Chapter 59 The Slime’s Talent

After the slime turned green, there was smoke evaporated from it. Erend, who was quite nervous to see the change in the Slime, asked the Slime beside him.

"Hey, what happened to you?" Erend asked.

[ "Acid... Take." ]

The answer from Slime sounded difficult for him to understand. Erend was also aware that the Slime only often uttered short and very simple words.

Maybe the Slime wasn't smart enough to put together complex words, Erend thought.

That's not a big problem. If he wanted to know what the Slime would do, Erend would just have to wait and see for himself.

Shellob was seen walking backward. It seemed to feel wary and afraid of the Slime now.

The green slime started to move towards Shellob. Shelloob let out another shrill scream. But it then ran off to climb a tree.

Slime of course wouldn't let it run away. The slime moved at a speed that surprised Erend.

It moved towards Shellob. Then the Slime shot its body fluids at the giant spider. The green liquid hit the back of its back and immediately emitted white smoke and a hissing sound like it was burning. Erend frowned.

"What is acid?" Erend asked.

[ "Yes." ]

So it is acid. During this time Slime absorbed all the acid that Shellob released into its own body. Including the acid, it was about to shoot at Erend earlier.

Erend finally knew that his slime friend had the ability to absorb the material and use the material it absorbed as its weapon.

"That's quite an amazing ability, Slime!" Erend said to Slime.

Then the Slime made lines which then formed a smile. Once again Erend felt how adorable the Slime was.

"Ha ha!" Erend laughed.

Shellob let out a scream of pain and then crawled up the tree in a fast, desperate motion.

But the Slime wouldn't let the spider run. The slime also crawled along the tree trunk by elongating its body.

It looks like a green snake chasing its prey. In fact, it was indeed hunting its prey. But it is not a snake, it's a thick green liquid that contains acid.

As the slime crawled along the tree, the tree trunk it passed let out a hissing sound and white smoke. It wasn't long before the Slime finally reached Shellob's hind legs.

The slime immediately tied its hind legs and pulled Shellob back down.

'BUAGH!'

Or rather, the Slime threw Shellob down like a bag of trash.

Erend prepares to attack. But he considered his position which might interfere with Slime's work.

So Erend restrained himself from moving and let the Slime finish his work.

The slime immediately jumped from the top of the tree. He stretched his body so that it was wider than Shellob.

Then the Slime fell on top of Shellob and covered its entire body. Soon the Slime had wrapped all of Shellob the giant spider with its body. Just like earlier when the Slime wrapped Erend's entire body to remove the web around him earlier.

Erend could already guess what would happen next. The slime covered Shellob's entire body with his acid-filled body.

Now Shellob the giant spider's entire body is being covered in acid. Ironically, it was all its own acid the Slime used to attack it.

Erend deactivated the [Dragon Scale] covering his body. Then he breathed a sigh of relief that it was all over.

[ Daily Quest Completed! ]

[ The Shellob has been killed! ]

[ Reward: 100 Exp. ]

[ You Leveled up! ]

[ You Leveled up! ]

A notification from Systema appears informing that Erend has gone up two Levels. That means he gained 2 Skill Points. This mean, he already has enough Skill Points to get [Fire Dragon Physilogy] or [All fire-based power].

Whichever he chose, Erend felt that the power of that one skill would still be very strong.

Erend was excited about his new powers. He wanted to go back immediately and obtain that Skill. But suddenly the Slime that had wrapped Shellob's body jumped at Erend.

The Slime's color is now back to its original color, which is pink.

Erend frowned when he saw something inside the slime. Because of its transparent body, Erend could see what was inside.

"What's that?" Erend asked.

The slime didn't answer. It just took it out of its body.

A spherical object the size of a palm rolled over the dry leaves. It was white and seemed as hard as marble. Erend picked it up and twirled it in his hands.

"Tut, what is this?" Erend asked Tut.

Instead of an answer from Tut, a Systema notification appeared in Erend's eyes.

[Name: Shellob's Web core. ]

[ Description: This is the core of the giant spider Shellob. You can extract the Strong Spider Web from this item. ]

Erend still didn't understand. But if he read from the description, it seemed like this thing would come in handy. So Erend took him. But he feels that he would have a hard time keeping this thing safe.

[ "You can store anything you want in the Inventory." ]

Once he knew what Erend was thinking, Tut immediately gave him a solution.

"Is that so?" After that Tut immediately showed how Inventory works.

Erend was quite surprised to know that he had such a practical storage place.

With Systema Inventory, Erend can store and retrieve things as he pleases.

Inventory is part of the power of Systema. It's almost like the 'small' dimension that is within Erend's reach.

"It's really convenient," Erend said.

Erend opened the Portal and entered it with the Slimes. When he returned, Billy and Lt. Boartusk were no longer in their bed. Erend went straight to the bathroom and cleaned himself up.

"You can go, Slime. Thank you," Erend said to the Slime.

The Slime again formed a nodding motion like before. Then it instantly dispersed into grains of pink light.

Not long after that, the pink light grains disappeared from in front of Erend.

Erend went into the bathroom, took off all his dirty clothes, and let the cold water wash over his body.

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