Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 177

Now then, as soon as I saw a ray of hope, I regained my calm.

Entrusting my anger to the situation would endanger Veldora's main body, the "Storm Dragon (energy)".

It's not that my anger had disappeared, but rather I had to calmly deal with the situation.

This anger was something I needed to vent out on the Emperor later.

I had to first prioritize my objectives.

In order to free Veldora, defeating the main body before me would suffice.

However that alone wouldn't be enough, and I hat to first retrieve Veldora's Nucleic Heart, and reconstruct the "Soul Corridor".

Well, I should manage somehow.

Wisdom Lord Raphael had already bought some time.

So we could focus on dealing with the "Storm Dragon".

However, Investigation King Faust's "Probability Manipulation" seemed troublesome.

Rather than worrying about which attacks were manipulated, thinking of every attack as something with additional uncertainties was sufficient.

After all, the "Storm Dragon's" Energy was immense.

I still felt an energy supplementation from it, but compared to the flow of "power" from Veldora when the "Soul Corridor" was intact, this was nothing.

However, there was no need for worry.

I had Gluttony King Belzebuth, as well as Wisdom Lord Raphael with me after all.

I would have "Storm Dragon's" "Storm Blast" predated on by Gluttony King Beelzebub.

Then, disassembled.

This wasn't going to be easy. Because, if the predation failed, and I took a direct hit, my body would be destroyed with that one shot.

I feared that the destruction speed would be quicker than my ability to escape via clone.

Having a clone ready from the start, similar to my first battle against Hinata, would be pointless.

After all, if I couldn't grant Ultimate Abilities onto the clone, it would be immediately destroyed.

In the end, the seemingly all-powerful clone couldn't be used for anything other than as a decoy against weaker foes.

Well it depended on the opponent, and, with retreat being a priority, if victory wasn't necessary, then there were several uses for it.

Under circumstances where defeat wasn't an option, it would be useless.

Therefore, I had to defeat the "Storm Dragon" head-on.

Attacks other than "Storm Blast" would be dodged if possible, and otherwise offset with another attack.

With Raphael's calculations assisting my instincts, it had gotten much easier since a while ago.

However, it was true that the abilities of the Ultimate Skill ŽStorm King Veldora were left behind really helped.

If they weren't there, there were high chances of defeat due to the not being able to offset the oncoming attacks.

The fact that the abilities were able to remain was probably due to Veldora's timing.

You've done all this, so I've got to answer to those expectations.

And so I attempted to find the timing.

Since I didn't know the location of Veldora's Nucleic Heart, I couldn't initiate any attacks.

Or rather, there were ways for me to attack, however it would be difficult to inflict any fatal damage.

Using various Nuclear Strike magics overlapped by Ultimate Skills would definitely inflict some damage.

I could also use ŽHoly Demonic Inversion, and release a holy attribute Ultimate Magic "Disintegration".

However, this kind of magic wouldn't be fatal with just one or two shots.

This was, without a doubt, due to the greatest trait of the "True Dragons" that even surpassed that of Demon Lords, their heightened durability.

Even so, if I wanted to take down the Heart-less "Storm Dragon", I'd only have to assemble a multi-layered magic formation, and strike with the compressed synergetic magic.

After all, without the Heart, its attacks had become patterned, and through her calculations, Wisdom Lord Raphael could perceive the next attack.

Having analyzed many attack patterns, she used the knowledge to make her predictions.

This was something I didn't understand, but analyzing algorithms was indeed very useful.

Though I thought it was enough to just randomize our attacks since their results would get their "probability manipulated"......

After all, it was at a Heart-less, rampaging state.

One could call this the sorrow of the dominated.

Frankly speaking, the reason I could also evade was thanks to this.

And now, with Wisdom Lord Raphael, it was like having a child as an opponent.

Wisdom Lord Raphael-san who was brimming with confidence for some reason could easily come up with a plan to kill.

And thus, simply defeating it was not an issue.

There were two problems.

The time limit, and the location of the Nucleic Heart.

If by chance, the Heart got destroyed then it was all over.

Complete operation failure.

The main body of the "Storm Dragon" would be under the complete dominion of the Emperor, and the "Soul Corridor" needed for Veldora's resurrection would no longer be reconstructible.

Then it would all be meaningless.

That's why I had to be careful.

I was looking for the right timing since a while ago.

The reason I got close to the rampaging "Storm Dragon", and initiated a close combat, was for this timing.

The clock was ticking, but I didn't worry.

There were 2 minutes remaining, but rather than rushing I evaded the attacks, slyly creeping in, and shortening our distance.

The more our distances shortened , the harder it became to evade the attacks...... however Raphael's attack prediction increased dodging precision.

With my intuition and ŽFuture Attack Prediction used simultaneously, we could somehow manage to evade.

Carefully, without flustering, indifferently handling the attacks

Now!

Without overlooking the opening for an instant immediately right after the "Storm Dragon" attacked, I activated Gluttony King Belzebuth, and devoured the "Storm Dragon's" main body.

My body changed from human to fluid form, its viscous property strongly emphasizing the irregular shape.

In accordance to my intentions to attack and devour, it changed into a shape suitable to entangle the opponent.

To bind, and devour the "Storm Dragon".

However, naturally, the opponent was too large. Even if I stretched my body, I couldn't pass a certain point.

However, there was no need to worry, as Gluttony King Belzebuth's erosion had begun.

Simultaneously, the "Storm Dragon's" destruction aura that resisted hostile existences had begun to break down my body.

Towards I who was trying to devour it, the "Storm Dragon" in turn attempted to exhaust me.

A violent attrition battle had begun.

It hurt, it burned, it was excruciating.

I was not supposed to feel pain, yet now, intense pain surged throughout my body.

Me feeling heat didn't make any sense either, yet I felt like I was melting.

This was the first time I felt like this in this world, this intense pain.

My intuition detecting the destruction of my very existence may have stimulated my senses.

However, I will never slow down the predation.

I will win.

At this rate the "Storm Dragon (Energy)" will be devoured and absorbed.

And then, Veldora's Heart will be separated, and the "curse" that destroyed the magic circuit will be analyzed and nullified.

For that, this amount of pain was nothing.

(Raphael, are there any problems?)

ŠSolution. There are absolutely no problems.‹

Everything's alright.

Obtaining the absolute answer, I further accelerated the erosion.

As as I converted what I devoured into energy, the equivalent amount of flesh was destroyed.

My flesh was reconstructed once more, and the erosion continued.

This repeatedly repeated.

Time was running out, and with the target being so large, I feared that I would not make it.

However, I believed in Wisdom Lord Raphael.

I will make it in time.

ŠAlert. Reporting results of Parallel Analysis.

Analysis of "Cardinal Acceleration" has concluded.

Reproduction of ability has failed.

Analysis of "Storm Blast" has concluded.

Reproduction of ability successful......it is now possible to use it.

Analysis of "Storm Dragon Energy" has concluded.

It is now possible to reconfigure the bodily composition into the same type as "Storm Dragon".

Would you like to execute? YES/NO ‹

What?

Didn't you just say something weird?

Even though the analysis of "Cardinal Acceleration" was a success, it's natural I wouldn't be able to use it.

Since I didn't take "Scorch Dragon" Velgrynd's abilities, replicating her Ultimate Skill merely by seeing it would be impossible.

The fact I was able to use "Storm Blast" after analyzing made sense.

My Ultimate Skill ŽStorm King Veldora remained, and the power's basis had already been analyzed.

Although it's amazing I could use a powerful ability and I'm happy about it, it's something that fell within the range of my understanding.

If it was Wisdom Lord Raphael-san, this wasn't unusual, I got used to it.

However, that last line.

It was possible to reconfigure my body into the same type as a "Storm Dragon"?

I didn't quite get the meaning of this.

If my understanding is correct, that would mean I would become the same as a "True Dragon" but......

ŠAnswer. That inference is correct. ‹

The wha-!?

Correct, err, hey you!?

Are you serious?

ŠInquiry. Would you like to begin reconstructing your body into a "True Dragon? YES/NO ‹

Fufufu, Fuhaha, Fuhahahahaha！

Certainly, I executed a 3 part laugh, and thus commanded.

YES! (TN: "I'm now one step closer to My Veldora!" Rimuru, jk.)

In that instant, the pain I felt vanished.

The pain, the heat, the agony.