Edric looked at the ruin's entrance and then talked.
[Let's enter]
[Yes!] Replied the slime.
Edric heard the slime and then he put his hand on the ruins entrance and used a little bit of his strength.
And the entrance "opened".
[Wow, Edric is strong!] Said the little slime.
Edric grinned and then he stepped into the ruins.
[Wow!!]
When they entered the ruins, The slime looked around excitedly.
The ruin's walls shined brightly and the entrance was filled with complex patterns.
Edric looked at them and he realized they were similar to circuits that emulated the thought process of a human.
There were lots of circles that acted in a way that looked similar to neurons, and these were conected with each other.
It seemed that this used essence to hide the ruins.
Edric told the slime to follow him and he started to enter deeper into the structure.
The ruins started to descend underground and the path started to increase in size.
After 30 minutes of walking Edric started seeing buildings in the distance.
When he reached the buildings, he and the slime entered them and started exploring.
The buildings weren't that special, of course they were quite unique, but they seemed to be residential buildings for people that used to live here.
They had diaries, intact food, beds, showers and different things that normal houses do.
There were a lot of weird details about these buildings though.
(Why would these buildings be underground and where have all the residents gone... well I guess it doesn't matter)
Edric figured he could probably examine this place and he would figure it out eventually.
He decided to examine all the buildings here, and then continue deeper into the ruins.
-One week later-
Edric and the slime examined the buildings together and Edric teached the slime how to read the language of the writings in the houses, the language was quite complex but the slime was a surprisingly fast learner, it also became better at talking and started speaking a lot more with Edric.
In this week the red slime gained 5 centimeters of height and became quite stronger, almost as much as the first beast he fought in this planet.
Edric learned a lot by reading the diaries of the people that lived here, he learned that the people that lived in these buildings didn't see the surface in their whole life, and he also learned that they seemed to refer to essence as magic energy or mana and nobody seemed to be able to use it like the beasts he has fought outside.
Edric then looked for the slime and called it.
[Are we already gonna go deeper, Edric?] Asked the child.
[Yes, and when we finish exploring this place I'm going to give you a name because you have been behaving properly]
[WOW! Seriously!? a name for me! hihihi] the child laughed happily.
They both continued to talk while walking deeper into the ruins until they say a castle at the end of it.
The door of the castle was closed but Edric pushed and it opened without any problem.
He then saw armors that moved by itselves by using essence.
He prepared to fight them but he then saw that they were ignoring him.
He then looked at the slime and both of them stepped inside the "castle".