Almost thirty days of loneliness and practice had passed since I swallowed Veldora. What had I been up to? Well, think about it. If you were being attacked by a monster, what would you do? I mean, I was a slime now. It would be hard for me to zip away from a large monster, much less defend myself. So I’d been spending my time thinking about how to fight back.
I had also been consuming any particularly odd-looking herbs or glowing rocks I stumbled across while hopping around this vast and confusing cave. I mostly found herbs like hipokute herb and large glowing stones.
The glowing stones and such around here were what was called “magic ore,” which could supposedly be refined into a metal harder than iron or steel and highly compatible with magic. So as I was chowing down on all these herbs and rocks, an idea came to mind If I could spit out water fast enough to I could shoot out a stream of water to strike foes. Some time later
I went to the underground lake from before. Just as I had imagined,
the pool was very large. There were no creatures around, not even in the water. It was truly a sight to see. But back to business. I started to practice my idea. My idea was wonderful and actually worked there were a couple problems with how It was performed. I ejected too much water at once, propelling far backwards which was not what I intended to do. No game plan whatsoever. This time, I’d keep it at water-pistol level, shooting out just a bit at a time. Just taking a mouthful of water and spitting it all out out.
Here we go. Hmm. Not much water coming out. I most of made too small of an exit hole. I expanded my mouth a bit. Water shot out with a little more energy this time, dousing a nearby that I had been boulder shooting at . A promising sign. After a few more minutes spent adjusting my water levels, I decided to try boost the pressure just a tiny bit more before opening wide. Launch. Then again. Then again, gradually upping the output as I kept my water-gun practice going. It was starting to take form. But a shot of water might sting a bit, I didn’t think it’d deliver a effective attack.
jumped into the water and thought to myself for a while.Floating in the water gave me a chance to use Magic Sense and observe myself floating and sinking in the water. I reminded myself of a jellyfish, kind of.
I thought I could vibrate my body’s surface to create currents or
I gave it a shot, running magical force across my “skin” to control the
particles around me. The vibration ran across my entire body, so I tried to
point it in a single direction—and that was all it took to get me moving.
Nice! I spent a little while whizzing around the water like that, enjoying
the experience. A nice change of pace, to be sure, but I totally wasn’t just
messing around, all right? Let’s keep that straight.
Skill “Current Movement” acquired.
I thought it was the Sage for a moment, but it turned out to be the World
Language instead. That bit of playing around just earned me a new skill.
Break time was over, and it had certainly borne fruit for me. As I was relaxing, I had come up with a few new ideas I tried a few
and thankfully, just as I’d hoped, it worked. A small jet of water, ejected sharply out of my body, slapped itself against the boulder and it actually broke the rock slightly where it had hit it. I kept practicing until I got better and better at doing the attack. I gave it a whirl. And it worked! The shot of water went threw the air contacting the rock then slashed its way right through the rock.
Skill “Water Blade” acquired.
Skills “Water Pressure Propulsion,” “Current Movement,” and
“Water Blade” acquired. Combining and upgrading to extra skill
“Control Water.”
Whoa! It really did work. Extra skills were supposed to offer a completely
different level of force than regular ones. Now I had a way of defending
myself. Now it was just about time to head off and find the exit to the cave.
One hundred and twenty days had passed since I got reincarnated in this cavern. It was time to get started, I traveled down the lone path upward threw this large cavern that I had grown so accustomed to. I hardly knew what to expect, but I knew I to see the outside world. The path from the underground lake to the surface was a single long cavern path. The path was filled with darkness but harnessing Magic Sense made it look as bright as a sunny day to me. I went along the path then I found that the path was blocked by a large gate which was first man-made object I had seen in this cave ever.So how to get it open? Water Blade my way through the bars of the gate? I prepared for the first shot but the door opened by itself. I scurried over to one side of the path and watched.
“Whew! Finally got this thing open. The whole lockin’ mechanism
must’ve rusted out…,” someone said.
“Yeah, I’ll bet. Nobody’s even tried going in for three hundred years or
whatever, right?” replied a second voice.
“There is no record of anyone attempting an entry. Are you sure we’re
safe? We are not leaving ourselves open to sudden attack…?” commented a
third.
“Gah-hah-hah-hah!” laughed the second one. “Come on. Maybe this guy
was invincible a few centuries back, but it’s just a big overgrown lizard,
y’know? I told you guys ’bout how I bagged a basilisk solo once, didn’t I?
It’ll be fine!”, “I was wondering about that, actually,” the third replied. “Are you sure that’s the truth, Kabal? A basilisk is a B-plus-ranked monster. You truly handled that by yourself?”
“Quit playing dumb! I’m B ranked, y’know! Some huge reptile ain’t
gonna faze me!”
“All right, all right. Just keep your guard up, if you could. And remember,
we can always use my Escape skill if things turn sour…”
“Can we save the friendly chitchat for later?” the first interjected. “I need some quiet. It’s just about time for me to activate Concealing Arts!”
The large group walked by and I skipped threw the door and stopped on the other side. I didn’t know what they wanted, but if I had to guess, they were Treasure hunters or maybe even treasure hunters. Before any of them could come back to check on things, I was gone. I went far down the path and I arrived at an intersection with multiple paths paths branching out from it. Which one would bring me to the surface was the real question. I traveled down one of the paths and arrived at a room. Our eyes met.
Slowly, I averted mine. There was a gigantic serpent in front of me.
My mind went blank. I might be fine if it didn’t notice me. Slowly, I
tried to slide myself back. No luck. It looked straight at me It flicked its tongue. Should I fight it? I had this cool move that I’d spent the last week
training for, so why wouldn’t I fight it. Well, no point holding back. I
I aimed at the snakes neck with a Water Blade and shoot it out, cutting the snake in half. A snake so huge, so ominous looking, I was sure I’d be nothing but a snack to it. This skill might be way stronger than I thought.
Are there any abilities I can steal by analyzing it? I got good abilities that weren’t half bad. In addition to the ability to disguise myself as
a black snake, I gained the following two skills:
Sense Heat Source: Intrinsic skill. Identifies any heat reactions in the
local area. Not affected by any concealing effects.
Poisonous Breath: Intrinsic skill. A powerful breath-type poison
(corrosion) attack. Affects an area seven meters in
front of the user in a 120-degree radius.
Three days had passed after my snake battle. I was still in the cave.
I think I might be lost. No. I couldn’t be. What kind of idiot gets themself lost in the very first cave? I’d be fine. It was probably just a really long path. Not knowing the exact way did make me a little nervous, though. Was there any way to get some help with that?
Received: Display the paths you’ve currently taken in your brain?
Yes
No
Are you kidding me?! why didn’t you tell me sooner?!
Of course I immediately picked “Yes.”
Am I reading this right? It looks like I’ve been circling through the same
area over and over again… Following the map in my brain, I delved into a branch of the cave I’d never bothered trying before. There, I was greeted by a sight that had wholly eluded me for the past three days.
Guess I’m lost after all. I must have been getting close to the entrance to the great outdoors. Moss and weeds were starting to appear on the walls and ground. And I didn’t know where the sun was, but the light, dim as it was, was starting to make its way inside. Which meant it was daytime. On the way to the cave entrance I fought four more monsters that died in just one water slash each
A centipede monster
A big spider
A vampire bat
A big shelled lizard
I managed to acquire lot of skills:
Black snake: Poisonous Breath, Sense Heat Source
Centipede: Paralyzing Breath
Big spider: Sticky Thread, Steel Thread
Vampire bat: Drain, Ultrasonic Wave
Shelled lizard: Body Armor
It turned out the cave, was in a forest. The exit was just a hole at the bottom of a mountain, it was more of a small hill, which stood out against the vast
trees that surrounded it. Thanks to the dense foliage, this hill was the only point you could see the sun from. I took my first step or hop into the forest, and the darkness went over me again. I stood in the path and looked back to the cave entrance I thought about everything that had happened in that cave and everything I learned, I turned back to the road and thought of the adventures to come.


