Chapter 2B: Run from the Slime

Hmmm... the [Identify] skill told me that it could potentially be dangerous. I... don't think that I should take the risk of attacking it.

After all... I'm still new to this world and I think that I should be more cautious before making any rash decisions.

I slowly backed away from the [Acid Slime] and continued my travels.

After a few miles of walking in the plains where the grass seemed to be endless I came across another [Acid Slime Lv:1]

Though this time as I was walking by I saw a blur and something dashed towards the slime.

It was a small snake... probably about 2 feet long. It was striped with bright colors so you could clearly tell that it was poisonous.

It opened it's mouth and bit into the slime.

Suddenly the snake's head that was inside of the slime and close to the small sphere inside of it began to dissolve.

The snake's body writhed in pain as it's head slowly disintegrated and died. I watched this event in horror at the thought of what could have possibly happened if I had attacked the slime and was grateful for my vigilance.

I decided to move onward again.

I came across a small bush that had small blue colored fruits that looked similar to blueberries. I saw small field mouse come up to the bush and it ate some of the fruit from the bush.

I first used [Identify] on the small mouse.

[Plains Mouse Lv:2]

WTH! This small mouse is a higher level than me. No matter. It's pretty small so it's gotta have a low HP. Hell, I can probably one hit KO this thing.

I took out my knife from my ring and I slowly got closer to the mouse.

After I was about arms length away from the mouse it didn't seem to care that I was approaching so I thought that it pretty stupid.

I determined that I shouldn't be able to miss from this range so I carefully aimed with my knife.

Okay... ready in 1... 2... 3!

I threw my knife directly at the small mouse that was eating the fruit from the bush.

Suddenly the mouse moved. It must have sensed the knife coming from its instincts or something because it quickly got out of the way.

But I was at least able to cut off its tail as my knife hit the ground with a thud.

The small mouse squeaked in pain and it suddenly charged straight towards me.

'Huh?'

I thought it was amusing that a small mouse had such courage to face me but....  I underestimated it.

It was able to quickly climb up my legs and it reached my shoulder. As I was able to reach for it it suddenly bit my ear.

I cried out in pain as I saw a bright flash and my HP came out: 9/10

'Shit!'

I panicked because if the mouse bit me 9 more times then I was most likely gonna die...

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My poor attempts to catch the mouse were laughable. I missed 5 times and each of those times the mouse bit me and my health dwindled down to 4/10.

In a last ditch effort I threw myself to the ground as the mouse was on my back and squashed it.

The little mouse couldn't move or breath as I was laying down on it and soon after a while I felt it stop squirming under me.

I picked myself up and saw a dead mouse. A notification came up and told me that I killed the mouse. 'Hmph.. well no shit...'

'That was too close for comfort... and what the hell? I killed something that was 2 levels higher than me... shouldn't I get a level up or something?'

I put the dead mouse into my inventory and [Identifed] the plant.

[A blue plant that seems edible. Might have side effects.]

Well.... the mouse ate it... so there must not be anything that harmful.

I was pretty hungry from all that walking and I didn't have any fire to cook the mouse so I grabbed a handful of those fruits and shoved it into my mouth.

'Hey... these taste... pretty bland...'

I swallowed them and began to eat more. After about 4 more handfuls of eating those fruits I decided to store a lot into my inventory and basically picked all of the fruits growing from the small bush into my ring.

With a sigh I got up and was about to begin walking again.

Suddenly I got really dizzy when stood up and my vision got blurry. My body swayed and I fell to the ground.

My eyes slowly closed...

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When I woke up I noticed that it was night time.

"What the hell?"

I looked around and saw that I was in the same place as before.

Then I remembered that I ate those fruits. I used [Identify] on them again.

[A small fruit that is edible and tastes bland. It has a sedating effect that makes the person that eats it fall asleep.]

'Holy shit!'

This [Identify] skill is soo fucking useless! Why couldn't it tell me earlier! What if some predator came and killed me while I was knocked out?

I was pissed and suddenly noticed that my HP was full again at 10/10.

Well.. at least my HP is full again. Did it come from me falling asleep and resting?

Sigh... whatever. I first need to find shelter first or some safe place to stay the night.

With that I roamed the plains in search of shelter.

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OOpps. Sorry. I accidently posted this one first... it was an accident.

Well congratulations to those who chose this route instead of the other one... you survived!

If you haven't read the other scenario you are welcome to do so.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.