Syl [A Slime Evolution LitRPG] Chapter 259 : Were-Traits

Paeris asked if I wanted to return yet, but I opted to do a bit more hunting. Even if I couldn't find another interesting monster like the werewolf, I wanted to obtain more food for my sli reserves.

Even disregarding my own safety by having a good surplus of sli mass, if Paeris was correct about my tendrils appearing similar to a hydromancer's mastery over water, then I'd need a lot more! I could summon an absolute flood of magical water, but the sa could not be said about my sli in my present condition.

"How did your fight go?" I asked Vee as we continued exploring.

"Compared to your fight, it was a joke," she snickered. "Seriously, those wolves were doing backflips! I've never seen such a ridiculous thod of attack before!"

"Speaking from experience, you don't want to get hit by their tails…" I grumbled.

We continued hunting, although the werewolf was still the only real prize for our brief ti in the forest. We encountered a few spider monsters and another bear, but nothing worth really ntioning.

I killed all of them with [Wind Magic] as before, still trying to push either my trait or the skill to the next level. Paeris was curious about it and asked if I didn't want to train my water mastery, but I rejected that idea as, at best, it would get another level in [Pseudopod].

As we returned from the forest, I looked over the gains I had made from this excursion.

To my surprise, I'd jumped straight to level twenty! Two racial levels were a lot more than I was expecting, and I could only assu that my previous experience had left close to level nineteen.

My new companion skill had also jumped two during this outing. I was glad that it seed simple to level and that my strong bond with Vee boosted its proficiency gains.

Yes! Now, this is sothing to be excited about! Just one more level to go!

"Would you like anyone to help harvest your kills?" Paeris asked as we casually strolled back.

"No, thank you, I have [Dissection LV 7] and would rather do it myself."

"A comndable level, I'm glad that your ti in the human lands was fruitful," Paeris replied. "Are there any other requests you have before we return?"

"I'm quite excited to get to harvesting, so I don't really want to visit anywhere else," I answered. "But if you're willing, I'm looking for a class crystal for Vee. We want to let her quickly swap between her profession and class for the cumulative gains."

"Miss Vee has a profession?" Paeris asked, sounding both intrigued and impressed.

"Tailoring and Weaving!" Vee replied proudly.

Paeris nodded as if the answer made perfect sense.

"And I'm an Enchanter, I went into the Runecrafting specialization," I quickly added.

Although admittedly, I haven't done anything for my specialization… I thought I'd be creating custom runes and experinting with them a lot more when I got it. Although I did make those spell orbs, do those count?

Paeris didn't respond to my answer, and when I glanced at him, he looked puzzled. I imagined thoughts of "why would a sli ever need enchanting?" were flooding his mind.

Assuming the average sli wasn't as dumb as a rock, I suppose alchemy would be the likely choice. Gods, I even had an alchemical evolution! Which, depending on what I can learn from Llewel, might be an excellent next choice. Though I do want to get a racial evolution rather than a mutation, I just can't imagine going away from the trusty blue sli that I've always been.

When we returned to our ho, Paeris left shortly after to accommodate our requests. He also ntioned informing Llewel to see us as soon as possible. On the one hand, I was happy that I wasn't being imdiately thrown into the deep end of the plot, but on the other hand, I was curious that I was being left with so much downti.

Well, I better not complain. I'll need all the downti I can get to make progress with my [Dinsion Magic].

"You know, it was pretty nice to finally see the outside world!" Vee chirped. "Well, unless you count the few seconds we were in the air when we teleported up. Which I don't personally. It was good to finally see the sun and nature and not constantly be stuck in a gloomy cave."

"The dwarven city was nice and bright, though," I replied.

"True," Vee admitted. "Still, it's a stark difference between artificial light and real sunlight! Plus, all the fresh air!"

I shrugged, "I don't mind too much. On the one hand, being outside lets fly, so that's plenty of maneuverability—when I'm not stuck in disguise, of course. But, in the caves, I think the terrain favors much more. Cramped conditions, sneak attacks, burrowing, traps, explosions, you na it!"

"I'm pretty sure you could do explosions on the surface too!"

"Sure, but I think it would attract more attention. Plus, I don't exactly have the resources to explode right now…"

"Well, hurry up and eat that werewolf then!" Vee shouted in excitent.

I nodded and started withdrawing sli, creating a large enough blob connected but outside of my "body." Then, I began pulling out so of the corpses and beginning a rapid dissection and eating session. Despite Vee's cheering, I started with the wolves since they'd be quick and get so quick sli gains.

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I'd never done this in front of anyone before, and Vee watched with so excited fascination.

"I feel like you're cheating again…" Vee grumbled as I began spitting out spotless fangs and claws.

"It's just the [Dissection] skill," I replied, a little defensively.

"So you're telling if I pick it up, I can also do it that fast and precisely? These things look absolutely spotless!"

"Well, no…"

"Cheating! Cheating sli!" Vee chanted.

I sighed and shook my head, I knew she was teasing , but it still got under my skin. However, when I saw my replenishing sli mass, I began to feel a lot of relief as a big fear of mine was rapidly diminishing.

Okay, let's get Alpha back with this sli mass!

I'd never been awake for core reconstruction unless you counted the instant one from skill purchases. I witnessed a vortex being ford within , demanding a steady supply of sli that was being compressed and refined to an impossible level—and right at the center was the beginnings of a tiny core.

I nodded with satisfaction and continued my eating and dismantling. When I ran out of wolves, I moved on to the spiders, then the bear, before finally getting around to the werewolf.

"Finally!" Vee cried out.

Part of wanted to warn her not to get her hopes up, but I held my tongue as I began the [Dissection] process. It didn't take long for to get a familiar notification.

I began perusing the profile while I delegated the harvest to my [Sub-Cores]. I was interested in the regeneration and magic resistance it had displayed, and there was the off chance we'd have a possible avenue for Vee to gain so type of partial human form.

Let's see… A bunch of old traits… Ah! [Cursed Regeneration], I'll look at that later. Then there's [Magebane], a bit on the nose there. And finally, [Werewolf Transformation], ah… Shit.

I frowned.

"What's wrong?" Vee asked.

I sighed. The na alone was enough for to guess it would not help Vee in any way. Despite this, I displayed the trait and read its full description for myself.

"Crap," Vee muttered, sounding disheartened. "And yep… It's incompatible."

"Sorry, Vee…"

"Hey, it was a long shot," Vee admitted. "I was just hoping it would be sothing like Wereperson transformation, and then I might have had a chance. Or like humanification? Hybrid mode! I dunno, I'm grasping at straws here."

I chuckled at Vee's creativity. "Well, we can keep searching. The elves owe us so better information, and I'm twenty levels away from my chat with Gramps! Maybe I can convince him to give us a quest or sothing so we can get you a trait or evolution."

"Thanks, Syl, I'd appreciate that," Vee replied, sounding a little more positive. "So, did it have anything else good?"

"Two more things, no idea if they are any good," I admitted. "Let's take a look together."

"I don't like that last paragraph!" Vee said, sounding very hesitant.

"Damn, fire was the one thing I didn't use," I grumbled.

"Hey, you still killed it quite easily once you brought out the old tentacles!" Vee replied positively.

I nodded, "So what do you think? Having witnessed its regeneration, I think it seed good, but I'm not too happy about that silver weakness. It even ntions bringing back old injuries!"

"How would that even work for you?" Vee asked. "You borrow the traits… Would that an you ignore the drawback if you stop borrowing it before getting hit with silver?"

I paused to think and eventually shook my head, "I want to say that's how it would work because that would be amazing! But… Trixie said the system hates loopholes like that."

"Really? You think she was telling the truth or trying to rile you up as usual."

I sighed, "No… I've sort of been punished for abusing one before."

"So you are a cheating sli!" Vee snickered.

"Needless to say!" I interrupted. "It broke so things and even garbled my profile. I don't want to do that again; Gramps might smite for doing so!"

"Okay, no abusing loopholes," Vee agreed. "As for … It's tempting, especially since I don't think many people would try to use silver weapons against a spider."

"I think Mythril counts as silver," I pointed out.

"Well, that's not great, and I assu high-level people use them?"

I nodded, although I was taking a guess.

"Yeah, and no doubt we'd be attracting the high-levels to hunt us down if things go pear-shaped. Also, fire was already a problem for , and I don't think I'd benefit from doubling down on that weakness!"

"anwhile, I'm almost immune to it," I said proudly. "Although there's a chance it would take away my immunity. I have no idea how that works, and I'm leaning on the better to be safe than sorry. I can already heal my cores with sli, and if I get my tendrils on that pink core, I might get healing magic!"

"Neat! I guess that's a double-no for both of us. What else you got?"

"Uh… Hell no?" Vee replied bluntly.

I sighed and nodded, "Definitely not. I'm scared to even borrow this trait! What if it kills ?"

Vee groaned, "I think you're being neurotic again; surely it can't do that? It's just a trait."

"I'm a Mana sli, Vee. What will happen to if my Mana becos withered and barren?"

"You'll turn into an ordinary sli?" Vee suggested.

"I'm not taking that risk."

"Okay. But what if you evolve away from a Mana sli and then take this trait?" she suggested.

"Huh, that's a pretty good idea."

"I'm a genius, aren't I?" Vee smugly replied.

"But I'd be abandoning all my spells and class levels. Not to ntion [Dinsion Magic], which I spent a fortune on!"

"A discounted fortune," Vee corrected.

"I don't want to waste four trait points!" I cried.

"Okay, okay," Vee replied. "Well, now that you've had your snack, I think it's ti for to grab a bite to eat!"

Vee scuttered off to the kitchen, I chuckled and shook my head.

Well, while Alpha is being reford, let's continue trying to make that dinsional debuff!