Chapter 5: Round 2

The slimes. I could sense them, the monsters coming out of the blackness beyond my territory to intrude into MY domain once more, the gelatinous monstrosities out for MY DELECTIBLE PLASTIC BITS. But they wouldn’t have it! No no no! Not on my watch!

Activating water squirt again, the black ooze I emitted once more splashed against the sewer wall, turning it into a warped bubbling mess that filled me with a sense of twisted glee.

If the walls that have withstood the bubbling sledge below me for thousands of years couldn’t handle the touch of my corrosive ink, then what would it do to a monster at the bottom of the food chain?

Ehehehehehehe.

An evil feeling blossomed in my... heart? A desire to purge the unclean and subjugate minions to expand my domain.

It was time for round two.

The slimes were on the move, slinking in a pack and making their way through the water towards the source of a potential free meal.

Ok Slimey! Turn me around! It’s time to make these scum pay! I directed my minion, the injured slime heeding my command and shifting its body to orientate me.

The pack of slimes were about thirty feet away from me, the creatures jettisoning themselves through the sewer currents to reach me that was forcing their advance to turn into a crawl.

I steeled my resolve, “observing” the monsters through my domain senses while sending out a few squeaks to ping the area despite the revolting smell striking my soul.

ACTIVATE! SQUIRT WATER!

After triangulating my target, I took aim and fired my black acid, unfortunately, I failed to account for the fact that I’m a rubber duck and my water squirting ability is limited to the design of my body.

In short, my attack fell quite short, striking the bubbling sludge where it sizzled and kicked up steam.

DRAT! How am I supposed to hit them if I can’t reach them?! Ok! Wait. Just think a moment, think Hiro! think!-

Then it hit me, an idea. An image of a boat sinking in the water to strike at its targets from far away. If I couldn’t hit the creatures at my range, what I would need is leverage! Height, angles. A way to strike a target from afar like a catapult!

Slimy! Lift me up! Angle my body up by thirty degrees! I sent to my loyal companion who immediately began to wiggle and follow my commands… Or tried to.

NO! THIRTY DEGREES! NOT NINETY! THIRTY! LESS NOT MORE! ANGLE ME CORRECTLY! THIS IS SEVENTY!

What am I even doing trying to communicate math to a slime?

Down! Lower me down! Down down down down stop! Up up left a little! Up down left right! Hold! WATER SQUIRT!

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Now angled, I fired off my corrosive attack, my water arcing through the air where it struck one of the slimes directly.

YES!

Immediately the monster began to bubble and fizzle, the creature wobbling and caving into itself from the acid that ate away its protective gel and melted its shiny red core.

+10 EXP

Ehehehehe! DIE! DIE! DIE!

Glee and lust for victory suddenly flooded my senses, although it was only one slime, for the first time in millenia I was suddenly not powerless!

I WILL CONQUER THE WORLD!

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I continued firing my black acid drops, making correctings to my height and firing angles to Slimey who remained steadfast by my side.

The slimes were getting closer now, twelve feet, but at least I had managed to splash and eliminate eight of the twelve, leaving only four left. However something was wrong, my squirts were coming out less black as night and more greenish black, a change occurring to my skill that made my attack less deadly.

Still, I kept squirting, firing my liquid evil that struck at the slimes still inching towards me.

One slime came close, closer than the others, bouncing out of the river, attempting to engulf me with it’s body. But Slimey wasn’t having it, my new companion intook water and propelled its body to the side, allowing the assailant to splash into the water harmlessly where it was then met by my squirt.

+10 EXP

Three left. Sixty MP to dominate them with ten feet of distance remaining before they would reach Slimey and I.

I reached out, my conscience touching their own. A chorus of DISSOLVE! DISSOLVE! DISSOLVE! Playing over and over again in my mind that really drove home how one dimension these creatures were. Despite the loss of so many of their comrades, there wasn’t an ounce of fear or worry, only the singular thought that propelled the monsters forward to attempt to purge me from this world.

But alas for them, I wouldn’t go quietly.

MINE! YOU. BELONG. TO. ME! I sent, using my domain to send my thoughts to the creatures who dared to intrude my castle. I could feel them wiggle, jostle, the slime and sludge riddled creatures attempting to pathetically resist my touch.

Yet, without twelve minds assaulting me at once while attacking me, I could clearly project my will and dominance, collapsing the juvenile minds of these small monsters.

[You have laid claim to a minion!]

[What is this creature's name?]

Slime 1, Slime 2, Slime 3. Obviously.

Slimey was my first, so of course he’d be Slimey.

Upon dominating the remaining three slimes, I could feel a fatigue shoot through my body as my system popped up in my mind.

[Dungeon System Interface!]

[Name: Hiro Dungeon]

[Level: 1]

[HP: 4211/7000]

[MP: 320/1000]

[EXP 80/500]

Tamed Monsters: 4/10

[SKILL LIST]

Suddenly my mind was besieged by a chorus of Protect! Protect! Protect! The slime’s thoughts of dissolving overwritten to now serve my whims.

They moved in concert, conjoining with Slimey to form a bubbling island of sludge in the green river that propped me up and acted like a throne. As this happened, Slimey slinked out of the pile, asserting its dominance over the newcomers by sitting atop them and forming around me, almost to say I WAS FIRST!

Now no longer subjected to the whim of the tides, I smiled inwardly as I processed the rush and excitement of the events that had just transpired.

Although I had nearly died, I now had servants under me. Granted they were disgusting, stinky, disease riddled creatures whose touch made me want to scream, but they were mine. My first stepping stone. Now I just needed to collect six more stones to complete my stairwell to glory.

A/N

This is my first time writing first person. Please bare with me >.<