Chapter 50: Miss Vilyric is a Slime!?

After a moment of daze, Lulu finally reacted foolishly.

“Xiao Lan… Why did you suddenly transform to look like that Demon General? And this color… Wait, have you evolved successfully!? But you still haven’t obtained…”

“Transform? Well… I suppose it counts, but I’m not the Xiao Lan you know.”

The light golden Miss Slime lowered her head, examining her body like it was something new, then tugged at the tattered fabric that was essentially just a haphazard wrap, slightly frowning.

“Can you pay a little attention to a girl’s basic privacy…?”

With a casual snap of her fingers, a pitch-black, boundless void opened in the air. The Miss Slime reached in and fished out a sturdy black cloak, which she then donned.

“This should be about right ~”

“Eh? You…”

Miss Butterfly looked with confusion at the golden Miss Slime, who strode past her. Clearly, both in appearance and personality, abilities—everything about this presence was a world away from the Xiao Lan she recognized.

Glancing up at the magnificent golden barrier enveloping all the magical girls, including her, Miss Lin’s tone shifted to one of reverence.

“You you you… No, you are really that previous Demon General! But why have you appeared through Xiao Lan, and where did Xiao Lan go?”

“Ah, it really is me! Actually, I’m not really a Demon General, just call me Vilyric. As for Xiao Lan, don’t worry, she’s fine. I’m just borrowing her body for a moment.”

After all, I had promised Tiyelu to ensure the safety of all the magical beings like Xiao Lan. This method is certainly far less troublesome than charging out of the cave for a big showdown.

Glancing at the human army outside, still banging away at the Radiant Protection, even the archers and mages unleashing their firepower, Vilyric pulled the hood of the black cloak over her head and tried clenching her fist, nodding thoughtfully.

This was the application method of what Xi Fu Lin had taught her, achieving the so-called “Divine Descent” through soul incarnation.

The principle was to use a far more powerful incarnation soul, temporarily attaching it to this body, to manipulate its actions and enhance this vessel to a certain degree for more convenient intervention in reality.

Originally, Vilyric shouldn’t have been able to directly descend upon Xiao Lan. The conditions for “Divine Descent” were quite strict—not only must the other party have immense faith, but their physical affinity must also be sufficient, just like Tilysha’s.

If one forced descent without meeting the conditions, the body’s instincts would result in rejection, potentially leading to the death of the vessel, and thus failure of the descent.

The near-collapse state Xiao Lan was in before was due to her body being unable to withstand Vilyric’s excessively powerful incarnation.

In fact, the Light Element Crystal that Vilyric had previously given to Xiao Lan contained a semblance of spiritual points, like inserting an eye into it.

Originally, the Priestess intended it merely for reconnaissance of enemy conditions. However, when the incarnation’s consciousness turned over and remembered the special nature of the “Adaptive Morphing Slime,” an idea sparked in Vilyric’s mind, leading her to wonder if she could borrow this body for a direct manifestation.

Clearly, she had been too imaginative. Upon realizing the strong rejection upon attachment, she was prepared to give up to save Xiao Lan’s life.

But she never expected that the Miss Slime would swallow that Light Element Crystal directly, and this item, closely linked to Vilyric, unexpectedly formed a sort of intermediary carrier at a critical moment, allowing Xiao Lan, this “Adaptive Morphing Slime,” to achieve a special transformation under some unknown influence, creating a wonderful connection with the Priestess.

So, inexplicably, without Vilyric fully understanding it, the vessel met the criteria for reliance, allowing the Priestess to complete her first “descent” in this world.

Although the process was a bit of a mess, success was all that mattered.

Arriving at the barrier’s edge, Vilyric sensed the condition of her body.

“…It’s a bit weak. Even a slime’s bodily endurance is limited, so if it were a human vessel, wouldn’t it be even more pathetic? Or is there some special factor at play?”

Compared to previously descending into Aibus’s world directly with her soul incarnation, possessing a vessel did increase the things she could do, but Vilyric’s capabilities were clearly limited.

Yes, very clearly.

And perhaps due to her temporary attachment, she could actually see the panel attributes of this body through data information, a rare instance where the system from her game days exhibited a hint of presence since the Priestess had crossed over.

【id: Vilyric (Xiao Lan)

Age: 112

Gender: Female (Morph)

Race: Holy Light Slime (lv80)

hp: 610,000/610,000 mp: 570,000/570,000

Strength: 11679

Agility: 13322

Intelligence: 12790

Main Hand Equipment: None

Armor: Night Cloak (Rare)

Accessories: None

Special Status: Divine Power Infusion, Light Transformation, Soul Reliance.】

This body’s capabilities in all aspects were far beneath Vilyric’s original form; aside from the basic useless shortcomings like strength and agility, including hp, mp, and most importantly, intellect were only at about 10-30% of their original, making it quite pitiful.

After all, Xiao Lan was just a slime; even if she had become the current Holy Light Slime for some reason, she couldn’t possibly compare to a divine being’s body.

As for age, this should refer to Xiao Lan’s own age, and being only at lv80 was probably no coincidence, likely tied to the world’s rules of strength limitations mentioned by Xi Fu Lin and the Withering Goddess initially.

Moreover, this body couldn’t wear Vilyric’s various commonly used gear due to a very simple reason: insufficient level.

Even the weakest semi-artifact required at least lv80 to use, and the same applied for artifacts, which needed a minimum of lv100, meaning the typical maximum level attainable.

That’s one of the reasons for the body’s painfully low attributes.

Well, might as well make do—although compared to the likewise lv80 Lucas, the attributes were quite lacking, dealing with some lowly human troops should be more than sufficient.

But speaking of it, can this body really act as a mage or priest?

Recalling the nearly identical 3D numerical values seen before, she glanced again at the severely sluggish maneuverability and brightness far inferior to what her original “Radiant Protection” could release, and doubts surfaced in the mind of the Priestess, who was temporarily acting as a slime.

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!”

With five thunderous explosions shaking against the golden curtain, Vilyric’s thoughts snapped back to reality. She turned to look outside, only to see a few black cannon barrels now facing them, puffing out billows of black smoke. Even the inferior version of “Radiant Protection” had developed some barely noticeable cracks.

“Hmm? Humans actually have such means? Interesting, is this… special arms targeting high-level magical beings?”

Just right; taking advantage of this rare opportunity, let’s try out some new tricks ~

   

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