Lila stood nearby, arms crossed loosely as my slimes spread out in a wide formation across the dungeon floor. Her eyes were locked on me, full of anticipation. Mine, however, were fixed on the slimes.

  My mana was full and steady. But for once, I wasn’t drawing on it to summon more slimes. Not to expand my growing army. Not to shield myself. Today, my mana had a different purpose.

  “So,” I said, glancing back at Lila with a calm breath, “are you ready to test my new skill?”

  She lit up immediately, leaning forward like a spark had gone off inside her. “Are you kidding? I’ve been dying to see what it can do! I could barely sleep—I couldn’t stop thinking about it.”

  I let out a quiet laugh, her excitement pulling a smirk from me. “Perfect. Then let’s give it a shot.”

  Truth be told, I was excited too. I had rested well, enough to refill my reserves and shake off the tension from yesterday’s event. But during that rest—right before sleep took me—I kept thinking. Replaying the skill description over and over in my mind, dissecting every word.

  Shared Vision of Blinking—a skill that allows the caster to see through the eyes of any active summons and teleport to its location. Simple enough on the surface. But there was something more. Something it didn’t state outright.

  No mention of range. No restriction on distance. Nothing about line of sight or even being on the same floor.

  Just vision. Just blinking.

  And that made me wonder.

  What if the skill didn’t just work inside the dungeon? What if I could use it on my slimes outside—

  The ones I left stationed in the forest before entering the dungeon. The ones I had ordered to wait for me and to keep scavenging the forest until my return.

  If I was right…

  Before I activated the skill, I took a deep breath and turned to Lila. Her eyes were still burning with excitement, but this wasn’t something I could risk casually.

  “Alright, before I do this—I need you to hang back,” I said, keeping my voice steady. “This first test is between me and the skill. I don’t know what’s going to happen yet, and I need to make sure you don’t get pulled into something I can’t control.”

  Lila blinked, then slowly nodded. “Got it. I’ll stay put.”

  I gave her a brief smile, then turned to the slimes near her. “All of you—stay close to her,” I said, my voice firmer. “You’re her shield while I’m gone. Don’t let anything get near her, and don’t let her out of your sight. Understood?”

  The slimes gave their usual gentle wobbles in response—their soft, jelly bodies quivering with acknowledgment.

  With everything in place, I drew one final breath and closed my eyes. Mana stirred within me, and for a brief moment, I felt… detached. Not in a frightening way—more like my awareness was stretching outward, unfurling like threads through space.Thin strands of connection reached out, weaving through the air, tethering me to every active summon I had ever created. Some pulsed strongly, close by—steady and vibrant. Others felt faint, distant... but still there.

  [Shared Vision Activated!]

  I couldn’t explain it properly. It wasn't like summoning my slimes. It felt strange, almost instinctual—like I was tapping into something I had always known how to do but never realized until now. Was that part of how the system worked? Once you acquired a skill, it wasn’t just knowledge—you were bound to understand it, to use it without instruction?

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  I didn’t dwell on it.

  Instead, I focused. I thought about what I was trying to find—not just any slime, but one in particular. One that had remained stationed in the forest far above.The moment that thought took shape—everything shifted.

  When I opened my eyes, the world around me had changed.

  Sort of.

  I could still hear Lila, faintly—her breathing, the rustle of my slimes, the distant crackle of torchlight echoing off stone walls. But what I saw wasn’t the corridor anymore. It wasn’t the dungeon. It was—

  A bush.

  Just a bush. Dense, leafy, green.

  It filled the entirety of my vision. No depth, no sky, just branches and foliage. My view swayed ever so slightly, and I realized I was seeing from a lower angle. I was no longer standing—I was crouched low. No… not crouched. I wasn’t using my body.

  This was my slime’s vision.

  A point-of-view perspective, deep within the underbrush. My slime had done exactly as instructed—hidden itself—and now, I was seeing through its eyes.The world looked different from here. The edges were soft and unfocused, colors slightly muted. But the connection was real.

  To further the experiment, I focused my intent inward and issued a simple mental command: Move. Step out of the bush.

  And sure enough, it obeyed.

  Through the slime’s eyes, I watched as the thick tangle of leaves and branches shifted around me, the vision bobbing ever so slightly as it slithered forward. The bush gave way to a broader view.

  Sunlight pierced the canopy in broken shafts, casting shifting patterns across the forest floor. From the slime’s low perspective, the towering trees seemed even more massive, with gnarled bark and branches draped in heavy moss. The ground stretched out in a soft patchwork of green—moss, wild grass, creeping growth—lush and uneven beneath its view.

  I could see everything. Fully immersed in the perspective of the slime.

  With Shared Vision only lasting fifteen seconds, I had to move fast. The visual link was incredible, sure—but it wasn’t what I truly cared about.

  No. The real test… was the Blinking.

  Ten mana to activate the teleportation. One extra for the vision link. Eleven mana total for a single usage.

  I didn’t hesitate. I triggered the skill. And the instant I gave myself over to it—completely, without doubt—it answered.

  And in the span of a heartbeat, the world shifted.

  I was no longer in the cold, broken castle room of the dungeon.

  The stale air and damp stone vanished—replaced by a sudden, crisp breeze brushing against my skin. The sound of rustling leaves greeted me, soft and constant. Birdsong echoed faintly through the canopy, layered beneath the quiet murmur of distant wildlife.

  I could feel the warmth of filtered sunlight on my face. The subtle crunch of moss and twigs beneath my boots. I could smell the earth—I was outside.

  There was no mistaking it. I had blinked.

  [Transportation Successful!]

  Looking down, I saw it—the slime I had blinked to. It pounced around my feet, staring up at me with that blank, loyal gaze. So that confirmed it, the skill didn’t swap my position with the slime, it simply moved me to its location.

  First test was a complete success.

  But what mattered most… was what came next.

  I took a breath, quiet and steady, and waited out the ninety-second cooldown. The forest around me whispered with wind, but my mind was already back in the dungeon.

  As soon as the timer ticked down, I reached inward again. Another eleven mana. This time, I focused on one of the slimes I had stationed back in the fourth floor—right beside Lila.

  My vision flickered.

  There she was. Standing exactly where I had left her. Arms crossed, foot tapping in anticipation, eyes scanning the room like she expected me to pop out of the shadows.

  So I did.

  With a flash of intent, I blinked back.

  The air changed instantly, sunlight replaced by cold stone and stillness. I was back in the dungeon, standing exactly where I had been before.

  Lila startled with a loud gasp, nearly jumping out of her boots. “You—! What the—! You were just gone! No light, no sound, no flash—nothing! I thought I missed it!”

  I couldn’t help but grin. “Told you it’d be a fast experiment.”

  “You just appeared like nothing happened!” she said, eyes wide.

  But before I could reply, a deep chime echoed in the air—low and resonant, like a bell struck inside my chest.

  A system prompt flickered to life before me, glowing with a brilliance I had never seen—its edges lined in gold, its colors deeper, richer than any prompt I had ever encountered.

  Not even the achievement notification I earned for defeating the Overfiend Boss at level one had looked this impressive.

  I stared at it.

  Then blinked. Once. Twice.

  My jaw parted slightly as I read the words:

  [Congratulations! You’ve Achieved the Impossible!]

  [Condition Met: Leave and re-enter an active dungeon in rapid succession]