Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 214
Kazaream has not noticed that he has thoroughly stepped onto a landmine.
Now that he has attained power and significant growth, the thought that the majin before Kazaream was a being greater than himself never crossed his mind, not even til the very end.
Footman was lightly slugged by Benimaru, and he was launched all the way to the end of the hall.
And, he lay there not moving one bit.
Footman, stop playing games. We're gonna massacre all of them.
Get up quickly, and get on with killing Leon's weakling followers!
Even though Kazaream gave him orders, Footman showed no sign of moving.
Oi, Footman. What are you playing at? Hurry up and
Kazaream went and had a look at Footman in a fit of anger, only to lose all words shortly after.
Footman lay sprawled on the ground showing the white of his eyes along with a bleeding nose, as though the entire ruckus he has been causing was but a lie.
After crashing through a wall and bouncing a few times, his neck was twisted in an impossible angle.
Both his upper and lower front teeth were broken. It is no coincidence, that the teeth caved-in in the shape of a fist.
Some sections of space were fixed too, making said sections unable to regenerate.
Turning his attention to Benimaru, Kazaream clicked his tongue in another fit of anger.
In the hall which turned silent in an instant, one being fleetingly approached Footman.
It was Laplace.
He walked as he ignored Claude and Fran who assumed wary stances with their swords, Laplace stopped beside Footman.
And,
Nee-san, this looks bad. Our boy Footman, is down and out from thae blow.
Well, he is barely alive though, that Nii-san there probs had nae intention of killing him.
Laplace said with a 'Oh well' kind of tone, as he lightly shrugged his shoulders.
What's that? You mean to say Footman was taken out in one hit!?
Tear the Teardrop shouted out in surprise.
Hearing that her fellow brethren, who was easily tougher than herself, was downed in a single attack, was a way too unreal topic.
Tear, this ain't gud. Fall back. It's nat a good idea to take those onii-sans lightly.
From my perspective, ye ain't gonna cut it. It would most likely take me n' our captain, to be able to deal with them somehow....
There's also that pretty demon jou-chan with Demon Lord Leon, th' odds are stacked against us now.
What's the plan, Nee-san?
With an easy going tone, Laplace gave Kazaream his analysis of the current situation.
He was hinting at 'If we're gonna retreat, now would be the time'.
Kazaream snorts,
Laplace, no need to cower that much.
Leon is already in tatters.
Guy's minion too, is at most a demon lord class weakling.
Sure demon nobles are pretty capable among the upper tier demons, but she ain't any better than Tear who is demon lord class herself.
We only need to be wary of those two.
You and me are more than enough to deal with them.
He impertinently declares.
To his unshaken confidence, Laplace has nothing more to say, and simply shrugs.
Kazaream was totally ignoring the fact, that Footman who was demon lord class himself, was out of commission from a single attack.
Kazaream thought, the one he needed to be wary of was only Benimaru who stands before him, and he can let Laplace deal with the inferior Souei.
The truth was,
It is a fact, that we haven't even showed what we are really capable of....
Laplace affirms Kazaream's words.
As per Kazaream's orders to overwhelm Leon's forces, it's a fact that they have been slowly bashing down on them.
But Laplace was still considering retreating, even after taking all that into account.
Laplace's intuition sensitively picked up the changes in the situation, and was sounding a warning alarm.
As if to prove Laplace'a intuition was true, Mizari coolly stood back up.
All the damage she took earlier, regenerated in an instant.
All her external injuries disappeared, and her new outfit looked more dreadful than before.
Gaining an impressive presence, she stays as expressionless as before, but gives off an imposing feeling.
Nee-san, that jou-chan's existential values[1] have rocketed up.
They're called awakened demon lords aye? Though she is inferior to Nee-san, Tear ain't able to handle that....
Just as Laplace analyzed it, Mizari's Energy levels swelled up to the level of an awakened demon lord.
More like, her magic power that has been restrained up til now have been released, that kind of feeling.
That's right.
I, with the help of Demon Lord Rimuru, have evolved to the level of the awakened demon lords.
With the impression that real battle experience would help me master this power most effectively, I took the liberty of having Kazaream-sama as my practice opponent.
That being said, it looks like Leon-sama did notice, the fact that I have been holding back
Mizari took glances at Leon as she said that.
Leon nods with a bitter looking face,
Of course I did. As if a measly demon noble could maintain a barrier powerful enough to withstand my attacks.
How would I not notice that you were restraining your output and planning to do something.
Who would have thought that your plan, was to depend on the reinforcements from Demon Lord Rimuru.
So, does Guy really trust Rimuru? Does he think he is the key to ending this battle?
about that.
It's not like considerations from someone like me would affect Guy-sama's intentions, but personally, I have come to the conclusion that believing Demon Lord Rimuru is the correct course of action.
That, was what was decided at Walpurgis too.
To Leon's question, Mizari stuttered for a moment, before she answered.
Though her answer was the truth, Leon felt he was pressured by those words, as he never did fully trust Rimuru even though they talked of cooperation.
At the same time, Mizari who is a demon, couldn't hide her own surprise at herself for speaking of trusting any demon lord other than Guy.
As one of the few absolute beings that were crowned in ages past, Mizari was one of the capable few who surpassed the ex-demon lords; as she understood her own true nature, she felt the surprise excessively.
Mizari never broke her courteous tone towards any other person, but turns into a cold-hearted slaughterer the moment she is given orders.
That was her identity, as the great demon who heads Guy's minions.
So, the number of weaklings have increased, and one of you insects got a little power-up, did you really think you could stand up against me?
No doubt Leon over there is mostly half dead, even if Mizari there did get a boost in power, she's not even close to half of me. I don't see where the problem is.
With a fearless smile, Kazaream cuts into Leon and Mizari's conversation.
To Kazaream, he is already looking down on his opponent as an awakened demon lord who is inferior to himself.
With a cold gaze towards Kazaream,
Then, allow me to give an additional explanation.
A normal demon lord class being has [EP:200,000"400,000], and that's the lowest to the highest.
Similarly, a demon noble is [EP:200,000"400,000] too and that is distinguished by the baron to the duke classes.
Certainly, Leon-sama's followers have evolved and attained power, but they sit at the viscount class of [EP: below 250,000] at most.
Kazaream-sama's fellow brethren too, with the exception of Laplace, are at the higher end of the demon lord class at [EP: below 400,000].
Neither are even remotely close, to be called beings that have power surpassing demon lords.
The demon lords of the current Octagram, with the exception of one person, are all of the Million class at [EP:1,000,000"].
From what I have just mentioned, the phrase "surpassing a demon lord" is quite the excessive term.
Now then, with all of that in mind, and though this might sound rude, the battle between Leon-sama's followers and the members of the Moderate Clown Troupe, is naught but child's play.
I have come to the conclusion, that it is at a level that can be ignored.
The order I have received from Guy-sama, is to obtain victory.
To that end, I have maintained this barrier and awaited the reinforcements from Demon Lord Rimuru-sama.
This was the best course of action I have taken in order to decisively defeat Kazaream-sama, a plan that ignores everything besides the Million class.
So, that meant that Kazaream-sama's victory condition would be to defeat me before reinforcements arrived, that and nothing else.
From my analysis as I bought time earlier, the main ability that Kazaream-sama uses isAuto-reflection.
You stack damage onto your opponent, by neutralizing your opponent's attack with the same attack with a roughly 20% increase in output.
If this was done by a being that had overwhelming amounts of Energy, it would be an incredibly efficient method.
It's also troublesome, that you wield both Holy and Demonic attributes.
As long as you have more Energy, you most likely will never be defeated.
But, for you to continue neutralizing attacks, it means you have no other choice but to consume Energy.
The 20% increase in consumption seems to apply equally, whether it is one of Leon-sama's attacks, or one of my held back attacks.
The reasoning behind waiting for reinforcements, would it be clearer to say that my aim was to gather enough power to overwhelm what Kazaream-sama can neutralize?
Leon-sama along with Benimaru-sama and Souei-sama would most likely be able to deal with Kazaream-sama, after some depletion from having to face me at full power.
Victory is ours this time, Kazaream-sama.[2]
Hey hey, ojou-chan. What do ye mean by 'with the exception of me'?
not to be rude, but I was unable to discern how much Energy you have.
That means, you are either equal to or above me, that is my conclusion.
Ye give me too much credit.
Thinning his eyes[3], Laplace gave off a sharp gaze unbefitting of his casual attitude.
Towards Mizari who did not underestimate him, he gave a "good grief[4]" impression.
Souei showed a bitter face as his true identity was revealed by someone else, but did not voice his complaint.
The group of people who were 'tossed aside' in this conversation, namely Leon's knights Claude and co. and Tear, were unable to voice their words of rejection in the face of Mizari's aura.
Because they understood what was said were undeniable facts.
But, even after hearing Mizari's explanation and feeling her aura, Kazaream's composure was not broken at all.
Fufun. I knew all along, that you were hiding your true power!!
Don't be giving such arrogant speeches, being a weakling who cannot fight without resorting to such stopgap measures!!
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