She held her finger out and clicked: <Passive Skills>.

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<Passive Skills>

· [Cell regeneration] Level 3.

· [Dark Energy] Level 1.

· [Mastery in Flight] Level 1.

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It was a good thing to find out that she had passive skills. For a moment she forgot what she had just been dreaming, but when she remembered, her body trembled and fear flashed through her beautiful eyes.

‘Was it simply a dream or are they memories of the former owner of this body?’ Nero didn’t know what the truth was, but seeing how fast her heart was racing, the fear she felt was definitely real. It was as if what happened after she met the doctor the demon spoke to was terrifying enough to make her wake up scared. Closing her eyes tightly, she tried to erase what she saw in her mind.

Looking at the Primal Slime, Nero said, “Ugly little thing, don’t tell anyone that I fell off the tree while I slept, okay?” She showed her tongue and giggled for no apparent reason.

Even though she knew that Primal Slime probably did not understand a single word she said, she was more or less excited to say that to Primal Slime.

Knowing that it was not good to remain weak as she was, Nero continued on her monster-hunting journey. It took only a few minutes for her to find a Slime.

‘I wonder, how do these Slime reproduce?’ Nero had this doubt. She saw many of these slimes, but could not imagine how they reproduced. Although curious about it, she didn’t remain too attached to the thought.

Seeing that the slime in front of her was just a level 3 Pink Slime, Nero wanted to fight hand-to-hand instead of throwing rocks like she normally did. When she thought about doing that, Nero wasted no time. She ran very fast towards Pink Slime and at the exact moment that Pink Slime jumped, she kicked from the bottom up, making it launch like a rocket going towards the air.

Being barefoot, she felt a strange sensation when coming into contact with Pink Slime’s body with her foot and saw with her own eyes the pink body of Pink Slime being deformed by the kick.

Peering up at the blue sky, she saw the pink ball falling from the air. Nero dodged its landing and saw Pink Slime hit the dirt floor.

*Thud!*

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You defeated the Monster Plant: [Pink Slime] Rank F: Level 3.

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‘Wow! He died so easily…’ Even she was surprised to see that she only needed one kick to kill this level 3 Pink Slime.

Nero came over and put her hand on the slimy body that spread out across the dirt floor.

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Would you like to loot the Monster Plant: [Pink Slime] Rank F: Level 3?

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Clicking [Yes], Pink Slime turned into a green mist and was absorbed by her hand.

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[Rank F Monster Core – Level 3] has been added to your inventory.

1 [Green Herb Rank F – Low quality] has been added to your inventory.

30 [Essence Currency] has been added to your inventory.

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Nero gave a loud cry. Her lovely cry echoed throughout the forest, rising towards the heavens. “Take that punch!” With her fists clenched, Nero attacked a Level 3 Green Slime.

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You defeated the Monster Plant: [Green Slime] Rank F: Level 3.

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“Err…” The ease of killing a Level 3 Slime like that left her speechless. Nero was still adapting to her new body and power.

In front of her hand in the direction of Green Slime, a holographic page appears.

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Would you like to loot the Monster Plant: [Green Slime] Rank F: Level 3?

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Nero clicked: [Yes].

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1 [Rank F Monster Core – Level 3] has been added to your inventory.

1 [Grade F Plant Thin Stem – Low quality] has been added to your inventory.

35 [Essence Currency] has been added to your inventory.

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‘Now I have 3 monster cores.’ Nero touched her a finger to her cherry-colored lips and opened the inventory. Clicking on the icon showing the monster cores, she removed the level 2 first.

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Absorb the [Monster Core] Yes / No?

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Nero clicked: [Yes].

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You have increased 1 Energy Point.

You have increased 1.5 Strength Points.

Progress: Rank F – Level 1: 5% (1/20 Monster Core Rank F Level 2 +)

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‘Huh?’ Nero was confused. Before, it had given a lot more points when absorbing the nuclei. ‘Has my gain decreased due to the increase in my level? If so, I must first raise my strength and energy to the maximum before leveling up again.’ Nero said in her heart. She regretted not raising her strength to 50 before advancing to level 1…

Taking another 2 monster cores that were level 2 and 3 respectively, Nero absorbed them as well.

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Absorb the [Monster Core] Yes / No?

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Nero clicked: [Yes].

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You have increased 1.2 Energy Points.

You have increased 1.3 Strength Points.

You have increased 0.4 Energy Points.

You have increased 0.6 Strength Points.

Progress: Rank F – Level 1: 15% (3/20 Monster Core Rank F Level 2 +)

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“…”

Although it was not a significant increase, Nero felt very good whenever her strength and energy increased. She opened her status.

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Nero Diaz

Breed: Hybrid

Class: Uneven.

Subclass: Enchantress.

Rank F – Level 1: 15% (3/20 Monster Core Rank F Level 2+)

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Attributes

[Energy] (Mana): 52.6 + 4

[Strength] (Hybrid): 42.7 + 4

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‘I don’t know how many points it takes to be full at my current level, so I better be cautious. I will first use the monster cores to strengthen myself and if I am not full when I get close to leveling up, I will start using [Essence Coin] to raise my status.’ Nero was no fool, she imagined that the moment all her attributes were full, she would stop increasing and waste resources on points the moment she used the cores of monsters to level up. Precisely because of this, she would not use [Essence Coin] until she was close to leveling up.

{Edited by: Azurtha}