It Started with Slime - Part 1

Chapter 7 - Almost Died.... Again

You have failed to avoid Treaber's attack! You have received 14HP Damage from Treaber!

Arrghhh! That hurt! I need to find a way to Absorb it!

Resh didn't know what to do; it had not been in a confrontation before. It was trying to decide between fighting or running but the reality was that it had never fought anything. The flies could hardly be called a fight, nor could the two things that had run over it. With a Speed of 10 it wasn't going anywhere fast the only thing it had was Wings of the Fly it decided that it would try to Absorb the creature and if that did not work then it would fly way.

Resolved to action Resh extended slime towards the Treaber. Though small, the Treaber was feisty and it would not go down, anytime Resh extended any of its body which was significantly larger than the Treaber's it would get cut or slashed.

You have failed to avoid Treaber's attack! You have received 12HP Damage from Treaber!

You have failed to avoid Treaber's attack! You have received 9HP Damage from Treaber!

You have failed to avoid Treaber's attack! You have received 16HP Damage from Treaber!

You have failed to avoid Treaber's attack! You have received 10HP Damage from Treaber!

It had lost half of its health in 5 attacks from the Treaber before realising that the Absorb tactic was not working.

Time to think, what else can I try?

Resh formed an appendage that slowly extended from its body and down under the branch. With Tree Bark Texture still in effect, the appendage blended and went unnoticed by the Treaber. Resh funnelled more and more of its body into the appendage. Then, it reached around the back of the Treaber before slamming the appendage down on to its head! It staggered and wobbled on the branch from the impact and Resh struck again and again, hammering the Treaber like an annoying nail and within moments it was out.

You have failed to avoid Treaber's attack! You have received 15HP Damage from Treaber!

You have failed to avoid Treaber's attack! You have received 11HP Damage from Treaber!

For succumbing to so much damage +1 Endurance!

You learned Slime Club Level 1! You can extend a section of your body to use as a Club Type Weapon. Damage depends on the Level of the Skill and your Strength Stat. Note: Slime Club requires your Volume to be above 50cm3 otherwise the skill will fail.

You have hit the Treaber for 1.12 Damage! Treaber is in pain and flinched back!

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You have hit the Treaber for 1.12 Damage!

From attacking so many times you have gained +1 Strength.

Slime Club has increased to Level 2!

You have gained 15 Exp for killing Treaber!

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

Assimilate failed!

You have Absorbed and Digested the Treaber!

You have gained 45g by Digesting the Treaber; your Weight has increase to 153.95g; your Volume has increased 73.31cm3.

Resh was panting by the end of that bout.

I can't believe something so weak is stronger than I am. I have literally no way of knowing what is attacking me! I need some way of knowing what is happening around me. This is becoming dangerous every time I meet another creature it seems to almost kill me. Need stronger attacks.

Slime Club had levelled up so it would do more damage, but the other interesting thing was getting a point of Strength without a level up or evolution. Did that mean that it just needed to keep working and it would gain stats as well? It seemed to be random as it had not gained any speed even though Resh had been running and flying around, but maybe there was a threshold or maybe it needed to just keep at it and more would come.

Killing the Treaber had resulted in a level, however there had to be a more reliable way to understand the surroundings and what was in the area around poor Eyes of the Fly and Perception aside, there had to be more that could be done.

You have gained the Exploration Skill Identify Level 1! More information will be revealed with Level!

Most people would have thought it suspicious that new skills seemed to conveniently appear as required, but the Aerial Mini Slime was not forward thinking or speculative enough to worry about it. However, it would learn that in this world every lesson took its own time. It being a Slime also affected what it could learn and how quickly as well. It still had a lot to learn about its abilities and the world it was in as well. Much would be revealed with time.