Chapter 30: 30 First hunting
[Lucy's POV: ]
This planet is called Gyonera, a normal planet in the goldilocks zone. There are four continents on this planet arranged in a primogem shape: east, west, south, and northern continent. We are on the western continent Drenix, in the continent's greatest empire, the great empire of Barnacle.
The city we grew up in, the city with that fucked up orphanage, is a border city called Inizio. Our future destination is the capital city of this great empire. Ashnix, the city of everything. And in there, the eternal academy of Idyllia.
Anyway, that was some useless information. Right now-
"Lucy~! A slime! A real slime~!" El shouted while looking at a weird grey mucus creeping some distance away.
"E-El… isn't this dangerous? I-I have heard an s-slime is a very dangerous creature."
"Relax Eva. They are cute~."
Yeah… cute.
That grey mucus was 'eating' a giant wolf right now. Definitely, something everyone would call cute.
We were on the far outskirts of the great forest of Doxiloca. One of the greatest hunting grounds on the 'land'.
It was primarily divided into six sections: lowest-level monster area (G-F rank), low-level monster area (E-D rank), Intermediate-level monster area (C-B rank), High-level monster area (A rank), Master-level monster area (Upto AAA rank), and forbidden-area where anything imaginable or unimaginable can appear.
El and I both could only defeat monsters of (F) rank and bellow in our current state.
And maybe one or two (E) rank ones.
That was our limit and I still was hoping that does not happen.
Taking risks was a bad thing. I would be happy to collect those 5 Oz from many lowest-rank creatures rather than diving into something unwanted.
It is a slow process but I had hunted many highest-rank monsters in this world so I knew their power.
'And I know we weren't strong enough to go for anything stronger just yet.'
We would also only be strong enough to deal with a single (A) ranked creature by the time we were ready for the academy.
'And personally, that's amazing.'
She mostly created only the named monsters like the six masters of this great forest who reside in the forbidden zone.
She understood the structure and base power of these creatures but when it came to the lower-rank creatures that she left to the AI brain, like the slime before her, she had little idea how difficult they were for a beginner adventurer, knight, or mage.
'I have played this game from the start to faraway many times while she only did so a few times, after all.'
I almost knew all the creatures in this forest, and among them, the common and low-grade ones were undoubtedly, some of the most deadly opponents.
But for her who was seeing the creation of her creation for the first time like this, it would surely just look cute... or maybe my dear darling just had a unique taste for these kinda things.
"Lucy~! Let's take this one~!"
"No. Slimes are a non-tamable species except a few special ones."
"Awww… so we have to kill all of them…?" She was genuinely sad while saying that.
It was cute looking at her sad expression but I knew what she was going to do just after that.
"Well, fine. The first kill is mine~!" And… she ran away.
'Just as I thought.'
We were in a dark forest area covered by tall, thick trees from both sides on a single path leading to somewhere far away, and from the appearance of this slime, I knew we would reach the graveyard soon.
The path we took was a special one and had not a single monster on it.
Still, everyone naturally avoided it because of these slimes.
Any newbie adventurer or normal creature who came across one of these bastards was sure to die so, it was instinctual for the beast to avoid it too.
===Status===
Name: Grey Slime
Strength: 45
Agility: 41
Stamina: 44
Intelligence: 3
Mana: 40
Level: 21
{Skills: Fluidity (Lv.2), Solidification (Lv.2), Acid stomach (Lv.2), Thermal fluctuation resistance (Lv.2), Regeneration (Lv.2), Perception (Lv.2).}
—-> A semi-fluid creature. Has good natural resistance and the basic form nullifies normal physical attacks.
—-> Vulnerable to magic. Can be troublesome.
—-> There's a possibility of the slime core staying intact if defeated using special cutting attacks.
★(Avoid damaging the core.)
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This was the status window that her white eyes showed us.
It was better than many normal appraisal skills. And it was also only (Level-2) too.
It was a good skill and the extra instructions it gave were mostly correct too.
Anyway… El was running towards the blob with a grey marshy body, and a darker grey core glowing inside of it.
The yakki thing was eating a big wolf and the insides of the creature, and even its bones were melting as soon as they touched the inside of the mucus. This creature was dangerous...
"Hehe. Ba-bye~."
With a determined stride, she raced towards the creature, her hands gripping tightly onto her vibrant red magic wand. The sight of her charging presence filled the air with an aura of anticipation, making our Eva's heart race faster.
Her intent was clear— she was prepared to kill the one she had just called 'cute'.
Meanwhile, the slime, a strangely adaptable entity before us, possessed remarkable perceiving skills.
As the vibrations of her footsteps reverberated through the ground, the creature swiftly detected the imminent arrival of a new target. Its senses, finely attuned to this quiet environment of the dark forest, allowed it to discern the subtlest of changes.
-Bluuuuuuuuuub.
The mucus of slime that was spread out on the big wolf of similar rank but a higher level like a jelly gathered and solidified, then it expanded and rose up like a big ghost suddenly appearing out of nowhere!
"Kyaaaaaa!" Eva screamed as she saw the sudden scary thing but El, with her glowing red eyes, didn't even flinch.
"Don't worry Eva. That little girl at least knows what she is doing."
I patted her back and looked at my dear sister.
Atop her red wooden wand, a sphere of swirling winds materialized, its cyclonic energy captivating all who beheld it. The tempestuous gusts whirled within the sphere, manifesting with such intensity that their raw power could be sensed in the very air around us.
It looked like a strong skill but it was actually magic. Her special wind elemental spell, {(Wind sphere)}.
In regular situations, it would be extremely challenging to cast a spell that truly showcases a high level of skill. However, she possessed her special {Elemental magic} skill.
It was a special skill that enabled her to effortlessly utilize spells from all six elemental attributes.
However, it is important to note that even with this remarkable skill, all individuals tend to have varying levels of compatibility with each elemental attribute. This means that they can use certain elements more naturally and with greater ease compared to others.
Despite the broad range of elemental spells at one's disposal, they still had their own affinity and preference for specific elements, making their utilization even smoother and more effortless.
'Surprisingly again, however, she can use all six attributes effortlessly.'
It was very, very, very rare for there to be a person who could be compatible with all six elements.
Even I was only compatible with fire, something I knew how to use the best.
And we also confirmed it by 'borrowing' an affinity-checking orb from our amazing Raz.
'He has many things we can borrow without much restrictions so he's naturally the best~.'
Anyway, our little kitty was surprised how his favorite person actually had an affinity with all six elemental attributes like some dragon or high being, while he was also surprised how I resisted elements other than fire with my extreme affinity with fire or more like bad inability to use any other elemental spells.
Well, it was fine. One was more than enough.
So, that was some useless information again.
"Hehehe!"
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish!
The sphere of wind started shrinking and at the same time, the slime made some pointed spears with its mussy body and attacked her with them.
-Bluuuuuuuuuub!
The slime was making some sounds along the way as if it couldn't wait to taste its new prey and the spear-like part it attacked her with was solid like a rock.
I could tell it was a solidification skill but, it was useless.
The sphere of wind was now smaller and its speed was almost double that of just a moment ago.
It was clear that the power behind the wind was now greater and it was proven when the sphere of wind was shot from her staff!
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis-Booooooooom!
The explosion was loud and after she shot it from the tip of the staff, it collided with the solid mucus of the slime, crushed it, collided with the hardened body, and crushed it like a rock being crushed under a golem's feet.
"Yei~. I got the first kill!"
The sphere of wind demolished the outer mucus soon and just when it reached the core, she snapped her fingers.
-Snap.
And the spell was canceled...
She canceled her own magic at the right time which actually requires an absurd level of control over Mana and complex calculations.
But she did it as if it was nothing. And the grey core was now visible around the still leftover mucus.
Not for long though.
The slime could regenerate as long as the core was inside it. But once it was fully exposed or out, the slime would be dead.
Though the acidic mucus was a bad thing.
So she avoided the mucus falling from the sky after that spell and used another spell with her red wand.
But this time, it resembled simple blue water.
-Ooooooooooong.
A waterball manifested on the tip of her wand and as soon as it manifested, it was shot out towards the core.
-Bluuuuuuuuuub…!
The half-dead weird slime screamed again with that uneven form but this time, the waterball spell hit the core directly, wrapped around the surface of the visible core, and came out from the other side of the slime.
-Splash!
And as soon as that happened, the big blob of acid just fell down as if a popping water balloon.
"Hehehe~."
'Weird girl...'
She cheerfully danced as we saw the fall of our very first opponent while Eva took a breath of relief.
She would be learning how to deal with them too but there was still some time left for her.
We had just started and it would take us a few months to actually be ready to get the first treasure present in that vast old graveyard.
Going there and making a small dwelling was the primary goal for today, and tomorrow too maybe.
We will just hunt in the area, teach Eva, and let her recover from all those scars and after that… we finally go for the hidden dungeon.
That was the basic plan and these slimes with good senses hated unpleasant feelings so just having the dragon saliva outside will keep most of the monster away from us.
It was a fatal poison in itself even though we didn't have even as much as a full drop but it was a gooooood monster repellent too.
Anyway… she took the first kill so I couldn't just fall behind, right?
'Taking first times is not just her thing, after all.'
Unlike her, a simple aura-covered pebble was enough for me to take the core out from their mucus body.
This method won't damage them too much and would be less energy consuming too. Plus it would be a good Aura mastery practice so... I was going to throw some pebbles now.
'The main characters would be starting their journeys by now too.'
We had to be ahead of all of them, we already were but still, we had to get stronger, richer, and have some good passive income sources.
It was important… and for that, hunting was important.
'So, let's start.'
Let's start the journey toward our goals and dreams in earnest.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone