Apotheosis of a Demon - A Monster Evolution Story

Chapter 14

I had a new comrade on my journey of pain. It's a jelly slime. Her name's Blobsy... wait, was it a her or a him? Pretty sure slimes didn't have that sort of distinction anyway, so I say she's female from now on.

Hey, Blobsy. Say hi.

*boing!*

[Blobsy] [Race: Jelly Slime] [Kin of Shedy, the Demon][Magic Points: 10/10] [Hit Points: 10/10][Total Combat Power: 10][Special Skill: Laundry]

She could handle a squirrel at most.

Her special skill was to disintegrate any stubborn stains she touched. A terribly tiny blob. I couldn't even imagine how she'd fight.

...what should I do? Apparently she's my kin now, but it seemed next to impossible for her to do anything besides being a cute mascot and washing clothes. Well, the cuteness already made her indispensable to me, though.

Like right now. While I was resting a bit to recover from the stress, Blobsy started to bounce after some grasshoppers, probably for food. Then she returned, giving up after catching nothing, and began munching on some wild grass.

Cuuuute...

I started walking again. She jerked in shock, then panic-bounced after me. Once she caught up, she circled around me in excitement, tired herself out, then desperately climbed me. Now she was blobbing out on my shoulder, resting.

Cuuuute...

I might not know what she was thinking, but she seemed to understand what I wanted. Plus somehow, I always had a sense for her location.

And so I continued my journey to search for a human country, with the salve for my bruised soul sitting on my shoulder.

Once we left the horned wolves' territory, the forest turned out to be surprisingly peaceful. Nothing was jumping out at us every few steps. There were only squirrels, rabbits, deers, and other such animals.

No wonder Blobsy could survive.

But even in such a peaceful forest, there still existed that weakest of monsters: the red caterpillars. Surprisingly ubiquitous, these bugs. They weren't worth anything to me at this point, and even Blobsy could probably outrun them. It'd be troublesome if they picked a fight, though, so I took off my hood and scared them off with my natural face.

My head was just a blank oval. If I didn't have the rabbit ears, it's be just an egg.

Two days since Blobsy came with me, my [Humanoid Form (Amateur)] skill leveled up again.

[Shedy] [Race: White Ghast] [Low Demon (High-Rank)]・A low demon made of dust and gases. An intelligent spiritual lifeform.[Magic Points: 330/330] 5↑[Total Combat Power: 363/363] 6↑[Unique Skill: Reroll] [Racial Skill: Fear][Simple Identification] [Humanoid Form (Apprentice)]

The amateur was an apprentice, now.

I knew it. Once I acquired the foundation for shapeshifting, it's a lot easier to improve the skill.

The dishwasher had graduated into the potato-peeler. My food's good enough for me to eat, but not enough to serve any customers.

I didn't need to build my sandcastle barehanded anymore – the rise in skill rank gave me a 'trowel', so to speak. My hands, once mittens, could do rock-paper-scissors now.

I hadn't been idle with my hunting, either. There weren't any strong monsters, but I did get attacked by a bear. Not a huge one, just around 120 centimeters. It had some weird white markings around its neck.