Rimuru Pov
Today... might possibly the worst day of my life. The horror started the moment I stepped out of Ingraccia where I was approached by an otherworlder who happened to be a student of shizue's, Hinata Sakaguchi.
Rimuru: uh, hello there? the name's Rimuru Tempest, who might you be?
Hinata:... the name's Hinata Sakaguchi. I wouldn't say it would be a pleasure to make your acquaintance, especially since your time will soon come to a close, monster
Rimuru: W-what!? I'm not a monster, I'm clearly human
Hinata: Don't bother trying to deceive me, I've gotten intel about who you are leader of monsters, and exactly what you did to shizue, especially since you dare wear her mask
Rimuru: (intel? did someone sold me out?)
Hinata: As it stands, your city stands in the way of the Holy Church. But I'm personally taking on this matter. Once I'm done with you, that twin of yours will soon meet the same fate along with rest of your wicked nation of monsters. You'll both pay for your sin of wearing her skin
Rimuru: Wait, hold on! it's not at all what you think it is!
Hinata: I see no need to listen to the lies of a monster
What followed was an intense battle between us with the odds heavily against since Hinata only needed to get 7 strikes on me to finish the job and it didn't help that her swordsmanship was not only superior but fast. Seeing how my chances of victory were slim to none, I focused on a way to escape. I resorted to hiding a body double mid fight and having gluttony's ego fight her in my place. It ended with the ego getting disintegrated by Hinata, I still kept hidden till I was sure she was longer around. Once I set myself to use transportation magic back to Tempest, I was notified by Great Sage about something worrying
Great Sage:[Notice: Transportation circle in Tempest is not available to use]
Rimuru:(What!? Why!?)
Great Sage:[Unable to Answer]
Rimuru:(Now what!?)
Great Sage:[Answer: Use the transportation circle within Veldora's cave]
With no other options left, I transported right outside of tempest in Veldora's cave where I met up with Dovakin, Vesta, and Leonardo. Turns out a barrier was surround the city and nobody was able to get in or out. I was fortunately able to forcibly bypass it with my aura, not before making a thread of communication between me and Leonardo. I rushed straight into town, most of the streets were empty with it being noticeable that destruction had occurred here. I eventually made it to town hall where I met up with the dwarves and Rigurd who seemed like he was trying to desperately trying to hide something. Before I could pry him of the details of what happened, an explosion was heard from a nearby alley
We rushed near the commotion to find a group of kijins and high orcs with Benjamin facing off against Grucias
Grucias: I-I won't... stop protecting-
Benjamin: you need to learn to stay out my way
Rimuru: stop Benjamin!
Benjamin: I'LL BURN YOU TOO IF YOU ALSO GET-
Napoleon: HALT! you dare speak to Rimuru-Sama like that!
Benjamin: Ah! m-my apologies Rimuru-Sama
Napoleon: you've returned
Rimuru:what happened?
Napoleon: this barrier appeared suddenly, it effects seems to limit our strength
Benjamin:Because of it, we lost many-
Rigurd: No! don't Benjamin!
Geld: we found out it was the doing of the majin there, but when we tried to capture her, Youm and Grucias got in our way
Youm: m-mister Rimuru, I'm sorry, I just wanted to protect her. I wasn't trying to betray you
Mjurran: It's alright Youm, just abandon me
Youm: don't be ridculous, I can't do that
Grucias: L-lord Rimuru, I know I'm merely a visitor and hold no position to step in. But I ask for you to please hear us out
Rimuru:... alright
Benjamin: Seriously!?
Napoleon: Hold your tongue Benjamin
Benjamin:h-hai
Mjurran: it's fine, neither of you need to defend me
Youm: Mjurran
Mjurran: it's because of me that this has happened. it's my fault that such a horrific tragedy has happened
Rimuru: Horrific?
When this was brought up, everyone lowered their heads in despair. Not much words were said, I was simply led to one of the plazas. On the way there, I noticed another feature around the streets. while there were more cracks and small flames around the streets, there was also red, it was....blood.
Once we arrived, I figured out who's blood it was. rows and rows of people were laying on the ground, surround by their crying families and yet they didn't respond to those cries. These were.... corpses, they were dead.
Regurd: the humans were merciless
Rimuru: the humans?
Regurd: we followed your of avoiding conflicts with human, so we welcomed them. but when they appeared they-
Rigurd: enough Regurd... no more
Regurd:! m-my apologies my lord
Rimuru: (it was because... of my rules?)
*flashback*
Rimuru: "the rules are no fighting amongst yourselves, no belittling other races, and no fighting humans"
*flashback end*
Rimuru: (d-damn, all of this... was because of my-)
Mjurran: if it wasn't for my barrier magic, none of these people would have been killed
Rimuru:(it... was because of her)
my mind was boiling, I was attempted to unleash my wrath at her, only to be stopped by Great Sage
Great Sage:[Notice: Mjurren's anti-magicule field is solely responsible for this degree of weakening. The humans are likely more relevant of a cause]
Rimuru:(r-right, I gotta keep my cool. It feels as if Mjurran was trying to direct my anger towards her to protect Youm and Grucias)
I decided to hold a meeting with all relevant parties, I coincidently met up up mjöllmile who offered to give an outsider's perspective to what has happened. It was revealed that Mjurran is a subordinate of Demon Lord Clayman who was responsible for the previous incidents with the orc disaster and charybdis. Mjöllmile explained how Tempest was seen as an economical threat to the Falmuth, any lost we make would be a lost to them, that was why they attacked us. This whole time I was playing with fire and I didn't even knew it.
It turns out that Shifu and Gobta were injured but thankfully survived although the potions were failing to heal their injuries. Once the meeting had concluded, I head straight to the injured to check up on them. Turns out the reason why the potions weren't working was caused there was a spatial effect on their bodies that was preventing their healing. Luckily Gluttony was able to devour the effect and I used a my potions to heal their wounds
Gobta: I'm all healed!
Shifu: A miracle worker once again Rimuru-Sama
Gobta: Hey! old man you're healed too!
Shifu: Who are you calling old man
Gobta: ECK!
This usual interaction filled the room with laughter. With a good moment to think, I realized there were still a few people I have yet see
Rimuru: hold on, where's Lavandra and Kaijuno? Wait let me guess, Lavandra went off to go on rampage and Kaijuno had to go stop her. isn't that right haha!
Everyone:...
Rimuru:huh?
The everyone went sent when I asked this, only for the silence to be broken when Benjamin walked out of the room and ask me to follow him. We made out way to another plaza, on our way I saw even more rows corpse of lying on the ground, but in the middle of the road was a trail of blood, as if someone was dragged or loosely carried. Eventually I saw what made everyone so tense and the source of the blood trail, what was infront of us was Lavandra's corpse, full of cuts, bruises, her own blood, even her horn was broken off. and next to her was Kaijuno, on their knees and hunched over, giving off a presence of complete defeat and despair. The most noticable thing about them was what was their mask. Usually there would be some sort of face emote to show his expression, but now his mask was completely black, showing no expression
Gobta: G-gobzo? GOBZO!.... *hic* *hic* aaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The world felt silent, the sight severly enraged me. Seeing the extent of what has happened drove me mad. I ended up accidently releasing my aura out of overwhelming emotions
Rigurd: R-Rimuru-Sama!
Rimuru:....sorry I just...need some time to process this
Cameilla:.... Rimuru-sama, Kaijuno-sama, if you need anything, just call me and I'll come over immediately
Rimuru:...
Kaijuno:...
Eventually we were left to ourselves, neither of us said a thing to eachother. complete despair in silence
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Third Person Pov:
Once upon a time, there was a boy who had the name Alex Johnson. Alex was born as the youngest of an average middle class family. During his early life, he would have trouble learning many of the lessons in school, comprehending it all was difficult for the child. Most to all of his academic results were average with the occasional slip up resulting in below average scores. It wasn't merely in academics where he fallen short. In any form a competition, whether it was for sports, knowledge, or simply for fun, he always be one of, if not, the first to fail at it. Compared to others, he was always the short straw. His family family always expressed their frustration for his failures and disappointment whenever he only gotten average results.
It was fortunately not always bleak for Alex, for he didn't alone as he had friends to rely on. Friends who appreciate him even with his flaws, who constantly bring him joy. Who makes his life feel easy to go through, making his life feel fulfilled. Every recess felt like a party, every after school hangout felt like an adventure
Unfortunately these friendships weren't meant to last a life time. Near the end of his final year of middle, it was revealed that his family will be moving far away during the summer, meaning he won't be attending high school with his friends.
This was due to his father's holding a position within their country's military, it was decided to help save cost by moving into a suberb on base
With the encouragement from his elders, Alex was set to make new friends in his new environment. During his first few weeks, he made many attempts to befriend someone or join a friend group, only to be met with glares and silent rejections. Rejection after rejection after rejection, his attempts were merely stone walled. By the end of his first year, he made absolutely no friends, he was simply alone.
During this hard time, he would browse through what shows to watch to help get him through the days. It was because of this that he was introduced to an odd genre called "isekai". He had a festination of the sub-fantasy genre, exploring other worlds with absolute freedom, free from the chains they had in their previous world, a miracle he was wishing he could have. There were mostly bad shows that felt practically the same, a pathetic man in japan was sent to fantasy world where he immediately became the strongest, conveniently gaining the admiration of many because he was apparently such a kind person and top it off with a unnecessarily long title that tried to look more clever than it really is.
The genre mostly consisted of trashy shows like this, but there were a few gems that stood out. During his search of what to watch, the boy came across a show called "That time I got reincarnated as a slime". Out of curiosity, he gave it a chance to see if it was any good and after viewing it, Alex was... not impressed. It felt like another power fantasy like all the rest before, which didn't help that it also had a overly long title. As such, he quickly moved on to the next story once he finished the season.
When he concluded his 1st year as a high-school student, his country had declared war on another nation. With his established position, it didn't took long for his father to be drafted into the war. This left Alex and his mother remaining at home as while he had older siblings, they already moved out prior to the war. So not only will his dad not be there for him, but in the back of Alex's mind is the concern if his father would even comeback home
Further into his high school life he was getting the hang of his academic, although his social life didn't recover from the failure of his first year. He was constantly in a lonely position whether it was in class or at lunch, he spoke no words since there was no ears to receive those words. It wasn't until his third year where something had out of the norm has happened. It was during one of his classes where he was approached by one of his classmate who was in need of assistance. She was struggling to comprehend the lesson in order to solve the assignment questions. Alex wasn't a complete expert either but he provided the best he could to help his classmate. After the initial help, she continued to ask Alex for help and eventually the two became study buddies.
After a couple months of this, she invited Alex to hangout at a nearby cafe afterschool. This brought great excitement to him, he thought this means that she was interested to become full time friends, with the idea of a small possibility of the friendship becoming more although he held his breath as it would've likely remained platonic. Soon after class has ended, he went to straight to the cafe to which it seems he got there first. As such he waited for her to arrive....10 minutes of waiting...30 minutes of waiting...1 hour of waiting. Alex kept texting her on where she was and after over an hour of waiting for her, Alex was asked to leave by an employee to make room for paying customers. Left with embarrassment, he promptly let himself out of the cafe and it was only then that he received a text response
It was a photo of him sitting in the cafe. He turned towards the direction where the photo was taken, to where he saw not only her but what appears to be her friend group, uncontrollably laughing. He received another text from her saying what a pathetic loser he is, that he really thought she would bother wasting her time on a ugly unworthy low life. It was then that Alex realized that he was played for a fool, that his hopes were merely deception from her. This humiliation wasn't limited to her and her friend group but word eventually spread across school, painting Alex as the laughing stock of the school.
He would get starred at by anyone he passes by, people would audibly speak about how pathetic he is. He would get harassed by the friend group repeating how he wasn't worth anyone's time and effort. It would be one thing if this was solely from one person to pinpoint but instead it a group effort and a huge one at that. He constantly felt unsafe and repulsed within large groups of people so he ended developing a vague view that anyone around him could be out to get him even if there weren't involved in the harassment
These harsh times would last till the end of the school year, by the time the new school year everyone had lost interest and forgotten about it. But the pain stuck with Alex, not only was he severely lonely but his self value took a massive drain as well. He truly understood how lonely he felt, he truly stood alone, he stands alone.
This all this formed an aggressive feeling within Alex. His inner grudge and resentment was inhumane, almost as if that feeling was natural in spite of morality. The closes way to describe this feeling was malice but despite this feeling awakening within him, if was left dormant since as malicious as he became within, it would only bring trouble if he were to give into, not entirely concerned on whether it was the right thing to do. Also since after any remaining atmosphere spawned from the incident had already, it became easier to keep this malice restrained although it never went away despite it's dormant state
During the summer after his second, while the incident in the school still feeling fresh for him, there was a knock on the door. Someone in a military uniform had came deliver some gravely news
Unfortunately, throughout the war, the deathtole had intensely increased for both sides and his father wasn't an exception to the numbers in the deathtole. Just when he had already had a tough school year but soon after, he recieved the recieved the news that his father was killed in action. Being a cherry on top of what happened previously, it developed in new mindset within Alex
All it takes is one bullet and good aim for end a person's life, it was easy for something proclaimed as extremely significant to just snuff out of existance. A person's life can just end at snap of a finger, everything they know and are won't matter in the end for there is only the inevitable death to bring the end for all of them.
Its not only just for them but all they know aren't safely immortal either. Their moon ever so slowly is increasing it's distance fromt the planet. The sun itself is also running on limited time, even it's far into the future, it will die out and bring the death of the solar system along with it. No matter the progress of human advancement, there is really no way to prevent the death of their biggest source of life especially within the limitation of their planet that is a spec of dust in comparison to their local star. Even their own planet was slowly deteriorating, give a few centuries with it's rate to end up as an apocalyptic dystopia
From the developed vague view that humans are easy to be cruel but it formed into something akin to cosmic horror. Humans work earnestly or betray for benefit all their many achievements are made to only meet the same fate regardless who it is, with no hope saving themselves from this inevitable end that one day not just individually but their entire race will just stop existing, especially far so insignificantly in the whole scope of the universe. As far in the canvas that is their universe, humans weren't even a small accidental splattered of paint
To alex, his malice began forming a disconnect on the ideals of humanity as instead of seeing it a gift, it became to be seen as a cage of an existance that he had the misfortune to be brought in and to inevitably be brought out. This despairing reimagining of his existance as a human went on unchecked and yet chained within
With his mother busy with matters in relation to her deceased husband's death and her own depression from it, she had her own struggles to focus on so he was left to cope from the experience by himself. Onward he was just simply miserable, felt emotionally drained, feeling empty. One day, he was browsing shows to pass the time, once again he came upon "That time I got reincarnated as a slime". He barely recognized it and noticed it gotten a second season. With nothing else interesting to watch, he gave it a watch and.....he was amazed. To him, the second season made the anime surpassed many others in the same genre.
Rimuru being outmatched and defeated, minor things from the first season had a foreshadowing effect, dropping the cheerful tone and making the character's emotions feel real. The reveal of major lore topics and expansion of worldbuilding went beyond the impression he had from the previous season. He was so fascinated by it, he wanted to see more of it. He watched multiple reruns of the main anime and the slime diaries spin off anime, gone through the main manga and many spin off manga's, he even read some of the light novels to see what will happen later on in the story.
He became massively dedicated, even obsessive to the franchise cause despite it being out of entertainment, that entertainment made him feel great joy that he was unable to find among the people that surrounds him.
By the end of his final year of high school, he felt jaded and simply wanted to move on to the next stage of his life. Soon after high school, Alex immediately realized how complicated being an adult is. So many files to keep track of, so many offices to go through, so many unique words that confuses him. Stressful issues like these kept appearing whether its in regard to his college, the dmv, or just because he reached the legal age of adulthood, if his high school years drained him emotionally, then his college years drained him mentally. All these negative emotions pinned him into a state of further misery
That very soul that once went through those harsh times is now on his knees, overflowing in bottled emotions. The chains of his hidden malice had significantly loosened, on the brink of finally awakening, to finally be freed and unleashed
Kaijuno's Pov
Kaijuno:(why....WHY couldn't I think of something. I knew what was gonna happen, I had the time to figure it out but I waisted it. How could I have even solve this issue? what could have been done? what should have I..... maybe I.... should have killed them. I could have slaughtered them before they had the opportunity to do it themselves. It would sure save me the trouble of all of this, I wouldn't need to hear all that bullcrap they spewed out. Doing this for "justice", "in the name of god", "as protectors of humanity". HUMANITY!)
Wise Sage:[Activiting Unique Skill Humility]
Kaijuno:(DAMN YOU! Damn you all! You knew how despicable all of this is. Slaughtering the innocent, and yet you dare paint it as righteous. Trying make yourselves look holier than thou, DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT SHAME IS!)
Wise Sage:(Activiting Unique Skill Humility)
Kaijuno(screw, SCREW YOU HUMANITY! SCREW YOUR MORALE COMPASS! SCREW YOUR JUSTICE! SCREW ALL OF YOUR WORTHLESS IDEALS!)
Wise Sage:(Activiting Unique Skill Humility)
Kaijuno:( If I'll be labeled as some viscous beasts, a monster by humanity, then I'll-)
Wise Sage:(ACTIVITING UNIQUE SKILL HUMILITY)
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Kaijuno:(Ī̴͕̔͝ ̸̞̫́̂̋͠W̸̮̞̿̀̚͜I̴͓͓̦͖̥̼͑̑͆̏̈̑L̸̯͖̀̌̄̀̀̿̂L̵̠̙̞̪͚͚̗͉̞͕̳͍͆̎͛̓̂͝ ̷̧̫̠̱͈̬͈̮̇̇̾̊͌͜͜͝ͅB̵͍̣̬͚̦̻̰͚̞̙͖͛͑́̀Ę̷̭͓̤̭̰̯̯̒͛̾̾͝͝ͅ ̶̹̭̗͖͓̺̹̙̬̩͊́ͅM̶̛̦̹̝̲̯͎̘̤̦̾̂͗̆̐̈́͘͜͜ͅO̵̡̨͈͉̻̼̪͉̪̳͋̀N̵̡̙͕̖̝̭͙̓̅̊͋̏̂̇̊̊͜͝S̷̥̦̿T̸̨͖͕͉̦̤̰̹͂̐̈È̸̩̹͇̠͇̰̲̟̖̣͖̂̕͝R̴̺̟̠̠̮̲̻̞͓̩̖̓ͅ ̸̫̼̙͇̟̱̝̰͂̐͠ͅW̶͖̬͐͆͆̐́̾̀̈́͊̀͜͠H̸̨͎͚͎̎͌́́̇̿͝O̴̡͓̩̞̱̘̮̟͇̬̺͑̎̅̆͋ͅ ̶̡̯̻̫̖̗̯̰̗̱̤̟̎̒̄͌͂̑̃̔̕W̵̧̩̤̮̞̠͒͑̍̇̉͗̚͠ͅI̸̱͍̋̐̃̽͌͒͛͘L̵̢̛̠̙͙̦̥͎̳̪͋̆͑͊̈́̓̓̈́L̷̢̛͒̒̓̏̀́̚ ̴̼͓̜͍̱̘̜͉͋͘S̴̗̮̱̝͖͉̱͍̬̘͉͚̅͐͛̎͛͑̽̍̕͝H̵̨̗͍̯̪͓̟̥̐̚A̴̧̝͙̪̎M̴̯̫̳̜̱͙͓͎͔͓̪̂̈̔͛͗́͑̃͑̚É̵͙͕͔̘͇͐̉͐̈́̋̌̀̑̿̃L̴̡̬̠͕͍̺̹͍̦̭̘̋̕ͅȆ̴̯͍̗̗̅̊͝͠͠S̸̨̢̡̛̛̝̱̺̯̬̮͎̠̊͒̅̂̈́̕S̶̤̫̺͓̖̒͂͜͝Ḻ̴̘̗͚̜̻̱̲̥̟̈́͛̕ͅY̸̤̲̩͌͊͌̐͐͆̓͛͝ ̸̧̡͎̣̘̱̻̘̝̯̫͍͌́̐S̶̫̙̯̱̔͊͊̋L̸̨̳̣̮͕̘̇̈͜A̴̹͔͉̻͈͔̟̻͐Ǘ̸̧̬̹̤̖̪͖̼͎̫̭̬̆̿̆́̋̓̿̂̒̑G̸̨̰̳̹̙̥͇͉̗͙͍͛̂͊̋͜H̷̦̫̔̈́͛Ṭ̷̲̞͇̏͒̇͌̓̕͘Ȩ̷̧̭̫͇̻͛̐́̅̄̔̑́͋̌͊̚R̷̮͉̫̲̯̲̤̀͗̊͒̅̎͝ ̶̦̤̠̻̜̹̇͛́́͗̆̚̚͠͝A̷͖͔̯̍̈́͛̐̑͊͑̅̐̓̍Ñ̸̢͍͖͖̤͚͍̇͊͜͜ͅͅY̴̧̙̭̬̮͖͓͎̺̻̣̭͊̾́͋̈͑͆́͐́̕ ̸̺̮̠̠̜̭̱̞̀͊̚A̶̰̝̝̫̮̺̗̠̤͙̯͋̀R̸̨͕̯̫̹̤͈͉̺͈̪̯̆̍̈́̑͋̈́͘R̶̼̗̘͓͇̄͆̈́̀͠Ȯ̷̫̜͆͑́̌G̷̭̯̝̗̬̜̗̩͕̭͐̓̈̈̀̇̔̃̕͝Ȃ̶̝̻̰͇̱̠N̵̢͇͈̪̱̯̘͚̜̈́̈́͛̽͌T̴̡͔̀̔̊͊̋͘̚̚͠͝͠ ̶̢̛̼̲̍̍̉͌̓̒̈́̍͝͠Ḩ̴̻͈͙̫͔̋̚Ú̴̙͇̪̜̬̰̹͖̩̰̠͍̚M̴̢̛̞̻̮̜̲̺͈͛̅̓̎̈́̾͗͌̆͘͝A̷̢̱̪̔̇̊͋̿̍͝N̶͙̰͚͋͘͜S̶̘̱͈̫̙͓͍̆͋̒͗̏͐̀͌̚͜͝ͅͅ,̵̧̪̮̪̈́ ̵̻̊̿͘T̸̺͚͒̽̅͛͝͝O̴͓͊̇͂ ̸̽̽̇̐̽̍̄ͅB̴̗͉̟̹̮̥̱̙̺̗́̆͛̓͛̏͛̚͝Ā̸̬͔̬͙̳̄͆͌͋̚T̸͍̀͛̑͌Ḧ̶̢̛͈͖͙̥̞͉́̒̃̓̈́͒͘̚E̴̱̭͚̭͚̺͎͓͕̬̫̎̊́̊̈̑̉͠͠ ̴̝̤̫̘̥̫͚́͐̋̂̋͝͠͝I̸̢̛͓̥̖͓̝͒̑͑̿͊̉̃̅́͝N̵̖̫͇̘͔̬̈͂̕ ̶̧͉͓̝͙̙͖̣̺̄́̾̎̃͑͜Ț̷̛̪̯̬͖̬͙̹͎̤̎̌͗̈̈̈́̓͒̅̓H̴͈̭̟̫̋̂̾̑͊͠͝E̴̯͚̭̊̅̍͌̔͐̚Î̴̧͓̻͎͉͕̩̯̰̄͌͂̇̌̇͘͘͜͜R̷̢̟̮̪̞͆͗͛̎́́̆͑͝ ̶͖̞͉͖͙͕͍̬͌̾̆̈̍͒͜͝B̷̨̛̖͍̹̭͛͂͐͒̀̕L̸̢̨͕̺̙͎͉̰͇̼̩̻̄̏͌̔̑Ǒ̸͕̍̂̎̈̔̇̈͝͝Ö̷̢͇̹͉̥̫́̔̋̑̇̃͌͑̋͂̄Ḑ̷̡̹̖͍̠̺̣̭̞̅̈́͘͝ ̷͇͗͘W̷̪͔̣͚̺̺̃̍̔̃̍̆͆̄͝I̴̡̨̧̖̲̜̙͖̜̼̩̥͑͗Ţ̵̛̮͚̩̥̱̦͍͙̗̝̀̈́̈́̅̇͐̓͘͠H̴̡̗͖̱̆̐̇Ő̷̹̯͍̬̳Ư̶̧͔͔̺̲̮̪͍͚̭̭̓̌̿̈́͂̏̓̚͝T̶̡̞͚͉̮̬̲̮͓̬̜̼̐̈́̆͗̓̈́̒̈̃͘͠ ̷̢̡̟̘̤̫̲̗̟̤̬́́̈́̀͐́͆̉̉̊̈́̊Ț̶͓̻͚̤̏̌͌̔̏H̶̡̰̯̲͆͋͑̓͐̎̓̾̓͜Ě̴̢̤͕͕͎̥͎̝͈̣͘ ̶̧̠̤̞͕̉Ć̷̢͉̓̄̂̓Ḫ̷̇͘À̶̗̞̞̥̣͇̦̭̭̬̝̋͑͂̓Î̷̛͈̈́̔͋̓̃̍̊̚N̵̨͇͓̣̳̮͔͇̄̿̄̐͂̋̅̕͠S̶̯̫̮̘̠͉̪͌̄̀͛̈́̕̚͜ ̷̼̫̩̦͈̭̤̉͋̀̿̓̌͗̚̕Ö̸̧̢̨̨̹̝̰̖̺̹̖͕́͌̑̀͊͘F̸̯̠̲̜̫̞͚͕̮̺͒̑̚ ̵̧̡̘͕̙̟̲̲̠̥̩̙̀͆̋͝Ṃ̶̡̺̮͓̎̎̏͗̇̆͒Ơ̵͖̻̞̺̐͗̾̏͑͘̚R̵͉̠͈̝̠̊̎́̍͆̑͜Ả̷̡̛͙͓̪̩͇̝̼́͠L̸̢͕̗̭̹̓̊̊͊͊̈ ̷̯͉̗̪͚̬͕̰̃͛̆͗͌̆͋̈Ḩ̴̨̺̘̯̞̱̩̤͍̂̑̓̌Ì̶̡̙̪̹͎͙͉͍̇̑͌̐̓͋̇́̕G̴̡̙̦͉̣̝̣̞͔̪͋̋̒H̵͇̍̀́̎ ̷̧̦̬̥̣̳̫͒̾̈́͆͒̌̓͝͝͝͝G̶̨̗͚̤̝̊̇̔̂̔̽̃͜͝R̸̡͙̳̤̘̩̯̉͐͆̽͆̚͠͝O̵̡̯̖̜̠̭̙̘̞̍̐̏̈́̇Ŭ̸̬̱̓̐̆͌̍̓̕N̷̗̐̉͗̑̀͌͋͛̈́͊͝Ḍ̵̰̗̙͈͔̩͙͕́)
Wise Sage:(Attempt to Acquire Unique Skill "Enemy of Man"...Successful)
I was so caught up in my emotions, it wasn't until some cracks were made on my mask when I noticed my surroundings
Kaijuno:(hm? did my mask broke? how did it-oh, since when did rimuru arrived? actually how long has it even been? It seems like it's almost morning.)
Rimuru's Pov
Rimuru:(Great Sage, what will happen to their bodies?)
Great Sage:[Answer: Their bodies will eventually decompose into magicules over time]
Rimuru:(right, I guess leaving their corpses lying around won't exactly be ideal. you all can at least rest in peace within me)
I stood up and hold out my hand to use Gluttony. But there was an issue, Kaijuno was right next to Lavandra, putting him in the way
Rimuru:Kaijuno, I'm gonna use Gluttony, move out of the way
Kaijuno:...
Instead of moving away, he put himself directly between me and the corpses. I tried walking past him only to be forcibly pushed back by him
Rimuru: Kaijuno
Kaijuno:...
Rimuru:KAIJUNO!
Kaijuno:...
Rimuru: I'M NOT GONNA ASK-
Ellen: Rimuru-san!
Before I was considering forcibly moving Kaijuno, I was interupted by the sudden appearance of Kaval's party
Rimuru: hey Ellen, sorry I just have to deal with this real quick
Ellen: Rimuru-san wait! the odds might be low, nearly a zero chance! But there is fairytale about bringing the dead back to life!
Rimuru:(A fairytale? why are you telling this? Stop it, don't get my hopes up. Are you really saying there's a chance to save them? Should I even try with such a low probability? No, if I have the option I'll take the chance to save them)
Ellen: You might think its just a fairytale, but it's based off facts
Rimuru:....haha!
Ellen/Gido/Kaval:!?
Rimuru: sorry, I just gotten happy there. You say there's a chance to revive the dead? sounds like a miracle. But if the chance isn't zero, then I'll gladly take that chance. Tell me all of it Ellen
Kaijuno:(...that's the thing, the chances are ridiculously low, the situation is hardly hopeful. Unlike most of the series, the condition to win here is based on pure luck, if this ends up failing.... let's just hope we're lucky in this timeline ...)