Chapter 41 Satisfied, Oddly Tamed

'Fuck!! I just had to go jinx it, me and my big, misfortunate mouth....Although I never said it out loud either. I'm misfortunate either way!! As I was suddenly being dragged back across the ground, further and further away from the exit, my eyes widened in horror. If I returned back now, I would definitely die! That was all that ran rampant in my head. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! " I clawed my hands and fingers forward into the ground, trying to desperately fight back against the pull but to no avail. My body was weak and heavily wounded, depleted of all energy. My bare finger couldn't even scrape the hard, fine, obsidian ground, and I only ended up shredding and blistering my tips. I jerked my head towards the direction I was getting pulled at, and instinctively turned around at once to face the ghastly horror that awaited me. For a good reason, I began to imagine how I would die...again. Gut? Decapitate me? Or worse? 'What could be worse than that?! ' Scratch that. I can think of a few... My body came to a stop with me staring wide eyed and warily at what waited for me, and the moment I stopped, i shrieked again at the monstrosity. "Argh!!" I held my breath sharply and shut my lips 'Bloddy fucking hell! What is that?!' Just then, I heard a familiar synthetic voice. [It's the Slime's true body.] Meta was as deadpan, and always knew when to chip in as always— Is that what she expects me to say?! 'And where the fuck have you been?! No, forget that. Did you say it's real body? ' I shook my head internally and said. Indeed the Slime really did somehow survive. But it was also... different. Very different. Disturbingly different. I stared with horror filled eyes at the molten silvery blood of an unrefined proportion looming over me, then lowered my eye suspiciosly. 'Something is wrong. ' I quickly noticed and activated my Appraisal skill. ... [Name: Silver Slime Type: Monster Status: Drastically Weakend] ... I ignored the new function of Appraisal and turned to the main part. Drastically weakend... [It's core has been damaged, and barely survived your attack. Slimes have special characteristics, and one of them is teir ability to instantly multiply and reproduce. A Demon Slime takes that ability to newer levels and can replicate a clone of itself to survive an attack at the sacrifice of splitting its core in two.] Meta briefly explained, and I managed to get a rough idea of what happened. That was why I didn't get a official message that I destroyed the Silver Sentinel. It split its core and converged it's main aspect to a main body before narrowly escaping. My eyes slowly fluttered as the next moment a bright golden radiance filled my vision. A transient warmth burned mildly inside my body as all of a sudden I felt a strange tingle in my chest. The strange happening was over as suddenly as it came, the spreading gold radiance ceased, and the circle of light dissolved and dissipated just as it apperead. still alive. The first thing I did was gasp. I was still alive... But I felt even more exhausted than before. "Meta, what just happened?" As I asked Meta while massaging my throat that was strangely sore, I tried to get up but immediately fell back down against my backside. My heart was still racing and pounding so I took some breath to try to regain some calm. Just then, a blurred figure crossed the edge of my vision and I was alerted. I turned to see a dark silver blob of slime bounce next to me and froze. Just then Meta said. [You have formed a Familiar contract with the Silver Slime.] At the same time, a blue interface appeared before me with a system prompt. ... [Contract ritual has been fulfilled. Congratulations, you now have a Familiar!] ... "Don't bullshit!" I spat out at the sick joke. What the fuck is that supposed to mean? What's a Familiar? With the fucking slime that just vandalized me?! No! I refuse! I don't want it! Give me back my purity!! "Hey, Meta. Explain!" Recovering from the shock, I demanded pensively. [There are a few conjectures. One, the Silver Slime, in order to sustain its existence and power had to form a bonding contract which allows the sharing of existences and life force with another existence, which in this case is you. It was either that, or it would turn to devouring you for nutrients to sustain itself.] That's kind of scary. I looked at the dark silvery gelatinous slime that was like a spherical and round blob. The previously terrifying monster whose body was falling apart piece by piece now looked so tame, small and surprisingly cute. But all of that was just a visage, and I knew it. ... [{Appraisal}Level 2 has been activated] ___ ___ [Name: -- [Race: Demon Slime (Evolved from the Silver Slime) [Type: Monster [Status: Satisfied, and oddly tame...]