The Return Of Nuggets

"What the F*** BARTON... You had ONE simple F***ing job!"

Jay cursed as he then thought worriedly as he looked at a notification he just got after stepping inside the Slime Royalty Paradise Dungeon.

[Nuggets received 9999 points of damage due to unknown reasons (Nuggets is too far away from you)]

[Nuggets died]

[Player's EXP deducted by 20%]

[Player's level went down to 2 (EXP: 800/1000)]

[Companion reviving in : 5 minutes]

"Oh no... If this chicken of mine revives, he is going to revive in the dungeon isn't he?"

Earlier back in time...

Barton's Mage Tower

"Strange, I just noticed it now... But why is this chicken not moving at all?"

Barton questioned himself as he looked at Nuggets just sitting still like a statue on his table.

So he decided to check Nuggets' vitals and other important stuff.

[Barton used {Tier 4 Spell: Aura Detect++

- Lets the caster see any aura of the one targeted with the spell. Magicka Cost: 600. Cooldown: 10 minutes. Can only be cast once per target.}]

"Strange! It is not emanating any kind of Aura. But, how is it alive then? Let me try something else."

Barton then kept casting spell after spell just to find what is wrong with Nuggets, and after an hour later...

"I see... This poor guy swallowed some kind of item that turned him into this state. But... how can I remove it... The item is just too big, and sadly, I do not have a spell to remove it without causing pain to this poor creature. What should I do now?"

Barton sighed as he racked his brain for answers. But in the end, he decided to use a Tier 2 Health Regeneration Scroll on Nuggets to keep it alive as he cried since he decided to disect Nuggets in order to remove the item.

"I'm sorry... Please don't hate me... Damn it... Things does not have to be this way if I just knew some summoning spells..."

Barton said while he kept crying and crying while dissecting Nuggets. It was as if he felt that he was dissecting a harmless kid.

After some time later, Barton finally finished the 'heartbreaking' process and the item that he saw shocked him and made him lost his cool.

"How... Impossible!!! This is just impossible!" Barton said frantically that he forgot to replace the Tier 2 Health Regeneration Scroll he used since its effects was almost fading. As he remembered, it was too late.

"Oh s***! Healing scroll, healing scroll..." He frantically searched his entire mage tower for a healing scroll. But sadly, Nuggets died.

"NOOOOOOO!!! How could I let this happen!!!"

Back to the present, in the Slime Royalty Paradise Dungeon...

"Damn it! I should look for a hiding place for now. But where exactly? Damn it!"

Jay cursed loudly as he looked helplessly at the dungeon crawling with slimes. What's worse is he is currently on the Hard difficulty right now. He then checked a slime's stats to see if his situation right now is still fine and can be dealt with in 5 minutes.

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[Blue Slime - Common]

(Relationship with player: Neutral)

Health: 200/200

Shield Health: 10/10

Level 5 (Hard Difficulty level bonus)

Description: A harmless moving blue colored blob that loves eating leaves and grass. Will retaliate when attacked. Dangerous when in groups.

Skills:

{Passive Skill: Devour - Instantly kills and eats a target when at 10% health.}

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"It's over... It's all over..." Jay said helplessly as he saw the monster's stats. He knew that the moment Nuggets will revive, it is only a matter of time before that chicken will run all over the place again and will make his taming process even harder.

Jay then tried to look for a place that has a minimal number of slimes as he waited for the 5 minute revive timer of Nuggets.

5 minutes later...

Jay was currently near the dungeon entrance ready to leave anytime. But sadly, he needed to wait for 30 minutes until he can voluntarily leave the dungeon due to some rules in the game.

Then he heard a familiar sound...

Bawk Bawk!!!

"Heh... He is back in his normal mode. F*** you Barton..." Jay was so depressed that he does not want to do anything anymore and just wait for the Class Trial to be over.

Bawk Bawk!!!

But what Jay thought that will happen, which is Nuggets running around, did not happen. Instead, Nuggets sat in front of him and looked him straight in the eyes.

Bawk Bawk???

"Okay... This is weird." Jay thought to himself and decided to just check Nuggets' stats.

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[Nuggets - Permanent Companion]

(Relationship with player: Respected)

Health: 10/10

Level 5: 0/1000 EXP

Description: Nuggets has the ancient bloodline of the mighty Golden Thunderblaze Phoenix. After some time of self-realization, this 'golden chicken' is now ready to explore the open world with his trusty and lovable friend, Jay.

Skills:

{Passive Skill: Chicken Hearted - Grants 500% movement speed when running away}

{Passive Skill: Phoenix Blood - ???}

{Passive Skill: Thundergod's Blessing - ???}

{Active Skill: Spark - sends a tiny electric spark to a certain target. Deals 1-3% of target's Health. Cooldown: 10 seconds.}

*Permanent Companions have shared EXP with player. Player gains 2x EXP for every EXP points companion receives. Player's EXP is reduced by 20% if companion dies.

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"Wtf is this..? When did Nuggets become so overpowered? And how did he reach a 'Respected' relationship with me if he just ran away from me before?" Jay did not know what he should be feeling right now when he read Nuggets' stats.

While he was in a daze, Nuggets' pecked him

"Ouch! What's that for?" Jay came to his senses as he looked at Nuggets.

Bawk! Bawk! Bawk!

Nuggets was using his feathery wings to point at the slime near him.

"I see... you want to clear the dungeon with me buddy? (Sheesh... Talking with a chicken is really weird. I'm so happy that I am a solo player.)"

Bawk Bawk!!!

"Let's go then! Just use Spark every time it is available. And make sure not to kill anything. Just reduce their health to 10%. Did you understood what I just said?" Jay said as he looked at Nuggets seriously.

Bawk?

Nuggets then tilted his head sideways.

"Good! Come on then!"

The chicken and man due then proceeded and started clearing the dungeon.