The Monster Within

"What?" The slime expressed a speck of fear, yet declining to believe what the despicable Baron said.

"I said... you killed the Chief." The little slime tried to remember as his head started to ache, causing him to kneel down and put his hands on his head.

"No..." He started to remember what happened that day.

The Day of the Inferno.

"You... traitor." The little slime started to faint as every sense of his body disappeared.

Deep within him, lies his old body. The weak and fragile human that he had to suffer from having.

"Just leave him be, he'll just die anyway." A voice from a certain man echoed through the little slime's ears.

A hospital? This is such an eerie place.

"So... I'm gonna die here." Tanuki thought as he curled himself in a fetus position.

"Who am I again?"

"What am I... again?"

He was lost as he floated in an unending abyss when a bright light appeared from the distance, "This is your home now.." The voice of Lag was heard from that very light.

"Want me to kiss you?" Then a voice from Miss Bonet, then it was Chief's.

That's when Tanuki woke up from the abyss, "No, they need— where am I again?" He stumbled his words as he realized that he was naked, yet it didn't bother him.

It was dark, yet he can see his own body just right.

"I need to get out of here!" The slime started to panic as everywhere he runs is nothing but the endless abyss.

[Do you need help?]

"Guide, is that you?" The Guide's voice appeared as Tanuki felt a sigh of relief. Now he has someone to help him, "How do I get out of here?" he asked.

[Activate your title]

"My... title?" Tanuki remembered the title he was given by the Lizardmen but he didn't know it had any passive effects. He only thought it would just raise his power.

The little slime had no more option as he tried to transform but he was unable to and it was a surprise that his old and weak body was able to run this far and not get tired.

"Here goes nothing." He said as he closed his eyes and remembered the feeling of the power he gained.

[The Title: "Slime" has been Activated!]

"Arrghh!" The slime suddenly felt pain over his body as it slowly turned to green goo.

"What's happening?" He muttered as the green slime slowly took over his body, "No..." His eyes widened as the slime consumed him whole.

He just stood there like a lifeless body as his eyes woke up with red eyes...

"Do you remember now?" The Baron asked the little slime as his smile was as evil as it could be.

"No, the only thing I remember.." The little slime started to breathe fast as his eyes were showing nerve cells, turning red and rashy.

"Then, let me tell you what happened that day." The Baron said as he started to stand up.

"Kill him, he could be a pain in the future if we leave him alive." The Baron said as the unconscious slime was still laying on the floor.

"Yes, Sire!" A knight said as he sheathed out his sword and with two of his hands, he pulled it as far as he can pull... and struck!

"What?" The knight wasn't able to strike it, not that he was able to. The sword can't pierce the jelly, it just bounced out.

"Strike it again!" The Baron shouted as the knight tried and tried again, even with the most powerful strike, he wasn't able to. The Baron started to get mad as he stole the knight's sword, "Damn you, let me do it!"

The Baron held it with his hands as he activated a spell.

[Lightning Magic: Sharp Tempest!]

The blade started to become blue as the lightning magic covered the whole metal, "Take this—" The Baron stopped his attack when he noticed that the core from the slime started to glow and disappear and repeat.

"Damn it!" The Baron started to panic as he felt a bad feeling from that glow. He pulled his hands as he struck the slime, only for the lightning magic to explode and clouds of dust resulted from it.

The Baron and some of the knights took their sword out of their scabbard as they backed down a distance.

The dust clouds circled the slime as it disappeared slowly and slowly.

As it subsided, a speckle of the slime was shown as the Baron commanded to attack. The knights heed the Baron's command as they attacked with their sword.

The swords stopped mid-air as the dust clouds disappeared and the slime has expanded and held all of the swords like it was nothing. He did not talk, he did not flinch.

"S-stop him!" The Baron shouted as he ran and hide by the forest as he spectated from afar.

The slime's body slowly but surely consumed the sword, only for the knights to come along with it.

The Baron's heart skipped a beat as he saw his knight eaten like their were candies. The slime was the size of a basketball, yet he was able to fit eight knights at once.

"A-attack him, don't let him touch me!" The Baron said as many more knights appeared, including two of the Brutes that was with the Baron. They attacked as the slime stood still.

"|⏌⎡⏉⎾⎸┄⎤ |=-" The little slime started to chant something the Baron was unable to understand as his core glowed one more but this time, it was brighter than before.

The slime expanded as different parts of the creatures appeared before him. Bones of something big started to form inside the body as it protected the core.

The head of the Blue-Skinned Wolf formed on his head and the body of a snake formed. The wings of an eagle formed in the back as it started to fly. Oh, I'm not done yet.

It flew like a dragon as another wing appeared. It started to drip some of his bodily goo as it dropped in the ground and started to transform into the body of that of a human.

A lot appeared as it behaved liked mindless zombies.

"W-what's going on here!"