Lucien’s heart skipped a beat, his breathing quickening.
There are so many evolution options! They all looked great!
But evolution had a failure rate.
So this depends on luck, or...?
The system popped up like a ghost.
DING! [With a suitable material and condition, the failure rate will drop sharply.]
An image unfolded in Lucien’s mind— like a 3D animation.
Corrosive liquid from the Sli King dripped onto a common sli.
Then—
Pyang!
[Potent Acid Sli] is born!
Its acid is now capable of corroding iron and steel!
Oho, so that’s how it is.
Lucien’s mind moved and his 360° vision zood into the sli dungeon.
There, the king and queen laid limp, still recovering from their injuries.
Seeing them, Lucien’s conscience ached, but the mini dungeon boss in Lucien’s mind scoffed.
—Weak....
Lucien’s inner soul twitched his lips and balled his fists.
You’re weak! Your whole family is weak!
Outwardly, Lucien patted his head and ordered,
"Use the Healing Pool at the back. Bring the other slis along."
With his main dungeon’s energy at full percentage, healing these slis wouldn’t hurt.
The other surviving slis heard Lucien’s words and subconsciously kneeled into a pool of water, their eyes watery.
"Glurg!"
The lord is so kind!
All hail the lord!
The slis left the bathroom and one by one, they sneaked to the healing pool in the backyard.
In just ten minutes, the slis returned— finally no longer on the brink of dying.
Only then did Lucien clear his throat and speak firmly, his inner soul squirming with embarrassnt.
"King. Queen. I need your saliva."
This...this feels shaless and cruel, but— he needed it!
The sli king and queen imdiately rose from the ground, their green, poisoned body slowly turning back to blue.
"Glurg!"
My lord! It’s our honour!
Without any hesitation, the two slis squeezed out their saliva and poured it into the crater.
Then, Lucien slid the air with his finger and a random mob sli was lifted into the air.
"G-glurg!"
The chosen sli was so nervous it almost fainted, but Lucien’s voice soothed it.
"Enter the saliva crater. I am rewarding your loyalty."
"Glurgg?"
The mob sli was tossed into the saliva lake and soon, a panel popped up in front of Lucien.
[A mob sli detected]
[Select the evolution path]
Lucien chose the [Potent Acid Sli].
The sli inside the pool instantly felt a strange energy pouring out of the dungeon, flowing into its body.
"G-glurgggg!"
A tearing pain swept over and the sli’s consciousness flickered, its body glowed in a twisted light.
In Lucien’s 360° vision, he could see the king and queen’s saliva slowly seeping into the sli’s body while the sli’s own saliva bubbled like a volcano.
The boiling liquid slowly ford a hard core at the center of the body, unmoving despite the raging liquid around.
The failure rate rapidly decreased from 10% all the way to 0%.
"Glurgggg!"
With a final cry, the light flashed and the mob sli stumbled out.
The mont it ca out of the light, its blue body turned darker, becoming navy blue.
Its size didn’t change, but the ground touching its skin turned black, charred even when it didn’t touch the saliva yet.
DING! [Evolution successful!]
[Potent Acid Sli: 1]
Lucien’s finger pinched the sli and examined it.
"G-glurg?"
Hmm, it grew a core. With this, as long as the core didn’t break, it wouldn’t die so easily!
Its rank—
A status window appeared above the sli’s head.
[Potent Acid Sli
Rank: E]
The other slis keenly felt the change in the mob sli’s body.
Although the aura wasn’t as suffocating as the giant slis or the sli king and queen...
The mob sli beca a towering mountain in other sli’s eyes.
Envy and jealousy poured out of the slis’ eyes.
Glurg! T-they also wanted to beco stronger!
Lucien could understand the slis’ words and he slowly put down the newly-minted navy sli.
"Patience. Everyone will have their turns."
Since turning an ordinary sli into a Potent Acid Sli went smoothly...
How about trying other variants?
Lucien picked another mob sli— one without a core.
Then, he looked at the [dicinal Gel Sli] option and his mind stirred.
Should he use the healing pool’s water? That should be enough, right?
Lucien’s mind moved and a blob of water from the Healing Pool disappeared, entering the sli dungeon at the bathroom’s void.
Splash.
The healing water swayed in the air, drops of water slowly entering the mob sli with a core.
Lucien imdiately chose the second evolution path—
[dicinal Gel Sli]!
Woongggg.
The sli glowed in a bright light, its body twisting.
"Glurgg!"
The corrosive saliva in its body slowly evaporates, replaced by the healing water.
Bit by bit, the healing water condensed, turning into a gel.
Then, the gel gradually hardened, forming a core.
The failure rate rapidly decreased from 30% all the way to 10%.
Just like before, the sli shrieked, the light flashed and it ca out with a tumble.
DING! [You have successfully evolved a mob sli!]
[dicinal Gel Sli: 1]
Lucien checked the sli and strangely, it didn’t spit out corrosive saliva anymore.
If anything, it spat out a blob of gel from its body and the gel emitted a dicinal sll.
It didn’t heal wounds right away, but it looked like it could be used for many potions and dicines?
So this one isn’t a combat sli but a resource one.
Lucien’s inner soul rubbed his hands excitedly.
This could be sold at the black market!
It would definitely make money— a lot of money!
Good, good.
Both sli variants evolved successfully and Lucien couldn’t help but look at the third variant for the mob sli—
The Healing Crystal Sli.
This one definitely could heal and maybe it could produce so kind of healing-related crystal...
Is the healing pool water enough?
Lucien had a feeling that it wouldn’t be enough when the system’s panel blinked and Mumu’s tenant status window popped up.
[Tenant Mumu’s Status]
Level: E-rank
Skills:
• Healing (E-rank)
• Mind purification (E-rank)
Lucien’s eyes widened.
Wait, Mumu leveled up? And he could use skills??
Only boss monsters had skills!
Is it because Mumu is his tenant, or is it because he’s the ’key figure’ ntioned in the system panel before?
Lucien wasn’t sure yet, but he finally knew what material he needed.
Mumu’s saliva?
Lucien’s invisible force gently lifted Mumu from the bed and summoned him back to the sli dungeon.
Mumu imdiately woke up from his sleep, his eyes bleary.
"Muuuu..."
Is it you, bad uncle?
"Shhh. It’s . Mumu, sorry to wake you up, but can you give so of your saliva?"
"Muuu..."
Mumu nodded weakly and spat out.
His saliva didn’t have any corrosive traits anymore.
If anything, it glowed golden, like a sacred liquid.
Lucien quickly captured the saliva with his invisible force and brought Mumu back to the room.
Then, he picked a mob sli without a core, poured the healing water and dripped a drop of Mumu’s saliva onto its body before he chose the third variant—
[Healing Crystal Sli]
"Glurggg!"
Light flashed from the sli and its body absorbed both the healing water and Mumu’s healing saliva.
The failure rate rapidly decreased from 80% to 60%— and it stopped there.
Lucien gulped, his palm sweated.
C’mon, success, success—
The sli’s skin slowly hardened, turning into a crystal.
The corrosive water in the body turned into a glowing liquid like Mumu’s, just much dimr.
Then, the liquid slowly ford a core— but what ca out was a deford core.
Tak.
The sli’s body trembled, its eyes slowly closed.
"Glurggg!"
The sli shrieked— and then fell silent.
Pyas!
The light flickered twice.
The sli plumted from the light and a red panel popped up.
[Evolution fails!]
[Number of slis: 99]
Lucien’s face changed.
What went wrong?
Bad luck?
Or— is he missing sothing?
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