Chapter 25: Experience Point Event and [Transform] Skill

[This is a review after using an alchemy product, so if you don’t want to see it, go somewhere else.

Also, those who watch, keep in mind that using alchemy products is your own responsibility.

There’s no one without this much common sense, right?]

[Okay, then I’ll start.

Anyone who has watched my broadcast a bit will know.

My foot is rotten!

Even our cat who loves cheese is startled and runs away.

As usual, I was looking for good items, and ‘that little tickle in my head’ led me to this item.

Just by looking at the outside, it looks like that, right?

That thing my daughter goes crazy for if you add some glitter.

But my daughter will love this even without adding glitter.

Why?

“Jjin~Ppung!”

Isn’t it cute?

They say it’s only real if this sound comes out?

There are many fakes too, so be careful.

Anyway, I came all the way to Korea just to get one of these.

What is Jungle doing? Not delivering items like this.

But I’m glad I came.

After coming, I saw it wasn’t just this.

I bought them by type.

I used them like this.

WOW.

This is a miracle sent by God to save those whose feet are rotten.

Look at this. Even when our swearing friend puts their foot on their face, they stay still. By now, they should have dropped a hundred F-bombs.

How about this one?

You attach it like this.

Funny, right? But the effect isn’t funny.

If our channel upload stops one day, assume it’s because I didn’t give this to my wife as a gift. Or I gave it as a gift and got squashed by my wife’s butt and became a mummy.

Fought with your wife? Then come to Korea and buy this. That night, the bed will be on fire.

Your daughter hates you? Then come to Korea and buy this. Your daughter will kiss you for the first time in 5 years.

And lastly. This is not a confirmed story, so take it with a grain of salt.

The moment you hear this little secret that will make you bigger, you’ll book a plane ticket.]

A glance.

[If you attach this there.]

Thumbs up!

[I have other items too, but that’ll be for another time. It’ll be uploaded by the time you arrive at the airport. Ah, I forgot to mention, it’s hard to get, so think about pitching a tent and waiting in front of the store. It’s natural that popular alchemy products are hard to get, right?]

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An overseas super-large W-tuber uploaded reviews of <Insole Slime> and <Pack Slime>.

They kindly even added Korean subtitles, saying they bought it in Korea.

Hahaha.

30 million, huh.

With 30 million, there must be hundreds of thousands of subscribers in each country.

Hahaha….

Ah, this is weak.

They say even a mutt gets half a meal in its own home.

No matter how many subscribers there are, it’s something an overseas W-tuber said.

There’s no way domestic W-tubers and influencers would back down out of fear of that.

It’s not just this, is it?

It seems too weak to say this is all.

There are videos that survived even while criticizing <Pack Slime>!

They have guts.

Don’t lose! Keep going!

You are hope!

-Hey, you traitor s.o.b! If Yeonseul gives up on the domestic market, will you take responsibility!

If Yeonseul goes overseas, I’ll definitely find you and kill you!

I’ll shove a foot in your mouth and transfer athlete’s foot to your lungs to kill you!

“….”

Refreshed.

[Video not found.]

Where did this talk about giving up on the domestic market come from?

Let’s see–.

A captured photo from an anonymous office worker bulletin board is circulating.

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[Seoul Central Alchemy Center: We’re planning exports for that these days.

Busan Central Alchemy Center: Aren’t you unable to meet domestic amount either?

Seoul Central Alchemy Center: We still intend to export.]

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Seoul Central Alchemy Center: This is the safety inspection team.

Seoul Central Alchemy Center: We have a mad dog on our team, you know?

Seoul Central Alchemy Center: Since the domestic market is screwed, they went to propose exporting everything to the team leader.

Seoul Central Alchemy Center: The higher-ups are serious about exports right now, so it’ll probably pass?

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Hahaha….

There are articles like this too.

[Peace Guild. Stated that they will never cooperate with individuals and companies that damage Alchemy Slime’s honor with false rumors.]

From overseas super-large W-tubers to Alchemy Center employees and even the Peace Guild.

There might be more that I haven’t found?

BeautyLime also uploaded a video defending me.

“….”

What are you, the AvenXers! Go save the world! Don’t protect Slime!

Ring ring.

[Counselor Park Taeyang]

Oh God. Why are you doing this to me?

You’re making the items sell well, what’s the complaint?

Because people might cut open my belly and pull out <Pack Slime>!

“We’re not exporting. It’s a false rumor. We’re not giving up on the domestic market. You don’t have to worry.”

-Alchemist-nim.

“We’re not exporting! We can’t! What export are you talking about! If they want to buy the items, tell them to come to Korea! That way, our national prestige will rise and we’ll even get tourism revenue! Make <Slime> a Korean specialty product!”

-That’s a very good idea! But we still need to increase production volume! They came all the way to Korea, we can’t send them back empty-handed!

“Tell them to pitch a tent and participate in the open-run. If they don’t have enough NOOOOO effort, they can’t buy it! Is that reverse discrimination?”

-Isn’t it too miserable if their only memory of Korea is the open-run! It’s bad for Korea’s image too!

“What’s wrong with that! When I go to famous overseas museums, all I remember is being squeezed among people! The tourism industry is doing well, isn’t it!”

-At least photos remain from that! If they participate in the open-run, all that will remain are photos of the backs of people blocking their way!

“My <Slime> also leaves behind clean skin!”

-Please! This way, something really bad will happen!

“Just a moment.”

I turned off the sound so the sound wouldn’t be conveyed.

“What are you, a webnovel reader screaming for more chapters!

Even if I squeeze harder… the next Slime does come out!

I do have some stockpiled with [Store]!

But will you be satisfied if I release that!

Nooooo!

You’ll just ask for moreeee!

I need to live my life too!

Do some self-improvement!

Shoot videos to upload to WTube!

Watch WTube looking for Mukbang material!

Play games to talk about with Makina!

Browse the internet looking for info that will help with new products!

I have a lot to doooooo!

Of course, unlike a normal human, I can be active 24 hours a day!

But I don’t want to live my life just workingggg!”

Shouting feels a little refreshing.

I know I can’t leave it like this.

Right now, even mixing only Koreans causes fights.

What would happen if people from all over the world gathered and mixed?

They curse at others’ parents, so why wouldn’t they curse at foreigners?

If someone waiting gets annoyed and says something stupid like ‘What does a darkie need skin care for,’ and the other person understands and a fight breaks out, watch. It’s international news material.

It would be a relief if it just ended with international news.

They spent tens to hundreds of thousands of won and even took vacation to come to Korea, but couldn’t buy the items. If they hear insults in that state?

It wouldn’t be strange if a knife fight broke out.

If a disaster happens, a hearing is held at the National Assembly, and they tell me to appear as a witness?

The fact that I became a Slime will be broadcast live nationwide!

-I am truly sorry for saying this.

-Is there really no other way?

Increasing production volume is out of the question.

We just significantly increased our Gongdori production volume last time, so we can’t increase it drastically again like before.

‘Ungae~! I’m Baby Alchemy Center. Give me more <Slime>.’

If I keep coddling them every time this happens, they’ll get too spoiled.

Even if I’m blue, I’m a Slime, not a future raccoon.

The reason I take a 40% commission is to solve all these things!

Why do you keep contacting me!

I turned the sound back on.

“There’s a very uncertain method.”

-What is it?

A way to increase production volume?

There is.

I just need to raise my level.

A way to raise my level?

I just need to eat lots of rare things.

I’m just not going to help them.

They need to suffer some losses too.

“Send me lots of rare and expensive things. Centered around monster materials. I’ll try making something like medicine that our Slime grows from with that.”

-Is that really possible?

“How would I know that. Have you seen every Alchemist succeed just because they say they’ll make what they want? I’m just trying it because there’s such chaos. If I fail, I don’t know anything.”

-Thank you.

“If you charge me for the amount spent, I will retrieve our Slime.”

-That will absolutely never happen.

“When you send them, don’t get your track caught unnecessarily.”

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Within a few hours, the deliveries started arriving one by one.

They must have been really desperate.

They gathered what they could first and sent it by quick service.

Experience point event start!

Wow~. Isn’t this mid-to-high grade magic stone?

There’s a dozen of these expensive things.

Seeing them send items like this right away, they must be really desperate.

“Kuh~!”

The tingling sensation is exhilarating, isn’t it?

“It’s gold.”

I’ve lived my life and now I’m eating a gold bar, not edible gold.

Giving gold to an Alchemist, isn’t that getting the priorities backward?

“Platinum.”

Well, platinum has been famous as a catalyst since ancient times.

“Who are you.”

I don’t know what this is.

Yum.

It’s fiery.

I devoured monster materials whose names I didn’t even know.

If I were going to film a Mukbang, I should film this and upload it.

[Decompose Skill level has increased to 22.]

[Absorb Skill level has increased to 22.]

[Analyze Skill level has increased to 22.]

Look at the levels rising.

It looks like they’ve emptied out all the commission fees I’ve received so far?

If the fact that they supported a Grade D Alchemist with items like these spreads, the internet will heat up fiercely with controversy over favoritism.

Should I spread it myself instead?

Then sales will decrease.

[Decompose], [Absorb], [Analyze] have increased enough, so shall I work hard to raise the remaining skills too?

[Transform Skill level has increased to 18.]

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[Transform Skill level has increased to 19.]

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[Convert Skill level has increased to 18.]

[Trait: Slime level has increased to 20.]

[You can select a new skill.]

Level 20 achieved~!

“Status window!”

[Trait: Slime Lv. 20

Skills:

Decompose Lv. 22.

Absorb Lv. 22.

Analyze Lv. 22.

Divide Lv. 19.

Control Lv. 19.

Transform Lv. 19.

Store Lv. 19.

Convert Lv. 18.

Skill+]

A new skill has appeared!

[Transform] has appeared!

[You can select a skill.

1. Normal Skill: Transform Lv. 1.

2. Special Skill: Special Divide.]

Huh?

“It appeared! [Transform] has appeared!”

This isn’t a dream, right?

‘Gisu, is this monster smiling?’

‘Leave it alone. It must be having a good dream.’

If this is real, am I really going to cry?

Make a million <Tear Slime> or something?

[You can select a skill.

1. Normal Skill: Transform Lv. 1.

2. Special Skill: Special Divide.]

“This isn’t a dream!”

I thought I’d have to run a raid ten times, but it feels like getting the item I wanted on the first try!

“Iyaro-loru-eru-karung!”

Thank you for loving the story of Slime up until now.

I will return with an even better work next time.

Our fight starts now!

“Huhehe.”

[Special Divide] not chosen, and you’re asking how to increase production volume?

Hey, have I failed an enhancement once or twice?

What kind of line would be good?

‘Whoops, my hand slipped.’

‘Oh my, what a disaster! The ingredients got decomposed by mistake. Sob sob.’

‘If only I had more time and budget….’

Anyway, the hard times are over! Happiness begins now!

Goodbye, everyone~! Slime is off to find happiness!

I hope you all find happiness too!

Ah, but before choosing, I should check the skill info.

[Transform Lv. 1

-Can take the form of a species of a creature swallowed alive.

The more live sacrifices swallowed, the wider the range of forms that can be taken.]

“Huh?”

Maybe I read it wrong, so I rubbed my eyes and looked again.

But the content didn’t change.

[Can take the form of a species of a creature swallowed alive.]

To transform into a human, I have to swallow a person alive.

[The more live sacrifices swallowed, the wider the range of forms that can be taken.]

And not just one, but several.

“Hahaha…. This is a joke, right? The [Analyze] skill must have an error, right?”

This can’t be happening.

The [Transform] skill can’t be like this.

I swiped at the status window to erase it.

“Status window!”

[Transform Lv. 1

-Can take the form of a species of a creature swallowed alive.

The more live sacrifices swallowed, the wider the range of forms that can be taken.]

“Reset! Reroll! Anything is fine!”

Even if it’s just ‘Ah, it was a dream,’ please….

“Status window.”

[Transform Lv. 1

-Can take the form of a species of a creature swallowed alive.

The more live sacrifices swallowed, the wider the range of forms that can be taken.]

“This can’t be. This just can’t be.”

It felt like my head was splitting in half.

Ever since I became like this.

Every time I realized I had become something far from human, something inside me, growing little by little, whispered.

‘What’s wrong with eating people?

There are plenty of wicked people in the world, and many who deserve to die.

You can just eat those kinds.’

Are you crazy? Are you insane?

Are you saying I should eat people now?

‘Those aren’t people.

Even if they die and disappear, no one will be sad.

No one will be resentful.

Didn’t you envy friends who were admired by others?

If you kill those things, you can become a hero.’

That’s not my job!

It’s not something I can do!

‘If you hate it that much, you don’t have to eat humans.’

‘You can transform into something else, not just humans, right? If you turn into an insect, you can use it to hide or escape.’

‘Don’t you want to become a bird and fly in the sky?’

‘Sneak into dungeons and eat monsters. Not some lowly monster like a Slime, but you could become something cool like a dragon.’

‘There are monsters that closely resemble humans. If you eat those, you can deceive people.’

‘You just have to avoid eating humans, right?’

No way.

No way.

‘It doesn’t have to be right now. If you have it, it’ll be useful someday.’

“No way!”

Even if I don’t know myself completely.

I know this one thing.

If I get that skill, I won’t be able to resist the temptation.

I’ll make all kinds of excuses to regain my lost humanity and end up giving in.

‘If it stays like this, I won’t be able to face my family ever again.

How sad would my family be if they saw me like this?

How much would they worry?

Would they just worry? They’d probably avoid and shun me.’

‘And what about Makina?

Even if it’s a friend I’ve never met face-to-face.

If they found out I’m not human but a monster like this, wouldn’t they be disillusioned and cut ties?’

‘If it stays like this, I’ll die by my friend’s hand.

How would Gisu feel if he killed a friend?’

“Stop!!!”

Water overflows from the eyes I cover with my hands.

But when I remove my hands, all I see are <Tear Slime> that haven’t properly formed. They’re not real tears.

These are not tears shed by a human.

Don’t you hate staying as a monster forever?

Just close your eyes and acquire the skill.

That’s all it takes.

“No way.”

Didn’t you desperately wish to return to being human?

How can you be sure when the next chance will come!

“I said no.”

‘There won’t be another chance, none at all!’

“Even if that’s true, I can’t.”

‘Are you going to live your whole life as a monster, not a human!’

“If my heart becomes that of a monster, can I still call myself human!”

What’s the point of returning to a human form with a transformation skill?

It’s just going from a human-looking Slime.

To a monster wearing a human guise, nothing more.

“Sob….”

Even if I remain in this form forever.

I won’t make a choice that would shame me before my family.

[Do you really wish to acquire the Special Divide skill?]

[The skill will be used immediately upon acquisition.]

[Once the skill is used, it cannot be undone.]

I pressed ‘Yes’ with trembling fingers.

At that moment.

“Urk….”

Something that had spread throughout my body began gathering in my chest.

It felt as if a parasite was emitting light within me.

There was a sound like something snapping, and then a nauseating feeling surged up from within.

“Kuk. Kuk. Uwek.”

A pitch-black, repulsive, horrifying object burst out of my mouth.

<Curse Fragment>

-A piece of a curse forged from deep resentment.

■■ ■■ Dear ■■ Despair’s ■ ■■ ■■ ■■■■■ ■ ■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■!

[You have overcome despair once.]

[Some of your suppressed traits are partially activated.]