"Well, that's probably the case. With my unique skill 'Soul Burialist', Ziyuan can survive in this state for seven days. If you can't think of any other way, there are only two options.
First, let her sign a contract and become my subordinate, turning her into a heroic spirit belonging to me. Second, I will send her to reincarnation as completely as possible, so that when she grows into a teenager, she will have a half chance of awakening.
A lifetime of memories.”
Facing the silver-haired 'girl' with a hint of aqua in front of her eyes, Ji Xing explained like this.
Shion's soul rushed over, trying to hug her legs but it passed through, and said firmly: "Don't feel sorry for me, Rimuru-sama! I have already discussed it with him, I don't want to be reincarnated.
, although I am confident that I will never forget you, I still have to leave you for more than ten years!
I choose the second option, but please rest assured that even if I become his heroic spirit, I can continue to be your secretary. He will only use me in emergencies, and my heart still belongs to you!"
The 'girl' opened her mouth slightly, and her big watery golden eyes were filled with confusion, just like a sleepy little girl, especially cute.
But 'her' soul is that of a man.
Yes, she is none other than Rimuru Tempest, the leader of the Jura Tempest Federation. Her original name was Mikami Satoru. After her death, she was reincarnated into a slime in this world.
Because she inherited Shizue Izawa's appearance and wishes through swallowing, she now looks like a cute girl of 12 or 13 years old. The influence of being a monster slime also made her gradually become "asexual".
At this moment, she had just returned to the town when she saw the scene in front of her. Too much information overloaded Slime's brain. She looked at Ji Xing, then looked down at Ziyuan, whose eyes were red and swore to be loyal. A strange feeling came to her mind.
heart.
'I mean Shion...what's going on with this strong NTR feeling?!'
She brainstormed through today's experience - after finishing classes for several children in the Kingdom of Ingracia, she prepared to teleport back to the Federation, but found that the teleportation was invalid.
Next, she was attacked by Miss Jing's disciple Hinata. I don't know who distorted the matter between Miss Jing and me, so that Hinata didn't listen to her explanation at all... Speaking of which, I still have lingering fears when I think of Hinata's sword.
Without that barrier, I'm afraid I wouldn't be her match.
After feigning death and escaping from the barrier, I used the cave where Veludra was sealed as the coordinates to teleport to a nearby place. I learned from Gavel and Souei that the town was under attack, and she hurried back.
The result is... this fellow 'field skills merchant' and his mount and servant, the Flame Dragon, happened to come to the town to protect the town.
Only Shion died.
As his secretary, Rimuru and Shion have gotten along like family members. Logically speaking, she should be extremely sad about this, but the scene of Shion's soul fluttering next to her leg... made Rimuru really sad.
stand up.
More importantly...as a reincarnated person, she would think more about it than the monsters. Everyone was fine, but only Ziyuan was in trouble. Why did she feel that this fellow villager was a little deliberate?
Well, no, after all, he helped a lot, so it's a bit bad to doubt a fellow countryman like this for no reason.
As soon as Rimuru thought of this, her unique skill 'Great Sage' analyzed it in her mind:
"Information. Based on the available information, the individual name 'Jixing' deliberately created a 9% possibility that only Shion will die."
Oh! Does the Great Sage feel the same way?!
Rimuru was suddenly startled and looked at Ji Xing. Could it be that his purpose was... to take a fancy to Ziyuan and to take her away from me?!
"...Information. The probability that the individual named 'Jixing' wants to steal Shion is less than 1%."
...Huh? Isn’t that right? Regardless of personality, the monster girl Shion with big breasts and good looks should be very attractive to men, right?
Ugh...it's a pity that I don't have the tools anymore...
"...Information. Without the help of the individual named 'Ji Xing', under the influence of the barrier, the number of dead would have exceeded a hundred."
This analysis by the great sage shocked Rimuru and temporarily put aside other thoughts.
Yes, although I feel sorry for Shion for thinking this way, the casualties like this are already a blessing among misfortunes. If what he sees when he comes back is a pile of corpses... Rimuru simply can't imagine such a scene.
It also made some anger and suspicion rise in her heart.
Was my decision wrong? Why did the Kingdom of Farmus do this? Is it really impossible for humans and monsters to live in peace?
"Information. Unable to analyze."
Hmm, doesn’t the great sage have an answer?
"I'm sorry, Ji Xing." She raised her head and said to Ji Xing: "My mind is a mess right now, and there are still many things waiting for me to deal with. I will entertain you later. Thank you solemnly."
"It's okay, I understand." Ji Xing said, "You should do your work first, and we'll talk about other things later."
"Well..." Rimuru looked down at Shion's soul again, the 'crying lady'. The strong feeling of being a widow made her look strange for a moment, and she quickly said seriously: "It's okay, Shion. There are still seven days, right?
?I will definitely find a way to save you, and I won’t let you die completely!
And you, you have learned a lesson this time. Don’t be irritable when things happen in the future, but be calm and calm! Do you understand?”
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."
In such a harmonious atmosphere, Ji Xing ended his first meeting with Rimuru.
…
After clarifying his thoughts for a while, Rimuru hurriedly went to see Muranyum and others who had been detained by Benimaru and others to understand the situation.
Ji Xing and Shyvana moved into a small single-family building arranged by Zhu Cai for them, and as a token of gratitude, Rimuru, as the leader of the alliance, directly gave Ji Xing the permanent right to live here.
After checking the facilities of the house, Shyvana, who was a bodyguard, chose to live on the first floor. Just when she was about to ask Ji Xing if there was anything she needed to buy with subsidies, she suddenly walked to the window expressionlessly and opened the window.
"As expected of the legendary giant dragon." Bai Lao's figure appeared there and he chuckled: "I just arrived and you discovered me."
"What's the matter?" Shyvana asked coldly.
"Although it's a bit rude, can't you please ask me to go in first?" Bai Lao asked.
"You want to enter through the window?"
"Sorry."
Sivana turned back to ask Ji Xing for instructions. After getting Ji Xing's confirmation, she went to open the door. Sword Demon Bai Lao walked in through the door and apologized to Ji Xing again:
"Excuse me for disturbing your rest, Mr. Ji Xing. I'm here to thank you for my useless disciple Gobda. The sword skill 'Alpha Strike' you sold him is really amazing. Even if I don't pay attention for a moment, I will be injured by that kid."
arrive."
"That's it?" Ji Xing asked with a smile.
Mr. Bai shook his head gently: "No, although it is a bit presumptuous, I still have another question for you - being able to name the dragon and giving his skills to others, I am afraid that Mr. Ji Xing's power is something I cannot fathom.
Your unique skill Guardian can cover and protect the town in an instant, which should also mean that the situation of the entire town is under your control, right? Forgive me for being rude, Ziyuan's death..."
"I noticed it, but I couldn't help it." Ji Xing answered his doubts bluntly.
"Sure enough." Bai Lao was stunned for a moment: "Although there is no reason for you as a tourist to do more, I still want to understand the reason.
With this dragon girl here, you shouldn't need Ziyuan to follow you, so... what is your purpose? Of course, I asked casually, if you don't want to say it, just pretend you didn't hear it."
"No, you will be the one to convey it to Rimuru." Ji Xing said with a smile: "There are many magical techniques to resurrect the dead, but none of them are what Rimuru can do now. There is only one way she can achieve it.
Seed - Become the Demon King, drive the evolution of his subordinates whose souls are connected, and resurrect Shion."
"Becoming...the Demon King?" Bai Lao was stunned.
"The condition is to kill ten thousand people with her own hands." Ji Xing continued: "This attack on the Kingdom of Farmus is actually her opportunity. If no one died under my protection, it will be difficult for her to make up her mind.
.And if she doesn’t become the Demon King, she won’t have enough power to protect this kingdom.”
"Ten thousand people..." Shiro murmured: "So that's it... Farmus's army? Do you want Lord Rimuru to become the Demon King?"
"It's not what I want, it's the Demon Kingdom Federation that needs her to become the Demon King. I'm here for a vacation, not to protect this place."
"I see, I understand." Bai Lao said: "In your opinion, if we and Lord Rimuru want the Jura Tempest Federation to be more stable, we need to have stronger power.
I heard from Kurobei that you are still a blacksmith with legendary skills? I wonder if I have a chance to ask you about the legendary weapon you just obtained and your swordsmanship?"
He claims to ask for advice, but as a sword demon who is extremely skilled in swordsmanship, hundreds of years of swordsmanship practice have given him great confidence in his swordsmanship, and he can block even Alpha's sudden attack.
Of course, he didn't think he had the possibility of victory. Ignoring sword skills, there was probably a huge gap between the levels of the two. But after seeing Alpha's raid, he wanted to see more 'sword skills' and improve his own.
skill.
So an hour later, Gobda ran to the practice ground in a hurry and saw Mr. Bai standing in front of the sword stakes in a daze.
"Old man, you are really here!"
He wondered: "Didn't you receive the summons from Lord Rimuru to summon the cadres? Is it because of this barrier that it didn't reach so far? There are so many things going on in the town now, why did you suddenly go to the training ground and be dazed?
It won’t be…”
Gobda showed a strange smile on his face: "Because you were defeated by me, why don't you practice more secretly here?"
Bai Lao came to his senses and glanced sideways at him.
"It turns out that the world is so vast, even I sit in a well and look at the sky, and feel complacent because of a small achievement. It's not surprising that you would be proud and complacent, Gobda."
"……ah?"
"But starting from tomorrow, the intensity of all training will be doubled for me!" He said sternly: "Gobda, the swordsmanship skills you bought are just bought after all, you have to transform them into your own things!"
"...Ah?! Double? Spare me, old man! You are deliberately retaliating, I will tell Rimuru-sama!"
"Humph, Rimuru-sama also needs to practice more." Bai Lao snorted coldly and set off: "Let's go, didn't you say you called me for a meeting? It just so happens that I also have something to report to her."
"...Becoming the Demon King?" A few minutes later, in the meeting hall, Rimuru looked at Bai Laodao in surprise: "You want me to become the Demon King?"
"Yes, I have thought about it, and perhaps this is the only way to bring Ziyuan back to life within seven days." Bai Lao said: "That is to let Lord Rimuru become the Demon King and drive the evolution of all our monsters named by you.
."
Benimaru was surprised: "Master, you actually know how to become the Demon King?"
"There will always be some benefits to living longer."
"Tell me. The probability that Mr. Bai will learn this information from Ji Xing is over 60%."
I can tell that kind of thing without you having to tell me. Rimuru, who returned to his slime form, was held in Shuna's arms, and he said to the great sage in his heart, kill ten thousand people...will you become the devil?
After all, they were 10,000 living people, and this time the town's losses were far less severe than before, so Rimuru, who was originally a human, hesitated a little, but at this moment he heard cheers.
"Okay, then let's have a big fight and annihilate Farmus' army!"
Shion was full of energy. She waved her arms and passed through Rimuru's body before she paused for a moment and said pitifully: "It's not a pity that the kingdom that even the elderly and children want to kill has been destroyed. You will become the devil to save me, Rimuru."
grown ups!"
"Ah, that..."
The slime cutely wiped the sweat from his forehead with his two short hands, and said silently in his heart: Because the funny thing about Ziyuan's soul always being around me always makes me not feel that she is dead, so I ignore it.
The evil deeds Farmus has done.
Yes, they don't deserve forgiveness!
"I know, just do it!"
So in order to protect the Demon Kingdom Federation and resurrect Shion, Rimuru decided to make his debut as the Demon King.
…
"Phew...it feels so comfortable. I feel like the tension and fatigue of the day have completely disappeared."
Late at night, the blue slime was soaking in the steaming hot spring, rising and falling as if melting inside, squinting his eyes comfortably and saying:
"How is it, Ji Xing, the hot spring here is not bad, right? This is the natural hot spring water that Souei and I dug bit by bit. We originally wanted to send it to everyone's home, but it was just the two of us. The project
The volume is a bit too large, so a public hot spring pool can only be built here.
Don’t look at it like this, even compared to Arima Hot Spring in our world, this place is more comfortable, well, maybe it’s because there is magic in the hot spring water in this world, right?”
Ji Xing leaned on the edge of the pool, put his hands on the shore, and praised: "It's really good. In the past year, I have traveled to almost all Western countries, even the Holy French Empire. Even though the buildings are more luxurious and beautiful than yours, the living here is comfortable."
The speed is far inferior to what you have here."
"Hahaha." Slime flapped his two short hands happily: "After all, people in this world would not enjoy life without us. As for the construction, Tempest has just been established for more than a year, and it needs to be slow.
Perfect slowly.
And to tell you the truth, before I was reincarnated, I worked in a large construction company and was an experienced employee. This is what I am good at!"
"Well, I'll wait for you to build it and live there." Ji Xing smiled and said, "Come on."
"...emmm, it feels weird. Hey, why does it sound like you, as a fellow countryman, want to just lie back and enjoy my efforts?!"
Slime opened his eyes wide and said: "If you want to live more comfortably in this world, just work hard with me!"
“Why work hard when there is something ready-made?”
"Oh, you said something very shameless in an understatement!" Slime muttered: "By the way, I really envy your life.
'Wild Skills Merchant', with such magical skills, can easily leave his own legend in the world, becoming the 'Qi Yu' and 'Senior' that people long to see, no one dares to be your enemy... Well
, isn’t this the master hermit in the biographical novel? It’s so comfortable!”
It waved its two little arms excitedly: "It's not like me. I live a life of hard work. I was reincarnated into a slime and lost even the most important things. Alas, what a misfortune -!"
"Imitate Kamijou Touma? Can Mr. Touma's beauty be compared to yours?" Ji Xing said with a smile.
"...It feels good to have someone who understands my jokes and picks up my jokes, but it's too much to take it directly to the heart!" Slime complained.
porphyrin——
In the sound of bouncing, the slime returned to the appearance of a twelve or thirteen-year-old beautiful girl. She imitated Ji Xing's posture and leaned on the other side. However, due to height issues, she couldn't touch the ground with her hands on the bank buttocks, so she had no choice but to lean on the other side.
Ups and downs.
"So...I've introduced myself a lot, it's your turn. Ji Xing...is that your real name? Last name or first name? What did you do before you were summoned?"
"Ji Xing is my full name." Ji Xing smiled and said, "I didn't say I was Japanese, right? My surname is Ji Mingxing, and I am Chinese."
"...Hey?!" Rimuru was stunned.
"As for the profession... I've come across a lot of things and learned a lot. I'm probably the descendant of that hidden sect in people's legends. I have learned a lot of unique skills and traveled down the mountain. I was addicted to the League of Legends game for a while, and I was accidentally summoned.
come over."
"...It sounds ridiculous, but the details are similar?" Rimuru murmured: "I didn't expect you to be non-Japanese. Most of the summoners I see now are Japanese.
Well, I have been in this world for more than two years, and you should be much longer than me. Have you seen other summoners or reincarnators? I don’t know if we both know them."
"No, I have just been here for more than a year, and I have only met three summoners from the Kingdom of Farmus. They are not good people. They followed the troops of Farmus to invade the town before, and they were caught by me. I see
See if you can correct their personalities and see them again after they have done so."
"Well, you helped out like this? Summoners should have very powerful unique skills. It seems that if it weren't for you, the town would have suffered much more damage than I expected."
Rimuru didn't ask where the three were imprisoned. He just thought about the game skills in League of Legends that he was not very familiar with, and then said in surprise: "You said you have just been here for more than a year? That's too exaggerated!
It's almost like Hinata... Sakaguchi Hinata, have you heard of her? She is also a visitor from another world. After living in this world, she only learned sword skills from Miss Shizu for a month and surpassed her. Now she is a saint of the Holy Kingdom.
The leader of the knights, Saint Hinata, is incredibly powerful!"
She commented, slightly absent-minded: "It's the same as what Miss Jing said. He is a guy who gets excited and can't listen to other people's explanations. This time I was almost hacked to death by her... This is not the point. The point is that I seemed... betrayed.
.
Well, it’s just speculation, I hope it’s not the person I thought. Compared with the conflict with the Kingdom of Farmus, being stabbed in the back by a fellow countryman who should obviously help each other... would make me sadder."
Her golden pupils glanced at Ji Xing, who smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't. If I want to do you harm, I will kill you with a sword from the front. After all, I am also a saint, and I should be more powerful than Hinata.
It’s easy to kill you now.”
"puff……"
Rimuru sank into the water, took a sip of hot spring water, and jumped out as a slime. He gestured with his little hands and said, "What? Are you that saint too? Both of you are beyond the limit, right?"
!As a fellow countryman, this puts me under a lot of pressure, okay?!"
"When you have pressure, you have motivation."
"It's so easy to say..."
Slime muttered, puffed bubbles in silence for a while, and said: "I may be a little naive, Ji Xing. This journey has been so smooth, and I feel a little carried away. Someone has obviously warned me, but I still can't.
If you are careless and completely unprepared, if it weren't for you, the town you worked so hard to build would really be in a terrible state.
Let me say thank you again. For your kindness this time, you can rest on my efforts and enjoy them. For the sake of Jura Tempest Federal State and the subordinates who trust me, I will
You really have to work hard!”
The little slime raised his fist to the sky in an imposing manner, but his big eyes secretly glanced at Ji Xing.
Ji Xing smiled and said: "Should I politely say, 'Come on, I will help with whatever I can'?"
"... Ji Xing, who are you?!"
Slime almost choked, and after a while he said helplessly: "Okay, okay, the monster is still innocent. Now I do have something to ask you for help, although it is a bit excessive..."
"Don't say anything too much."
"Uh, but only you can do this." Slime's face turned red: "I hadn't thought about it at first... but you said that you are a saint and are more powerful than Hinata, so you shouldn't encounter too much.
There is a big danger, so I can only ask you.
My good friend... Well, the Demon King Milim has declared war on my ally, the Beast Kingdom, and will launch an attack in seven days. I think this thing is weird, maybe it has something to do with the attack on Tempest, the Demon King defeated
Lehman conspiracy.
I'm very worried about Milim. The Demon King Kalion of the Beast Kingdom is also good... I should have gone there by myself, but you also know the situation on Shion's side. I want to destroy the Farmus Kingdom within seven days.
Army, become the Demon King, but it will take about three days just to analyze the seal in the town, and the time is really tight."
"Of course!" It gestured with its arms and emphasized: "I don't want you to stop the war, just help me see the results of the war and Milim's condition in secret.
There are many skills that can be hidden in League of Legends, right? Well, maybe you can become invisible standing in the grass? Anyway, you should be able to do it."
"You really have confidence in me." Ji Xing shook his head and smiled: "That is the tyrant of destruction, Demon King Milim, one of the strongest demon kings with the power to destroy the world, and it is no joke."
"Ah...ah?" Slime opened his mouth in surprise: "Is Milim that powerful?"
Although he knows that Milim is very powerful, Rimuru still can't connect the little girl who can be coaxed with honey to the destruction of the world, and he only thinks that she is 'averagely powerful'.
"Then... let's forget it then?"
"No, I'll go." With the sound of rushing water, Ji Xing stood up from the hot spring and went ashore, leaving Rimuru with his back and saying: "Since you have the shamelessness to ask me, I will run over for a while.
It just so happens that I am also curious about how powerful the strongest demon king in the world is."
"...Hey! Ji Xing, please don't mess around and be careful!" Rimuru said quickly.
The only response was Ji Xing's broad back and reassuring wave of his hand.
When Ji Xing disappeared, with a porching sound, the slime rebounded into the appearance of a beautiful girl. She murmured with sadness on her face: "What the hell, I wouldn't have made this request if I had known better. He is obviously a lazy person who lies flat."
, why is he so energetic and righteous all of a sudden? If something happens to him, or it’s because of Milim, then I’m really..."
"Information. The probability of the individual named 'Ji Xing' going to the Beast Kingdom out of the subject's request is no more than 5%, and the probability of going to the Beast Kingdom out of his own volition is more than 95%."
"..."
Rimuru twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "Is that so? Really, this guy can really choke people with his words and actions. He definitely doesn't have many friends in the original world! But having said that, I don't hate this kind of character.
, I was quite worried about his conspiracy at first, but now that I look at it..."
"Information. The individual name 'Ji Xing' can kill the current subject with one sword. To tell the truth, the probability of having a conspiracy is less than 5%."
"..."
"Information. The subject doesn't feel disgusted. Don't worry. 99% of it is due to the outstanding language skills of the individual named 'Ji Xing' and the difference in emotional intelligence."
"..."
Great Sage, your emotional intelligence must be negative!
"Information. The 'Great Sage' is only a unique skill attached to the subject's soul. All knowledge, emotional intelligence and other conceptual things originate from the subject."
"..."
…
So the next day, the monsters of the Demon Kingdom Federation discovered that the alliance leader Rimuru, who had dispatched troops and prepared for war, had a small face most of the time, thinking that she was angry because of the Farmus Kingdom's actions. Shion's
The ghost was so moved that he cried bitterly, "the ghost cries and the wolf howls".
In this way, she accumulated enough momentum. Three days later, the great sage completed the analysis of the 'Four Directions Seal Demon-Sealing Barrier' around the town. Rimuru led the army to go out and began the key battle for her to awaken as the true Demon King.
!
At a similar time, Ji Xing also left the Demon Kingdom Federation riding Shyvana and headed to the Beast Kingdom, preparing to intervene in the battle between Milim and Karion.
Oh, one more thing before that.
In the military tent of Farmus Kingdom, Demon Razan terminated the magic with some worry.
"There is still no reaction at all. Have Shogo and the three of them really been killed? How could the monsters still have such power under the four-way sealing demon barrier? What happened to the 'invulnerability' reported by those knights?"
Suddenly, a chill froze his spine, and he found that a hand had unknowingly held his collar!
"Who are you……"
"You can go in too."
Ji Xing threw it away casually, and Razan went to a different space to keep company with Shogo Taguchi and the other three, adding another one to the VIP audience.