Bam!
Slime#1 slammed his fist into the wooden fence with all his might.
Zhii!—Smoke
rose from the spot where the elder slime’s fist hit the wood.
The old slime pulled back his tiny hand and stared
arrogantly
at the faint burnt fist mark he left behind.
The young slime—Slime#47—was
stunned
.
’The heck was this? Even a five-year-old kid could do
more
damage.’
His slime mouth hung open and nearly dropped to the ground.
Old slime’s punch burnt a mark on the wood and even emitted smoke, but—that was it!
’Even a human kid could break that wooden fence by
smashing
any object against it!’
Slime#47 thought, half depressed, half speechless.
"You call that Acid Fist?" he couldn’t help blurting out in despair.
’If this elder slime, who had a lot of knowledge, felt this attack was powerful, then how can slimes go up against humans?’
he mused bitterly.
"Huh?" Slime#1 had put a lot of slimes in
awe
by displaying this small attack.
He thought he had done the same with this young one, but unfortunately, he didn’t, as the youngling glanced at him with pure
disgust
.
The elder slime sighed and explained with
—cough!—
"Acid Fist is a powerful attack, but I lack aura and mana to bring out its true power. My level’s only four."
Mana, aura, levels—these were
common
things to Slime#47, which he came across a lot in his past life.
When Slime#1 inquired about demon language—Demon Tongue skill—he already understood that
everyone
might have a
system
in this world.
But just for clarity, he still questioned, "What are the levels you spoke of? And what is mana and aura?"
"See, young one, levels
define
power. The higher the level, the stronger the being. The Acid Fist, I spoke requires at least an
aura
power
stat of G-!" He looked disappointed as he continued in a low voice, "But I haven’t even unlocked the aura power stat and mana power stat."
"O—" the young slime was cut short as the elder slime went to explain in detail, as always. "Aura and mana are two kinds of
energies
—similar yet distinct. If mana comes from nature, aura comes from within the body."
’Yeah-yeah, I know. It’s
kindergarten
-level stuff,’
Slime#47 mused with a blank look.
For someone like him who watched a lot of anime and manga while reading web novels, it was common knowledge.
Thwack!—
Elder slime hit the young slime’s body, seeing his uninterested glance, and continued in a stern voice, "
Mana
is
everywhere
in the world. We breathe mana, we poop mana. But aura is not won’t work like that." He paused for a moment to check whether the young slime was paying attention, and he continued, "When we absorb mana from the surroundings, involuntarily or voluntarily, our body
changes
part of it to another power—that is known as
aura
."
"Hooo," Slime#47 just wobbled with acknowledgment.
"When we reach level 10, the stats of magic power and aura power will be
unlocked
," the elder slime finally said, the main point.
The youngling blinked his eyes. He glanced at Slime#1 with
suspicion
.
’He is at level four; So, how did he
know
at level 10 the stats would be unlocked. Wait..I think I need to check him out by...’
He exclaimed out loud in doubt, "Don’t tell me—you are a
reincarnator
?"
He felt he’d met a
fellow
earthling.
"Hahaaha," The old slime laughed gleefully. "You figured it, my
greatness
—I’m a reincarnator....." He looked prideful, puffed his blob body, posing like a muscular slime, but after a second, his tone hardened, his eyes narrowing, "Wait—how do you know about reincarnators....no, you are not one of us. If you were, you would have knowledge of all this. That means....you are an
Otherworlder
."
"No wonder.... You had intellect from birth," Elder slime finally understood.
’So, he’s not an earthling like me. I was expecting a
fellow
traveller,’
Young slime had been disappointed as vicious body wobbled with slight nervousness.
He hoped Elder Slime wouldn’t fight him for being an otherworlder.
He didn’t know how otherworlders were viewed in this world. He was nervous as he remembered a certain anime where otherworlders were
killed
right after being isekai’ed.
But he wasn’t too freaked out, as he knew the loop would start again if he died.
Older Slime sighed and said, "Looks like our race is blessed—a reincarnator and otherworlder being born in the slime race at the same time. Before I introduce myself, you should do the honours," Elder Slime smiled gleefully.
’It seems otherworlders are seen as
special
in this world,’
Slime#47 was relieved that he didn’t have to fight against the entire world.
"I am from a world called Earth. My previous life name was Ganesh. And I was reincarnated into this world because Time God...." Slime#47’s words stopped as
—Boom!—
an eye opened in the
black sun
.
The entire world shook, and the sky cracked as black light illuminated the entire world. Seven
crimson
eyes
manifested in the sky—totalling eight.
Siii!
A large spider with eight eyes came into the vision of the slimes and the entire world. It was so monstrous that one would even believe it was a
mountain
, if not glimpsed at its full body.
What was weird about this creature was that it had a female
head
—not a female upper body but
only
the head—and it had crimson eight eyes with no facial features.
Once it came into view, air itself turned silent—birds dropped lifeless to the ground, space cracked wherever its legs touched.
"Ahhhhh, what the fu#) is
wrong
with this world! From the moment I saw the black sun, I knew this world was Fux&*p," Slime#47 roared out loud in panic.
His jelly body wobbled intensely due to the eerie and
chilling
creature in the sky.
Whoosh!
A large web was spat out by the spider, which caught Slime#47,
trapping
him.
’This... abomination is after me... #@&*&##’
His mind shattered in fear.
[ Ding! Caution!
Caution! ]
[ Slime#47 is getting contaminated with Eldritch’s aura! ]
[ Requesting Slime#47’s command to self-destruct! ]
[ —Y— or —N— ]
Elder Slime and all slimes fell down, asleep. If one were to look from the sky, all the living creatures on the ground were falling one by one
—Thud!—Thud!
[ ...Waiting for command! ]
[ Slime#47 is not responding! ]
[ Proceeding to kill the Slime#47! ]
[ Casting the ’Black lightening of Destruction’! ]
Boom! Crack!
The spider loomed just in front of the young slime as
—Ziiii!—
a beam of black
lightning
struck down on Slime#47 from above.
The jelly blob turned into
dust
within the blink of an eye!
"AHhhh, TIME GOD!..." the spider roared, voice splitting the sky.
End of the Chapter. _______________________________________
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