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[Shapeshifter] Chapter 27: Crypt
Xen cautiously sniffed the entrance to a crypt while prowling around it in his wolf form. The journey here had been fast and uneventful. He had avoided the legions of undead roaming the lands because he wanted to get away from the staircase leading to the upper dungeon floor as soon as possible and ...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 26: Strange Person
Sarah's exploration deeper into the dungeon with Jill, the fire mage, and Devon, the warrior, was mostly uneventful, which was strange. This area was supposed to be suffering from the threat of a dungeon rush, meaning there should be more monsters than usual, not fewer."I found more blood,&#...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 25: Black Sand
[Evolution to Necrovore Slime (Rare Variant) is complete]Xen was startled awake by a system message. "Ugh," he said. Not because he felt terrible—in fact, he felt better than he ever had—but because his mouth was full of sand. Pushing himself up with his black skeletal arms, he quickly g...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 24: Analyst
Compared to the hour-long meeting at the Guild Association, which resulted in nothing, a quick talk with her father had Sarah sitting in the back of an armored tank with a small team of C-grade Hunters and an analyst. They were making swift progress toward the dungeon entrance she had left out of.Wh...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 23: Guildmaster
[Evolution to Necrovore Slime Confirmed: Time until completion 59:58]Xen felt a wave of drowsiness consume him. He tried to fight it."You never told me it would take... time... to evolve..." he slurred as he tried to stand up. All the strength had left his body, and he felt like he was melti...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 22: Evolution Options
"Wait, what?" Xen said as his mind was overwhelmed with information. "What titles?"The system didn't answer him. Apart from displaying his levels and skills, it seemed to keep any other information in the background, such as titles and stats. He knew they existed... perhaps if he...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 21: Encounter
Xen knew he was stronger than the average monster or person for his level due to the added magic and strength from his Mind Slime form and access to biomass. However, he was currently inhabiting the body of a level 3 undead with rather pathetic stats in every department except magic.Facing down a gr...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 20: Memories
[Devour Complete]You absorbed 80% of the human's memories due to familiarity with the target.You acquired the following skills:[Buff of the Berserker (C)]You and the target shared similar skills:[Dark Bolt (C)] has fused with [Magic Missile (D)] to form [Corruption Missile (B)]"He sure taste...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 19: A Talk with Death
Gerald knew he was dying—in fact, he was staring death right in the face."Just give me a moment, Gerald," Death said in a chilling voice as his flickering eyes of purple flames danced in the darkness before glancing away.How does the Skeleton Mage know my name? Gerald thought in horror. Xe...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 18: Undead Mage
Xen went all out as he believed it would be a hard-fought battle with the addition of a magic skeleton. His legs burned as he barreled forward, smashing the Skeleton Warriors aside, and he targeted the only one that mattered: the mage."Reinforce Undead," the Skeleton Mage's grave voice e...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 17: A Dark Figure
As it turned out, Gerald had been right. [Undead Resilience] really could be overcome with raw stats. Punching the undead in his human form had resulted in a few broken bones, but charging into them at full speed in his wolf form caused the undead to explode into bone shrapnel on impact.[Skeleton Wa...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 16: Undead Horde
It didn't take long for Xen and Gerald to stumble upon a legion of skeletons mindlessly marching through the sprawling dungeon. The sound of their bare-bone feet scraping on stone as they moved was a dead giveaway before they had even turned the corner."Never seen such a big group before,...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 15: Clothes
Xen shoved his finger into the eye of the wolf that had tried to sneak up on him and fried its brain with the conjured Holy Smite. The pleasant burning smell tickled his nose, and he couldn't help but lick his lips—even though he never ate things with his mouth. This body was nothing but a ski...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 14: Mistake
Gerald's vision slowly sharpened as he blinked away the tears from the terrible stench. To his confusion, a pale-skinned man with black hair that matched his empty eyes loomed over him and offered a hand."Xen? Is that you?" Gerald asked apprehensively.I mean, Xen did just dissolve into a...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 13: Slaughter
While Xen was lost in thought about all the possible skills he would gain, Gerald covered his mouth and suddenly coughed violently.Bringing away his trembling hand, it was covered in scarlet blood that glistened under the dungeon's ever-present light."Ha... just my luck—internal bleeding.&...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 12: Unlimited Skills
Xen felt relief seeing the human open their eyes. While in the heat of battle, he'd forgotten that in his wolf form, his Holy Smite skill originated from his mouth. Thankfully, since his magic was pathetically weak as a wolf and the skill was only F-grade, all it did was knock out the human and ...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 11: A Deal
Gerald had been having a good day. Brandon, one of the more seasoned team leaders for the lower-grade Hunters in the Iron Legion Guild, put up a notice to clear a beginner are of the dungeon listed at risk of a dungeon rush.Which was good news all around.The government paid more credits for the more...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 10: Female Wolf
"Owch," Xen muttered once the [Stunned] debuff finally wore off and he could move his jaw. The iron stench of blood filled his nostrils, and the bristly fur of the wolves he was buried in prickled his bare skin. Honestly, Xen struggled to see the purpose of the human form. Human magic was in...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 9: Left Behind
Brandon blinked away the blinding light as his broad back met the backs of his fellow Hunters. He raised his tower shield, still glowing with the grey light of the Legion's aura.Without the boss's powerful aura skill that follows anyone he buffs for two hours, we wouldn't have been able ...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 8: Shapeshift
Xen cautiously watched the two approaching wolves as he cast Devour on the wolf's cracked head, which he held in his mouth. Purple tendrils surged down his throat like a dozen tongues and dug into the fresh corpse, devouring everything with a hiss.[Devour in progress…]An eye-watering stench fi...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 7: First Fight
The trail of blood that hung in the air like a lingering haze led Xen to a bend in the dungeon. Up ahead, he could hear the shouts of humans and the pained howls of fellow wolves. Slowing to a cautious trot, Xen sniffed the air.It reeks of nothing but wolf blood. The humans must be overpowering them...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 6: Run
Xen mentally dismissed the system message. He would have to consume all of the biomass he had saved up to take on the [Wolf] form."Why would I do that when there are still two wolf corpses right here?" Xen said aloud as he awkwardly walked over to the next corpse. He still wasn't used to...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 5: Spark
Putting evolutions to the back of his mind, he moved on to the next part of his status screen.[Current Form: Elf Male (Level 1)]It simply detailed what his current form was, its level, and since he had taken over the body of Jonathan, he was indeed a level 1 Elven male. Concentrating on this section...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 4: Status
[Elven Brain: Uncommon Grade]An organ found in the elven body responsible for critical thinking and memory storage. It also serves as the mana core used to fuel spells.[Use Devour on Elven Brain?]Xen had rolled his slime body over to Jonathan's corpse and threaded a tendril of his body to wrap a...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 3: Conversation
His eyes were soulless? What did that even mean? Xen couldn't help but tilt Joe's head in confusion. "What do you mean my eyes are soulless?" he asked the terrified woman."They have no pupils or irises," Sarah replied, her voice shaking. "They're just total blackness,...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 2: Lifeless
Despite the dim lighting, the sudden sensory overload was overwhelming. Until now, Xen had observed the world in a myriad of colors through the flows of mana in the air, almost like seeing everything as a blur, but now he could see everything in excruciatingly fine detail.Such as the complete shock ...
[Shapeshifter] Chapter 1: Devour
"What if I told you a slime could be as strong as a dragon?"A stern-faced professor's mana-empowered voice rang through the lecture hall. Now that he had gotten everyone's attention, he pointed to the giant projector behind him as it shifted slides to show a typical dungeon slime. &#...
Shapeshifter Rewrite
As I hinted at in the past, I've finally gotten around to rewriting Shapeshifter. When I first posted it, I did so without a sufficient backlog, a hastily assembled system, and I also fell ill during the RS run, resulting in a hiatus while at rank 1 RS. While I don't expect the repost to do ...
[Villain] (End of) Book 2 - Chapter 47. Execution
As Vanity’s fist connected with Prince August’s ghoulish face, a sonic boom ruptured Damien’s eardrums and filled his ears with a ringing sound. The force of the blow caused all the windows in the room to shatter, showering everyone with shards of glass. Damien watched as Prince August’s fac...
Book 2 - Chapter 46: The Final Showdown
“So, are we all in agreement?” King Edward questioned the room of nobles gathered around an elongated wooden table. “With this indisputable evidence of my son’s wrongdoings, Prince August will be held on trial, and we will vote on his fate!” Edward looked up and down the table, watching ev...
