Chapter 6: Jellyfish Slime

Chapter 6: Jellyfish Slime

Waking up to light and the sounds of the forest was a refreshing experience; I half expected to wake up floating in the void, and I'm glad I safely survived the night. My core felt pristine, and I really wish I could see what it looked like after obtaining [Core Refinement]. However, my slime mass felt... odd. I exited the safety of my tree and sat perched on the branch to examine my slime mass, forming my two pseudopods and giving them a look over as well.

By the way, I figured out a pretty good way to sit securely on my branch; I enveloped myself over the branch and then raised the density around the branch to form a grip. I was initially worried I'd eventually eat into the branch, but ever since I got [Core Refinement], I can selectively turn off my dissolving.

Crystal-clear gaps were floating in my blue slime, and as I stared at them, I was nearly overwhelmed with an instinctual desire to purge it as soon as possible.

'I'm not sure what this is, but it's ruining my perfect blue complexion. It's not mixing with my slime mass, so let's try just pushing it out.'

I could feel the effects of [Core Refinement] in my control and movement of my slime, and I effortlessly isolated the fluid and pushed it outwards from my slime to expel it. I could feel my size deflating from this, but my instincts were praising me and filling my core with endorphins, so I just watched in silence as it trickled down to the forest floor. By the end, a large puddle had formed, and even some birds had arrived and were splashing and drinking from it.

'I think that might have been water, probably very pure with how crystal-clear it was. Us slimes must be pretty damn useful to those humans if we can turn garbage into mana slime, and even our waste becomes water.'

The birds eventually get scared off from their bath time by a small pig-like creature with very tiny tusks, which then greedily starts drinking the water. I suddenly felt ravenous, my instincts demanding me to replenish my slime mass, and I begin to lower both my pseudopods cautiously behind the pig.

'I probably look like a stupid jellyfish with my blob up top and tendrils dangling below.' I chuckle to myself.

I start sending slime mass to my pseudopods; one is becoming my trusty slime rapier while the other is expanding enough to engulf the pig thing. With coordinated precision, I begin my sneak attack, my rapier going for the neck while my other pseudopod envelops it's behind to lift its rear legs and prevent escape. The pig squeals in horror and tries to bolt, but I am strong enough to lift its legs as planned. My trusty slime rapier, unfortunately, fails to meet my lofty goals for it and only gets a few inches deep into the pig's neck, and I have to attempt a 'death by a thousand pinpricks' approach instead. I keep lifting and stabbing until, eventually, the thrashing pig stops.

Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon.

Snap, tug, tug, release, snap, tug, tug, release.

I keep repeating this process until, after much time and effort, the tusk is finally extracted. Before I can even mentally celebrate, I'm interrupted by a mental notification.

'Explanation, please!'

Improves and assists in shaping slime mass into various shapes, objects, or tools to mimic their use.

Complexity and creation speed scales with level.

Successful creations can be mentally stored for automatic creation.

Compatible with other slime traits.>

'Yesssssss!'