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◈ Monster Livestream Star ◈
Chapter 10: Evolution (1)
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The slime, having acquired Detoxification, approached the colorful herbs that looked like purple grass.
‘Tasty!’
Thanks to Detoxification, poison no longer made its body hurt, so the slime could eat any poisonous herb without hesitation.
Poisonous herbs could now be called delicacies to the slime. They contained richer nutrients than ordinary grass, including poison it could detoxify.
They did not invigorate its body as strongly as jerky, but the slime had grown to enjoy eating poisonous herbs.
[Free Spirit]▶What’s this? Why is Malangi suddenly eating poisonous herbs?
Kkanjuki had been watching another broadcast for a while before returning to the slime’s stream. Seeing the slime devouring every poisonous herb in sight, they were surprised.
They scrolled through the chat history to understand the situation, then quickly grasped what had happened.
‘It must have acquired Detoxification already.’
According to the knowledge Kkanjuki had gained after becoming a Lich, humans grew stronger through magic, divine power, and aura, while monsters grew stronger through skills.
Humans could achieve the former through effort, but monsters generally needed to accumulate specific experiences for the latter.
Before becoming a Lich, Kkanjuki had traveled all over and learned about poisonous herbs. Just from the appearance of the herbs the slime was eating, they could tell what symptoms they caused.
‘That one causes stomachaches. That one causes paralysis, and that one keeps wounds from clotting.’
These were poisonous herbs that could cause humans and monsters great suffering, or even threaten their lives.
But now, they were no more than delicacies to the slime.
Because the slime had Detoxification.
‘Won’t it evolve into a Poison Slime at this rate?’
A Poison Slime was a higher form of slime that carried poison within its body.
If it became a Poison Slime, fewer creatures would threaten it.
‘But it would be a problem if it meets Nellin again.’
Since poison would reside in its body, it would be difficult to come into contact with Nellin.
Just being near it would expose her to poison.
It was only natural to avoid poisonous creatures.
Kkanjuki hoped that the reunion Nellin and the slime had agreed to, whenever it might happen, would take place under better circumstances.
‘That way, I can see Nellin a little longer.’
Of course, simply eating some poisonous herbs would not make Poison Slime one of its evolution options.
‘Still, it would be better to suppress that possibility as much as possible. Malangi certainly liked jerky, didn’t it?’
▶[Free Spirit has donated 3 coins.]
▶[Message: Malangi! How about trying meat instead of grass?]
▷Meat?
The slime paid attention at the mention of meat.
[Free Spirit]▶Yeah, you ate deer blood just fine. You’ll like meat even more!
[Just Slam Into It]▶Yeah! Meat! Meat is great!
Just Slam Into It reacted even more eagerly than the slime to Kkanjuki’s words.
Fenrir was excited.
[Just Slam Into It]▶Malangi! Eat meat!
[Noblesse Fire]▶What is this wolf bastard doing?
[Just Slam Into It]▶To eat meat, you have to hunt! Which means it’s time! Time to use Body Slam!
Fenrir was dissatisfied that the slime had not used Body Slam yet, despite Fenrir teaching it the technique. Now that an opportunity to use it had appeared, Fenrir began enthusiastically urging the slime on.
[Just Slam Into It]▶With the Body Slam I taught you, you can one-shot any ordinary animal!
▶A slime is going to one-shot something? LOL
▶Won’t it just get itself killed trying to pick a fight?
[Jiggly Queen]▶My kin is not so weak! It will not lose to mere ordinary animals!
[Threadwork Madam]▶Malangi working hard to hunt would be so cute too~
The viewers began to split over whether the slime would be able to hunt.
‘Meat...’
The slime thought about the word meat.
Was meat tasty?
▷Is meat tasty?
[Free Spirit]▶Jerky is meat.
▷Jerky!
Jerky was rich in nutrients and the tastiest thing the slime had ever eaten.
Hearing that meat was jerky made the slime’s motivation flare up.
▷Meat! I want to eat it!
[Free Spirit]▶Then find an animal! A rabbit, deer, wild boar, anything is fine!
▷Okay!
Over the past few days of wandering through the forest, the slime had seen many animals.
Some animals, like deer, did not stay wary of it and simply ignored it. Others fled the moment they saw it.
Whenever it saw such animals, the slime had only observed them with curiosity.
But this time, it was going to hunt one itself.
Because it wanted to eat meat.
To find an animal, the slime used Perception.
Bzzzz.
Perception spread out from the slime.
Not long after it expanded, it caught a living creature.
‘Rabbit!’
The slime had found an animal called a rabbit, one of the creatures it had seen before.
It was about the same size as the slime, and it had always run away as soon as it saw it, whether it felt hostility or not.
Boing! Boing!
Wanting to eat meat, the slime bounced forward with all its strength.
As it pushed through the bushes, the slime spotted the rabbit.
‘I have to use Body Slam!’
After reading the chat, the slime understood that it had to use Body Slam on the rabbit to eat meat. It immediately tried to charge at it.
But the moment the brown rabbit saw the slime burst from the bushes, it widened the distance and began to flee.
‘Rabbit! It’s running away!’
Boing! Boing!
The slime hurriedly bounced after the fleeing rabbit.
The chase continued.
From a third-person view, the chase between the fluffy brown rabbit and the soft light-green slime was incredibly cute.
[Threadwork Madam]▶Kyaaaa! So cute!
[Jiggly Queen]▶Keep going! Move a little faster, my kin!
[Noblesse Fire]▶Damn slow.
[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶Have you forgotten that Malangi is a slime? Then again, you are a shut-in loser dragon, so I suppose you lack empathy.
[Noblesse Fire]▶Why’s this bastard picking a fight out of nowhere again?
▶Hmm, that rabbit butt... might be doable?
▶What???
▶Ugh, one of those “anything is doable” freaks. LOL
The cute chase continued for over five minutes.
The rabbit won.
No matter how hard the slime chased it, it could not close the gap. The rabbit changed direction and darted around too quickly for the slime to catch.
‘Rabbit! Fast!’
The slime was surprised by the rabbit’s speed, but it drooped at the thought that it might not get to eat meat.
▷Can’t eat meat...
[Just Slam Into It]▶Tsk, tsk. You cannot eat it if all you do is follow it around! I shall teach you the basics of hunting!
▷Basics?
[Just Slam Into It]▶Yes! The basics of hunting!
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‘Hehehe. There’s nothing more fun than teaching a newbie how to hunt.’
Fenrir was naturally excited at the thought of teaching the slime how to hunt after teaching it Body Slam.
After all, the slime was still young, innocent, and listened well.
Just like Fenrir’s children when they were young!
Fenrir remembered the time spent with his children, now a beautiful memory.
-Dad, is this how I do it?
-Dad! I caught this! I did well, right?
-I caught something even bigger! Hehehe!
His children had smiled brightly, caught prey just as he taught them, then proudly shown it off to him.
But now...
-Ptooey. Ah, that’s enough hunting for today.
They would catch only enough to fill their bellies for the day, then laze around.
-You want to go hunting together? What a pain.
Even when he invited them to hunt together after a long time, they looked annoyed.
-Why did you catch something this big? It won’t even fit in the cave.
Even if he caught something big to relive those old memories, his children did not understand.
Remembering the past only made the bitter present stand out more clearly. Fenrir shed silent tears in his heart. So this was why people said there was no point in raising children.
‘I will teach you the true essence of hunting, Malangi!’
Perhaps because Fenrir missed the innocent and cute children of the past, he projected them onto the slime and tried to savor a little of that old joy.
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Like the Body Slam lessons, Fenrir’s lessons took several days.
Of course, the slime could not master Fenrir’s hunting methods in just a few days.
So what Fenrir taught it was how to ambush prey.
Move carefully without making a sound, then ambush prey when it let its guard down.
It was the only method the slime could use, since Body Slam was its only means of attack.
After several days of lessons, the slime received Fenrir’s stamp of approval and was full of confidence.
‘Meat! I’ll eat it!’
Trembling with determination, the slime immediately began hunting.
First, it searched for prey through Perception like before.
Bzzzz.
After finding another rabbit, the slime bounced closer.
Boing! Boing!
Then, when it came within range, the slime stopped bouncing and changed the way it moved.
Slowly, slowly.
‘I have to go slowly!’
The importance of ambushing.
The slime moved stealthily so it would not be discovered by its prey.
[Threadwork Madam]▶Malangi moving little by little is so cute~!
[Just Slam Into It]▶Yes! That’s it! Carefully! Don’t let it notice you!
The first hunt of a hunting newbie drew the viewers in.
▶Why am I nervous over this?
▶Watching newbies is always peak entertainment, yeah.
[Gothic Luxury Bone]▶I wonder whether Malangi will succeed.
Without paying any attention to the chat, the slime focused only on hunting.
‘Found it!’
Moving slowly, the slime finally spotted the rabbit.
‘Still far away!’
The slime crept closer.
From behind the rabbit.
It crawled forward slowly and quietly so the rabbit, sensitive to sound, would not react.
Then, when it got as close as possible.
The slime reached Body Slam range and launched itself at the rabbit.
‘Body Slam!’
The slime tensed its whole body, then used its elasticity to push off the ground and crash into the rabbit.
The rabbit collapsed.
▶Oh! It hit!
[Just Slam Into It]▶Yes! That’s it!
▶It did that in one hit?
Slimes were originally among the weakest kinds of monsters.
But before leaving the cave, the slime had learned Body Slam techniques from Fenrir. It had also grown by absorbing nutrients from animal blood and jerky.
It was not a tremendous amount of growth, but it had at least grown strong enough to defeat a rabbit with one Body Slam.
‘Wow!’
▷I did it!
Its first successful hunt.
The thrill of catching the rabbit it had failed to catch despite chasing it.
The sense of accomplishment from several days of effort finally bearing fruit.
And the joy of finally getting to eat meat made the slime bounce excitedly in place.
Boing! Boing!
[Free Spirit]▶Malangi! Good job!
[Jiggly Queen]▶Well done, my kin! That is how you become stronger!
[Noblesse Fire]▶Why are you so happy over catching one rabbit?
▶That old fogey’s clueless moves are seriously insane.
▶That’s why you keep getting kicked from chatrooms, yeah.
Excited by its first hunt, the slime stopped bouncing and stared at the fallen rabbit. Then it had another question.
‘Where’s the meat?’
It had been told that catching a rabbit would let it eat jerky, or meat. But despite catching the rabbit, it could not see any jerky.
That was only natural. Jerky was the only kind of meat the slime knew.
It could not see flat, red jerky and a dead rabbit as the same thing.
So the slime asked the chat.
▷There’s no meat!
▶No meat?
▷There’s no jerky!
▶Ah.
▶Wait, it still doesn’t know?
▶LOL
▶I didn’t think of that. LOL
▶There isn’t any jerky, huh. LOL
The slime was looking for jerky with the dead rabbit in front of it. The chat burst into laughter at the sight.
Kkanjuki, who had first told the slime to hunt, stepped in to explain.
[Free Spirit]▶Malangi, the rabbit is meat!
▷It’s not meat!
▷Meat is red! The rabbit is brown!
[Free Spirit]▶There’s meat inside the rabbit!
▷?
As the slime still failed to understand, an anonymous chat message appeared.
▶Don’t ask questions! Just eat the rabbit!
▶You should eat what you hunt, yeah.
▶You’ll understand if you try it. LOL
▷Eat the rabbit?
▶You sucked deer blood just fine! Give it a try!
▶Try it, try it!
The slime still could not think of the rabbit as meat.
But following the chat’s advice, it decided to try absorbing the rabbit.
Boing!
The slime bounced onto the dead rabbit and began to absorb it.
As the dead rabbit slowly entered the slime’s body and was absorbed.
‘...! It’s meat!’
The slime finally realized that the rabbit was meat.
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