Just as Lucien was about to say goodbye to his extremely short transmigration life—
The slime's huge body passed by Lucien, its tiny eyes didn't even bother to look at the puny human being.
...?
Lucien slowly opened his left eyes, and then his right eyes…and his escaping soul hurriedly returned to his body with a swish.
'Hey! Did that slime just ignore me?'
Lucien felt slightly hurt at the slime's attitude.
So he's not even worthy to be a snack, huh, damn.
But Lucien had not even savored this bitter feeling when he saw the giant slime slowly wriggling towards…the wall of his house.
…wait.
His house?
That beautiful, pristine wall, with not even a single speck of dust??
Lucien's soul instantly jumped three feet high and the young man almost fainted with foam in his mouth.
"Ah! Stop, stoppp!!!"
Perhaps, triggered by the protective feeling towards his property, Lucien grew a leopard's gall.
He immediately picked pebbles in his yard and threw them fiercely at the slime's back.
"Don't touch my baby!!"
Tak! Tak! Tak!
Instead of making the slime notice him, the pebbles just sink into the skin and dissolved, leaving nothing.
The slime didn't even notice the attack and quickly plastered its 'mouth' on the wall.
Sizzle….
The corrosive liquid seeped out, about to touch the pristine white wall.
Time seemed to be stretched thin.
Lucien's eyes widened in horror as he screamed without a sound.
Noooooo—
Not to be dramatic, but that's his house!
The only thing he got in this new world—
And his only source of money!!
The last one was the most important reason.
At the thought of losing money, Lucien felt his heart twisting so much that he couldn't breathe.
In this economy, a house is the same as one's life!
Lucien's vision blurred, his bones screaming in phantom pain.
No, no, no—
Regret, fear and helplessness washed over Lucien's heart.
'I'm too weak.'
'I can't even stop a slime from eating my house.'
'If only! If only I had power— '
'I'd even sacrifice my tenants!!'
Lucien's feelings and thoughts soared to a frightening height that finally, finally—
Something inside him stirred, and his chest burned with a flame.
"Cough!"
What? What is this?
A voodoo curse? A heart attack? GERD??
Lucien subconsciously grasped his left chest.
A sharp, dull pain hammered Lucien's chest, followed by a burning, mysterious force.
Lucien only felt the burning force becoming bigger and bigger, burning throughout the entire body, as if about to melt him alive!
"Ahhhhh!!!"
The pain was so agonizing that Lucien almost fainted, but his instinct screamed at him.
Endure it! Endure it!!
'Uh, don't want to endure it— '
You will die.
'I don't care— '
Your house will die.
'Okay, I'm enduring!'
As Lucien forcibly endured the pain, he slowly entered a strange state.
Shingggg…
The world fell silent.
Everything around was hazy, as if covered in a thin veil.
Only his house was crystal clear.
Ah, his baby.
Lucien subconsciously reached out to the house in front of him and the moment his finger touched the pure white wall—
His vision suddenly widened to a 360° angle with no blind spot.
The distant sky suddenly felt close.
The close giant slime's body suddenly felt even closer, as if it was right in front of his eyes.
Lucien felt as if he was his house and his house...was him.
What Lucien didn't know is that his figure suddenly disappeared, teleporting into his shabby house.
The moment he was in the house, he saw a strange purple thread flew out of his chest and disappeared into a certain direction— his bedroom.
Soon, a stream of images, sounds and various senses flooded Lucien's brain, so dense that he almost puked out his leopard's gall!
Blergh. What— what's going on??
At that moment, a crispy, mechanical voice suddenly sounded, followed by a glowing interface popping up in Lucien's mind.
DING! [A myth potential awakener is detected ••• ]
[Binding the awakener ••• ]
[The system guide has been bound!]
DING! [You're now being observed.]
Lucien suddenly felt a pair of eyes snapped open in the void, staring straight at him, unmoving.
But the feeling immediately disappeared, as if nothing happened.
! W-what was that?
Lucien held his breath.
Even though he's an ordinary person, he knew one or two things about the awakeners.
No awakeners had a system guide.
Then, is this…his cheat?
He finally got the transmigrator's starter pack??
DING! [Awakening process: 50%...80%...90%...]
As the progress bar moved, the unbearable boiling pain slowly became as warm as a mother's embrace, so comfortable that Lucien almost peaked.
Ahhh! Go! Just a little bit more—
The progress bar in Lucien's mind also quickly reached 99% and was about to turn 100% when...
Crack.
An ominous sound that was blocked by his awakening finally entered Lucien's ears.
Lucien snapped out of his strange state and saw a cloud of dust rising from his front yard.
Amidst the thick dust, he saw the silhouette of two slimes— one big and one small, wriggling around.
The moment the cloud of dust dissipated...
Lucien's eyes met two pairs of eyes— big and small.
...?
Four pairs? Isn't there only the big slime—
Wait, wait how did he see those bastard slimes? Isn't he inside the house?
Oh, it must have been the 360° vision, haha...
Swoosh.
The wind blew, uncovering the sight of a glaring hole in the wall.
Tak. Tak.
Wall debris fell down to the yard and the smaller slime nimbly chewed on the fallen brick, its eyes looking at Lucien innocently.
Munch. Munch. Munch.
"....."
An awkward silence filled the scene, so much so that even a kaaa kaaa crow wouldn't want to pass by.
Is that...his hole— ah, no, his...wall?
The house he so desperately protected...
Is being gnawed bare?
The moment Lucien realized what's going on...
He felt a piercing pain, as if someone dug his flesh and ate it!
"Ahhhh— "
No, this is not a feeling, it really felt like his own stomach is the one being gnawed!!
Following the sudden pain, the glowing interface glowed with an ominous red light and the screen flickered erratically.
Zzzttt! Zttt!
[WARNING! WARNING!]
[Anchor awakening point is destroyed!]
Zzztt! [Awakening is interrupted!]
[AWAKENING ERROR!]