Xen cautiously sniffed the entrance to a crypt while prowling around it in his wolf form. The journey here had been fast and uneventful. He had avoided the legions of undead roaming the lands because he wanted to get away from the staircase leading to the upper dungeon floor as soon as possible and didn't want to leave a trail of bones in his wa...
2025-07-03 06:43:50 +0000 UTC View PostSarah's exploration deeper into the dungeon with Jill, the fire mage, and Devon, the warrior, was mostly uneventful, which was strange. This area was supposed to be suffering from the threat of a dungeon rush, meaning there should be more monsters than usual, not fewer.
"I found more blood," Devon commented as he pointed the end o...
2025-07-03 05:36:34 +0000 UTC View Post[Evolution to Necrovore Slime (Rare Variant) is complete]
Xen was startled awake by a system message. "Ugh," he said. Not because he felt terrible—in fact, he felt better than he ever had—but because his mouth was full of sand. Pushing himself up with his black skeletal arms, he quickly glanced up at the giant stone st...
2025-07-03 05:30:14 +0000 UTC View PostCompared to the hour-long meeting at the Guild Association, which resulted in nothing, a quick talk with her father had Sarah sitting in the back of an armored tank with a small team of C-grade Hunters and an analyst. They were making swift progress toward the dungeon entrance she had left out of.
While entrances to the World Dungeon litte...
2025-07-03 05:25:13 +0000 UTC View Post[Evolution to Necrovore Slime Confirmed: Time until completion 59:58]
Xen felt a wave of drowsiness consume him. He tried to fight it.
"You never told me it would take... time... to evolve..." he slurred as he tried to stand up. All the strength had left his body, and he felt like he was melting.
He had to get ...
2025-07-03 05:11:15 +0000 UTC View Post"Wait, what?" Xen said as his mind was overwhelmed with information. "What titles?"
The system didn't answer him. Apart from displaying his levels and skills, it seemed to keep any other information in the background, such as titles and stats. He knew they existed... perhaps if he got his appraisal skill to a higher grade than C, he could ...
2025-07-03 05:03:44 +0000 UTC View PostXen knew he was stronger than the average monster or person for his level due to the added magic and strength from his Mind Slime form and access to biomass. However, he was currently inhabiting the body of a level 3 undead with rather pathetic stats in every department except magic.
Facing down a group of three Hunters that...
2025-07-03 04:59:49 +0000 UTC View Post[Devour Complete]
You absorbed 80% of the human's memories due to familiarity with the target.
You acquired the following skills:
[Buff of the Berserker (C)]
You and the target shared similar skills:
[Dark Bolt (C)] has fuse...
2025-07-03 04:58:03 +0000 UTC View PostGerald knew he was dying—in fact, he was staring death right in the face.
"Just give me a moment, Gerald," Death said in a chilling voice as his flickering eyes of purple flames danced in the darkness before glancing away.
How does the Skeleton Mage know my name? Gerald thought in horror. Xen was nowhere to be seen, having...
2025-07-03 04:57:25 +0000 UTC View PostXen went all out as he believed it would be a hard-fought battle with the addition of a magic skeleton. His legs burned as he barreled forward, smashing the Skeleton Warriors aside, and he targeted the only one that mattered: the mage.
"Reinforce Undead," the Skeleton Mage's grave voice echoed, and black mana swirled aroun...
2025-07-03 04:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, Gerald had been right. [Undead Resilience] really could be overcome with raw stats. Punching the undead in his human form had resulted in a few broken bones, but charging into them at full speed in his wolf form caused the undead to explode into bone shrapnel on impact.
[Skeleton Warrior: Common Grade] 2025-07-03 04:54:26 +0000 UTC View Post
It didn't take long for Xen and Gerald to stumble upon a legion of skeletons mindlessly marching through the sprawling dungeon. The sound of their bare-bone feet scraping on stone as they moved was a dead giveaway before they had even turned the corner.
"Never seen such a big group before," Gerald mused as he poked his head around and squi...
2025-07-03 04:53:48 +0000 UTC View PostXen shoved his finger into the eye of the wolf that had tried to sneak up on him and fried its brain with the conjured Holy Smite. The pleasant burning smell tickled his nose, and he couldn't help but lick his lips—even though he never ate things with his mouth. This body was nothing but a skin suit, a vessel for his slime body to exert its te...
2025-07-03 04:52:57 +0000 UTC View PostGerald's vision slowly sharpened as he blinked away the tears from the terrible stench. To his confusion, a pale-skinned man with black hair that matched his empty eyes loomed over him and offered a hand.
"Xen? Is that you?" Gerald asked apprehensively.
I mean, Xen did just dissolve into a pile of foul-smelling gloop and then a m...
2025-07-03 04:52:09 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Xen was lost in thought about all the possible skills he would gain, Gerald covered his mouth and suddenly coughed violently.
Bringing away his trembling hand, it was covered in scarlet blood that glistened under the dungeon's ever-present light.
"Ha... just my luck—internal bleeding." Gerald slowly looked up at Xen, "I know ...
2025-07-03 04:51:27 +0000 UTC View PostXen felt relief seeing the human open their eyes. While in the heat of battle, he'd forgotten that in his wolf form, his Holy Smite skill originated from his mouth. Thankfully, since his magic was pathetically weak as a wolf and the skill was only F-grade, all it did was knock out the human and briefly blind the wolves that had surrounded him. 2025-07-03 04:50:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Gerald had been having a good day. Brandon, one of the more seasoned team leaders for the lower-grade Hunters in the Iron Legion Guild, put up a notice to clear a beginner are of the dungeon listed at risk of a dungeon rush.
Which was good news all around.
The government paid more credits for the more urgent sections of the ...
2025-07-03 04:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post"Owch," Xen muttered once the [Stunned] debuff finally wore off and he could move his jaw. The iron stench of blood filled his nostrils, and the bristly fur of the wolves he was buried in prickled his bare skin. Honestly, Xen struggled to see the purpose of the human form. Human magic was inferior to the elves. His sense of smel...
2025-07-03 04:49:10 +0000 UTC View PostBrandon blinked away the blinding light as his broad back met the backs of his fellow Hunters. He raised his tower shield, still glowing with the grey light of the Legion's aura.
Without the boss's powerful aura skill that follows anyone he buffs for two hours, we wouldn't have been able to survive this monster rush. Brandon thoug...
2025-07-03 04:47:49 +0000 UTC View PostXen cautiously watched the two approaching wolves as he cast Devour on the wolf's cracked head, which he held in his mouth. Purple tendrils surged down his throat like a dozen tongues and dug into the fresh corpse, devouring everything with a hiss.
[Devour in progress…]
An eye-watering stench filled the air that al...
2025-07-03 04:46:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe trail of blood that hung in the air like a lingering haze led Xen to a bend in the dungeon. Up ahead, he could hear the shouts of humans and the pained howls of fellow wolves. Slowing to a cautious trot, Xen sniffed the air.
It reeks of nothing but wolf blood. The humans must be overpowering them.
Having devoured both wo...
2025-07-03 04:45:35 +0000 UTC View PostXen mentally dismissed the system message. He would have to consume all of the biomass he had saved up to take on the [Wolf] form.
"Why would I do that when there are still two wolf corpses right here?" Xen said aloud as he awkwardly walked over to the next corpse. He still wasn't used to piloting this two-legged skin suit. However, walkin...
2025-07-03 04:44:46 +0000 UTC View PostPutting evolutions to the back of his mind, he moved on to the next part of his status screen.
[Current Form: Elf Male (Level 1)]
It simply detailed what his current form was, its level, and since he had taken over the body of Jonathan, he was indeed a level 1 Elven male. Concentrating on this section of his status s...
2025-07-03 04:43:57 +0000 UTC View Post[Elven Brain: Uncommon Grade]
An organ found in the elven body responsible for critical thinking and memory storage. It also serves as the mana core used to fuel spells.
[Use Devour on Elven Brain?]
Xen had rolled his slime body over to Jonathan's corpse and threaded a tendril ...
2025-07-03 04:43:00 +0000 UTC View PostHis eyes were soulless? What did that even mean? Xen couldn't help but tilt Joe's head in confusion. "What do you mean my eyes are soulless?" he asked the terrified woman.
"They have no pupils or irises," Sarah replied, her voice shaking. "They're just total blackness, like an animal's."
Xen blinked in confusion. Why would his eyes l...
2025-07-03 04:41:30 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the dim lighting, the sudden sensory overload was overwhelming. Until now, Xen had observed the world in a myriad of colors through the flows of mana in the air, almost like seeing everything as a blur, but now he could see everything in excruciatingly fine detail.
Such as the complete shock on Jonathan's face as they looked into e...
2025-07-03 04:40:24 +0000 UTC View Post"What if I told you a slime could be as strong as a dragon?"
A stern-faced professor's mana-empowered voice rang through the lecture hall. Now that he had gotten everyone's attention, he pointed to the giant projector behind him as it shifted slides to show a typical dungeon slime. "You can never underestimate rare variants of monsters,
As I hinted at in the past, I've finally gotten around to rewriting Shapeshifter. When I first posted it, I did so without a sufficient backlog, a hastily assembled system, and I also fell ill during the RS run, resulting in a hiatus while at rank 1 RS. While I don't expect the repost to do much better than the original run, I'm far happier with...
2025-07-03 04:34:30 +0000 UTC View PostAs Vanity’s fist connected with Prince August’s ghoulish face, a sonic boom ruptured Damien’s eardrums and filled his ears with a ringing sound. The force of the blow caused all the windows in the room to shatter, showering everyone with shards of glass. Damien watched as Prince August’s face caved under the impact of Vanity’s punch, s...
2025-06-28 07:07:23 +0000 UTC View Post“So, are we all in agreement?” King Edward questioned the room of nobles gathered around an elongated wooden table. “With this indisputable evidence of my son’s wrongdoings, Prince August will be held on trial, and we will vote on his fate!” Edward looked up and down the table, watching everyone’s reactions with intense scrutiny. Sad...
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