Tensei Shitara Slime Datta

Chapter 184: Establishing a Contract

Velgrynd and I faced each other, and unleashed our attacks that wanted to end this battle.

Our attacks clashed, and I was sent flying while a part of Velgrynd was sliced.

The battle turned into a dead end.

But the results began to show.

At first glance, it looked like an exchange of anger between us, but I had quite a bit of breathing space.

Although I was blown away by the clash, I diverted most of the impact, barely causing any damage.

The analysis of Velgrynd's abilities was completed, and just looking at the compatibility between us, it was clear that he was not a threat to me.

This is my victory.

I'm sure of it.

At this point, I received a telepathic message from Diablo.

(Kufufufuf. It looks like "Rice" has crawled into our fight.

Already cornered to the flagship, what are your intentions sir?)

From his voice alone, it sounded like getting rid of him was easy.

As for the results for the various battles, some were put into difficult battles, but so far there were no casualties.

"The "rat" slipped between the battles of the Demon Gods, observing the battle between Carrera and the uniformed man from the shadows.

He doesn't look like he's gonna help his "allies", what a shady guy.

Also, it seems like he ate one of the dead "colleagues", it seems like he has the ability of the "consumption" type".

So, was the goal a man in uniform?

Up to this point, at my command, the space around him was within a field that interfered with teleportation.

I don't want any unwanted guests, nor do I want anyone to run away.

If the "Mouse" wants to escape, his only option is to move outside the predetermined field.

To pierce a hole in the field, and get the Airship out of the field. Teleportation from there.

Because it is....... its purpose should be a safe place, which also means that is where its allies are.

Should I gather them all together, or get rid of the "Rats" now?

Someone who moves silently.

Yuuki might be involved.

If I get rid of the "Rat", the link to anyone behind the scenes will be disconnected.

If the Emperor was eliminated, the Empire would fall into chaos. Which also meant, other factions could take advantage of the situation and grow bigger.

Anyway, I'll make a trap for "Rice".

It would be better if it takes a pass (Emperor), and I can put it all in.

While I have no way of confirming who is behind all this at the moment, it's a good idea to cut the threat at its root.

(Let the "Rat" run for now. It might be trying to escape through teleportation, so I wanted to know its purpose.

Once we made contact with whoever pulled the rope, we removed it. Prioritize finding out who's behind this!)

(Understood!)

To get everything involved, including the "Mouse", in one fell swoop.

I gave the order to Diablo, with such thoughts.

Even when I communicated with Diablo, the battle with Velgrynd was still ongoing.

With the support of Wisdom Lord Raphael, communication became easy as I still had plenty of breathing room, even I was impressed by the current situation.

All the attacks of Velgrynd, aborted with the Absolute Defense of the Covenant King Uriel.

In comparison, my attacks used the "Veldora Sword", looking like they did damage as if ignoring the defenses on Velgrynd's massive body.

This situation looks favourable to me, and it looks like it will be difficult to undo.

Velgrynd returned from the dragon, returning to his human form.

As expected, it seemed difficult to fully defend with that huge body. If the goal is to increase its defense, changing to its human form is a good option.

But, that meant his offense would drop significantly.

Although there was no change in abilities, the amount of basic Energy he had now was limited.

But yes .... For me, since all attacks are blocked anyway, there is no doubt that he would be more troublesome to deal with in his human form.

As expected of Veldora's older sister, she was beautiful with blue hair, the difficulty of pointing my sword at it was also one of the reasons …….

Even so, that friend of Raphael, wants to take the Covenant of King Uriel from me in this situation.

It's like having me devour it, because the King of Gluttony Beelzebuth will be the only option left.

Velgrynd, after passing through several of my "Veldora Sword" attacks, looked exhausted.

If I continue this attack, it will result in my victory, but …….

「Da-fuck you! To do this to us, "True Dragon" ……

To not only take my younger brother, but also hinder Rudra and my expectations !! 」

Velgrynd spewed out another Cardinal Acceleration.

Although it seemed like his output had decreased, with the increased focus he had put on the attack, it was now a proper attack; it could be said to be comparable to when he was in his dragon form.

It looked smaller, but I was the only target.

But, this attack has already been analyzed, it won't work on me anymore.

「Didn't you guys take the initiative !?

You pitted Veldora against me in the first place! 」

"Shut up! My sister, it hasn't fallen that low to be consumed by people like you!

Even though he was an unreliable boy, to think he would be defeated by a weak Demon King …….

And it ended up being absorbed by that Demon King, and usually cornered me like this ……. 」

It felt like he was really killing me.

Drowning in anger, Explosions were forcefully released towards me.

Too bad, it doesn't work against me.

But man, I'm confused. If I keep attacking with this sword, he might be “removed”, but well, he * is Veldora's sister …….

(Hey, Veldora. Can't you talk to him and calm him down?)

(!? Don't ask me something creepy! I almost forgot to breathe for a moment.

It is impossible for me to casually talk to him now, because he is really mad at me !!

If he finds out I'm working with you, and I'm really alive and everything ……. )

Fine .

I finally realized, Veldora is not reliable, at all.

But, man, this man ……. He was very unreliable at critical moments.

This situation, happened because he ran away, and did not want to meet his other older sister …….

Huh huh? Why am I doing all these jacks?

Slowly, I felt annoyed at something else.

(But, we can't just "delete" her, right?)

(.....cn.u, Hmm. It's gonna be bad, yeah.

That's her! Let's turn the settings into something I consume strongly by you.

Destroy my sister too!

Then, take him to a position similar to mine.

If it was the current "you", it would definitely be possible, even Wisdom Lord Raphael agreed!)

…… What did this friend say?

This guy, just because he didn't want to be scolded, he was the spoiled type who blamed his friend!

And from that thought, the bad guy was me, right?

Also, the plan to have only the King of Gluttony Beelzebuth remain in favor of this idea.

Raphael and Veldora conspire! Is, what I realized.

But fine.

To her older sister who was so devastated on her "death", just looking like nothing had happened was not a good idea, even I could understand that.

Although I understand, it definitely feels like all the troublesome things were thrown at me.

Also ……. If Veldora, who cheerfully put so much power into the previously known sword and chewed for it, she wouldn't blame me either, would she?

Change the settings for me to be forcibly consumed! When he said that, he definitely aimed to push all the blame onto me.

But wait a minute? The same position …….

Against Veldora, there is actually nothing I can “paksa” for him to do.

I got his approval, then he worked accordingly. More like he has a lot of freedom to do whatever he wants, which is Veldora.

Basically, once he “released”, there are not many things I can force Veldora to do.

If he wants to take action that does not benefit me, I can only cut Link; even if Veldora refuses, it is not like he “removed” if Link is disconnected.

If something happens and Veldora who is "let go" is destroyed, whether she decides to go back to her "real body" that is inside me or not, there is no "real" loss". (TN: people die when they are killed .. Wait, yeah?)

Simply put, there is no power that limits anything.

Similar to Veldora.

Mean enough to devour Velgrynd, then "let go" him.

That also means, the fact that Veldora was not forced to do anything will be proven, and I am not to blame at all.

Sibling quarrels? Is that delicious?

That's not something in my "jurisdiction.

I decided to devour Velgrynd, and put him in the same position as Veldora.

But, it was troublesome if he went berserk after being "liberated".

Since I can't force Velgrynd, could it be possible to do something like this?

《Solution. No problem . As a creature similar to the "True Dragon" now, there was a spare room.

Also, it is possible to set the conditions for "releases".

Regarding that, negotiations with the individual: "Scorch Dragon" Velgrynd were necessary. 》

Hm?

So I have to gobble up first.

Then, set the conditions when turning them into other "abilities?

In the worst case, if Velgrynd refuses, I can isolate him inside 『Silver』 without turning him into "ability".

I can also let him out after the whole failure is over, unlike him "need" to be another part of my ability.

After my ascension into something similar to the "True Dragon", I could feel my stats had completely increased, there should be no problem isolating one or two Velgrynd within me.

The goal has been decided.

Now to start working.

「Whatever the problem is, have to get rid of the threat! I'm not gonna let you do something like this again.

Velgrynd, it's time for you to repent a little !! 」

「Fuck, like I'm going down without a fight!」

The fierce battle with Velgrynd continued.

Nonsense he's fast. It would be very painful to catch him.

He should have less strength in his human form, but the battle did not become easier.

Even then, using King Uriel's Treaty, I cut his movements with 『Isolated Prison』.

Through it, I finally managed to catch him.

「You , Fuck you! Let me out, let me go !! 」

And the suspicious figure that was moving towards that beautiful woman, was me.

If my appearance was that if it was slime, this would really be a crime. But then again, my current form is a 16-year-old bishoujo, it sets a different mood. (TN: slime r *p * !! Wait ... that's y*r* instead of !!)

Can't help that

Got to get rid of the threat.

I put my hand on contact with Velgrynd, and devoured his body at once.

With "feelings" isolating aggressive Energy, concluded without problems.

But, as expected of the "True Dragon".

There is difficulty isolating it completely, even after completely eating its "body".

He raged incessantly, even though he was surrounded with 『Insulated Prison』, it felt as if my body was going to burn out.

I have immunity to heat, so being able to feel the heat at this moment shows how bad this is.

Although there is no damage, if I lose mentally now, it feels like I will be completely fried.

Right now, this is a battle of wills.

「I'm not naive like my little brother, you dirt bag!

Also, Rudra will help me at any time.

This is the end for you, Demon King Rimuru! 」

No, it didn't happen.

The situation looked like a checkmate to the Empire, the Airship where Rudra was trying to escape.

「But from what I can say, Emperor Rudra whom you just talked about left you and tried to escape. 」

「Omong empty! Rudra was invincible as long as I was around. There's no way he's running ……. 」

Velgrynd's attempt to belittle me failed greatly.

As he now noticed that the Airship increased its speed and attempted to leave.

「I-That's impossible ……. Wh why? Why did you leave me...... Rudra !? 」

And then, he closed his eyes as if he had finally realized something.

A moment later, all the resistance against devouring me disappeared.

Velgrynd stopped fighting, and now does not move inside my 『Silver』.

SeeI understand now ……. You, it's broken ……. Rudra――

Only murmurs seep out.

Velgrynd finally calmed down.

It felt like he understood and gave up on something.

It seems like he has no intention of resisting, but I can't just absorb it like now.

Must negotiate with him first …….

But he now looked very sad, it felt difficult to start a conversation.

(Oi, do what you want with me. I admit defeat, and will not refuse.

But you better be prepared.

I killed my brother, and now me too.

Our sister, Velzard will never forgive you. )

(Ahh, right. About that ....).

(What? You got something you want to ask?

But, too bad for you. I don't know how to stop Angel's impending attack.

Even if my * does indeed *know something, I have no obligation to tell you anything!)

(Well, that's not ...).

To me who was a bit confused, Velgrynd rushed me to finish absorbing it.

It seemed, she had misunderstood that I had killed Veldora after I ate her, and it seemed like she was ready for the same thing to happen to herself.

He didn't listen at all to what I said, which was very troublesome.

(What do you want to say, You are the Devil!

Now Rudra is "damaged", meaningless in my being.

I'm telling you to consume me or do whatever you want!)

Velgrynd was angry at me, he seemed to be quite grumpy.

Honestly, he's scary. I now somewhat understand why Veldora has a problem with him.

(It looks like you misunderstood something, Veldora is still alive!

Why would I kill my friend? You need to listen to what I say first!)

(What!?)

After what felt like a long explanation the real ―― only took a few seconds in real time - Velgrynd finally understood the situation.

By the way, during that period of time, Veldora was completely silent. It seems like he is still pushing all responsibility on me.

Feeling tired, I continued the negotiations.

So, if he is cooperative, I intend to let him have the same amount of freedom that Veldora has.

If not, then I will only release him after everything is done.

Velgrynd was silent for a moment, it seemed like he was thinking about it.

Slowly open his mouth,

(I have a condition. It's more beneficial than a condition. Mind listening to me?)

He said to me.

I kind of hoped this, seeing the flow of the situation, I decided to listen to what Velgrynd said.

Velgrynd's assistance, as expected, was related to Emperor Rudra.

After apologizing for making the first move, Velgrynd began his explanation.

Emperor Rudra slowly deteriorated due to the influence of King Michael's Ultimate Ultimate Justice Skill 』 which he held, and was achieving his goal.

That was why, he was so fixated on the final victory against Guy for the last time; that was also why he made such a long preparation.

But it also meant he ended up being weak in his judgment, as he ignored my ascension to power, which became bad luck, and eventually caused all his plans to fall apart …….

Returning to the point, given the Emperor's abilities, he was invincible as long as Velgrynd was nearby, so he didn't need to escape.

Seeing that he seemed to have forgotten this fact, proving that Rudra had reached the point of no return.

In addition to the impenetrable barrier, it has the ability to attack by changing the elemental nature of Velgrynd's power with Judge King Michael, Velgrynd explained; his current actions served to prove that even more.

Most importantly, the,

(He can no longer hear my voice. That's why .... Rudra most likely left.)

Velgrynd said with a heavy heart. And,

(My voice, it is for you to help release Rudra's soul from the shackles of his own fate.

He, for the longest time, shouldered the desires of many ……. )

He made his request.

But that means, even if they manage to emerge victorious, their future outlook is non-existent. (TN: I barely understand what this sentence means.)

After all, if it was impossible to stop Judge King Michael from going berserk, it would be useless even if they won against Guy.

When I think about it,

(Well, as long as we get the victory, we intend to "return" Judge King Michael.

We won't need it after we win against Guy. )

Velgrynd answered my suspicions.

Since he said something about "back", it seemed possible to "delete" the Skill.

Using Justice King Michael, one can travel to "Heaven" via the "Gate of Heaven".

In that place, using the altar to worship the "Stellar Dragon King" Veldanava, it was possible to seal the skill.

Their plan was to go to the altar to report their victory, and "return" the skill in the process.

King Michael's Supreme Skill Skills are those of the "Stellar Dragon King" Veldanava.

(No matter how much "Saint" Rudra was, there was a limit to how many skills he could handle.

That was the reason he needed to "reincarnate" so many times, maintaining his ego while continuing to "live".

Having maintained control for over 2000 years, shows how strong his will is …….

But even that is over.

My hope, just to free Rudra from this endless cycle. ) (TN: a saint is something above a sage.)

Velgrynd ended his explanation.

At that point, Diablo's report came in with perfect timing.

(Rimuru-sama, one of your acquaintances, Damrada has died.

It was the result of his death match, with Ultima as his opponent.

After an incredible battle, Ultima emerged victorious.

And Ultima, in Damrada's last moments, received the "request ……

I'll send you the details. )

He reported.

Then, the compressed report is sent telepathically.

With that I understand the situation.

There seemed to be no other choice but for the Emperor to die.

Although I do not know the details, I have thought of Damrada as the loyal type — well, dandy (EN: ossan) is the mysterious type. Here I thought his loyalty was lying to Yuuki, but it seems that I was wrong - he was also hoping for the death of the Emperor.

Then, there are things I just heard from Velgrynd.

The emperor who* is exalted, yes. Compared to his past achievements, I think his current condition is more important.

While I was contemplating such things,

(Rimuru-sama, the battle between Carrera and the man in uniform has ended.

Due to the lack of action, "Rice" made it in. )

(Did it get away?)

(No, I have his whereabouts.

Moss sticks a "tracker" on it, it won't come off even if it's teleported.

But unfortunately, for ruining the outcome of the duel between Carrera and the man in uniform. )

Since my order to leave "Rice" became, he hesitated whether he should take action against "Rice".

As a result, Moss managed to neutralize the "Mouse" attack, on its surface there did not seem to be much of an impact on Carrera or the men in uniform.

But, although both sides were injured throughout, their duel came to a halt.

"This "rat" is inexcusable.

Plus, Carrera received the "request" of the man in the uniform as well, which was also to end Rudra's life.

Since it has been accepted, it must be done.

I decided myself firmly.

(Velgrynd, I hereby vow to release Rudra from his destiny. Give me your cooperation!)

I declare.

Velgrynd showed no signs of doubt, and gave me his confession.

The contract has now been set.

And Velgrynd now began his integration within me, becoming one of my Strengths (Skills).