Warlock of War: My Ares System

Squish

“Now, what should I do now?” I muttered as another drop of sweat ran down my cheek.

Squish

Forty-five minus eight is thirty-seven, but about thirty-five if I count the previous cores… and judging from how far the exit of this dungeon is, I won’t be able to escape before it catches up to me.

But, I have also noticed that it isn’t shooting any balls of goo, which is heavenly for me…

“So, the only way is forward, right?”

[The uncontrollable lust for blood that resides deep within you has taken form]

[The bloodlust has coated your spear and submits to your will]

I created two more blades on my spear, creating something akin to a trident as I twirled the spear over my head, building enough momentum to slash through the tough slime.

I noticed earlier, when I was slashing the cores on the surface of the blob, that the slime’s density had increased by at least threefold… meaning if I wanted to get the ones deeper in, I needed more power.

SHING

I sliced through two cores before backing up, but suddenly, a large tendril burst out from the blob, hooking around my ankle, burning the shoes I was wearing.

Thankfully, I just managed to slip my shoe out, but my ankle felt like it was on fire now, and when I looked down, I noticed most of the skin had been burned off.

There wasn’t much bleeding, but the pain was excruciating.

“Urgh,” I groaned before stumbling back, causing the blob to burst forward.

But, I used it as bait as I then swung forward, using the momentum of the slimes dashing towards me to slice the few cores at the very back of the blob.

Squish

My hand was sacrificed as most of the skin had been burned off. It even revealed a bit of bone that would’ve made any average person nauseous… but I guess I was a bit normal as well, as I threw up as I reeled my hand out of the blob.

Was it due to the pain or sight? I don’t know…

I noticed my spear was completely unaffected as it had been wrapped in [Tangible Bloodlust] and [Spear Coating], but now that I lost my dominant hand, I now had to get the other cores somehow.

“And there are still a shit ton,” I muttered as I wiped a bit of saliva from my mouth.

The adrenaline rushing through my body made the pain a bit more bearable, but upon looking at my wounds, I could feel almost all the pain.

I quickly jumped back before noticing a glowing squishy orb beside me.

I’m so dumb…

The slime was a bit distracted with digesting my skin and flesh, so I used this time to grab the glowing squishy orb and throw it into the slime.

But suddenly, a green tendril exploded from the slime, piercing the glowing orb, causing strange green, luminescent juice to flow from it.

“I guess it wouldn’t have made a difference,” I worriedly chuckled to myself before creating even more space.

Come on… Think… Think…

The slime began to approach me quickly, and the exit was still so far away, so I decided to just grip the spear in my left hand and swing it awkwardly at the core semi-deep in the slime.

It managed to tear through one core, but it was stopped completely.

And before I could take the spear out, a green tendril once again exploded from the blob monster, wrapping around my left hand this time.

I ripped my hand out of its grasp, causing me to lose my spear inside the slime, but at least I wasn’t dead… yet.

I continued to hop back as I began to rack my brain back on previous memories, thinking of anything that I could possibly do.

And suddenly, four massive tendrils were shot towards me, causing my world to slow down as death slowly but surely approached me.

But, as if my brain was a puzzle, a piece suddenly clicked into place, and I remembered a few words that were spoken by the employee back in the magic item shop.

‘They’re not as cheap as some other magical equipment though, as processing the mold into the items is very taxing….’

I smiled as a plan formulated in my mind, combining bits of information that I had previously learned.

I spun my body around just as I was about to get sucked into the massive green blob, and I grabbed a large chunk of mold off the stone wall.

The mold was wet, so it almost slipped out of my hands, but I managed to just hold onto it as I was dragged into the slime.

There were a few seconds of peace before I could feel the toxic slime quickly erode my flesh.

I opened my mouth, feeling some of the slime flow down my throat as I began to chomp on the large chunk of mold.

I couldn’t even taste it as my tongue had been completely melted, and just as I lost my teeth and lips, I swallowed the mold, feeling the searing pain of the goo slide down my throat.

[You have swallowed: Toxic Mold]

[An incredible amount of toxins rushes through your bloodstream]

The panels that appeared before me caused me to feel a wave of despair as all I had done was speed up my death… but I wasn’t done yet.

I wasn’t so stupid as to not know how toxins work.

The treatment or cure for most poisons are created through other poisons… but what if that cure was already prepared?

I swallowed my ring with the help of the goo as it began to erode my throat.

[You have attempted to digest The Magic Equipment: Toxic Ring]

[Unable to digest due to it having a large quantity of mana]

[Toxic Slime has now begun to break down The Magic Equipment: Toxic Ring]

[Unable to digest due to it having a large quantity of mana]

[Toxic Slime has now begun to break down The Magic Equipment: Toxic Ring]

[You have successfully digested The Magic Equipment: Toxic Ring]

[You have acquired The Skill – Weak Toxic Immunit-

[Error]

[Skill Level has increased due to a large amount of mana being digested]

[You have acquired The Passive Skill – Toxic Immunity]

[The toxins eroding your body begins to rebuild you]

[You have acquired The Passive Skill: Toxic Body]

A few unexpected factors made my situation better, but I didn’t have time to relax.

My eyes had been rebuilt. My nose had been rebuilt. My face had been completely rebuilt… But then it began to erode again.

But I didn’t panic as I reached towards my bag which wasn’t there anymore… but the only thing left was a small vial of red liquid.

I paused.

Then resumed before grabbing it and chugging it down my rebuilt esophagus.

“*gasp*.”

I gasped for air as soon as my entire body had been rebuilt, and the toxic body of the slime no longer corroded my body.

But, I began to swallow a large amount of the slime again, so I quickly reached for the white orbs before activating [Tangible Bloodlust].

[Your lust for blood coats your hands]

,m I grasped one of the orbs tightly in my hand before squeezing as hard as I could.

I cried out as the orb began to crack.

Veins were popping out of my forehead as I squeezed even harder, and then,

CRACK

The orb burst.