Tensei Shitara Slime Datta

Chapter 170: Negotiation with Guy

Rather than stand up while chatting, we decided to enter.

I guided Guy to the VIP room located in Tempest.

Her furniture was chosen by Myourmiles, and if she went berserk there we would suffer a great loss.

Some expensive artwork has also been displayed.

It was a special room where only the chosen nobles, or the highest nobles were accommodated.

In addition to the flashy stuff, this setting also allows one to experience the serene elegance, simplicity, and refinement, which really shows Myourmille's sensitivity to my own tastes.

To reach this level, Rigurdo and the others still needed more experience. However, since he said something like 「This place is very soothing. 」, Our taste may unexpectedly match.

Back to the topic, if Guy goes berserk we'll sort it out.

Since we had no other suitable rooms to house it, we had no choice but to expect a certain level of damage. We can't just bring the strongest of the Demon Lords into the ordinary living room.

And while half-assed guiding him,

「Hey, you have good taste. I also love this type of furniture. 」

Guy completes.

That was quite surprising, as far as the surprise happened.

I had misunderstood him as this tyrant who had no idea of refined elegance.

No, when you think about it, even Oda Nobunaga might have tastes like this ……

Perhaps, the more grumpy and rude are more likely to have a peaceful heart.

Not really, it might just be my mistaken impression, but it was really the right choice to bring him here.

Sitting on an upscale wooden chair carved from aromatic wood, I faced Guy.

On a small table between us, tea was served and the aroma was smelled all over the room.

It looks simple at first glance, but a surprising amount of attention to detail is put in ……

「You're pretty good! Our fools won't be able to do this at all.

I wonder if I should send them here for training? 」

Well I'm glad you're happy.

Or rather, even since I came to this world, I have done nothing but what I love.

After all, this was the first time I had to be careful around the other party.

No, after meeting Veldora, this will be the second time?

Putting aside whether I can win against him, I just want to avoid conflict as much as possible.

Too hard to handle. Because it will definitely produce some broken things.

"Oh really? You were actually the first one I brought here.

This is the highest class living room we have, we only bring people we want to make a good impression. 」

"Ah? So, you want to make a good impression on me? 」

"Yes it's true . Or I can't call myself a good Demon King right now.

If I had thrown away my self-esteem, I would have lived a more or less better life around the shadows. 」

I started with jab. (EN: metaphorical)

I will not be interested in your move, I made a statement with this intention.

Depending on her reaction, I had to adjust my attitude towards Guy.

Anyway, I have to, first and foremost, to find out the reason he came here.

I suspect that he must have gotten a report from someone, when he mentioned the Demon King.

Perhaps, the only one who would do this was Dino. In fact, he admitted it himself.

After all, every spy in this country has been completely eliminated. I can say this with complete confidence.

With the surveillance network disseminated by Souei, and by using magic to detect evil, we can completely eliminate any kind of counter-intelligence activities.

After all, since I put intelligence gathering above all else, not allowing the enemy to do the same to us is just common sense.

I have used every means I can to eliminate all spies in my country.

「Ahaha. Are you trying to investigate me? Are you not attractive!

Oh well, let's save the trouble.

I came today because I heard you had a fight with the empire.

Ah, and as you might expect, I heard this from Dino.

He's here, right? In this place .

Well, I got a report from that guy, but I hear you've killed about a million people?

And, you also have a number of Demon Lord class subordinates under you.

It reminds me of the person you brought along during Walpurgis before, and it makes me interested in the other person you have. 」

Saying all that, he drank black tea with an elegant gesture.

The way he held himself back, it was as if he was the king of a country.

No, the Demon King is more or less a king.

But, that guy. Right after stating that he will not investigate, throw the ball straight.

Basically, he wanted to see my strength. No, there's no more?

Isn't he strangely interested in my dealings with the Empire?

「Indeed, I have some subordinates of the Demon Lord class.

The 3 you fainted before are also included.

Naturally, there are others. But I have no intention of telling you about them all.

In this world war, isn't individual strength more important than numbers?

Increasing individual strength is naturally important. 」

See I see, so there's another.

Or rather, are you an "Otherworlder"?

And slime, in this case? 」

「Nn? Huh huh? You don't know?

I'm a slime who has retained the heart of an "Otherworlder", "Reincarnator", you know? 」

「Serious?」

「Serious!」

Guy and I stared at each other.

Or rather, he doesn't know. I think something like that must be famous.

I have already declared this to the world, and think it must be passed on to the king of each country.

It might just be my impression that all information is known to everyone.

I don't think there are any writing errors, but it seems I need to consider they didn't receive any information. I'll make sure to consider it next time.

「Ahahahaha! Oh wow! Thinking such a thing could happen!

No wonder you love that human form despite being a monster.

You have impressive mimicry, but this explains the reason behind your fixation.

I see, it also explains how you can obtain the Ultimate Skill.

Under normal circumstances, it is not something that you can easily obtain.

But if the soul is able to maintain its ego after "World Crossing", of course that soul will become much stronger.

I suspected that Rudra was only doing some self-written actions, but if that was the case, then I was sure.

I'm bad at doubting you. 」

Hm? Written itself?

Curious so I asked for the details.

Emperor Rudra and Guy have been at odds for over a thousand years.

And in the middle of it, I showed up.

I suddenly woke up as a true Demon King, and even gained a Supreme Skill.

At first, it seemed like I had something to do with Veldora's awakening, and they had decided to take a wait-and-see approach, but the recent conflict with the Empire's army raised little suspicion.

According to Dino's report, we escaped unscathed, and the imperial army was massacred.

At this point, Guy thought something was going on.

Against just one demon king, could Rudra ―― emperor ―― really suffer a crushing defeat?

Despite wanting to wait and see, there was no point in suffering that much.

It seemed that Rudra's goal would likely drive evolution among survivors.

He didn't care even if there were only 10 survivors.

Once, when Veldora had captured and killed many of them, as the few survivors managed to evolve into Sages, Rudra did not feel it was his loss.

He made understandable excuses to appease the public, and trained soldiers by putting them in danger; then, getting the survivors to evolve was Rudra's basic battle strategy.

Guy also approved of the Demon Lords fighting each other as well for the same reason.

To clash, and then rise as a true Demon King, was the end result he had hoped for.

Therefore, both Guy and Rudra fought as if playing a long game of chess.

As if it were time consuming, it was a game of patience.

But, the current number of survivors was 0.

There's trouble.

Guy could not abandon the fact that I had obtained some subordinates of the Demon Lord class, and that not a single one had survived.

Simple reason.

Meaningless military action was something Rudra would never allow.

He must have acted with some sort of purpose in mind ……

In Dino's report, he hinted that he had the same opinion. What are you doing, Dino?

So Guy suspected an act of being self-written.

Causing a huge military campaign, pretend to go to war with Demon King Rimuru to strengthen Rimuru's army.

In other words, I have betrayed the Demon God Guy faction, and joined Emperor Rudra, right? This is the core of his doubt.

Or rather, he even thought that I could be a spy sent by Emperor Rudra from the very beginning.

A newly born monster (Slime) that obtained an Ultimate Skill, usually this was unimaginable.

Could it be that due to the Emperor's encouragement, it bestowed the Ultimate Skill and evolved? So he thought.

「To give someone the Ultimate Skill, is it possible?」

「If the ability like this, then it is not impossible. However, it was limited to only giving a lower form.

And the target of the receiver must be someone above a certain power limit, it is not limited to being a threat. 」

I wanted to hear more because I had doubts, but then he dropped an announcement about me.

Or rather, you are the only one who will say someone with the Ultimate Skill is not a threat, damn it! I want to scream.

Perhaps, Milim was in the same category as Guy.

Their perspective on things tends to be somewhat skewed.

His words and the appearance of a nice cake enjoyed are stark contrasts.

Wait a minute, he's talking about something important right now.

I poked the fork into my own cake while sorting everything out in my head.

When it comes to thinking, sugar intake is very important.

Actions written by themselves. (EN: hypothetical scenario here.)

When the emperor unleashed and dominated Veldora, he gave the ability to the slime he found there.

With the slime under Veldora's protection, he would unify the Great Jura Forest, and awaken as a Demon King.

Guy predicted that with Veldora's help, the resurrection as the Demon King would be a simple matter.

However, since Veldora's presence could not be felt for unknown reasons, he did not fully trust this prediction.

Getting there, it's fine.

After that, when the slime awakened as the Demon King, Veldora was revived simultaneously.

There is clearly some sort of connection between these two events.

That slime, as one of the Demon Lords, will infiltrate Guy's faction.

It would destroy and devour the Guy faction from within, in keeping with the voracious name of King Belzebuth. (EN: Beelzebub -> Belzebuth. More info below)

This time, after getting reports that there were no survivors, he decided to stop by and check out the situation himself.

Since Emperor Rudra and Guy fought constantly, if I were really on the emperor's side, he would easily get rid of me.

Being a simple man, he believed my words and our misunderstandings were sorted out, but one wrong move would result in disaster.

Let's kill this guy because his power hurts, is something he can consider. I guess I'm lucky he decided to talk first.

Thanks to the many strokes of luck, the misunderstanding was finally erased.

「Well, my story ends here.

Next, will we hear yours?

Now tell me . Why are there so many Demon Lords awakening here? ”

It exists .

The origin of the misunderstanding: Demon Lords en-mass.

This made Guy think I was Rudra's piece.

For that reason, he decided to suddenly visit and ask 「What happened here?」.

Suspecting his self-written actions, He came to find several Demon Lords in the making.

Sure is a bit suspicious. Or rather, we're lucky he didn't decide to exterminate us without hearing anything.

If I'm a traitor, because he has the confidence to take us all and come out on top, I guess that's why he has room to be interrogated.

If Guy is not this strong, I will easily defeat him, but since he is too strong, we can resolve this through words alone.

Now I just have a complicated feeling.

Well, in the end we don't have to fight, that's good.

Now that the misunderstanding is cleared, I need to explain the matter of the Demon King's resurrection.

《Solution. There was no problem with saying it all through the Gluttonous King Belzebuth》 ability

The heavens have spoken !!

All right, let's go with this. I have nothing else to rely on.

As expected of Raphael Sensei, skillful avoidance.

「Actually, I did so with the voracious ability of King Belzebuth. 」

「Huh. How does it work?"

(Wisdom Lord Raphael sensei, how does it work?)

《Solution. By reducing the power of Souls to Energy, it was possible to forcibly develop those who possessed qualifications. 》

「King Belzebuth has the ability to reduce the power of Souls to Magic Energy.

Naturally, those who qualified were limited to Demon Lord class individuals. 」

"Whatdidyou say? Really it?"

(Is this true, the God of Wisdom Raphael-sensei?)

《Solution. (I have trouble understanding why I'm called sensei, but) it's true. 》

「Of course it's true. 」

「Huh ……. Then, is it possible to do it with my servant? 」

《Solution. That's possible. 》

Ah, she answered me before I could even mentally ask that question.

For some reason, I feel a little lonely.

Like, the more annoying it is to deal with you, some kind of intention.

《Solution. I have no such intention. 》

This time, I felt a bit of anger.

Firing the fire again would be bad. I have to let him go here.

「Maybe no problem. I can't be sure without trying, but it's possible. 」

「Huh, so all I need to do is prepare the soul, right?

When there are no signs of awakening even after using 10,000 souls, I think it is useless .... 」.

「You are talking about your subordinates?

Which during Walpurgis, the servant-san named Misery? 」

「Ah, him and someone else, Devil Duke named Hillary.

Since they are both Demon Lord class, I think they are both quite qualified.

They are on the same level as the trio I fought before ……

But at the moment they are very weak, they do not help at all .... 」.

Hi now

You're saying they're on the same level as those girls, and they're worthless?

This guy's judgment criteria seem a little strange.

「So you gave 10,000 human souls to each of them?」

「Ah is right. But since there were no signs of evolution, I had more lying down.

I tried it myself, but it was also useless.

So, how much do I prepare for them to evolve? 」

《Solution. 500,000 will be made. 》

「It's okay with 500,000. 」

Ay, wait!

You, the 500,000 you say, are you thinking ……

《Solution. Individual named: Gerudo ・ Adalman ・ Testarossa ・ Ultima ・ Carrera

I have calculated the amount required for those individuals in addition. 》

It was just reckless !!

Does he not know fear ?!

You really tried and led Guy ・ Crimson's nose, didn't you!

No, wait a minute ... This means he'll catch up when he finds out, is I am not!

《Solution. No problem . 》

No, it's full of problems!

Just now, I really think you're scary, you know ?!

This is why I am afraid of people who are not afraid.

"Ah? So 500,000 will be done?

Then, even if I don't go destroy the city again, I might have enough of my backup 」

「Ah, is that really so? It's beautiful . 」

At this point, I could only let out a dry laugh.

It's scarier than trying to fool the Yakuza.

If I get caught, I guess I can't complain even if I'm devastated.

I had no sweat to wash off, nor did any turbulence appear on my face. It's been a long time since I last thought it was good to be slime.

Guy now cheerfully eats cake.

That's the third one now.

It seems he really likes it.

Since the negotiations have ended, I want him to leave immediately, but it seems that someone else is coming so we are waiting for them.

Honestly, this sucks.

Just now, he created the Gate that was made and summoned Hillary and Misery from his realm.

Once you have been to a certain location once, the Gate can be easily made there. If I could do it, Guy wouldn't have done it.

And, in order to give the summoned soul to 2 individuals, 500,000 souls were handed over.

Wisdom Lord Raphael said that we can use this without any problem.

I want to give it to them immediately but,

「Wait. First, teach both ways to make this cake. 」

He said .

Come and buy it! I reply .

We've glared at each other for a while, but it doesn't seem like he's giving up.

How else. It's against the rules, but I'll teach them the recipe.

If I want them back quickly, I can't be stingy.

I'll make both at least make a cake.

it might be impossible to replicate just by taste, so I will give the recipe to them as well, and having them taste it once will probably make replication easier.

Putting aside Shion's formidable taste, because this servant seemed to be perfect.

The tea from before was also delicious.

And when they bite the cake,

"Great!"

「As expected of Demon Lord Rimuru alike!」

They gave me high praise.

If you are happy with such things, there is no need to play a boring game by risking the fate of the world.

Though I think the world is full of surprises even more if you care to see it.

And in the middle of this, Ramiris suddenly entered the room.

「I-it's terrible! Sir (Veldora) go to Ruminas' place! 」

He screamed in.

One problem after another.

I don't think I'll be able to calm down anytime soon.