Chapter 201.1
“Fuu…” [Ryouma]
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Today’s hunt and lunch went by in the blink of an eye for some reason .
All that’s left now is to wait for Niki-kun…
“Onii-chan! I’m done with my work!” [Niki]
Nikki-kun finished his work early too .
“Ohh…” [Ryouma]
“? What’s the matter?” [Nikki]
“No, it’s nothing… There’s something I need to tell you today . Actually…” [Ryouma]
I honestly told him about the evolution of the wire slime .
“Huh!? It evolved already!?” [Nikki]
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“That’s right . It’s because you and the village helped me so much . All that food really helped the slime evolve . ” [Ryouma]
“Show me! Show me!” [Nikki]
“Of course . We’ll go to the forest after collecting garbage to see what the slime can do . ” [Ryouma]
“Alright! Let’s get going then!” [Nikki]
And so, we left the cafeteria .
It seemed like Niki-kun wanted to see the Wire Slime as soon as possible, so we went to the garbage collection space earlier than usual .
Because of that we were also able to collect the garbage quickly .
After collecting the garbage, we went to the entrance of the forest where we gathered firewood, and I called out the Wire Slime .
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“Huh? It doesn’t look any different?” [Nikki]
“Yep, but it did get a little bit smaller, and also…” [Ryouma]
I ordered the slime to turn itself into a really thin and long thread
“Ah! Wow! So it can do this kind of stuff now? …It did eat nets too . Can it be used like a net? Can you change the thickness? And how far can it stretch?” [Nikki]
“Let’s find out . ” [Ryouma]
I asked the Wire Slime and it told me that it can change the thickness of the threads . But if the threads are thick it can’t extend itself very far .
I hypothesized this morning that the maximum range it can extend might be related to its volume .
To test that I had it extend its threads at a fixed thickness into the shape of a cylinder . From that I was able to judge that the maximum distance it can reach is roughly 40 meters .
I calculated the volume, and it was pretty much the same as the volume of the ball-form wire slime .
But while the body could expand and contract, the nucleus couldn’t . When the wire slime extended as far as it could, the location of the nucleus became obvious . After all, the body thinned out so much . One glance is all anyone would need to spot it . The volume is within the margin of error, but the location of the nucleus becoming obvious is something I have to be careful about .
I also checked if the wire slime could become a net just as Niki-kun asked, and it turned out it could extend threads from anywhere on its body . It could maintain several threads at the same time too . The wire slime could also entangle the threads, so it was possible to make a net or a thick rope with it .
It can also change into the shapes it learned when it was still a metal slime, but when I had it changed its thread to something like a barbed wire or had it add thin blades on the side of its threads like a coping saw, its transformation was limited to thread + α .
“…Something like that, I guess . Niki-kun, do you want to see the moment when a slime evolves?” [Ryouma]
“I do! I do! Can I watch a slime evolve?” [Nikki]
“Yeah . Actually, I have a slime that can evolve right away . ” [Ryouma]
This time I took out the new slimes I got in the past few days . Some of these I caught on my own and some were given to me by the village .
“Slimes don’t just react to food, they react to the mana that’s used to cast spells too . If you feed a lot of a certain type of mana to a slime, it will evolve into a slime that casts magic of that type of mana . ” [Ryouma]
“Come to think of it, you did mention that you evolved your own slimes to be able to cast magic . Is that how you did it?” [Nikki]
“It was just a coincidence at first . What type of mana the slimes like depend on their environment . There were only earth and dark types back at my base, but I hear slimes that cast fire magic – fire slimes – have been spotted in volcanic regions .
So first, we have to find out what type of man the slimes living around here like . I already tested it actually, and it seems the slimes here mostly like water type mana . ” [Ryouma]
“So if the slime evolves, then it will turn into a slime that casts water magic?” [Nikki]
“Yeah . I can provide the mana the slime needs, so I can make it evolve immediately . I also don’t have any slimes that can cast water magic, so it would be nice if I could get one . Let’s give it a try . ” [Ryouma]
I released water type mana from my hand, then I placed the slime that reacted the quickest between me and Niki-kun .
Nikki-kun watched the slime with rapt attention as I poured water magic into it .
“It looks like it’s trying to stick itself to your hand . ” [Nikki]
Niki-kun remarked . The slime is also trying to absorb the mana I’m pouring into it, so it might look like it’s extending its body toward my hand .
While I was realizing that, the slime finally absorbed enough mana