Chapter 3: Slime King
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 3: Slime King
[Slime King Lv.10]
[Area Boss]
[HP: 50,000/50,000]
[Strength: 50]
[Constitution: 100]
[Intelligence: 12]
[Agility: 8]
[Talent: Infinite Division]
[Upon death, splits into two small independent units. Each unit inherits half of the original's attributes and all skills, while also gaining the talent "Infinite Division." The minimum attribute value for a split unit is 5. When the maximum HP falls below 100, "Infinite Division" is disabled.]
[Skills: Commander Lv.1, Shock Lv.1, Super Regeneration Lv.1, Devour Lv.1, Charge Lv.5, Mucus Lv.5...]
[Commander Lv.1]
[Can command low-level, non-boss allied units within a 50-meter radius.]
[Shock Lv.1]
[Slams the ground, releasing a shockwave within a 30-meter radius, dealing 1,000 + (Constitution * 1,000%) physical damage.]
[Cooldown: 60s]
[Super Regeneration Lv.1]
[Recovers (Constitution * 100%) HP per second.]
[Devour Lv.1]
[Swallows any unit that comes close into its body, dealing (Strength * 100%) magic damage per second. Upon the target's death, the user gains a permanent increase to Max HP equal to 10% of the target's Max HP and restores an equivalent amount of health.]
[A remarkably powerful slime and the king of all slimes in this region. When you encounter it, you had better not complain about slimes being weak.]
Unlike players, the basic bonuses provided by a monster's attribute values were not fixed.
Take the most obvious example: Constitution.
Players all followed a ratio of one point of Constitution to one hundred points of HP.
However, the Slime King standing before her had fifty thousand HP for its one hundred points of Constitution.
And that was one of the more consistent ones; the HP of most monsters didn't correspond to their attributes at all.
In truth, a monster's attributes were mostly expressed through its skills. Discussing the basic bonuses of these attributes was usually a pointless exercise.
"But seriously, why is there a Level 10 Area Boss in a forest where the slimes are usually Level 1 or 2...?"
Xie Bai looked up at the ten-meter-tall giant slime, feeling a bit suffocated by its sheer presence.
Normally, an Area Boss like this was meant to be challenged by all the players in the region working together.
Even though Xie Bai possessed ten times the base stats and dealt ten times the damage, she didn't have any class talent bonuses, useful skills, or even basic equipment. Relying on pure attributes alone made this Slime King a difficult opponent to handle.
"Besides, I also take ten times the damage. It has AoE damage and a close-range Devour skill."
"It could probably one-shot me with any random skill. Without a single weapon, I'm afraid I can't take it down."
"More importantly, it has fifty thousand HP plus auto-regeneration. It'll be hard to end the fight quickly."
"If I can't burst it down instantly, I'm the one who's going to get instakilled."
In just a few seconds, Xie Bai concluded that she couldn't win.
Fortunately, the enemy's Agility was only 8. With her Agility sitting at over 30, escaping should be easy.
Just as Xie Bai was thinking about running, the Slime King suddenly lunged.
[Charge Lv.5]
[Charges forward ten meters, dealing (Strength * 300%) physical damage to the unit struck.]
[Cooldown: 5s]
Thump!
It was almost instinctive.
Her high Agility allowed Xie Bai to quickly dodge ten meters away, narrowly avoiding the sudden strike. Otherwise, that single hit would have sent her straight to the afterlife.
Xie Bai currently lacked any movement-related skills. Facing the Slime King's Charge, she could only rely on her raw Agility to force her way out of the path of impact.
"I only have five seconds. I need to put at least thirty meters between us."
Xie Bai watched the Slime King warily. She hadn't forgotten that it still had an unused AoE damage skill.
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Xie Bai: "?"
While she was strategizing, a small disturbance interrupted her.
She turned her head and saw a tiny Level 1 slime bumping into her.
Upon being noticed, the small slime didn't show any fear. Instead, it resumed its combat stance, preparing to use Charge again.
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[You have killed a Small Slime Lv.1]
[Gluttony's Blessing triggered: Strength +0.05, Agility +0.02]
[Gained 10 Gold Coins]
[Gained 20 Experience Points]
[Current Level Progress: Lv.9 (80/100)]
After casually swatting the aggressive slime to death, Xie Bai noticed more slimes emerging from the shadows.
"The slimes I couldn't find earlier for the life of me are all coming out now because of the Slime King's call?"
Xie Bai felt a surge of excitement as she watched the slimes pour out.
Previously, her leveling speed had been entirely limited by how fast she could find slimes. When they all went into hiding, her progress stalled.
But now, thanks to the Slime King's Commander skill, these adorable little experience packs were delivering themselves to her doorstep one by one. This undoubtedly made grinding much more convenient.
"Now, I just need to swat one more slime to reach Level 10."
"According to the usual tropes, the protagonist gets a massive power spike every ten levels. Maybe after I level up, I'll be able to grind this Slime King into the dirt."
A moment later, another blind slime charged at her.
Slap!
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[You have killed a Small Slime Lv.2]
[Gluttony's Blessing triggered: Strength +0.08, Agility +0.04]
[Gained 10 Gold Coins]
[Gained 20 Experience Points]
[You have leveled up to Lv.10!]
[Gained 20 Free Attribute Points, 10 Skill Points, 10,000 Gold Coins]
[You have reached the level cap. Please complete a Class Change to break the level cap.]
"Tch."
Xie Bai clicked her tongue.
She didn't even have a class, so a Class Change was impossible. Did this mean she was going to be stuck at Level 10 forever?
Boom!
Xie Bai narrowly dodged another Charge from the Slime King.
Just as she was considering whether to dump all her accumulated attribute points into Agility to make a run for it, a series of system prompts rang out.
[Will you indulge Pride to forcibly break the limit for you?]
[Will you indulge Greed to seize a class for you?]
[Will you indulge Sloth to ease your restrictions?]
"Fine, fine. Seeing that I can't break through, you're all getting impatient, aren't you?"
"Well, I allow it!"
Faced with the massive crisis before her, Xie Bai stopped worrying about the implications of "indulging" them. She immediately approved all the requests from the Ring of Seven Curses.
[Pride has forcibly shattered the current limit. Future level-ups will no longer require Class Change requirements.]
[Pride's Curse has deepened!]
[Pride's Blessing has been strengthened!]
[Greed has seized the Hidden Class "Reaper" for you. This class is capable of further growth.]
[Greed's Curse has deepened!]
[Greed's Blessing has been strengthened!]
[Sloth, seeing nothing else to do, casually tossed a Divine Artifact to you. You have obtained the Divine Artifact "Funeral Rites."]
[Sloth's Curse has deepened!]
[Sloth's Blessing has been strengthened!]
Seeing the Slime King preparing to unleash its Shock skill, Xie Bai didn't stop to check what the Ring of Seven Curses had actually given her.
In an instant, she dumped all eighty of her attribute points into Strength.
Then, bolstered by a Strength stat of 143.53, she pulled out the scythe-like Funeral Rites and swung it with all her might at the Slime King.
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