Finally gotten back to the hobgoblin village after a full day of high speed Tempest wolf riding It seems it's too soon for any of the other Goblin tribes to arrive and seek protection. Should go let Rigurd know how things went with the ogre tribe
Rigurd: Welcome back Kaijuno-Sama, how did things go with the ogre tribe?
Kaijuno: it went relatively well I say, how was it holding up the fort?
Rigurd: No problems on our end
Kaijuno: that's great to hear, I suppose all we can do now is wait for Rimuru to come back with some dwarves
Rigurd:Indeed
Life continued on through the days with simply hunting, eating and sleep while we wait for rimuru's arrival back. As expected, the other Goblin villages came over, one by one in search of protection. When I was asked what we should do with these Goblins, I said we should wait for rimuru to back for a final decision. For the time being, they may reside here.
After about a week of waiting, rimuru finally came back with Kaijin and the three Dwarf brothers. Rimuru was of course caught off guard by the unexpected goblins, but after some talk, we decided to accept the new batch of goblins. Unfortunately I was dragged into a split naming spree. I'm sure my magicule count increased somewhat after the ogres, but naming about 250 goblins is still tiring for me.
That's how far I progressed in the story, it's been a couple week since then and shizue has yet to arrive. Is it supposed to be a while in between these two plots? By now me and rimuru have become strong enough to when we mimic Tempest Wolves, we transformed unto Tempest Star Wolves. Thanks to that, we learned how to use black lighting. Calling black lighting a powerful magic attack is a huge understatement, it's a god casting judgment on someone.
Currently I'm just chilling in one of the built tents while listening to radio. This was until rigurd knocked on the outside to seek my attention.
Kaijuno: What's up Rigurd?
Rigurd: Kaijuno-Sama, Rimuru-Sama has invited in some human adventurers. Do you wish to meet them?
Kaijuno: (They're here now?!)
Kaijuno: Sure I would like to see who they are
I followed Rigurd to another tent where the adventures were. And the sight I was met was ridiculous and uncomfortable. When I entered the I was immediately given the stares of three intense munching Stooges, who look like they were trying to win the world's biggest eating contest. If I could've give them most dead pan expression, I would. Of course the forth and most composed member of the group was the conqueror of flames herself, Shizue.
Soon after me, rimuru entered the tent, also seeing the bizzare sight before us. As an attempt to break the silence, I introduced ourselves
Kaijuno: Hey there, I'm Kaijuno and this is Rimuru
Rimuru: and I'm not a bad slime slurp
Shizue:chuckle
As it went in the anime, the three Stooges introduced themselves along with Shizue as their temporary member and stated that they were here to investigate the forest. We let them know that they can stay for the night. After some small chatter I eventually went back to my tent and listen the Bells of Notre Dame on loop for hours.
Eventually, It became sunset, remembering the events that'll happen I immediately rushed to the hill that looks over the whole village, THAT very hill. I made it barely on time, it seems like they just started their little talk. Nothing much to say expcept that the sweetness of the chat is ironically heart wrenching when I already know what will happen the very next day.
I soon notices that Kaijin was walking over, so I took that as my cue to sneak away before I was caught. Soon after, night eventually followed and rimuru finally gotten back to our shared tent.
Kaijuno: Soooooo, what were you up to?
Rimuru: What are you talking about
Kaijuno: Well I heard that you were "alone" with the masked lady. What's up with that hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
Rimuru:w-w-what?! Nothing happened!
Kaijuno: I dunno, sounds like you were having some alone time with your new found GIIIIIIIIIIRLFRIEND!
Rimuru: SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!!!
Kaijuno: Rimuru and Shizue sitting in a tre-
Rimuru: SHUT UP!
After some sibling squabble, we called it night. But through the entire night, I felt uneasy, knowing the pain that rimuru is gonna have to go through tomorrow.
*The Next Day*
The adventurers were setting up to leave and go back to the guild, although the ladies of the group were taking a while longer.
Kaijuno: Gonna see your new girlfriend off?
Rimuru: I told you she's not my-
Ellen: Alright, we're ready to depart
As Ellen said this, Shizue fell to her knees and let out a painful scream. As Ellen was about to rush towards her, Shizue was engulfed in flames. With a few final drop of tears that were extinguished by the fire, Shizue's form had changed to that of an ifrit. The power of the transformation alone had changed the weather to cloudy and made a massive crater.
Ellen:Shizue-san! Shizue-san!
Kaval: wait, Shizue? As in Shizue Izawa the Conqueror of Flames
Gido: are you saying that's her?
Rimuru: Rigurd! Get get everyone nearby to evacuate the village
Rigurd: Got it!
Kaijuno: OK! If we include Ranga and Willfla, we'll be 7 to 1, we might win with our numbers
The ifrit respond to this by summoning their salamanders
Kaijuno:Or maybe not by numbers
Rimuru immediately went to pursue ifrit with Ranga while me and Willfla stick with Kaval's party to fend off against the salamanders.
Kaijuno: water spear!
Yeah that was completely useless to a flaming winged salamander
Kaijuno: Rimuru! Our water type attacks are not very effective against these fire types
Rimuru: Seriously!? Then how are we supposed to fight against this?
Ellen: Icicle Lance!
How convenient of a timing is that. Ellen shot a icicle lance that actually got one the salamanders. It seems Rimuru caught on that fire types are weak against ice type moves
Rimuru: Ellen! Shoot out an Icicle Lance towards me!
Kaijuno: Same here!
Ellen: Seriously!?
Rimuru/Kaijuno: YES!
Ellen: Alright, but don't blame me if you get hurt, ICICLE LANCE!
We both hoped up to devour the Icicle Lance, acquiring the attack.
Ellen: They both ate it!?
As soon we got the attack, we began to shoot out each salamanders one by one like those shooting games in a arcade. And just like in those arcade games, I always miss one target by the end. In this case the last salamander was able to evade the barrage of Icicle Lances and self destructed itself infront of Kaval's party. An explosion that looks like it can kill someone nearby, Kaval's party is only left unconscious.
Kaijuno: best to heal them just in case. Rimuru! All the salamanders are gone by Ellen and the others are knocked out!
Rimuru: Ranga! Go help Kaijuno take the others away from here!
Ranga: are you sure master?
Rimuru: Yeah, I can take this
The Three of us dragged the three stooges away from the battle field, leaving rimuru to fight against ifrit. It went how it did in the anime, ifrit tried to overwhelme rimuru with body double but when that didn't work, they performed a flame circle under rimuru. Assuming they won, ifrit turned away but was caught in steel threads. That whole banter went down concluding rimuru's victory against ifirit
Kaijuno:(that's what they get for acting so cocky. Also is ifirit actually the first villain character had to face off against? Honestly giving ifrit the role of a villain seems a bit of an exaggeration. He's more like someone who came out of no where and started wrecking the place. Even Vesta is more fitting of a villain for all the under handed tactics he did in court.
Heck, I could probably pull off being villain I really want to. Hmm, maybe I should do so as villains always looked like they have more of a hoot than heros, although I'm not sure if I can really bring myself to go far enough to commit to being a villain)
All that's remains is shizue's body. Immediately she was moved to one of the tents to rest while being looked after by rimuru. Kaval's party were uneasy but hopeful that shizue will recover. I myself was bracing for what's about to happen. After some time we started to walk over towards shizue's tent along the way we met up with Rigurd who came to give Shizue with new clothes. The sight we were met with was something that caught everyone off guard. What stood before us was a small, blue haired person with golden eyes that held tears.
No words were said, but recognizing the situation, I hoped over to rimuru and tried hug him in comfort but it was more like them holding me in a hug instead since I'm just a slime. After the initial shock, rimuru eventually calmed down and explained that shizue was dying due to no longer having an extended lifespan. So as a final wish, rimuru consumed shize to let her rest in peace inside them instead of passing in this world. Kaval's party asked to say their goodbyes to shizue with rimuru in her place, to which rimuru complied. As idiotic as they are, they're a great group of friends, especially for someone to go on their last adventure with.
Before we set them off, we gave them some upgraded armor made by kaijin and the dwarf brothers. The Three Stooges gave their gratitude and soon after they left to travel back to the Kingdom of Blumund.
Kaijuno:(I didn't I would've gotten so emotional like that. I want to ask rimuru for the human mimicry and skills but with how much of a touchy subject is it currently, I'll have to wait for when it's more appropriate. Speaking of "when", how long is this to the encounter to the ogres? Although the timing is likely altered due to my influence. Hopefully it will things ended better for them than in the original.
*Meanwhile*
Ogre Chieftain Pov:
Ogre Chieftain: How much longer til we reach the hobgoblin village?
Leonardo: we're almost reaching the halfway point chieftain
Ogre Chieftain: Alright, Everyone! We will be settling for night! Me and some of the other warriors will keep watch til morning!
To think in over a week, so much has happened. A few days after Kaijuno's departure, Leonardo came back with a devastating report. Thousand upon thousands of armor wearing orcs were spotted over east in the forest and it seems like they were heading straight for our village. When we finished the meeting, we immediately prepared and evacuated the village. While ogres are a superior warrior race than orcs, we won't be able to survive against such a massive army.
It is a miracle that we can take refuge in far off village, away from the orc's path. Speaking of miracles, a day after Kaijuno left, my children and Lavandra had evolved into Kijins, to think that not only did they gained power from their names but gained enough to evolve. I'm not sure the last time an ogre had evolved into a kijin let alone multiple. This was also the case for Leonardo when he came back from his investigation and thanks to this surge of power, we were to survive against any huge monsters that we ran into.
Hopefully Kaijuno can pull a couple more miracles cause given the situation, we'll need all the miracles that we can get