The World Is Overflowing with Monster, I’m Taking a Liking to This Life Chapter 40

A New Friend

I look at the quivering red sli at my feet.

It was looking back at with a look of expectation.

Though, it didnt exactly have any eyes.

But it seems that this little guy really wants to be friends with .

Its hard for to admit this myself, but what about was even appealing?

Was this sli blind or sothing? Oh, right. He didnt have eyes.

I scratch my head irritably.

I said it before, but I dont have any intention of having you joinhmm?

I noticed sothing while I was talking.

The red slis body.

Aside from the core, which was the size of a pickled plum, there was sothing else floating inside of it.

Is thata magic stone?

It looked like a brown magic stone.

Sohow, it seed familiar. Could it be

That, is it the magic stone that I was carrying?

The sli jiggled when I asked this.

I think it was saying that I was correct.

This guy

Give it back, that was supposed to be for Momo

Bark!

Just as my hand reaches out towards the sli, Momo jumped in between us.

Momo?

Bark! Bark!

Momo barked at as if to protect the sli.

Huh, Momo? What happened?

Did I do sothing to make her upset?

Damn, it was making want to cry

B-bark!

Seeing upset, Momo frantically tells that I misunderstood her.

Then she lightly puts a paw on top of the sli and looks at .

The sli shuddered like pudding. It was kind of cute.

Momo Do you want this sli to join us?

Bark.

Momo nodded.

Apparently, Momo wanted to accept the sli.

I an, wait a minute

Hey, Momo. Did you throw the magic stone out of the window in order to give it to this guy?

Bark.

Momo nodded again.

I knew it. Momo had acted strangely while we were eating earlier.

Especially because she really liked those stones. So that was the aning behind it all.

Momo had realized that the sli was right outside.

And she had so motive in offering the sli the stone.

Motive The only thing I could think of was to strengthen it, or give it a skill.

Just as Momo had eaten the shadow wolfs stone and got the shadow skill, the sli may have

I looked towards the sli, and it seed to have just finished digesting the mimic stone.

Bark.

(shaking)

Momo howled towards the sli.

And then the sli shuddered, and its body transford.

Oh, ohhh

I couldnt help but exclaim.

The slis body slowly changed, and it transford into an empty plastic container.

Hey, that was the garbage I gave to it to eat.

Transformationno, mimicking skill maybe

That was amazing.

You could not tell the difference by looking at it.

I even tried touching it, but it felt the sa.

However, the weight was different. Likely, it was the sa weight as the sli.

And just like with the mimic, it was invisible to Scouting.

This was an amazing skill.

Bark.

Momo howled again, and the sli returned to its normal form.

And now that it was back to normal, both the sli and Momo looked at with expectant expressions.

So, was this a way for the sli to make its case?

Like, look at what I can do!

Momo, did you know about this? That it would get the mimicking skill if it ate the mimic stone?

Bark

Probably, I at least had an idea about it.

She seed to say.

Was it an instinct that animals had?

Still, it was amazing that she realized this.

The voice echoes in my head again.

Momo and the sli look at .

And I sigh deeply.

Ahhalright, Momo. You win.

A sli with mimicking skills.

With this, it would no longer get in the way of my skills.

Even more, it was immune to physical attacks, so it was a good addition to my fighting force.

But more than anythingMomo had given her opinion for the first ti.

And so I had no choice but to believe.

Both her and the sli.

This ti, I select yes inside of my head.

Oh, a new job has been added.

Monster user huh

Judging by the voice in my head, it was like an advanced version of Beast User.

I was curious about what skills I could get from it, but I would have to wait until I could get a third job.

(shaking)

Perhaps the sli was overjoyed at being accepted because it was now shaking uncontrollably.

Momo was even petting the sli as if to say, good for you.

Bark-bark. Jiggling. Pet-pet.

What theit was so cute.

I check my status.

The party mber section at the way bottom now showed the sli.

Red sli LV5, it says.

So, monsters really did have levels then

Unlike Momo, it did not display a na.

But that would be inconvenient if I ever had to call it

Hey, red sli. What do you think about getting a na?

The sli imdiately responded to this question.

Apparently, it wanted to do just that.

Hmm Okay, how about Aka?

Aka, the red sli.

I had very straightforward sensibilities when it ca to nas.

However, the red sli seed to like it.

Its body shook with pleasure.

Oh, it was stretching itself like mochi.

I checked my status and saw that the na had been added.

Momo

Shiba dog LV9

Aka

Red sli LV5

Momos level had gone up.

She was very close to reaching level 10.

Alright, lets go then.

Bark!

(shaking)

And so Aka, the red sli joined our party.

With our new friend with us, we left the apartnt building.

In another location.

Ahhhhhh! Shi-Shibata! He-help..Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

Blood splattered, and another one fell to the floor.

Shibata looked at this in shock.

He didnt understand.

What was happening?

How did things turn out like this?

They had to spread out further in order to search for food. And so they had co out here.

Things had been going well up until now.

All the monsters that appeared were lone goblins or zombies.

They were nothing to them, now that their levels had been raised.

Lets go on a little further.

Who was it that had said that?

But no one disagreed.

They had beco too confident after killing monsters, gaining levels and skills.

They could do it. They could now take on even stronger monsters.

They would collect lots of food supplies and surprise everyone.

This was what they thought, as they spread out even further, and ca all the way out here.

However, their powerful advance ca to a sudden end.

They had arrived at a giant shopping mall.

And here they encountered a monster that defied their wildest imaginations.

Wha-what is that, that thing!

Shibata, the punkish student was shaking as he hid behind so nearby bushes.

Gaaaahhh!!!

He heard the scream of another of his companions.

Should he go and help? No, it was no use. He could not fight this enemy.

It was on another level.

Haha..ah..ah! Da-damn it!

He breathed quietly and finally ca to a decision.

Hey, hey! Shibata!? Where are you going!? We, we need to go and help themAGHHH!!!

Ignoring the cries of his friend, Shibata ran away.

He had chosen to run.

While the others were distracted, he would make as much distance from them as possible.

(Im sorryeveryone, Im sorry!)

He repented in his heart over abandoning his friends.

And yet, his legs did not stop.

I, I need to go and tell Nishino. HurryI must hurry!

Soonesoone had to survive and tell him.

Tell him about the monster. The others had to know about it.

He shuddered as he ran, and all the while, the screaming of the monster echoed in his ears.