Chapter 17: Returning Back

[LOADING...]

[SAVE-POINT LOADED]

They opened their eyes and noticed a few groups of Player’s before them, they start to crowd when they seen that they were awake. Shocked they used Thorn Armour to hopefully keep them at bay, they backed off when damage was done. Just then when the Player’s backed off a small Blue Slime hopped out and bounced around them. The little Slime tried to jump onto their head but couldn’t, they flattened themselves enough so that they could freely jump on.

The little Blue Slime happy, started bouncing and jumped up. They returned to their original shape and the little Slime jumped about on top of their head. It was better to protect the Slime if they were close. They oddly felt relaxed at the close contact, not like the other’s who were just close.

'This feels nice.'

The Player’s that were watching, seem to understand that the Slime was to not be attacked or touched.

The Player’s hovered around instead for a few moments before they offered food and knickknacks for the little Slime. They were not having it and pulled the Slime away from them and started to show their Thorn Armour if they got too close. Realizing this the Player’s focused on them instead, glancing at the food offerings they decided that they weren’t about to make it easy for them and refused.

“HaaaAAAAHHH! This is useless!” One of the Player’s called out. They stared at them unimpressed and debated on weather to attack them or not. They had gotten a new Projectile Skill, it wasn’t dangerous, yet. It was harmless enough to seem like a playful thing.

They threw a Rock at the complaining Player. The Player whipped around fast to see who had done it and just to make sure that they knew exactly who, they threw another Rock. The Player in a rage tried to attack but the other Player’s that were there for their most damaging attack stopped the Rager.

Shame.

They bounced a bit and that made the Player even more mad! So mad they Logged off. They quivered at the sight and waited for the others to follow suit, but they stayed and started hatching plans on how to Tame them. ‘Whatever you think of, if it involves hurting this little Slime I’ll make sure that you never Log back in.’

Some Player’s moved on while some stayed and watched what they would do next. They silently watched and waited to see what would happen next, now that they can freely move they can decide when to strike. ‘It feels so nice to have that decision again, the feeling from before melted away when I opened my eyes. The feeling of being stuck in one space was horrible, not being able to move and just reaching out...’

The Player’s come and go and it was mostly because of the Slime’s that were now bouncing around them and on them happily. The little’s practised their fighting moves under the instruction of Protect and the occasional Slime Warrior that comes by in the night. Some of the little ones go with the Slime Warriors while some stayed and slept beside them.

If the Player’s started to get aggressive they would throw a Rock at them or the Slime’s would run to them for protection. They liked the closeness of the Slime’s and how they played, they didn’t mind that the little ones were running into them often while they played. The Player’s backed off and watched the Slime’s play while they rested, some of the Slime Warrior’s stayed behind in the tree line to help watch over them.

Days passed by and still no sign of the Food Giver, they were starting to get worried that they won’t be able to see them again. The other Player’s don’t talk to them and they were wondering if they don’t see them as a living creature. ‘This is bothersome, they are getting noisy and the only one that wasn’t a problem was the Knight that was here before.’

They glanced at the Slime’s and wondered if it would be ok to just leave them, the Slime Warrior’s proved that they were strong enough to take on the Player’s now and the Player’s seems to have gotten it in their thick skulls that the Slime’s were not worthless pixels used for EXP. But they decided to stay a bit longer just to make sure that these useless Player’s get that not everything needs to be killed.

A Slime slid down in front of them and made a soft squish sound as they landed, watching them shake off the few leaves that stuck to them and run off to play again.

It was nice to see.

Every little Slime that was there were of different colours and to them it didn’t matter what color they were anymore. They were there, living and playing. Looking over to the Player’s standing by and watching, they could see that some of them still wanted to attack them. If only they could see what those monsters see, of why they needed to fight them to get so called stronger.

A Player decided they were strong enough to walk up to them and stood before them and offered some food. Analyzing the food quickly they seen that it had Buffs on it as well as asking to Tame them. They knocked the food away and stared at the Player in a relaxed manner. What the monster did next was to be expected of a Beserker, the monster used its Skill to power it up before attacking. They recognized it as Barrage and let the first attack hit.

[Skill VENGEANCE Activated]

[VENGEANCE: Increases the overall damage of the user as they take more damage over time. Deals 25 Damage and Increases 15 Damage over time.]

-15 HP

+15 HP

They felt power course through them, straight to their Core, not only that but a fire burned within that very Core. The fire spread, the Hit’s they took before felt like it was being repeated, they felt the sting of the metal that struck them. The fire was hot then cooled before erupting!

-25 HP

[Skill CASCADE Activated]

[CASCADE: User Attacks x25]

+25 HP

They breathed heavily as the Hit’s started repeat it’s burning cut to their skin, their limbs trembled as they gripped something in their hands.

-35 HP

+35 HP

They looked at the Player and everything they felt, the Rage and Hatred aimed at that Monster and they unleashed everything they had to endure when they first got there.

The Slime was hit once and took the form of VictoryBell but Green, VictoryBell is a Level 24 Beserker Class. But the Level 1 Slime didn’t attack back, instead it’s eyes were closed as VictoryBell continued to hit the Slime. Murmur’s from the gathered crowd about the Slime just taking the hit and soon about killing the Spawning Slime’s for EXP and Loot. That is, until the Slime opened it’s eyes and stared down VictoryBell in a glare. It raised the Sword and attacked once.

“No wonder Tamers want that thing...” the other User’s whispered. “It’s so strong!”

Rage filled their Core as the Skill’s were put to work, raising their own Sword they glared at the Monster that was aiming for another attack that would slay them. They put their Speed to the test and everything felt natural.

They felt Rage in the tips of their fingers, in the fibres of their arms and legs, their Core pulsed rapidly and their vision started to Darken and turn Red. They felt a pulse within them starting to take over and Roar to life, breathing heavily they trembled at the sheer weight of the Sword that was now lifting of it’s own accord.

They decided to let the Sword strike.

The Sword pulled them forward and they hung onto the hilt with both hands as their body was taking a stance that felt all to familiar.

They quickly slashed down and hit the Monster, all the Rage they felt before leaving them momentarily before being filled back up and they felt the need to hit it again.

To hit the Monster until there was nothing left!

‘Well, why stop?’ their eyes widen as they smiled, they let the Sword do the talking, all they had to do was follow the movements and motions the Sword wants.

They struck the Player again, changed positions and swiftly slashed. They felt gleeful in their attacks.

Repeating the motions again and again until something flashed before them.

[ERROR SKILL POINTS LOCKED]

‘What?’ They felt the energy start to drain and they knew that they had to speed this along. ‘Well good thing I’m a fast Slime. Let’s finish this!’

Regaining the Rage they felt before they started to strike without stopping and hit them in different spots until they found a Vital Point and started striking it repeatedly until the Player’s HP was going down faster and faster!

‘Leave my FAMILY ALONE!’

The Player exploded in Green EXP and went to them along with the loot that the Player dropped. They never felt so powerful as the Level’s started racking up. They felt like they could take down something much stronger. They reverted back to a Slime in their old spot and they looked around before the Green Screen started to slaughter their eye sight.

[User VICTORYBELL Slain]

[UNTAMEABLE gained 851 EXP]

[LEVEL UP]

[Skill SMITE learned]

[SMITE: A skill to take down enemies with one hit. Chance of Hitting the target 10%]

[Skill SMITE Max Level]

‘Now that would have been a useful Skill just then! Stupid Game System...’ they pouted as they read the Skill quickly before moving to the next.

[LEVEL UP]

[Skill INTIMIDATE learned]

[INTIMIDATE: A skill to lower Attack by 25%]

[Skill INTIMIDATE Max Level]

‘Oh, that also would have been HELPFUL! This System is just laughing in my face!’ They tried not to get to riled up not unless they want REST to activate on them suddenly.

[LEVEL UP]

[Skill GUARD learned]

[GUARD: Protects Party Member’s from 5 Attacks]

[Skill GUARD Max Level]

‘Ok, that’s a nice Skill to have, will it work Long Distances? And will it protect an entire town? I might have to put it to the test.’ They settled down at such nice Skill’s began to pour in after their first real battle.

[LEVEL UP]

[Skill KARMA learned]

[KARMA: What Comes Around Goes Around comes back to the user x100 (Passive)]

[Skill KARMA Max Level]

[KARMA now looks to UNTAMEABLE]

[KARMA will come back]

‘Oh wonderful... that’s a Skill that won’t bite me later. So I’ve gained Levels for defeating someone. Why didn’t it happen before? Am I still broken?’ They felt exhausted and no longer wished to think about what would happen next. The Player’s backed away having now learned a great deal about them and what they could do when pushed too far. Protect also seemed to flinch away at their slightest movement.

The Slime Warrior’s steped out to take the little ones away and this time Protect goes with them without a word.

[Skill GUARD Activated]

[SLIME HOPE is now GUARDED]

[KARMA will come back]

‘Silence you!’

[KARMA will come back]

[KARMA Notifications turned OFF]

‘I’m sorry, but you scare me with the messages. I would rather be like everyone else and not know when you’ll come back.’

[ERROR SKILL POINTS LOCKED]

[KARMA #4$ taken $%)(#%]

They relaxed after that onslaught of Notifications about the rest of their Stats going up. The Player’s had left them alone and the day was ending which means the Player’s would be Logging Off soon.

[SAVING...]

[SAVE-POINT SAVED]