The Slime Sovereign

-type talent, but its only an authority over slimes! ”

”Slimes? ”

”The weakest of all monsters, those slimes? ”

”And its authority! Not control! The slimes might eat him up if he displeases them! ”

Everyone began laughing. Maybe because they were happy to see a prodigy fall, or maybe because they were simply bandwagoning.

”All right, you may leave the station now. ”

Alaric bit his lip and responded, ”Yes sir. ”

Alaric made his way towards the exit, hearing something about a young man awakening the ”Water Control ” combat talent on his way out.

…

”Well this sucks, ” Alaric sighed.

He was walking down the street, to the carriage station. A place where one could buy the services of a carriage driver in order to travel.

Of the four talent categories, Specialist-types are considered the one with the most potential, while Lord-types are consistently the most powerful. Even weaker Lord-types can become famous within the kingdom.

The goblin-king of the west, the great kobold general, even the kingdoms great magus is a necromancer.

Alaric seemed to be the exception. His talent was ”Authority Among Slimes, ” meaning that he could issue commands and slimes would feel more inclined to listen. Slimes had little to no intelligence, so, even if he gave them orders they may not understand him.

Hed still be considered impressive if he awakened ”Control Over Slimes ” or something of the sort, but this was pathetic.

Itll be fine. Afterall, weren slimes in my previous world portrayed as powerful in multiple mediums?

Slimes were considered the weakest monsters in the world because of their apparent inability to evolve. Every monster had the innate ability to evolve into something more powerful, and even gain the ability to reason… except for slimes.

Alaric had some ideas about this, and wanted to get back to his village and try immediately. There was a slime colony very near his home.

”Driver here! Ill bring you anywhere, even to the Great Dragons den! ”

After walking for a while, Alaric seemed to have finally arrive at the carriage station. Here, drivers would advertise their services and riders would find a way to arrive home.

Most carriages available were small, and pulled along by horses or mules. Some larger carriages carried families, being pulled by large reptilians, called ”False Dragons, ” instead.

Of course, Alarics village was far too poor to gather enough funds to afford the False Dragon carriages. He would have to travel by horse again.

Soon, he found a suitable driver.

”Hello, I would like to get a ride back to my village. ” Alaric said, rather formally.

The driver brought his attention to Alaric, his ragged clothes and uncut hair swaying as he did, ”The names Derk. My babies are a bit on the slower side, but itll help ya to save some money. Distance? ”

To be working such a job as a carriage driver, with slower-than-average mules, Derk must have failed to awaken. Everyone can awaken an ability yes, but if you are 24 hours later than your 18th birthday when arriving at the awakening station… the awakening has a chance to fail.

”Just what Im looking for. The destination is about 120 kilometers south. Known as Forger Village. ”

”About 4 days travel. My price is 50 copper coins per day. Got it? ”

200 copper coins total… I have 300, thanks to the village pooling their money together to support me. Alaric thought.

”Of course. Im Alaric by the way, lets have safe journey. ”