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"You have gotten a little bit stronger, but you are still weak. And you have made a slime into your follower, even though you are using it only as your weapon and nothing more," Xanda said. "Continue getting stronger and continue making followers. That last part after Eden is dead, mind you."
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< < < < < < Further away, I saw a slime. They all appeared the same to me; the only differences were in color and size…
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Looking at my experience points, I had two hundred twenty thousand two hundred fifty out of two hundred eighty thousand four hundred twenty-one. I doubt the slightly stronger slime will give me fifty-seven thousand eight hundred seventy-one experience points; so I might as well do it now. I was referring to attribute point allocation, element affinity point allocation, myth point allocation, and last but not least—specializations, whatever they were. And even though I didn't know what they were, I was going to find out.
< < < With attribute and affinity points sorted, it was time for skill trees.
< < < < << Indomitable will>>
< It was a choice node; I had to pick one or the other. However, I wanted to examine my other skill tree first, as I had only one myth point to spend.
< < < < << Strength of a monarch>>
< The choice was clear—indomitable will. But the question was: which type? One was permanent, while the other was not. One had no drawbacks, while the other had the two. Do I really need permanent stun immunity? That was all it came down to.
I think that I do…
Was it me or the blessing of greed? Regardless, there you have it.
< < There were five specializations to choose from: the path of the fighting maou—the melee damage dealer specialization, the path of the warlock maou—the ranged damage dealer specialization, the path of the warrior maou—the tank specialization, the path of the ruling maou—the support specialization, and some hybrid specialization called the path of the true maou. Looking closer at the last one, it was a hidden specialization unlocked because my job's rank was at least S.
"Xanda, can I grow into the path of the fighting maou, the path of the warlock maou, the path of the warrior maou, the path of the ruling maou, or the path of the true maou, or will it make it easier for Eden to find me?" What do you think was the answer she gave me was? I closed the specializations without picking one; it was time to fight the slightly stronger slime.
< < < < It was the same swordsman's slash, but with the chaos element instead of the dark.
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< < < < Should I unequip Pandora's undergarmentsand make this more fun? I shook my head.
< < < Two hits… And a few hundred of them to reach the second boss…
< < < I was level sixteen, and it took me five hits. The first hit stunned the very strong slime, giving me five free attacks, out of which I only needed four to kill it. It dropped slimy plate gloves with 506 might and 506 dexterity.
< < < A little over four hundred of them and two bosses dropped me: slimy cloth boots with 506 ascendence and 506 dominion, and slime leather shoulderpads with 506 might and 506 dexterity, and leveled me up to level nineteen.
< < < The slime prince was the fifth boss; honestly, I wasn't expecting anything from it, and I was right to do so… as it was a oneshot…
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< < < < Sixth and seventh bosses fell just as easily… The items that they dropped were: slimy leather chest +1 and slimy plate head +1, giving me a total of 556 dexterity, 556 chaos, 556 might, and 556 stamina.
When I reached the eighth boss, I was level twenty-two.
< < < "I swear to god, Sal! If you die before doing anything, I am going to quit!"
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< < < It didn't die, so I wouldn't be quitting… for now…
"Maou, why are you killing us?"
"Just because."