After nearly two hours of farming Slimes, by midday, Caelan's level had reached 3.
Name: Caelan.
Race: Human
Level: 3
Experience: 2/300
Class: None
Mana: 9/30
Skills: None
Talent: Spirit Offering
[Slime soul × 95]
Mainly, there were few Level 2 Slimes, Caelan only killed ten of them.
The rest were Level 1 Slimes.
At this time, Caelan was followed by four hopping Slimes, all of them Level 2.
Little Slime No. 2 also died; while killing wild Slimes, it was ambushed by nearby wild Slimes and met the same fate as Little Slime No. 1.
These four Slimes were all Summoned by Caelan later.
"If it weren't for only recovering 10 mana every half an hour, I'd have an army of Slimes by now!"
Caelan sat behind a rock, counting his spoils, tallying the Slime hides.
Actually, there was no need to count; he could tell there were 95 simply by looking at the Slime souls he had.
But Caelan was simply enjoying the pleasure of counting money.
One Slime hide sold for 1 copper coin.
That was 95 copper coins!
If the Summoned Slimes didn't dissipate directly upon Death, leaving no hides, Caelan could have earned two more copper coins.
The 95 Slime hides stacked up to be about twenty centimeters high.
He took off his tattered short-sleeved shirt and wrapped the Slime hides in it.
This way, others wouldn't know what he was carrying.
Picking up his wooden stick, Caelan thought about returning to the town first to sell the Slime hides, then having lunch, and continuing his efforts in the afternoon.
Just as Caelan was about to get up, he suddenly noticed a shadow at his feet that was constantly growing larger.
"Not good!"
Caelan, feeling a sudden sense of alarm, immediately rolled forward.
The next instant, a huge sphere crashed down from the sky, creating a large crater in the ground.
Little Slimes No. 3 to 6, instantly GG!
"Holy crap, that's way too big!"
Caelan, getting up from the ground, looked back and nearly popped his eyeballs out.
He saw a Slime, about one meter in diameter, with its upper body tilted backward, seemingly brewing something.
He couldn't see any information, but Caelan estimated it was at least a Level 5 Slime!
"Damn it!"
Seeing the opponent's stance, Caelan took to his heels and ran.
When Little Slime prepared to spray acid, it made the same motion.
"Pfft!"
The Giant Slime sprayed a large amount of acid towards Caelan.
If Little Slime's firepower was a squirt gun.
Then the Giant Slime's firepower was a high-pressure water hose.
Even from ten meters away, some acid still splattered on Caelan's arm.
"Hiss~!"
Caelan immediately grimaced in pain, quickly using his removed shirt to wipe away the acid.
In that short time, a palm-sized area of skin on his arm had already been corroded, revealing red flesh.
After spraying acid, the Giant Slime gathered its strength again, preparing to jump.
Caelan dared not stay put, clutching his wooden stick and the Slime hides, he fled.
Although the Giant Slime kept chasing him, after leveling up to 3, Caelan's physique increased, and his speed also became faster.
Soon, Caelan had outrun the Giant Slime and reached the bridge in front of Gruer Town.
"It hurts, it hurts so much!"
Feeling the corrosive wound on his arm, cold sweat broke out on Caelan's forehead from the pain.
He ran non-stop to the blacksmith's shop, sold the Slime hides to Old John, keeping only 3 Slime hides as backup, then took the money and sprinted to find the Old Priest for healing.
Fortunately, he had sold the Gray Wolf teeth for 1 silver coin earlier, and after deducting the cost of the wooden stick and breakfast, he still had 48 copper coins left.
Adding the 92 copper coins from selling the Slime hides, Caelan had 140 copper coins on him.
He paid the Priest 120 copper coins, and repaid the 20 copper coins he owed from yesterday, Caelan shouted, "Quick, quick, heal me!"
The Old Priest didn't waste words, he waved his staff and began to chant a spell.
"Hoo~!"
Light shone, and Caelan felt the pain gradually recede, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Just now, the pain was truly unbearable; even getting his finger bitten off by a Goblin yesterday wasn't this painful!
"You ran into a Slime?" The Old Priest shook his head and said, "You haven't even chosen a profession, why would you provoke a Slime?"
Caelan was on the verge of tears.
Everything was fine, he had no idea such a huge Slime would suddenly appear.
By the way, there was such a large Slime on the grassland outside the town, was it really okay not to find someone to clear it out?
Even Caelan was forced into such a state, he didn't believe ordinary people could survive encountering a Giant Slime.
What Caelan didn't know was that this Giant Slime was considered the leader of the Slimes on the grassland outside the town.
Normally, it would sunbathe and gnaw on mud.
Today, it suddenly Perceived that many small Slimes had Died, so it came out to investigate, and then it found Caelan.
"What a loss, what a loss!"
Not only did he not earn any copper coins, but he also lost 8 copper coins for his injuries.
Caelan now understood why Slimes, which ordinary people could kill, were never cleared out.
Working all morning and still losing money, if an ordinary person encountered a Giant Slime, they might never come back.
"Damn it!"
The more Caelan thought about it, the angrier he got; the angrier he got, the more he thought about it.
After spending 4 copper coins to buy two black bread to fill his stomach, Caelan set off again.
He didn't go to the blacksmith's shop to upgrade his equipment.
Even a wooden shield cost 1 silver coin, which he couldn't afford!
...
On the grassland outside Gruer Town.
Because Caelan had killed nearly a hundred Slimes in the morning, there were no Slimes within a few hundred meters of the road.
To find Slimes, he needed to venture deeper into the grassland.
"I'm only 5 Slime souls short, then I can learn a Slime's skill."
Caelan observed his surroundings, preventing the Giant Slime from the morning from ambushing him again, while also looking at the accumulated souls.
He only needed one hundred Slime souls to learn a Slime's skill.
Caelan was very much looking forward to this.
After all, he himself was currently just a weakling, and needed skills to enhance his combat power!
"Found a lone Level 2 Slime!" Caelan's eyes narrowed as he spotted his target in a clump of grass.
The target was almost camouflaged with the grass, impossible to spot without careful observation.
"Summon!"
Caelan took out a Slime hide, offered a soul, and Summoned a Slime.
"Little Slime No. 7, go!"
"Chirp!"
The already Level 3 Little Slime No. 7 immediately rolled two meters from the target and sprayed a stream of acid!
The target was unsurprisingly slain, Caelan glanced at the gradually increasing number of Slimes ahead, and Summoned two more Slimes.
His 30 mana was immediately depleted.
Three Slimes hopped towards the target, beginning to earn Slime souls for Caelan.
[Obtained Slime soul × 1, Experience + 2]
[Obtained Slime soul × 1, Experience + 2]
[Obtained Slime soul × 1, Experience + 5]
...
This time, Caelan did not go forward to attack the Slimes himself; he wanted to save his strength and energy to face the Giant Slime that might appear at any time.
"With my current strength, I'm definitely no match for the Giant Slime. But if I run at first sight, it won't be able to catch me!"
Thinking this, Caelan watched the movements around him even more carefully.