"Storm? What a powerful name. From today onward, I shall be Veldora Tempest!"
"As for you, I bestow upon you the name [Rimuru]. From now on, you are Rimuru Tempest!"
The moment Xia Qiu received the name, he felt something change. From his soul to his body, an unbelievable transformation took place.
Especially the name Rimuru Tempest—it was deeply engraved into his very soul.
Is this what evolution of life levels feels like? It's unbelievable!
Then Xia Qiu—no, now Rimuru—activated his unique skill [Predator], and swallowed the Storm Dragon Veldora into his stomach.
The voice of the Great Sage echoed in his mind, and Rimuru without hesitation chose "Yes."
Looking at the now-empty cave, Rimuru couldn't help but feel a sense of emptiness, loneliness, and coldness.
Although it was an arrogant dragon rather than a human, it was the first and only being he had spoken to since his reincarnation.
It was time to leave this sealed cave!
It had to be said—the cave was simply too large. He had been bouncing around inside for nearly five days and still hadn't found the exit.
With the Storm Dragon sealed inside Rimuru's body, its deterrent pressure disappeared, and various monsters began to stir.
Along the way, he evolved, gaining the black snake's skills: [Heat Sense] and [Poison Fog Breath], the shell lizard's [Armor], the evil centipede's [Paralysis Breath], the black spider's [Sticky Thread] and [Steel Thread], and the giant bat's [Blood Drain] and [Ultrasonic Waves].
In particular, the giant bat's ultrasonic ability finally allowed Rimuru to gain the ability to speak, which made him extremely excited.
He kept talking nonsense, singing childish tunes, just to enjoy the feeling of having a voice.
Two days later, just when Rimuru felt he was about to lose his mind, he unexpectedly saw someone he should never have seen.
Familiar clothes, a familiar mask—Shizue Izawa. Why was she here?
According to the original story, Shizue should not have appeared in this cave.
So what exactly happened?
Even more unbelievable, Shizue was engulfed in flames, struggling to suppress the rampaging fire spirit Ifrit inside her.
Was it because of his butterfly effect that history had changed, creating a new parallel universe?
Rimuru didn't know.
At that moment, he could do nothing but silently wait as Shizue slowly suppressed the fire spirit through sheer willpower.
Half an hour later, Shizue successfully subdued the fire spirit's rampage.
But the effort had drained her too much. Weak and exhausted, she collapsed to the ground.
Seeing this, Rimuru jumped forward and used his body as a soft cushion to soften her fall.
Swoosh!
Rimuru applied a healing balm onto Shizue's fragile body. In seconds, her condition improved significantly.
Shizue removed her mask, revealing a cute face. She smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Mr. Slime!"
Watching anime is one thing—facing it in reality is another.
Being so close and thanked directly by Shizue, Rimuru couldn't help but blush.
Ahem—Rimuru changed the subject. "Aren't you afraid of me?"
To avoid spoilers, he did not suppress his powerful magic at all. With Shizue's abilities, she naturally understood how strong he was.
Even so, she smiled beneath her mask. "If you had hostile intent, why wait until now?"
Rimuru felt like he had asked a foolish question.
"Yes… I really am not a bad slime!"
"Pfft!"
Shizue suddenly laughed at his words.
"That line—'I am not a bad slime'—is a classic from the Japanese game Dragon Quest."
Although Shizue had never played it herself, she had heard many visitors from another world mention it.
Curiously, she asked, "Mr. Slime, are you also a reincarnator from Japan, another world?"
Rimuru replied, "I did come from another world—but not Japan. I'm from China."
After learning he was also from Earth, Shizue's attitude immediately became friendlier.
She asked many questions about Earth, and Rimuru answered everything in detail, from World War II to the new era.
Shizue was deeply grateful, and in turn told him everything about her own life without hiding anything.
Rimuru listened carefully, understanding that she wasn't just sharing memories—but trying to leave proof that she had existed in this world.
One day later.
The fire spirit Ifrit inside Shizue went berserk again, and she could no longer suppress it. In the end, Rimuru used a plan to swallow it, successfully resolving the crisis.
But without the fire spirit, Shizue's life inevitably came to an end.
Inside the cave, Rimuru accompanied Shizue through her final moments, for which she was deeply grateful.
She originally wanted this cave to be her final resting place, but now she had a different choice.
Just like in the original story, her final wish was to be laid to rest within his stomach.
Although this was how it happened in the original plot, when it truly occurred, he still felt deeply saddened.
Shizue's life, from beginning to end, had been a tragedy.
Every brief moment of happiness was followed by new misfortune. As she once said: "She hated the world, yet could not bring herself to hate it."
In the end, Shizue was just a little girl who longed for recognition from either a demon lord or a hero.
But even such a small wish, she could never fulfill.
May you have sweet dreams and eternal rest.
After saying this, Rimuru activated his Predator skill.
After swallowing Shizue's body, Rimuru successfully inherited her appearance and the unique skill [Shapeshift].
Although he obtained a human body just like in the original story, he was not happy at all.
However, before he could think further, the entire cave began to collapse like the end of the world.
Rimuru was shocked—what was happening? Was the cave collapsing?
Was it really true that following the plot step by step leads you safely to the peak of life?
Ignoring Xia Qiu's sorrow, Rimuru transformed into a giant bat and flew out of the cave.
Fortunately, he was not far from the entrance and quickly reached it.
Several water blades sliced through the gate, which collapsed instantly. Without hesitation, Rimuru jumped through.
But what he didn't expect was that after passing through the gate, he did not reach the sunny surface—but instead arrived in yet another cave.
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