They are small white spheres inside of them, which were pretty tough to cut if you didn’t have the strength or speed for it.

“Now, shall we explore this place?” I muttered before stepping onto the green and black hill.

First, it was pretty dark because only the green squishy orbs scattered around with no pattern give off barely any light.

It seemed like a lot in the rough hall, but it’s practically useless when used in an extensive cavern like this.

Next, the stench was horrible, like rotting flesh that was melted down by the most powerful in the world.

“Ugh,” I groaned as I suppressed the urge to throw up.

I should’ve bought some nose plugs…

As I made my way down the hill, I ran into a few slimes that I killed before they could even do anything.

But, it seems I was being trailed by even more because as soon as I looked around to find more slimes, I saw an enormous horde behind me.

The horde was made up of about twenty slimes, and they all immediately spit a green goo at me, which I just barely dodged.

The residual splash melted my clothes and irritated my skin.

The pain wasn’t that bad, but I knew if that stuff hit my face directly, it’d most likely melt my face straight off.

Squish Squish Squish Squish Squish

As if they had already realized that their attacks weren’t going to work at such a distance, they all fused together into ten slimes, cutting the number in half.

But this time, they were much more threatening as with each hop, a small crater was left due to their toxic nature.

“Ahahaha… Yeah, no,” I muttered before turning the opposite way and running straight down the hill towards a massive green lake.

Bubbles erupted from the surface of the lake, revealing another batch of smaller slimes that hadn’t fused yet.

I took a sharp turn by slamming my foot into the mushy soil and dove out of the way of the spit goo.

I glanced back to see what might’ve become of me if I was actually hit… but the problem was… I would’ve become absolutely nothing… as a massive crater was left.

A drop of sweat ran down my cheek as I made a mad dash towards the only few trees in the massive cavern.

The slimes from before had gathered into one massive group, which were now combining three into one, leaving even bigger craters with each hop they took.

“What the hell… This isn’t what I saw online,” I muttered before placing my back against a large black trunk while seeing the massive balls of green and black goo get flung past me.

Once again, I was in the splash zone, so it began to melt even more of my clothes.

Squish Squish Squish Squish Squish Squish Squish Squish Squish Squish

The slimes were gradually growing closer but using these few seconds of a slight break, I managed to formulate a plan that I was quite confident in but could see some wholes that could potentially kill me…

“But it’s better than nothing,” I muttered while feeling sweat completely coat my back.

What remained of my shirt was now completely drenched in sweat, causing my movement to feel a bit heavier than before.

My pants were fine, but my shirt was probably hindering me more than helping me… so I quickly removed it before tossing it to the right of the tree.

Squish

I then went the opposite direction of the shirt, sliding left and then quickly recovering with a roll that let me stand up and continue running.

I glanced back to get a good idea of what I could use and noticed the first step of my plan had worked: Distract the slimes.

They all went to the right of the tree, allowing me to make a clean escape towards the top of the hill.

Squish Squish

Even more slimes appeared before me, but thankfully, there were only two, so I wrapped my spear in bloodlust and created another blade next to the real metal one.

SHING

I cut both of them in half before diving into the hallway that I used to get into this massive cavern.

Second step: Get to the hallway was now complete.

Third step: Well, don’t die.

Now, all I had to do was somehow tear down the insane number of slimes that were quickly approaching the entrance.

I counted how many there were, but that was useless as they were all slowly fusing, so I decided to try and count the cores visible within the slime.

Thankfully the slimes weren’t white or gray; otherwise, I’d have a much harder time trying to find them.

“Okay, about 45 cores…”

That means the cores didn’t combine, but just the slimes… okay, I can do this.

I jumped up and down, feeling the adrenaline rush through my veins as I twirled my spear above me.

I decided deactivating [Tangible Bloodlust] was the best idea as I needed to conserve as much stamina and mana possible.

[Tangible Bloodlust] takes too much mana and stamina out of me, so that was a no-go.

SHING

I sliced upwards, feeling the blade getting pressed down by gravity.

I sliced one core… but the singular slime blob continued to squish its way into the hallway.

They had all combined into one slime that had utterly locked onto me.

Even though it had no eyes, I could feel multiple lines of sight crawling along my body, causing chills to erupt from my skin.

SHING

I sliced up again after jumping back once more.

I cut two this time, but the slime was much faster than I had anticipated, especially when its entire body had taken the shape of the hallway.

“HEY! DO YOU NEED ANY HELP!”

But just as I began to get a bit nervous, the sweet sound of a human rang in my ears.

“YEAH!” I shout back as I see a man clad in chainmail armor with a black sword rush towards me.

“WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!” He shouts as he quickly approaches me.

He doesn’t seem that strong… and… he doesn’t know what happened to these slimes either… so…

“I DON’T KNOW! I’VE NEVER HEARD OR SEEN OF THIS BEFORE!” I shouted back, and just as he was about to pass me, I spun around, building up enough momentum to swing my spear into his shin.

I then slid the blade out as I passed him, watching him fall to the ground in horror.

He glanced up at the slime before seeing itself open up into something like that of a mouth before devouring the man whole.

He was stuck in the green and black slime for a bit, but after a few seconds, he began to scream in agony as his flesh was being burned off his own body.

The goo entered his mouth, burning him from the inside out as well.

Soon he was reduced to nothing, but thankfully, the slime was immobile while digesting the man, so I was able to slash seven cores before backing up.

That was good… He probably would’ve gotten in the way towards the end due to his bulky armor and massive sword…

Squish

“Now, what should I do?” I muttered as another drop of sweat ran down my cheek.

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