Chapter 3 - Groundwork

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We're still walking in the cave for days while encountering some monster along the way, of course, it is no big deal for me and Rimuru as we are just wiping the floor with them, Rimuru ate them using [Predator] while I absorb them using [Master of the Mystic Arts].

[Skill [Paralyzing Breath] Has been acquired]

[Summon has been acquired. You can now summon Evil Centipede]

[Skills [Sticky Thread] and [Steel Thread] have been acquired]

[Summon has been acquired. You can now summon Black Spider]

[Skills [Vampirism] and [Ultrasound Waves] have been acquired]

[Summon has been acquired. You can now summon Giant Bat]

[Skill [Body Armor] has been acquired]

[Summon has been acquired. You can now summon Armorsaurus]

Okay, that's a lot of skill, but that's not a clusterfuck of skill dump, I'm sure that Rimuru would be able to speak now using [Ultrasound Waves].

Rimuru- "Hai, Rimuru desu"

Shiori- "Congratulation, you got your voice back"

Rimuru- "Let's celebrate by eating these!"

He got some meat bun out of his [Stomach] and we take one each while Rimuru is just staring at his share without doing anything to it.

Shiori- "What's wrong, Rimuru?"

Rimuru- "Why are we still here? Just to suffer?"

Shiori- "Oh yeah, you can't taste thing in your slime form, why don't you just use you [Mimicry]?"

Rimuru- "I want my first meal in this world to be in a human form"

Shiori- "Oh well, suit yourself then"

We finished our meal relatively quickly and continue to venture through the cave, most of the monsters that we encountered are just the same as the last one, so we just ignored them while Mio is showing her power.

Mio- "[Sandalphon]!" She slashed the monsters with the reiryoku originating from [Sandalphon].

Shiori- "Nice!"

We finally reach a giant metal door that blocks our exit after walking for a while, let's break this thing, shall we? Those adventurers shouldn't arrive here for another month, I think.

I place both my hand on the door and begin to do my thing with [Master of the Mystic Arts], that is unlocking a sealed door from the inside without a key.

*CLANG!*

That should be the seal, and I just have to pull this door with my magic.

*Creak...*

That's some eerie sounding door opening noise.

Shiori- "Alright, the door is open now, let's go"

[Timeskip]

We're out! Freedom! Sunlight! I miss you! I can't believe that I'm glad when there is a possibility that I might get lost in this forest, the trees around this place are huge, it is called the Great Forest of Jura for a reason after all.

Is my aura flared yet, Rasiel?

[Received. Your aura is still kept inside so that the monsters around is not dying]

Can you flare it up a little bit so that there are no less intelligent monsters that are going to ambush us? 

[Understood. Releasing aura until a certain amount... success]

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