Vol 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Battle at Goblin Village
The passageway froround lake to the surface
It’s actually a cavern
I sloiggled e
Though,around is easier than I had expected
Even if it’s in a cave without light, the world I perceive through [Magic Sensing] is bright as day
It’s already been three days after the battle with the black snake
I’h I can’t feel cold, the temperature in this place should be very low
After all, sunlight can’t leak in at all
Even if my vision in this darkness is still as clear as before But, there’s always a slight hint of unease in my heart
No, how could that be possible But, no matter how I think about it…
【I’ht?】
No no no, how can that be possible Nor their way in a beginner’s starting cave
Aren’t all beginner caves only used for tutorials? Moreover, the trio earlier who looked like adventurers seeh… No proble
However, it stillthe cave’s structure Aren’t there any ways to learn the structure of the cave?
【Answer Want to display in your mind the path you’ve taken up until now? YES/NO】
Wh-what…!? There was such a convenient function? Say that earlier!
I couldn’t help but to retort
Navigation maps are the way of the depraved! The oldand playful period of time
In the older games, one must prepare pen and paper to record the path they’ve taken step by step That was indeed pretty fun However, when huames had already becoaetting used to that convenience, it’s difficult to go back
What as, you ask… Of course it’s to say, that such a convenient function should be be used iame, it’s real life
I looked at the map displayed inside my mind
Is this thingaround in circles in the same place…
Following the h yet
There finally appeared scenery I haven’t seen in the past three days,
Fufufu Looks like, I really did get lost earlier
To actually be able to confuseLet me praise it a little here
This definitely doesn’t mean that I have no sense of direction, okay?
It looks like I’m already pretty close to the cave entrance
I can see weeds growing in conspicuous places of the cave
Sunlight that cahter
Which is to say, it’s currently daytime?
Until now, I’ve also encountered quite a number of battles
Centipede shaped monster (Calamity Centipede: B+)
Huge Spider (Black Spider: B)
Blood-sucking Bat (Vampire Bat: C+)
Shelled Lizard (Armored Dinosaur: B)
It’s roughly these four types
That black snake seems to be pretty rare, I haven’t seen a second one yet
Everyone of the enemies
Even though it’s not very convincing at all co from the me who only used 【Water Blade】 to one-shot them
That bat fellow, after dodging countless 【Water Blade】s, even tried to counterattack As for the lizard, if the angle rong, 【Water Blade】 would actually be deflected so characters that can’t be faced carelessly
The centipede shaped monster even hid its presence and attempted to sneak attack froainst 】 and 【Heat Sensing】 It was simply dealt with by a 【Water Blade】 from the back
But that huge spider was seriously terrible
After all, I’ically accept it Just by looking at it, it kind of ize However, probably because of reincarnating into a slithened I didn’t run away, and chose to bravely fight!
Even though I feel kind of sorry, I went all out straight away! I dis five shots of 【Water Blade】
Since it’s that kind of opponent that would , don’t blame me
I predated them all in the end
This is after all a world where the strong devours the weak The loser will become the winner’s food
Of course, I was really kind of hesitant when predating the spider and centipede
So, speaking from various senses, I’ve already tried very hard
But, if a cockroach shaped monster ever jumps out, I’ll unhesitantly escape with my utmost effort
This is not an issue of whether I can defeat it or not
In this world, there existed a wonderful saying 【Escaping is Winning】
Like this, I absorbed various kind of demons inside the cavern
The abilities I’ve acquired are these——
Black snake 【Poison Mist Breath, Heat Sensing】
Centipede shapedBreath】
Huge Spider 【Sticky Silk, Steel Silk】
Blood-sucking bat 【Bloodsucking, Ultrasound】
Shelled Lizard 【Body Armor】
Since I’ve acquired them, it’s natural e】 and researched the obtained demon’s skills
The first was the black snake’s skill To be honest, 【Poison Mist Breath】 shouldn’t be used lightly
Actually, during an encounter with a shelled lizard, I had tried it once Then… the lizard’s armor slowly melted away in my vision, and even it’s body was dissolved
That scenery was too disgusting The corpse of a lizard with its organs flooding out, I already don’t want to see it a second time
Such a dangerous breath attack, tooeither,
However, 【Heat Sensing】 is a really good thing
Most organisic Sensing】, I can al that huic and unique skills that I don’t know about, I really can’t be careless
Next is the centipede
Actually, let’s just forget aboutthat appearance
The breath attack’s range is same as the black snake, and the area covered is similar too
And as expected, while I’e is only around 1 meter
But, turning the situation around against sneak attacks using the paralyzing breath sounds pretty good
Although, if the eneet within one meter of me, if I don’t run, I’ll probably be done for anyways
As for that lizard
The armor that would easily melt under the poison mist breath
I simply can’t have any expectations for it at all
Besides, I have 【Physical Attack Resistance】 already
Withoutit in slime form
The surface becah
Like the roups (Chinese TL: Dragon Quest)
My crescent white body glimmered with the luster of ed, the optical reflectance changes along with it, too
I don’t really want to take dah So I don’t really kno much of an effect it has
But, this luster really is beautiful
Perhaps, it’s just right to be used for deterrence
Those three monster’s abilities are more or less just like this
The issues are the two that’s left Their abilities are both very intriguing…
First is the spider
That’s right, I really want to imitate that famous hero that has the abilities of a spider
Pew! Shooting out silk to support the body, and ju from skyscrapers to skyscrapers
That’s right, I’ about that man
The skill 【Sticky Silk】, was originally an ability used for wrapping and snaring the prey
However, with this, it may be possible to recreate that movement
Let’s immediately test it
First, toward the big tree’s tree trunk…
Pew! … Puraaaaan… (Chinese TL: There wasn’t any explanation here, what actually happened is left to iination)
That, uh, next is the explanation of 【Steel Silk】
【Sticky Silk】? What’s that? A useless skill that can only suspend one in mid air, I don’t know it at all
(TL: He’s salty about not being able to become Spiderman)
Then, as for this 【Steel Silk】, seeainst the opponent’s attacks
When eous for itself… I tried creating a string of steel silk, and swung it toward the tree like a whip
Pew! Paa!
It was easily bounced off
Although I’ic Perception】, perceiving this 【Steel Silk】 with human eyes should be quite difficult With practice, this may actually turn into a useful weapon
This can be a topic for a later time, let’s add it into my plans for now
Lastly is the bat
Actually, this is what I was looking forward to the most
【Bloodsucking】, through sucking blood one can teth
That’s not very important
Predator’s effect is raded version
So the data, the skill 【Bloodsucking】 was put to the side
What I am interested in, is this 【Ultrasound】 Skill
This skill can confuse the target or even cause it to faint Its original function, though, is an skill to discern one’s location
Just like the the past world, bats also used the reflected ultrasound to determine their location
The ian, the skill itself is actually whatever
This organ that e the body of a slime
This tiination But I’m really lucky to be able to absorb a de functions
Like this, perhaps I’ll be able to find the method to speak
By researching through sleepless nights…
Well, it’s not necessary for me to sleep in the first place
After three days and nights, it finally bore fruit!
【I’M AN ALIEN~】
Although this voice still faintly treh an electric fan, it was indeed a success!
At this point, what’s left was only the adjustments
I appeasedthe vocal cord step by step
Anyway, this ultrasound really feels quite handy
I ree Acoustic Device (LRAD) before
Should it be called ‘Sonic Burster’ here? Or would it be ‘Sonic Blaster’?
I don’t know if it’s possible or not
【Answer The Skill 【Ultrasound】 possess the derivation 【Ultra Vibration】 However, currently it’s not possible to be acquired】
Derivation, is it referring to the transformation of abilities?
The amount of inforiven up for now
To be honest, it would be i to be that easy in this world
Looks like I’reedy
Even though it’s better to prepare more useable cards But there’s no need to hurry
Just acquiring the vocal organ, was already enough to be considered a satisfying accomplishment
Thinking closely, I really did acquire quite the amount of skills this time
Like this, I kept researching as I moved around inside the cavern
Then finally, I saw the exit that connects to the ground level
For the first ti to this world, I arrived at a place full of sunshi+ne…
It really feels like I haven’t seen the sun in a long time Actually, it indeed has been a few months
Seeet burnt
In fact, for activities dangerous for them, demons can understand them just by instinct
But it’s also pretty coer
I really can’t laugh at that
They should try their best to correct those behaviors
The cave, seems like it’s inside a forest
The cave entrance is on a slightly tall hill Even inside the forest, this hill is still very conspicuous How should I say this, that’s the only place I could see the sun frole step into the forest, and it would instantly become dark
At the tip of the hill, there engraved a suspicious pattern
It kind of looks like soic for? Well, it doesn’t matter either way
【One shouldn’t stand under an unstable wall】
I decisively left this place that one shouldn’t re
Some time went by after I left the cave Looks like, it’s already evening
I’m able to deduce that the time when I exited the cave was exactly at noon
Because there is a timer in my body that’s precise to the milliseconds But I still wish to have the effect of an clock Instantly, it naturally transformed
Even this can be done? As expected of 【Great Sage】
Right now, it’s just past 4 o’clock in the afternoon
It’s almost time to prepare dinner, but unfortunately I don’t have the necessity to eat any able to taste anything only makes it feel empty
And so, I continued to study the skills acquired froe of these skills, maybe they would produce an unexpected effect Of course, what’spronunciation
Like this, Iout various tests
It’s not like I have any destinations, I’ around anyways
If I were to encounter a village or s humans and approach them
However, these past few days were really peaceful I would clearly be attacked by demons at every turn inside the cave, but there were al outside
There was only one ti pronunciations But…
I had only pronounced a single syllable, that’s all
“YIIIP~~~~~!”
They were already scared off running
They were even bigger than large dogs, and there were even a few that had the body length of over two meters, yet they were scared shi+tless by a mere slime How incredibly useless
But to ood
Although if I predated those fellows, I probably would acquire the sense of smell
However, when I tried to observe carefully, I realized that those wolves weren’t the only creatures inside this forest
Yet the area within 100 meters of me was completely clear
Eh? Why does it seem like they are all afraid of me…
Why exactly is that?
Looks like, the demons in this forest are undoubtedly afraid of me
Just as I had reached this conclusion, I suddenly noticed a group of deic Perception]
Encounters always come so suddenly
In front of me, appeared around thirty human-shaped demons
Frail and small body frames
Shabby equipments
Behind their ence
Nevertheless, I can’t say that they’re coent There were also felloho carried swords and shi+elds, stone axes, or bows a them
These gray colored brain cells of h their identities
They’re those group of faht, the Goblins!
They, were considered the model examples
And the weak de attacked Mn? Me? To send out thirty with just a mere slime as the opponent, isn’t it a little too much But, why ahtest?
It’s instinctual, I just can’t be afraid of them at all
Not only were their swords full of rust, even their defensive equiped clothes
The lizard that possessed the tough shell, and the spider that possessed sharp limbs
From the viewpoint of the me who had defeated those demons, it would be ie to me
Also, even if worse comes to the worst, I can justthe breath attack…
As I relaxedly watched theoblin spoke
“Guga, strong one… Ahead of here, do you have any business?”
The goblin, talked
Through [Magic Perception], I could understand them to some extent
That said, is the strong one referring to me?
They clearly took up weapons and surrounded uys thinking? I became a little interested
Moreover, it seeht away
It’s just the right time to try and see if they can understand my speech
Thinking about this, I started to trying to speak with the goblins
First, I glanced at the group of goblins
Fro that they were already doing their best Cautiously readied their weapons and constantly looking over here However, regretfully, a few of the to run away
But, as expected of the leader Only it truly ht at me
I can feel intelligence from this fellow’s body Maybe we can really hold a conversation
In the end, will it work?
I added hts into the voice I spoke, and tried to converse with it
“It’s the first time we’ve met, I am Rimuru, a slime”
The goblins made a commotion
Is it really that rare for a sliht about that… there were even fellows that dropped their weapons and started bowing down…
What is theof this?
“Guga, strong one! Your strength, we have already fully understood it Please calm down!”
Mn? Was the power of ?
I clearly only wanted to converse with them here
“Sorry, this is very hard to control”
Well, all in all, I should apologize first
“You, you don’t have exaggerate Please don’t apologize to the insignificant us”
Looks like, it’s possible to coood practice
By the way, I used japanese I didn’t think that they’d be able to comprehend it even like this, how unexpected
“Then, what do you need fro around here, I don’t really have any business, okay?”
Although I should answer politely after being asked politely, they looked way too afraid, and I couldn’t help but to sound a little rough
“Is that so… actually ahead of here, is our village Because we felt a strong deate”
“Strong de like that…”
“Guga, Gugaga You jest! Even if your appearance is like that, our eyes still won’t be fooled!”
Looks like, these fellows completely misunderstood
They probably thought that a de power transformed into the appearance of a slime
In the end they’re still goblins, they were very fast demons
After that, I chatted with thee
See , they really are some cordial fellows
Even though I have no need to sleep, resting for a little doesn’t sound bad either Thinking this, I accepted their invitation
Along the way, I heard a lot from them
Like, recently they lost the God they had faith in
Like, along with the disappearance of their God, the de more active
Like, the nu the forest was currently increasing
And as we chatted, I unknowingly became able to clearly understand their speech
Seeotten used to conversing
Before speaking with hureat
As we chatted about these things, I could already see the village
Although it’s a village, I feel like it needs some quotation marks
After all, it’s a goblin’s nest I really shouldn’t have expected much
I was brought to a building that at least looked a little decent(?)
The roof was constructed with rotten straw that had gaps everywhere, and the as pieced together fro, even the slums may be better than this
“We’ve uest”
A goblin walked inside as it spoke
The goblin that looked like the leader who also guidedhim by the arm
“Aah, no proble, don’t mind it”
I revealed a standard business smile to respond
A sotiation to one’s own benefit
Even if I don’t knohat I’otiate with them…
“I’ e elder”
As he said that, a boith so similar to tea inside was carried over here
Unexpectedly, goblins actually kno to receive guests too
I tried and drank a gulp (Even if it looked like my entire body was almost covered by the tea bowl)
I couldn’t taste anything This is natural After all, I don’t have the sense of taste
But, to say if it’s good or bad… I tried to investigate its coh it’s not poisonous, it seemed like it’s very bitter
Taking account of the goblin’s feelings, I drank it all
“Then, to deliberately inviteyou want?”
I went for a decisive straight ball
[Because we’re all demons, let us friendly co-exist with each other!] It’s definitely not out of shallow reasons like this
The village elder was greatly shocked, and his body trembled non-stop In the end, he still made up his mind to look at me, and spoke
“Uh more active recently?”
I’ve already heard about this on the way here
“Our guardian deity suddenly disappeared without a trace athis part of the forest… We naturally didn’t sit still and do nothing, and bravely engaged them… But the disparity in combat power is too vast…”
This deity, is referring to Verudora? The time frame indeed matched up perfectly
Well, which is to say, that these goblins want me to help them
“I understand that you are saying However, I’m just a mere slime, I may not be able to meet your expectations?”
“Hahaha, you are too modest A mere slime, cannot possibly eine why you would transforreat deht?
Demonic aura…?
What’s that? I don’t reed the viewpoint of [Magic Perception] to myself A layer of ominous halo indeed surrounded my entire body
It would’ve been better if I had noticed it when testing mimicry and [Body Armor]… Well, it’s useless to think too much about it now
This is really e I clearly looked so dreadful, yet I didn’t notice at all
It’s probably like walking on the streets with ic essence concentration was too high in the cavern, I couldn’t detect it at all
This is no good! It’s a complete OUT!
The current me has finally understood the reason why demons outside of the cavern didn’t dare to approach me
Such a dangerous fellow, there aren’t any idiots that would dare to approach at all
Since it’s like this, I’ll have to give up and put on airs
“Huhuhu, as expected of the village elder You can tell?”
“Of course! That majestic posture of yours, and that unconcealable demeanor!”
“Is that so, you actually found me out It looks like you actually have some sensibility!”
I suddenly felt so elated~
Let’s go with the flow, and e elder
At same same ti the gist of controlling ic essence outside of my body, I retracted the demonic aura
“Oh oh… Were you testing us? There are s afraid of your demonic aura, this really helped”
Seems like it worked
My appearance, turned into an ordinary slime
But, if I strolled outside like an ordinary sliain?
“That’s true To actually dare to approach the uts”
Guts? Even though I really wanted to retort, I ed to hold back
“Haha, you flatter us Then, on’t ask about the reason why you assumed this appearance However… we have an request Would you listen to us?”
Well, I knew that was going to happen
If it’s not for this, they wouldn’t deliberately invite such a dangerous looking demon
“I’ll listen to the contents of the request, speak your mind”
While keeping up a dignified attitude, I asked the village elder
According to the description, it’s roughly like this ——
Froroup of demons that eyed the supremacy of this part of the forest came
And this part of the forest, seees
Even though this village was one of thereat aoblin warriors fell in battle And the problem stems from the casualties; there was a warrior who had a name
That warrior’s existence was like a guardian to this village After losing hie’s existence dropped tremendously
In the end, the other goblin villages chose to abandon this place
Establish counter this village; that was the overall intention of the other villages
No es, what he had received were only cold and apathetic responses
The village elder narrated with an unresigned expression on his face
“So that’s why… Then, howthe?”
“Yes There are ale As for ones who can do battle, including females, there are only about sixty in total”
What a truly unreliable number
However, just being able to grasp the nuoblins
“Fumu About the opponent, what race are the demons from the east?”
“Yes, they are the Fang Wolf tribe branched froinally, we must send out ten of us just to face one of theuaranteed… Moreover, this time it’s a pack of around one hundred wolves…”
Ha? What kind of BUG-like setting is this? I looked at the village elder
I could very clearly see that this wasn’t a joke froaze
Even though it’s sooblin’s aze
“Uhoblin warriors were fully aware that it was impossible to win, that they assaulted them with small numbers?
“… No, this information… Was obtained with the warrior’s lives”