Chapter 9: CONSTRUCTING PYLONS
[PYLON CREATED!]
FINALLY!
With those words, I eyed the spiral structure that jutted from the sewer cobblestone, a pillar that represented and marked my territory. The final one I needed to get to the next quest.
[5/5]
[Domain Expanded!]
Almost immediately my sense of self increased, the range and scope of my domain inching out another five feet in every direction, the fog of darkness parting ways to show me unexplored sewers lines I had yet to conquer.
[Minion Capacity Increased! +10! Capacity Raised to 20!]
[SKILL REWARD]
Sitting atop a slime my body shook, a happy feeling of accomplishment washing over me as various notifications hit my mind.
[Please select a skill!]
Giddiness. That's the one word I could use to describe the feeling blossoming in my rubber body as I awaited the dungeon message.
[Purify-]
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[SKILL: Purify] [Selected!]
The moment I saw the skill purify, I selected it. Screw the other skills even if it were something like dragon’s flame I wanted-NO, NEEDED to be clean!
[SKILL LIST]
Bubble Blow: LvL1
* Using mana, you create a bubble of charged mana. When it pops, it releases a light burst of mana. 5MP
Squirt Water: LvL1
* Squirt Water. Using Mana you create and squirt water out of your beak. 5MP
Summon Rock: LvL1
* Summon a small Rock. That's it. It summons a rock. 10 MP
Impart Instruction: LvL1
* Teach skills and share experience to minions or selected creatures.
Squeakerlocation: LvL2
* Using squeaks, you ping your nearby surroundings to paint an image in your mind. 1 MP
Purify: LvL1
* Gathering Light mana, you may attempt to purify a source of your choice, rendering it free of curses, poison and disease. Effectiveness scales with level. 20MP
My skill list updated, adding the skill to my list of meger abilities. Of course, the first thing I did was target myself, activating Purify with desires to be clean!
[ERROR! NON-TARGETABLE SOURCE! PLEASE DESIGNATE A NEW TARGET!]
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Of course it wouldn't be that easy.
Great.
BUT I CAN STILL USE IT ON EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND ME!
PURIFY! PURIFY! PURFIY! PURIFYPURFYPURAOFAJI! APCJWAKJ;! PORHACNAK PURIG-
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An unknown amount of time passed. I say unknown because iiiiiiiiiiiiit's a bit embarrassing to admit how long I sat there spamming purify to clean the unending sludge.
A few things I learned however in my experiment!
One! It didn’t do well with non-soluble surfaces, like stone and brick. It helped purge the gunk, but ultimately didn’t do much.
Two! IT WORKS ON SLIMES! Somewhat… I actually ended up striking a slime on accident with it out of a fit of rage. Using the last of my MP to do so.
And lastly! A NEW PROJECT! Riiiight after I take care of this blinking notification in my mind….
[Dungeon System Interface!]
[Name: Hiro Dungeon]
[Level: 1]
[HP: 7000/7000]
[MP: 54/1000]
[EXP 230/500]
Tamed Monsters: 8/20
Pylons: 5/5
[SKILL LIST]
[CONCATULATIONS! ON REINFORCING YOUR DOMAIN!]
[NEW QUEST UNLOCKED AT TWENTY MINIONS!]
Hmm. Speaking of minions… I turned my attention to the slumbering Crocotaur, aka, Dave, the monster laying on the floor of the sewer surrounded by my slimes. While I had initially wanted Dave dead, I realized something upon watching the humanoid crocodile flounder about as it was being suffocated by my sewer slimes.
It had hands.
Well, three clawed fingers that imitated a human’s hand minus the index finger and pinky. Right? Humans have five fingers? Right? It's been so long since I’ve seen a human…
In any case, I revised my plans on feeding Dave to my slimes, no, instead I would make the Crocotaur my enforcer, my shield against enemies. Annnnnnd my get away. While Slimes were neat and all, they weren’t fast. Nor were they very strong. If something bad happened I’d be in a pickle, more than I already am! Pickle… mmmh… pickles… food… I wish I could taste actual food TvT
Pulling myself out of my thoughts, I redirected my attention to Dave, focusing my will on the Crocotaur where I reached out, my conscience pricking against its own.
Immediately Dave’s eyes snapped opened, the monster entering into a rage and thrashing about. Fortunately, Slimy and the other slimes still coated it, holding firm and pinning the beast down despite the monster struggling to be free.
MINE! YOU! ARE! MINE! I sent, the creature attempting to do its best against the psionic intrusion. Yet my will was greater, Dave’s mind cracking open like a walnut to reveal its unexpected inner secrets and most hidden thoughts.
Suddenly my mind was beset with a vision, one that showed a baby alligator being coddled by a snot-nosed four-horned wench dressed in gaudy clothes that I instinctively recognized!
THE DEMON LORD’S DAUGHTER!
My body shook, a feeling of loathing and hatred overwhelming my senses for a moment as I thought upon how this HARLOT! HAD FLUSHED ME DOWN A TOILET ONLY FOR ME TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF YEARS IN A SEWER!
A SEWER!
But I digress…
In the vision I saw happy memories, memories of a loved pet, a monster hatched from an egg that was then held and brought everywhere by the girl in fancy clothes. Up until of course, one day she decided to try and send Dave back to his people… by flushing him down the toilet.
Ah… I see. Perhaps I judged you too quickly my friend. For you and I are the same. We are both beings condemned to this acrid watery grave, abandoned by SHE who we were gifted to.
Truly, a heart wrenching set of circumstances. But not to worry, I shall take care of you, my abandoned brother.
[You have laid claim to a minion!]
The monster ceased its struggles, my slimes immediately stopping their assault on the monster with Slimey unhardening and sliding off the creature.
Name: Dave
LvL: 12
Species: Emaciated Blighted Krocotaur
HP: 310/350
MP: 50/50
Skills: Bite LvL 4, Iron Tail LvL 3, Blend LvL 1, Swim LvL 3, Endure LvL 2, Pain Resilience LvL 2, Minor Regeneration.
YOUCH! My slimes barely hurt it! And Only level 12? Hmm… I suppose it makes sense given that I’ve only encountered slimes and big bugs so far. Would be different if there were living armors walking around or giga-bats.
Dave sat up right, the monster slouched and unmoving with its eyes darting left and right as it seemed to be attempting to gain its bearings.
HEY! COME HERE!
Dave did as ordered, the lumbering scalie creature’s steps slapping against the cobblestone beneath my body to stand before me where it knelt like some kind of knight.
SHEESH! THIS IS EMACIATED?! Dave was built like a metaphorical truck! What would you look like if you were fully fed?!
An evil thought crossed my mind.
Why don’t we find out?
Ehehehehehe.
I eyed my minion counter, a total of 9 critters under my command after two slimes had been viciously slaughtered… May you rest in peace Slimes 18 and 19… you will be missed for your honorable service.
After the moment of silence for the fallen, Dave took me into his three-fingered scaly hands as I ordered him to hold. Almost immediately and without provocation, Slimey wrapped itself around the Krocotaur, acting almost as a suit of armor but mostly hovering near the beast’s chest where I was held close.
Observing Slimey, it didn’t seem to be too thrilled that It was no longer my throne, at least, judging from all the wiggling, but it is hard to tell with an amorphous blob that has no face.
Although… I suppose the word ANGRY! ANGRY! ANGRY! Being broadcasted over and over again from the slime was a good indication of its feelings.
Huh. Slimes have feelings.
To placate Slimey I inwardly sighed, ordering Dave via our connection to place me into Slimey who immediately and rapidly absorbed me, bringing me into its disgusting sludge body attached to Dave.
Slimey shuddered, almost like a purr, its gelatinous body rippling and making my internals revolt. But at least it’s thoughts had returned to PROTECT! PROTECT! PROTECT!
EHK! A small price to pay for minion satisfaction I suppose. LET NO ONE SAY I WAS NOT A GOOD BOSS!
With My minions in tow, it was time to do a little exploration and finally work on Operation Super Slime.
A/N
C-c-can I have dem ratings n reviews? Your comments mean alot but ratings help too! This is my first time writing n first person >.<