11 At Peace (2 in 1)

Hey guys,

Just thought that I would do a chapter where I introduce a different perspective.

I want to add depth to my villain...

This one is going to be a long one!

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks.

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Crazy slime's point of view.

I was born a long time ago, the way that typical jellies are born.

While normal monsters and humans are born through intercourse, we jellies and slimes are a bit different.

My mother, a normal slime, split herself into 5 parts, which became me and my family. In slime society a mother splitting into 5 is quite a rare thing. Typically normal mothers split themselves into 3. There have been some rare cases when they split themselves into 4, so you can imagine how rare splitting yourself into 5 is.

Our mother was most probably an extremely strong slime to do this.

Perhaps it was because of this, but us 5 slimes shared a bond with each other. A bond so strong that even as we grew up we didn't separate.

We lived a peaceful life, in a small cave, surrounded by a lush green forest.

For a long time we just sat there and waited for small insects and rodents to come in, attracted by the appealing scent that our bodies had.

This long process continued for a long time, until finally we all evolved into baby slimes.

it wasn't like normal jellies though.

Typically jellies will evolve at different times, depending on how much food they eat, but for us it was different. Our strong bond allowed us all to evolve at the same time, something unprecedented.

We enjoyed our lives as baby slimes. We would take turns hunting and keeping watch. Even though we had a quite basic intelligence, our bond allowed us to understand and trust each other.

Why did we hunt?

Slimes, even the weakest form of slimes, jellies don't require food. But we had a desire to get stronger. We didn't know where this desire came from, it was just a desire that we had since the moment we were born.

A year after that we evolved and became normal slimes.

We didn't stop hunting, though. We kept on going, kept on getting stronger. It was probably because of this that we were much stronger than normal slimes.

It was all good...

Until they came.

The forest that surrounded our cave became a popular spot for beginner adventurers as there were a lot of weaker monsters around here.

At first shrugged it of as nothing, just a few more predators that we had to avoid.

It happened one night...

Me and my brother were tasked with hunting, while my three sisters stayed back to guard the camp.

Us two brothers found two small wolves and after a fierce battle with them, we returned home.

[Brother... that was quite a good fight, wasn't it?] my younger brother said through the link that we had established.

[That's right... did you get any new abilities?]

[I think that my [Chains] leveled up...]

We don't know how we got these chains, but we had them for a long time. They were there since the day we were born.

Just like a lot of mysteries behind our birth, the chains helped us out a lot, especially in our early days

We thought of them as a symbol of our brother and sisterhood.

[Yeah... me to...]

[But you know... that slime was really tough. Especially that guy with the [Blood moon] ability.]

[Yeah...]

[But he still wasn't strong enough to fight us. I mean... we are pretty strong right]

[Yeah...]

[When he punched me at first with that ability, I was really scared when he punched me with that buff from [Blood moon]. I swear, if you hadn't backed me up, then I might have been a goner.]

[Yeah...]

[What's wrong brother? I mean you are normally pretty pretty bland, but 1 word scentences are first, even for you.]

[You brat... I am going to get you good!] I said as I jumped at him, trying to push him.

He ran away while laughing.

***

We lay there in a patch of grass resting.

[Hahaha! That was so much fun! You ran after me, but you couldn't catch me since you are so fat!]

I glared at him.

[But really brother... what's wrong] My brother asked me in concern. [You have been pretty glum, lately...]

I felt warm inside. Even though he can be a bit of a dumb-ass, he is still a pretty nice guy, when you come to understand him.

[Yeah... I don't know, but I have a feeling that something really bad will happen today...]

[Bad?]

[Yeah...]

We sat there in silence for a while.

[Then let's go back!] My brother said.

[Huh... why? We still have a few hours before our shift! Its just a hunch!]

[No... its okay. I trust you. Even if nothing happens, I think it should be alright to check.]

This was the bond that we shared. unconditional trust between each other. I felt grateful to have such a good family.

[Yeah... let's go...]

Both of us began to jump towards the direction of the cave.

As we got closer and closer to the cave, we heard faint noises.

We slowly began to jump faster and faster.

Both of us felt something was wrong.

We tried to communicate with our sisters.

[Sister! Are you there? What's happened?] I asked through the link that we all shared.

A weak voice greeted us.

[Big brother... little brother... don't come...] My youngest sister's voice...

What the hell happened.

We furiously tore through the forest, until we came to where our cave was.

The sight that greeted us...

Words can't even explain it. Before us, a group of adventures crowded around the cave. It was a group of 7 people, all wearing leather armor with a variety of different weapons in their arms. Through the gaps in of the adventurers, I could see a man holding a blob.

[No... don't!]

But they didn't hear me.

The adventurer clenched his hand, causing my sister to explode.

'Ahh... Now I got my clothes wet... Damn weak ass monsters...'

[No... sister...] I could hear my brother's sobs.

We could feel that our link was torn apart. The man grabbed the two slimes on the ground with his own hands.

[No... I won't let you!]

My body sprung itself at the adventurer crowd.

'It looks like another one of them has come... boss, and it looks angry...'

The crowd burst into laughter.

'Are you angry?' The man that held my two sisters in his hand said as he looked at me. 'Is this your girlfriend slime?'

The crowd once again burst into laughter.

I couldn't understand what they were saying, but they were probably mocking me.

I jumped towards them.

One of the adventurers punched me, causing me to go flying away.

'A mere slime dares to attack me? Who do you think you are?' The man said with a sadistic grin. 'Boss... this bastard dared to attack me. Kill those slimes to teach him a lesson!'

The with the slimes in his hand clenched his hand.

[Bye brother...]

The two slimes instantly died.

[Sisters!]

I felt the cold pain as the link with them was cut off.

I was drowned in the sorrow of losing those that are most important to me.

Why? Why did this happen.

Anger filled me.

[Brother... come back! We can't fight them!]

My younger brother's voice echoed in my ear.

But I was too angry to care.

I charged at them, taking them by surprise. My blue body was covered by [iron skin]. I hit the head of one of them, the one that had punched me before.

His neck instantly snapped, killing him.

'This fucker! He killed Jerry!' The adventurers were instantly enraged.

One adventurer ran up to me and slashed his knife down before I could react. I dodged the knife quickly.

'Fuck! Robby shoot the bastard with your magic.'

A man wearing robes began to chant silently, as he raced his arm. Fire slowly began to gather on his arm.

I tried to jump away, but realized that I could not move.

The fireball began to slowly build up, before the mage finished his casting and sent it towards me.

The ball of fire got closer and closer.

Magic was the bane of all slimes. It was the reason that despite our unnatural strength we were shunned as the weakest monsters.

One hit from a low level magic was enough to kill us.

[Is this the end...]

A figure jumped in front of me taking the attack. The fire exploded, dissolving the figure.

[BROTHER!]

The link with my last remaining family disappeared. I felt pain run all over my body, tormenting my mind.

In just one day, I had lost everything that I cared about.

I saw the large puddle of liquid on the floor.

I hated them.

I hated myself.

But most of all I hated god.

I hated that he made us like this.

Were slimes just born to die?

Were we born to die as we looked at our friends and family die?

Were we born as tools to help the human race grow stronger?

I was so angry, so desperate for revenge but I couldn't do anything.

These adventurers were too strong. God was too strong...

Something clicked in my mind.

So what if they were strong. So what if they were tough to beat.

I will just beat them all.

Slowly a new power filled me. It was a power that made want to overwhelm everything... everyone.

A red aura burst out of me.

'Oh... it looks like the slime has learnt a new trick...'

But they weren't laughing for long.

One word could describe what happened that day:

Slaughter.

I left a trail of blood as I jumped away. I had absorbed a human and now had the ability to change into one of them.

My path to being the strongest starts now!

I traveled the lands, fighting and beating stronger and stronger opponents.

Only blood was left on my trail of destruction.

I was on my path to being able to overwhelm and overpower everyone.

It was when I fighting one day however when I came to a realization:

I am no longer improving.

No matter how hard I tried after that point, I never improved.

I stagnated.

I wan't able to progress.

It was due to me being a slime. A slime is restricted in its growth. Once they reach the level of 'adult slime' they are no longer able to evolve.

Of course we can keep on getting stronger as slimes.

But for monsters, every form had a point where practicing will no longer get you anywhere.

I drowned myself in my sorrows.

I was once again foiled my god.

That was until I found it. In a cavern that I discovered by mistake, I found a block of ice.

A block of ice that gave me a new hope.

Using my experience from travelling the continent over the past few decades, I was able to determine that trapped in the ice was an ancient monster that had long perished from the world. The great thing was that even though the monster had perished, it still had a perfect body.

If I could absorb it, I was sure that I would be able to surpass by 'evolution shackles'.

I tried to absorb it... but its remaining will was far to strong.

But I wasn't discouraged.

I had long stopped getting stronger, so I tried to find new ways of getting stronger.

I absorbed treasures, bones of primordial beasts and countless humans, but I wasn't able to get any stronger.

In my desperation for revenge I went on a rampage, killing all monsters that got in my way.

It wasn't until I killed a fellow slime though that I found myself getting stronger. I had mourned at first, but then I became excited.

If I was able to absorb slimes and get stronger, then eventually I would be able to get strong enough to absorb the ancient entity, surpass by 'evolution shackles' and eventually free our pitiful race from torment.

The power that fellow slimes gave me was far from enough, though.

I experimented and in then end, the answers were 'jellies', the weakest evolution of the slime. Since they had just been born, there bodies contained pure energy, untarnished by the world that gave me more and more power.

That's how my plan was born.

I first overwhelmed a lot of slimes and baby slimes to be my subordinates, before collecting jellies from around the region.

I would have the slimes be the guards, the baby jellies be the overseers and collectors, while the jellies were my live stock.

Everyday, the collectors would collect the largest jellies and send them to me.

I could feel myself getting closer and closer.

My goal was in reach.

My plan went on without a hitch.

Soon I would transcend!

But then it happened. A long slime in human form walked into the cavern that I called my throne room.

At first I was angry at such an insolent slime, but then I realized that the slime was like me.

It had already developed a human form. Although it was only a basic human form with no facial features, it was enough.

Greed filled my eyes. If I was able to absorb it, then I would have enough power to absorb the ancient creature.

But it surprised.

With intelligence that surprised me, it managed to defeat the controller slime and this the formation that I had spent nearly an year teaching these slimes.

I was even more surprised when he displayed intelligence.

But it made me even more greedy to absorb him.

When our battle broke out, I went easy on him, making sure that I didn't damage his body so that the absorption process would be easier later on.

But things didn't go to plan.

He continued to get stronger and stronger, until he eventually awakened aura.

Even throughout my distant travels, I had not seen any other monster that had aura like me.

His aura was different from mine. It was a pure black color.

As we continued to fight, I began to go all out. The battle excited me. I had a feeling that I didn't have in a long time. The feeling of going all out and risking your life in battle. The feelings that I had when I fought with my siblings...

How long had it been?

It didn't end well for me. In the end, he was too strong.

He beat me fair and square.

And although I couldn't see it, I could feel it, that he was enjoying every second that we were battling.

He loved it.

Perhaps this was what I lacked. Whenever I battled, even though I battled against stronger opponents, I always made sure that I had a chance to escape if everything went wrong. I never truly put my life on the line.

For the first time in a long time, I reflected over all of my actions.

In the end, what have I become.

It was ironic how someone who wanted to save his race, ended up using his race to fulfill his goals.

I looked at the slime that stood stood on top of me.

He looked down at me.

[Any last words?]

I regretted everything.

[I regret... my dream]

But perhaps he could do it. He could become the pillar that will lead our race to new heights!

[Okay...]

I had regrets.

I won't lie that I died without any.

But still...

At the very least...

I had a good run.

Brother... sisters... I am coming...