A young slime wakes up in a vast, dark cave, surrounded by thousands of its kind.
The oppressive silence of the cave is shattered by the terrifying sound of footsteps and harsh, metallic clanging.
A group of MONSTERS, armed and cold-hearted, can be seen at the cave.
They wield weapons and slaughter the helpless slimes without hesitation.
The young slime, terrified, instinctively retreats further into the cave's depths, trying to hide itself from the slaughter.
As the minutes stretch into what feels like an eternity, a strange sensation washes over it. A notification flashes in its mind: "Congratulations! You have leveled up. You now have access to the Status Window" But the slime, not yet capable of independent thought, simply acknowledges the information without fully grasping its meaning.
Days pass, and slime survives against all the odds, it reaches Level 3.
Few weeks of silence passes and MONSTERS return. They have come for more slimes, for more slaughter, to level up their warriors.
The cycle repeats. The MONSTERS come, the slimes die, and the cycle continues. The young slime survives, again and again, leveling up and reaching level 9.
Each time the humans leave, more slimes are born, their numbers replenished, their spawn rate is fast and relentless.
The cycle plays out yet again, and by some twist of fate, the slime survives a third time. This time, however, something is different.
As she reaches level 10, her consciousness awakens. For the first time, she can think for herself.
At that moment, the System prompts her: "Please choose your name."
Confused and unsure of what that means, the slime is left with no choice but to accept the name assigned by the System. She is now called Heistia, a name she does not yet fully understand.
With the ability to think, but limited in her understanding, she stands at the precipice of something far greater than her previous existence.