Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 27
All monsters within the cave now run away at the mere sight of me.
Probably the result of my aura.
Pleased, I left the cave.
So I planned, but...
Gu, who is it! Pursuers?
Young master! We'll only slow you down! Please escape with the princess!!!
Wicked demon! Don't try to deceive our eyes!!!
And other similar grand statements I could hear from a group at the entrance of the cave.
Height surpassing two meters, a group of large monsters looking like a ragtag militia. Their bodies a lump of muscles, the ogres.
Aren't these the self-proclaimed rulers of the forest? They look exactly as Rigurdo has described.
So, what are they afraid of, some demon? What's with that? Scary!
A bit bewildered, I plan my escape.
I check behind me, but don't feel any presence. No heat signatures either.
So the ogres can see it but I can't! This might be bad...
Just when I thought I had gained new abilities... I guess I am still far from true strength.
Ku, a demon? What kind? My bad, but I don't see it... where is it now?
While on my guard, I begin to make retreat to ogre's side.
But they still haven't responded to my question.
Moreover, they are keeping distance from me.
What? Are they planning on using me as a bait?
The moment I thought so,
What are you saying? The wicked demon is none other than you, slime! You have not fooled our eyes!!!
One of the ogres called out.
Wha... what?
To call such an adorable slime a wicked demon? That's not a nice thing to say!
Oi. Oi! Wait a second. I am a the wicked demon?
Are you trying to play dumb? That aura unbefitting of a slime! Did you think you'd fool someone?!
Hmm? Oh... I was enjoying freaking out the cave's monsters too much and kept it open, huh.
So I quickly pull back the aura. And,
I don't have anything like that! You must've imagined it!
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Of course, I couldn't fool them.
But, after insisting that it was just a misunderstanding for a while, I somehow managed to have them lower their guard.
Oh, boy...
In the first place, why are they even here?
When I so asked, they told me that they had escaped here.
Looking closely, there are many injured, with some gravely so.
A normal monster would have died by now.
The only reason they are still standing is surely due to the extremely high vitality of the ogre race.
Still, I proceed to spit out some restorative medicine and treat their wounds.
With their high vitality, even the diluted medicine quickly restores them to perfect health.
While appearing surprised for some reason, they thank me.
Now, although their wounds are healed, they are nonetheless clearly exhausted. So I decided to have them rest at my village.
After all, I need to find out what had enough power to so decimate the ogres.
They are a B rank monsters; but, from training, they can raise that to B+ or even A-.
The rulers of the forest. The strongest beings around, or so I heard.
In any case, I'll guide them to the village.
Deciding to carry them over there, I summoned Ranga.
When called, he appears from within my shadow. That is, I finally succeeded at summoning him.
My pride simply didn't allow the fact that Gobuta succeeded where I couldn't. Thus, I practiced.
And good thing I had done so"considering the current situation.
There were six ogres.
Mimicking the black wolf, I carried three and left the remaining three to Ranga; thus we returned to the village.
By foot it would have taken more than a day, but at our pace we managed it in under an hour.
As expected of ogres! Unlike the dwarfs who fainted, they were merely impressed with the speed.
Thus, we escorted the ogres to our village, where I invited them to my tent.
Well, in place of the tent stood a log cabin when I arrived.
Looking just like the blueprint I had suggested.
Seems like while I was away practicing my skills, they quickly set it up.
While thanking the dwarfs and goblins, I enter it.
Looks just like I had imagined. Amazing.
The blueprint I made by drawing on a plank with some charcoal, and, along with measurements, I passed it all to Mildo.
After looking it over, "Got it!" he exclaimed. By the results. seems like my handwriting effectively communicated the design.
Furthermore, the room was furnished just as I had previously requested.
As for the ogres, I show them to the reception room.
And, asking them to wait inside, I head over to the dwarfs.
To pick up the clothing I had requested from Garm, of course.
Assuming my child version, I tried the clothing on.
Steelthread underwear, and fang wolf outerwear.
The materials used, of course, came from the previous pack leader. But, for some reason, the fur had turned black.
Putting on pants and overcoat, I felt like I dressed to impress.
As an extra bonus, it seems that the fur had quite some magical energy stored in it.
Danna, this seems to have tremendous defense power. It ain't just some normal fur!
Satisfied, Garm gave his approval.
The final item was not armor, but a piece of clothing. Which is fine. I'd fine without it, but I guess having it is better.
So I thought, until I heard about,
Ah, by the way, this attire just happened to have become a magic item. It will always perfectly fit the one who wears it!
Such wonderful news! In other words, even if I turn into my adult version, the clothing won't rip!
Well done, Garm-kun.
Chances are, the fur, that had been constantly floating inside my magical energy (stomach), was thus strengthened. So, if I come across any good ingredients, I should remember to allow them to mature inside.
Let's make a mental note about that.
Now then, I shouldn't make them wait too long.
Having found a fitting spot, I asked Haruna to prepare tea for seven people, and returned to the ogres.
The ogres patiently waited. Perhaps finding things unusual, they were looking around the room.
Sadly, as the building had just recently been finished, it lacks any decoration.
Haruna brought in tea, and immediately left.
I guess it's now time to try out my human sense of taste.
I take a sip of the tea. Delicious.
To someone who never made a fuss about taste or anything, this world's palette has already been able to impress me.
It tastes like matcha"a bit bitter. I also feels its warmth. Not the effect of warmth, but just warmth itself.
A bizarre feeling.
The ogres too seem to enjoy the tea.
And after we had all calmed down, we began the discussion.
Half way through, I called for Rigurdo. And, I also had the remaining four clan chiefs also attend.
Kaijin also just started his break, and came over. Perfect.
Rigurdo and Ririna immediately came over.
The rest are apparently very busy, so we decided to continue the conversation with the five of us.
Why did I call for them?
Because of the gravity of the situation.
If I had to summarize the ogre's story, it would be simple: a war. And the ogres were defeated.
Just that.
At the same time as we fought the Flame Giant Ifrit, the ogres were caught up in their own war.
Who could have taken on the rulers of the forest? And to win, at that...
The goblin chiefs were just as shocked.
In a instant, their expressions tightened.
The enemy was?
They suddenly attacked our village. With overwhelming strength...! Those bastards... Orcs!!!
Unlike humans, monsters don't have any rules stipulating a declaration of war.
But, although they can't badmouthed for the surprise attack, the fact that the orcs even attacked the ogres in the first place is strange.
Orcs rank between C~D. Stronger than your average goblin, but pose no danger to veteran adventurers.
However... these weaklings attacked the strongest, and even managed to win...
Thus, I asked for details.
The ogre village, though perhaps it was too small to call it that, only housed 300 ogres.
300 B rank monsters.
That is the size of a country's knights order. If you are planning on subjugating such a village with rank B- knights, you'd need about 3,000 of them.
And the orcs possessing that much might? We all have expressions of disbelief.
Considering that nearly every villager was slaughtered.
The village chief and a small group apparently opened up a path for their young master and the princess to escape.
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