Having taken pieces of some of the yellow stones that emitted light, he pulled it out and shined them near the cage while holding the dagger, preparing in case it decided to attack.

With there being more light on the slime, he could see that it had a very clear, translucent body. He could see a stone inside of it but it was sort of hard to see clearly, blending in with its fluid-like body.

Seeing the light, it moved closer to the glass and shook its body in a pulse-like manner once, spitting a similar stone out of nowhere.

“Ah!” he accidentally let out a quiet yet audible noise. While this action wasn’t frightening or scary, it certainly defied what he knew about logic as a whole. At first, he was confused with these strange variant creatures. Next, he saw a slime, which would baffle the scientists back home. Now, it spat a similar yellow stone out of nowhere.

Though if there was one thing that was clear, despite having no nerves, brain, or any organ, the slime had intelligence. He didn't know how much, but it at least could respond. Stuttering his words he tried to speak to it, “C-can you understand me?”

“Hrm!” The slime wiggled around.

Even though he wanted to believe it, he still couldn’t. If there was a book on how these things worked, he would read it immediately since this was possibly the most bizarre thing he has seen besides the goblin.

“Uh… I guess I can try explaining," he muttered, "I don’t know where I am and well, I stumbled into this place randomly. If I open this cage, will you help me out?” “Hrm!” The slime moved around the cage in excitement.

“I’ll open it, b-but stay a good distance away. Let me back away after I do.”

“Hrm?” The slime looked at it confused as to why the human in front of it was so nervous. Regardless, it backed away from the door to the container.

With constant fumbling and nerves, he was finally able to open the cage and stepped away while clutching the knife even harder. The slime slowly got out and after moving its body near the entrance, it waved towards Yuu with its slimy body, telling him to come follow it.

“Do you know the way out?” Yuu asked, still keeping distance.

“Hrm…” the slime made a somewhat unsure noise, it seems like it knew the general direction, but not the actual path.

Even though they kept moving, every now and then the slime would occasionally take a bite out of random objects. Well… it wasn’t necessarily a bite but more like it absorbing the said object in question. Though it seems like it can only swallow small objects as larger objects seem to be too much for it.

“It’s like the slime was like those storage rings from that martial arts or fantasy novels. But, well… instead, it’s a freaking slime. I wonder how much it can actually hold considering how small it is . Though it does have a cute charm like a cat or dog, just bouncing constantly.”

“Though thinking of it as a pet, it is about less than an arm’s length. It could probably fit in my arms like I was holding a cat or something.” As they were moving along, finding their way to the outside, they heard a couple of footsteps and some strange noise. The slime twisted its body, making it appear as if it was looking at Yuu, seeing what it wanted to do. Seeing this, he signaled it to follow him and they entered a room nearby with poor lighting.

Hiding behind a somewhat broken closet, they huddled together while peering ever so slightly. He was able to see an orange light coming closer from the hallway, most likely from a lantern. He was able to see goblins that looked similar to the one he killed before, however, these goblins looked more well-fed, and not injured.

He made sure the slime didn’t move and waited until they left. Even though he wasn’t able to understand a single thing as they made weird noises, presumably speaking an actual language, he was able to confirm that they didn't know he was there. After not being able to hear their footsteps anymore, he signaled for the slime to head out with him.

Making sure to whisper, he asked the slime if this was the home of goblins. However, the slime looked at him with confusion, moving its head to the side like it didn’t understand. He sighed, “Seems like the slime isn’t picking up everything I say. It did the same thing for a few questions before, but it seems like it has the intelligence of an animal or something, smart for smart enough to understand things, but sitll new to concepts and terms?”

Finally finding a bright white light, he burst into joy, almost screaming out loud. Luckily he didn’t as it could’ve alerted the goblins inside. It was clear the slime also had the same feeling and wanted to run out. It wasn’t until he called out with a rough whisper did it stop and looked back to the exit and back to him.

“We still have to be careful, the goblins recently came in so their friends could be outside.”

The slime didn’t make any noise and just waited for him to make the move.

Wandering out of this cave hide-out, dungeon, or whatever it is, the area didn’t look like a battlefield or some sort of civilization or anything, it was actually just filled with greenery all around. Even the entrance was somewhat covered, making it hard to see unless you already knew that the entrance was in this area.

“Huh, it doesn’t seem like there is anyone here- ugh, what is that smell,” looking around, he saw some blood and a bit of chunky… parts, in which he immediately looked away from, nowhere close to getting used too gore despite killing a goblin earlier.

It wasn’t just a certain spot, a good chunk of the area a bit away from the entrance had some sort of blood or remains next to it. Getting the courage to actually look at it and examine it, it looked like there was a battle between goblins and humans, but it was not too clear as to what happened.

“Do you have any idea where other human beings are at?” Yuu bent down, talking to the slime inspected the area. It shook its head, not knowing where any humans could have lived at.

Surprisingly, it decided to jump on Yuu’s head and rest there. Even though he flinched, he trusted it enough that it didn’t have any ill intent on jumping on his head. Being with the slime for a small amount of time, he deduced that the slime acted more like a cat, an individual yet a pet at the same time rather than a wild beast.

“Well, I guess we head in a random direction and try to find a path or something. By the way, can you store clothing as well and keep it maintained?” Yuu took out his suit and tie from his bag and looked for the slime’s response. It made a quiet high-pitch noise and started absorbing it.

Even though Yuu did not know where he was, a professional modern suit will most definitely not fit in wherever he landed in. Especially since he has a better confirmation that he was in a different world, or at the very least some sort of hidden place, by the goblins and slime. If a suit existed here, that would just either defy common sense, or this civilization or place had the luck better than a god’s.

Wearing a regular robe, he headed towards a random direction, hoping to find at least some sort of path, civilization, or just something useful.