His mouth dropped open a moment later when a neon green gelatin oozed out onto the highway.  It separated as it moved around trees, then came back together on the other side.   Allistor could see the corpses of animals large and small suspended within the slime creature.  When it was all the way out on the highway, it formed into a rough cube and sat motionless, except for an occasional quiver.  Looking more closely, Allistor could see a moose trapped near the ‘front’ of the slime – the side closest to him – that was still struggling.   He watched as it kicked and thrashed its massive rack, getting weaker by the moment.  Eventually, it stilled, and Allistor Examined the cube.

Giant Gelatinous Devourer

Level 11

Health 4,000/4,000

Allistor almost laughed.  He’d dealt with slimes in the various games over the years.  Usually in low-level zones, and in large numbers.  They were slow moving and didn’t have large health pools, and were most effective when they could surround a prey.  Some could bunch their bodies tightly then spring forward for short distances.  Others could extend parts of themselves like tentacles to snatch prey or shoot acid or some sticky substance.   Once they captured and consumed prey, it would slowly digest within their gelatin.

This one, though, was too big to laugh at.  The moose it had just devoured took up less than a quarter of its internal space.  The cube had to be ten yards square, and it contained the decomposing bodies of normally fast-moving creatures like a wolf, several rabbits, the moose, and rotting pieces of deer that might have been one or two animals originally.

“So, either you can move fast, or you’ve been picking up corpses as you go.  Either way, you just keep on going, big guy.  Move on across the road and find yourself some more tasty treats.  Nothing to see here,” he mumbled quietly to himself.  They were on a downhill slope, and he was hoping gravity would persuade the thing to move away.

No such luck.

The cube vibrated a few times, causing ripples to pass through its body and shifting some of the corpses inside.  Then it began to undulate itself up the road in his direction.

Allistor’s first inclination was to just back up and flee the thing.  But this was just the kind of creature he’d come out here to hunt.  Just a couple levels above him, it might be a manageable fight.  And it should award some decent xp if he killed it solo.