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Chapter 5 by superanon1234 superanon1234

What's next?

Wynn baits the slime with lightning

You give a nod as you silently agree to Wynn's suggestion and quickly dive into the nearby brush. Wynn straightens herself our and readies herself with a wand in the center of the clearing. As you crouch low with drawn short swords you have a clear image of the slime slowly roll out of the tree line. Before you can size it up you hear Wynn shout something arcane as the air lights up. A bright flash is soon accompanied by a booming sound and a smell of ozone as Wynn casts her magic thunderbolt. The bolt catches the slime dead in the core with seems to stun it. You quickly leap from your hiding spot and dash forward. As you scan the blobby slime you notice that while it's stopped moving the blast didn't blow away any of the magic material; the core is too deeply embedded for you to hit. Not knowing what else to do you start hacking at it with your blades. The lesser slimes you're used to are small enough to split their core with a single strike but it's the most you can do to slice off globs of slime from the main body. Before you can get a second set of swings in you see the slime start to slowly shake and you jump back. You barely make it as a long slick tendril shoots out and slams the ground where you were standing. Reeling back you fail to notice a second tendril smack your left arm. A burning sensation hits your skin as the acidic beast eats through your leather sleeve. While you struggle to avoid a third strike the creature is jolted from behind. Wynn sends a flurry of small electric balls at the creature which slow it enough for you to slice off the tendril at your arm and make a retreat to Wynn's side. As you run from the monster you see that Wynn has produced a couple of illusory copies that stand close by her.

Picking one at random you decide to restrategize and shout, "I told you that slime wasn't normal, I don't think the lightning magic is going to be enough. It's barely stunning it." The three Wynns turn to you biting thier lip, pausing to think before saying, "You might be right, but that lightning spell from earlier was a lot of mana. I can support you with some lesser spells but you might have to get in there and finish it off." Before you can digest what exactly "get in there" means, the creature makes its move. Rolling towards you with surprising speed, the slime whips two arms at you and Wynn. You are partially able to dodge as a glancing blow eats away at some of the leather. The other tendril smashes through one of Wynn's copies while the other two produce a small magic flame that they hurl at the body of the slime. As the fire hits the slimy body you see an opening as it recoils with a hissing sound. You dash forward and evade a wild tendril, lunging forward into the beast. You press your blade deep into the slime, hoping to hit the core. But the tip of your sword falls short, and you find that your sword is lodged in the slime. As you start to release your grip to escape the slime engulfs your hand and slowly starts pulling you in. You feel a glimmer of hope as the creature relents when Wynn peppers it with a couple smaller fire bolts. But as you try and wrench yourself free the creature's grip tightens. You watch in horror as your armor is quickly eaten away as you are pulled closer. When you snap your head over to Wynn with the the hope that she has another powerful spell ready, you are met with the image of two giant tendrils beating down on her and her copy. The last image you see before you are engulfed is the real Wynn wrapped up and dragged to the slime.

Do you wake up?

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