“Phew, I ate so many delicious things. But I’m still tired.”
After fully enjoying the festival, Claire returned to her room with the slime.
During the festival, not only adventurers but also villagers gathered wherever the slime was.
Having already experienced old people crowding around for massages, Claire quietly stepped aside, planning to retrieve the slime after the excitement of the villagers and adventurers died down.
However, the heated excitement didn’t let Claire go.
“We were only able to buy this thanks to Tongtong being brought here by Frost Fist!”
“Let’s toss her in the air! Let’s toss Frost Fist too!”
“Oh, no, I’m fine—ah.”
“Come to think of it, what was Frost Fist’s name again?”
“I heard it’s Claire?”
“Alright! Then, hurrah for Claire!”
““Claire, hurrah!””
“Ugh.”
In the end, Claire also got tossed up in the air several times along with the slime.
Though she thought it was a bit annoying.
‘I’m glad. I protected them this time.’
Seeing the lively village she had protected from the orc horde made Claire feel at ease.
Of course, getting tossed around and being dragged here and there piled up a different kind of fatigue she wasn’t used to.
‘This is more tiring than fighting.’
Eventually, after being dragged around for so long, Claire grabbed the slime, who was still being petted by people, and shouted.
“I’m tired! I’m going to sleep!”
The people enjoying the festival looked disappointed.
But no one could force Claire or the slime, who had fought fiercely today, to stay.
Arriving at her room, Claire flopped onto the bed with the slime next to her.
“Tongtong, massage my shoulders a little.”
‘Massage!’
Pop!
Taking out its tentacles, the slime brought them to Claire’s shoulders and started a focused massage.
Brrrrrr!
“Ugh, oh, oh, oh, aaaaah~ that feels... so good~.”
Thanks to the massage, her fatigue melted away, and at the same time, she began to feel drowsy.
“Snorrrrr...”
Claire fell asleep just like that while being massaged, drifting off into dreamland.
‘Claire is sleeping!’
After confirming that Claire was asleep, the slime pulled its tentacles away.
At that moment.
[Squishy Queen] ▶ My kin! The time has finally come! Quickly, check what kind of slime you can evolve into!
The Slime Queen, who had been waiting for this moment, urged the slime to check its evolution options.
Moreover, she wasn’t the only one waiting.
[Just Slam First] Yeah, read it carefully and choose something that makes your body slams even better.
[Thread-Lady] ▶ If possible, wouldn’t it be nice to evolve into a cuter form?
[Free Spirit] ▶ Squishy, hurry up and post it in the chat. I’ll help evaluate it too, hehe.
Regular viewers of the slime’s stream, as well as Troll, who had finally finished organizing things and could now focus on the stream, were all waiting for the slime’s explanation.
▷Okay!
The slime, as if talking to the system, requested a detailed explanation of the evolution options.
Then, a translucent window that only the slime could see appeared.
[Huge Slime: You will gain an even bigger body. With your enlarged body and weight, you can easily crush smaller foes, and even absorb larger ones by expanding further. Skill: Amplification. Cost: 1,000 coins.]
[Deadly Slime: You will gain a body with powerful toxins. Your poison is extremely difficult to detoxify, and when dispersed, it will leave no life surviving nearby. Skill: Lethal Poison Creation. Cost: 1,250 coins.]
[Multi-Tentacle Slime: You will be able to extend multiple tentacles from your body. With countless tentacles, you can bind enemies, transform them, adjust their strength, and deliver powerful strikes. Skill: Tentacle Enhancement. Cost: 1,200 coins.]
[Medical Slime: You will have a body capable of neutralizing any poison. In addition, you can spread a liquid that revitalizes lifeforms, making all nearby creatures healthier. Skill: Vital Water Creation. Cost: 1,250 coins.]
[Gluttony Slime: You will gain a body capable of devouring anything. Even if the target is larger than you, you will be able to consume it completely. Skill: Gluttony. Cost: 1,500 coins.]
[Quake Slime: You will gain a body capable of producing powerful vibrations. By shaking with all your might, you can break the ground and cause intense tremors in the surrounding area. Skill: Great Vibration. Cost: 1,150 coins.]
[Mighty Slime: You will be able to harbor countless possibilities. You can use skills that you originally couldn’t possess while keeping your current form. Skill: Vessel of Omnipotence. Cost: 3,000 coins.]
‘So many!’
Even after seeing them again, the seven choices felt overwhelming.
Just like when the evolution window first appeared, the slime copied all the descriptions into the chat exactly as it saw them.
▶ Ugh, so spammy.
▶ Shut up, you’re making it hard to read.
▶ No way!
▶ No way!
▶ No way!
▶ No way!
[Anonymous 9866 has been banned.]
[Free Spirit] ▶ Dealt with.
▶ Hahahaha
▶ If you act up, you get kicked out, lol.
After the disruptive viewer was banned, the other viewers started calmly reading the slime’s explanation.
Of course, while other viewers started reading from the first description, the Slime Queen immediately read the last one about Mighty Slime.
‘Mighty Slime. It says you can harbor countless possibilities? And a skill called Vessel of Omnipotence... I’ve never heard of it before.’
No matter how many times she reread it, the evolution option called Mighty Slime was something the Slime Queen had never seen before.
But the instinct of the top-tier being, the Slime Queen, told her.
That this option was the most suitable for the slime right now, and more than anything.
‘It’s the fastest path to becoming the Slime King.’
Slime King.
A top-tier existence different from the Slime Queen.
The Slime Queen only knew of its existence but had never met it in person.
She now hoped that the slime streaming before her could become that being.
No, even if it became a Queen instead of a King, it didn’t matter.
The very idea of having an equal existence was something she looked forward to.
In any case, instinctively knowing that this Mighty Slime option was the best choice to reach the highest form, the Slime Queen typed in the chat.
[Squishy Queen] ▶ My Kin! Mighty Slime! The Mighty Slime looks the best!
▶ What, you already read everything?
[Thread-Lady] ▶ Isn’t the Deadly Slime good too? It makes your poison even stronger!
▶ If you spread poison around, wouldn’t everything just die?
▶ That would make hunting easier.
▶ Oh, a total human extermination route?
[Thread-Lady] ▶ Ah, but if Squishy gets sad, we can’t do that. We can’t let Squishy be sad!
▶ Look at her cancel immediately, lol.
▶ So what’s the best?
The viewers started sharing their opinions one by one.
▶If you want to do food streams, isn’t Gluttony better?
▶ Hahaha, if you go Multi-Tentacle, you could probably do massages with multiple tentacles at once!
[Noblesse Fire] ▶ If it gets bigger, how big does it get exactly?
[Gothic Luxury Bone] ▶ Medical Slime, huh. That’s interesting.
▶ What would happen if you gave a massage as a Quake Slime?
▶ Wouldn’t the humans get smashed?
▶ Lol.
While the viewers were sharing opinions, Troll asked the slime.
[Free Spirit] ▶ Squishy, which one do you want to become the most?
Before Troll asked that question.
The slime had already been thinking alone while looking at the options.
Which one would be the best?
Which one would be good to become?
Since its first evolution, the slime had experienced many things, and while imagining itself changed according to each description, it also thought about how it would live as usual in each form.
Then, it immediately knew which ones to exclude.
Huge Slime and Deadly Slime.
Becoming a Huge Slime would make its body too big, which would be a problem.
As for Deadly Slime, it was because of Troll’s advice during the first evolution choice.
A body with strong poison would make people avoid it.
That left Medical Slime, Multi-Tentacle Slime, Quake Slime, Gluttony Slime, and Mighty Slime.
It would be nice to make medicine to make people healthier.
It would be nice to pull out multiple tentacles and give massages simultaneously.
The idea of strong vibrations was hard to imagine, but that was a skill different from normal vibrations, meaning it could be controlled.
Being able to eat large things easily also sounded good.
But it didn’t really understand what “harboring countless possibilities” meant yet.
The slime continued to worry about what to choose.
At that moment.
[Squishy Queen] ▶ My Kin! If you’re really unsure, then Mighty Slime is the best choice!
The Slime Queen’s repeated messages about Mighty Slime caught the slime’s eye.
▷ Why?
[Squishy Queen] ▶ Because you can do anything!
▷ Do anything?
[Squishy Queen] ▶ Yes! Didn’t it say in the description? That in your current form! You can acquire any skill you want! It clearly says you can gain skills that you can’t get with the other choices!
▶ ? But can’t you just buy skills from the Skill Shop with coins?
[Squishy Queen] ▶ What I mean is skills that can’t be bought even in the Skill Shop!
▶ What? Isn’t that totally OP?
▶ Is that why it costs the most coins?
The viewers could understand what the Slime Queen meant.
There are skills that can’t be sold in the Skill Shop.
For example, a skeletal Bone Dragon can’t use Fire Breath due to physical limitations.
Also, if a slime became a Quake Slime, it couldn’t buy Lethal Poison Creation from the shop.
Because unless it’s a Deadly Slime, it wouldn’t be able to withstand the poison it creates.
According to the Slime Queen’s understanding, Mighty Slime was the option that made the impossible possible.
‘Totally OP! I love it!’
And even if the slime didn’t fully understand, it could grasp some words viewers often used while watching the chat.
Among them, “OP” (overpowered) = extremely good was one it understood well.
Besides hearing it was OP, what the slime liked most was that it could stay in its current form.
The slime was satisfied with how it looked now.
It liked that it could jump up and sit on people’s heads or shoulders just as it was now.
That’s why.
▷ I’ve decided!
[Squishy Queen] ▶ So, what did you choose, my kin?
▷ I’ll become Mighty Slime!
[Squishy Queen] ▶ Yes!!! An excellent choice!
[Free Spirit] ▶ Oh oh, not a bad pick.
▶ But can it even evolve? Squishy, how many coins do you have right now?
▶ After defeating those orcs, it should have enough, right?
‘I want to evolve!’
The system responded to the slime’s desire.
[Which form would you like to evolve into?]
‘Mighty Slime!’
[You have chosen Mighty Slime.]
[3,000 coins will be consumed.]
[Starting evolution.]
Wooooong!
‘Wooooooow…?’
The slime’s entire body was enveloped in light.