Ch.16 It's Dangerous to Touch It, Let's Run Away From These Monsters

After searching for a monster for a few minutes, I finally found a slime.

It's hard to find the slime because the grass are so tall they hid them

I was able to find other monsters though. I thought it might be a bad idea to make them my first opponent, though. Since this will be my first fight, I wanted to find one that I could safely escape from no matter what.

"Now, Slime-kun. Let me try out my skills."

I activate the skill from a position where the slime cannot reach even if it bounces.

"<Blood-Rotten Tree Powder>!"

The skill that responded to my words took effect. Black powder fall from the palm of my hand, which was pointing towards the slime. Perhaps because it's a level 1 skill, the amount is small.

Since there's no wind, the powder falls downwards and rains down on the slime.

Since it hadn't noticed me, it's a complete surprise attack.

The powder rains down on the blue slime, causing the areas hit to rot, blacken, and collapse.

"Oh... it feels good, but it could be a big problem if the powder accidentally hits someone."

This skill has the power to rot the area it hits. What's more, the black powder that hits it rots the flesh further and further, creating holes and dents, just as if sulfuric acid had been poured on it.

From what I can see, it also seems to cause a little rot around it.

However, it takes 60 MP each time I use it. It seems that I have to pay a fair amount of MP for powerful skills.

"Oh, so you finally noticed me."

The slime, thinking it had been hit by an attack, initially just looked around. However, no matter how hard it looked for an enemy, it couldn't find one, and after a dejected look, it looked up.

I don't know if it has eyes, but it moves as if it can see. It's one of the great mysteries of life.

It was probably a coincidence, but it jumped when it spotted the enemy. Is that an attack?

"...I'm starting to feel like a terrible person."

The <Blood-Rotten Tree Piwder> that hits the slime is literally powder, so the more It scatters and hits more places, the greater the effect will be.

So the slime I chose to test the skill this time had its body full of holes, which in turn reduced its volume, and most of its body, which was blue, had turned black, leaving it in a pitiful state, like water mixed with mud.

Its body has rotted and worn away, making it appears to be moving slower.

"This is no different from what that Sparrow did."

This is what is known as watching from a distance. It is a cruel act of simply watching the opponents get weaker.

But even so, this is the only means of attack I have been given. I don't know how else to use it.

If I can level up safely, then there's nothing better than that.

Soon after, slime-kun stopped moving after its HP was scraped away. The rot that had filled it with holes had reached the bottom.

Let's appraise slime-kun just to be safe. Yep, it has zero HP.

Now it's time to loot the monster. You can collect whatever you can as items.

In this game, you can dismantle monsters and loot their materials. There is a three minute limit after the opponent dies.

The corpse will then disappear and a reward item will be dropped in its place.

This means you can get double the items.

I didn't know this at the beginning of the game, so I just left the corpses alone and waited there for a long time, wondering if the item would drop.

There were rumors in some circles that someone had seen the scene, that there was a dangerous person who kept staring at the corpse of the person he had killed.

There's no way I'm that kind of psychopath. Hahaha.

So now it's time for the fun looting session, but is it okay to put it in the magic bag? I used that skill on it afterall...

"Don't melt, okay?"

But I want the item, so I grab it with my hand and put it inside my magic bag.

Are my hands okay? I think I have resistance against my own stuff. They're prefectly fine.

If I wasn't resistant to it, I would rot and be sent back to the main body the moment the skill was activated.

There's no explanation as to what could be rotten, so I assumed that this magical body, or rather magical power, was also a target, but that slight concern turned out to be unfounded.

After all, I got it inside the magic bag properly.

If it had melted, I would hang my head on the ground.

I'm leaving a few pieces of the slime and put the rest inside.

If I don't do this, I won't get the drop items.

The slime fragment disappeared from the side as I was thinking about it.

At the same time, a drop item appeared where the corpse had been.

The slime dropped a bottle of light blue liquid. This is slime water, similar to starch syrup. It has a nice sweet taste. The appraisal result is 1 star though.

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[Material Item: Slime Water]

★☆☆☆☆

Sweet and delicious sticky water extracted from slime. can be consumed as is or processed.

The bottle is a bonus.

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I put the slime water into my magic bag and search for the next opponent. One slime won't raise my level, so I need to defeat a few more.

Ah, there's another slime over there...

...So I waited for my MP to recover and then used the same technique to defeat about 10 more.

This should bring me 2 levels... Not.

Actually, there's no level indication on my status screen. I just noticed that.

If my level doesn't increase, it will cause problems outside of combat, but if it doesn't increase, it's a good idea to look for things I can do instead.

I was thinking about getting used to fighting with this body for the future. That's what I'm trying out with my current skills.

It's almost dusk. I can only manage one more.

I'd like to try it with other monsters.

So I flew around looking for it, and there I found a pack of wolves. They were Glass Wolves.

It has a body made of glass and countless grass-like glass fibers growing on its back.

Even though they're made of glass, they're harder than a forged shield. And when you cut it with a blade, it makes a nasty noise. It's that scratchy glass noise.

I flew smoothly over to one of the strays and scattered rotting powder.

"Woof!"

"Ah, he dodged it."

Even though his body was supposed to be heavy, he still managed to dodge.

As a result, the grass that the powder fell onto starts to wither. Isn't this environmental destruction?

Of course, it doesn't continue to rot ever downwards, so it should stop at the end of the grass roots... considering the thickness of the slimes I've killed.

I just used a skill, so my remaining MP is 40. I'll wait until it recovers.

"Woof!...woof!... grrrr"

For 30 seconds, including the time to spare, I can do nothing but fly, but during that time, the attacked wolf runs and jumps, running and jumping in an attempt pounce on me.

It's probably because I'm in a higher position than he can reach.

Because his body is heavy, he can't jump that far.

Oh, he's tired now.

"Okay, I've recovered. Can you stand still for a bit?"

He's a quadruped though.

He was tired and had his tongue out, so I aimed my skill at his face. This time, there was no avoiding it.

However, the wind was a little strong and it only hit the right half of his face.

Oh, so grotesque. The right side of his head and face are disfigured and it's disgusting. But since an important part is missing, he collapses and stops moving.

Since the powder destroyed his brain, it's not going to be a long-term battle.

According to the appraisal, he has 5 HP left. No, he just died.

"I'd like to have the materials, bit..."

Looking down, I saw a pack of Glass Wolves. They had noticed something strange and had gathered together.

They must've realized that their comrade had been defeated by me because he was groaning.

"There's no other way. I'll give up."

I don't have the courage to jump in there to loot his material. I'd be dead in an instant.

At this rate, there's no hope of gettiing the drop items either.

So I gave up and headed back to town.

Farewell, Glass Wolf. I turn my back on the pack and fly away.

The results of today's hunt were 11 slimes and 1 glass wolf, for a total of 12 creatures.

Quite a good result for a first fight.

"My only regret is that I wasn't able to pick up the item dropped by the Glass Wolf."

When I got back to town, I stopped by the Mage's Guild and registered with the guild, since I had forgotten to do that earlier.

Now, from today onwards, I am a magic user too.

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By the way, this is the item the protagonist obtained from the slime that she ripped to shreds with her skill.

〘Material Item: Rotten Slime Water〙

☆☆☆☆☆

It appears to have been left unattended for many years, and is black and sludgy. It is not drinkable, but it is a dangerous substance that weakens and causes hallucinations in anyone who drinks it.

It will give off a terrible smell around it, so you should put it in a container quickly.

〘Looting system〙

You can loot materials from living or dead monsters.

If you put the loot items into a container, you can get them as items.

If you loot them alive and left them out in the open without putting them inside a container for three minutes, or if they're dead for three minutes, the loot will disappear along with the corpse.

〘Drop Item System〙

Some items are given to you after three minutes have passed since your opponent's death and their corpse has disappeared.

The items you receive are random. The number and type of items you receive will increase or decrease depending on whether or not you destroyed a part of them.

Of course, if there is no corpse, you cannot get the drop items.

〘Glass Wolf〙

It has a body made of glass and countless grass-like glass fibers growing on its back.

Its high attack power and inherent toughness make it a nuisance, making it a difficult and troublesome enemy that is not friendly to beginners.

This monster is a nightmare for swordsmen, as the blade will chip if you slash at it with a sword or other sharp object.

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