Chapter 2: I Died and Woke Up Gooey

Darkness.

Cold , formless darkness.

Arthur existed just barely, but he had no eyes, no body or voice. Just a floating consciousness wrapped in silence.

"...Hello?" he tried to say, but no sound came.

Yet he could feel the texture of the ground beneath him, the moist air brushing against his uh, slime?

"…Wait. What."

The memories came back all at once: the fire, Leo's scream, the weight of the bookshelf, the searing pain, the flame swallowing his room and the voice of the world. Those bizarre messages just before the end.

"So I really died…"

Surprisingly he didn't feel afraid or anxious.

He was just calm as if it was an every day thing which confused him.

[Your emotions have been restricted by the ultimate skill forth wall ]

That voice again. Calm, composed, vaguely smug. Just like in Tensura .

"Great Sage?" Arthur thought cautiously.

[Affirmative.]

Arthur bounced happy for the chance he got

" Well since I am probably not insane or hallucinating, does that mean I am a slime."

[Correct you have taken the form of a slime from that time I got reincarnated as a slime and replaced the original protagonist satoru mikami]

"Well that is great, hey sage can help me aquire magic sense"

With the help of great sage Arthur pushed his consciousness outward attempting to grasp the world around him

It was like pulling back a veil. Slowly, colors no, informations began to bleed into his mind. The air was thick with magicules floating like glitter in sunlight.

Skill acquired: Magic Sense.

Arthur blinked or tried to. "Whoa… this is trippy."

With Magic Sense you constantly calculate the interactions between magicules and all waves(light sound etc) and the world in general and use that to form 360° image of the world that is perfect in a 200m radius

A normal human would be brain dead from the shear amount of information being processed.

"I should have remembered this would happen, great sage please process the information first and filter it."

[Understood]

The moment great sage took over magic sense, Arthur found it easier to look around .

The cave around him was enormous and eerily beautiful. Glowing crystals lined the walls, and distant drips echoed off cavernous stone.

And he, a squishy little blob of blue goop, was wobbling in the middle of it

" This place is truly beautiful, the anime didn't do it justice. A neat start for my Isekai journey"

He wobbled toward a nearby pool, instinctively absorbing some of the water.

[Skills acquired: Water Absorption. Water Manipulation.]

"Wait I almost forgotten about the two other skills I got.They're not part of the Rimuru starter pack. What are they?Great sage can you explain them."

[Skill: Fourth Wall — Ultimate Skill.]

Grants the user narrative awareness and resistance to reality distortion.

Sub-functions include:

Immunity to mental manipulation from beings.

Awareness of plot progression and thematic tropes.

Detection of character "roles" in narrative hierarchy.

Resistance to death flags and dramatic irony.

Under high-stress conditions, Fourth Wall may temporarily suppress emotion to maintain narrative cohesion.]

[Skill: Protagonist — Unique Skill.

Designates the Host as a narrative focal point.

Sub-functions include:

Enhanced survivability through dramatic probability distortion.

Increased rate of skill acquisition during emotionally resonant events.

Attraction of allies, mentors, or items critical to plot development.

Passive charisma and impression enhancement.

Natural resistance to plot-influenced death.

Arthur:

"...Did I just get Main Character Energy as a skill?"

[Correct. Host has been designated as the Protagonist of this worldline.]

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"Damn this is what being alive feels like" . he said, zipping through the cavern at high speeds like a sentient bouncy ball.

He was just heading towards the source of magicules . That is obviously veldora.

In the early parts of the story veldora played a big role in rimuru village development. And Arthur was planning to use him as a battery with out paying him.

unless you consider watching one piece as a payment. In that case he is overpaid.

"You there. Can you hear me small one"

"I can hear you veldora the Storm dragon"

"Oh~~ even a slime knows about me , it seems my greatness knows no bounds . "

' this meet dragon is truly terrifying in person, I guess I never seen one in person so it makes sense '

" Hey veldora do you want to friends."

"Why would I, the great veldora would want to be friends with a slime "

'This tsundragon' Arthur sighed mentally

"and here I thought you were lonely, being trapped alone for 300 years. I guess I will leave them, have fun with the rest of your life in this cave.

I even prepared some sacred texts as a sign of good will ."

"Wait!! Who said anything about not being friends. And what is this sacred texts you speak of "

'Gotcha you tsundere lizard I know you couldn't resist the temptations of manga '

"Allow me to explain to you the true issence of life , the joy of creation…"

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After a long explanation

"Tell me has the Straw Hat Boy found the One Piece yet?"

Arthur winced. "Still no. But he's gotten really close. Egghead Island arc is really crazy."

"BLASTED SHONEN PUBLISHING SCHEDULES!"

"And that is one of many, we have dragon ball, Naruto, jjk and more that you will definitely find interesting "

" I got to say little slime. you had my curiosity, now you have my attention. What can I do to read those sacred texts "

"Well for starters how about we give each other a name to symbolism our friendship."

"Fair enough " veldora nodded in understanding .

"How about veldora tempest. It fits well with the theme of the Storm dragon, and rolls well off tongue"

"Hahahahaha. Veldora tempest the Storm dragon. You truly have a talent for naming. As agreed I shall name you as well. Rimuru, rimuru tempest."

Arthur felt a huge amount of magicules enter his body or goo in this case. ' everything went as planned ' he smiled

"Now for the second part, to get you out I will have to absorb you along side the seal. Once I evolved into a demon lord I should be able to release in two years "

"Hahhahah.You plan to eat me become a demon lord in two years and relas. I knew you were ambitious but this is something else. I guess if I can read those sacred texts it's fine"

"Of course I am ambitious, I plan to build an empire after all... On that note, I will be using your name a lot"

" That is fine " veldora nodded before reaching out to fist bump me with his claw

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[Do you want to use the skill gluttony]

'Yes' I agreed internally as pseudo black hole started devouring the prison. It took a bit of time but was still easy.

"Great sage let veldora get addicted to anime before using them to blackmail him into breaking the prison , I know that lazy ass lizard won't help.

Also don't show him all the good ones."

[Should I let him see that time I got reincarnated as a slime]

Rimuru froze up when he hear great sage question " oh right I forgotten about that, do you think he will go crazy like Xavier"

[Very unlikely, his mental fortitude as true dragon should be strong enough]

'If you say so allow him to see it , also why didn't I face any monsters since reincarnating shouldn't they spawn more often due to veldora magicules"

[ It's due to veldora's overwhelming aura that most monsters ran away from this place]

"I see" I nodded in understanding when a blue screen appeared out of nowhere.

[You have been invited to the Multiverse Group Chat. Accept?]

"Huh"

[Auto-accept triggered.]

Before he could comprehend, another translucent chat window opened in his mind.

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Hero for Fun has joined the group chat.

The Strongest Man in the World has joined the group chat.

The Honored One has joined the group chat.

The Worst Spirit has joined the group chat.

Spider-Man has joined the group chat.

Advocate for Gender Equality has joined the group chat.

Pervy Sage has joined the group chat.

Ice General has joined the group chat.

Omniscient Reader/Protagonist has joined the group chat.

Arthur stared at the screen.

"I feel like I just got added to the team of biggest weirdos in existence."