"Wahahaha! I won!"
Despite my streamlined body and aerodynamics, I still lost in the race against Milim.
And she didn't seem to be even trying hard.
Still, my proficiency with Flight Magic has increased a lot. Especially due to having to dodge lots of dense vegetation.
Now, I am in Milim's country.
And it seems... really underdeveloped.
"Hey! Are you looking down on my place!?"
"No—!"
"Well, it is boring. There is nothing really to do here. And the food is seriously bland!"
I gave her Extra Sweet Nectar.
"Yummy! Hey! How do you make it!?"
"It's because of my skill—"
"Milim-sama! You have returned!?"
A voice came from below. It was Middray, holding a basket of raw fruits and vegetables.
Milim made a face upon seeing the food.
"I have to show around my place to Squishy!"
She grabbed me, and flew to a mountain. Where a dragon was resting.
Upon sensing Milim, it got tense.
She threw me into his nest.
"Alright! Defeat him!"
She said to me.
I see.
So this is her 'training'?
Yosh! Free food for me!
'Water Blade!'
The dragon couldn't even dodge it, and it got its neck sliced.
"Wahahaha! As expected of Squishy! It was just a Lesser Dragon afterall!"
Milim was quite proud of me.
So I hopped and devoured the dragon.
[Mimic: Lesser Wind Dragon acquired]
[Wind Elemental Magic acquired]
[Wind Dragon Breath acquired]
[Dragon Claws acquired]
[Flight Magic acquired]
Well, I already have Flight Magic.
So, I got Dragon wings instead of bat wings, and followed Milim.
"Fufufu! For your next challenge, you are not allowed to use any skills or magic! Just your pure strength!"
"Pure strength?"
I am, as name implies, a squishy slime. I don't have pure strength.
"So, can I mimic—"
"Of course not! You should battle in your pure form! And well..."
I am cute to look at as a slime huh?
Still, Milim is right. I am a slime. So I should be comfortable in my pure form.
Being a slime has many advantages. I don't have much friction, have a small surface area and volume, and I can be faster than in humanoid form. Making dodging rather easy.
And I can attack in 360°, without my opponent realising where my 'eyes' are.
The eye shapes are for representation purpose only.
So, we arrived in front of my next opponent.
"Wahahaha! Take out another lesser dragon! But this time —"
"Pure strength, alright?"
I dropped on the dragon's nest.
Based on its red color, it is probably a fire dragon. The wind dragon was green colored.
So I don't really need to be afraid of its fire attacks, and just learn to efficiently dodge and attack.
"Alright! 1, 2, 3!"
As soon as Milim counter 3, the dragon tried to blast me away with a fire dragon breath.
I rolled and dodged.
Instead of hopping around, I should learn to roll like a ball!
Woah! Woah!
My perspective is also rolling!
I don't want this... I want my perspective to be stable!
I dodged a stomp, and this time, my perspective remained stable.
Hmmm... I see... So it works like this.
I dodged. I dodged. I dodge!
Soon enough, I acquired the art of rolling!
Literally!
[Art: Rolling acquired]
So, I reduced the point of contact to the minimum by becoming as perfect of a sphere as I can, and rolled around, increasing my speed!
The dragon tried its paws and fire, but with my speed, I will make it retire!
Take this!
I hit it on its eye, while making myself grow a spike just when I hit!
"RAAAWWWWHHHHH!"
It screamed in pain, but I didn't stop!
I started hitting it again and again, with slime spikes and all, but aside from making it blind, I wasn't really doing a whole lot of damage.
Hmmm...
I see!
I jumped on its face, and covered it's nose and mouth!
It smashed around, trying to breathe fire at me but I firmly kept its mouth close.
And after around two minutes of smashing around, it suffocated and died.
It's limit was surprisingly low.
"Wow! How did you do that!?"
Milim asked me excitedly.
"I suffocated it."
"Suffocated?"
Well, Milim does seem like she is not very educated. Or maybe this world just hasn't discovered it yet?
No, that doesn't seem right. Murder through suffocation is pretty common, even with illiterate people. It should be common sense, right?
"There is this thing called Oxygen in the air. Almost everyone needs it to breathe and live. So, I just stopped the dragon from getting it, and it died."
"Woah! Are you actually smart!?"
"I am!"
If I had a nose in this form, it would have reached very high due to praise.
Still, I also got a new idea with this.
I paused Analytical Sage's analysis of Drago Buster, and created a new skill.
[Devour air... acquired]
[Devour Oxygen... acquired]
[Fusing Magic Barrier and Devour air...]
[Fusing Magic Barrier and Devour Oxygen...]
[Air Devouring Barrier acquired]
[Oxygen Devouring Barrier acquired]
Both of these skills went under my unique skill Devourer.
And speaking of air...
I grinned evilly as an idea formed in my mind.
[Separating gas Hydrogen H2...]
[H atom acquired]
[Separating H atom...]
[Electron acquired]
[Proton acquired]
Oh yeah. Normal hydrogen doesn't have a neutron.
[Separating gas Nitrogen N2...]
[N atom acquired]
[Separating N atom...]
[Electrons acquired]
[Protons acquired]
[Neutrons acquired]
Hehehe! Now...
[Fusing 1 Neutron in H atom]
[H-2 atom acquired]
[Fusing 2 Neutrons in H atom]
[H-3 atom acquired]
Hahahahaha! I am a genius! I have done the preparations for a fusion nuke! Not magic, but actual physical nuke!
Degenerate is a truly powerful unique skill!
Well, let's first devoured the fire dragon.
[Mimic: Lesser Fire Dragon acquired]
[Fire Elemental Magic acquired]
[Fire Dragon Breath acquired]
[Dragon Claws acquired]
[Flight Magic acquired]
"Milim! There is an attack I just came up with! But it's pretty destructive. Do you know of a place where I can test it?"
"Wahahaha! I know just the right place!"