Chapter 2: Meeting the other slime

I wake up to sounds of the silence that allows for my mind to run around the void.

Are my eyes closed?

I open up my "eyes" as I look around and "see"…

"Rocks? Where am I…? No, no. Forget that question."

I could see in a 360-degree view, which was really weird and out of place.

"What the… Did I reincarnate in "Kuroko no Basket" and perhaps have the Hawkeye level vision?" I joked.

I walked-, walking is not the proper term… rather, I'm, bouncing around?

Yeah, yeah. Let's use that term for now.

"My body feels elastic and liquid like… am I a slime?"

<{ Answer. Yes. Your body is that of a slime. }>

"Ok, so I'm a slime… I reincarnated as a trash mob monster in any fantasy game… Well, that is certainly saddening but crying won't help-."

I freeze for a moment before registering the voice I've heard.

"KYAAAAAAH! Wait who are you?!" I tense up ready to defend myself.

<{ I am your unique skill; [Avantelligence]. }>

"Ahhhhh… OK. I won't ask anymore else my brain deteriorates further."

I move on over the fact that I have a voice inside my brain that sounded like an insane cheat if used correctly and am now a monster that everything could trash around like a nobody.

<{ Correction. With the proper amount of time and usage of skills, according to my calculations, you would become as strong to the point of reaching a place in the world's apex food chain. }>

"Oh ok… Anyways… what is this plant thingy in front of me?" I ask.

<{ That "plant thingy" is called; [Hipokute Herb]. It is one of the primary ingredients for creating a healing potion and only grows in areas with high magicule density and that includes this place. }>

"Oh. So, if I consume this herb, will I also be able to be healed or do I need other ingredients."

<{ Negative. The Hipokute herb can be consumed with and be processed in your body to create healing potion/salves and be stored in your unique skill; {Vigil}. }>

"Ugh… Unique skill? What's that? It sounds like a last resort attack against a boss enemy, a trump card of sorts."

<{ Answer. Precisely so. Unique skills are very close to the top of the chain of skills excluding ultimate and origin skills. }>

"Hm… ok… I won't ask further, maybe later. Would be a good joke to eat the herbs while shouting; "I got the weed!". Yeah, nice idea."

I approach the plant and cover it with my body.

The plant dissolved surprisingly quickly as I felt it permeating throughout my slimy body.

I approached to my left and swallowed another Hipokute plant and another, better stock up in healing potion reserves.

An idea popped inside my head and an imaginary lightbulb lit up.

"Ah… Avantelligence… Your name is too long, I'll shorten it to "Artellea" instead. Can you read my mind?"

<{ Yes. I could read your memories. Although I'd rather not peek into it in order to maintain my very pure innocence from all of the YAOI/YURI you read. }>

An irk mark appeared on my… body as I spoke, ignoring the comment right now.

"Then, could you record my favourite song and play it in my mind? I know that you can read my mind and that you probably had already did."

<{ ...Yes... }>

The song played in my mind, and it made me relax and soften a bit before I got ready for the grind in games and other stuff.

The song was relaxing, and it always made me focus and clear my mind of distracting thoughts and gets me inside into the automaton state of constant grind without stop.

I vibe to the song while my work rate goes up a knot due to me having a boost in satisfaction and contentment.

You might be asking why I'm grinding for more herbs.

Well… I am bored and have nothing else to do!

As I thought, I hit something… bouncy.

Something elastic and had the same force and momentum when we hit causing me, and that "thing" to also bounce apart.

I turn to "face" the thing and spoke.

"Can the referee please charge this guy with a blocking foul."

<{ Correction. The referee would rather charge you with a charging foul. }>

An irk mark appeared on my jelly body.

(A/n: Basketball. They meant basketball.)

I ignored the rebuttal from Avant and just stare at the thing.

The blue slime that I hit with, stopped bouncing around and "stared" back at me!

My mind started racing with multiple thoughts as I got excited.

"Hey, hey! Can you speak? Do you know where we are?"

I started to bounce around in excitement in hopes the other slime could reach me in terms of communication and the slime also bounced around.

<{ Answer. You can't. Neither can it unless the slime has superior intelligence which it has shown, and you have the skill; [thought communication]. }>

My thoughts scaled down and my hopes died but something came to my mind and saved it.

"Um, Artellea? How can I achieve and have the skill; [thought communication]?"

<{ Answer. With your magicules, establish a friendly connection with your mind to the other slime's mind. }>

"Whoa that's vague…."

But I tried none the less.

I first made a string of magicules from me over to the other slime and coated it with another layer so that outside magicules that are not mine couldn't interfere with the process.

The string of magicules inside the layer would move in a pattern of words that would send the information to the receiver.

<{ Announcement. Extra skill: [Enhanced Thought Communication], successfully acquired. Would you like to use it? }>

"Yes!" I shouted.

I turned back to face the slime again and spoke through the skill.

"Ehem, ehem. Mic test, 1 2 3… Can you hear me?"

The slime looked startled for a second before answering.

"Uh… yes? I can hear you. Hey great sage, how could we communicate? I though we couldn't earlier."

I chuckled slightly and then spoke.

"Well, we couldn't earlier, but now we can! I just made a skill right now for us to talk."

<< Correct. The other slime had made a skill right now that had made communication possible. >>

I heard another voice similar to that of Arteallea's.

Probably a skill of the blue slime.

The blue slime marvelled and spoke.

"Really? You just made a skill right now!"

"It wasn't much of a hustle to do."

I answered back.

"By the way. I've been meaning to ask you; are you are reincarnator too?"

The slime looked shocked for a second before answering.

"You're too?!"

"Yeah… I got shot while trying to save someone and died. But I did get revenge on the guy who shot me though!"

"Um, I thought you died. How did you get revenge?"

"Well, once he shot me, I picked up a ball pen and stabbed him. He was weak, he died immediately after."

"Whoa… You stabbed someone…"

"He shot me, and he was about to shoot someone else too."

The other slime stayed quiet, and I quickly changed the subject to rid of the awkward atmosphere.

"Uh… Hey. Let's not dwell on the grave subject. How did you reincarnate?"

"I got stabbed trying to protect my kouhai from getting stabbed."

"Ah… Well, looks like both of us died heroically.'

We both chuckled as I introduced myself.

"What's your name? I'm Takeda Akari."

The blue slime's body perked up as it spoke.

"Oh, my name is Mikami Satoru."

I extend a tentacle like appendage to the other slime.

Mikami also extended a tentacle like appendage, and we shook our hands and shouted together.

"Let's be friends and stick together!"

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