A thousand years ago, in this world called Avarita, there was a war between the races living on it. The reason was the Demon Race, creatures with magical and physical power beyond the other races such as beastman, elves, dwarves and humans.
In their arrogance, they waged war against the other races, wishing to destroy them and conquer everything to themselves. Because of that, they cast a curse over the world. While their king lives, monsters will spawn infinitely all over the world, with thirst for the blood of the other races.
Obviously, war broke out, and many died as the demons corrupted the world, almost destroying completely the other races. However, a beacon of hope appeared. Praying to the gods of this world, the human, who didn’t excel the other races in anything but their cunning and faith, received a blessing from their light gods.
A human, summoned from a different world with their blessing, capable of wielding their divine power. The Hero. The Hero, wielding the divine power of the gods, leaded the united armies against the demons, and the flow of the war changed.
Slaying innumerable demons, they finally destroyed the Demon King. With his death, monsters stopped spawning naturally all over the world, although they were still able to breed and be born in some specific natural conditions.
And so, they started to retake their homelands, and the war left behind received the name of Grim Times. With that, the peaceful era of the races begun, and a thousand years went by, with the population of monsters dwindling bit by bit.
And now, near a peaceful village near a forest, a cave rests silently near the ruins of a gigantic fortress. This fortress was once the base of a demon general, laid in ruins by the Hero who, with his word, cut open the walls and slayed the demon general.
The demon general, Vrala, since she was not a combat type demon, tried to run away, and eventually was cornered in this cave that goes relatively deep in the earth. Even now, on the end of the cave, the deep wound in the wall where the Hero killed the demon general can be seen.
On the ground, just below where the demon general was killed, the uneven ground had a depression where a puddle is formed. The liquid inside the small puddle is black as night, unperturbed.
This puddle has unbelievably existed for a thousand years. The blood of the demon general fell on these stones, and creatures died here due the poison on the blood of the demon. Because of that, their blood was also mixed, and with water of the rain flowing in and a endless supply of dead bats and insects, this puddle of pure rotten has survived since then.
And today, as any other day, nothing happens as the sun falls down in the horizon, unable to light the deepest part of this cold cave. However, as the night falls, something breaks the monotony of the thousand years.
The space shakes lightly, and the fabric of reality suffers from a small tear. From that black gash on the air, a small bead of light falls slowly as a feather. As soon as light goes through the wound in space, the wound closes, as if it never existed before.
This small bead of light falls on the black puddle, disappearing. After a few second, the puddle moves by itself. However, it doesn’t behave like water anymore, being more “solid” than before. It became a black slime.
This light was a human soul who passed prematurely. This soul was meant to go to the afterlife as any other, however, a small, sudden movement between the universes brought it here. And, although such a cosmic event happened, this was the only thing that happened across the multiple universes.
And now, this human soul in toe body of a very special slime, has a second chance.
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(Slime’s POV)
When I woke up, I couldn’t see anything. Where am I? if I’m not wrong, I had just received my payment from my job, and had just made the deposit of the money on the orphanage’s account when some robbers invaded the bank.
I heard a gunshot and felt a pain on my chest. I fell on the ground and blacked out. So, am I on the hospital? I can’t feel my body at all… I try to move my hand, but, as expected, I can’t feel it. Actually, I can’t even hear my heart beating. I can’t feel anything… no, I can feel something around my body.
I try to make out of my surroundings. The surface is irregular, and there is nothing above me. Even my sense of tact is strange, I can’t feel the temperature with perfection, and barely feel as I touch the surface, that is similar to a bowl.
After some time trying to move my body, I reach the conclusion that my body isn’t human anymore. No muscles or bones, just a flexible mass, and most likely, semi-liquid, from what I can tell from how I move.
It can’t be… I was certainly shot on the chest, with low probabilities of survival, but with my experience, there isn’t any treatment that takes my consciousness to another body, or any drug that gives this feeling.
After some time being completely shocked, I finally come to terms with what I have turned in. my master taught me to adapt to whatever situation I’m in, and no matter what try to survive. I was most likely killed with that shot to the chest, and somehow, my personality and conscience, and probably my soul, came to this new body that’s clearly not human.
However, this body has at least the same though capacity of a human, as I can clearly think, and act based on it. I don’t have limbs, and strangely, no organs or muscles. I can clearly tell how my body is, even on the insides.
I should start to learn how to move. After some time, I manage to move a bit without feeling too weird. This body is gelatinous and flexible, and I can stretch it at will if I want. Even if I’m in a small pit, I can tell that my body is fluid, but not liquid, like some kind of slime.
Actually, I think that I’m just that, a slime, like in those fantasy novels that I liked to read. My mind immediately goes back to the orphanage that I was raised on, to my brothers and sisters, and I’m immediately filled with sorrow.
No, I must be strong! Warding off the melancholy, I return to the immediate situation. First, I need to see, walking around blind won’t do me any good. I do not have eyes, so I should at least try to feel my surroundings.
My master taught me how to use Ki to feel the space around me and be able to “see” in the dark with that technique. I focus inside of me, and try to feel Ki, starting to meditate. I immediately feel a response, although the feeling is a bit different from the usual.
Not only that, before, when my body was human, I could feel it on my muscles and bones, running like blood through the veins. However, that was it, my body had Ki on it, but it wasn’t made of it. Now, what ‘m feeling is that all of my body is made with this energy that is different from Ki.
It’s like my body is made of this concentrated energy, and I also can feel my soul on my whole body, different from before, where I felt it separated from my body. And now, because the energy from my soul flows directly through my body as well, this new energy is a bit unstable, and harder to focus.
I should stop wondering about this mystery and start to focus on the technique. I then slowly start to extend my thoughts outside my body. I could do this instantly before, but this new energy is way harder to control.
Eventually, I feel my surroundings, and start to make out the place. However, suddenly, I start to see as if I had eyes. Suddenly, something appears in front of where I’m looking.
Mana Perception Type:AbilityTierMaster Description: Using your natural abilities in sensing mana, you can perceive the world around you, seeing without eyes, and not limited by a filed of view, seeing in 360 degrees.
It’s a window… what the hell is happening? Mana Perception… like, magic? So, this is what the new energy is? Mana? And not only that, the description matcher perfectly what is happening right now, I can indeed see in 360 degrees.
My mind can barely comprehend what is happening on my new field of view, as it is humanly impossible to see like this. It’s strange and nauseating, however, I don’t feel bad since I don’t have a stomach anymore.
Alright, I need to think. This window… is similar to a game. If, according with what I used to read on my previous life, this should be an RPG-like situation. So, I should try. Status!
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Status Name:NoneLevel:1Race: Parameters Strength:2Agility:10 Intelligence:50Endurance:70
In the end, I’m really a slime. And level… I should try to level up as soon as possible. And also, level one, huh? Well, I don’t have anything to complain about. My intelligence is quite high, I suppose it’s the same as a normal human. And my endurance is absurdly high compared to the other stats.
Well then, first, I should start moving. The objective is try to level up.