Even to the viewers, the sli’s growth and strength were on a whole different level compared to other monsters.
It had only evolved once.
Normally, if it were an ordinary Bounce Sli, it would barely be able to handle a D-rank monster, if at all.
This situation was all thanks to the unique circumstances the sli had experienced.
At first, it laid a strong foundation by eating highly nutritious als at Count Ludendion’s mansion.
For monsters, als directly translated to growth.
Thanks to that, the sli could easily handle more than ten goblins all by itself.
And even after leaving the count’s mansion, whether it was with Godrick’s party or with Alia and Paulen in the Holy City, it continued to eat nutritious als regularly.
On top of that, starting to work out with Paulen in that state allowed the sli to grow explosively.
A strong body built through balanced als, constant training, and sparring with high-level opponents.
Even if it didn’t gain experience points to evolve, the experience it accumulated continued to make it stronger.
But that wasn’t the end.
The period when the sli grew the most was when it was at Troll’s secret workshop.
Troll might have been crude, but he made dumbbells using magic, so there was no way for the sli to skip workouts.
And although it was different from sparring with Paulen, it even gained experience fighting multiple opponents using golems.
Above all, though the taste wasn’t the best, all the monsters Troll hunted were at least C-rank or higher.
As als to get stronger, they were perfect.
As a result—
—Ugh!?
Though it hadn’t evolved again, the sli gained enough strength from its tentacles alone to break free from the Orc Champion’s grip.
Seeing his hands slowly being forced apart, Orc Champion A was horrified.
‘What the hell kind of sli is this!?’
‘Grrrrrrr!’
The sli shouted in its heart, recalling Paulen’s teachings, and escaped from the Orc Champion’s grasp.
Boing!
After landing on the ground, the sli studied the Orc Champion.
‘Weak point! I have to attack!’
By investigating the bodies of dead monsters while massaging the elderly, the sli had learned that every living being had weak points.
And it understood that focusing attacks on those weak points made it easier to bring them down.
Among the monsters it hunted during those three days on commission were humanoid monsters, and the sli realized that the weak points of humans and humanoid monsters were similar.
That’s why it targeted the face with its tentacles and aid for the solar plexus with its tackles when attacking Orc Champion B.
Of course, it didn’t learn about weak points just from massaging.
While massaging elderly villagers, the sli learned more as it listened to them talk.
“Oh dear, my knees hurt so much these days~.”
“Haha, that’s what happens when you get old.”
‘Knees.’
The sli decided it needed to attack the Orc Champion’s knees.
But it didn’t go for the knees imdiately.
Among the many lessons it learned—
One was the lesson of a proper headbutt from Fenrir.
You should aim for the spot you most want to hit only at the end.
You have to make sure the opponent doesn’t expect you to target it.
Boing!
—Kugh!
Smack!
The sli used an ordinary bounce tackle that was easy for the Orc Champion to block, aiming for the solar plexus.
The Orc Champion quickly crossed his arms to block the sli’s tackle, swung his arms to fling the sli away, and hurried to pick up the greatsword he had set aside.
Boing!
The sli tid it perfectly and used another bounce tackle just as Orc Champion A grabbed his sword again.
Thud!
This ti, the Orc Champion blocked the sli’s tackle using the sword.
After blocking the sli’s bounce tackles several tis, the Orc Champion thought to himself.
‘Its attacks have gotten weaker.’
Compared to the first tackle it showed, the following attacks were clearly lacking in power.
The shock felt when blocking had lessened, and the attack speed was slow enough to track with his eyes and respond.
‘Yeah! It’s exhausted! There’s no way it can keep up attacks of that power!’
Just as the sli intended, Orc Champion A was completely deceived.
Gripping the sword handle tightly, Orc Champion A prepared to counterattack.
‘Co at again! I’ll cut you down in one strike! After that, I’ll take my anger out on those humans in the village!’
He thought he would soothe his frustration from being toyed with by the sli by kidnapping, killing, and eating humans.
And then the sli used another tackle.
Boing!
But this ti, it wasn’t a normal bounce tackle.
It was a full-power bounce jumping tackle.
Not to the solar plexus it had targeted repeatedly, but to the knees.
Orc Champion A thought it would go for the solar plexus again and swung his sword.
But of course, the greatsword never even touched the sli.
Crack!
—Kuaaaaaaaagh!
The sli’s tackle completely shattered Orc Champion A’s knee.
▶Wow, it totally crushed it.
[Just Slam First] Kyaa! That’s it! Exactly as I taught you! You’re doing great!
[Thread-Lady]▶ Our bouncy star is so cute and aweso~.
[Squishy Queen]▶ As expected, an orc is no match for my kin.
▶ Is that really a sli that’s only evolved once?
▶ If you start caring about details, you lose.
Anyone could see the fight was over.
Orc Champion B wasn’t dead, but his ribs were broken, and he couldn’t even stand.
Orc Champion A’s knee was completely destroyed, and he had collapsed.
—Kugh! A-aaaaagh!
‘Tsk, what pathetic weaklings.’
Seeing that scene, the Orc King clicked his tongue and looked at the Orc Champions with disappointnt.
Both of them were pathetic, but to the Orc King, Orc Champion A looked even more pitiful.
At least Orc Champion B had been taken down after getting caught off guard during an attack.
However, Orc Champion A had beco overly cautious of the sli the mont it broke free from his grasp.
If only he had slamd his sword to the ground and created so distance the mont he picked it up again.
But he got intimidated by the fact that the sli had overpowered him, and couldn’t fight aggressively.
‘And to think he even fell for the sli’s trick... what a fool!’
The Orc King felt no pity or sadness just because his subordinates had lost.
Winning was expected, and losing ant they were worthless.
That was simply the Orc King's logic.
While the Orc King was thinking how pathetic the champions were...
The sli, as usual, finished off the fallen Orc Champions lying on the ground.
At that mont—
[Target's required experience fulfilled.]
[You have t the conditions for evolution.]
[Multiple evolution possibilities detected for the target.]
[Please select the entity to evolve into.]
For the first ti in a long while, the mont of evolution arrived for the sli.
***
‘Evolution!’
The sli was excited at the long-awaited chance to evolve.
After all, evolving ant it could beco much stronger than it was now.
Unlike other monsters, the uniquely growing sli found it difficult to reach evolution.
That’s because the experience conditions required for evolution were subjective.
Based on its current strength, the sli only gained experience and coins when defeating monsters that were at least a certain level stronger.
But since it had grown and strengthened quickly through training and sparring, it had to defeat monsters at least B-rank or higher just to gain any experience.
After saving Claire and defeating a B-rank monster, and then defeating the two Orc Champions just now, the sli had earned a total of 7,500 coins.
Compared to the 30 coins it got from defeating a Moon Kobold, the difference was like night and day.
While the sli hadn’t been able to collect evolution experience, the evolution possibilities it had built up along the way now all appeared before its eyes at once.
[The total number of available evolution options is seven.]
[1. Huge Sli, 2. Deadly Sli, 3. Multi-Tentacle Sli, 4. dical Sli, 5. Gluttony Sli, 6. Quake Sli, 7. Mighty Sli.]
[Would you like to hear detailed explanations?]
The first ti it evolved, it had only three options.
But this ti, there were seven options.
Normally, even monsters who understood the system would only get one, maybe two options when it ca ti to evolve.
Of course, that was because they had already gone through several evolution stages to get there, but even so, the number of choices shown to the sli was abnormally high.
Happy to see the evolution notice again after so long, the sli shared the news in the chat.
▷I can evolve!
▶Huh?
[Noblesse Fire] What the heck, there wasn’t even a hint of it before. And now it finally shows up?
[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶ You really lack tact... This is where you just say congratulations. Tsk tsk. Anyway, congratulations, Squishy!
[Squishy Queen]▶At last! You can finally evolve again. This is sothing to celebrate! So then! What options do you have this ti?
▶ How many options this ti?
▷Seven!
▶ ?
▶ ??
▶ Seven lolololol
▶ Why so many lololol
The viewers were either shocked or laughing in disbelief when they saw how many evolution options there were.
No matter how many extraordinary things they had seen from the sli, having seven evolution possibilities was beyond common sense.
[Free Spirit]▶??? Wait, there are seven?
And at that mont, Troll, who was just about to call Nellin’s group to the secret workshop to talk about the sli, was so surprised that he joined the chat too.
[Squishy Queen]▶ My kin! Quickly! Tell us what options you have!
▷Okay!
The sli then posted the list of evolution options exactly as it appeared in its own selection window.
▶ Wow, there’s all sorts of stuff.
▶What’s dical Sli? (Seriously curious)
[Thread-Lady]▶ Which one would make Squishy even cuter?
[Just Slam First]▶ Body Slams! Which one can do better Body Slams!
[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶Heh, I’d love to see the detailed explanations this ti.
▶ So many choices... I’m so jealous.
While the other viewers were staring at the list of evolutions...
The Sli Queen was extrely flustered.
‘Wh-What is this? Why... why are these options showing up already!’
The evolution options that appeared for the sli...
Most of them were evolutionary forms at the level of utilizing the system.
In other words, it was like skipping from stage 2 straight to stage 7 without going step by step through stages 3 and 4.
More than anything, what shocked the Sli Queen the most...
‘What is this! What is this Mighty Sli option!’
It was the fact that even the Sli Queen didn’t know about one of the options that had appeared.
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