Novel Boss
440. Nihonium, Again
Next morning.
Nihonium Dungeon, first basement floor.
This is a place I've been away from lately.
This is my starting point, in a way, and I've come here with a slime.
"Well then, let's start the test.
'Yes!What should I do?
The slime that had been transformed into a carbon look-alike asked me with a small tilt of his head.
The gesture is cute and makes me want to nod my head.
The hand stretches out, the slime tilts its head, "? I make a face.
I coughed out a gohon, and cheated by bringing my outstretched hand directly to my mouth with a clenched fist.
'I'm going to take down the monster now, so you can pick up the drop.
I understand.
I walked through the dungeon with the slime in tow.
He immediately encounters a skeleton.
Skeletons don't like to be hit by normal bullets. I'm in the thick of it, and I take out the skeleton in close combat.
I crushed the monster's bones, feeling a little nostalgic and reminiscent of my all-F days in close combat.
The skeleton collapses, revealing the seeds of an HP boost.
'Pick it up.
I understand.
Slime nodded honestly, squatting closer and reaching for the seeds.
'Ah, .......'
No?
I don't know what to do.
'No, it's fine. I expected there was a big chance of it not being good. ...... you're not bad.
I soothe the slime, who looks like he's about to cry over not being able to pick it up.
What is this, I feel extremely guilty about it.
'Is the idea of giving it to you here if you can't go up at level 1 no good? This is probably not good either, but just in case you try to defeat the next one.
I understand.
We left the scene and proceeded through the nihonium.
Shortly after, he encounters the skeleton again.
The slime's ability is an S for dexterity and an F for everything else.
In other words, his fighting ability is pretty low, so I shot a straitjacket at the skeleton as soon as I encountered it.
After completely restraining the skeleton, I give the slime the go-ahead to "hang in there".
The slime nodded and went towards the skeleton with enthusiasm.
She is just a young and cute girl in appearance.
Her abilities were almost all F, so her fighting style was appropriate.
She punched the skeleton, kicked it, and picked up stones from the ground and slammed them down.
After struggling for nearly a minute against a fully bound opponent, the skeleton finally fell.
And the seed, of course, did not drop.
''Well, I suppose so, the drop is an F.''
I'm sorry: ......
No, it's not your fault. Now, what are we going to do about that?
I thought about the slime.
Should I take advantage of being the highest level 1 and feed them a bunch of magic fruits?
Magic fruit.
It's a magic fruit in the double sense of the word, if you eat it, you can learn magic.
If you eat it, you can learn it unconditionally, but what you learn is random, and the "highest level" drops by one after the second.
But if you're at the highest level 1 from the start, there's nothing wrong with that.
The MP is also F, so the benefit is not so great, but I can make them eat a lot of magic fruits and aim for a sort of department store of techniques - no, a small technique.
Yeah, let's go with that.
"Alright, let's call it a day and go home--
He was a little surprised when I said that and looked up at him.
'What's going on?You look like that.
The reason I hear that is because the slime was dressed a little differently than before.
The body - or rather the body is the same as before, but the clothes it wears are different.
It's the same body, but the clothes are different, fluffy and a bit cute.
I don't know. When I defeated the monster from earlier, my body changed before I knew it and became like this.
Body?
'Yes ......, oh, this is my body.'
Slime said, picking at his clothes.
.......
Oh, come to think of it, she was wearing clothes when she transformed from slime, clothes.
So what you see in the clothes is her 'skin'?
No, because slime doesn't have skin - mucous membranes?
............ Or more different.
Anyway, I've learned that clothes are part of the body.
Did that change all of a sudden?
Yes, sir.
How do we get it back?
Um, .......
The slime changed back into a slime outfit once, and then quickly turned back into a human again.
There was a chapping sound, which was comical and a bit funny.
The slime changed again, and its clothes stayed like this.
'I'm sorry, it looks like I can't do anything but this.
"The effect of defeating ...... skeletons or ......?No way!
I came up with a possibility.
Then I took out the portable now board I'd prepared in case I could use the seed and handed it to the slime.
'Use it and see,'
I understand.
Slime nodded, accepting the portable now board and using it.
---1/2---
Level: 1/1
HP S
MP F
Power F
Strength F
Intelligence F
Spirit F
Speed F
Dexterous F
Luck F
--------- ...
---2/2---
Plants F
Animals F
Minerals F
Magic F
Characteristic F
--------- ...
I was even more surprised than before.
To my surprise, the slime's dexterity got an F.
Instead, its HP became an S.
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