Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 143

After summarizing the military formations to some extent, I headed over to Benimaru's room.

My purpose was to show the organization chart that I had just made.

While Benimaru had the authority to command, I held the supreme commanding authority and the authority to appoint rights.

Although it was complicated, originally, he also held supreme commanding authority, but he was relieved of that.

In terms of commanding the military, my amateurish self really shouldn't have any say in these kind of matters.

So all issues related to commanding the military are left to Benimaru.

As mentioned earlier, Benimaru's orders to the army take precedence over mine.

However, it was a different story for strategic commands.

Those are commands such as appointing generals before the war, and making the final judgment during the war.

Even if the number appointed was less than the number of the posts available for generals, it arbitrarily falls to Benimaru's jurisdiction without any problems, but the appointment of generals for the corps was left to my discretion.

Therefore, I handed the completed organization chart to Benimaru.

ŒSeriously? Gobuta, a general?

As expected, that huh.

Certainly, I could agree that giving that idiot the responsibility of many lives was indeed an anxiety-inducing topic.

But I knew that for the sake of protecting this country, Gobuta secluded himself to do intensive training.

And above all, it may not look like it but the trust I had for my comrades was deep.

ŒIt's probably alright. I see the natural qualities in him for this.

ŒOh well, I'll acknowledge it. Shall we give it a try?

Benimaru nodded, seemingly convinced.

Nothing was said about Gabil.

Sure, Gabil got carried away easily, but even so, he had the right character to be a general.

He was considerate to his subordinates, and he also knew when to draw the line.

While strategic planning was clearly not his strong suit, his tactical judgments were precise.

Even if I gave him a troop there probably wouldn't be any problems.

Needless to say, Gerudo was a reliable general.

I made arrangements for the reinforcement of the lookout points in each location I had prepared against the empire's movement, and then I left Benimaru's room.

I should leave the trifling matters to Benimaru.

Benimaru is also busy.

He's been checking the assembly point for the monster soldiers and makes arrangements with Gerudo about the food distribution and so forth.

It won't be good for me to disturb him for a while.

Eh? How about giving him a hand? I have no idea what you're talking about.

Amateurs shouldn't interfere.

"Those are some convenient words", I immediately think so.

Now then, my destination after I leaving Benimaru's room was Ramiris' workshop.

I was going to check on the growth of the cultured golems (magic dolls)[1]. I wondered if they had generated souls.

Once the golems were complete, if they could take independent action, it could possibly influence the war greatly.

There was no need for them to be ready right now, but it was still unknown if they would be ready for the upcoming war. Even so, just their existence would make a large difference.

Their strength was equivalent to 1000 A-rank.

If they were able to take independent action, their range of usage would expand greatly.

Well, even if they couldn't take independent action, when used collectively they could become the strongest corps surpassing an army.

So treating them like a golem corps of destruction that didn't even fear death was possible.

In that case, I was considering issuing simple commands to them and using them in a suicide attack.

I transferred through the space, and instantly arrived in Veldora's large room.

I opened the large door in the rear, went inside, and passed through it as usual.

Since there was no sign of Veldora in his private quarters, he must have been helping Ramiris again. He was probably conducting another stupid experiment with Ramiris.

And as expected, they were conducting stupid experiments inside.

It seemed like they were trying to integrate the core I had given them.

As always, Bester was recording.

Dino seemed to be working together with him, though there was a paper thin difference between working and playing.

He had been spouting nonsense about not wanting to work, but I guess there were things he had worked on without me knowing.

In the room, aside from the usual four, like Veldora and Ramiris, there was a guest.

It was the Dryad, Trainee-san.

ŒWell, well, well, Rimuru-sama. It's really been a while since we last met.

Trainee-san greeted me.

As usual, she was a translucent bishoujo.

ŒTrainee-san, it's been a while. I want to thank you for your cooperation with the dungeon's management.

ŒNow, now, you've given us a place to live in inside the dungeon...

And as a subordinate of Ramiris-sama, this much is a given.

ŒNo, no, it's still true that you've been a great help. Please take care of me in the future as well.

I expressed my gratitude.

She had certainly been a great help when I asked her to help with the labyrinth's management.

By the way, what was she doing here?

The answer was,

ŒAs I expected, a soul didn't dwell inside the cultured golem (magic doll).

And so, I was thinking of various ideas.

I could get them all to start activating by linking them to Baretta, but that would be a waste of treasure.

And then, it struck me!

I could place Dryads and Treants that are close to Spiritual life forms in a temporary body like that!

In fact, based off the data of the technological information we got from Sarion, it's like possessing a Homunculus.

That's why we've asked Trainee to conduct the experiment!

She informed me.

I see.

It was hard to move around without possessing a body. It was possible for the Dryads, but there were severe limitations for the Treants.

Dryads were stronger than actual Devils, since they had a higher position in the upper echelons of A rank monsters.

However, there was the issue of magic leakage due to not having a physical body.

And so, when they were apart from the trees, which were their main bodies, they were unable to exhibit their true prowess.

If they used the cultured golems (magic doll), it would be possible for them to move around freely. This didn't just apply to the Dryads, but for to Treants as well!

In addition, the Treants could show their off strength, which was equivalent to an A rank; and as for the dryads, they would be able to demonstrate their true power from a distant location.

It was a wonderful idea.

The experiment was a big success.

There was also no problem with compatibility, it seemed that tens of Dryads and hundreds of dozens of Treants would be able to obtain a new body.

It seemed the transfer was completed.

Trainee-san's role was to witness the transfer process during the experiment. After that, if there was a need to fix the appearance, she seemed to be trying her best to model them after her own figure as much as possible.

It seemed that Trainee-san was doing all of this on behalf of her sisters.

The Dryads had many female types, and the Treants had many male types.[2]

Though they shouldn't have any gender, for some reason the differences in their outward appearance was clearly visible.

The Treants didn't seem to pay too much attention to the body's appearance, I'll have to say that the concern mainly originated from the Dryad sisters.

If you were talking about bishoujos, it was my turn.

I offered my cooperation because I could alter their appearance to some extent.

In the first place, it was going to be difficult to change the outward appearance without altering the skeletal structure.

As there seems to be a dozens of sisters, I remodeled and shaped the skeletal structure for each of the sisters while they conveyed their desired figures to me through the thought link.

Afterwards, I adjusted the flow of magic power and finished arranging the quantity of muscles, it was perfect.

As an extra service, I refined the skeleton with gold and made it possible for it to change into Orichalcum.

With this, it would be possible to adjust it to some extent in accordance to the owner's Will later.

In this world, gold was a versatile metal. Thus, it had a very great affinity and adaptability to magical power as well.

Though I couldn't use it en mass because it was a rare metal, it was fine to mix it with magic steel.

ŒThank you very much, Rimuru-sama!

In response to Trainee san's thanks, I replied with shaking and wobbling.

This much was nothing. It was also as thank for her usual aid.

ŒThen, I'll leave the rest to you guys. Ramiris, please inform me if it seems a soul will dwell in the golems.

ŒRoger! I'll immediately come flying and inform you.

After I asked her to inform me if a soul successfully formed, I returned to my office.

There was still some work left to do.

I wanted to help with the research there forever, but I didn't have the liberty to do so.

While the desire remained in my heart, I returned to my room.

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The Demon was unruly, it was trampling the demonic territory.

In the underworld, or as it was sometimes called, hell, in this spiritual world it defeated strong demons just like the incarnation of violence.

The powerless ones had long fled, and those with strength had banded together to fight it head on.

But for that Demon, the grief of the weak and worthless could not be heard.

That Demon completely destroyed its opponents, and continued to trample them calmly.

Demons were a spiritual life form.

Therefore, even if their bodies were destroyed, they would revive themselves through self-regeneration over time.

Maybe knowing this, that Demon didn't restrain itself and did not give mercy to those who came.

That Demon was the avatar of dreadful violence.

ŒKufufufu. There was no chance for my defeat, even if all of you small fries gather like this.

That reminds me, a long time ago, there were several people who rivaled me.

Shall I give them a visit?

Leaving behind those mysterious words, the red-haired demon teleported from its position and vanished.

What remained were the remains of demons.

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I returned to my room, and check the construction of the surveillance system.

Intelligence agents were placed in important points of the Great Jura Forest, from the sea coast to atop the mountains, but even to that extend unease still remains concerning about the information gathering.

Or rather, it was expected that it didn't function well when the actual fight began.

And so, I thought about whether it would be possible to use magic to monitor.

Magic of distance view series with purpose of observing was present in the Hex series.[3]

However, the usability of it was poorer than I thought. It was only to the extent where I can check my target's appearance.

It was inflexible, and it could only monitor from one position.

To view from a different position, the magic must be invoked once more.

It's impossible to view the top guns like us demon lords. Since it would repelled by the magic barrier we always erected.

And so, using the existing magic didn't go well.

However, I had an idea.

For example, the ˆPhysics magic‰"Megiddo (God's Wrath)"

It was magic that collected sunlight using floating droplets of water to converge it.

I could make the droplets of water float at various locations to transcribe the local situation and copy it.

Alternatively, I could copy the image from a high altitude then magnify the image and project it onto a monitor.

That meant I was creating a surveillance satellite with magic.

According to Raphael's answer, this could be possible with the utilization of ˆPhysics Magic‰ˆSpirit Magic‰ and ŽSpatial Manipulation.[4]

Afterwards, I made a detailed request, and made the arrangements for it with Raphael.

Once the surveillance system was completed, collecting information would be simple.

The amount of information I could collect would be enormous, and grasping the movements of the enemy's armies could be done easily.

During the Battle of Tsushima (Sea of Japan Naval Battle), the Russian Baltic Fleet was destroyed by the Imperial Japanese Navy under the command of the Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet, Heihachirō Tōgō.

The most crucial aspect of this naval battle, was whether you could encounter your enemy or not.

To predict the point where the encounter was going to happen.

If that had failed, Japan would have lost because the battle would have never occurred.

In other words, I could say it was quite similar to our current situation.

Since I dispersed our forces to various places and calculated the expected inferiority in the number of our forces, defeat was the most probable outcome.

Grasping the empire's movements and focusing our forces accordingly would be the decisive factor for victory.

If the empire dispersed their forces, using timely calculation, it would become possible for us to defeat them individually.

In order to turn the tides of battle in our favor and to ultimately grasp victory, the completion of this magic was crucial.

So, although the magic was already completed, I wanted to improve it.

Demanding Raphael-san to make this spell easy to use in a small place, I madea complaint like that.

Eh? Can't I do it by myself?

Don't be foolish.