It had been two weeks since the extermination request for the Moon Kobold was posted.
At first, many adventurers were enthusiastic about hunting the Moon Kobold.
However, by the end of the first week, that enthusiasm gradually faded.
The adventurers searched diligently for the Moon Kobold.
They thoroughly searched all areas near where the roars were heard.
But they could not find the Moon Kobold in the end.
The most suspicious trace was found on the first day of exploration.
When they saw a tree deeply scratched with claw marks, they thought the prey must be nearby.
Especially since there was a cave right nearby!
That’s why the adventurers thoroughly investigated and searched the area.
They entered the dark cave and even waited near it for several days, but the Moon Kobold never appeared.
Other adventurers, thinking it might have relocated, quickly expanded the search area, but they couldn’t find a trace of it.
They had hoped to make easy money by catching a relatively low-rank monster, but only wasted ti and effort in vain.
Unaware that a sli had already taken down the Moon Kobold on the night of the roar, the adventurers were left empty-handed.
anwhile, during those two weeks, the Godrick Party and the sli each achieved great success.
First, while other adventurers were fixated on the Moon Kobold, the Godrick Party steadily hunted orcs and other D-rank monsters to build their record.
Although they didn’t fight many monsters directly, the Godrick Party gained a variety of experiences as rcenaries.
And with the sli’s support, D-rank monsters weren’t difficult opponents.
As a result, the Godrick Party was now on the verge of taking the C-rank promotion test.
And as for the sli’s major achievent—
[Shop Function Unlocked]
It was the unlocking of the shop function.
Aside from the troubleso Moon Kobold, the kobold had introduced monsters near the city.
In particular, monsters that would allow the sli to earn coins.
Of course, they only went out at night.
And only to monsters within range that the sli could defeat and return from by dawn, considering its speed.
The sli was happy to quickly find monsters that would yield coins.
‘As expected, my knowledge isn’t outdated!’
Troll rejoiced in the fact that even after 30 years, he wasn’t obsolete.
Though the monsters didn’t yield as many coins as the rare Moon Kobold, they still gave 2 or 3 coins each ti they were defeated.
By continuing to defeat such monsters at night, the sli finally accumulated 100 coins and was able to open the shop.
The shop notification that popped up at midnight made the sli bounce with joy.
▷Shop! I got it!
▶👏👏👏👏
▶ 👏👏👏👏👏
[Noblesse Fire]▶What, you only just got it?
[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶On the contrary, now’s the ti to be praised. This is why unsympathetic, shut-in, neckbeard dragons are useless.
[Noblesse Fire]▶You punk! Coming back after a long ti just to start a fight?
[Squishy Queen]▶My kin! What! What kinds of skills can you buy?
The viewers were curious about which skills the sli could buy from the shop.
Because the list of items sold in the shop differed from monster to monster.
What you could buy in the shop were essentially the skills you didn’t choose or couldn't obtain due to missing so small condition—available for purchase with coins.
The sli opened the shop and looked over the list of skills.
[Poison Creation: 5 coins]
[Antidote Creation: 5 coins]
[Devour: 10 coins]
[Bounce Jumping: 10 coins]
[Hardening: 15 coins]
[Tentacle Creation: 20 coins]
[Glow: 5 coins]
‘So many!’
Boing! Boing!
The sli was thrilled by how many skills were available in the shop.
▶What the heck? It’s jumping like crazy.
▶ Seems like more ca out than expected?
▶ Tell us, tell us, tell us, tell us, tell us.
Responding happily to the viewers’ requests, the sli shared the list of available skills in its shop.
▶These are just right for a sli to have.
▶What’s Hardening?
▶Wait a sec! What is Hardening?
▶ It’s a skill that hardens the body to deal more damage with physical attacks like body slams!
▶Too much detail lol
Looking at the skill list, the sli thought hard.
Which one should it get?
‘Should I just buy them all?’
Currently, the sli had 85 coins.
Buying all the skills in the shop would cost a total of 70 coins.
It could buy them all.
But the sli decided not to rush into it and asked the chat first.
Because the viewers in the chat likely knew more than it did.
▷Should I buy them all?
▶Full purchase? lololol
▶ 🤩Go all in!!!
[Squishy Queen]▶What are you saying about going all in! Silence, you fools! My kin! You must never rashly buy all the skills!
▷Why?
Although innocent, the sli had learned from observing the chat how to distinguish jokes from genuine advice.
So it responded to the words of the Sli Queen.
[Squishy Queen]▶Because we don’t know how many coins the next evolution might cost! Don’t overspend and ruin your future!
[Thread-Lady]▶That’s right~Squishy! It’s good to pick two skills you like for now and buy more later!
▶Nothing’s worse than running out of coins before your evolution and having to grind hard lol
‘I see!’
Accepting their advice, the sli decided to choose the skill it most wanted.
But to do that, it needed to know in detail what each skill did.
Apart from Poison Creation, Antidote Creation, and Hardening, which were easy to guess or had been explained in chat, the sli opened the detailed descriptions through the system.
[Devour: Expands body volu to absorb entities larger than itself.]
[Bounce Jumping: Consus mana to enhance elasticity and perform a high jump. Can jump very high.]
[Tentacle Generation: Creates tentacles that can move freely. Consus mana to regenerate tentacles or to extend them beyond a certain length.]
[Glow: Emits light beyond a certain intensity. Can emit stronger light by consuming mana.]
Thanks to the detailed explanations, the sli was able to understand what each skill did.
And after reading the descriptions, the sli chose the skill it wanted.
‘I want this one!’
***
Having obtained a new skill, the sli was overco with the desire to brag about it imdiately.
Of course, it didn’t want to boast to just anyone, only to those it considered close.
While the Godrick Party was on the move after receiving an orc extermination request—
The sli confird that there were no other humans nearby using its detection skill, then jumped off Def’s head.
Boing!
“Huh? Tongtong, what’s wrong?”
“What the— Is a monster coming?”
Def looked puzzled as the sli suddenly jumped down from his head, and Godrick beca alert to their surroundings.
That was because monsters often appeared when the sli suddenly leapt down.
But this ti, the sli wasn’t reacting to a monster’s presence.
It was just eager to show off its new skill.
The sli bounced in circles around the Godrick Party.
“What’s this? Why is it acting like this?”
“Pfft, does it want to play?”
“Tongtong, let’s play later. We’re in the middle of a quest right now.”
After confirming everyone’s attention was on it, the sli suddenly stopped and bounced in place.
Boing! Boing! Boing!
After bouncing a few tis to warm up—
‘Bounce Jumping!’
Using mana, the sli increased its elasticity and leapt high into the air.
Boo~yoing~!
The sli suddenly shot upward.
It soared well above the treetops and kept going even higher.
“Whoa!?”
“T-Tongtong!”
“What is that?!”
“Flying sli...”
“Now’s not the ti for nonsense, Hawane!”
The Godrick Party was left speechless as they watched the sli leap into the sky.
Sure, it was good at jumping and ramming into monsters before, but no one expected it to jump that high.
And monts later—
Boing! Boing! Boing!
After landing, the sli bounced several more tis in place due to its elasticity.
‘Amazing, right?!’
The sli leaned its body slightly backward as if asking for praise.
The first to pick up on that was Def.
“A-Amazing, Tongtong!”
As soon as Def praised it, the sli jumped onto his shoulder and vibrated.
“Hehehe, i-it tickles, Tongtong.”
Normally, it would have gone back to his head from there.
But one complint wasn’t enough for the sli.
Sliding down from Def’s shoulder, it then climbed onto Hawane’s.
“Huh? Why are you on my shoulder—”
“Hawane! Tongtong wants more complints!”
“Pfft, too? Alright. That was aweso, Tongtong.”
Brrrrrrrr!
As if confirming Def’s words were correct, the sli vibrated happily on Hawane’s shoulder.
Then it moved on to Godrick’s shoulder.
“Yeah, yeah, that was really amazing.”
Understanding the pattern, Godrick patted the sli on his shoulder and praised it.
Brrrrrrrr!
Only one person remained—Skol.
Boing!
“Do I have to do it too?”
“It’s not like you’ll run out of complints. Just do it and get it over with, Skol.”
“Tch, fine, boss. You’re amazing! Incredible, incredible!”
Brrrrrrrr!
“Ahh! That tickles!”
Having received praise for its new skill, the sli was overjoyed.
But it still wasn’t satisfied.
There was one more skill it had yet to show.
That evening—
Def urgently knocked on the doors of Godrick, Hawane, and Skol.
“Boss! Hawane! Skol! Co quick!”
“Huh? What is it?”
“Hehe, sothing’s up.”
“Ugh, what now?!”
“C-Co to my room!”
Gathering the three in his room, Def pointed to his bed.
“Look at this!”
He gently lifted the bulging bedsheet.
And of course, underneath it was the sli.
The sudden reveal of the sli under the covers puzzled the three.
“Why’s Tongtong in there?”
“Tongtong! D-Do it again, that thing!”
‘Okay!’
Responding to Def’s words—
Vvvvvvvv!
The sli began to emit light.
It was the other skill it had chosen alongside Bounce Jumping—
Glow.
“Look! T-Tongtong is glowing!”
Jumping high was one thing.
But emitting light was sothing they never saw coming.
“What even is this thing?!”
Unable to process what was happening, Skol was stunned.
“...Ghhk, it’s a glow-in-the-dark sli.”
This ti, even Godrick couldn’t argue with Hawane’s comnt.
He simply said—
“I don’t even know if it’s a sli or so other kind of monster anymore.”
***
The next day—
‘I showed off! Got lots of praise!’
The sli, thrilled from showing off its new skills and receiving plenty of praise, was in a fantastic mood.
It had chosen Bounce Jumping out of a desire to jump higher and see more of the world.
Glow reminded it of Jessie reading books to it by lamp light back at the Ludendion mansion, which sparked fond mories.
Receiving praise made the sli want to gather more coins.
More coins ant more skills.
And more skills ant more chances to be praised.
Among those it wanted praise from were, of course, the Godrick Party—and Jessie, whom it hoped to et again soday.
And as the sli basked in its happy thoughts—
“Today’s finally the day, everyone.”
“Yes, boss!”
“Let’s go for that C-rank promotion!”
The Godrick Party was burning with motivation for the C-rank advancent test.
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