'Slis are weak' this statent was completely wrong, a horrible representation of reality that can get newbies killed.
You can indeed sleep in the middle of a sli swarm and you will be okay. That is only true if you didn't attack them first! Slis don't attack first!
Slis aren't weak, they are slow! If a sli was attacking you, It's possible to just run away, the monster won't even waste the energy to follow you.
Cain has reached the outskirts of the city, It was called Furberg, a city well known for its wheat farms and bread!
Out in the distance, he spotted a group of three blue slis. It was ti for him to revise his strategy.
He filled his pocket with stones, They are going to be his weapon instead of his sword.
Looking at the slis, the system gave him their information.
'Works as intended!' he thought as he looked at the slis stats.
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To Cain, they all looked the sa, just blue blobs of goo with a core at the middle. Slis multiply by division, this explained why they have the sa stats but different HP
Cain tightly held one of the stones in his hand, concentrating hard on it. [Enchanting] He used his magic on the stone.
Aiming a bit, he threw it at the slis. The mont the stone left his hands it glowed bright red and burst into flas. What he used was fire enchantnt, Consuming just 2 MP It lit an object on fire for a short period of ti. That short ti was all he needed to hit a sli with it!
he has dealt a bit of damage to the big one. As they were hit, the slis started slithering toward Cain.
Twf! The slis started spitting acid at Cain. They were slow and stupid, Cain managed to stay safe by just jogging around them in circles.
At the mont they stopped spitting, Cain threw another stone at them, he managed to hit the big one again!
This ti his attack did more damage.
Without wasting ti he launched another two stones.
< 5 Exp> The big sli died giving Cain so Exp.
The second stone hit the middle sized sli, dealing massive amount of damage.
As they were losing, the slis instinctively started to run away. With their speed, there was no way to get away from a kid let alone Cain.
The sli survived the second stone, "You little...!" Cain yelled as he kept throwing.
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"Why are your running?" Cain yelled at them as he threw more stones.
The stone barely scratched the sli as he was running away. Cain quickly followed with another stone.
The sli survived the second stone, "You little...!" Cain yelled as he kept throwing.
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After three more stones, The slis were all dead, < 10 Exp>, Cain then collected the three cores.
The normal way slis are killed is by stabbing the core, this will instantly kill them. This thod was simple and easy, even a kid could do it with a stick! There was one drawback, this thod destroyed the core.
The permanent quest said that the reward was one copper coin per 5 kills, it ant kills by the normal thod!
Slis are almost immune to physical damage, just like water, you can't cut it with a sword! Magic on the other hand was effective, with it, killing a sli without destroying the core was possible.
As most people hunting slis are either poor starter adventurers who had no easy way to learn magic, or farrs who just cared about clearing the pests. Using magic to hunt sli was almost never talked about.
'Slis are weak! Just stab the core with a twig and they are dead!' This was what the guild thought new adventurers.
Now for Cain's interest in them, an intact sli core can be sold to the guild for 1 copper coin! This ant instead of 1 copper coin per 5 kills, he will be paid 1 per each kill if he brought the cores!
To be fair, his thod was highly inefficient. In his past life, when he started he only had 9 MP. In this fight he has consud 18 MP, double what he should have! Adding the fact that normal magic costs more than 2 MP to cast, usually about 5~6 MP per low-level spells.
His [Enchanting] consud so little as it just created a short lived fire effect on the stone!
To do what he did now, another person might have to spend more than 36 MP, an amount that newbies who are interested in slis doesn't have!
This was his strategy, abusing his large pool of MP to gain the most possible money in one day!
"Let's keep going until I ran out of MP!" Cain scread to encourage himself, in the next mont a thought ca to his mind.
'If I ran out of MP, I would pass out, that isn't a good idea!' If soone's MP dropped to 0, they will lose consciousness!
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By the end of the day, Cain has collected a total of 24 core. This has left him with very little MP.
It was almost dusk so he hurried back to the guild to sell the core, on his way, he thought of a lie to tell them about how he hunted the slis.
"Mary! Are you still here?" Cain asked as he saw Mary behind the desk.
"Yeah, I was about to leave!" She replied.
The guild has 2 groups of workers, those who work at night and those who works at day! Mary had a day shift and as it was dusk, night group are about to take her place!
"I did take the sli quest, could you please confirm my kills?" Cain asked, he was expecting her to tell him to wait for the night group as she was about to leave.
"Why not? Put the destroyed cores on the table over there, I will count them!" She said as she was wearing gloves so she can handle the cores.
"Mary...well..how do I say it?" Cain hesitated for a mont, Mary looked at him with a puzzled face. "They are intact!" He said as he showed her the cores.
"You didn't do this alone, did you?" She asked, not believing what she just saw!
Cain then told his lie, It was a one that the guild had no way of confirming it's validity.
When he was out hunting the slis, an adventurer who was passing by saw him. That adventurer proceeded to scold him about his bad posture and how he was handling the sword!
After just a few minutes, they ended hunting slis together, Cain drawing their attention while the adventurer slew them with magic.
The adventurer than gave all the core they gathered to Cain as he had no use to them.
"Mary you told to do my first quest in a party! It was really helpful to have soone guide !" Cain showed appreciation to taking quest in a party instead of solo.
"Well, I guess that it!"Mary said with an exhausted face, she has finished inspecting and counting the cores.
Indeed all 24 cores were is good condition, a resource that the alchemy guild would definitely buy.
"Here's your paynt, 2 silver coins, and 4 copper coins!" She said as she handed him the money, Cain looked happy as he had gained almost double what he needed!
Now to look for an inn, I need to sleep to recover my MP!
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