Sora POV

Dammit! I can’t find my slime half. Where the hell did it go?

I cannot sense it nor can I find any traces of it. This is starting to bug me – just where the hell did it go. It isn’t that I can use it but wasn’t that the case with the skeleton bones earlier? I couldn’t use skeleton mode before but now I can. Maybe, there was a way to revert – argh! I need to find it. The number of things I need to look for keeps increasing. If this was searching for new treasure it would have been fun but heck! I am looking for things I have lost! It isn’t fun but more like work!

T_T I hate work. I miss Royal Road…so much easier there…

I already checked with the doctor but it seems he doesn’t have it.

The only person I can think of is Mizuki. She *must* know where it is but I am not going to go back up to her and ask her where is it – too troublesome to be involved with her. Look where it got Ai, the poor girl has become a Gate keeper….so troublesome. Everything is so troublesome.

I guess, after I defeat all the Gate Keepers, I will go and recover it from her. Right now, I need to test the limits of my strength….which is something better understood when I see my stats menu:

Status Window - SorachanNameSoraChanLevel11ProfessionNoneHealth1100+26000Mana-Strength44 + 325Agility4 + 325Wisdom32 + 325Intellect15 + 325Luck10 + 90Leadership100Attack25 + 1000Defense10 + 325Dexterity10Stamina121 + 10000Bloodthirst34 + 500Vitality85 + 10000Charisma3 + 7Endurance33 + 325Unused Stat Points45Monster Ranking13599

Slime Elasticity - 150

Slime Durability – 106

Slime Conversion – 8 litre / hour

Layering – 123

Compactness - 250

Stitching - 59

Fusion - 185

Sweat - 52

Cool Down - 52

Digging – level 23

Hunting – level 24

Moisture absorption – level 21

Moisture retention – level 20

Resistance to heat level – level 12

Stealth – level 25

Tracking – level 33

Bone Rigidity – Level 3

Bone Joint Strength – Level 5

Bone Strength – Level 10

Bone Joint Flexibility – Level 6

Skeleton Glare – Level 1

Ice Affinity – 100% [Unlocked!]

Empress Dagger – Level 50 [Unlocked!]

Empress Shards – Level 50 [Unlocked!]

Empress Coffin – Level 50 [Unlocked!]

Titles Bestowed: "The Shame of the Empire", "Hero of the Alliance", "Lolicon-sama"

Eh?

…

Something must be wrong with my eyes….

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I have only one word to describe this…this menu is broken.

There is something very wrong with this game if a level 11 can have stats like those.

What the hell is up with these numbers? I can safely conclude the menu option is broken. …Looking at this *broken* menu will only be a waste of time. True strength can only be tested practically.

Now where in gods name is the exit to the lower floor…

“Excuse me…could you please point me to the direction to the lower floor.”

Wait a minute…I recognize these skeletons…

“You guys…Would you gentle-skeleton men be so kind enough as to show me the way to the lower floor.”

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“Excuse me…could you please point me to the direction to the lower floor.” Sora asked a passing by group of skeletons….it was the very same bunch whom he had met earlier. “You guys…” Sora’s eyes had a very devilish look– there was a certain favour he needed to return to them. “Would you gentle-skeleton men be so kind enough as to show me the way to the lower floor.”

“Who the f*ck you?” The shark-man skeleton asked. It seemed as though he did not recognize Sora. Then again, skeletons did look terribly similar to each other. Sora was only able to recognize the group because the four skeletons were travelling in a group – a Shark head skeleton with the bone body of a humanoid, a parrot head skeleton with the bone body of a humanoid and two human skeletons.

“It seems other than politeness, I will need to teach you grammar as well.” Sora muttered. “Looks like I need to refresh their memories…”

The four skeletons didn’t even bother listening to what Sora was muttering – they just rushed at him. Who would give their enemy a chance to talk? Sora was no enemy but he certainly spoke strange (being polite is strange for monsters) which more than a justification for these dumb brutes to attack Sora.

Similar to last time Sora dodged them with the same uncanny-slow-but effective moves. After dodging the first few attacks, the skeleton group immediately recognized Sora – the idiot who messed with the orc.

“Some bones just don’t learn.” Gladus said as he released his aura. The others didn’t disapprove this time. They knew if Gladus didn’t release his aura, they wouldn’t be able to touch Sora.

Gladus’ moves became faster and sharper. However, Sora was still able to easily dodge. This perplexed the four. What happened? Previously, he was barely able to dodge – now he has no problems?

Of course, Sora would have no problems. All his stats received massive boosts since his transformation in the ice coffin – it would be silly to imagine that Sora would still be struggling. Not only did Sora’s movements become faster but he felt as though the Shark-man had become slower. This was the most obvious benefit of having a high AGI.

The other three didn’t have to be told that Gladus was struggling. They too released their ‘aura’ and jumped into the fray. However, Sora was way above these small fry, if he really intended to test his strength then he couldn’t test it against these guys. Killing an ant doesn’t prove one to be strong – it proves nothing. Sora received the same feeling when he was toying around with the four skeletons – they were no longer any threat to him. Their stats were inferior to his in every way.

[Time to finish this.] Sora said as he began utilizing his magic skills. Sora, first, began focusing on the distinct feeling the spirits gave off. It could be described as a cool and hot feeling. Unlike the time when he took the celestial orb test of strength, Sora was able to more easily call out the spirits now.

An azure blue aura engulfed Sora’s bones. It would appear as though the skeleton him were engulfed in a fiery blue flame.

Gladus and the other skeletons stopped when they saw this. The colour of an aura only mattered to the living for the dead it meant nothing. However, the thickness of the aura spoke everything regardless if one was the living or the dead. If Gladus’ aura could be described as a thin jumper sweater then Sora’s were raging flames from hell. Sora’s aura flames literally consumed him and the air surrounding him.

The four skeletons took a step back in astonishment and fear. When the weak see the strong – it is only natural to flee. The question was would Sora let them leave after what they did to him last time?

It can only be said when the group of four were found several hours later, they were disassembled in the most severe manner ever. There was no bone that had not been disconnected. It appeared as though the attacker had painstakingly taken the time to tear every ligament, pull every bone out of its socket and tidily order them in place. The four skeletons were in no shape to put themselves back together.

The goblin healer sighed when he saw this – never in his life did he see something so meticulously done. This week, he had seen enough bones-surgeries to last a life time.

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Author's note:

1. Too OP? Happy reading!