The newly evolved Mini Slime felt…..exactly the same…a bit disappointing it thought.

I…feel…same.

After the warmth had faded from its body nothing much felt different, it had gained strength and got tired less quickly but other than that…nothing.

Hmmm…wait…can....think!th

Okay, this was definitely new. This was something it had not felt before. Now that it could form some coherent thoughts it realised, this is what had been holding it back. It just needed to get stronger and it would be able to continue to think and do more. To understand and progress better, it liked being able to think. Granted its thoughts were sluggish at the moment, but it also felt that that was just temporary and would definitely improve with time as it grew and evolved more. This was a good choice! Mini Slime was so good!

If it had been able to choose, it might have selected to wait and go for a different evolution option but no point in worrying about that now. It might have gained the capability of thinking but it definitely hadn’t learned about having regrets yet. It would be a while before it gained that level of reflection of thought.

So there it was, spread out, looking up towards the flies. It couldn’t see much beyond the flies themselves. There were a lot of them but the eyes were not able to actually resolve anything beyond 1m away. After that everything was a hazy blur. Currently spread out as it was, it was maybe 10cm long and 5cm wide but very thin, less than a cm in thickness, as it continued to make its slow and ponderous process forward from the edge of the woods.

To anyone looking at it, it looked like a slow-moving brown puddle that smelled like dung -thanks to Odour Alteration- with hundreds of Flies hovering over it. It was quite disgusting honestly, but the Mini Slime had no concept of clean or dirty or disgusting, so it just kept moving. At least it was no longer moving as slow as a Slug. Instead, it was the speed of a Sloth which was not much faster, but it could feel its speed slowly improving.

It was just thinking about what to do next when there was a crash from inside the woods, and a small creature scampered through. It was small, maybe no wider or longer than the Mini Slime, but it was a lot taller. It seemed to be running from something. The Mini Slime was not able to hear it coming, but it saw the disturbance among the flies above it as they grew more and more agitated. Since it hadn’t seen anything before, it did not know what to expect. It definitely had not expected for the creature to sink it taloned feet deep into its body where its eyes were!

You have received 16 HP of damage!

The pain that it felt was definitely a first. Slime does not have much in the way of a corporeal body and so it had not been in a situation which might cause it pain. This was not the tickling sensation of flies beating their wings against it in order to escape from its grasp. The only exception had been when it dragged its small body over the broken remnants of the wall of the Alchemists lab many hours ago, but that had long healed and been forgotten.

This was something altogether different; there was an impression of the animals foot in its body with a number of flies embedded in it that had not been quick enough to get out of the way.

If that weren’t bad enough, before it had even had a chance to recover from that injury, an even larger paw with sharper talons landed directly on top of it as well! This paw was larger than the last one and much heavier. You can bet that it hurt even more than the previous one had.

You have received 57 HP of damage!

You are in critical condition, less than 10% HP left! Restore your health at the earliest possible time!

It had reached a level of comprehension that told it that it needed to stop spreading itself out and hide. This was becoming too risky.

Need…safe!

It moved as quickly as it could, which was not very fast, to the base of the nearest tree. The Mini Slime curled in on itself. The good news. The silver lining if you will, was that being completely stomped to near death had embedded every single fly that was hovering above it. It could Absorb and Digest them all.

You have Absorbed 487 Flies!

Assimilation failed!

….

Assimilation failed!

It took a few hours for it to digest all of the Flies but it was very happy with the results, even though it had not recovered from the damage caused it was happy about its gains.

You have Assimilated 3 Fly gaining 0.3 Exp. You have Assimilated the Wings, Legs and Feelers.

You are awarded Wings of the Fly Level 1! Congratulations, you have gained the ability to Fly!

You are awarded Legs of the Fly Level 1! Congratulations, you have gained the ability to Walk!

Assimilate has increased to Level 3!

You are awarded Feelers of the Fly! Congratulations, you have gained +2 Perception!

Absorb has increased to Level 4!

Absorb has increased to Level 5!

Absorb has increased to Level 6!

You have Digested 484 Flies! You have gained 48.7 Exp for killing 487 Flies.

Through Digest and Photosynthesis you have gained 7.04g of Weight; your Weight has increased to 72.117g, your Volume has grown to 36.059cm3!

Digest has increased to Level 4!

Digest has increased to Level 5!

Digest has increased to Level 6!

Odour Alteration has increased to Level 2! You can now store and use 2 Odours at anytime!

YOU HAVE REACHED Mini Slime Level 2! CONGRATULATIONS! +1 Intellect, +1 Strength, +1 Speed

YOU HAVE REACHED Mini Slime Level 3! CONGRATULATIONS! +1 Intellect, +1 Endurance, +1 Vitality

YOU HAVE REACHED Mini Slime Level 4! CONGRATULATIONS! +1 Intellect, +1 Strength, +1 Speed

YOU HAVE REACHED Mini Slime Level 5! CONGRATULATIONS! +1 Intellect, +1 Endurance, +1 Vitality

YOU HAVE REACHED Mini Slime Level 6! CONGRATULATIONS! +1 Intellect, +1 Strength, +1 Speed

YOU HAVE REACHED Mini Slime Level 7! CONGRATULATIONS! +1 Intellect, +1 Endurance, +1 Vitality

You have reached the Maximum Level for a Mini Slime! You are ready to evolve!

Evolutionary Options

Tier 3 - Slime

Requirements: Be a Mini Slime Level 7

Description: A Slime is simply a large form of Mini Slime, it has greater capabilities than the Mini Slime simply due to its size, no other special characteristics.

Evolutionary Bonus: +2 Intellect, +4 Strength, +3 Endurance, +25HP, +10HP Regen, +8SP, +3SP Regen

Requirements Met

Tier 2 - Aerial Mini Slime

Requirements: Be a Mini Slime Level 7, have Assimilated Wings of the Fly, Level 3

Description: Aerial Mini Slime does not increase in size or strength however it allows you to enhance you current form by integrating the flight capability more fully with your form, allows you to manifest and retract wings instantly and each level up will multiply the amount of experience you collect while flying.

Evolutionary Bonus: +1 Intellect, Gain Accuracy Stat +2, Gain Reaction Stat +2, +2 Speed, +2 Perception, +15HP, +10SP, +3SP Regen

Requirements Not Met

Tier 2 - Dense Mini Slime

Requirements: Be a Mini Slime Level 7, have a Density greater than 5.00g/cm3

Description: This is a denser form of Slime, you will be able to pack more of a punch behind your actions and skills, however at the cost of being slower.

Evolutionary Bonus: +1 Intellect, +4 Strength, +3 Endurance, -2 Speed, +2 Vitality, +30HP, +10HP Regen, +15SP, +5SP Regen

Requirements Not Met

Tier 3 - Fly

Requirements: Be a Mini Slime Level 7, have Assimilated Wings, Legs and Eyes of the Fly, all at Level 5+.

Description: You change into a Fly, you will have the features and capabilities of the Fly as well as 3x bonus to any Fly related skills.

Evolutionary Bonus: +1 Intellect, +4 Speed, Gain Dexterity Stat +3, Gain Accuracy Stat +4, Gain Reaction Stat +4, -20HP, -5HP Regen, +20SP, +10SP Regen

Requirements Not Met

You have only qualified for 1 Evolutionary Option, do you wish to Evolve now or wait? If you do not choose you will automatically be evolved, if you would like to wait you will need to select No.

Yes / No?