Yes.
Instead of nodding, the Sea King’s body jiggled That’s a little cute.
This child is still young, but he has inherited a lot of my power. Normally, the further away a slime is from me, the paler the color and the weaker their power, but on rare occasions, a child like this one will appear.
The Sea King poked Aka.
I’m not sure if it was because it felt ticklish, but it jumped and came back to my feet.
I’ve never seen one that has gained such vivid color before. Even this child, a direct descendant, could only go so far.
The red slime jellyfish holding him shivered in frustration at the Sea King’s words.
A red slime jellyfish – that’s a mouthful, let’s call it a red jellyfish.
It’s true that the red jellyfish has a darker red color than the surrounding slime jellyfishes.
But when you compare it to Aka or the Sea King,
“ looks a little murky.”
“～～～～～! (Shake shake)”
The red jellyfish’s tentacles trembled in frustration at the words I said unconsciously.
The tentacles slammed into the sand, sending up a cloud of dust.
“Stop it, you disgraceful thing.”
“ ! (shake)”
After being rebuked by the Sea King, the red jellyfish winced and retreated.
But he still wasn’t convinced, and was shaking slightly.
–So, let’s get back to the subject at hand.
“Huh, oh, yes.”
I looked back at the Sea King near my feet.
“Um . can I sit down?”
? I don’t mind.
Somehow, in this state, it feels like I am looking down on the Sea King, which is very uncomfortable.
Mostly because of the intimidating feeling emitted by the red jellyfish.
Don’t look down on the Sea King, mere human! is what they seem to be saying. I can feel it in my bones.
It’s scary as hell.
I took out a sheet from the item box and sat down on it.
Ichinose also sat down next to me, Momo settled down on my lap, and Kiki remained on my shoulder. We’ve settled down now.
Shiro is still napping in my hood.
“Kuu-n♪”
Even in this situation, Momo is in a good mood after being petted.
Lovely. So soothing
I kissed Momo and mentally regained my composure.
“So, you’re saying that we should leave Aka with you, but what exactly are you going to do?”
To be honest, I don’t want to give up Aka in this situation.
If we could upgrade its power right now, I would welcome it, but if it would take months, I have to think twice.
Aka is now an indispensable part of our lives.
We don’t want to let it go. It is not only because of combat, but also because it is our valuable friend now.
“ ♪ (shake shake)”
When I hugged Aka tightly, Aka shook its body with happiness.
When I say leave the child, I don’t mean leave the child itself. Just leave a clone.
“Aka’s clone?”
Yes. I’ll be pouring my power into the child’s body little by little. When I reach the limit of the power it can take in, I will let it be reabsorbed by the child. That is how it will be done, and I will gradually pour my power into the child.
“I see .”
Is that possible?
No, Aka has also absorbed other slimes, splitting them and increasing its power, so it’s not strange.
It’s not something that can be done by just anyone. This is only possible because it’s our species.
So it’s a characteristic of slimes.
Once again I realized, they are one hell of a race.
Who said slimes are small monsters? That was me before I met Aka.
“ (furufuru)”.
Aka quivered as if it understood, and produced a clone.
Ufu.
The Sea King approached Aka’s clone and swallowed it with a chuckle.
The way he shrunk his body, it looked like he was chewing.
When he finished shrinking, a slightly dark-colored marble-sized magic stone was floating in his body.
As I focused and searched for Aka’s presence, I could feel a pulse of life coming from the magic stone.
It seems that that thing is Aka’s clone.
“How long will this take?”
Hmm, at this rate it will take about three days. After that, I will give the body back to the child and let the child assimilate my power. It will probably take another three days to adapt.
Six days in total.
And this will be repeated many times till the final battle in six months.
“While assimilating the power, does it affect Aka in any way? Will it make it sick, or incapable of using skills?”
? No such thing will happen. It’s purely an increase in power and an expansion of the range of abilities. There is no way that it would suffer any side-effects.
“Oh, oh, I see .”
I don’t think there is any demerit to this.
I thought there would usually be a demerit, like not being able to use your abilities while passing the power on or something like that
When I thought so, the Sea King quivered strangely.
Why do you think there is a price to pay for power? Power is just a part of you. You don’t need to pay a price to move your body, do you? It’s the same.
“Huh, huhh .”
The Sea King said it as if it was a natural thing. It’s as if he cannot understand why I would think otherwise.
But this is the logic of someone who is overwhelmingly strong.
You have to be clever because you’re weak.
He probably wouldn’t understand what that means.
“ By the way, how strong will Aka become with the transfer of power?”
At best, it will be ten or several dozen times stronger than it is now. It’s a shame that we don’t have much time at all.
Only this much
No, no, even this much is more than enough to boost its power!
Sea King, just how strong are you!
“ Lord Shram can take on all six of the other kings, including Lady Rebel, and still keep on fighting for another month.”
I was amazed at the information Aiba quietly whispered in my ear.
“What kind of status and skills does he have that allows him to keep fighting with Rebel and the other kings simultaneously?”
.What is status?
The Sea King reacted to me with a “?”
Oh, yes.
Sora was the same, monsters have no idea what a status is.
“It’s one of the things we added to the system when we merged the worlds. In simple terms, it allows you to visualize your power.”
Rebel, who seems to have recovered, explained to the Sea King.
Well, it’s the kind of device you and her would like to make, wouldn’t it? Did she come up with it? It was one of her dreams to make her abilities visible.
At the Sea King’s words, Rebel had a complicated expression on her face.
There there, ste-tasu openu? Is this good . Oh, it sure looks like it. I’m sure you can see it. Hmm, this is really interesting.
After looking at his status for a few moments, the Sea King generously disclosed his stats to us.
Shram
Chaos Iea Ooze LV78
HP : 99999/99999
MP : 4500/4500
Strength : 1
Endurance : 78000
Agility ：1
Dexterity ：1
Magic Power ：1300
Magic Resistance : 99000
SP : 4200
Sea King
Swarm Realm
Sea Space Inversion
Blow Invulnerability LV10, Slash Invulnerability LV10, Penetration Invulnerability LV10, Magic Resistance LV10, Resistance LV10, Guard LV10, Firmness LV10, Regeneration LV10, Heavy Armor LV10, Endurance LV10, Vajra LV10, Counterattack LV10, Softening LV10, Whiplash LV3, Tsunami LV2, Sea Quake LV4, Swimming LV5, Bad Eating LV10, Defense LV10, Invisibility LV10, Deodorization LV10, Physical Abnormality Resistance LV10, Mental Affliction Resistance LV10, Absorption LV10, Fragmentation LV10, Cognitive Synchronization LV10, Mimicry LV10, Communication LV10, Gigantism LV10, Anti-Magic Strengthening LV10, Anti-Magic Super Strengthening LV10, HP Fast Recovery LV10, MP Fast Recovery LV10, MP Consumption Reduction LV10, Life Force Enhancement LV10, Counter LV10