Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 249

"I knew it" was my honest thoughts.

I calmly pondered in the middle of a fierce sword fight.

To begin with, why would he need a 1 month delay?

If we fought in that place that day, I didn't know what the outcome would be.

If he had sent Chloe toward me at that time, while I wouldn't lose, the fight would still be difficult.

If he used Velda's power, he should be able to handle Veldora and Velgrind while I was being toyed with by Chloe.

Moreover, Kagali, Vega and the angels could have killed Diablo and the others.

There were people who could use Unique Skill such asŽTeleportation like Mai too, I think that the prediction wasn't wrong altogether.

Even according to Ciel-san's calculation, our chance of winning wasn't high, just around 40%.

Although, if I could kill Chloe without hesitation, our chance of winning would be over 80% and the situation would be reversed.

That's why I thought they acted carefully since they feared I would act without hesitation, but I changed my mind after I saw the angels' assembly and the explosion phenomenon this time.

Or rather, I'm convinced.

Velda, whose goal is to destroy the world, would have been more advantageous if he could do that.

Because everything would have been better for him if he were to hold down and eliminate us by making the energy of the angels go berserk.

What was the reason for why he didn't do that?

That's, he wants to buy time

I and Ciel agreed on the same thing.

Although he disappeared while saying plausible things at the end, what if all of that was Yuuki's acting?

All pieces seemed to fit together.

ŽKu, kukuku, ahahahahahahaha! This Is really unexpected.

I didn't expect it, really....... You'd be the most dangerous of all.

Bravo, Rimuru-san.

I really did want to end the world with my own hands.

But, unfortunately.......

I really can't imagine myself winning against you. Not to mention, even that Demon over there

Your power is just too insane. That chills I got when we first met was right on the money.

I should have ended you back then.

Did I lose my marbles somewhere? Well, it doesn't matter at all now.

No, in fact, if you can stop me, that'd just be the will of the world.

I guess, will decide the rest, heh.

Goodbye, Rimuru-san

I kinda liked you a bit too.

Honestly, we could've been friends, you know......

I ended up honestly trusting those words.

He changed into Velda at the end with those words and I thought that Yuuki had told me his true intention.

However, I was wrong.

It was already too late at this point.

Perhaps, he had started since we first met

I must admitted that he acted splendidly, I was even outwitted.

Although Ciel seemed to have doubts about it, she couldn't find any definite fault.

I was gullible enough to believe Yuuki's words; on the contrary, she had said that she suspected that it was some kind of a ruse.

While I laughed it off that she might be overthinking it, but if it meant something, what was it? The two of us made the prediction over it.

That answer we concluded was "Isn't his goal for the 1 month delay to buy himself some time?" or something like that.

And, that was the right answer, Yuuki gradually made the power as his own inside Velda.

ŒYou-you've deceived me until the end to buy yourself some time......?

ŒAhaha, you've figured it out? 100 points for you, Rimuru-san. Well, it seems that Velda was completely deceived about that too. Hey, there's a saying "To fool the enemy, first deceive your allies" after all, right?

ŒStop with your bullshit, I really believed you

ŒHaha, that what they called as naïve, you know. For you to believe the words of your enemy, your mind is really simple you know, Rimuru-san.

Yuuki mockingly shrugged his shoulders.

Looking at him, Diablo and Milim gnashed their teeth while shooting nothing but death glares towards Yuuki. However, the aura emanated from Yuuki which was incomparable from before, coerced and made them unable to move their body at all.

What a terrifying growthNo, evolution.

Our weapons were on equal terms, but I felt mine was inferior.

Veldanava Sword didn't budge even after it was struck by Veldora Sword.

And, Yuuki who wielded it skillfully parried the impact unlike Velda.

ŒHow did you get this much power?

ŒI don't feel I need to tell you, but well I did make you wait for 1 month, I guess I could tell that much. It's really simple; I just suppressed Velda and turned him into my subordinate. After I fully analyzed his power, I also completely analyzed Velda's knowledge and understood all of it. Thanks to that, I could easily get the power of an awakened Hero too. Lucky for me, I also stole some of Leon's power. After that, I just changed our relationship from fifty-fifty relation into a complete domination with me in charge. Oh yeah, it was easy because Rimuru-san had crushed Velda's hope and broke his heart. Thanks for that.

Yuuki replied smilingly.

I regretted asking as what this guy said didn't always meant the truth.

I was curious and unintentionally asked, but I could get deceived again if I carelessly speak with him.

Although I had pompously reprimanded Mai, it was unfunny as I got myself deceived too. Talking more than this with him was dangerous and I would rather concentrate on the fight with my full power.

ŠI assume that Yuuki's words just now are true, but I agree that talking more than this is dangerous.‹

Ciel seemed to have sensed the danger too and agreed with my opinion.

A top class trickster was so troublesome to deal with.

As I took pride that I wouldn't be deceived easily, I felt angry that I ended up being led around by the nose by someone. However, if I got caught it in too much, it would lead to a great failure.

I couldn't really laugh at Mai with this.

From our conversation just now, Yuuki had said that he got the power of an awakened Hero. Then, it wouldn't be strange for him to have the power of an awakened demon lord too even if he didn't say it.

After all, his subordinate, Kazaream was also an awakened demon lord.

Hero and Demon Lord, powers of different natures were united in the same Will called Velda, and a being who could control that power as it pleasedthat would be what Yuuki had become now.

Surprisingly, it was clear that the current Yuuki had an equal power to me.

ŒHowever, for Rimuru-san to be the one who hadŽRaphael. I had thought that was possible, but just as I expected. Since my plan didn't work out smoothly, I suspected you might have anticipated them. However, I didn't expect the Skill that Velda was looking for was in the hand of Rimuru-san, his biggest enemy. This has really made Velda look like a clown. He's so laughable, right?

As soon as I thought about ending our conversation, Yuuki spoke as if to block me from doing so.

I heard a pleasant tone echoed from Yuuki's voice as if he sincerely thought that Velda was hilarious.

What a tough opponent.

I parried Yuuki's sword and slashed him back while keeping my mouth shut.

ŒAhaha. Don't be so wary like that. You see, Velda believed that he was Veldanava's reincarnation. There's no way that could be true, what a foolish guy. It was no more than an ability. It was Veldanava's original ability, so I had him inherit all of the memories. In other words, Velda was just a similar existence like Kondou and Damrada whom were called back with Memory Orb. He's a pathetic Manas that's even inferior to the irregular being like Rudra. What a fool, isn't he? A tool that didn't even have dragon factor and yet he misunderstood everything. However, even a fool like Velda was capable enough as a support for me. After all, I can control all of Veldanava's abilities now!

Yuuki kept on blabbering about things even though I wasn't asking, Was his plan was to confuse me with the conversation?

However, his plan was actually quite successful.

It was because it made me unable to concentrate very well. Even though we were in the midst of a fight, Yuuki's words disturbed my thoughts.

Good grief, what a really troublesome guy he was.

Nonetheless, if what Yuuki had said was true, I could understand how he got the power equal to mine.

It was probably true that Velda was a Manas. An existence that assisted all of your abilities was very helpful, just like Ciel-san.

Even if it was a spell formulation with difficult control, it could activate it as your proxy. In other words, while you are concentrating in close combat like this, further attacks could be prepared without your opponent sensing it.

However, I couldn't comprehend why Yuuki would bother to tell me that.