Birth of Demon Lord
(POV: Rimuru)
After the conversation about Youmu had ended, the real strategic conference begins in earnest.
Everyone is looking at me with stiff expression.
First let’s hear their opinion.
「First of all, before I give my own opinion, I want to hear what everyone had in mind.」
Hearing that, everyone start to actively give their reply.
Only Gabil himself that use spirits, it’s can’t be helped.
I want to avoid disturbing the barrier for many times.
Everyone put together their opinion.
To sum it out.
There’s an opinion, that the Human who’s responsible for the cowardly surprise attack won’t be forgiven.
Certainly, that’s true. I don’t think that’s wrong.
There’s another opinion, there is also good Human, so it’s not good to lump them all indiscriminately.
Hearing such opinion, I’m glad. It’s not good, if we incorrectly reach our goal because of anger and resentment.
The second one is the majority.
This proves that the monsters wish to live in coexistence with human.
They still follow my rules, even after the tragedy occurred.
They are my dear companions. The important people that I can call as my family.
The me who doesn’t really love anyone, I who think that love is something shady.
While everyone is calming down, I decide to...
「Everyone, please listen」
Everyone is looking at me.
When I get everyone attention, I start my story.
「I am, a former human, a “Reincarnated Person”.」
Although everyone raises their voices, no one try to interrupt my story.
I think Ranga may already know about this.
He may had heard it while reside in my shadow.
Everybody seems not really surprised, maybe they already aware about it before I tell them.
Seeing the situation is like this, I keep continuing.
「I am a person who comes from a different world. In that world I was a human.
When I died at that side, I reincarnated into this side. As a slime.
In the beginning I was alone and lonely, who can predict that I can make a lot of companions.
You guys.
Perhaps, you guys attain your humanoid form when you guys evolved because it was influenced by what I wish inside.
That is why I made the rule “Do not attack human”.
I said that I like human, because I was a former human.
I make that rule, without any intention for any of you guys to be harmed...
I, even though I am a monster, my heart is a human.
Because of that, that time I held such selfish preference.
Because I was a former human, I also want to get along with human.
The result, I neglect to see what’s under me, so it came to this.
I think that I am the one who responsible for all of this to happen.
I am deeply sorry......」
Hearing my story, there’s no one who let out a word.
Each of them, try to understand my story.
Silent descend on the room.
「It is a fact that Rimuru-sama is a former human. However I don’t see any problem that may arise from this.」
Hakurou said this with serious face.
E? I don’t expect this reaction.
Traitor! I expected to be treated like an enemy.
「But your master is a former human, right? Isn’t it unpleasant?」
To that question,
「E? Why should I?」
「My only Lord is Rimuru-sama.」
「I also think like that.」
And so on and so on.
And at the last is Rigurudo.
「Rimuru-sama, everyone feeling hasn’t change a bit.
There is no need for you to worry about this anymore.」
So he said.
I nod and think. As I expected, this is the place where my heart belongs.
I am really happy.
After seeing me nodding, Kaijin open his mouth,
「So, I want to hear something. What you intent to do about interacting with human from now on?」
Everyone turn their face to me.
Yes, that is a problem.
Apart from the monster, this is a great problem for Kaijin and the other dwarfs.
When the time comes when I declare human as my enemies, I will be considered as a new threat.
Well, such thing may not come true.
Now, I express what my idea about this.
「First of all, before I give my final answer, I will share what I think about it.
In my previous world there are views that were called Seizensetsu and Seiakutsetsu.
The view which assume that human nature is basically good, Seizensetsu.
The opposite view, which assume that human nature is basically bad, Seiakusetsu.
I think that both views are both are correct and also both are wrong.
Maybe inside, human had both natures in equal proportion.
If it leans to the good nature side, he will become a good person.
However, if it leans to the bad nature side, he will become a bad person.
In truth, I had this view.
If you not trying to do anything immoral, then for me you are a good person.
Thus, if someone didn’t detest or distrust just because of us are monsters, then they are a good neighbor.
I want to believe in that possibility.
But because I want to believe it, I underwent this experience; I fail to properly distinguish the cause from the result.
Thus, this is my answer.
For now, I think it is too early for us to be at a stage where we can ally with human.
The first important thing to do is for my existence is acknowledged by the others.
For human, someone who amasses massive power can’t be ignored.
In addition, by becoming a Demon Lord, I can restraint the other Demon Lords action.
To everyone who went against us, we will bare our fangs and retaliate.
To everyone who lends their hands to us, we will grant our blessing to them.
To our opponents, we will do to them what they done to us.
In the future, I hope that we can be linked in a friendship one day.
This is what I think.」
(TL note: I don’t found any equal western philosophical term. The closest one I had is Seizensetsu as Idealism. – YukkuriOniisan.
I don’t excel in philosophy. - Guro) (ED: and English) (GO: So mean.... don’t mind. XD)
So I finish my speech.
He then responds.
「That is an overly naive and idealistic thought.
Honestly! It’s not a speech fit for someone who’s going to become a Demon Lord.
....... However, I don’t dislike it.」
With a sigh, Kaijin said his thoughts
Shuna is smile while giggling.
「Isn’t it fine? Even if it’s just an idealistic thinking.
I think that if it’s Rimuru-sama, you will be able to create such world.」
So she declares her support.
「In any case, we decided to follow you.
That’s what it meant to follow. There is no need to think about it.」
Those bastards, they will become Shion’s.....
Properly speaking, there should be a war declaration.
But, right now.
The enemy has already declared it and it has been received. In that case...
These bastards, I won’t leave any of them alive.
There is no need for survivors, there is no need to fight fairly.
Those human (Trash)...
To become nourishment for my evolution. You all should be grateful.
I’m now high in the sky, soaring with my mimicry wing, I looked down at my below and confirm the situation.
There is no problem.
「Die! Be pierced and burned by Divine Indignation! “God’s Wrath (Megiddo)”!!!」
Dancing light rain down from the sky, it reflected repeatedly above the ground, it pierce the soldier bodies without meeting any resistance, and so the massacre begins.
In the army, there are magic divisions specialists that erect defensive barriers.
Even if the number of opponent is high, if it in short distance the will defeat them in one blow.
So to take cover under the barrier range is the common sense of this world army.
Of course, there is also defense barrier carefully prepared this time.
Even if they march to a city with high level monster, which they considered as a joke, the level barrier is still skillfully done.
However, in front of my new magic it doesn’t have any meaning.
In this world, the principle of barrier is emphasized in the defense against magic power.
So it means that they hadn’t any resistance against things that abide law of physics.
That is the result of the analysis of barrier, so that fact has been confirmed.
If you think about it, the heat from thousand degree flames can be stopped completed by a barrier, et cetera, so what is the cause that the barrier is able to interfere with the natural phenomenon?
This world is to manipulate magic power to invoke interference in physical law.
That’s why, to prevent it, defense barrier prevents the entry of magic power.
Except for the one with big magical power, it is hardly impossible to break a barrier, since it prevents the entry of magic power, it become impossible to cause any physical interference inside it.
So, what about ? Because it rewrite the physical law because of the spirit’s power to cause interference, it still had power although is in smaller scale.
Of course if they put spirit barrier, usage can be prevented.
That is the reason that the most basic barrier had multiple, more than two, layers.
Therefore, to swap such notion, I decide to invent a way to turn magic into pure physical energy.
I take inspiration from Hinata’s “Disintegration”, entrusting 『Great Sage』 to turn it into practical application.
By entrusting all calculation, it was easy to put it into practical use.
I create several hundred thousand floating water droplets in my surroundings.
Far up in the sky, there are several dozen giant floating water droplets similar to convex lens.
The convex lens shaped water droplets up in the sky receives sunlight and converge it into a thin line, down below the water droplets form reflective mirror array, that is used to converge it more.
The water droplets are created by me with water spirit energy.
Thus, the sunlight that the water droplets reflected, converge to become as thin as a pencil and its temperature reach thousand degrees.
All the water droplets catch the sunlight energy, this is reflection converging magic.
This is my new magic, “God’s Wrath (Megiddo)”.
(POV: Rimuru.)
Well, I see a terrible situation when I arrived in the ground,
With 『Magic Perception』, I obtain information of the situation perfectly, I can reliably pierce the vital point from blind spots.
Occasionally, to create confusion, I purposely blow off an arm, a leg or the body, the screaming from pain that emerge causing further chaos.
This terrible situation is progressing in the way I had imagined before.
The surviving soldiers that see my appearance fall further into fear.
「Hiiiiiiiiiiii, he... help!」
Although I heard the voice that seems to begging for his life, I don’t care about it and pierce the middle of his forehead.
It takes time to get used to it, but now I can control the beam according to my intention.
The angle of reflection is simple, it’s low cost, so I can shoot as many as I like.
If you converge the heat ray into a single spot, it will reach thousands degrees, so it will arrive at the point where it is possible to pierce a human with it.
If you had learnt the principle behind it, it is possible to shoot it optimally at will.
There is only little time lag, in another words, it is the same as speed of light, if you can see it then you can’t avoid it.
For example if you shoot it from 10,000 km, the time for it to reach the target is about 0.034 second.
Even if a human eye receives information about it, the time for it to be transmitted and reach the brain is much slower.
This calculation to aim precisely cannot be performed without using the 『Great Sage』computation ability.
As one would expect from 『Great Sage』. I once again become amazed.
If it is used from close range, even me with 『Great Sage』’s compensation, will had difficulty in evading it. In my situation, if I for a moment sense it, it hard to know if I will be able to dodge it, I will leave it to fate.
So it is impossible for a human to dodge it.
I shoot at some people who try to run away crawling similar to the one whom prostrating to me, while doing that,
《Confirmed. Unique Skill 『Heartless One』acquisition... Succeeded.》
It is not the Great Sage but the voice from heaven that I haven’t heard for a long time.
How to put it, this skill sucks.
Although one may say that it can’t be avoided for me to receive this skill
When I wonder what kind ability it had, that bastard begin to talk.
「Wa, wait! You (Kisama) must be the lord of that city!
I am, Edomalis, the king of Falmas Kingdom.
Behave yourself! I hear what you (Kisama) want to talk.」
That dirty ossan flapping his mouth.
When I see him, his nether region is wet with piss, his face is decorated with tears, mucus and drool.
What a gross figure. Is what I want to shout.
It’s like the feeling when my browser crashes.
Oh well, the one I targeted introduce himself, It’s a good thing.
With this I can get the mastermind.
「What? You just want to hear me.」
So I answered.
「Im, impudence! I am the king of the great nation Falmas Kingdom!
You (kisama) are a being that by all rights had no privilege to address me.
However, it’s fine. This time...」
Then, in one hit, the arm was burned off.
He doesn’t give off an appearance that should receive someone else respects.
Furthermore, he still doesn’t aware of the current situation, he won’t die, but he will sobered up with this.
Well, he may die in agony... but if possible, the one who should kill him is not me, but the person (Shion) who had the grudge is the one who should do it.
「Listen, You (Trash). Look at your opponent before talking.
Don’t get cocky just because I am kind person.
You are permitted to talk, continue.」
At the beginning, just looking blankly, is the ossan who stares at his missing left hand.
When his brain catch up, it seems that the pain instantly attack him.
He screams and began rolling around.
Umm... He is a great person? But he seems to lack any honor?
That one who said to be a great person = (equal) ossan in front of me now, my mind hardly can find the resemblance.
Oh dear, well, I think my anger has calm down a bit.
However, if this person dies, I’m afraid that my anger will rebound back.
「Hm? Is there nothing more you want to say?
You can continue display your dance, but after ten minutes, it will end, you hear me.」
Hearing my words, he looks at me, and seems to try to speak something.
His voice is not in fear or pain. What an annoying ossan.
It can’t be helped. I will leave him in pain for some more time.
The Ossan reluctantly raise his head.
「I will only say it once. Speak!」
I threaten him.
At first, his words sound faintly, but at last it seems he becomes more settled.
And so,
「My, my country wants to enter a diplomatic relationship, can’t it be done?
It’s a good talk right? I had been deceived,
