Magic Research

"So, was my guess correct?"

Moss lay on the motionless Little Ball, muttering the question under her breath.

After several days of studying Slime, Moss had finally learned some information about this world.

The memories transmitted by the laws were still far too sparse and vague, nowhere near enough for her to understand the nature of this world or the power within her body.

Magic Power!

That was the temporary abbreviation Moss had come up with for the unknown power generated inside her body by the laws, along with a little psychological consolation.

After all, she had originally wanted to become a Mage!

At the thought of this, Moss's calm expression instantly twisted, and she ground her teeth with a loud crackling sound!

"If... that bastard is still alive, I'll definitely punch it!"

Black wisps seemed to drift from Moss's body, frightening Little Ball, who was obediently serving as her chair, into suddenly shivering.

"Ah, did I scare you? Sorry..."

Moss rolled over and reached out to soothe Little Ball, feeding it the Magic Power that had gathered in her paw.

Plop!

Little Ball sensed the Magic Power on Moss's claw and immediately extended a tentacle, wrapping it around Moss's hand and sucking it up.

Moss then lay on the Slime, feeding it while pondering.

In the memories given by the laws, Magic Power was also called Battle Aura, Magic Power, Spiritual Power, MP, and various other things. Different Awakened Ones seemed to have different names for it.

Moss had no idea how much Magic Power she had in total. The panel granted by the laws did not display an exact value.

Thus, she could only use her own talents as a standard, estimating the actual value based on how much Magic Power different talents consumed.

After several days of research, Moss had compiled some data and made an estimate.

When her Magic Power was completely full, she could use Claws ten times, Speed Enhancement eight times, Senses Enhancement five times, and Jump twenty times...

There were also some talents Moss could not test, such as Stamina Enhancement and Minor Injury Recovery.

Even at full strength, she did not feel much of anything when activating those talents.

If she tried them while exhausted or injured, the data would be inaccurate, so she gave up.

After testing a series of talents, she finally made a discovery.

The conclusion was that one point, measured by using Claws once, was probably the most accurate standard.

That gave her a total of ten points of Magic Power, matching Moss's current one point of Mental Force, for a conversion rate of one to ten.

In other words, one point of Mental Force could be converted into ten points of Magic Power. This was also a relatively reasonable conversion rate.

Magic Power was the energy used to activate talents!

Magic Power came from the conversion of one's own Mental Force!

Once their Magic Power was depleted, an Awakened One would enter a state of weakness.

These were the conclusions Moss had reached during her first few days of research!

But only a few days later, she overturned them all.

That had been two days ago...

Beside a puddle forty-five meters from the cave, Moss encountered the greatest crisis of her life as a mouse!

Swish!

"Ha... haah..."

Moss panted heavily, her expression solemn as she watched the enormous Slime rapidly recover before her.

This Slime, which stood fifteen centimeters tall, was the largest one Moss had seen so far!

With a body that large, it could easily pin Moss beneath itself or swallow her whole!

What was more, after growing larger, this thing had actually become faster, and its aggression had increased tremendously!

Plop!

The wound that Claws had torn open in the Slime healed, and it swayed before turning back into a ball.

"This time, I really have no choice but to fight..."

Moss knew she could not outrun the thing, and an helpless smile appeared on her face.

The two sides stood in a standoff for more than ten seconds. In the end, driven by instinct, the Slime could not hold back any longer and attacked first.

The next moment, the Slime suddenly sank downward, and several tentacles shot out.

"Holy crap, tentacle play!!!"

Moss's expression changed drastically, and the faint fighting spirit that had just risen within her instantly vanished again!

Senses Enhancement!

Moss straightened her body, forcibly stretching it two centimeters taller and making it considerably thinner and longer.

Two tentacles flashed past Moss, frightening her into shuddering several times.

"That is disgusting!"

Claws!

Panicking, Moss instantly activated Claws twice with both hands, directly severing the two tentacles.

Her already limited Magic Power had decreased even further, making the situation even more troublesome!

"Damn it!"

Knowing things were bad, Moss gritted her teeth and charged toward the Slime!

The Claws talent was not a one-time ability. It was similar to a brief sharpness enchantment and lasted about five seconds!

To avoid wasting those two activations of Claws, Moss could only attack the Slime. That would also let her recover some of her disadvantage!

Swish! Swish!

Two attacks!

Moss left a cross-shaped wound on the Slime, and the effect of Claws vanished along with it!

Plop!

The Slime's body trembled violently several times. The cross-shaped wound abruptly split open, and several tentacles attacked Moss once again!

"Hiss..."

Seeing the Slime suddenly become bizarre, Moss could not help sucking in a breath of cold air!

Speed Enhancement!

She was just about to flee using the speed granted by Speed Enhancement when she failed to notice that a tentacle had already approached her silently from the ground!

The instant she started moving, Moss felt resistance beneath her feet, and her expression immediately changed drastically!

"Not good!"

Moss had only just cried out when her body lost its balance and fell!

Pop!

The next moment, the Slime directly swallowed Moss into its body!

Gurgle!!!

Moss struggled inside the Slime as a large amount of Slime fluid poured into her mouth!

The sensation of suffocation made her instinctively want to inhale, but her still-conscious mind stopped her in time.

Moss hurriedly closed her nose and mouth and swallowed the mucus in her mouth!

Talent: Omnivore II → Omnivore III

Talent: Poison Resistance → Poison Resistance I

Talent: Corrosion Resistance (23%↑)

In an instant, several sounds from the Golden Finger rang out in Moss's mind!

But at that moment, Moss had no attention to spare for any of this!

If she could not find a way to break free quickly, she might really die!

A dignified transmigrator was actually going to be suffocated to death by a Slime!

If word of this got out, the countless other transmigrators would laugh at her!

Moss wildly swung her claws inside the Slime, repeatedly using Claws in the hope of breaking through the Slime's body!

But this place was different from the outside. Inside the Slime, it was like being trapped in a pool of glue, making it impossible for her to exert much attacking power!

Once! Twice! Thrice...

Moss's number of Claws activations continued to increase, while the energy within her approached depletion!

This is bad!

Moss felt the weakness spreading through her body and realized that she had exhausted her Magic Power!

Could it be... that I'm going to die here?

She asked herself this inwardly. The exhaustion of her Mental Force left her increasingly delirious, and her hands gradually lost their strength.

I can't breathe anymore...

Moss closed her eyes, seeming to have given up resisting.

However, her body had not given up yet!

Talent: Breath Holding (10%↑)

Talent: Breath Holding (Activated)

The sounds triggered by her body's instincts suddenly rang out in Moss's mind like a bolt of lightning!

Whoosh!

Moss abruptly opened her eyes wide. The effect of Breath Holding instantly cleared her hazy consciousness!

She stared incredulously at the panel notification in her mind. The talent had activated again!

Her Magic Power had clearly been exhausted, and there was no sign of recovery at all!

Why?

Why could she still use her talent?!

Could it be that all her previous conclusions had been wrong?

Countless thoughts flooded Moss's mind, and her body seemed to find new strength.

Moss raised her hand, her gaze gradually becoming resolute!

There's still a chance!

Talent: Claws I → Claws II

Talent: Claws II (Activated)

Swish!