Shinka no Mi

"This is the place... outside"

Me and Salia, by sheep, were being transferred out of the woods we've been spending.

The view in front of me is a meadow stretching out on one side. The grass is only about the length to the ankle.

Somehow I turned my attention to the [endless forest of sad love] that existed behind me.

If you think about it now, I've spent a long time in this forest...

Where I was spiritually and physically forged.... but it's also where I went around and back to being human.

A lot of things happened, but I was able to meet Salia, and this is where I felt the joy of being alive...

Looking at the woods with emotion, Salia came next door.

"I've never been outside before..."

Turning her gaze to Salia, Salia closed her eyes and seemed to feel something.

I guess Salia is also a memorable place. Because it's a place that can be called home.

Put different thoughts on each other's woods.

It was us who were silent for a while, but eventually I told Salia.

"Well... it's time to go"

"Yeah!"

In response to Salia, me and Salia walked out on our backs to the woods.

I walked in the meadows barefoot when I lost my jacket a long time ago.

When I was in the woods, the ground was rattled and there was no place with so much grass growing.

Because of this, I felt the grass hitting my leg slightly tickled and my face seemed to suddenly nibble.

"What's going on?

That's what Salia asks me, wondering.

"No, nothing."

When I answer that, I think about what's going to happen.

First, rely on Zeanos' memory to travel to the nearest city. This would be the top priority.

After arriving in the city, I am also thinking of registering as an adventurer.

It says here that the profession of adventurer exists, not only in the knowledge of Zeanos, but also in the knowledge of God.

Later, it'll be my power.

Talking about sheep, they say my appearance is perceived by my opponent as about the numerical appearance indicated by the effect of the skill 'disguise'. I wish the sheep hadn't lied.

That's why I say it's the full face helmet I'm wearing right now......

Yeah, mess in the way. I want to smash it with all my might.

First of all, a full face helmet is... Akan if you bring it into fantasy.

Well, it's good because you said you could take it off one of these days... If what the sheep are saying is true.

More than that, if my appearance is diminishing with the effects of disguise, it's possible that my powers are diminishing as well.

This is going to be a lot of trouble if we don't make sure.

I'll think about it, but in the end I can't do anything about it right now, so I broke my mind once and walked off the meadow with Salia.

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It was when much time had passed since I left.

Me and Salia had encountered a creature that everyone knew well.

That 's--

"This guy..."

"Pretty!

"Plum."

- It was slime.

No, that's crazy, huh? Slime in front of you, did you say 'plump' yourself?

Is it a different creature that resembles slime?

But the organism in front of me, translucent gel-shaped, jumps on the meadow with a humph.

I just don't see my eyes, my mouth, my ears. Yeah, I knew it was because I heard 'Plump'.

"Plum."

"It's not my fault!

Which one of you is speaking out!? Are all the slimes in this world saying 'plump'?!?

... No, I haven't decided to slime yet. It could be a different organism!

Fortunately, I have the skill 'Advanced Appraisal'. Let's use it now.

Having made that decision, I activated my Advanced Appraisal skills into a slime nestled in front of me.

"Slime LV: 88"

"Level high!

It was really just a slime!

Still, slime is such a level thing!?

Certainly the level would be so low that it would not be comparable to Clevermonkeys, Acrowulf or Zeanos or anything.

But...... but 88 in slime is crazy right!?

Surprised at the unusual level of the slime, the slime suddenly caused the body to shrink all at once.

"Hey, what?

Suddenly bewildered by his behavior, Slime freed his compressed body at once and shoved it into me.

"Ugh!?"

All of a sudden, when I was stormed, I raised an odd voice, but thanks to my unique skill, "Mind Eye," the slime seemed to move very slowly and I could avoid it at my leisure.

"They attack me all of a sudden..."

Well Slime is a demon too, so I guess there's no guarantee he won't attack me...

When I think about something that doesn't matter, I remember something.

That was the thing about whether my powers were weakened by the effects of disguise.

The slime in front of me was just right to make sure of that.

"Wow... can you be a little sure with this slime"

With that said, I pulled out the Hate Swirling Fine Sword (Black) and the Merciful Fine Sword (White) on my hips and set them up.

I decided to use this slime to see what was happening to my powers.

You can use your skills to attack, but an attack would usually be easier to ascertain.

That's what I thought. I decided to set it up here before Slime attacked me again.

"Ha!"

I ran all the way through the slime, and my thoughts...

"Hurry up, huh?

I ran out of this one word.

I was going to rush, but I was able to travel all the way to the front of the slime in one leg.

Besides, the moment I run off, the ground I was standing on until just now is being decided as much as I want.

I'm confused, but when I got to the front of the slime, I decided to attack, and I swayed the black in my right hand, swinging it down to the slime at once.

Zupan!

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Drop items scattered in front of me, along with an awesome shock sound.

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"Huh?"

I don't know why, and I make an unexpected dumb voice.

Until just now, the ground was decided about 50 meters from where the slime existed.

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"... I don't want to see reality...!

I finally started to understand the situation, but the more I understood, the more I wanted to forget that it was my hand now.

I mean, the slime disappeared with my blow.

I did swing black down to the slime all at once. But I never really shook it down. I shook it down because I wish it was lightly damaged.

"Here's the result!

Yeah, I had a bad feeling from the moment I ran out!? But it's unexpected! Something's wrong with power!

You can't fake the power for sure!? You're just going to fake the numbers!?

What happens to me if I attack you for real!? Light and powerful?... I don't want to imagine.

When he held his head and was desperate for his power, Salia was sparkling her eyes.

"Makichi is amazing! The creature was cute earlier..."

Yeah, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to kill you, either!

I checked my powers a little bit and I was just going to run away! I'm not lying!?

I get a slightly sad look at Salia with an unusual sense of guilt. Really, I'm sorry......

I was tired in many ways, but suddenly a number of spheres of light emerged from the slime drop item and suddenly walked into me.

"Hey, what the fuck!?"

I say that unexpectedly, but somehow I have something in mind.

Perhaps the slime status went into me. I don't know why it didn't get spherical like at all times and went into my body all at once......

It seems that the sphere of light was the status of the slime when it entered my body, and the voice I was used to hearing sounded in my brain.

"Hmmm...... okay"

I have no choice but to collect the items that I have dropped.

"Let's start with a skill card."

With that said, I picked up something that would be a skill card.

Skill Card Absorption… Absorbs skills.

"Skill Card" Compression "… Skill" Compression "can be acquired.

"Ugh, um...?

When I saw the skill card I got from Slime, all I could do was react subtly.

Because I'm not sure if it's awesome or not.

Well, it's an interpretive slime, and the effect would be shovoy.

As I snorted alone in a light mood, my skill card became a sphere of light and went into my body.

I have mastered "Absorption of Skills". I have mastered the skills "Compression"

I listen to those words gently in my head, while checking the effect.

'Absorb'...... Absorbs all things and can convert them into your own power. I can help myself with the nutrition of things I eat. If activated when taking damage, it can be absorbed as its own power without taking damage.

"Compress"... I can compress all things. I can compress basically anything, such as my own body and power. However, you need to touch the thing you want to compress.

"That was awesome cheat!

What are you going to do with me stronger than this!? What am I going for!?

Besides, skills' absorption '... with my mind's eye, isn't that the strongest combo!? You're flying all kinds of colors!

"Ha... I'm getting used to this hand cheat I'm afraid of myself..."

Normal cheats are good stuff to get, right? Why are you so vain? Is it just me? Am I crazy?

On the face of it, I don't like the fact that I fall into the category of human beings...

Exhaling the sigh of giving up, I move on to confirming the next drop item.

And the new thing in my hand was a pully, translucent object I'm not sure about. It feels pretty good.

I have no idea what to use at all, so I activate Advanced Appraisal without exception.

"Slime Jelly"...... shards of slime that feel good. No particular method of use. I can eat once.

"The slime itself is shit!

Your skills are amazing! Why is the main body drop item so fucking shitty!?

This... no use but eating? It's very disturbing...

But if that's what happened after the appraisal, I can't help it.

Threw slime jelly into the item box while exhaling.

"What's next?

What I regained my mind and took in my hand was a chest.

"You're so small... there won't be a big one in there"

I thought so and opened the chest.

Things that were inside were bags that probably contained gold and shoes.

"Shoes..."

I don't know what to say, I just think it came out aiming, but I'm also allergic to staying barefoot.

When I took it out, it was a thing that emphasized beautiful pale functionality. I don't know what it's made of.

Gear you can get from the slime. I'm not expecting anything.

Appraisal to confirm the effect.

"Ethereal (oh) shoes" … rare (rare) grade equipment. Strengthens the gear's agility a little, allowing you to walk in the air up to 3 steps. The size changes according to the equipper.

"It was pretty awesome!

It's subtle, but it's surprisingly awesome!? It enhances my acumen a little, doesn't it?... I wonder what will happen.

Besides, I don't know why it's three steps, but it seems we can travel somewhat through the air. This is pretty awesome, huh?

But......... it's good that I got my shoes, but I want to wash my feet and wear them after wearing my socks.

Well, I don't care. Rather, let Salia wear it.

"Sarya, why don't you put this on?

"Huh? Are you sure?

"Oh, nothing. I don't have to have shoes."

More than that, I feel guilty about letting the girl walk barefoot.

"Oh well... then I'll have it!

At the feet of Salia, who answers that well, keep your shoes in order.

Salia was nervous about the shoes she wore for the first time, or she was carefully wearing them.

"How about...?

When she finishes wearing her shoes, Salia lifts the hem of the piece, looking a little shy, and shows her shoes.

The pale shoes, which appeared well on white, beautiful skin, matched Salia's appearance astonishingly.

"You look great."

I'm not throwing up at all. Deep red hair, white piece. And under my feet are pale shoes. It looks so stylish, even though it's simple.

"Eh heh...... thanks!

Nature and cheeks get hot in a flowering, full-faced grin salia.

... Wow, I'm absolutely bright red...

I don't mean to, but I only thanked the full face helmet at this time.

You really have a huge gap with Goliath.... Whatever Salia is, I was thinking Goliath is cute too. Am I crazy? Boulder, you're the man with the gorilla's wife!

"Ohhon...... now, do you want to check the money at the end"

When I said that, I took out a bag that I thought contained gold and checked the contents.

Then, there were 50 silver coins inside.

"Hmmm... maybe my sense of money is going crazy..."

There must be a lot of 50 pieces of silver. For the slime.

But I can't feel the awesomeness of the money I got from defeating the Clevermonkeys because it was more.

This could seriously suck......

But I can't do anything about it right now. I guess I'll just have to get my sense of money back when I get to the city......

A fanfare accidentally rang in my head as I sighed a lot at what time.

"What now?!?"

Sarya still didn't hear me, and she was leaning her neck strangely at me screaming like that.

A familiar voice echoes in my head as I am unable to understand what a ringing fanfare means.

"Leveled Up"

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"Huh?"