That day, ahquake shook the entire world.

  The camity-css monster, Storm Dragon Veldora, had disappeared.

  The one sealed for 300 years, the living camity.

  His disappearance meant his return somewhere in this world.

  Awenty days after the disappearahe Church of the Western Saints decred that his presence had pletely vanished.

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  "Rimuru-san, we're almost there," Zaydas said.

  What would normally take days took only hours with Zaydas' presence.

  Sying monsters created from the Magicules that Veldora released uionally, Zaydas and Rimuru saw the exit.

  Of course, before leaving, Zaydas pced several Magicule Crystals into his personal ste space.

  The amount should be enough to fill a copper vault in a bank.

  "Finally, the exit!" Rimuru excimed.

  Unlike Zaydas, Rimuru had been trapped in this cave for a little over three months.

  The desire to leave this dark and damp enviro must have been much greater for him than for Zaydas, who had only been there for a few hours.

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  'Finally... This time, it took quite a while,' Zaydas thought.

  [Responding. As a High-Rank dimension and a High-High Rank p, it took loo create a mark. It would have taken even longer if not for the Host receiving a hat evolved his abilities and made him stronger.]

  'The time I remain in this dimension is limited…' Zaydas said mentally. 'Great Sage, how much does it cost to expand the time differend gain trol over the flow between my dimension and this one?'

  [Responding. The first 10 cost 100,000 AP. The value doubles after that, and every additional 10 will tinue doubling. And, to gain trol over the time flow between both dimensions, it will cost 100,000 AP.]

  'I expected that, but it really is much more expensive pared to a Medium-Rank dimension.'

  Of course, it was also necessary to sider the fact that this p was High-High Rank.

  "L-Let's get out!" Rimuru excimed the moment Zaydas pulled the door open.

  By the way, Rimuru had acquired a bat's ability, "Siphon: Ultrasonic Waves," and thanks to that, he had bee capable of speaking.

  Zaydas had attempted to replicate Rimuru's unique ability, Devour; however, 800,000 AP for a mere 1.1% ce was no joke...

  heless, upon refleg on how useful aile this ability was, he began to desire it. However, since he sidered Rimuru a friend, he was unwilling to steal it from him.

  At most, he would wait until the pertage increased, and if he had enough AP by then, he would attempt to obtain the ability by replig it.

  The hot sun warmly weled them as soon as the door opened.

  Rimuru seemed excited as he hopped outside.

  "Ahh, sweet sun, sweet sun~" Rimuru sang happily. "This fresh air~! Not that I feel it~ But what is this!"

  As Rimuru performed what looked like a true solo act, Zaydas carefully observed their surroundings.

  Trees, lots of trees.

  After all, it was a forested area.

  The birds there were different from on ones. Some appeared to be a ix of species pared to those of the modern world Zaydas and Rimuru were aced to.

  It seemed like a simir world, though Rimuru had cimed not to be aware of the existence of anything like a hidden magical world.

  However, the same could be said about ordinary people from his dimension. Most were unaware of the supernatural, which led Zaydas not to pletely dismiss the possibility that Rimuru's world was more than it appeared to be.

  "How about we fly out of here, Rimuru-san?" Zaydas suggested. "I carry you."

  "Again?" Rimuru grumbled. "If you were a beautiful woman, fine, but I'm not ied in being carried by an ikemen!"

  "Haha, don't say that." Zaydas ughed. "I promise I won't stretch your body this time."

  "You promise?" Rimuru asked, suspicious.

  Zaydas replied seriously, "Yes, I swear on the lives of all my future enemies. May they all drop dead right now if I'm lying!"

  "I k! Hah, I 't trust you at all, Zaydas-kun!" Rimuru excimed, hopping forward. "Let's walk— or rather, I'll hop, and you'll walk. Isn't that more fun?"

  "Haha, if you say so~" Zaydas simply pced his hands behind his head, walking leisurely beside Rimuru.

  "... Fumu." Rimuru said, "Yes, I insist."

  As they tinued forward, venturing deeper into the forest, Rimuru asked, "By the way, Zaydas-san, don't you think it's strange?"

  "That came out of nowhere." Zaydas remarked. "Well, indeed, reinating as a Slime and still gaining such absurd abilities is quite unusual. Were you a god or something in a past life? Also, you take the form of what you devour… Does that mean you could take human form if you devoured a human?"

  "Oh, I hadn't thought about that before… Wait!" Rimuru excimed, interrupting himself. "That's not what I wao talk about…! But, well, that is an iing way to think about it. Still, that's not it. Like, don't you think it's strahat, after several minutes of walking—"

  "I'm walking, you're hopping, haha." Zaydas interrupted with a grin.

  "Tsk, that. Now, will you let me finish?"

  "Go ahead."

  "So, as I was saying... Isn't it strahat, while I'M HOPPING and you're WALKING, no monsters have tried to approach us?"

  "Kuku, don't get mad, Rimuru-san. And yes, it is a bit strange, but…"

  "But?"

  "Look ahead… or feel it." Zaydas pointed forward. "There's a group of monsters heading our way."

  When Rimuru did, he stopped hopping and stood still, waiting.

  Zaydas put his hands in his pockets, smiling slightly.

  'It's unbelievable that, even after so many ges, this is happening.' Zaydas thought with i as he looked in the dire of the group of Goblins that appeared.

  That group of malnourished Goblins wielded well-crafted ons while their clothes were tattered.

  The way they stopped in front of them, holding their rusted and chipped ons, was quite amateurish. It seemed fear was ing them, as they trembled while f themselves to try to stay calm.

  "Powerful beings, do you have business here?" The one who seemed to be the leader of the Goblins, holding a round shield, asked.

  What made him stand out even more from the rest was the well-preserved red scarf on his head.

  "Powerful beings?" Rimuru looked at Zaydas: "He's fine, but me too?"

  "What are you talking about?" The "Goblin leader" excimed nervously: "Your form does not deceive me!"

  "Hey, Zaydas-kun, why are you ughing there by yourself? Expin it to me?" Rimuru asked.

  "Nothing at all, go ahead, keep talking with these little friends." Zaydas spoke with a chuckle.

  "Oh, you..."

  "Ano..." Their leader looked fused, sweating profusely as he struggled not to interrupt the two.

  "Hey, you." Zaydas said: "What's your name?"

  "Name? Are you joking? There's no way an insignifit being like me would have a name!"

  "Don't belittle yourself." Rimuru said: "If you don't have a name, isn't it simple? Just choose one and that's it."

  "It's not that simple, Rimuru-san." Zaydas said: "A name is very important for a monster, remember?"

  An excmation mark appeared above Rimuru's head: "Yes, how could I fet that!?"

  "Yes, that's why we don't have names, but we still unicate." Said the Goblin leader.

  "None of you have names?" Rimuru asked, curious.

  "Only my te brother had the name Rigur." He answered.

  "Rigur... I see. Okay then, from today onward, you are Rigur!" Rimuru excimed.

  Zaydas felt the urge to ugh again. He simply wao try opening Rimuru's head again and see what was inside…

  "Hey, Zaydas-san, stop ughing and help." Rimuru said: "Wouldn't it be better for unication if we gave them all names?"

  "I'm good, thanks." Zaydas refused: "You're using your own power when naming someone and eg them to you, remember? I won't do something like that randomly on a whim."

  "But don't you feel sorry for them?" Rimuru asked.

  "No?" Zaydas questioned. "Rimuru-san, don't you think you're being too arbitrary? When did they ask for help or even say they were poor souls in need of your passion?"

  "You're not going to fool me, Zaydas-kun." Rimuru retorted. "I know you're just saying that to ge the subject. If you don't want to participate, that's fine, but I will, and I won't regret it."

  He paused before tinuing: "However, yes, you are right. I 't judge a book by its cover… Just as I don't think it's fair to judge myself as just a simple Slime."

  Meanwhile, the Goblin who received the name Rigur ractically dang with joy, while the rest of the tribe expressed happiness for him.

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