Humanity Return

Ch. 23 – Potential Beasts

The black-haired youth threw away the paper ball in his hand and walked back to his big bag, re-carrying it. He also stuffed the other two pieces of black paper in his hand into his pants pocket.

“So, where are we now?”

Aura pulled back her hand, smiling slightly. The young man before him did not stop surprising him during their time together.

Aura could not stop herself from admiring her abilities and positive outlook in the things she faced. Not only did he have a strong body, he also had an incredible mentality.

‘Can I also be like him?’

Clasping her fists, Aura returned Leinn's gaze with the same smile.

“Alright! It's time we catch the weakest Beast in this forest!” aura said with spirit.

“Oh!” Leinn replied with the same spirit.

Aura started to lower her head while touching her red hair slowly, with her two eyes wide open but looking very empty. It was Aura who accessed the information from all the books she had read.

Digesting all the information he had about this forest and starting to deduce the types of Beasts that lived within it. Done it.

Cutting that information by leaving Rank F and Rank E Beasts, finished.

Digesting that information once again in search of the Beast with the greatest potential for evolution up to Rank A based on the news of the apparition and how to raise it...

Be able.

“We will catch Slime!” Aura raised her face and looked at Leinn.

“Slime?”

Leinn began to try to recall the information he knew from the Beast.

“You mean that green jelly blob?” he managed to remember some of the Slime he had met.

“Slime green? It should have been Wood Slime or Poison Slime, the two of them at least had Rank C” Aura replied smoothly.

The aura thus recalled the region around Ironforge, and realized the Slime that Leinn was referring to was Poison Slime.

“Eh? Slime has different types?”

All the normal Beast races that Leinn found on his journey usually only had one element in common or none at all. But from Aura's brief explanation, this Slime sounded like it had many types with different elements.

Aura nodded her head, she began to recall Slime's information in more detail and began to explain it.

“Slime without elements has a transparent body, they are Rank D Beasts. As their Core gained elements, their Rank rose to Rank C”

Hearing this, Leinn showed a puzzled expression.

“Rank D? Aren't I only able to make Contracts with Rank E?”

Hearing that question, Aura smiled and shook her head.

“Of course Slime without elements has a Rank D, but the Slime we will catch is the Slime Variant formed before they created their Coreless Slime!” said Aura while showing her right palm.

“Oooh!”

Seeing Aura excited once while explaining that, Leinn retorted with the same level of spirit.

“So what are the advantages of this Coreless Slime?” he raised his right hand.

“They're weak!” aura replied, obviously.

“...” previous spirit is directly reduced from the face of the young man.

Leinn looked at Aura, Aura looked at Leinn.

“Yes, they are weaker than ordinary Slime. Their only advantage is not to have the biggest weakness of Slime, a Core. But the slightly powerful attacks were enough to separate their bodies and annihilate them. Their Rank E also existed only because of a Hunter who drowned when Coreless Slime attached itself to his head, suffocating him”

“Huh..”.

“Another thing that can be said to be an advantage is Coreless Slime can directly evolve into Elemental Slime”

Aura shook her head.

“Not really. Ordinary slime can also turn into Elemental Slime with the same chance”

“...” Leinn realized the girl in front of him was intentionally saying that.

“Hehe” Aura only chuckled lightly when she saw the accusing gaze of the young man in front of her.

She tidied up her dress and continued her explanation.

“The biggest reason I suggested Slime as your Contracted Beast was their potential among the other Rank E Beasts” Aura explained with her serious face.

“Potency?”

“Potential. According to the research of one of the Hunters who was obsessed with the Slime Beast, Rank D Slime would continue to absorb the Mana in the place where they lived. Forest areas like this produce a lot of Wood Slime and Water Slime, the volcano area will produce a lot of Fire Slime and Earth Slime”

“OK..”.

Aura began to look around her, immersed in the information from the book she was reading.

“They will continue to absorb the Mana around them and after quite a long time has passed, will form a new Core. Along with the increasing number and number of their Core elements, their size would also increase in size. Rank D Slime usually has a width of not more than 30 centimeters and Rank C Elemental Slime with one Core has a width of not more than 80 centimeters”

The aura took a deep breath.

“After they have successfully formed more than five Cores, their bodies will undergo changes and gain new flexibility. They became able to grow tentacles from their bodies that could bind or attack like whips. It is a Rank B Giant Slime with a width of over 3 meters and its tentacle attack length of over 10 meters”

“That's pretty cool” replied Leinn, given the green Slime that was digesting the eight-meter-long crocodile that he just defeated.

“Yes, after that they can still evolve again. There are only two Slime with Rank A recorded and one of them is Calamity Slime, a large blob with a height exceeding 500 meters and has hundreds of Slime Core, Rank A Fortress-class Beast,”

Aura recalled the information about the appearance of the giant Beast in a story, where it appeared and disappeared before swallowing a large city that blocked its path.

Hearing this Leinn began to smile, imagining himself sitting on Calamity Slime, wading through the land with him.

With one more breath, Aura finished her explanation.

“And another one is Guardian Slime, I only know his name was alluded to in a story I read. In theory, the Slime Beast should be able to reach Rank S as well, but there is no record stating the appearance of Rank S Slime since humans got here”

Sighing her breath, Aura began to check on Leinn's reaction.

“How so? Is this Beast a good fit for you?” aura asked with a satisfied smile, sure all of that was enough to convince the young man in front of her.

“Hm? What do you mean?” leinn replied with a question as well.

“...eh?” the smile on Aura's face froze in an instant

Leinn just smiled looking at Aura's confused expression.

“I've decided to make a Contract with the Beast that you suggested since the beginning” he replied casually.

“E-eh...k-why is that?” Aura did not expect that his explanation was unnecessary.

Then his eyes met Leinn's extremely warm-looking gaze.

“Yes, I believe in your incredible knowledge it”

“E-ehehe..?” his confused voice turned into a small laughter naturally.

Realizing that Aura instantly covered her mouth with her hands, hiding a smile that could not be lost from her face.

Leinn realized that and got new information, it turned out that the girl in front of him received praise related to his knowledge.

“OK, where can we find this Coreless Slime?”