Shitara Slime Datta Ken (WN)
First Battle Victory and Main Power of the Enemy

‘Take out all your strength!’

I remember saying words like that.

It's okay, I'm not in senile age yet. [1]

Because it has only been three years since I reincarnated.

Such worries are unnecessary.

But, do the words I say really belong to Me?

Because I wanted to doubt the events that happened on the big screen in front of Me, so I just deliberately spilled out My thoughts.

On the big screen in front of me, the incredible victory of the Tempest army was projected.

That nice.

I did not encounter any problems, even though the contents were too horrible.

The war of one-sided transgressions is developing into an astounding state.

Gobuta ran through the battlefield with a coolness unlike normal Gobuta and he destroyed the tank with a dash.

Gabil became Gabil, he transformed himself into a powerful-looking demonic dragon [2], and then he destroyed one enemy ship with one strike with extremely high energy [3].

Not only Gabil, every member of Hiryuu was not a laughingstock as they also changed.

I soon realized that they were using 『Dragon』 Warrior Transformation but I didn't think that they could handle it without going berserk.

And then the deciding factor was the explosion that occurred in the sky.

I don't know if the culprit was playing around or not, but a hot nuclear explosion occurred in the sky and engulfed the Royal air force with a blaze.

At this point, the flying power from the side of the Empire fell into an untenable state.

With that as a start, Tempest's great offense began.

Even in modern warfare, helicopters are very profitable against tanks.

Similar to that, the breath attacks carried out by the Blue Number wyverns from the sky dealt great damage to the Royal army's ground troops.

But there is a reason why they can do it well.

It's because of the intelligence officers.

Perhaps those people had eyes that could distinguish a strong person, not only sorting out enemy captains and common soldiers, they also made bloodshed on the person in sight.

In fact, despite Raphael's analysis, it was supported by the four men, Veyron, Moss, and others, Cien and Zonda who make enemies into a company are powerful people who boast strength beyond normal strength.

I'm afraid, “The Otherworld” might be hiding and hiding among those strong people.

I guess they will look easy and will be taken care of before they can take any action.

How frightening, sharp eyes that could distinguish strong people.

Meanwhile, abnormalities occurred at the strategic mobilization headquarters located behind the Royal army.

Projected on the big screen are Testarossa and Ultima standing there smiling.

I can't be sure of anyone else who's alive.

A few hundred tanks from the remaining troops stopped their movement, all the soldiers from the supply maintenance at the rear also fell.

Their numbers were probably about on a scale of ten thousand people.

Although I don't understand what is going on, I can only understand that something dangerous has happened.

Raphael's,

“Absponding. Use of large-scale destruction magic “Death Streak ”has been confirmed》

Answer so.

When I heard the explanation of the magic that exterminates living beings with demonic death rays was various nuclear attack magic,

“Do not use such dangerous magic!” I thought how else would I scream like that.

After all, victory was decided at that moment.

Therefore I will announce the end of the battle on the battlefield!

At that moment, the desire to stop had already disappeared.

The tens of thousands of Royal army soldiers that were still left on the battlefield would be annihilated in the next moment.

Quartet Spell (Fourfold Compound Magic): Arc Sanctuary (Monsters ‘Sanctuary) [4] called.

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With Moss as the leader, the 4 Arc Demons scattered into the four directions of the battlefield winds.

And then, the Quartet Spell is called.

Their action of disposing of the strongman earlier seemed to be a precaution so this large-scale magic would not be disturbed.

Around here, it might be that person [5] who has a different status from Testarossa and his group who can easily use large-scale annihilation magic alone.

But, that does not mean they are weak, because the man is a bad object to compare.

Arc Sanctuary had no effect on monsters like its name.

However, it showed a deadly effect on the affected humans who were unfamiliar with magic essence.

Like this time, the magicians who put up the magic barrier were dead, and the strengthened humans who were only strengthened in fighting power alone could not help it.

The frightening thing was that someone who could not help it would have their body start to disintegrate and would soon turn into magic essence.

In just a few minutes, all the rest of the survivors had become magic essence.

Thus, the first meeting with the Royal army ended.

Or rather, the Royal army was destroyed at the first meeting.

Literally, this is destruction. There is no military explanation for this.

That doesn't make sense, so I thought.

I'm just telling them to bring out all their strength, I don't think the result will be like this.

Against Me, against me,

「How should I say it. Isn't my plan meaningless now !?

What's wrong with that woman! Also, those intelligence officers!

It is said that they are under the direct control of Rimuru-sama, You can give me an explanation, right? 」

Benimaru turned his face with a smile on it.

That was, I guess…. Ok?

Isn't there no plan at all?

Anyhow you see, Benimaru.

You're not the only one who wants an explanation.

Instead, I think I want to get an explanation!

Even such reasons cannot express the feelings that are in my mind ……

「They were chosen by Diablo, our new partner.

I think it's bad if the enemy forces have someone with demon king class abilities, so I mustered them ……

They seem to be doing their best too much.

Alright, Diablo will educate them from now on. 」

I pushed him to Diablo and avoided him without any problems.

I mean, I don't think that demons act unreasonably that far.

Those guys are too cool.

Because they exterminated the enemy army without hesitation.

However,

「Kufufufufu. Rather than exaggerate, they might become a little arrogant.

I'll edukate (discipline) them later 」

To Diablo who spoke with a smiley face, I did not forget to say “Quite okay!”

to him

With this and that, the explanation of the situation ended and the damage of the first battle was confirmed.

The battle ended without taking more than 2 hours since the battle began.

Many of the injured appear to have appeared but everyone has recovered now.

Since everyone was given 10 Tempest-made High Potions, so they seemed to be able to heal most of their wounds immediately.

Also, the people who I thought died in the beginning, it turned out that his life was saved thanks to the rapid use of the Full Potion belonging to the commander class.

I can say that they performed their role as bait very well under Benimaru's command.

So there was little reason for Benimaru to be shaken.

As a result, there were no fatalities as the recovery potion was heavily used.

It was an unimaginable victory.

However, it seems there is no harm either.

Gabil and his Hiryuu subordinates.

They received great damage to their bodies due to special skills 『Dragon』 Warrior Transformation.

This skill forcibly transformed the user's body into a powerful one that rivaled the dragonoid. However, the effect does not last more than 30 minutes, and can only be used once in 2 days.

The reason is that they will receive excessive recoil immediately after use and they are unable to move for 24 hours under those dire conditions.

Alright, although it is good that we win by expending all our strength, it is a skill that will self-destruct the user if used incorrectly.

This time, the penalty which was a recoil from Gabil became arrogant not just him alone as everyone in Hiryuu's squad also received the recoil.

They could feel happy it was only that far away, so they couldn't help but think about it.

So, the damage from the Empire side ……

There are no prisoners of war. The reason is because everyone has died.

There are 240,000 people.

Their souls were offered to me, so I could figure out the accurate numbers.

This feeling, was probably like a man gathering souls from his subordinates.

After a while since the battle began, I felt souls accumulating very quickly.

I evolved into a Demon King from the awakening of the Demon King Seed after gathering 10,000 souls, then what would happen if 240,000 souls?

The answer is, there is no change!

When I woke up as a True Demon King, it also meant that my evolution had reached its peak.

Exactly right.

Otherwise at this moment Guy will kill and force mankind to destroy in order to reap their souls.

Most likely he had refrained from slaughter since his resurrection because he had instinctively realized that he could no longer evolve.

However, it was possible to use it for things other than evolution itself.

“Pay attention. The soul obtained had exceeded the regulated amount.

Currently, it can be used for two individuals related to the soul lineage.

Individuals who could become targets were the following named monsters.

Ranga, Benimaru, Shion, Gabil, Gerudo,

Diablo, Testarossa, Ultima, Carrera,

Kumara, Zegion, Adalman.

They were individuals who had the qualifications for the Demon Lord Awakening.

The regulated amount [Soul: 100,000] will be used, do you want to carry out the evolution of the subordinates? YES NO”

Raphael-san said unthinkable things.

Apparently, it was possible to awaken someone with the qualifications for the Demon Lord Awakening by giving them a certain amount of souls.

Moreover, it comes with a tenfold sum for My resurrection.

This was something that no one had ever known until now.

Even if one were to know this, it was cheaper to befriend someone than to make them artificially. [6]

People might know about this.

Therefore, he might hold a meeting of high-ranking people like Walpurgis so that he could choose a decent person to be his friend.

There may be other reasons besides that.

Maybe I overestimated him, although there was no way he wouldn't even know about it.

Although I casually said 100,000 souls, I practically annihilated one big city.

Something like that is not something you can do easily.

What I have in mind next are the words “related to the pedigree of the soul”.

This, perhaps, about soul connection through “naming”.

Monsters evolved when I named them. I abused it casually, but now I understand that this is a very dangerous act.

Since I consumed a large amount of magic essence, it caused My own weakness.

So, I stored the excess magic essence [7] and used it.

The reason such a thing might happen is because I have such comfortable skills as the gluttonous Abdominal of King Beelzebub.

I can understand that, if there is no such skill, I cannot use the stored magic essence and cannot do “naming” to anyone easily.

Hence, only a few people had subordinates with soul connections. [8]

So, I said NO.

It felt too dangerous and because I had trouble choosing who to choose.

And there are also problems in sorting out qualified people.

If it was only based on the quantity of magic essence, then Souei also had the qualifications.

After all, it seems better for Me to put it aside for now because I don't understand it well.

However, more than 200,000 people died.

It's slaughter.

However, I feel nothing.

By the time I was already a Demon King, I had no intention of making excuses because I killed 10,000 people with My own hands.

I endlessly thought of things like the person I killed also had a family.

However, was the family that sent them innocent? If you think so, they are responsible not to stop them.

When war happens, death will follow.

They should bear the responsibility of not rejecting public opinion about the war.

Even though it is a constitutional state or a state of imperialism, it has not changed.

Ignorance is a sin.

Because say ‘I don't know’ can't be an excuse. Lack of imagination also abuses his sin.

I thought it was absurd, if you start a war even without a resolution that your relatives [9] could die and would only say your grievances after it was over.

Handing over your weapons to civilians is also wrong as a person and as a state, but there is no right to file a complaint because the invading army has been annihilated.

This is because we also face it with a readiness to be annihilated.

Even though it came from Me being angry just because my subordinates were injured.

In other words, feelings and reason are different things.

Also, the war is not over.

It seemed that the main force of the Royal army, the ground corps with a total number of 700,000 people going south from the border between the Dwarf Kingdom and the Great Jura Forest, attacked towards Tempest.

There is no time to be immersed in sentiment.

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A week had passed since the war began and finally the main army of the Royal Army had invaded My territory.

I gave the order to retrieve the unharmed tanks and the wreckage of the damaged airship to Gobuta and his group.

I also made Gabil recover to cooperate with Gobuta.

There was no need to return in a hurry, as Benimaru had issued instructions.

Of course, this was a big win with just this. [10]

Although we must not let our guard down, the second corps is still here, as well as Diablo in high spirits.

As for the intelligence officer, Carrera was assigned to Gerudo.

In addition, Testarossa and the others had returned to the control room as well.

Had there been a strong individual in the main army of the Royal Army, I would have deployed them once more.

Other executives are excited, too.

Shion also wanted to go to the battlefield,

「the demons, they're too flashy!

I will go and show what true power is like! 」

So, he would leave while saying such regrettable words, instead,

「Aren't you my bodyguard?」

He seemed to retract his words in a hurry after I asked for it.

Now just obediently waiting here, when the time comes I will give a sudden order.

Since this place was in the deepest part of the labyrinth, it would take a long time until the enemy soldiers attacked this place.

Oh yes, the rest of our troops are few compared to the Royal Army of 700,000 men.

However, our qualities may be the same and not only the executives, even the soldiers on the other end [11] are highly motivated.

My orders seem to still be effective and everyone has a high spirit to bring out their strength.

What am I supposed to do? Thats problem.

Although ignored, a game with a warning has been conducted [12] and I have also completed the declaration of war.

Even if I suddenly make a surprise attack, they cannot criticize and call him a coward.

However, the effect of a surprise attack with such a small amount was small, was it a nuclear attack magic switch?

No, should I issue a warning for a fair and honest fight for now?

Everyone is filled with motivation, eagerly offering more soul to Me.

They may not know what it is possible to do by gathering souls, I wonder why they are acting that far.

The demons seemed to make the remnants of the feelings embedded within the soul as their favorite food ……

I don't really want anything like that.

That's 700,000 people.

Don't let me wake up seven people, I'm afraid to think about it.

First of all, casualties must not come from our side, even if it can bring us victory in war then it does not matter.

The best course of action is to lure them into the labyrinth.

If it's in the labyrinth, I can make our victim 0.

Or rather because the monsters inside the labyrinth can be turned into war potential for us and our army will increase instantly.

If it was only their number, they would be able to fight against 700,000 people other than quality. [13]

In Benimaru's strategy, the second corps will be deployed as the Tempest's front line and strengthen the defense completely.

In the meantime, we will ensure the intelligence of the enemy and devise strategies to estimate the existence of powerful individuals.

In fact, the progress of war in modern warfare is determined by the power of numbers, although in this world the power of one strong individual can change the situation of war as evidenced in the first battle [14].

I would say that it is a theory that prioritizes in estimating individuals who are most likely to be a threat.

Hm.

Of course, it would be futile even if I sent a general nuclear attack due to the defense of the Magic Barrier.

However, I think it can't defend against “Death Streak”.

Should I make a demon, an intelligence officer to carry out a suicide attack and exterminate the enemy army?

I thought about that for a moment. But, the destruction of the forest would be very severe if I did that.

Above all, I will say that I can lose my precious and strongest war potential easily if by chance the enemy can survive the attack.

It was common to make the defense of a large army completely confident, and individuals who could use the sacred barrier seemed to go ahead.

Among the first strong individuals to be defeated by the Moss group, it seems that there are people who could erect such a barrier.

It was meaningless as it could not be used as they lost the means to defend against large-scale annihilation magic.

Benimaru's way is more skilled than me being an amateur in tactics. Since I entrusted everything to him, I must behave with dignity.

In the end, it progressed without worrying events.

Although the main forces of the Royal army went south after traveling near the area of the former Farmas Kingdom, their destination was naturally: Tempest, after all.

Had they started marching to the former territory of the Kingdom of Farmas, I planned to immediately attack them from behind, but such worries were simply unnecessary anxiety.

Today, Farmas is the place where Youmu will raise and establish a new kingdom.

We secretly support them, but they still do not have the strength to fight. Even so, we have a cooperation of surveillance with Falmas.

Because I thought if maybe I didn't want any harm to befall them, I'd be relieved by this result.

By the way, there was even a proposal from the Dwarf King, asking if it was necessary to send reinforcements, but I replied “no problems”.

Leave them alone and let them pass by.

“It's okay if they get to us”, everyone's opinion has been set at this conclusion.

The Dwarf King said, “Then cooperate in the supervision of”, and he successively passed the information to my side.

Actually there is no need for that, but we accept it as a form of goodwill.

Since I can observe any actions one by one with Surveillance Magic, it is very convenient for times like these.

Just in case, since Souei's subordinates were conducting surveillance in real time, there was no need to worry about the images being displayed wrong due to illusions and the like.

While monitoring the situation with such feelings, we prepared for the second war.

Since it was the same path as the invasion route used by the Holy Knights, along the way was the entrance of the labyrinth.

If the Empire ignores the labyrinth and becomes a full army to Tempest, the volunteers gathered inside the labyrinth can attack them from behind.

In that case, we should be prepared for a very large casualty but that could replace the loss as a pincer attack is possible.

We'll decide what to do when they get here.

If possible, I want half of them directed to the dungeon.

It is uncertain whether it will go my way or not, but it will eventually develop as I wish.

The force of about 200,000 people passed through the labyrinth and went towards Tempest City.

The main enemy force of 500,000 men camped around the dungeon.

Perhaps, they might attack to seize the dungeon while ensuring the status of the Tempest City invasion in quick succession.

They seemed to be surprised that the city that surrounded the labyrinth disappeared, but they seemed to make the capture of the dungeon without hesitation.

It's greed.

Focusing on just one of them will trouble us.

On the contrary, there is no problem if they bite the bait of that dungeon, but we cannot avoid a fierce fight if the entire army is allocated to seize our capital.

Instead of calling it a small battle, even letting them directly attack the bait troop and divulge some information, would make them lose their war potential meaninglessly.

If there was no need to part, spreading the war potential was a foolish act.

This is the thought of an amateur, though I think there is no other choice but to destroy both.

“We win”

To my murmur,

「Ah .... This is our win」

So Benimaru replied with a good mood.

Substantially, winning is determined by strategy.

After that, as long as we are not defeated by brute force, our victory is certain.

「It's great that fools go to the labyrinth.」

“One stop. But, it was thanks to the bait that Rimuru-sama scattered.

That's goodmost of them bit him 」

“I think so.

I don't know what Yuuki's goal is, so the best thing I can do is spread the bait to cause internal strife.

After all, I only thought about it with the intention of causing a disturbance within the Empire.

Alright, if you stimulate someone's will, there's no way they'll ignore the dungeon.

The worst case is the decisive battle will be inside the labyrinth after the capital becomes ashes. 」

「If it is not a big deal, we can win with safe capital as well.

Depending on the situation, I'll be out too. 」

When Benimaru said so,

「Maybe there is no need for that.

Rimuru-sama, before Benimaru comes out, is it alright for me to leave as well? 」

Shion. [15]

Alright, it is important for him to be my personal bodyguard, but the control room is the safest place.

He will probably return with a transfer soon, because on my side there are Testa and Ul who are holding back because they were punished for going berserk as the reason.

Not to mention, Veldora was also watching the battle with me, I thought there was no danger for the guards to be stationed here.

I don't think there's a problem.

「It may be difficult for Gerudo corps only, your corps may also need actual combat experience.

Go if I allow it, however, don't overdo it! 」

「Understanding, thank you very much!」

Shion left the control room with a face full of smiles, a face that said “How is Benimaru!”.

Diablo also bowed to me, he left with a smile all over his face.

It's gonna be hard to stop Diablo.

After all, he was the most motivated here.

Benimaru shrugged his shoulders, he seemed to have given up on coming out.

So, she joined me and the remaining audience.

Since it was a ridiculous thing for the Supreme Commander to come out, of course I said it was natural.

Thus, the decisive battle with 700,000 men from the main army of the Empire's army had begun.