As my senses once more return to me, I once more go through the ritual of flinching at the light and slowly clambering to my feet. 'Ughh, this is beginning to be a bit too common now, isn't it?' Before now, I've never fainted, passed out, and never really been knocked out - and yet within a day it's already happened twice. Still squinting, a flashing icon in the corner of my vision - which has never been there before - catches my attention. Thinking about 'opening' it or 'clicking' on it, yet another wave of screens flash across my vision.
Sewer Slime Queen - lvl 5 - [BOSS] - Has Died!
+9600XP
Drops;
Vial of Sewer Slime Queen slime x10
Whip of the Queen Slime (Sewer) x1
Monster Crystal (Sewer Slime Queen) x1
Level Up!
You are now level 5!
You now have [25] stat points to distribute!
XP to next level : 600/9600
Achievement!
You have slain a boss monster solo which was at least 5x your level.
David and Goliath Title
Title - David and Goliath
Congratulations! You managed to complete one of the rarest achievements an adventurer can get. Not like you cheated - considering even 5-year-olds are a higher level than you, normally.
+200% Damage to enemies at least 5 levels higher than you
+50% To core stats when fighting a enemy that is at least 5 levels higher than you.
+100% Drop chance when fighting an enemy at least 5 levels higher than you.
Trait - Strategist
+20 to wisdom
+10 to intelligence
+5 to strength
+5 to agility
+10 to dexterity
+1 to all other unlocked stats
Trait - Strategist
You have an inborn ability to sense the flows of battle and to plan under extreme circumstances. With a calm and logical mind, Strategising comes as naturally as breathing.
Boosts planning ability
Allows you to stay calm in stressful situations
+5 wisdom
Congratulations! You Have Undergone Racial Evolution
Racial evolution is the process of assimilating part of a powerful monster. This can only be achieved under certain circumstances, and is extremely rare. In this case, your extreme desire to survive along with the direct contact of a slime core and your blood, it was assimilated into your bloodstream, allowing you to gain some traits of a slime.
This process has been documented for an indeterminable amount of time, and is theorized as how the demi-human (beastman) races came to be.
Your race has changed into Earth Human (Slime Variant)
+10 luck
Earth Human (Slime Variant)
As you have assimilated some of the traits of a slime, you have increased adaptability to any situation, as well as an increased flexibility and durability. You have also assimilated some other minor traits.
Trait - Flexibility
Trait - Physical Resistance
Trait - Iron Stomach
[Trait Enhanced] - Adaptability (Enhanced)
Passive Skill - Mana Absorption
Passive/Active Skill - Mana Regrowth
Trait - Flexibility
Your body is naturally malleable, increasing your flexibility and range of motion in all joints, cartilage, and flesh. Essentially, you are now double jointed in everything, and also a master contortionist. Congratulations!
Flexibility stat unlocked
+10 flexibility
Trait - Physical Resistance
Having absorbed the essence of a slime, your body is now much more durable against physical attacks. As you are human, however, this mostly only affects blunt trauma, with little effect against slashing or piercing damage. Unlucky.
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+1% to total armour stat per flexibility point, against blunt weapon damage.
+0.1% to total armour stat per flexibility point, against all other types of physical damage.
+Durability stat unlocked
+5 durability
Trait - Iron Stomach
After absorbing the essence of a slime, your body has evolved to break down any nutrients passed through it. This includes the ability to break down poisons, and the ability to digest tree bark for sustenance.
+50% resistance to poisons
Ability to gain nutrients from all biological matter
Ability to digest all biological matter (On a varying timescale)
Increased and near-perfected metabolism
Trait - Adaptability (Enhanced)
As an Earth Human, you naturally have the adaptability trait. This was gained though millennia of selective breeding and evolution, as humans on your planet managed to survive and even thrive on a planet where most other beings had an advantage over them. Those who could not adapt were killed, so instead of this being a rare trait, for Earthlings, it is the most common. However, common traits to other humans are absent in your species.
After fusing with the essence of a slime, this trait has been enhanced. Slimes are the most naturally adaptable species, as they have an infinite potential to evolve and have variations formed from undergoing any range of circumstances. You now have an increased ability to adapt to anything.
+50% movement speed on all terrain
+50% temperature resistance
+100% faster skill acquisition for all adaption related skills.
Ability to adapt increased
+10 balance
+5 wisdom
+5 intelligence
Skill - Mana Absorption (Passive)
Your body has gained the ability to constantly absorb mana from the surrounding atmosphere, and therefore your body has adapted to this new energy, allowing you to utilise it.
Trait - Mana Affinity
+2 MP/min regeneration
Level 1 - 0.0%XP
Skill - Mana Regrowth (passive/active)
Slimes have the ability to regrow themselves through the expenditure of mana, and after fusing with a slime's essence, so do you. Slimes can only do this on a passive basis - by constantly channeling their mana absorption into this skill. You, however, can control the amount of mana dedicated to healing your body. You can also activate this skill with your direct mana to rapidly heal from a wound, at an increased cost.
As a warning, any unused mana dedicated to this skill will be wasted, will not function on the mind beyond healing a direct injury, and will not counteract natural processes, only unnatural processes. - so no photographic memory, eternal youth, or enhanced state of intelligence for you.
Mana regen can be converted into health regen at any time with a 1-1 scale.
+1hp per two MP from mana pool instantly.
Speeds up recovery of status effects
Trait - Mana Affinity
As your body constantly absorbs mana, it has become attuned to this new energy, allowing you to utilise it. A very rare trait among earthlings, yet the most common trait for most other human species, this trait is essential for survival on most worlds, however it is possible without it for you.
Ability to shape mana
Ability to cast spells
Mana stat unlocked
Mana regeneration stat unlocked
Spell book tab unlocked
+5 max mana
+0.1MP/min regeneration
Floor 1 Complete! By conquering the boss of the first floor of the 'Flooded Toilet Dungeon', this floor is complete. Follow the 'Next Floor' sign to reach the next area.
'Hoh-lee fuck what an infodump. And the fuck? I FUSED WITH THAT DAMN ACIDIC AND IRRITATING MOTHER FUCKER! At least it gave me some awesome buffs... I guess...' Rubbing my eyes after focusing for so long, I look around the room once more, and take in the carnage around me. I'm leaning against the wall opposite to the cubicles, and my 'walking stick' lies across the room. My leg is no longer in any pain, although my whole body aches, once again - evolution must not go easy on the body. Looking at the cubicles on the opposite wall, I can see the one that the queen slime came out of is much more battered than the rest, and there is a hole in the floor. Lo and behold, this is where the sign for 'Next Floor' is. Surprisingly, it is in neon piping, and brightly lit up in green. Strangely, it does not seem to cast off any light, and is just within my mind. Also, how fucking long was I unconscious for this time? Time is of the essence, you know!
'Dungeon Timer'
Dungeon Timer 14h 39m 16sec remaining before dungeon collapse
'...'
'9 HOURS! I have 24 to complete the WHOLE FUCKING DUNGEON, and it took 9 HOURS for me to wake up after passing out, again. If it takes that long for the following floors, I'M DEAD ALREADY!' I spend a few moments both fuming and panicing at my lack of apparent time, before considering the benefits I got from it - although they will be useless if I die anyway. To list;
1. Bunch of cool perma buffs
2. Magical ability
3. Buffed magic regen (to a very high level - 10x more than standard)
4. Multiple levels
5. More stats
6. Some epic titles - hopefully I can display these later
7. Some sort of weapon - lets look at that.
'Inventory!'
Inventory
Vial Of Neutralized Slime x4
Vial Of Sewer Slime x3 Vial Of Sewer Slime Queen Slime x10 Damaged Slime Core x2 Monster Crystal (Sewer Slime Queen) Whip of the Queen Slime (Sewer)
'Identify Whip Of The Queen Slime (Sewer)!'
Whip Of The Queen Slime (Sewer)
This is a whip formed from the essence and body of a Queen Sewer Slime.
Rarity : Uncommon
Quality : Excellent
Durability : 20/20
Damage : 3-5
Special : Durability can be repaired at the cost of mana using the 'Mana Regrowth' Ability.
Level Requirement : 5
At least I have something to protect myself with now. Even though I have never even held a whip before...'
'Equip Whip Of The Queen Slime (Sewer)!'
My new weapon appeared in my hand. 'Well, if I survive this, I will certainly have a much easier time starting out than others. While I am sure others will have buffs like these, they should be above that of the locals' starting stats, and hopefully slightly better than even my peers. I've even got a basic weapon!' I try to look on the bright side of things - pushing away facts like how I'm screwed, all of my peers are screwed, and I may never get to see my family again in my lifetime. Those cheery thoughts. 'At least the fight-or-flight instinct thing with us humans really helps us ignore emotional trauma for at least a short while during life-threatening situations. Otherwise, I'd probably be a broken mess, right about now - complete with issues like PTSD.'
Having taken a few moments to recollect myself after the, well, stressful day so far, I approach the 'Next Floor' sign with trepidation. The first floor had mostly level one mobs, with a really OP boss. 'Hopefully the second floor has some less OP mobs - hopefully vulnerable to physical damage - I can actually deal out some of that damage type, with my new weapon... Also, I hope that the mobs stay below the recommended level for the dungeon. Otherwise, I may just be royally fucked.' I reach the sign, and look down. There is an uneven tunnel below - presumably carved by the slime's acid, which leads down into darkness. Sadly, I have no light source of my own. The only thing stopping the water flooding the room from draining away is the small lip at the edge.
The start of the tunnel drops straight down for a few feet, before sloping gradually down into greater darkness. Clutching my only defense, the whip, I sit on the edge of the hole, before dropping down to the sloped passage below. As I land, My feet slip on the slimy rocks beneath, and I uncontrollably slide down the narrow, and bumpy, passage. In complete darkness, this is not a pleasant experience - hurtling down to god knows where. It, luckily, only takes a few seconds to reach the bottom, before bottoming out slightly, allowing me to slow down. Then, I shoot out into a open space - before dropping into waist-high, reeking water.
'It's the fucking sewers isn't it... Figures...'