Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Chapter 70

Harvest Festival

What the hell…

Seeing the chaotic dance of light and recognizing its danger, Reihim lay hiding inside a carriage.

So… whence has this monster come from…?

At the very least, had one entered or left they would have been notified.

With a little thought, it was clear that the monster mercilessly slaughtering his men before him cared little for things like barriers.

As expected of them.
Like Reihim, they were all pretending to be corpses.

If this is how it is…

When asked regarding reinforcements, he firmly turned them down.

Nor was there any retaliation.

Thanks to the battle barriers set up by the Western Saint’s Church’s 1,000 division, every member of the army could be considered B ranked.

The monsters fleeing the city should have been easily exterminated by the kingdom’s knight alone.

But, even if she had come… could she protect them against this?

There’s no way.

The moment he thought that…

As if freezing rain falling on his back, fear overtook his heart.

Those screaming in pain or crying out of fear–why have they suddenly turned silent?
At that moment,

「Oh, look… survivors」

Merrily saying these words was a young girl, or perhaps a young lad whose voice is yet to change.

But before he could realize that the words were directed at him and the blood shadows…

When both of his arms and legs were cleanly burned off, he finally beheld that demonic fiend.

All Reihim could do was pray to his god…

Unique Skill『Heartless One』… huh.

Fear towards me is one thing, but when their hearts break I can activate the skill.

They live and die by my will alone.

And as this field trial has shown, it works even on enemies who are escaping.

I had intended a complete genocide, yes; but even so, I had expected a few of them to run away. Well, thanks to『Heartless One』, problem solved.

It is certainly one desired by rulers who intend to rule with fear.

Oops,『Magic Perception』is picking up something. 13 men.

Of course, that excludes the king.

Could any of them perhaps belong to the blood shadows who attacked the city?

By the way, that.

In short, they are a very scattered bunch.

Ah, I did hear that evolution was about to start, so I guess I’m going to lose my consciousness.

「Ranga, are you there?」
「Ay, I await your command, my master!」

There he is.

Without intending to hinder me, but in case something unforeseen happened, he was on standby.
Good,

「Ranga, gather up this filth and bring them into the city.

I am returning there ahead of time, I’ll let Youmu know, so hand them over to him」
「What about those who have escaped?」

I thought for a minute.

If they work together, it might be dangerous to send Ranga out alone.
But, I have no desire to let them go.

「I’ll send someone else after them.

「Ay! I live to serve!」

Confirming Ranga’s answer, as if taking a break, I began gathering my power.

As an offering, I will use the corpses under my feet.

The Blood Shadows will have to suffice.

That is, as long as it can hunt down escaping fools.

「I prepared thy meal, come forth, demon.
And serve me!」

What appropriate words I now choose!

Just as I was thinking that, three demons appeared.

With that in mind, I had intended to summon 30 of them, but only managed three.

No good, since coming to this world this is the first time I’m feeling such intense desire to sleep; my head is spinning.

「Hey, you guys, there are three escaping fools. Capture them alive and bring them to my subordinate Ranga.」

I said as the dizziness became unbearable and I became to lose my consciousness.

The demons behind me,

「We are honored to receive our first order. This grand offering you have bestowed upon us fills our hearts with endless joy!」

「…..」

They expressed such a greeting, but my consciousness was quickly waning.

「We shall talk later. First, prove that you can be put to use. Go!」

I said and transferred back to Tempest.

Benimaru rushed over to me so I had him take a message for Youmu.

That deep sleep I fell into was the first time I was completely unconscious since coming to this world.

When Rimuru had gone off to battle, the city split between those who worked to keep up the barrier and those who were on their knees praying.

Since the barrier dispels magic energy, they worked hard to increase it even a little bit.
Everyone was busy dutifully fulfilling their roles.

In the center lay the bodies of Shion and the others, preserved by a barrier.

Surrounding all this was the group maintaining the barrier.

Shuna thought,

For Shuna, all that mattered was a connection to her partner’s soul which would put her mind at ease.

If she were to lose Rimuru, she would definitely go mad.

「Rimuru-sama… we would be happy even if we had perished, as long as you continued living.
But, Rimuru-sama, losing even one of us throws your soul into such discord…」

She murmured.

It is possible for the kindhearted Rimuru’s character to change during his transformation.
If so,

「When you become a demon lord, please spare us a violent character…」

They prayed for this not to pass.

By Rimuru’s command.

That’s the only outcome they hoped to prevent.

「It’s because you’re always sleeping, Shion… wake up already.」

That whisper was more of a prayer than anything.

One who had never betrayed their expectations and who would certainly deliver again.

And then,

≪Announcement. Individual: Rimuru Tempest, the transformation into Demon Lord “Harvest Festival” shall now commence. Upon its completion, related monsters shall be blessed with a gift≫

Every monster that had gathered in the city heard the “Voice of the World”.

In that case, it is now their time to shine.

「Brace yourselves! Our master has emerged victorious. It is our turn now!」

Benimaru’s voice resounded throughout the city.

Rimuru could not have been crushed by losing Shion.

As ordered, they were to let Rimuru rest.

Just in case Rimuru had showed up as a mere beast.

「Now then,『How’s Shion’s cooking>?』I ask」
「Got it.『It’s horrible』is the response? Who the hell thought up this crap…」

Rimuru sleepily said.

The one who had thought of it was Benimaru, of course.

So if she were to wake up with a complaint… yet another wish he made to Rimuru.
If only things went according to plan.

Benimaru and the rest desperately worked to bring the plan to fruition, completely forgetting the world’s words.
That gifts were coming to them was completely out of their minds,

Rimuru fell into deep slumber.

Failing to reach the darkness he was in,

≪Announcement. The transformation into a demon lord, the Harvest Festival has begun.
Body reconstruction has begun, transforming into a new species≫

≪Confirmed.

All parameters have been greatly increased.

Species abilities are『Decomposition Absorption, Endless Regeneration』

Physical Attack Nullification, Natural Effects Nullification, Status Change Nullification

Reconstruction has granted the following skills.

『Magic Perception』『Heat Detection』『Super Olfaction』『Auditory Perception』『Demon Lord’s Ambition』

End of script, evolution has been completed.≫

And,
Being but a concept of a unique skill, without having any self-awareness, but for the sake of serving its master,『Great Sage』desired to evolve.

≪Announcement. Additional evolution shall be attempted.

…failure.

…failure.
…attempting again.

for what seemed to be an eternity

…integrating unique skill『Shapeshifter』… success.
Unique Skill『Great Sage』has evolved into『Wisdom Lord Rafael』≫

After attempting a million combinations, finally a result…

The ability to evolve a skill.

That was something thought to be nearly impossible to occur.

That was something desired by the skill in order to fulfill it’s master’s request; but, as a mere concept, it felt no joy.

But for it to feel sympathy and not joy…

But, to fulfill it… perhaps…

Again, evolution resumed.

In order to fulfill its master’s request.

Thus, while Rimuru’s consciousness was shrouded in darkness…
In order to fulfill his wish, his skills evolved in silence.

But the Harvest Festival did not end there.

That was the Festival that accompanied the evolution.

The festivities have only begun!

Few True Maou existed in this world.

Among the ten demon lords, only four were True Maou.

Orc Disaster would have become such, but was stopped in the middle of his transformation.

And now, a new True Maou has been born among them.
An event which would destroy the balance of power and bring chaos to their ranks…

Chapter end