“B-bark!”
Seeing me upset, Momo frantically tells me that I misunderstood her.
Then she lightly puts a paw on top of the slime and looks at me.
The slime shuddered like pudding. It was kind of cute.
“Momo Do you want this slime to join us?”
Momo nodded.
Apparently, Momo wanted me to accept the slime.
I mean, wait a minute
“Hey, Momo. Did you throw the magic stone out of the window in order to give it to this guy?”
Momo nodded again.
I knew it. Momo had acted strangely while we were eating earlier.
Especially because she really liked those stones. So that was the meaning behind it all.
Momo had realized that the slime was right outside.
And she had some motive in offering the slime the stone.
Motive The only thing I could think of was to strengthen it, or give it a ‘skill.’
Just as Momo had eaten the shadow wolf’s stone and got the ‘shadow’ skill, the slime may have
I looked towards the slime, and it seemed to have just finished digesting the mimic stone.
“ (shaking)”
Momo howled towards the slime.
And then the slime shuddered, and its body ‘transformed.’
“Oh, ohh ”
I couldn’t help but exclaim.
The slime’s body slowly changed, and it transformed into an empty plastic container.
Hey, that was the garbage I gave to it to eat.
“Transformation no, mimicking skill maybe ”
That was amazing.
You could not tell the difference by looking at it.
I even tried touching it, but it felt the same.
However, the weight was different. Likely, it was the same weight as the slime.
And just like with the mimic, it was invisible to ‘Scouting.’
This was an amazing skill.
Momo howled again, and the slime returned to its normal form.
And now that it was back to normal, both the slime and Momo looked at me with expectant expressions.
So, was this a way for the slime to make its case?
Like, look at what I can do!
“ Momo, did you know about this? That it would get the mimicking skill if it ate the mimic stone?”
“ Bark ”
Probably, I at least had an idea about it.
She seemed to say.
Was it an instinct that animals had?
Still, it was amazing that she realized this.
The voice echoes in my head again.
Momo and the slime look at me.
And I sigh deeply.
“Ahh alright, Momo. You win.”
A slime with mimicking skills.
With this, it would no longer get in the way of my skills.
Even more, it was immune to physical attacks, so it was a good addition to my fighting force.
But more than anything Momo had given her opinion for the first time.
And so I had no choice but to believe.
Both her and the slime.
This time, I select ‘yes’ inside of my head.
Oh, a new job has been added.
‘Monster user’ huh
Judging by the voice in my head, it was like an advanced version of Beast User.
I was curious about what skills I could get from it, but I would have to wait until I could get a third job.
Perhaps the slime was overjoyed at being accepted because it was now shaking uncontrollably.
Momo was even petting the slime as if to say, ‘good for you.’
Bark-bark. Jiggling. Pet-pet.
What the–it was so cute.
I check my status.
The party member section at the way bottom now showed the slime.
Red slime LV5, it says.
So, monsters really did have levels then
Unlike Momo, it did not display a name.
But that would be inconvenient if I ever had to call it
“Hey, red slime. What do you think about getting a name?”
The slime immediately responded to this question.
Apparently, it wanted me to do just that.
“Hmm Okay, how about ‘Aka’?”
Aka, the red slime.
I had very straightforward sensibilities when it came to names.
However, the red slime seemed to like it.
Its body shook with pleasure.
Oh, it was stretching itself like mochi.
I checked my status and saw that the name had been added.
Shiba dog LV9
Aka
Red slime LV5
Momo’s level had gone up.
She was very close to reaching level 10.
“Alright, let’s go then.”
And so Aka, the red slime joined our party.
With our new friend with us, we left the apartment building.
In another location-.
“Ahh! Shi-Shibata! He-help .Aghh!”
Blood splattered, and another one fell to the floor.
Shibata looked at this in shock.
He didn’t understand.
What was happening?
How did things turn out like this?
They had to spread out further in order to search for food. And so they had come out here.
Things had been going well up until now.
All the monsters that appeared were lone goblins or zombies.
They were nothing to them, now that their levels had been raised.
“Let’s go on a little further.”
Who was it that had said that?
But no one disagreed.
They had become too confident after killing monsters, gaining levels and skills.
They could do it. They could now take on even stronger monsters.
They would collect lots of food supplies and surprise everyone.
This was what they thought, as they spread out even further, and came all the way out here.
However, their powerful advance came to a sudden end.
They had arrived at a giant shopping mall.
And here they encountered a ‘monster’ that defied their wildest imaginations.
“ Wha-what is that, that thing !”
Shibata, the punkish student was shaking as he hid behind some nearby bushes.
“Gaahh!”
He heard the scream of another of his companions.
Should he go and help? No, it was no use. He could not fight this enemy.
It was on another level.
“Ha ha.ah.ah ! Da-damn it!”
He breathed quietly and finally came to a decision.
“Hey, hey! Shibata!? Where are you going!? We, we need to go and help them-AGHH!”
Ignoring the cries of his friend, Shibata ran away.
He had chosen to ‘run.’
While the others were distracted, he would make as much distance from them as possible.
(I’m sorry everyone, I’m sorry !)
He repented in his heart over abandoning his friends.
And yet, his legs did not stop.
“ I, I need to go and tell Nishino. Hurry I must hurry !”
Someone someone had to survive and tell him.
Tell him about the monster. The others had to know about it.
He shuddered as he ran, and all the while, the screaming of the monster echoed in his ears.
CH 41
41
Slow Grind
With Momo and Aka with me, I started to scout out the town once again.
Well, to be exact, Aka was not walking.
I was ‘wearing’ it in a way.
“This doesn’t feel too weird ”
I say as I feel the jacked that Aka had turned into.
Its texture and comfortableness were no different than any other clothing.
If anything, it might have been more comfortable than most clothes.
As for weight, well, it was a little heavier than what was usual, but it was no problem for me now that my stats had gone up.
It was an amazing skill.
“Ah, sorry, Aka. Did that tickle?”
Aka shuddered as I rubbed at the material with my fingers.
Apparently, I wasn’t supposed to touch it too much.
But wearing it was fine. That was a little confusing to understand
I had done some checking in regards to Aka’s mimicking skill, and it seemed that it could mimic anything that it has ever eaten.
As a test, I fed it utensils, garbage, and clothing from the item box. And Aka mimicked them all without any problems.
However, it seemed that the things could not be too small or too big.
They had to be somewhat in line with its original size.