With the successful signing of Miu's contract, Takeru received a notification from his Reincarnation Watch. The content of the notification surprised him.
Because with Miu's successful signing, the Demonized Slime no longer completely belonged to Takeru. It had directly lost its special ability of infinite splitting, but its potential had increased somewhat.
Clearly, this kind of signing was different from Takeru directly gifting slimes to Naofumi and Fitoria. This signing would impede the connection between Takeru and the slime.
However, Takeru found that although the connection was impeded, if Takeru truly wanted to control the slime, he could forcibly break the contract between the slime and its master, only needing to consume a large amount of mana.
Although surprised, Takeru didn't mind too much. And the loss of infinite splitting didn't mean absolutely no splitting was possible, just very difficult.
Another point was that only the contracted slime was affected... the others were unaffected.
Then, Takeru quickly helped Hinata, Ai, and the others sign their contracts. He received another notifications from the Reincarnation Watch.
"Alright, Onii-chan, can you tell us what it can transform into now?" After the last person had signed, Miu asked Takeru expectantly.
"You'd be better off asking them themselves than me. You can now try to communicate with them and give them commands." Hearing Miu's words, Takeru explained directly.
"Is that so?" Hearing Takeru's words, everyone realized and began to calmly communicate with the slimes in their hands.
"Hey, hey, I'm Hoshino Hinata. What's your name?" Soon, Hinata directly called out to the slime in her hand.
"??" Hearing Hinata's words, the slime in her hand looked confused.
"Huh, why won't it talk? Master, is it broken?" Seeing the slime not respond, Hinata anxiously looked at Takeru.
"Slimes can't talk. You need to communicate with it with your mind, or you can give it commands directly with your voice." Seeing Hinata's actions, Takeru couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"I see. I understand!" Hearing Takeru's words, Hinata looked as if she completely understood again.
Then, she closed her eyes and went through some operations. The slime in her hand still looked bewildered.
Miu, Hana, Ai, and Kanon, however, were gradually getting into it. Through the special connection, they seemed to be just barely able to communicate with their slimes.
"Use your transformation ability and show me everything you can transform into." Ebina chose to give a verbal command, wanting to intuitively understand what the slime could transform into.
Hearing Ebina's command, the monster in her hand quickly transformed. First, it became ordinary necklaces and bracelets. Then, it directly turned into a balloon monster.
"Eh, what's this?" Looking at the balloon monster floating in the air, Ebina was stunned. Before she could question further, the slime transformed into a Rabbity, a Dimension Ghoul, a Needleboar, a goblin, a lizardman, a green snake, a crocodile, and a penguin monster.
Finally, there were special and cool forms: a flying dragon, a griffin, a snow wolf, a stone golem that looked heavy and had strong combat power, and lastly, from a fantasy world, a Flame Lord form and a Water Spirit form.
Watching the slime go through its transformations, although Ebina was startled a few times, she roughly understood the slime's transformation ability.
Then, she told the slime that in the future, it didn't need to transform into things like ghouls or balloon monsters.
Hearing Ebina's words, although confused, the slime nodded. Since Ebina was now its master, it had no intention of disobeying.
Among these, the griffin, snow wolf, and flame monster were actually Takeru's creations.
Long ago, knowing that Demonized Slimes could devour and transform, and that their abilities would be passed on to the next generation, Takeru had already focused on nurturing the very first batch.
Through his efforts, the first batch of Demonized Slimes didn't disappoint Takeru. They could not only devour and transform into monsters existing in other worlds but also devour and evolve into monsters Takeru had manifested that didn't exist in those worlds.
Regarding abilities, they basically followed the assumptions of the monsters Takeru created.
Of course, for monsters like the Flame Lord or Water Spirit, which Takeru couldn't even successfully grant life, it was impossible for their assumed abilities to be earth-shattering.
Besides that, if the devoured monster itself was too strong, the Demonized Slime might not be able to fully exert its power after transformation.
However, with continuous growth, the Demonized Slime would become stronger and be able to exert more stable power.
Noticing Ebina's actions, Hinata, Noa, and Koyori, who hadn't gotten the hang of it, quickly gave their slimes transformation commands.
Basically, the forms these monsters could transform into included the flying dragon, snow wolf, Flame Lord, and Water Spirit. The rest depended on luck. Ebina's had basically devoured monsters from the Shield Hero World.
Hinata's and Noa's had mostly devoured monsters from the main world's invasions and some from the Slime World. Koyori's had some as well.
Finally, Takeru gave the space bracelet he was wearing to Ebina. After all, she was the only one present without a spatial item.
Although she didn't say anything, seeing Ai and the others using spatial devices, envy would show in her eyes.
As for Takeru, besides his item bar, he had his portable space, a ten-cubic-meter space ring, and a Space Slime with a huge internal space. He didn't lack this ordinary storage device.
Besides, his relationship with Ebina was quite subtle, so Takeru decided to give her this bracelet.
"Takeru, this is?" Looking at the space bracelet Takeru offered, Ebina seemed to think of something, her face turning red. Visible steam seemed to rise from her head.
"A spatial item for you. Take it. Ai and Hinata already have them." Looking at the embarrassed Ebina, Takeru said with a light laugh.
"Uh... thank you." Hearing this, Ebina knew she had overthought. Still, she cherished the bracelet, carefully putting it on...
About an hour and a half later, seeing that everyone had more or less gotten used to their newly contracted slimes, Takeru teleported them back to the castle. It was almost time to eat.
"Takeru, Miu, and everyone, you're finally back!" Seeing Takeru and the others return, Yui showed an excited expression. Because Takeru hadn't been here earlier, everyone hadn't officially started lunch yet.
"Haha, got a bit delayed. Has no one had lunch yet?" Hearing their words, Takeru said with a light laugh.
"Yes, but Ram-san and Rem-san have already given us some snacks." Hearing Takeru's words, Shinka quickly spoke.
"I see. Then let's start lunch now. Ram, Rem." Hearing this, Takeru looked at the two.
"Okay. Please move to the dining hall." Hearing Takeru's words, the two quickly nodded. Miki, Karin, and the others also came over to help.
In the blink of an eye, it was evening. Because the training camp would officially end tomorrow, no one buried their heads in hard practice. Instead, they gathered together, enjoying the last hours of the camp.
On the beach, they set up a bonfire and sat around it, savoring the final moments. Thinking about the journey ending tomorrow, everyone felt somewhat reluctant.
But they all knew they had already imposed on Takeru a lot. Although Takeru himself didn't mind, that didn't mean they could continuously and wantonly take...
Everyone had gained a lot from this training camp. They had also witnessed many of Takeru's methods and the combat power under his command.
"How time flies. It feels like summer break just started, and now it's almost over." Sitting around the bonfire, Tsumugi said somewhat sadly.
"Yes. Staying here with Takeru is so comfortable. It feels like time has passed by without realizing it." Hearing Tsumugi's words, Shinka said with emotion.
"This summer break has been my happiest. And it let me truly learn Chakra Extraction. Thank you, Takeru-nii." Soon, Komachi stood up and bowed to Takeru.
"M-me too. Thank you, Takeru-nii." Watching Komachi stand up, Kuzuha also stood up to thank Takeru.
"A-and me. Thank you so much, Takeru-kun, for inviting me, letting me spend such an unforgettable summer. I-I will forever cherish it." Soon, Ebina stood up and spoke nervously.
"I also had a great time, Takeru-kun. I hope we can all spend time together again next time, desuwa." Sylphyn then stood up, her eyes sparkling.