*author's note*
Please excuse any mistakes as I am drinking whilst I write this, I will correct them tomorrow. >.>
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“Where… Am I?”
John looked down and saw a light blue grass below him and realized he was hanging off of the ground. He looked around and saw mucus sacs hanging from the trees. He tried moving but soon realized he couldn’t feel any of his appendages. His own sac burst open as he fell to the ground with a *bloop* noise. It hadn’t hurt at all and he was thoroughly confused. He then saw another sac pop open as a green slime reminiscent to old rpgs he played fell to the ground.
“No… No way.”
“Ehh, well slime was one of the only races without parents… Sorry about that. Right now, you are a weak monster in this world, but with levelling and evolution you can decide your own path and I have graced you with a very helpful blessing. Simply think the word ‘status’ and it should all become clear. This will be the last time I will be able to converse with you directly. Good luck.” Said Myrion as his voice faded out.
“Wha… Status!” Screamed John, as emotions began to sweep over him.
PROFILENAME:???LEVEL:1GENDER:MaleMONEY:0G 0S 0CRACE:Green SlimeMONSTER RANK:Very lowHEALTH:100STAMINA:100MANA:100STRENGTH:5(M)INTELLIGENCE:5SPEED:2DEXTERITY:1(H)VITALITY:5FAITH:1LUCK:1WISDOM:7DEFENSE:0(S)ENDURANCE:5SKILL POINTS:FAME/INFAMY:0CLASS:-------------------TITLES:PASSIVE SKILLS:Major Blessing of the God of Change (max)ACTIVE SKILLS:
“I am going to die here.... What is the purpose of being reborn. I am essentially a bean bag chair. All I have is that blessing to which I do not know the details.”
*ding*
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Major Blessing of the God of Change (max)Double skill points per level up.
More varied rank ups.
No max skill limit.
Not limited to one class.
Skills rank up faster.
“That’s… Broken. Perhaps I will survive in this world after all if I gain a couple levels.”
As the unnamed slime was pondering his thoughts, he was approached by two other slimes.
“Bobbily, Bobbily! Let’s go play… We can eat little critters. It’s a Goo-tiful day!” Said the one slime.
“My name isn’t Bobbily… You can call me… Ash.”
“Ash?” The slime looked at him confused.
*ding*
Name changed to Ash.
“Ohhh yeah, I’m just being goo-fy! Ash! Of course. Come play!”
As he finished his sentence, the three heard rustling. Ash went to quickly hide behind a tree as the other two sat there puzzled. Just as soon as he had hidden himself, Ash saw what he assumed to be three novice adventurers emerge from the treeline.
“Oh… Great, I am near a noob village.” Ash thought.
The slimes were just bouncing up and down looking at the adventurers. Clearly they were devoid of any sense of fear. A man with a mace didn’t even flinch as he brought his mace down and sent goo in all directions. The other one had a wand and hurled a small fireball at the other shivering slime. It absorbed the fireball, grew in size, and promptly exploded.
“Yeah, I am going to die again.” Thought Ash.
“alright! This one dropped a dagger!” One of the adventurers stated proudly.
Ash not missing the opportunity, slowly bounced his way deeper into the forest.
He had finally found a slightly hollowed out tree and squeezed his way inside and realized a few seconds later that two squirrels lived here. Fearing for his life he attempted to bounce on them to see if it would do any damage. Much to surprise, the squirrels were absorbed in his body and dissolved quite easily. He also found that he no longer felt hungry.
*ding*
You have learned a new Active Skill Absorb. (Cost. 50 Stamina) (Level - 1)
This skill allows you to absorb an enemy in your body and damage it over time by dissolving it. Higher levels will allow you to trap larger beings, and sometimes even absorb some of their abilities.
Level up!
“Wow… This really is just like an RPG.” Stated Ash as he finally took a much needed nap.
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Upon waking up in the morning, Ash realized he would need two things to survive in this world: Experience and allies.
Allies could come at a later time, and Ash realized he needed to hunt right now.
Bouncing his way to a meadow, Ash saw many of his slime brethren. He felt slightly apologetic for what he was about to do, but it was necessary to grow and survive. The rest of the morning was spent absorbing his fellow slimes. He had gained six levels and a new title that he was not fond of…
*ding*
New title! - Cannibal
If activated, members of the same race as you will flee at the sight of you. Also, consuming their flesh will restore your HP.
Note - You may only have 10 titles active at a time.
Ash shuddered slightly. He now felt even more apologetic and was sure he would never activate that title. He was pleased that absorb had ranked up four times though. He then proceed to dump twenty points into strength, speed, and vitality. He put the last remaining ten in endurance.
In this world, strength seemed to increase physical ability, speed obviously how fast you move and attack speed, vitality increased HP and defense, intelligence increased mana and spell damage, wisdom increased spell resistance, dexterity increased ability in crafting skills, luck increased critical hit chance and every little thing a little bit, endurance increased stamina, and hell if I know what faith is good for…
It also seems every level I gain twenty health, mana, and stamina passively which is useful as well. These can be increased further by twenty per point utilizing vitality(health), intelligence(mana), and endurance(stamina).
“Status!” Ash yelled.
PROFILENAME:AshLEVEL:8GENDER:MaleMONEY:0G 0S 0CRACE:Green SlimeMONSTER RANK:Very lowHEALTH:640STAMINA:440MANA:240STRENGTH:25(M)INTELLIGENCE:5SPEED:22DEXTERITY:1(H)VITALITY:25FAITH:1LUCK:1WISDOM:7DEFENSE:25(S)ENDURANCE:15SKILL POINTS:0FAME/INFAMY:0CLASS:-------------------TITLES:Cannibal - not activePASSIVE SKILLS:Major Blessing of the God of Change (max)ACTIVE SKILLS: Absorb - L.4
“it seems I might survive a bit better now.”
Ash noticed over the next few days that even the traits of the world itself were RPG-esque. The slimes would respawn daily as more of the sacs appeared on the trees, and he could not discern their actual origin.
The rogue slime kept brutally absorbing its relatives for a month until he was finally level 99. He felt bad for ending the lives of so many of the fun-loving, absent minded little critters, but it was a necessary evil.
“God… That took forever.” Stated a dejected slime.
Looking around Ash noticed there were no more slimes in the area. As he surveyed his surroundings, Ash saw one lone slime. It was different from the rest. This slime sagged a bit, had a pair of spectacles, and a beard. The slime bounced slowly over to Ash, who assumed it was a boss.
Ash moved to absorb this slime as well with a confidence unknown to the rest of slime-kind due to his inflated stats.
“Hold on, hold on.... You abhorrent addition to our kind.” Said the old slime hastily.
“Wow, you can really talk well.”
“Yes, it comes with the age, lad. My name is Pappy Slime, and as you can see you wiped out our breeding ground in this area you genocidal cannibal. I’ve not got long left to live as it is, but I see that you’re something entirely unique to this world and wish to be a part of that. I should survive another day at best, but dying alone is such a waste. Absorb me and you will get a skill that will be extremely useful to you for the rest of your life… I only ask that you do a little good in the world as to not let all the slimes you killed die in vain.”
Ash nodded as the old slime drew close. It then offered a prayer to a god Ash was unfamiliar with and proceeded to close its eyes.
Ash felt bad absorbing this seemingly very intelligent slime, but did so at its request regardless. Upon absorbing him, he received a few messages.
*ting*
Level up!
You have learned a new Active Skill identify. (Cost. - Varies on level of identification) (Level - 1)
This skill allows you to discern information about essentially anything in this world! A must have! Mana cost decreases with higher levels and more information becomes available.
Rank up is now available!
“Rank up?” Said Ash as he tilted his head.