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Chapter 45  Black Slime and Kai

let\'s set the goal for this week ay 700 as we were able to reach 650 power stones last week, i hope you all will keep giving this novel your support.

Anyway enjoy the chapter

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\'First and foremost, tell me how you came to find it  and how you got stuck.\'

I asked Kai, who had been wagging his tail ever since he saw me as if I was his owner, which sounded wrong because a cat being a dog\'s owner is just wrong. just the idea sent a shiver down my spine, are these instincts of a cat? I asked myself.

\'I found it while doing my daily rounds around my territory, it wasn\'t there last night because I take the same route every day, so I called everyone else here and observed it to see what it was, but we found no clue as to where it came from and what this thing is,\'  Kai said as he attempted to wave his stuck paw. But it didn\'t work.

\'I told you not to touch it, and now look at yourself.\' Kaya screamed at Kai from behind my back, clearly enraged, \'But we had to make sure it was safe or not.\' \'Yep, it had to be done,\' Kai said, and Snow agreed with him.

\'I would have done it if he hadn\'t.\' Khan stated,

\'Ugh, boys.\' Kaya rolled her eyes and said.

Wow, she\'s furious at them.

So, \'Do you have any strange feelings, Kai?\' I asked him as I instructed Star to scan him.

\'I\'m feeling a little dizzy,\' Kai admitted. When I look at him closely, I notice that his eyes are bloodshot, as if he hadn\'t slept in days, not months, because we beasts don\'t sleep that much in the first place, hmm.

\'I see,\' I inquired as I approached him, jumped on him, and then used Appraisal on him.

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Name: Kai

Race: Wolf

Status Effects: Fatigued, tired.

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\'Alright Kai, stay still, I\'m going to cut the slime,\' I said, thinking that this slime was sucking his energy out of his body and that if he continued like this, he might just die.

\'Yes, Lord Nova,\' he said, becoming completely still, not even wagging his tail in the slightest. I used [Mana claws (LV 70)] around his paws, and as soon as I used the skill, I saw a wave of green mana leave my claws in a flash of lightning-fast speed and hit the slime, cutting it open. Kai took his paw out, and now his one paw was free.

However soon the clime started to regenerate the cut part and in no time it was back to its full size.

\'So it can heal itself,\' Khan said to form the side,

\'Ya looks like it\' I said.

\'Alright, Kai, I\'m going to hold your body using Telekinesis,\' I said to him as I lifted his body slightly. \'Now then, let\'s try to Kai out,\' I thought as I used Mana\'s claws three more times to free him and lift him up at the same time, getting him out of the reach of the black slime and placing him to the side with others.

As soon as I placed him back on the ground, everyone rushed over to see if he was alright or not however, as they approached him, he collapsed and fell down he had been in the slime for far too long, and almost all of his energy had been sucked out of his body.

As I glanced at the slime next to me, the thought occurred to me, Is it energy, or is it life force?

What exactly differentiates energy from the life force after all, energy can take the form of anything, right? If the light from the sun can be utilized or converted into solar energy, then the question arises as to whether or not life force can also be converted into emery.

[I think it would be called Dark magic if we do that, it\'s like sacrificing someone\'s life for something.]

Hmm, back on earth we would indeed call it dark magic, but what would be the equivalent of dark magic in this world I wonder.

Well, I guess we will find out sooner or later, when species develop magic in the future there will be some low lives that will go that way.

[hmm your right]

Well, anyways let\'s heal Kai first,

As I slowly walked to where everyone else was I spoke. \'Alright don\'t gather around him and let me heal him\' I said as I approached him and then put my paw on his fur, it was quite a worm to touch, he was heating up. Is this a fever or the backlash from getting his being sucked in the slime?

Well, we can find it out later. First [light Magic (LV 40)] as I used light magic, my paw glowed white, and then the light covered Kai\'s body, and his condition began to improve in a brink of a second.

I could feel his body temperature going down and his breathing slowing down to normal.

\'He should be good now, just let him rest a bit and he will be back as good as new.\' I told Kaya, Snow, and Khan. All of them look worried as they looked at Kai, especially Kaya. Even tho she has a fox face I could tell them she was on the verge of crying.

Why do I have a feeling that I am going to see something really interesting in the future?

Well Anyway now that this is all done, it\'s time to Deal with this slime, as I thought this I looked back at the slime, which was still pulsating its vein-like protrusions still glowing slightly.

I walked closer to the slime and then used [Mana Claw (LV 70)] to cut it apart a small part from the slime and then used [Telekinesis LV 78] to pick it up, while it was in the air, I used [ground magic (LV 66)] to gather some sand form the surrounding area, and then I heated it up using [Fire Magic (LV 60)] to make it as hot as I could and then crafted it into a test tube, as I did that the threes kings behind me looked at me with awh, I could feel their gazes hitting me just like lasers, let\'s just ignore them, after the shaping was complete I used [Wind Magic (LV 72)] to slowly cool it off if I did it too fast then the glass would probably break, or it would be too weak and the slime might break out of it when it cooled down, it turned to form Red hot molten glass to Cool transparent glass which gave off a slight green glow, I put the peace of slime in the test tube wile it was still moving and then used [Nature\'s call (LV 1)] to make a cork for the top and sealed it inside.

\'Lord Nova, your skills are really impressive\' Snow said, from behind me when I was done.

\'Yes that was really cool\' Kaya said, I think I am imagining it but for a second I think I saw stars in her eyes, and where did she even learn the word Cool Anyway.

\'Yes indeed you are great Lord Nova\' Khan said while laughing,

Why are they acting this strangely, they usually stay so calm and dignified around me it feels wared when I see them talking casually. But it\'s good in its own way, they still use Lord before my name but they don\'t act like they use to, I guess we are getting close to each other or it just might be me overthinking.

Let\'s just ignore them for now, what should I do with this slime anyway?

[if this thing was sucking Kai\'s energy then it must also be doing it with other plants and beasts,]

Ya your right, this might be the cause for the low growth of trees in the outskirts of the forest, I think it wasn\'t that my magic didn\'t reach the outer area, it was more like all of it got sucked up by something and now that I see this I can say that the thing we were looking for is this slime.

[we should investigate it as soon as possible and kill these slimes]

Ya there will definitely be more than one of these, and if they are sucking my mana then I am fairly confident that that must have become really strong, I used so much mana in my [Blessing of the Nature (LV 7)] skill.

I guess it would be a tough opponent, I am kind of looking forward to fighting the strongest black slime that is in this forest, if this small one can capture Kai and suck his energy then what would a big one do. Just thinking about it is making my hair stand on end.