Cheat Awakening

Chapter 290: Chapter 290. A Poor Slug's Problems

"????????????????????????????????!!! ( "What are you doing here, SLAVE!!!" )

The slug monster, after getting promoted to the manager of the 10th floor of Abysal Tower Of Albaham by his almighty Master who had summoned him under his wing, for the first time in his life felt so much humiliation. Before this, regardless of the creature, they would either tremble in fear or kneel in respect upon seeing him. Even the arrogant basted in the library showed him respect.

But this was the first time he encountered a slave—a lowly halfling slave, who should beg for mercy upon laying eyes on him, prostrate on the ground, and lick his beautiful feet. Now, from somewhere, the devil knew, the slave had gathered the audacity not only to enter his almighty master's sacred lab but also to look directly into his eyes. This kind of humiliation was unprecedented.

"???????????????????? ??????????????!!! ( "I am asking, what the f*ck are you doing here, SLAVE!!!" )

Myne stared at the slug monster, who was screaming in his weird language with a complicated expression. On one hand, he wanted to make up a lie to escape from this strange situation, like saying he got lost or his master asked him to fetch a few things.

On the other hand, he couldn't understand what the other party was saying, and it seemed the other party couldn't understand him either, creating a complete deadlock

[ Name: Sorman Soulbarb Lobaoosu

LV: ???

Race: Abyssal Slug

Gender: Male

Age: 371 y/o

Occupation: Self-proclaimed Manager of Abysal Tower Of Albaham

Title: The Great Bootlicker, Greated Enemy of Hygiene

Status: Angry, Irriate, Rage ( Wanted to kill a certain someone in front of him badly. )

[Skill]

Dissolving Mirage

Etheric Marionette

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[Ability]

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"Done, we are done for this time," Myne rasped, the words tumbling out like pebbles from a dry riverbed. Not even in his dreams did he expect that this ugly, slug-like creature would be so powerful.

greed gnawed at his insides, yearning for the skills the creature possessed, he knew stealing from such a behemoth was courting disaster, because powerful creatures could always sense even the slightest change in them. Myne had no desire to exchange places with the poor fellow on the slug creature's back.

"Myne, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly shaking? This slug monster, although very ugly, couldn't possibly be more powerful than us, right? Can't we just kill him and move forward? By the time someone realizes he's missing, we might have already gone far from their reach."

Hearing Myne mumble and feeling his shaking, Velvet thought that he got scared after seeing the ugly slug creature. She started comforting him in a low voice, but to Myne, her voice now sounded no different than a devil's whisper, aiming to kill him to absorb his soul.

Ignoring Velvet's callous proposal, Myne focused on the descriptions of the two skills he could see:

[ Dissolving Mirage (Active Skill )

Description: This illusionary skill creates a deceptive aura around the person it is used on, giving them the appearance of a creature made entirely of corrosive acid. The mere presence of the person induces fear in opponents, and the illusion is so convincing that it can cause them to believe the monster's bodily fluids are truly lethal.

Cooldown Time: None ]

[ Etheric Marionette ( Active Skill )

Description: The art of manipulating the invisible strings that connect all living beings, turning them into mental marionettes. Etheric Marionette allows the user to control the movements and actions of others remotely, making them dance to the puppeteer's mental commands.

Note: The host should have strong mental power and will to use this psychic skill; otherwise, it can cause great damage to the brain of the person using it, leading to permanent memory loss or craziness.

Cooldown Time: 5 minutes after each use ]

????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????,?????????????? ?????????????????????????????!!! ( "Fine, since you didn't want to talk, then let me send you back to where you came from. Damn it, now even the slave starts taking me

Myne, utterly baffled by the slug creature's guttural pronouncements, finally decided to break the tense silence and speak a few words in the hope that at least he could understand normal human language, saving him trouble.

"Ah, would you believe me if I say that I came here to fetch a few equipment for my Master? And sorry, but I really don't know your language, so I have no idea what you are trying to say to me..."

There was a moment of silence in the lab after Myne stopped speaking. The slug monster, who was ready to send Myne to his afterlife, also paused and made a dumbfounded look on his face, which was not so clear because of how ugly his face was.

Anyway, after the slug monster regained its composure, its eyes flared with an eerie luminosity, sending shivers down Myne's spine.

Myne, who finally found out that the other party took his words in the wrong meaning or literally didn't understand like him, was about to move away to make a bit of distance between himself and that slug monster so he could fight more freely but suddenly found that he couldn't move his body at all.

Looking down, Myne saw himself enveloped in the same sickly green light emanating from the monster's eyes. The inability to move was only the beginning of his nightmare. The ground vanished beneath him, and he found himself suspended in mid-air, a puppet at the mercy of unseen strings.

"F*ck, Myne, do something! Do you want to replace that man's position on that thing back so badly? Otherwise, why are you cooperating so much?" Velvet, on Myne's back, seeing that he didn't even try to resist, couldn't help but grab his neck and shake him like a small fruit tree to wake him up from his dazed state.

"I know, I know, but what should I do? We are no match for this ugly slug thing. Please calm down for a minute and let me think. Damn it, why does my head stop working in such a serious situation..."

Not caring about Myne and Velvet's nagging, the slug monster slowly turned around. As he did that, Myne floating on his back also flowed over and appeared in front of him. Then, the slug monster lumbered towards the entrance door which led to the endless stairs.

"???????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????! ( "Since you didn't want to talk, then now I, the supreme manager of my almighty master's magic tower, will banish you from your services by breaking the slave contract with you. Now you can go back to hell and become someone else's nutrition, as from now on, no one is going to summon you again.

I will definitely make sure of it." )

Saying this, the slug monster floated Myne a few meters away from the stairs, directly in the middle of an endless black hole, using his psychic powers. After giving him an evil smile like any third-rate side villain, he was about to pull his power back and let Myne fall to his death when suddenly he lost connection with his power, and Myne automatically started falling without him doing anything.

"????????????????????????? ??????????????, ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?. ( "Weird, did I lose control over my power in excitement? Anyway, at least that little shit returned back to where he came from. With a live example, no one is going to mess with me from now on... I should complete my

After giving a final glance at the black hole, the snail creature finally turned around and returned to the lab. After climbing onto the ceiling again, he fell into the dream world filled with humes.

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"Phew, I thought that bastard would watch us until we crashed to the ground and became meat paste," Myne, floating in the air with the help of his double-jump skill, said while wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

"But at least it's a hundred times better than getting in that weird jelly-like thing on his back. I don't understand why he threw us down instead of eating us like that human on his back," Velvet, looking down with an ugly expression, asked curiously.

"Because he only likes to eat humes. Did you forget about my current identity? I am now a halfling, not a hume. So, of course, that slug demon isn't going to eat me. It's the same as how normal humes don't eat other humes or intelligent humanoid beings' meat but eat everyone else's meat without any hesitation.

So maybe those monsters also don't like eating other demons, no matter if it's a halfling or pure one," Myne said while jumping toward the nearest stair, making Velvet nod her head in realization.

"This does indeed make sense. So what now? Are we going to climb up again or go downstairs? I really think we should go downstairs since we fell quite a bit down. Climbing the entire way probably is going to kill your back and legs."

Hearing Velvet's concerned suggestion, Myne hesitated for a few seconds before sighing helplessly and deciding to follow her advice. He turned around and started walking downstairs.

"I hope we won't regret it later..."