Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 156

Let out all of your power!'

I remembered that I did say such words.

It's all right, I'm not yet on the age where I went senile. [1]

Because only three years had passed since I was reincarnated.

Such worry like that is unnecessary.

But, were those words that I had said was really mine?

Because I want to doubt the event happening on the large screen in front of me, so I only accidentally spilled out my thoughts.

On the large screen in front of me, Tempest army's overwhelming victory was projected.

That's good.

I didn't have any trouble of it, although the contents were too gruesome.

The one-sided infringement war was progressing to astonishing state.

Gobuta dashed through the battlefield with coolness unlike normal Gobuta and he smashed a tank with a dash.

Gabil being Gabil, he transformed himself into an appearance like a dragon devil[2] that look strong, and then he smashed one enemy ship by one strike with an abnormally high energy[3].

It was not only Gabil, every member of Hiryuu were not a laughing matter as they transformed too.

I immediately realized they usedŽDragon Warrior Transformationbut I didn't think that they could handle it without going berserk.

And then the deciding factor was the explosion that occurred in the sky.

I didn't know whether the culprit being playful or not but a heat nuclear explosion occurred in the sky and it engulfed the Empire's airship force with its blaze.

At this point, the flying force of the Empire side fell into a state of unmaintainable.

With that as the start, Tempest's grand offense began.

Even in a modern war, a helicopter was tremendously advantageous against a tank.

Similar to that, the breath attacks that conducted by Blue Numbers' wyverns from the sky dealt a great damage to the Empire army's ground forces.

But there's a reason for why they were able to performed it smoothly.

It was because the action of the intelligence officers.

Maybe those guys has eyes that could discern strong people, not only sorting the enemy's captains and general soldiers, they made a bloodbath of any noticeable person.

Actually, even if the analysis was by Raphael, it was supported by those four, Veyron, Moss, Cien and Zonda that kept the enemy a company which were strong people boasting power beyond normal strength.

I feared, that "Otherworlder" may hid and lay hidden amongst those strong people.

I guess they would be spotted easily and would be taken care off before they could took any action.

How terrifying, the discerning eyes that could distinguished strong people.

Meanwhile, an abnormality occurred in the strategic mobilization headquarters located in the rear of the Empire army.

Projected on the large screen was Testarossa and Ultima standing there smiling.

I was not able to confirm other living people.

Several hundred tanks of the remaining force stop their movement, all soldiers of the supply maintenance in the rear fall down too.

Their number may be approximately on scale of ten thousand people.

Although I didn't understand what was happening, I was able to somewhat understood only that a dangerous thing had happened.

Raphael,

ŠAnswer. The use of large-scale annihilation magic "Death Streak" was confirmed‹

Answered so.

When I heard the explanation of that magic that annihilate living being with demonic death rays was a variety of nuclear strike magic,

"Don't use that such dangerous magic!" I think it can't be helped that I shouted so.

Anyway, victory was decided at that moment.

Therefore I was going to declare the end of the battle on that battlefield...... but!

At that time, the need to stop had already disappeared.

Tens of thousands of the Empire army's soldiers that still remains in the battlefield would be annihilated on the next moment.

Quartet Spell (Fourfold Compound Magic): Arc Sanctuary (Monsters' Sanctuary)[4] was invoked.

With Moss as the lead, 4 Arc Demons scattered to four cardinal direction of the battlefield.

And then, a Quartet Spell was invoked.

Their act of disposing strong people previously seems to be a precaution so this large-scale magic would not be disturbed.

Around here, it might be that guy[5] who had different status than Testarossa and her group that could easily invoked large-scale annihilation magic alone.

But, it didn't mean that they were weak, because that guy was a bad object to be compare with.

The Arc Sanctuary has no effect on the monsters as its name suggests.

However, it exhibited a lethal effect to the affected humans who were not used to magic essence.

Like this time, the magicians who set up magic barrier were dead, and the strengthened human that only been strengthened in fighting power only couldn't resist it.

The frightening thing was a person that couldn't resist it would have their body began disintegrating and would be transformed into magic essence immediately.

Only in several minutes, all remains of the survivor has became magic essence.

Thus, the first encounter with the Empire army ended.

Or rather, the Empire army was annihilated in the first encounter.

Literally, it's an annihilation. There's no military explanation for this.

It was absurd so I thought.

I only told them to let out all of their power, I didn't think the result would be like this.

Towards me,

ŒHow should I put it. Isn't my plan have no completely no meaning now!?

What's with that women! Also, those intelligence officers!

It's said that they are under Rimuru-sama's direct control, you could give me an explanation right?

Benimaru turned his face with smile on it.

That was, well I guess.... Right?

Wasn't there no plan at all?

However you see, Benimaru.

You're not the only one who wants an explanation.

Instead, I think I want to get an explanation!

Even such excuses cannot expressed the feelings I had in mind......

ŒThey were picked by Diablo, our new comrades.

I thought it was bad if the enemy forces had someone with demon lord class ability, so I deployed them......

They seemed to do their best a little too much.

Oh well, Diablo would educate them from now on.

I pushed it to Diablo and avoid it without any trouble.

I mean I didn't think that the demons acted unreasonably to that extent.

Those fellows were too cool.

Because they exterminated the enemy forces without any hesitation.

However,

ŒKufufufufu. Rather than overdoing, they might be get a bit cocky.

I will educate (discipline) them later

To Diablo who talking with smiling face, I didn't forget to say "Moderately okay!"

to him

With this and that, the explanation about the situation ended and the damage of the first battle was confirmed.

The battle ended without taking more than 2 hours since the battle began.

A lot of injured seem to have appeared but everyone have recovered now.

Because everyone was given 10 High Potion made in Tempest, so they seemed to be able to cure most of their wounds immediately.

Also, people who I thought died at the beginning, in fact they seems to have their life saved thanks to the quick utilization of Full Potion owned by the commanding officer class.

I can say that they carried out their role as bait splendidly under Benimaru's command.

So there were few reason for Benimaru to be shaken.

As a result, there was no casualties as the recovery potion was used greatly.

This was an unimaginable big victory.

However, it's not like there was no harm either.

Gabil and his Hiryuu subordinates.

They receive a great damage to their body because the special skillŽDragon Warrior Transformation.

This skill forcefully turns the user's body to become strong that rivals the dragonoid. However, the effect didn't hold up more than 30 minutes, and can only be used once per 2 days.

The reason was they would receive a excessive recoil immediately after the use and they couldn't move for 24 hours in that terrible state.

Oh well, although it's good that we won by letting out all of our power, it's a skill that will self-destruct the user if used wrongly.

This time, the penalty that was the recoil of Gabil getting cocky not just him alone as everyone in Hiryuu squad received the recoil too.

They can feel glad it's only to that extent, so they can't help but think that.

And so, the damages of the Empire's side......

There was no prisoner of war. The reason why was because everyone had died.

Their numbers were 240.000 people.

Their souls were offered to me, so I can grasped the accurate number.

This feeling, might be like a guy who collect souls from his subordinates.

After a while since the battle started, I felt the souls accumulated in intense rate.

I evolved into a Demon Lord from the awakening of the Demon Lord Seed after collecting 10.000 souls, then what would happen in case of 240.000 souls?

The answer was, no change!

When I awakened as a True Demon Lord, it also meant that my evolution had reached its peak.

That's right.

Otherwise about this time Guy would killed and force the humanity to ruin to reap their souls.

Most likely he refraining from slaughtering since his awakening because he realized instinctively that he cannot evolve anymore.

However, it was possible to use it for things other than own evolution.

ŠNotice. The acquired soul had exceeded the regulated amount.

Currently, it can be used for two individuals that linked to soul genealogy.

The individuals that can be the targets are the following named monsters.

Ranga, Benimaru, Shion, Gabil, Gerudo,

Diablo, Testarossa, Ultima, Carrera,

Kumara, Zegion, Adalman.

Those were individuals who has the qualification for Demon Lord Awakening.

Regulated amount [Soul: 100.000] will be used, would you want to perform the evolution of the subordinates? YES/NO‹

Raphael-san said such unthinkable things.

Apparently, it's possible to awaken someone with the qualification for Demon Lord Awakening by giving them a specific amount of souls.

Moreover, it came with ten times of amount for my awakening.

This is something no one ever knew about until now.

Even if someone know about this, it's more cheaper to befriend one than to make one artificially.[6]

Guy might know about this.

Therefore, he probably held the gathering of high ranking people like Walpurgis so he could sort person who is worth to be his comrade.

There might be another reason rather than just that.

Perhaps I've overestimate him, though there's no chance that he didn't know about it too.

Although I casually say 100.000 souls, I practically annihilated one large city.

Something like that isn't an act you can do so easily.

What on my mind next is the words "linked to soul genealogy".

This is, probably, about connection of the souls via "naming".

The monsters evolved when I named them. I misused it casually, but I now understand that this is a considerably dangerous act.

Because I consumed a large amount of magic essence, it leads to my own weakening.

So, I stored the surplus of the magic essence[7] and use it.

The reason such a thing is possible is because I had the convenient skill like the Stomach of Gluttonous King Beelzebub.

I could understand that, if there was no such a skill I cannot use the saved up magic essence and could not perform "naming" to anyone so easily.

Therefore, there are few people having subordinates with soul connection.[8]

I cannot deny the possibility that this is a privilege given only to me.

And so, I said NO.

It has a too dangerous feeling and because I'm troubled in choosing whom should I choose.

And there's also trouble about sorting the qualified person.

If it's only based on magic essence quantity, then even Souei have the qualification.

Anyway, it seems better for me to leave it aside for now because I don't understand it well.

However, more than 200.000 people died huh.

It's a massacre.

And yet, I don't feel anything.