortresses, there are large gates, and next to the towers, there are small gates. Next to the small gates, there are some individuals who collect the arrows from the archers killing approaching slimes and the things dropped by the slimes, carrying them into the fortress. There's a spear next to the gate.
A young archer couldn't hit a slime; the arrow stuck to the ground.
An elderly archer slapped, I think. I can hear them, but I can't find any reason why I can hear them. When I focus on them, the jumping sounds of the slimes next to me disappear. I'm starting to understand how my hearing works. Now I realize that I can't see the slimes next to me. The archers shoot approaching slimes. Approximately every 15 seconds, a slime comes, and each archer usually makes one shot per minute.
The work they do may seem minimal, but I don't know how long they will keep doing this. When materials and arrows accumulate, the collector sitting on the chair below occasionally goes to collect the arrows and items. It's enjoyable to watch; the slimes splatter everywhere when they burst.
he soil slowly begins to absorb the slimes, leaving behind items. I'm thinking about how they extract items from goblins. Mostly, it seems to be jelly. AAAA, I saw something shining. A skill book! Now that I think about it, I need skill books too. But I can't go there; otherwise, I might get hit. The guy ignored the arrows and falling items next to him, rushing towards the skill book and took it inside through the door next to the tower. He takes every item inside and quickly comes out. I wonder if there is someone else there who takes him to another place, or did he build a storage room into the wall?
The storage room seems quite odd to me; there must be someone else. Archers chat with each other; I wish I were in their place. They take turns pulling their arrows, close one eye, aim, and burst the slimes. I don't know which language they speak, but I can somewhat understand the emotions they convey. A servant brought them food. I said "servant," but you could also say "attendant." Actually, it looked more like an attendant, but this is a fantasy world...
I've started to like the old archer; he's telling stories from his youth and camping memories.
I've grown to like the old archer; he's sharing memories from his youth at the camp.
He narrates quite beautifully, and another skill book dropped. My non-existent mouth is watering again. By the way, I just noticed the guy below still hasn't received any food. Now that I look, he seems sad. The collector on the other tower doesn't appear sad.
So, it seems that the sadness has nothing to do with collecting. I realized I can't hear the conversations of the archers in the other tower, most likely because the towers are far apart. I wonder how far apart they are. I could count the dark gray rectangular bricks to find out, but I won't count the circular towers, the large central gate, and the small side doors.
The collector's job is tough; the archers have quite a long range, but they stop shooting beyond a certain distance. The collector guys run a lot, gathering all the fallen items, which takes about 2 minutes, and then they rest for 2 minutes. Hey, will they keep doing this all night? I couldn't do it if I were them.
The old archer, though not that old, tells captivating stories, and you'd be surprised by how accurate his shots are. They leave the slimes near the young guy, and he usually misses two out of five shots. We have an elder, a young one, a bearded Viking-like but weak guy, and a chubby, slightly bald elder in the other tower.
I can see the helmets of the archers in the other tower, but the young and old ones on this side aren't wearing helmets.
There's an older man here who looks like a Viking with a beard, a bit weak, slightly bald but has teeth. I can see the helmets of the archers hanging, but why would they wear them in this heat?
So, a little while ago, this conversation took place. The young one mentioned a rule and said the old one broke it, then slapped the old one. He stated that slimes can see invisible targets and assured there would be no attack on the castle. He also mentioned that if they were to steal items, they wouldn't do it when our reserves are empty but would attempt to do so on collection day.
He explained that if they were to attack the castle to take it over, they would close the gates, not shoot arrows, only attack those climbing the walls, and the slimes would finish off those outside. It's actually a good strategy. Then he said, "Never underestimate slimes; they never end."
I don't know why he said that. In reality, if a wizard came and poof, wouldn't we all disappear? Then the old one said some things that surprised me. He mentioned that elite workers, working once a week, would clear all slimes up to the peak over there, and when they retreated to the castle, the slimes would approach again until they touched the castle.
Later, the old man talked about how knights sleep for three days after a battle to renew their stamina. I compared what they said with my own situation.
was surprised. Most likely, he was talking about a skill that renews 3 stamina in 100 seconds. My math skills weren't enough to figure out what stamina renewals were. Maybe it's another skill; I don't know, but the man praised the skill a lot. Then I remembered trying to measure the size of the castle.
1,2,3,4,...21,22,23...45,46,47,..77,78,79,80. On the side with the gate and bricks in the tower, there are 80 dark gray bricks until the large gate if I don't count the bricks and the large gate in the middle. Otherwise, I wonder if the color of the bricks is not dark gray, but I see it that way because of the darkness.
There is one brick on top of the gate that the collector is currently running, but the height of the brick is slightly larger than the gate, and the width of the brick is slightly larger than a slime.
The collector is completely finished. The weather is slowly starting to lighten up. The young one says he's happy because he'll go to bed soon. There are bags under his eyes.
The old one says, "Thanks to your noble father, you're leveling up for free, and are you neglecting sleep? In my youth, we used to gather the town's youth and hunt down those who set fire to the surroundings of the goblin village one by one—Joe, Reta, Nalki, and Rousto narrated the massacre they carried out. They killed everyone, including children.
I don't know if I should dislike the old one! Why do you mindlessly kill goblins for no reason, you mindless one! Then he said, "Do you know how many friends I lost?" And now you can safely gain experience here, and you're still complaining. The young one fell silent. Then he said, "I'm sorry."
Uncle Friedrich, don't press the kid so hard. He hasn't had 12 hours of work experience before this, said the weak Viking. And then another female archer entered the room. I can say her arms were thicker than mine, but I can't prove it. She took out her bow; it was white and thick, not much, about four times the size of other bows. An archer who allocated all her points to strength.
Then I started to think, why don't I have stat points? In games, when you allocate points to agility, why does the damage of archers increase, I don't know, but they can't even draw this bow. And there was a shift change, but the guy collecting didn't change. When I looked at the other collector, he had changed. Then I noticed that the sun had risen a bit. If I'm not mistaken, high-level guys were supposed to come here; I should withdraw.
. I looked at the mountain, and the surrounding areas up to the hills were incredibly crowded with slime. There was no way this many slimes could be cleared. It might take hours to get there with my mana, but why did the old man say right away? While the new archers continued to shoot arrows, I said "status" again. Why not, I like it.
LEVEL 1 RED SLIME
HP 100/100
MP 100/100
INVENTORY
DARK ARMORED BLOODY BOSS / OFF
ABILITIES
* (CORE OF RED POTION) (PASSIVE) (2x) Restore 3 HP every 100 seconds.
* (SLIME BODY) (PASSIVE)(RACİAL) Damage does not cause any functional loss.
* (SPLASH ATTACK) (ACTIVE) Consumes 4 mana and deals damage.
I came up with a plan. When a skill book drops, I would play music and go get the book. This was a pretty safe idea because I am not a monster. Even if they told me they would give me superpowers, I couldn't stab a person. I would feel bad if I did that; I am not a killer. However, shooting arrows to pop slimes doesn't bother me. It's a bit annoying - ŞLAP - ŞLAP - ŞLAP walking like this. Luckily, I have my music, and it can cover up my - ŞLAP sounds. The big door opened. Inside, there were 10 fully armored people. I am currently curious; I wonder if there are doors on the other sides of the castle?
Seven have spears, two have swords, and one has a mace. The one with the mace has better-looking armor, completely heavy armor. We can call the others' armor medium, and the armor of the swordsmen, or rather short swordsmen, is of light type. But the armor of these 10 people covers every inch. The spearman's spear started to glow. I think I should go from here; it would be better to go to the other side of the mountain. I noticed that the slimes nearby notice and attack. In fact, I can feel their bad intentions and understand why the slimes attack.
Walking away, with the lights and explosions rising behind me.
-SLAP
This is not cool at all.
-4 MANA
-4 MANA
I need to find a way to progress somehow, but it's dangerous to leave the plains. I can't engage in player killing, and I can't steal what others drop. It would be good if I had a skill book that dropped from the blue slime.
MANA 100/3
I'm watching the guys. The spear users are the best; they fight much better than the others. The one with the mace has to bend over with each strike. The swordsmen can't kill a slime in one hit; they need to cut them a few times. I just realized that the one with the mace and the spear users kill in one hit. I need to find a way to increase my HP; otherwise, I can die in one hit. But how do the archers kill in one shot? I don't know.
After watching a bit more, I started jumping. There are still explosions behind me, but I can't walk. No problem because I estimate that it will take them a long time to come this far. And I definitely won't follow the pink slime in front of me.