Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 2

At the moment, it has been 90 days since I have reincarnated.

To be precise, 90 days, 7 hours, 34 minutes, and 52 seconds.

How can I be so sure? It's a function of the Unique SkillŽGreat Sage.

Iya~, this skill sure is convenient! ŽGreat Sage Saves The Day! Because it answers any question.

According to it, for the skill to establish itself in this body 90 days are needed. And that would be "establish" in this world's sense.

I mean, I was sure that I had possessed that skill since the beginning, but that was true only regarding my soul.

Until now, it had been accessing and usurping the "Voice of the World", or so it explained.

But damn I didn't get any of that.

It seems that normally a convenient skill that answers any question doesn't exist.

The "Voice of the World" is only audible when the world changes, a skill is acquired, or undergoes anŽEvolution.

To answer my questions, the ŽGreat Sage skill had been appropriating that particular function.

I hadn't heard of such an existence in my world, but it seems to be pretty normal here.

In any case, things like skill acquisition andŽEvolutionare not everyday occurrences. When the world had recognized significant growth " and in rare cases! " it will grant a skill. ŽEvolution, on the other hand, transcends the common sense.

Well... still am not certain whether I really got any of that, but nothing to do but to accept it.

Although ŽGreat Sage now answers any question, it is passive and lack an ego.

If I don't talk to it, it won't come asking questions. And that's a shame.

However, I am just happy to have a one-way conversation with someone.

Though talking to my own skill... most would call me simply delusional, eh?

And so, since I had nothing else to do in this darkness, I kept asking questions.

As a result, I have confirmed that I am, in fact, a slime (Viscous Life-form \= Non-rare life-form).

Lack of hunger and need to sleep had also been explained.

The slimes of this world could absorb magic essence, and thus have no need for physical nourishment. Where there is poor magic essence concentration, monsters and small animals serve as an alternative.

And so in this world, unexpectedly, the slimes in the regions with poor magic essence are extremely violent and strong. Wouldn't you expect regions with abundant magic essence be homes to strong monsters instead?

In other words, in the place with a lot of magic essence like where I am now is a place where food is unnecessary.

Then, about sleep,

ŠSolution. Slime bodies are a composition of identical cells. Every cell serves as brain cell, nerve ending, and muscle at the same time.

Thus, as thought process is undertaken by different cell at different times, sleep is unnecessary‹

And that was that.

So where are my memories stored?

Perhaps, it's like a PC HDD with RAID setup, right?

When thinking that, I got aŠRoughly so‹ response.

This ŽGreat Sage guy seems pretty good at holding conversation[1].

And so, I got to wondering what the effects of ŽGreat Sage were...

ŠSolution. Unique SkillŽGreat Sage has the following effects...

Thought Acceleration: Raise the speed of thought processing by a thousand times.

Analysis and Judgment: Ability to analyze and make judgments regarding a target.

Parallel Processing: Ability to detach thoughts and analysis of phenomenon.

Chant Annulment: When using magic, there's no need to chant.

All of Creation: Ability to comprehend all non-concealed phenomenon in this world.

These five are your abilities.‹

And that was that.

But, All of Creation? Could it be that I have obtained all the knowledge in the world without lifting a finger?! Or so I thought but...

In reality, depending on the information I understand and the things I know about, additional information can be inferred.

In other words, I need to see it at least once, but for the matters that I have seen"those I understand through this power.

But, Chant Annulment... So after learning a skill, I do not need to recite anything? More importantly, there's magic in this world!!!

The answer is [YES].

With this in mind, there is no need to memorize magic.

Tried to see if that would work with ŽGreat Sage, and of course, it didn't.

And then I got an idea.

Could I link togetherŽPredator's Analysis and ŽGreat Sage's Parallel Processing?

ŠSolution. Linking ŽPredator's Analysis and ŽGreat Sage's Parallel Processing is possible. Will you link the abilities? [YES]/[NO]?‹

Of course, [YES]!

But well, it's not like I have anything to analyze... wait a second!

That which has been collecting in my stomach"the grass I ate to kill time. What is it? Since I got nothing to do anyways, might as well analyze it.

And so, execute the skill at once!

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ŠAnalysis has been completed...

Hipokte Grass: Used to create ointment. Only grows in areas with abundant magic essence.

If grass's sap is combined with magic essence, a restorative medicine can be created.

If the grass is ground up and combined with magic essence, an ointment to stop bleeding can be created.‹

Woah!

All that weed I have been storing to kill time...

It's basically as if a kid playing in the sand found diamonds.

So I quickly began production of energy restoration pills and ointment. Though I say "I began" production, my body does most by itself so I don't really feel it.

Taking only a second to analyze, and three seconds to produce... after five minutes I can make a hundred of these!

I had no finished product to compare it to, but when I judged it as a high quality.

I might be satisfied with the result.

And wasn't analysis compiled way too quickly?

I mean, wouldn't you expect it to take more time?

Linking Parallel Processing was definitely the correct decision.

Out of curiosity, I decided to cancel the link and try to make one. It took 50 minutes.

Processing time has become terrifyingly short...

I seem to have gotten my hands on a wonderful skill. While being unconscious, that is...

There's plenty of weed being used up inside of me, and most of the grass around here seems to be the Hipokte kind.

Since it might be needed later, I might as well devour all the grass around here.

And at the same time, medicine is being produced.

What to say? I'm still stuck in darkness. Nothing else to do (that I can do) around here.

At this time I was completely off guard.

Though my skill was passive, I had been high on finally having a conversation partner (?).

And during these 90 days, I had never met another living thing, nor had any threat to my life.

Whatever the reason, I became negligent.

*Pochan!* (Attention: The person in question cannot hear. Please enjoy this objective sound effect)

Eh?

That's all the time I had to think as it happened.

My body had suddenly become light " or was it heavy?... a bizarre situation.

Had I... fallen in water?

During these 90 days, I have never had the experience of falling in water. That is, I was either in a cavern or inside some structure and have thus become negligent.

I seem to have fallen into some river. Since there could hardly be a river inside some building, could I possibly be in an underground lake or something like that?

Until recently, since I saw nothing at all, I had been carefully taking every step.

But while I was busy eating grass and listening to the skill's explanations I seem to have...

Forgotten to check my footing.

I'm always like that!

Always getting high off good luck.

Even at my company.

ŒLeave it to me! It's a piece of cake!

Due to those words I've seen hell many times.

I could still see the resentment in the eyes of my Senpai.

And seriously, what kind of idiot runs around in total darkness?