Chapter 190: Special Divide.

[Trait: Slime☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ has leveled up to 85.]

[You can select a new skill.]

[You can select a skill.

1. Stealth Lv. 1.

2. Clone Lv. 1.

3. Mind Reading Lv. 1.]

Ah…. What a pity.

Stealth, Clone, Transform. Exactly three words that end with God.

The [Transform] skill that changes the body might not come anymore, which is a bit scary.

Well, even if I can’t get [Transform] that changes the body, I won’t regret it.

Finding Makina is much more important than taking on a human form.

And this form’s popularity is not insignificant.

I thought everyone would leave, but surprisingly, WTube subscribers increased.

Since everyone accepts it like this, there’s no need to struggle to become human.

By the way, the [Special Divide] skill isn’t giving anymore.

My children seem to be fixed at seven siblings.

Unfortunately, I can’t go to Andromeda.

“Or do you want to go, Venus?”

Venus clung tightly to me.

“It’s a joke.”

[The Clone skill grows into Clone+ skill.]

I could make and use clones well even without the [Clone+] skill.

Now that I’ve acquired the skill, I can create clones more easily and control them more conveniently.

Autonomy has also increased.

In terms of feeling, it’s about the middle between my completely free children and the clones I’ve made so far.

By the way, what exactly was the [Special Divide] skill?

It was clearly a skill different from the ordinary ones.

Should I ask the curse?

The guys who fought with the status window about what skill to give me might know something.

When I used the Special Divide skill, they showed a reaction of temporarily weakening and then strengthening.

-Why me…. How annoying….

“You’re lazy but clever.”

-Call Lust. That guy is clever too.

“If you don’t answer, I’ll make about 100 clones and stuff you in them and make you work?” -Damn it….

The fragment of the Sloth curse sighed and explained.

-In you, there were two barriers. One protects your soul, and the other imprisons us.

[Unique Skill] is inherent in my soul.

Even without a separate skill, I used the [Barrier☆] skill well.

-You made a hole in the barrier that imprisons us and induced a fight with yourself.

“Me?”

-Yes.

I wondered why they came out one by one, not like the Demon King who raises the hero’s level.

So it was me who induced that.

-The [Special Divide] skill is like molting.

“Molting?”

-Your soul grew while fighting us.

“The pain that can’t kill me makes me stronger. Is that it?”

-Yes. But you couldn’t grow infinitely. The barrier wrapping around your soul protected you while also limiting your growth.

My soul was like a snake or a crayfish.

“So the shells I shed are my children. But why did you guys temporarily weaken when I shed the outer shell?”

-Because the nature that burst out from inside changed. It took time to prepare the countermeasures.

So the nature of the curse changed before and after [Special Divide].

Well, you pound the shell with a hammer, but you cut the flesh with a knife.

“The attacks that hurt more after that were because it was right after molting.”

-Yes. It’s like exposing the flesh. In the end, it acted as a trap that gave flesh and broke bones.

“A trap….”

I also used the [Special Divide] skill when spitting out the curse.

Is it a way to wrap and shake off the curse that invaded the inside with the outer shell?

So, by detaching one, I open the barrier that imprisons the curses and call the next curse to fight again.

After acquiring the [Barrier☆] skill, I must have maintained three barriers at the same time.

However, the barrier made with the skill seems to be of a different quality from the other two.

Considering the pain like my soul being torn when I do [Special Divide], those two barriers might be made from my soul as material?

“As my level goes up, you guys get stronger?”

-We were ultimately connected to you. As you grow, we also gain nourishment.

You’re really like parasites.

It was certainly wise to keep calling and fighting them right away.

If I had left them alone, the curses would have continued to grow stronger while trapped inside the barrier.

In the worst case, the curses might have gained power, broken through the barrier that surrounds them, and I would have had to face multiple at once.

My soul is clever.

Now that I’ve overcome all the curses. The growth of the soul has almost stopped, and there’s no need to maintain the barrier wrapping around the soul firmly.

So I can’t do [Special Divide] anymore.

But conversely, if I improve my skill in handling barriers.

And use my soul as material, I might be able to create one more special slime.

***

A woman walked unsteadily.

She was on her way to graduate school.

As she walked, she saw students coming out of the Slime Hall.

The woman frowned.

She didn’t intend to come this way, but because she was out of her mind, she absentmindedly stepped this direction.

International students who entered this university under the name of Slime Scholarship students.

They lived in the Slime Hall, a dormitory built by the AlchemySlime Company.

She thought it was insane to live in such a horrific place.

From what she heard, that place is full of all kinds of slimes. There are facilities that even regular students can use if invited, even if they don’t have to live there.

There are plenty of despicable people who pretend to be friendly with those international students to use those disgusting things.

“Hey. Do you have <Gargle Slime>?”

“It’s piled up inside.”

“It’s annoying to go get it.”

“Here.”

“Hey…. Why mint choco when it’s not a different flavor?”

“Just take it.”

The woman couldn’t understand the conversation between the international students because the language was different.

But the moment she saw one giving <Gargle Slime> to a friend.

A small envy sprouted in her chest.

‘Jealous? That’s nonsense!’

No matter how much she hadn’t been to the bathroom lately, being envious didn’t make sense.

The woman originally used <Slime> a lot.

Her family was fairly wealthy, so she always used good things.

She also used <Slime> because it was said to be good.

She never thought it was made by cutting up a monster’s body and selling it.

Overwhelmed by an absurd sense of betrayal, I was in a state where nothing could be grasped for a while.

After that video, just seeing <Slime> made nausea rise.

I considered meeting lawyers to seek compensation for the damages, but they all shook their heads.

They said there’s no legal issue, and considering the current public opinion, there’s absolutely no chance of winning.

If they had no money, perhaps starving them out could work, but Alchemy Slime’s wealth is among the top in the world.

With no chance of winning already, they even have the money to hire the best defense.

All the lawyers said it.

To give up.

So, she had no choice but to give up.

Instead, she tried to prove her anger and disgust by absolutely not using <Slime>.

At first, it was easy.

Even after throwing away <Pillow Slime>, there was no problem with sleeping at night.

Even without eating <Gargle Slime>, the signal came every morning.

Even without using <Pack Slime>, the skin remained firm.

When she wore high heels without <Insole Slime>, her feet hurt quite a bit.

When she put on regular clothes instead of <Clothes Slime>, the cold seeped into her body.

The chair without <Frame Slime> felt like trash, but.

She could buy substitutes with money.

It was bearable.

‘I won’t use that disgusting thing ever again.’

She didn’t know.

That not using <Slime> was okay because stopping its use doesn’t make the body change back instantly.

The skin health found while using <Pack Slime> didn’t worsen overnight.

Even without eating <Gargle Slime>, the body that had found a certain rhythm moved according to that rhythm.

Even without using <Pillow Slime>, the body brought on drowsiness at a certain time according to the rhythm.

But if that rhythm were maintained forever, no one would suffer from constipation.

And no one would have insomnia.

What you eat and drink.

What you did right before bed.

How much exercise you did.

Due to such factors, the body’s rhythm gradually went off track.

That soon led to discomfort and imbalance.

During the time she used <Pillow Slime>, she reduced her sleep time from 8 hours to 4 hours.

Because that was enough.

Since she stopped using <Pillow Slime>, she had to sleep 8 hours again.

But she found those 4 hours too precious.

4 hours a day is 28 hours a week. It meant living a day less than others.

In terms of daily activity time, it’s almost like living two days less.

To prove that she was fine without <Pillow Slime>, she endured it.

She endured it by drinking coffee.

She secured the time, but other side effects came.

Sleep deprivation is the enemy of skin.

Moreover, after stopping <Slime>, she stopped controlling her diet.

Instead of <Pure Jelsl> as snacks, she ate candy and potato chips.

And without the reliable ally <Pack Slime>, she was hit by the cold and dry wind.

Her skin became a mess.

Along with that, stress soared.

The problem didn’t stop there.

On top of that, she couldn’t even go to the bathroom.

The reason all this happened wasn’t because she didn’t use <Slime>.

It was because she couldn’t revert her behavior patterns to before using <Slime>.

It was because she continued her unhealthy, lax lifestyle even after losing <Slime>’s protection.

She knew it in her head.

But going back was too bothersome.

What she was enjoying now was too precious to give up.

The woman, who had just entered the lab, bumped into a graduate student.

It was a graduate student who had just come for studies abroad.

Seeing the neat appearance of the international student armed with <Slime>, envy gushed in the woman.

‘I used to be like that too!’

The woman immediately averted her gaze and went to her seat to sit down.

She looked at the mirror placed on her desk.

There was a zombie that had been put in a dehydrator and spun for three hours.

Due to the extreme contrast, something inside her snapped.

She jumped up from her seat and ran to the slime store.

She rushed into the rest area and looked for <Gargle Slime>.

“Here you go.”

She threw the <Gargle Slime> someone handed her into her mouth.

After munching and swallowing it.

At that moment, her stomach grumbled.

She didn’t have time to recall that the signal should have come 24 hours later.

“The bathroom is over there.”

The woman immediately ran to the bathroom.

And was liberated from the long torment.

Then, sage time came.

‘So what if it’s a monster’s body.

It’s something this good.’

All her stubbornness up until then became futile.

***

BeautyLime, the W-tuber who greatly succeeded with <Slime> reviews, was happy.

She originally loved <Slime>, but.

After learning that it’s part of PengRhyme’s body, she liked it even more.

“It’s like our PengRhyme is always with me, don’t you think? Hehe.”

-AtopyNight: Expression! Expression!

-Not17YearsOld: Unni, you seem like a pervert.

BeautyLime tapped her cheeks with both hands.

And continued speaking.

“If I wear <Raincoat Slime>, can’t I think of it as our PengRhyme hugging me?”

tmffkdladksla1: -Then, if I put on <Insole Slime>, is it stepping on Yeonseul?

“If I put on <Insole Slime>, is it like our PengRhyme stepping on it? That gives a bit of a sinful feeling.”

-GiveMeInsole: This kid won’t do. I have to do something quickly.

BeautyLime, regardless of what the viewers said, kept listing the reasons why she liked PengRhyme’s Slime with a happy expression.

“The sound from <Smartphone Slime> can be thought of as our PengRhyme’s crying, right?”

When that story had gone through all the <Slime> released so far.

One loyal viewer asked.

-AtopyNight: Aren’t you going to buy <Pet Slime>?

“Ah!”

BeautyLime lifted something from below the screen.

“Ta-da! Isn’t our Daram cute?”

-SweetTreat: Daram?

“Diamond Lime. Shortened to Daram.”

AtopyNight:

₩10,000

-Tiramah. Around the first year of broadcasting, won’t you realize that you have to broadcast the gacha?

“AtopyNight nim, thank you for the sponsorship. I know that I have to broadcast it, but I was too excited and didn’t think about it.”

-sohain224: The color is a bit unique? 3-star?

“No. It’s 1-star. But what does the star matter! The moment I went to choose, I was instantly drawn to it!”

BeautyLime rubbed her cheek against Daram.

So she fully showcased her unique preference for PengRhyme’s Slime.

-WhereAmI: Why do I feel like I like PengRhyme’s Slime more too?

-AtopyNight: Tiram’s happy expression is contagious.

She gained more comrades.

***

That child had revealed its identity, and quite some time had passed.

Most people didn’t think of removing the <Slime> from that child’s body at all.

On the contrary, some people thought it was part of that child’s body and got excited.

There were also people who thought they were betrayed.

There were people who were consumed by anger and tried to hold out by refusing to use <Slime> ever again.

But in the end, they each set aside their anger.

It was mostly for calculating reasons.

Because living without <Slime> is hard, so they end up using it again.

But if you think about it the other way, it means that <Slime> has a selfless wish embedded in it to support people’s lives.

Maintaining anger towards that child is not easy.

Because it’s really a good child.

Makina recalled the time when she was consumed by anger.

While being scared of the culprit and unable to do anything.

The pathetic sight of venting frustration in the wrong place.