Syl [A Slime Evolution LitRPG]

”Okay… let’s go over the old evolutions then,” I said. ”I guess we will start with the species’ evolutions, although I will point out that I technically didn’t get a chance to reject three of them due to my last evolution being forced.”

”Sure thing, lay it on me!” Vee said excitedly.

”I’m getting a pink core, so this evolution is useless to me.”

Vee bobbed in agreement. ”Oh, definitely, it would be a waste. Still, I’m now looking forward to you getting that core. Wouldn’t that mean I could regenerate lost limbs with your help?”

”Uh… maybe? I guess I could use [Sub-Cores] that way… it seems a bit cruel though.”

”Now you know how Wiggles felt!”

I sighed and moved on to the next one.

”Hey, do you think you’d be able to make teleporting yourself cheaper with this ability?” Vee asked.

”No, that’s dimensional weight. I doubt it would affect the Mana costs.”

”Well, that’s a pity… and while this evolution sounds interesting, I’m not sure how useful being able to change your weight would be.”

”Definitely something I’d rather eat a core to gain than willingly evolve into myself.”

”A bit dull. I hope the next one is interesting.”

”Um… what?” Vee said.

”I have no idea, which I have to admit does make it a little tempting since I have no idea what it might do. For all I know, it would give me some hidden feature that gives me unlimited power!”

”Yeah… I’m not much of a gambler, so I don’t think it’s worth the risk personally speaking.”

I nodded. ”I agree. Honestly, the main thing that draws me to it is its scarcity, as I might never run into a gold slime core myself. Of course, now the same theory applies to my prismatic slime, which is ’lost to time.’”

”Yeah, not even existing is infinitely rarer,” Vee said with a giggle.

”Holy crap, why didn’t you pick this one sooner?”

”It wasn’t an option; otherwise, I might have. When I could have evolved into this, my evolution choices were taken from me during my forced evolution to fix the things I had broken.”

”Well, that’s a bummer.”

”I could see it as a positive now, though, as I quite like my current mutation, and I’d be slightly reluctant, or at least regretful, to pick prismatic now if I had picked black already.”

”And by picking prismatic, I guess you could just eat a black slime.”

”That’s my hope. Anyway, we’re moving on to the mutations.”

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”Holy shit, this one describes you perfectly!”

”No, it doesn’t…” I grumbled.

”You actually got an evolution for gluttony… that’s hilarious! No way you can tease me. I’ve never gotten anything like this.”

”Oh, I’m sure it’s coming. Your next evolution list will have a Spider of Gluttony.”

Vee shuddered. ”Okay, let’s drop it and move on.”

”Oh, this is like the Swamp or Sleep mutations you got?” Vee asked.

”It was very tempting, I considered it for one of my very first evolutions, but I was worried that water would always be inferior to slime. Considering what my slime can do now, I definitely made the right call.”

”Yeah, and as much as I hate to admit it, that Swamp evolution is basically this but better? You’d get water control and mud control.”

”Not that I’d pick that one either, I’m fully invested in slime power.”

”Cool. What’s next?”

”Um… holy shit, is this a cheat?” Vee asked.

”I nearly took it,” I admitted. ”But I wasn’t in a good headspace at the time, and I felt like I’d be better off making my own power.”

”But… like… couldn’t you eat your way up the food chain? Just keep eating one size bigger until eventually you eat a dragon.”

”Sure… and then?” I replied.

”And then what? You can become a dragon?” Vee asked, sounding puzzled.

”But what if I want to get stronger than that?”

”You… find something stronger than a dragon, I guess? Although I have no idea what that would be.”

”See, that’s sort of the issue I had. I’d need to keep finding something stronger, but when I picked Chimeric, well, I could simply make something stronger. I also wasn’t too happy about the idea of stealing power, and I still think I made the right choice.”

”Huh… I never thought about it that way. Still, couldn’t you pick it now?”

”And do what exactly? I’d be giving up the prismatic evolution, which I think will let me build an even better me, far more than anything I could steal.”

”Okay, point made, especially after I went on and on about evolving your species. Let’s move on…”

”Llewel would love you if you picked this.”

”He’d need to get in line. Simon was first…” I joked.

”Oh? Was he as handsome?”

”He was a walking, talking skeleton. No, he wasn’t.”

”Then—”

”Moving on!” I interrupted.

”Oh, an assassin slime! Cool!”

”I had to pick between this or Mimic as my very first evolution. I ultimately went with Mimic because I wanted to find a way to interact with people.”

”Hey, just like me now.”

I nodded. ”It was certainly tempting back then. But now… well… it feels so greatly outclassed by everything else I can do.”

”If you didn’t have access to classes, I’d say it would still be worth it. But since you can, I mean, you might as well just swap to an assassin class if you’re that desperate.”

”My thoughts exactly.”

We moved on.

”Okay, I think this is the coolest of the bunch. Magma is way better than Sleet!” Vee declared confidently.

”I have [Magma Magic] now, though… not that I’ve used it.”

”Oh yeah. I nearly forgot with the plethora of other stuff you keep adding to your utility belt.”

”I’ll get around to it eventually. I’ll have to if I want to make [Intermediate Elemental Magic].”

”Better get on it then,” Vee teased.

”Oh, a flying mutation!”

”I can already fly,” I retorted.

”Oh yeah. Shit, I guess this is useless?”

”Yup.”

”Queen Syl!” Vee marveled.

”No!” I snapped.

”Okay, okay… Plus, it would be a final evolution, so it seems like a big waste to take it now.”

”Yeah. Definitely one to only take right at the end,” I agreed.

Vee gasped. ”You’re actually considering it?”

”If there’s a limit to our evolutions… then maybe? What if I only get one more after prismatic? Then I’d need to seriously consider the Queen evolution over grabbing another mutation.”

”Really? I mean, I know it says it boosts everything… but still, you’d be having children!”

”It also lets me generate slime for free, something that definitely can’t be overlooked. Plus, I don’t have to make slime babies.”

”I guess… although I’ll definitely tease you about being a Queen.”

I rolled my eyes.