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Syl: Chapter 342
🕑 Added 2025-11-24 06:15:01 +0000 UTCChapter 342: Letting Loose
Explosions rang out in the distance, causing tremors that even reached our location. I hadn't detonated everything; I wanted to release the payloads in waves rather than one big boom. Notifications went pinging off, and I was forced to mute them or go crazy from the incessant noise.
Crap, my experience will probably go to waste!
My goal was level thirty in Elementalist, and then I wanted to immediately swap over to Riftmancer. However, under my current plan, it was exceedingly likely that I'd overshoot my goal by quite a bit. I hastily adjusted my experience distribution to be equal between my class and race, hoping that would be enough to offset any potential loss.
"Are we under attack!?" Amelia quickly cried out in shock, as if she had forgotten their previous objective.
"Who would dare, the abyssal brinelings?" Lewis asked frantically.
"You're both wrong," I replied through Sylvain, relinquishing Alpha and [Roleplay] from their duties.
The two stared at me with astonishment. The look they gave was as if an insignificant ant had suddenly declared its supremacy. Unfortunately for them, they were the ants in this situation.
Amelia gave a subtle gesture that I managed to catch, causing Lewis to immediately drop all pretense and unleash multiple [Icicle] spells at me. But since Alpha was no longer in control and doing the feeble acting routine, the ice shards shattered on impact, unable to break through my outer membrane.
Both their eyes went wide with shock, evidently unable to understand what had just transpired after his first attack was so successful.
"You call that an [Icicle]?" I taunted and immediately cast one of my own.
"You have [Ice Magic]!?" Lewis yelled out, right as the rapidly formed spell struck him in the leg, returning the favor with interest.
My spellcasting speed was far superior to his, and I had an army of helpers at my disposal. How could one human who didn't even qualify for the Cryomancer class possibly compare? Also, my [Icicle] spell was far superior—modified with frosty debuffs and afflictions—and the creeping ice began to penetrate deep through his leg and spread.
"Lewis!" Amelia cried out in horror, a bident abruptly appearing in her grasp as she thrust it at me.
I was momentarily surprised when the weapon pierced a few inches into my slime, perhaps a consequence of having only one [Sub-Core] to reinforce the body, or maybe the magical weapon was more powerful than I imagined. But, as long as it never hit my true core, I was perfectly safe.
I made "Sylvain" grin, and then grabbed the weapon and cast [Stunvolt] through it. The weapon was not only highly conductive, but so was she, and I presumed that lightning would be a significant weakness for mermen.
Amelia hadn't expected the sudden lightning magic, but she refused to release the grasp on her weapon. Lewis seemed to abandon all thoughts of self-preservation as he cried out in rage and began throwing an endless barrage of spells at Sylvain, attempting to get him to stop shocking her.
"You'll never get away with this!" Amelia said through gritted teeth, her body was momentarily paralyzed, but her mouth was apparently still working. "You can't just murder a siren and expect to get away! Not even Vanessa will be able to save you!"
"Vanessa?" I chuckled. "I only needed her to bring me here. I don't need her anymore."
I raised my free hand and snapped my fingers, triggering another set of explosives throughout Azulean. Horror dawned on Amelia's face.
"You!" she snarled.
"Betrayer!" Lewis screamed.
I shook my head. "I was never on your side to begin with. After all, I'm not even human."
Amelia was shocked. "A shapeshifter?"
"Close," I grinned, and pointed to the floor. "Why don't you look down?"
The two followed my gesture, and their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. The floor was writhing and swelling up, their lower bodies already being engulfed in slime.
"Gods, what even are you?" Lewis asked.
"Just a slime on a mission," I replied. "And unfortunately, you two entered right into my mouth."
I stopped playing with my food and ended it right there, engulfing the entire room in a barrage of slime. I should have handled this much sooner, but after days of being cooped up, I wanted to vent my frustrations, and these two had gotten on my nerves.
Not only had Amelia given me a lot of experience, but she'd also given me the missing siren profile. I'd take a look at it later, but I just needed a king or queen to complete the set.
I don't know about the other humans, but they didn't seem too far gone. Maybe I should save them?
I hadn't detonated anything too close to the human pen, meaning the area hadn't flooded yet. If any were permanently bonded, then I doubted they would survive on their own without their siren, but the rest didn't need to suffer such a cruel fate—I wasn't heartless.
Well, I'd better get to work before any princes or princesses come here. No doubt they are going anywhere but here, since there haven't been any "attacks" nearby.
Once I got into battle with the mermen royals, there was a good chance my Mana would be worthless. I could probably overcome their spell disruption if I put enough effort into it, or I could just use slime—after all, I hadn't really flexed my [Primordial Slime] and [Slime Mastery].
I reclaimed all of my slime and got to work, locating the nearest humans and heading straight at them. I had the Saltport coordinates saved, so my plan was to dump all of them there via forced teleportation. Once the sirens were defeated, I hoped the charm effect would wear off and they could recover. Either way, it wasn't my problem, and I'd let the humans deal with rehabilitating them.
"Anyone who wants to be saved, come to me!" I announced loudly.
This quickly attracted some attention, and a few panicked humans immediately rushed at me, begging to be saved.
If I get their permission, I don't need to spend as much Mana. If they refuse, then I'm forced to use [Displaced].
I began my casting, not bothering to explain, as humans started poofing out of existence one by one. I didn't have the time or desire to explain myself as I needed to finish this before my spells were disrupted.
As the humans were disappearing one by one, so did the recurring explosions in the distance continue. They were particularly devastating, especially the spell orbs I'd infused with lightning Mana, which had a wide range of collateral damage thanks to the water conductivity.
"Sylvain, what are you doing!?" Nick demanded, looking terrified.
"Saving the humans," I replied, casting [Displaced] on him.
"Saving? I don't need saving!" he cried out, right before he was forcefully teleported to Saltport.
It's either this or drown, be crushed, explode, or become slime food. I'm sure you'll thank me in the future.
When I ran out of humans in the street, I broke into the prison where the non-magicals were tied up. They were in poor condition, so before I sent them on their way, I cast [Vital Surge] on each of them before summoning forth a wave of [Heal Slime] to wash over them. Drenched in pink slime, but recovering, I rapidly sent them on their one-way trip to Saltport—none of them resisted. I was even rewarded for my impromptu healing act!
<Proficiency gained. [Healing Magic LV 1] improved to [Healing Magic LV 2].>
<[Healing Magic LV 2] spell [Detox] learned.>
I quickly digested the new spell, only to frown at how mediocre it seemed. It was another "improve natural recovery," but aimed at eliminating poisons and diseases rather than wounds. This was utterly useless to me, and made me recall why I had neglected to train [Healing Magic] in the first place.
I can only assume the ability to actually heal wounds instantly is at higher levels. That's what I really want, so I can heal myself!
Evan had healed me before, saving me precious slime mass, so I knew it was possible. Unfortunately, I had no idea how long it would take to reach that point, and with how lackluster it was, I'd likely forget about it.
Maybe I should just set up an order to cast [Vital Surge] and [Detox] on Vee once every few hours? Either that or I create a cleric persona and go around offering free services… Actually, that's not a bad idea!
Not sensing any more humans in the pen area, I finally detonated the bombs nearby. The protective inner dome was destroyed, causing the waters of Azulean to pour in. Strangely, I noted that despite detonating multiple bombs near the perimeter of the main dome, I'd yet to breach it and expose the inner city to the ocean depths.
I guess it's tougher than I gave it credit for. I suppose I'll have to attack it directly if I want to break it.
My current disguise was no longer needed, so I took a more monstrous form, combining cephalopod and crustacean elements to dramatic effect. Of course, I made sure to include [Enchanted Fins], which worked even though I didn't give myself a big fish tail.
I also threw in a hint of dragon, enough to get my [Draconic Scales] and boost my defenses considerably. Supposedly, there were creatures called Leviathans, which were effectively water dragons, but I'd yet to come across one. I'd hinted at wanting to fight one to Vanessa, but even she shot the idea down, saying that they weren't to be trifled with.
I was going to use [Blink] to teleport to the top of the dome and attack it, but soon found that once I'd exposed my current location to the underwater city proper, magic was actively being disrupted.
The reason became quickly apparent—my spell orbs were leaving behind magical residue, making the mermen suspect spellcasters were to blame. Thus, all the mermen princes and princesses were desperately resonating their pitch throughout the city, hoping to disrupt the magical saboteurs.
Well, whatever, guess I'll have to do this the old-fashioned way then!
I set off the remainder of my bombs, hoping it would provide enough of a distraction. After that, I swam straight up, my combo of [Enchanted Fins] and [Aquatic Finesse] giving me an almost unparalleled speed advantage as I crashed straight into it.
My monstrous form was quickly noticed despite the chaos of magical explosions and significant casualties. As if following a psychic command, everyone abandoned what they were doing and tried to stop me.
"Where did it come from?"
"Protect the dome!"
"Use the slaves!"
"We can't let it fall!"
"Kill the beast!"
"Is that a leviathan?"
"Save Azulean!"
Countless cries rang out from the remaining populous, from questions to orders to pleading. I ignored it all and began attacking the dome with mighty pincers and titanic tendrils. Each hit against the structure let out echoing booms that somehow dispersed throughout the whole construct.
I almost felt bad attacking such a marvel. Never before had I seen something that could distribute damage from a fixed point across itself. This must be the reason why my numerous bombs had failed to take it down.
The mermen were firing spells, launching harpoons, and attempting to slash or stab me with weapons. They even commanded sea creatures to fight for them, and I even noticed a few humans paired up with sirens among the bunch.
In return, my writhing mass of a body produced more tendrils to attack back, and I told my [Sub-Cores] to attack! It was time to fight their army with my own, and I gave them full access to the arsenal of weapons my storage construction cores had created.
Metallic needles were fired out, tendrils extended and crashed through the ranks, and explosions continued to ring out. Despite my overwhelming advantage, the mermen were surprisingly not as helpless as I'd thought; working together, they managed to defeat some of my slimy constructs.
But, where one clawed tentacle fell, two could emerge to replace it! Like a hydra, I had enough slime to circumvent any lost limbs with ample additions. Not only that, but my [Sub-Cores] were quick enough to realize when some slime would be lost, and they would preemptively prime it and detonate it.
I wanted to cackle with delight at the power I was witnessing; I felt like I could take on two dragons right here and now! Who could fight against me with my current slime reserves and accumulated traits?
Feeling confident that I'd left the situation in capable hands, I returned my gaze to the stubborn dome, which had yet to succumb to my attacks.
Well, let's see how you handle [Acid Slime]!
While brute force was fun, my nefarious traits were my real strength. I pressed up against the dome with force and activated a full-body acidic power. A caustic sizzling was heard by everyone present, causing further panic amongst the mermen and for good reason—my acid was eating through the dome!
Almost there. I'll be through in a few minutes, I reckon.
"In the name of the Mermen King!" a proud and confident male voice proclaimed
"And Queen!" an equally impressive female voice joined in.
"Halt!" they demanded in unison.
I turned my gaze towards the source: two crowned mermen, nearly double the size of their counterparts, stood next to each other, their body language demanding respect. They each held tridents, pointed directly at me, while wearing remarkable sets of armor, and enough magical items to make even a gold-ranked adventurer jealous.
Looks like the King and Queen want me to stop…Too bad for them, I think I'm about to bring down the monarchy!
Comments
namenothere
for chapters at that point, Syl was complaining that the time spent in roleplay had made them want to give up the Sylvain identity. Also, they saved people before going full slime, so as far as humans are concerned, Sylvain was just a much more powerful adventurer than they let on, doing some secret mission to attack the mermen.
Gary
Dunno why Syl decided to effectively burn the Sylvain identity when they could've just mixed up their facial features or created a mask or done literally anything to obscure their identity while freeing all the captives.
Jamie Mann
Thank you for the chapter!
enderman
I mean with the fire ants at the dwarfs they didn’t know the quest progression until they manually looked it up so unless she is bored and goes out of her way then she wouldn’t know
Bailey Tucker
Finally Syl is UNLEASHING. Since the combat with the Dwarves, I've been imagining Syl going against an army and letting loose. This is AWESOME
Kail311
I think the disruption is to ambient mana and caster's ability to form spells. As Syl has shown with her bombs, enchantments still work because they are imbued runes, not floating spell forms.
M. Lampi
If the mermen are actively suppressing magic, then what purpose does magical gear on the king and queen serve in a battle?
M. Lampi
Is Syl truly a villain when she takes down an organization that kidnaps and enslaves people?
Hayden Leech
Will Sybil (Other Vanessa) the guild overseer of volcano isle see through the automated quest system that Sylvain just got credit for slaughtering her people and destroying her city? “Quest received! Help protect volcano isle” I’d say foiling a kidnapping ring and monster run deep stone scam as well as destroying a nearby merman settlement counts as helping protect volcano isle. Because that would be a devastating moment for the poor infiltrator.
Hayden Leech
Sylvain is gonna have quite the rep back in saltport lol. Even if Syl never uses the disguise again lol.
Jason Hardman
TYFTC! Was it called a 'bident' because it swings both ways? 🤣 Maybe it's an ancient democratic weapon. Visions of a two pronged pitchfork, like in American Gothic. Thinking of a good cleric name, maybe "Sylus" or "Sylvia", although that makes me suddenly think of "Silvia" from "Ailaughatmyownjokes" 😁
Oliver
I love it when the food comes to syl. Syl bon Appetit.
Napalm078
I wonder if we'll get a siren point of view >:)
Napalm078
'But since Alpha was no longer in control and doing the feeble acting routine, the ice shards shattered on impact, unable to break through my outer membrane.' >:) 'I made "Sylvain" grin, and then grabbed the weapon and cast [Stunjolt] through it. The weapon was not only highly conductive, but so was she, and I presumed that lightning would be a significant weakness for mermen.' >:) '"Just a slime on a mission," I replied. "And unfortunately, you two entered right into my mouth."' >:D 'I could probably overcome their spell disruption if I put enough effort into it, or I could just use slime—after all, I hadn't really flexed my [Primordial Slime] and [Slime Mastery].' >:) Yay, heals 'My current disguise was no longer needed, so I took a more monstrous form, combining cephalopod and crustacean elements to dramatic effect.' Crab Kraken :D 'In return, my writhing mass of a body produced more tendrils to attack back, and I told my [Sub-Cores] to attack! It was time to fight their army with my own, and I gave them full access to the arsenal of weapons my storage construction cores had created.' Oh no 'Not only that, but my [Sub-Cores] were quick enough to realize when some slime would be lost, and they would preemptively prime it and detonate it.' >:D '"Halt!" they demanded in unison.' Uh huh. That'll work. Totally. Thank you for the chapter :D
87894354
I'm not sure. When Vanessa left the island, was there any indication that she had an easy way to communicate with her fellow mermen, or was it a routine swap? It would only take Syl a few minutes to teleport back to that island, kill Ms Mind Controller, and then disappear. Syl really doesn't like what the mermen do and so has a motive to kill her off. On the other hand... Syl is easily distracted.
mbncd
I do wonder how Vanessa's replacement on the island (remember when Vanessa and Sylvain left, another merman went to take her place, washing up on shore after Sylvain's fake death) is going to take all this. Would the mermen of the city have sent out an SOS for reinforcements from outside to rush back and help? Or would she just keep going with her mission with no clue anything was wrong back home? I had the impression that they stayed out for at least a few months so there probably wouldn't even be any traces left by the time she naturally came home.
mbncd
Thank you for the chapter!
87894354
"Let's scrub someone's soul and resurrect them as a tiny blue slime. What's the worst that can happen?" * Cuts to Syl less than a year later, blowing up a secret underwater base while the mermen panic. *
87894354
Gramps, Mother, and Unc are probably reaching for the popcorn right about now. ... and maybe wondering about what they've unleashed on the world. Eh. It'll probably be fine, right?
87894354
"Liberté, égalité, fraternité, ou la ̷m̷o̷r̷t̷ 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒆".
Monster Royalty
A million slime dollars says Vanessa is still in love with our slime girl after this display of power .
Rumply
Down with the monarchy! 🔥
Engineer4God
Tank oo fur da chap!
Faramond01
Simp
Omnax
Stunjolt should be Stunvolt
11037
Syl going for the full villain checklist on this one. Monologue where you reveal your evil plan? Check. Terrorism? Check. Toying with a woman's feelings? Check. Arrogant declaration that nothing can defeat you now? Check. Countdown until your plan to destroy eveything succeeds? Check.
87894354
I wonder if she changed what name and species she's showing as. Would [Identify] be showing her as Sylvain? If so, Vanessa would be... even more confused than the others.
Plateworm
Tftc
Nemesis
A bident would have 2 tines, instead of a tridents 3
Enif
Finally getting the payoff!
Dan Martin Bredland
Tftc!
TjStorm
bident Trident
CataFlan
TFTC!
chaz mars
Come on syl. Finish the collection. Lol.
JW Saxby
Oooooo so damned good! 🤩 I need more regular chapter drops lol this keeps getting more and more juicy and entertaining that I’m getting more impatient for the next drops at the end of each chapter lol 😂 Tftc 🍻
Tsorov
Man. Sylvain is a man
Michael Zinkstein
I somehow have the feeling Vanessa survives as the only one. From there either she becomes a hanger on of Syl (unlikely) or swears eternal revenge. Thanks for the chapter.
Lionheart Copperhead
Nice! A very satisfying chapter, with quite cool imagery of Syl's monster form trying to break the dome.
Kenneth Welever
Just imagine a mass of mind controlled humans being dumped in your town all at once. Telling the tale of a man who came in, started blowing shit up, and teleported them out. Healing all their wounds like some grand massaia
JAndy
> the remaining populous populous -> populace "populous" is an adjective, used in expressions like "New York is a populous city", that means something contains many people. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/populous What you're looking for is "populace": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/populace
Summer Coff
Yaaaay, we hate and despise the royals!
Wensber
Thanks for the chapter! I am suspecting we're getting more drama from Vanessa. I originally thought she'll give Syl the profile, but since Syl already has that, Vanessa will probably serve some other purpose. I am not a fan of the recruitment idea, but I can think of ways it'll work out. It could be a fun to explore how a Siren would develop after getting out of that toxic slavery culture and having motivation to improve (wanting Syl's approval).
Quyan640
There are leviathans in this world? What about gargantuan leviathan? Would be like worm 2.0
Orion Belt
True but don’t forget Syl did do a little bit of prep before she attacked and took out quite a lot of them because Syl was forced to mute the kill notifications or go crazy from the incessant noise
brennon Petersen
Tftc!
Spearman53
My favorite trait of syl's has to be her constant angling for infinite slime mass
CaptainRex
Noooooooooooo THE CHAPTER CAN'T END THERE!!!!! 😭😭😭😭
Polyist's Apostle
Tyftc!
Sawyer Anderson
Tftc
CringeWorthyStudios
NGL, I’m still hoping Vanessa survives this… Thanks for the chapter!
Hector Gregorio
Sly( not limitatioms) > A full kingnom
matt
Time for a revolution.
crazybot
Awesome
Kasamuri
Thanks for the chapter!
Soil
Sup
Shai182
TFTC!
