: Going back to the lake I saw before, I consulted Great Sage regarding which direction [Hydraulic Propulsion] could have flung Rimuru for him to meet Veldora.
ยซAnswerโโAt present, I lack sufficient information about the whereabouts of Storm Dragon Veldora to pinpoint his coordinates.ยป
๐๐ฎ๐ฎโฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ [๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ] ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด?
Since monsters avoided Veldora because of the magicules that leaked out from ใInfinity Prisonใ, determining the highest concentration of magicule density should point me in the right direction.
ยซAnswerโโ[Magic Sense] can be used together with [Great Sage] to measure magicule concentration. Need to enable itยป
(YES/NO)
Given that Veldora was the only reason I'm still in this cave right now; ๐ ๐๐.
ยซScanning... Scan complete โโ
The highest possible concentration detected is 87 meters to your leftยป
๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ต? I used [Sticky Thread] to swing over the lake, and for general mobility.
"Spider-Slime, Spider-Slime. Squirts and sticks all the time. Covers walls, ceilings too. Eats your monsters with gooey goo. Watch out, here comes the Spider-Slime."
Those jingles were the first words said with my [Ultrasonic Waves]. Sometimes I wonder what my talent to make rhymes is for.
"Oh yeah. Great Sage, when I absorb Veldora and the ใInfinity Prisonใ, make sure to suppress my magicules."
ยซUnderstoodยป
A little while later and some more Spider-Man parody jingles, I arrived.
"Can you hear me? Little one."
Before long I had already located Veldora's soon-to-be tomb if I didn't get him out of here. Reading it from the pages of a book is one thing, but actually standing before it is another matter entirely.
This enormous body that shone with the luster of obsidian made me awe with fear, like looking at the peak of a mountain when you're at the base.
There are six fingers, which formed claws that looked sharp enough to tear through anything. On the back are two pairs of wings, one big one small, the front ends are sharp like a sword.
๐๐ฆ๐ต'๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
"Oiโโ! You should be able to hear? Hurry up and answer me!"
๐๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ! ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต.
"Hoho. You actually dare to call me old manโฆ You really have some guts!! And I had thought that I shouldn't be rude to a guest which I haven't had in a long time, but it seems that you have a death wish!"
Wait, what the hell? Shouldn'tใGreat Sageใprevent my deep psyche from being interfered with?
ยซAnswerโโMental interference is detected. Need to enable mental barriers?ยป
(YES/NO)
๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด? ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต. ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต.
"So sorry to disturb the great Storm Dragon's tomb. Perhaps I should leave if I'm unwelcome?"
I was careful not to poke his ego too hard. If I said something like "I guess I should leave", I was afraid that he would be too prideful to ask me to stay.
But by presenting it as a Yes or No question, I'm giving him the decision to make me stay or leave. Instead of forcing him to ask me to stay.
Although the appearance is this scary, and his aura is menacing. This dragon is undoubtedly approacheble and chatty.
"So you are a reincarnated person from a different world."
"Umu! One second I was having the time of my life, and in another second my legs were crushed."
"Fascinating. This type of Reincarnation is very rare. occasionally people of this world will Reincarnate and occasionally Otherworlders will also cross into this world. But from my knowledge there aren't many cases of reincarnating here from a different world whilst also retaining your ego."
As I'd hoped, he seems to be very happy about being able to talk with someone, and would answer in a detailed fashion no matter what I asked.
I asked him about the Hero that sealed him, Hero Chronoa. To which he replied in great detail. How powerful the Hero was. Her snow-white skin. Small red lips. Silver-black hair, tied into a braid. Not very tall, slender and even a little petite.
"Although a mask was worn, but it was unquestionably a beauty," he commented.
"Oooh, that's some pretty astute observation. You were watching pretty closely weren't you~~?" I asked teasingly.
"N, nonsense! I was just admiring the human's strength!" He replied in a rush, trying to hide his embarrassment.
"Admiration, eh? There once was a dragon named Veldora. Who saw a hero so fair, he could adore her. His gaze was awestruck, as he watched her luck. But alas, 'twas only admiration, nothing more," I said, expecting to get an embarrassed and flustered reaction again, insteadโฆ
"Kuhahahahahaha!!" Instead, he was ecstatic. "To think that a slime could entertain me so much!"
Everything was going exactly as I hoped, and the situation is even better than I planned. I wanted to get Veldora in high spirits so he would consider me a friend and Name me.
"Could you.....uhm, wou, would you be willing to.... ahemโโ"
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ!? I yelled at myself.
๐๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ต! ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ต! ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ!
I tried suppressing my inner embarrassment, and what came out was not nearly intelligible enough.
"caN You beComE FrIENds WiTh me?"
Though, thankfully, he was too surprised himself to notice my shameful attempt at a request.
"Wh, what!? A mere slime, actually wants to become friends with the dignified Storm Dragon Veldora!?"
I then pretended to change my mind, seeing that he didn't seem to want it. Veldora became tsundere, yadda, yadda, "It's not like I didn't want to, baka!", or something like that anyways.
"Ah right, I should give you a name, you think of one for me too," Veldora suggested.
There it is, the moment I had been anticipating.
"I'm sure it's different in your world, but it's to embed the same symbol into our souls. In humans, this seemed to be referred to as a last name. The name that I'll give would also have a [Blessing] effect, since you don't have a name yet. With a name, you'll be able to become one of the named demons."
I was eager to obtain my name, because in that case, my existence will have completely overridden [Satoru Mikami]. Cementing myself as the protagonist of this world through the name 'Rimuru Tempest.'
"Since it's 'storm', then let's call you [Tempest]โฆ. How is that?"
I thought about changing the name 'Tempest' to something different from canon, perhaps 'Zephyr', but 'Rimuru Zephyr' doesn't have the same ring to it.
"Brilliant! This name has a really nice ring to it! Then my name will be Veldora Tempest starting from today!"
"I'm glad you liked it."
"Now, about youโฆ"
๐๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ถ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ '๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ' ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ '๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ', ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ! ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ. ๐๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ; ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ; ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด.
๐๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆโโ!
"Zarasu," Veldora stated.
โโ๐๐ฉ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐโฆ?
"I will give you the name [Zarasu]. From today onwards, you will be Zarasu Tempest!!"
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ยซNoticeโโStart analysis of Unique SkillใInfinity Prisonใ?ยป
"Please do so. As fast as you can, Great Sage."
After telling Veldora about the plan of breaking him out ofใInfinity Prisonใ, I usedใPredatorใto swallow the entire jail to be analyzed within my stomach.
๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ.
I felt kind of bad for thinking Veldora as just a battery for when I go on my mass naming sprees.
"If only I could absorb the magicules in this cave. I'd probably jump to the same level as Charybdis in terms of magicule capacity. Too bad I'd needใGluttonyใfor that."
Given that I had already predated the monsters in this cave and found the exit door when looking for Veldora, I could leave right away after absorbing Veldora without having to wander for a month.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด, ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ!
With my powerful slime body and the guidance of Great Sage, I knew that I was more than capable of facing whatever dangers and obstacles lay ahead, and I pressed on with renewed purpose and energy, ready to tackle whatever lay ahead on my journey.
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Name: Zarasu Tempest
Race: Slime
Divine Protection: Storm Crest
Title: None
EP: 81,100 (A Class)
Magic: None
Battlewill: None
Mystic Arts: None
Unique Skills: ใGreat SageใใPredatorใใ???ใ
Extra Skills: [Magic Sense], [Sense Heat Source]
Common Skills: [Steel Thread], [Sticky Thread], [Poisonous Breath], [Thermal Regulation], [Paralyzing Breath], [Body Armor], [Drain], [Ultrasonic Waves]
Intrinsic Skills: [Absorb], [Dissolve], [Self-Regeneration]
Resistance: Pain Nullification, Thermal Fluctuation Resistance, Paralysis Resistance, Electricity Resistance, Physical Attack Resistance