"Saying all that, it's just that you don't want to work," Rimuru grumbled.
He hopped and skipped into the village.
Although the Goblins' craftsmanship was poor, they could barely build some straw huts.
It's just that the environment of these straw huts wasn't much better than a pigsty, but there was nothing that could be done about it.
After all, one couldn't expect a group of wild Goblins to understand advanced skills like construction. Although he was in a related industry in his previous life, to be honest, he couldn't offer much guidance on this matter either.
If Little Tsukasa were willing to help, her versatile magic could easily solve all problems, but that girl was a capricious child, and also a Fallen Angel; if she wasn't willing to help, he couldn't force her.
Rimuru wanted to ask the Goblin village if there were any talents in this field nearby. Although he didn't hold much hope, he currently had no other ideas.
Arriving at the village, Rimuru found the Goblin village. Just as he was about to call the village chief, he suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to know everyone's names.
"Lord Rimuru, you've arrived."
"Yes, I'm here to check on the situation. By the way, Village Chief, what's your name?"
Not knowing names, he felt, would still lead to many inconveniences later on.
The Goblin Village Chief smiled and replied: "Lord Rimuru, I have no name. Generally speaking, ordinary monsters don't have names. Because even without names, we can still communicate with each other."
So that's how it is.
But even if the monsters were used to it among themselves, he was still not accustomed to this method of communication. After all, he was originally a human, and for future development, they would eventually
come into contact with humans. Not having names was simply too inconvenient.
"I see, but it's quite inconvenient for me to call you like this. Alright, I'd like to give names to all of you, is that okay?" Rimuru amplified his voice for the latter part of his sentence, addressing all the monsters.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw all the monsters' eyes suddenly light up, all looking particularly excited.
Huh?
Rimuru was a bit confused.
At this moment, Little Tsukasa, who had come out to check the situation, descended from the sky and asked speechlessly: "Mr. Slime, do you know what you're saying? No, let me ask anyway, do you know what naming represents to monsters? Don't tell me you still don't know."
"...Please enlighten me."
Rimuru humbly asked.
Sorry.
He really didn't know.
However, Little Tsukasa had only recently reincarnated into this world, yet she knew quite a lot.
Is this also a revelation from the old God?
How nice, an angel, enviable.
"Alright, I didn't expect you to have a name yourself, yet not know such a thing. Then listen carefully, a monster's name is like its true name; it's not something that can be obtained casually. It must be bestowed by a higher-level existence, and upon receiving a name, the monster will also receive a portion of that existence's magicules, and may then evolve. In some professions, there is also a method of forcibly naming monsters to brainwash and control them."
I see.
Rimuru nodded.
Names were such important things. At this moment, he recalled the situation when Veldora named him; at that time, his magicules indeed seemed to have become stronger. That should have been the result of Veldora's magicules strengthening him. However, he hadn't encountered the situation of forced control as Little Tsukasa described.
That must be the effect of some unique skill.
"So, if I were to name all of them, it might consume a large amount of magicules, right?" Rimuru understood the difficulty involved.
"That's right, but after all, magicules, once consumed, will recover, and naming won't affect your magicule limit. It's not a problem in itself, but giving so many names at once, even your magicules might be completely depleted, since you're not as strong as I am."
Rimuru was ashamed.
However, Little Tsukasa was right. Little Tsukasa's magicules were more than a hundred times that of Veldora's. This matter should be relatively easy for Little Tsukasa.
But he didn't have that much ability.
"But it's still inconvenient without names, and if it's just consuming magicules, it's not a particularly severe price. If I collapse later, can I ask you to help me protect everyone during that time?" Rimuru knew the cost, but he still intended to name these monsters.
Moreover, he thought that if these monsters became stronger after receiving names, it would also enhance their combat power, and their future lives would be more secure.
However, if his magicules were completely depleted, he would probably fall unconscious. At such a time, if a powerful monster attacked, he could only ask Little Tsukasa and Shiro to help protect these villagers, as the Goblins and Direwolf Clan's strength was truly not strong.
Little Tsukasa hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"Alright, I can agree to this, but only this once."
"Thank you, thank you very much."
Rimuru had originally thought he would need to use more persuasion, but he didn't expect Little Tsukasa to agree.
"Then, Village Chief, please have everyone gather and line up. I will give you names."
Rimuru stood on a pile of wood. Next, he was going to name all the Goblins and Direwolves here.
The first in line was, of course, the Village Chief.
Rimuru named him "Rigurd."
Then came the Village Chief's son. The Village Chief previously had an elder son who had been named by a Demon Lord cadre, but later sacrificed himself in battle. Rimuru had this Goblin inherit the name "Rigur."
But after this.
Rimuru ran out of ideas. Under Little Tsukasa's piercing gaze, he awkwardly squeezed out the name "Gobta," and then, as if resigned to his fate, all subsequent names followed this style.
However, although these names were all casual, it must be said that Rimuru's decision was correct. After all, there were so many Goblins and Direwolves waiting. Even a great literary figure wouldn't be able to give them all pleasant and meaningful names; that would probably drive a great literary figure crazy. It was better to name them simply like this.
Anyway, names don't matter.
It's just a name.
The monsters themselves didn't care either.
Rather, the magicules Rimuru distributed to them after naming were the real deal; with Rimuru's total magicule capacity, it was more than enough to allow these low-level monsters to complete their evolution.
Tsukasa witnessed this scene from the side.
This might be the first step for the future King of Monsters, Mr. Slime, to conquer the world.
Mr. Slime had to conquer the world, because she still needed to establish a church within Mr. Slime's territory. Since she knew there was another powerful enemy in the original world, she had to find a way to increase her strength, and proselytizing was a very good way.
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