Magic Research

"So, is my hypothesis correct?"

Moss lay on top of the motionless Little Ball, whispering to herself.

Over the past few days, through a series of experiments on the Slime, Moss had finally learned some information about this world.

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

Magic Power!

This was the shorthand Moss had temporarily given to the mysterious power within her body, which had emerged due to the laws, and it provided her with a bit of psychological comfort.

After all, she had wanted to choose the Mage class from the very beginning!

At the mere thought of this, Moss's calm expression turned ferocious, and her teeth ground together with a sharp, grating sound.

"If... that guy is still alive, I'm definitely going to punch it!"

Black mist seemed to be drifting off Moss's body, causing Little Ball, who was dutifully acting as a chair beneath her, to tremble violently.

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

Moss rolled over and reached out to soothe Little Ball, feeding the magic power circulating in her hand to it.

Puyo!

Sensing the magic power on Moss's claws, Little Ball immediately shot out a tentacle, wrapped it around her hand, and began to suck.

Moss lay on the Slime, feeding it while lost in thought.

Magic power—in the memories provided by the laws, it was also referred to as Battle Aura, Magic Power, Spiritual Power, MP, and so on; different Awakened Ones seemed to have different names for it.

Moss did not know the total amount of her magic power, as the panel granted by the laws did not list an exact numerical value.

Therefore, she could only use her own talents as a standard for judgment, estimating the actual value based on the amount of magic power consumed by different talents.

Through several days of research, Moss had summarized some data and made an estimate.

With her magic power fully replenished, she could use Claws ten times, Speed Enhancement eight times, Senses Enhancement five times, Jump twenty times...

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

In her full state, she did not feel much of anything even after activating these talents.

If she were to try them while exhausted or injured, the data would be inaccurate, so she gave up on those.

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

The conclusion was that using the Claws talent once, which she set as the standard of 1 point, was likely the most accurate metric.

Thus, her total magic power was 10 points, which matched Moss's current Mental Force value of 1, resulting in a conversion rate of 1:10.

That is, 1 point of Mental Force could be converted into 10 points of magic power, which was a relatively reasonable conversion rate.

Magic power was the energy used for talents!

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

Once the magic power was exhausted, the Awakened One would enter a state of powerlessness.

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

But these conclusions were overturned by her just a few days later.

That was two days ago...

Forty-five meters away from her cave, near a puddle, Moss had encountered the greatest crisis of her rat life!

Swish!

"Ha... haa..."

Moss panted heavily, looking with a grave expression at the large Slime rapidly recovering before her.

This Slime, standing 15 centimeters tall, was the largest one Moss had ever seen!

With such a size, it could easily pin Moss beneath it or swallow her whole!

Moreover, now that this thing had grown larger, its speed had actually increased, and its aggression had become much stronger!

Puyo!

The wound on the Slime caused by her claws healed, and it wobbled back into a spherical shape.

"Looks like I really have no choice but to fight..."

Moss knew full well she couldn't outrun this thing, and a helpless smile couldn't help but appear on her face.

The two stood in a stalemate for over ten seconds, but eventually, the Slime, driven by instinct, could no longer hold back.

The next moment, the Slime suddenly caved inward, and several tentacles shot out.

"Holy crap, tentacle play!!!"

Moss's expression changed drastically, and the faint fighting spirit that had just risen instantly dissipated!

Senses Enhancement!

Moss straightened her body, and her entire frame forcibly stretched by two centimeters, becoming much leaner.

Two tentacles flashed past her, making her tremble a few times.

"So disgusting!"

Claws!

Panicked, Moss fired off two Claws in quick succession, directly severing the two tentacles.

Her already low magic power dropped even further; this was becoming much more troublesome!

"Damn it!"

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

The Claws talent wasn't a one-time strike; it was akin to a brief, sharp enchantment that lasted for about 5 seconds!

To avoid wasting these two Claws, Moss had no choice but to attack the Slime, which might help her recover some of her disadvantage!

Swish! Swish!

Two attacks!

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

Puyo!

The Slime's body shook violently, the cross-shaped wound suddenly widened, and several tentacles attacked Moss once more!

"Hiss..."

Seeing the Slime suddenly start to behave in such a bizarre way, Moss couldn't help but gasp!

Speed Enhancement!

Just as she prepared to rely on the speed granted by Speed Enhancement to escape, she failed to notice a tentacle silently approaching her from the ground!

As soon as she started moving, Moss felt resistance at her feet, which made her expression change instantly!

"Oh no!"

Before Moss could even scream, her body had already lost its balance and fallen!

Plop!

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

Gurgle!!!

Moss struggled inside the Slime, swallowing a large amount of the Slime's bodily fluids!

The sensation of suffocation made her instinctively want to inhale, but her still-clear consciousness stopped her just in time.

Moss hurriedly closed her mouth and nose, swallowing the mucus in her mouth!

Talent: Omnivory II → Omnivory III

Talent: Poison Resistance → Poison Resistance I

Talent: Corrosion Resistance (23%↑)

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

But at this moment, Moss had no heart to pay attention to these things!

If she didn't find a way to break free quickly, she might really die!

A dignified transmigrator, actually being suffocated to death by a Slime!

If this got out, she would be the laughingstock of all transmigrators!

Moss waved her claws chaotically inside the Slime, using Claws repeatedly in hopes of breaking through the Slime's body!

But this was different from the outside; being inside the Slime was like being in a pool of glue, and she couldn't exert any attack power at all!

Once! Twice! Three times...

The number of times Moss used the Claws talent kept increasing, and the energy within her body neared depletion!

'Oh no!'

Moss felt the powerlessness spreading through her body and knew she had exhausted her magic power!

'Could it be... am I going to die here?'

She asked herself in her heart, the depletion of her Mental Force causing her to become delirious, and her hands gradually losing their strength.

'I can't breathe...'

Moss closed her eyes, seemingly having given up on resisting.

However, her body had not yet given up!

Talent: Breath Holding (10%↑)

Talent: Breath Holding (Activated)

The sound triggered by her body's instinct rang through Moss's mind like a bolt of lightning!

Hoo!

Moss suddenly widened her eyes, the effect of the Breath Holding talent instantly clearing her blurred consciousness!

She looked at the panel notification in her mind in disbelief; the talent had activated again!

Clearly, her magic power was exhausted, and there was no sign of it recovering!

Why?

Why could the talent still be used?!

Could it be that all her previous conclusions were wrong?

Countless thoughts flooded into Moss's mind, and her body seemed to have found new motivation!

Moss raised her hand, her gaze gradually becoming firm!

'There's still a chance!'

Talent: Claws I → Claws II

Talent: Claws II (Activated)

Swish!