Rimuru didn't have much time to think about his next strategy. He first ordered Ranka and his family to patrol along the avenue to eliminate enemies, and then summoned Veldora to his side.
"Oh! Rimuru, it seems that you are in trouble, and finally the dragon has taken action?" Veldora looked very motivated.
"Veldora, go to the Demon City to act as the final line of defense and defeat all enemies."
"Oh, leave it to me!"
"Don't destroy the city."
"No problem. How long do you think I have been practicing the Veldora fighting method?"
Rimuru was too lazy to complain. Since it was similar to fighting enemies with physical skills, it should be no problem.
His allocation was the most efficient way out of desperation. There were still some newly developed villages and towns in the magic city Rimuru. Although Rimuru wanted to run home the most, Veldora did not have the space system ability, so he patrolled and
The rescue of surrounding villages and towns can only be done by Rimuru himself.
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Early morning, the magical city of Rimuru——
With more than a thousand lives in his hands, Rimuru returned to the place he could call "home" when the sky was dim.
There were many monsters and demons waiting to greet him at the city entrance.
"what happened?"
"It was arranged by me." Diavolo came forward and bowed.
There have been similar scenes in the past. Everyone was very happy and relieved when they saw Rimuru. The difference was that this time there was a solemn atmosphere and there was no banquet.
Moreover, there is a barrier between them.
"Information. This enchantment is a [Spirit-Binding Enchantment] with sacred attributes, and the caster is the individual 'Galasha'."
"for what?"
"Answer: Preserve the soul of the victim to prevent its natural escape and decomposition."
"Is it harmful to monsters?"
"Answer: The individual 'Zhu Cai' has been transformed and there is no harm you are worried about."
"Well done. You'll have to thank and reward them later."
"…………"
I always felt that [Raphael, the King of Wisdom] was hesitant to speak, but since he didn't say anything, it was not an urgent matter, and Rimuru was not in the mood to ask questions now.
He passed through the barrier to be welcomed by everyone, and his presence was needed at this time to reassure everyone.
Ligurud, Liguru, Lilina and other "direct lineage" goblins whom Rimuru originally named seemed to have intentionally or unintentionally told Rimuru to go to the conference room to listen to the report first, preventing him from going straight.
As he walked straight to the open central square, Rimuru had a bad premonition, or he saw something very abrupt and impossible to hide there - was that the mast of a ship?
The kind that Crownpis gave to Ramiris?
But this alone was not enough to stop these goblins who admired him. He moved forward forcefully and arrived at the central square.
The main body of the mast is indeed a huge warship, different from the one I saw last time. One side is full of ruins, as if it was a scene of failed air landing. But this is not the point. The center of the square is "avoided" by the ruins
, There are hundreds of corpses.
Including the previous dead in other villages outside, the total number is about two thousand.
There are so many dead people?
Valley Country
When the Pig-Headed Emperor invaded before, there were more dead people, but this time the senses were different, because the people who died were all the people around him, the people of the country he established.
"Hey, Rimuru!" Veldora came and said, "When I came back, the battle in the city was over, but the ship seemed to have run out of energy and landed without those of Ramiris' subordinates inside.
I saw it clearly and wanted to stop here, so I pushed the boat away by force. No need to thank me."
It seems that there is really no need to thank him, because three blocks were destroyed instead.
Rimuru secretly thought that Veldora might have used humor in his own way to cheer him up.
Rigurud and others also came to speak for Veldora, saying that the ship smashed through the barrier that weakened them and killed many enemies, and the neighborhoods that were crushed had already been evacuated.
causing casualties.
"Are all the dead here?" Rimuru asked.
Rigurud, who was responsible for counting the bodies, nodded.
"Open those shrouds, I want to confirm your identity."
"this……"
"Didn't you hear my order? You will have to face it sooner or later." Rimuru decided in his heart to use the magic [Resurrection of the Dead] given to him by Crounpis to revive them.
Unlike those souls that dissipated outside before, the souls have been preserved, so please be fine. Speaking of which, this magic has never been used when the target is completely dead.
After the shrouds were untied one by one, Rimuru's heart felt as if he was struck by lightning - Shion was among them!
Souei, Shiro and Kurobei, who were also following the crowd with their heads lowered, were no longer in Rimuru's eyes for the time being.
However, I can't cry because there is resurrection magic? But I am so sad and sad, even if I just see my companions being seriously injured, I still can't cry. Is it because this body is a monster?
But it was clear that Gobta not far away was holding the dead Gobji and crying loudly.
"[King of Wisdom Raphael], execute [Resurrection of the Dead]!" Rimuru said fiercely.
"Advice. If executed on those with low remaining vitality, the body will be reduced to ashes. Do you want to execute it? Yes/no"
"What? What's going on?!"
"Advice. This magic is taken from a magic sample of another system [raise dead]". The principle is to use the magic power of the caster to force the remaining life potential of the subject to be greatly consumed, converting it into the current vitality, so that the deceased can be resurrected.
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"Why are their remaining vitality insufficient? They are all people who have gained names and become extremely energetic."
"Collecting samples of magic elements and spirit seed residues in the atmosphere for calculations, it is speculated that this place was once covered by a barrier that could eliminate magic elements."
Rimuru had a bad premonition.
For monsters, magic element is their vitality. If a large amount of magic element is eliminated, it is natural that this will happen.
"What's the chance they'll turn to gray?"
"Each individual is different, and the average probability is estimated to be 96.86%."
"No, it's too high, it's too high. Is there any other way? [Raphael, the King of Wisdom], don't you know how to create magic yourself? Please think of a way for me."
"Recommended to use [create undead]."
[Create undead] is a skill that Rimuru acquired immediately after he obtained the appearance of Crounpith, but he was still very resistant to this kind of thing and kept it aside. When the Pig-Headed Emperor invaded,
There were so many deaths from other monster forces, but he had never used them either.
"..." Rimuru remembered that when he went to Clayman's place as a guest, Clayman had a subordinate named Amanda, who was a skeleton, and there were a lot of subordinates who were zombies and skeletons.
But most of them don’t even have self-awareness. Can they really be considered alive?